CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management

Key topics covered:

• Data evaluation skills: gather and analyse evidence to support effective decision-making

• HR decision-making processes: make informed, research-based HR decisions

• Data-driven HR practices: contribute to organisational success through evidence-based practices

Find out more about 5CO02 – Evidence-Based Practice

Key topics covered:

• Professional and ethical behaviours: Learn how personal and ethical values can be applied, including contributing to discussions with confidence and conviction to influence others.

• Inclusive and collaborative strategies: Design and evaluate solutions aimed at building positive working relationships

• Reflective practice: Explore how the role of a people professional is evolving and formulate a range of activities to support your learning journey

Find out more about 5CO03 – Professional Behaviours and Valuing People

Key topics covered:

• Employee involvement and participation: understand employee voice and practices to support better working lives.

• Conflict and mediation: understand different forms of conflict behaviour and dispute resolution.

• Performance and disciplinary matters: understand the principles of legislation relating to unfair dismissal in respect of capability and misconduct issues.

• Employee grievances: identify key causes of employee grievances and the importance of handling grievances effectively.

Find out more about 5HR01 – Employment Relationship Management

Key topics covered:

• Labour market trends: understand the impact of trends on resourcing decisions and how organisations strategically position themselves.

• Workforce planning: understand the impact of effective workforce planning and the techniques used to support the process of workforce planning.

• Employee turnover and retention: understand the factors that influence turnover, approaches to retention and the impact of dysfunctional turnover.

• Contractual arrangements and onboarding: understand the importance of managing contractual arrangements and effective onboarding.

Find out more about 5HR02 – Talent Management and Workforce Planning

Key topics covered:

• Reward: understand the impact of reward approaches and packages.

• Component of reward: understand the importance of different components of reward.

• Benchmarking data: understand how to develop insight from benchmarking data to inform reward approaches.

Find out more about 5HR03 – Reward for Performance and Contribution

Key topics covered:

• Employment regulation: understand the purpose of employment regulation and the way it is enforced in practice.

• Discrimination law: understand how to manage recruitment and selection activities lawfully.

• Reorganisation and redundancy: understand how to manage change and reorganisation lawfully.

• Statutory leave and employment rights: understand how to manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully.

Find out more about 5OS01 – Specialist Employment Law

Key topics covered:

• Technological development in learning and development: assess the impact of emerging learning technologies on the role of L&D professionals.

• Digital learning content: understand how to create engaging digital learning content to meet specific purposes.

• Online facilitation skills: be able to apply a range of online facilitation functions and techniques to deliver an effective live online learning activity.

Find out more about 5OS02 – Advances in Digital Learning and Development

Key topics covered:

• Learning and development in context: understand how learning and development connects with other areas of the organisation.

• Design of learning and development: gain an understanding of the design of different learning and development solutions and assessments.

• Learning in different contexts: discuss techniques for facilitating learning in groups and online and how to enhance learner engagement.

• Alternative learning methods: understand the importance, benefits and risks of alternative methods of learning for individuals and organisations.

Find out more about 5OS03 – Learning and Development Essentials

Key topics covered:

• International perspective: Understand the contextual factors of an international organisation and people practice an international context.

• Challenges of international people practice: Learn cultural and institutional differences to be considered when managing international people practice.

• Function of international people practice: understand how people practices and policies are shaped by the international context.

• Managing expatriates: gain an understanding of the process for selecting, preparing and managing expatriates for overseas relocation for work.

Find out more about 5OS04 – People Management in an International Context

Key topics covered:

• The importance of EDI: understand the value of equality, diversity and inclusion in organisations for employees, customers and wider stakeholders.

• Ensuring EDI: learn how to conduct organisational reviews and equality impact assessments (EqIA) and recommend approaches to strengthen EDI.

• EDI best practice: understand how to embed best practice approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Find out more about 5OS05 – Diversity and Inclusion

Key topics covered:

• The importance of leadership: Understand the relevance of leadership and management and the knowledge, skills and behaviours required.

• Learning & development initiatives: Identify and evaluate a range of different learning and development initiatives in developing leaders and managers.

• The impact of L&D: Evaluate indicators of successful and effective leadership programmes and assess the impact on the organisation.

Find out more about 5OS06 – Leadership and Management Development

Key topics covered:

• The importance of leadership: Understand the relevance of leadership and management and the knowledge, skills and behaviours required.

• Learning & development initiatives: Identify and evaluate a range of different learning and development initiatives in developing leaders and managers.

• The impact of L&D: Evaluate indicators of successful and effective leadership programmes and assess the impact on the organisation.

Find out more about 5OS07 – Wellbeing at Work