Skip to content

Diploma in Management and Leadership,
CMI Level 5

This qualification is designed for middle managers and those aspiring to senior management who want to develop key skills such as managing resources, recruitment and information management. It focuses on the personal development of the individual learner’s management capabilities and competencies.

The Level 5 CMI Diploma in Management and Leadership gives you all the key skills and competencies you'll need to become an effective middle manager. The modules covered at this stage are:

  • Personal development as a manager and leader
  • Information based decision making
  • Performance management
  • Resource management
  • Meeting stakeholder and quality needs
  • Conducting a management project
  • Marketing planning
  • Managing recruitment and selection
  • Leadership practice

Prior Learning

This programme builds on the content and learning contained in the Chartered Management Institute Certificate in Management. If you already hold this qualification, and your current or anticipated job role will require you to act in a middle to senior management capacity, then the Diploma in Management is the right qualification for this stage of your career and personal development. Even if you don't hold the Certificate in Management, this will still be the case if you can show that your prior learning and experience are at a comparable level, breadth and depth. The programme leader will be able to help you ensure that you will be able to cope with the demands of the Diploma in Management programme and will also help determine whether any other experience or learning you have undertaken can be counted towards achievement of this qualification.