Professional Management & Leadership Practice (Level 6)

QN: 603/4114/2 | 603/4115/4 | 603/4116/6

These qualifications are designed for individuals wishing to develop professional management and leadership practice who will have the knowledge, skills and behaviours to drive business activities in a senior, regional specialist or director level management and leadership role.

This qualification is aligned to CMI Professional Standards and the Standard for the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship ST0272/ST03 (CMDA)

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Qualification Type  Award  Certificate Diploma
CMI Code 6A30 6C30 6D30
Qualification Number (QN) 603/4114/2 603/4115/4 603/4116/6
Guided Learning Hours (GLH) 15 41 118
Total Qualification Time (TQT) 50 130 370
Credits 5 13 37
Accreditation status Live  Live  Live

Typical Units

Our qualifications are broken down into units and relevant topics aligned to the level and qualification. Typical units for the Level 6 Professional Management and Leadership qualification are:

Level 6 Management and Leadership - Previous Syllabus

Please find the syllabus to the Level 6 Management and Leadership, however learners are no longer able to register on this qualification, as from 31st August 2021.
Previous Syllabus - no longer able to register learners

  • Principles of Professional Leadership and Management Practice in an Organisational Context
  • Developing, Managing and leading people
  • Managing organisational culture
  • Strategic programme and project management
  • Innovation and change management
  • Delivering organisational strategy

Qualification Benefits

For learners

  • Develop professional management and leadership practices
  • Develop the skills required for this level of responsibility

For organisations

  • Drive business activities in a senior management and leadership role
  • Gives you a broader knowledge of management skills while focusing on the specific areas appropriate to you and your workplace

Chartered Manager

Do you strive for excellence?  Do you deliver positive results for your business?  Can you track the link between the two? As a Chartered Manager you’ll join a community of high performing professional managers who are self-aware and skills focused, delivering real value for their business.

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Supporting Resources

Completing a CMI qualification offers you more than just academic standing, alongside your qualification you have access to CMI Membership and Support for the duration of your study. This includes access to digital learning resources through ManagementDirect, our Careers Development Centre (CDC) and much more. We’ve pulled together all the key additional learning resources together for your studies.

Ready to start learning? Find an Approved CMI Centre near you today.

Partners and Centres

CMI is here to help your business grow, together increasing the number and standard of professionally qualified managers.

As the only Chartered Awarding Organisation of Management and Leadership qualifications, we offer you a respected and recognised brand, with a portfolio of high quality, internationally recognised, research-led, future-ready qualifications, programmes and endorsement.

As a CMI Centre or Training Provider, you have access to additional qualification resources to assist with the assessments of the qualifications for your Learners through MyCMI. Here, you'll be able to access assignment briefs, assessment booklets, and marking sheets among other important resources.

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