CIPD Level 7 Course | Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management

CIPD Level 7 Modules for Strategic People Management
Four core units

Unit 1: Work and working lives in a changing business environment
You’ll learn about…

• Ways in which major, long-term environmental developments affect employment, work and people management in organisations.
• Current and short-term developments in the people management business environment.
• How change, innovation and creativity can promote improvements in organisational productivity.
• The key interrelationships between organisational commitment to ethics, sustainability, diversity and wellbeing.

Unit 2: People management and development strategies for performance
You’ll learn about…

• The benefits of aligning people practices with organisational strategy and culture.
• How the development of people practices improve organisational performance and employee experience.
• Current practice in major areas of people management and development work.
• The role and influence of people professionals in different organisational settings.

Unit 3: Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumen
You’ll learn about…

• Model principles and values that promote inclusivity aimed at maximising the contribution that people make to organisations.
• How to challenge business outcomes for yourself and organisations.
• How to apply learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
• Influencing others during decision-making while showing courage and conviction.

Unit 4: Business research in people practice
You’ll learn about…

• How to plan a people practice business research project aimed at adding organisational value.
• The most appropriate research methods to collect data for the chosen project.
• How to analyse data to make decisions and provide business and people management insights.
• How to propose recommendations based on conclusions derived from the research and analysis.

Three HR specialist units

Unit 1: Strategic employment relations
You’ll learn about…

• Different perspectives of employment relations and how they influence the roles of people professionals and line managers.regulations
• How external institutions can shape employment relations at organisational level.regulations
• How people professionals can work with employees and trade unions to sustain mutuality and voice.regulations
• Performance, disciplinary and grievance matters.

Unit 2: Resourcing and talent management to sustain success
You’ll learn about…

• The impact of the changing business environment on resourcing and talent management strategy and practice regulations
• Organisational recruitment and selection strategies regulations
• The importance of succession planning to support sustainable organisationa

Unit 3: Strategic reward management
You’ll learn about…

• Effective reward strategies and policy frameworks.regulations
• The value of a ‘total rewards’ approach.regulations
• Pay structures and approaches to establishing pay levels.regulations
• The importance of organisational approaches to compliant and ethical reward practice.

One of two additional specialist units
Unit 1: Advanced employment law in practice
You’ll learn about…

• The legal framework for employment regulation in the UK.regulations
• Regulations that aim to protect employees from unlawful acts of discrimination.regulations
• Law in relation to establishment, alteration and termination of employment contracts.regulations
• Compliance in relation to further regulations relevant to major areas of people practice.

Unit 2: Wellbeing at work
You’ll learn about…

• How wellbeing is relevant to the workplace regulations
• The links between work, health, wellbeing and people management practices and processes regulations
• How employer and employee wellbeing aligns with strategy regulations
• The importance of the wellbeing strategy to sustain organisational performance.