Qualifi Level 5 Extended Diploma in Business Management

Qualification Overview

The Qualifications have been created to develop and reward the business managers of today and the future, and to continue to bring recognition and professionalism to the management sectors. We hope that centres and learners take the opportunity to learn a great deal from these programmes that will provide relevant new skills and qualities. Completing the Extended Diploma has a value of 240 credits.

Specifications

Qualification title : Qualifi Level 5 Extended Diploma in Business Management

Reference : 610/1675/5

Qualification type : Vocational Related Qualification

Level : 5

Accreditation status : Accredited

TQT : 2400

Guided learning hours: 960

Credit Equivalency: 240

Qualification number (RQF) : 610/1675/5

Progression routes:

Availability : UK and International

Course Length:

• Full-time: 9 or 12 months
• Part-time: 18 or 24 months

Course of study : Blended

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CASS Strategy : Click here to download

Course Brochure : Click here to download

Fees : start from £3,500 for online and £6,500 for blended options.

Evidence types: Assignments, workbooks, MCQs, SAQs, tasks, assessor observation, peer assessment, case studies, practical performance evidence service/treatment/procedure evidence, oral questions, portfolio of product evidence

Assessment model: Summative assessments are provided by Qualifi

Components of the qualification to be monitored: All components. All assessments – once internally marked, across all units and assessors. Learners from various cohorts to be sampled by Qualifi’s EQA (based on the centre delivery model, duration)

Units

1. Communications in Organisations
2. Leadership and the Organisation
3. Financial Awareness
4. Managing Change
5. Business Operations
6. Developing Teams
7. Responding to the Changing Business Environment
8. Effective Decision Making
9. Business Development
10. Business Models and Growing Organisations
11. Customer Management
12. Risk Management and Organisations

Learning Outcomes

1. To understand and apply the principles of leadership in a business environment
2. Review and apply the principles of business management within industry
3. To understand and apply the principles of management in a specific environment
4. To improve the employability of learners by allowing them to explore the relationship between management theories and their practical application in the business world.
5. Analyse problem solving techniques specific to business and industry
6. Select, collate, review and analyse information form a wide range of sources
7. Effectively use verbal and communication skills
8. Work independently and as part of a team
9. Manage one’s own personal development and growth

Entry Requirements

1. Learners who possess Qualifications at Level 3 and/or 4;
2. Learners who have work experience at a managerial level and demonstrate ambition with clear career goals;
3. Learners who possess a first degree in another discipline and want to develop their careers in business.
4. In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6 (or equivalent) is required.

Awarding Classification/Grading

All unit grading is shown on the qualification transcript.

Fail – 0-39%

Pass – 40%-59%

Merit – 60% – 69%

Distinction 70%+

All units will be internally assessed through written assignment, internally marked by the QUALIFI approved centre and subject to external quality assurance by QUALIFI.

Progression and Links to other QUALIFI Programmes

Completing the QUALIFI Level 4 Diploma will enable learners to progress to:

• QUALIFI Level 5 Diploma in related areas.
• Bachelor’s degree second year.
• Employment in an associated profession.

Completing the QUALIFI Level 5 Diplomas will enable learners to progress to:

• QUALIFI Level 6 Diploma in related areas.
• Bachelor’s degree final year.
• Employment in an associated profession.

University exemptions

QUALIFI has exemptions for learners to progress to a final year of an Honours degree at a number of Universities.

The pathways are an indication of the learner’s progress towards a University degree and is based on the University’s review of QUALIFI’s learning programmes and outcomes. Further information is available here http://www.QUALIFI.net/learning-pathways/

Total Qualification Time (TQT): is an estimate of the total amount of time that could reasonably be expected to be required for a learner to achieve and demonstrate the achievement of the level of attainment necessary for the award of a qualification. Examples of activities that can contribute to Total Qualification Time include: guided learning, independent and unsupervised research/learning, unsupervised compilation of a portfolio of work experience, unsupervised e-learning, unsupervised e-assessment, unsupervised coursework, watching a prerecorded podcast or webinar, unsupervised workbased learning.

Guided Learning Hours (GLH): are defined as the time when a tutor is present to give specific guidance towards the learning aim being studied on a programme. This definition includes lectures, tutorials, and supervised study in, for example, open learning centres and learning workshops, live webinars, telephone tutorials or other forms of e-learning supervised by a tutor in real time. Guided learning includes any supervised assessment activity; this includes invigilated examination and observed assessment and observed workbased practice.