Diploma in Management and Leadership

professional development courses
Type
Professional / Short Course
Duration
24 Weeks*
Validated by
BTEC
Mode
Part-Time / Online
Campus
Dublin City Centre
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Course Overview

Develop excellent management capabilities within all sectors

This high-end management qualification focuses on practical management skills development, preparing graduates for management or self-employment.

Why Study Management and Leadership?

The Diploma in Management and Leadership is available online part-time over a 24 week period. The course places a strong emphasis on practical management skills and has been developed with career progression and recognition by professional bodies in mind.  It is designed for candidates from any sector or industry and gives the learner an opportunity to:

  • Develop wider technical and strategic management knowledge to enable the learner to progress in to roles with additional management or functional responsibilities
  • Broaden the depth and breadth of their learning covering concepts of leadership and strategic business planning
  • Become assured in staff management and team development
  • Progress in your career or manage your own business
  • Choice of two centrally-located locations
  • Highly experienced and engaged lecturing team

* See Course Details section for Limerick Campus course durations.

Course Highlights

  • Useful for management and self-employed
  • Validation/Professional Body Recognition
  • BTEC exemptions available.

Intake Dates

  • Dublin - City Centre - Part-Time - February 2024
  • Dublin - City Centre - Online - September 2024
  • Dublin - City Centre - Online - February 2025

Course Details

This course runs for 2 semesters * 12 weeks * 2 nights per week (Monday, Tuesday 18.30 - 21.30).  Occasionally we schedule extra classes if the lecturer feels the group needs additional time.  

This course attracts a diverse group of learners – graduates/non graduates, young/mature, male/female, Irish/International where all students benefit from the outlook and experience of their peers. 

Online / Part-Time Limerick Campus

Learners may work through the stages of the qualifications (award, certificate & diploma) over time and will achieve the Professional Diploma on successful completion of seven units.  Alternatively, learners may register to take the Diploma in full over a period of twenty-four weeks.In this course you will learn about the theories that have shaped the understanding of leadership and management and how these ideas have provided a guide to action for managers and leaders who secure success for their businesses. Consideration will be given to leadership styles and how and why they are used and the extent to which they are effective. 

The award consists of one unit:

  • Principles of Management and Leadership

The award delivered fully online, over six weeks. Learners may progress on to the Certificate stage where they will complete three further units.

 

 

The Professional Certificate in Management and Leadership provides learners with an opportunity to build on the topics covered in the award in Management and Leadership.  Learners will develop wider technical and strategic management knowledge to enable them to progress into roles with additional management or functional responsibilities. 

The Certificate consists of four units:

  • Principles of Management and Leadership
  • Strategic Business Management and Planning
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Human Resource Management. 

Units are delivered fully online over twelve weeks.  Learners may progress onto the Diploma stage where they will complete three further units.  

 

The Diploma in Management and Leadership extends the knowledge and skills learned throughout the award and certificate stages.  It provides learners with an opportunity to develop wider technical knowledge to support competence in roles such as Manager, Senior Manager or Department Head through the study of a selection of themes such as people, innovation and change management.   

The Diploma consists of seven units;

  • Principles of Management and Leadership
  • Strategic Business Management and Planning
  • Strategic Decision Making
  • Human Resource Management
  • Staff Recruitment and Selection
  • Innovation and Change Management
  • Corporate Communications. 

Units are delivered fully online over twenty-four weeks.  

 

Part-Time Dublin City Centre

This unit focuses on leadership and management theories and principles, leadership styles and motivating and managing performance.​

  • Understand leadership and management theories and principles
  • Understand leadership styles
  • Understand motivation and empowerment
  • Understand the management of performance

 

This unit focuses on the role of strategic planning and management in an organisation and how internal and external environmental factors can influence the planning process. The unit also considers strategies to aid the organisation to achieve competitive advantage.

  • Understand the role of strategic planning in organisations
  • Understand the impact of internal and external factors on organisations
  • Understand the strategies that organisations use to achieve competitive advantage
  • Understand the environmental factors that affect strategic business management and planning

This unit focuses on the role of information in strategic decision making and how information systems can support business activity, as well as both quantitative and systematic approaches to strategic decision making.

  • Understand the role of information in strategic decision-making
  • Understand how information systems support business activity
  • Understand quantitative approaches to strategic decision-making
  • Understand systems approaches to strategic decision-making

This unit gives learners an understanding of corporate social responsibility and sustainability and the impact on organisations and business performance. This unit also introduces the concept of business ethics and the conduct of the organisation, as well as the strategic requirement for corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

  • Understand the characteristics of corporate social responsibility and sustainability
  • Understand the impact of corporate social responsibility ans sustainability strategy on business performance
  • Understand the strategic requirement for corporate social responsibility and sustainability
  • Understand ethical approaches to leadership and management

This unit examines the importance of corporate communication strategies and their relationship with corporate objectives and corporate reputation, as well as the dimensions of corporate communication processes and the development of organisational communication strategies.

  • Understand the importance of corporate communication
  • Understand the dimensions of corporate communication processes
  • Understand how to plan the development of an organisational communication strategy

 

This unit examines the characteristics of what makes a successful business team and how to use these characteristics to develop successful business teams.

  • Understand the importance of business processes in delivering outcomes based on business goals and objectives
  • Understand how work plans are developed
  • Understand how to monitor work plans and systems to improve organisational performance
  • Understand health and safety requirement when managing business activities

 

The aim of this unit is to provide learners with the understanding and skills to manage their activities in the business workplace to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. The importance of business processes in delivering outcomes based on business goals and objectives is discussed, as well as the process of monitoring work plans and systems to improve organisational performance and health and safety requirements when managing business activities.

  • Understand the importance of business processes in delivering outcomes based on business goals and objectives
  • Understand how work plans are developed
  • Understand how to monitor work plans and systems to improve organisational performance
  • Understand health and safety requirements when managing business activities

 

Timetables

This course is next scheduled to commence on the following dates, depending on the campus of your choice:

Griffith College City Centre: Monday and Tuesday evenings, 18.30-21.30.  Next intake commencing October 2023.  Contact [email protected] for further information.

Griffith College Limerick: Next intake February 2021. Contact [email protected] for further information.

 

How to Apply

Entry Requirements

This qualification is for all learners who are capable of reaching the required standards. 

How to Apply

Applicants can apply online directly.

Applicants under 23 years of age:

Based on experience pending interview with programme director.

or

5 O6/H7 grades, to include a language (English, Irish or another language) and Maths.

Applicants over 23 years of age (Mature students):

Learners over the age of 23 do not need any prior qualifications, however they are likely to be employed in an operational, technician, associate professional or operational/departmental management role; already have core occupational competence and knowledge within the sector, but are aspiring to progress to middle management level.

Non English native language applicants

In the case of all applications, the Programme Director will make a call on competence in the English language, based on the evidence as provided at course application stage.  Griffith College supports BTec’s strong inclusivity policy by making the course available to everyone who is capable of reaching the required standards.

Fees

Please note that not all study modes may be offered at all times; for confirmation, refer to the Intake dates on the Overview tab.

General Fees

Study Mode: Part-Time

Fee: EUR 1,950

There is an instalment payment scheme for those who are interested. (3 * EUR 500 payments and 1 * EUR 450 payment).

 

Study Mode: Part-Time

Fee: EUR 1,950

Progression

Academic Progression

Upon completion of the course, learners can progress onto a range of certificates, diplomas or degrees in business.

Career Progression

This qualification allows graduates to enter a variety of management level careers where professional management skills are required and valued in a wide range of environments. It also allows graduates to progress within their existing career.

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