London College of Commerce

Advanced Professional Diploma in Management Studies

Edexcel Level 7

• BTEC Higher National Certificate or Diploma in a related subject (e.g. Business, Management)
• A BTEC Level 5/6 Short Course in a related subject (e.g. Business or Management)
• A Bachelor degree or any qualification from a recognised university/college which is equivalent to the UK Bachelor degree with relevant educational background (business studies)
• Appropriate work experience: More mature learners may present a more varied profile of achievement that is likely to include extensive work experience (paid and/or unpaid) and/or achievement of a range of professional qualifications in their work sector.
• IELTS 6.0 OR Equivalent.

The Edexcel Level 7 BTEC Advanced Professional Diploma in Management Studies is a 270-hour qualification comprising nine units of 30 hours each.

To achieve the whole qualification, a learner must successfully complete three core unit and six specialist units.

These three core units and six specialist units are spread across two semesters

Unit 1: Advanced Professional Development

This unit is designed to enable learners to take responsibility for their learning and development needs to meet personal, professional and organisational goals and objectives. This will be achieved through analysing current skills and preparing and implementing personal development plans.

Unit 2: Managing Change in Organisations

Alvin Toffler’s famous comment ‘There is only one constant today and that is change’ was made some decades ago, but now change itself is changing at a fast rate. This unit will look at the reasons for change and alternative models for its management.

Unit 3: Management Research — Project and Presentation

This unit recognises the importance for managers to have project management skills and expertise to enable this to happen. In effect, this unit requires managers to plan the implementation of a new product, service or process.

Specialist Units

Unit 4: Strategic Marketing Management

This unit introduces marketing strategy to learners who are not professional marketeers but would like to understand how to support the strategic marketing process.

Unit 5: Managing Finance for Strategic Managers

This unit provides learners with a foundation in financial principles and techniques relevant to the strategic management process.

Unit 6: Strategic Planning and Implementation

This unit recognises the importance of effective forecasting and planning in the current global economy. Learners are required to plan and develop the implementation of a management strategy for an organisation they know well.

Unit 7: Human Resources Planning and Development

This unit will enable learners to focus on the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary for the planning and development of an organisation’s human resources (HR).

Unit 8: Leadership of Your Organisation

This unit gives learners an insight into current thinking on leadership from the perspective of the organization. Although the unit takes the perspective of the organisation, it provides insights that can contribute to the learners’ development of their own leadership skills.

Unit 9: Quality and Systems Management

This unit focuses on the effective and efficient strategic planning and control of operational systems to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. Learners will develop an understanding of the design and monitoring of systems and processes and how they can be monitored and improved.