CMI Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice Level 7 (RQF)

CMI Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice Level 7 (RQF)

This Course at a Glance

• Designed for people wanting to become a CEO or business director
• Understand leadership and entrepreneurship in strategic contexts
• Come away with a nationally recognised Level 7 CMI qualification
• Equivalent to a Master’s Degree
• For those aged 19 and above
• 100% online course
• No exams

About Your Certificate

If you’re looking to become or move up to the position of CEO, director or senior manager in a business, the Level 7 suite of CMI qualifications is for you! This Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice will develop your professional management and leadership practice, as well as your entrepreneurial abilities.

Learn To Think Strategically

To be a pivotal driving force behind a business’s success, you need to have a strategic vision and an approach to achieving it that can adapt to changing market conditions. This means you need to be an agile, creative, knowledgeable, and resilient leader who always thinks of the big picture.

This course will help you assume this role with effect by helping you understand strategic leadership in an organisational context. It will delve into common challenges faced, plus the theoretical perspectives, methods, behaviours and skills you need to adopt to improve your professional practice.

Throughout your studies, your ability to respond to complex organisational challenges creatively will be tested.

Develop An Entrepreneurial Mindset

An entrepreneurial mindset can unearth opportunities, inventions, re-inventions and solutions that can improve life and solve social, cultural or environmental problems. That is why developing this mindset is crucial to becoming a leader who can think outside the box.

This course will also explore the principles of entrepreneurial practice, so you will appreciate the different contexts in which entrepreneurship can flourish and adopt the characteristics of entrepreneurial leadership.

Getting Started

learndirect is the leading UK online course provider, helping students of all lifestyles to juggle education easily with their schedule. This CMI Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice is a nationally recognised qualification that will help you climb to the top of the ladder in your leadership and management career.  

Get Educated To The Highest Standard

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) provides the highest standard of education in the management and leadership domain. This is because it’s the benchmark professional body for the management and leadership sector, and the only sector-related organisation that can award Chartered status to leadership and management professionals.

Your Education Your Way

Say goodbye to worrying about fitting your education around your lifestyle. With our online courses, there are no classes or timetables, so you can move through the materials at your pace and get qualified when you’re ready.

Plus, if you aren’t already a CMI member, you will gain access to a free Affiliate membership with the CMI for the duration of your studies!

Modules

Unit CMI 701: Strategic Leadership

Guided Learning Hours – 36

Total Unit Time – 110

Credits – 11

Upon completion of this unit, you will:

• Understand the role and context for strategic leadership
• Understand the behaviours and skills for strategic leadership

Unit CMI 711: Entrepreneurial Practice

Guided Learning Hours – 32

Total Unit Time – 90

Credits – 9

Upon completion of this unit, you will:

• Understand entrepreneurship in strategic contexts
• Understand the principles of entrepreneurial practice

Entry Requirements

Experience in a senior manager role is required. As this is a higher level qualification, learners will be expected to have an excellent command of written English, including knowledge, understanding and application of referencing. In addition, learners will need to demonstrate, through the work presented, that they have completed their own research and reading into the subjects being studied.

Minimum age restriction

You must be aged 19 or older to enrol on this course.

Average completion timeframe

The average time it takes to complete this course is 12 months.

Assessement requirements

Your assessments will consist of: Q&A, Case Studies, Essay, Reflections

Placement or Practical required

No placement required but learners do need to be in an appropriate work setting to allow them to satisfy the criteria of the qualification.

If placement or practical required, when?

Learners need to be in an appropriate work setting for the duration of the course.

Is Membership Required?

Membership is required and purchased by us.

Observation by us required

Learners will be observed by a work-based mentor during the course.

Certification Timeframe

You should receive your certificate in 12 weeks, but that can be extended if an EQA sample is required.

Course Fees

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

There are no exams involved in this course. Instead, you will evidence your understanding by passing a range of assessments.

Please note that you will need to sign and date a Statement of Authenticity to confirm the assessments you submit have been completed by yourself and not a third party.   

CMI

Upon successful completion of this online course, you will have achieved a nationally recognised Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice (qualification number: 603/4834/3).

The Chartered Management Institute is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom.

This Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice equips you to become an effective business leader at some of the highest levels, as well as developing your entrepreneurial abilities to set an organisation apart from the competition.

With this qualification, you can become a:

• CEO

• Director
• Regional Manager
• Senior Manager
• Specialist Manager (with expertise in areas like finance, HR, IT, marketing, quality, risk, sales etc.)

Further Qualifications and Prospects 

Following this Level 7 CMI Certificate, you can complete the highest Level 7 CMI qualification on offer with learndirect and develop your skillset to an advanced level.

This is through the:

• Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

This course will help you navigate and overcome the most complex challenges in business as well as elevate your management skills to a superior level.