ILM Level 4 Certificate in Leadership and Management Course Outline
Total Credit Value – 13
Guided Learning Hours – 19
Unit 8605-406: Developing Your Leadership Styles
Total Credit Value – 4
Guided Learning Hours – 10
Module 1: Understand the Outcomes of Effective Leadership
- Evaluate the Importance of Performance and Engagement with Followers in an Organisation
- Defining Leadership
Module 2: Be Able to Assess Own Leadership Styles
- Review Own Leadership Styles by Using a Diagnostic
- Assess the Effectiveness of Own Leadership Styles
Module 3: Understand the Implications of Own Leadership Styles for Self and for Leadership Within Own Organisation
- Impact of Changes in the Situation on the Effectiveness of the Adopted Style
- Leadership Profiling
Module 4: Be Able to Assess Own Leadership Behaviour, in Terms of the Factors Which Determine Effective Leadership
- Factors Which Impact on Leadership Effectiveness
- Assess Own Leadership Behaviour in Terms of These Factors
Module 5: Understand How to Develop Own Leadership Style and Effectiveness
- Produce an Action Plan for Developing Own Leadership Style and Effectiveness
- Benefits of Implementing the Action Plan
- How You Will Monitor and Evaluate the Action Plan?
Unit 8605-408: Management Communication
Credit Value – 4
Guided Learning Hours – 18
Module 6: Understand the Importance of Effective Communication in Management
- Importance of Effective Communication in Management
- Communication Process
- Relevance of the Communication Cycle for Effective Communication
- Importance of Selecting an Appropriate Tone and Language
- Importance of Level of Formality
- Effectiveness of Verbal and Written Communication Methods
- Evaluate Communication Skills as a Manager
Module 7: Be Able to Develop Effective Communication Skills as a Reflective Manager
- Developing Effective Communication Skills as a Reflective Manager
- Tools for Evaluating Communication Skills
- Importance of Feedback on Communication Skills
- Identifying Strengths and Areas for Improvement
- SWOT Analysis
- Personal Development Planning
Unit 8605-300: Solving Problems and Making Decisions
Total Credit Value – 2
Guided Learning Hours – 9
Module 8: Know How to Describe a Problem, Its Nature, Scope, and Impact
- Problem, Its Nature Scope, and Impact
- Ways to Recognise, Define, Investigate, and Analyse Problems
- Objective Setting in Relation to Problem
- Brainstorming, Problem Solving, and Creative Thinking Techniques
Module 9: Know How to Gather and Interpret Information to Solve a Problem
- Gather and Interpret Information to Identify Possible Solutions to a Problem
- Prepare a Summary of the Options Providing Facts and Evidence
- Difference Between Data and Information
Module 10: Know How to Evaluate Options to Make a Decision
- Importance of Adequate and Relevant Information for Effective Decision-Making
- Identification of What Information is Relevant to Specific Decisions
- Decision Making Techniques
Module 11: How to Plan, Monitor, and Review the Implementation and Communication of Decisions?
- Plan the Implementation and Communication of the Decision
- Monitoring and Review Techniques to Evaluate Outcomes
Unit 8605-303: Planning and Allocating Work
Total Credit Value – 2
Guided Learning Hours – 9
Module 12: Know How to Plan Work in the Workplace
- Identify Organisational Targets Relevant to the Team
- Set Smart Objectives for the Team to Achieve the Targets
- Use a Technique to Plan to Achieve the Objectives
- Explain How to Monitor and Control a Planned Activity
Module 13: Know How to Allocate Work to Team Members
- Identify Resources Required to Complete a Planned Activity
- How to Allocate Work to Team Members?
- How to Assess and Support Team Performance in Achieving Objectives?
Module 14: Understand How to Improve the Performance of a Team in Delivering to Plan
- Possible Cause of Variance from a Planned Activity
- How to Involve Team Members in Identifying Ways to Improve Performance to Meet Objectives?
- Techniques for Identifying Causes of Underperformance
Unit 8605-314: Understanding Discipline in the Workplace
Total Credit Value – 1
Guided Learning Hours – 5
Module 15: Understand the Legal Aspects and Organisational Policy Relating to Discipline in the Workplace
- Legal Aspects of the Disciplinary Process
- Organisation’s Employment Policies and Procedures that Could Guide the Manager in Dealing with Disciplinary Issues
Module 16: Understand How to Monitor Discipline in the Workplace
- Purpose of Disciplinary Procedure
- Interpersonal Behaviour and Support Skills Required by a Manager to Monitor Discipline in the Workplace