CMI Assessment Units

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Explore Management and Leadership pathway units commonly used in the Level 3, Level 5 and Level 7 qualification routes shown in this guide.

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CMI Level 3 unit reference table
Code	Unit title	Route or type	Study focus	Action
301	Principles of Management and Leadership	Foundations	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
302	Managing a Team to Achieve Results	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
303	Managing Individuals to be Effective in their Role	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
304	Principles of Communication in the Workplace	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
305	Building Stakeholder Relationships using Effective Communication	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
306	Principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusive Working Practice	Managing people	Connect responsible practice to the setting in the brief, then support the discussion with current evidence and balanced evaluation.	Start order
307	Developing the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities of Individuals and Teams	Managing people	Explain the learning need, compare suitable development approaches, and use a realistic evaluation measure.	Start order
308	Managing Volunteers	Managing people	Use the current learning outcomes to focus your reading, define key terms and organise evidence around the requirements in the brief.	Start order
309	Responding to Conflict in the Workplace	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
310	Supporting Teams and Individuals Through Change	Managing people	Set out the drivers for change, consider stakeholder impact and risk, and develop a measured implementation approach.	Start order
311	Contributing to the Delivery of a Project	Delivering results	Break the task into scope, responsibilities, resources, measures and review points that match the assessment criteria.	Start order
312	Managing Daily Activities to Achieve Results	Delivering results	Break the task into scope, responsibilities, resources, measures and review points that match the assessment criteria.	Start order
313	Developing and Sharing Good Practice	Delivering results	Use the current learning outcomes to focus your reading, define key terms and organise evidence around the requirements in the brief.	Start order
314	Managing Budgets and Resources	Delivering results	Map the people or resourcing issue, compare suitable approaches, and show how the recommendation would be implemented.	Start order
315	Principles of Health and Safety in the Workplace	Delivering results	Use the current learning outcomes to focus your reading, define key terms and organise evidence around the requirements in the brief.	Start order
316	Monitoring Quality to Improve Outcomes	Delivering results	Identify the key measures and risks, assess their impact, and support improvement priorities with credible evidence.	Start order
317	Supporting the Delivery of Customer Service	Delivering results	Identify the key measures and risks, assess their impact, and support improvement priorities with credible evidence.	Start order
318	Managing Data and Information	Delivering results	Identify reliable evidence, explain how it informs a decision, and present the findings clearly for the stated context.	Start order
319	Managing Meetings	Delivering results	Use the current learning outcomes to focus your reading, define key terms and organise evidence around the requirements in the brief.	Start order
320	Presenting for Success	Delivering results	Use the current learning outcomes to focus your reading, define key terms and organise evidence around the requirements in the brief.	Start order
321	Managing Own Personal and Professional Development	Managing self	Explain the learning need, compare suitable development approaches, and use a realistic evaluation measure.	Start order

CMI Level 5 unit reference table
Code	Unit title	Route or type	Study focus	Action
501	Principles of Management and Leadership in an Organisational Context	Foundations	Analyse how the organisation and its environment shape the issue, then link theory carefully to the scenario.	Start order
502	Principles of Developing, Managing and Leading Individuals and Teams to Achieve Success	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
503	Principles of Managing and Leading Individuals and Teams to Achieve Success	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
504	Managing Performance	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
505	Forming Successful Teams	Managing people	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
506	Managing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion	Delivering results	Connect responsible practice to the setting in the brief, then support the discussion with current evidence and balanced evaluation.	Start order
507	Principles of Delivering Coaching and Mentoring	Delivering results	Explain the learning need, compare suitable development approaches, and use a realistic evaluation measure.	Start order
508	Principles of Developing a Skilled and Talented Workforce	Delivering results	Map the people or resourcing issue, compare suitable approaches, and show how the recommendation would be implemented.	Start order
509	Managing Stakeholder Relationships	Delivering results	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
510	Managing Conflict	Delivering results	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
511	Principles of Recruiting, Selecting and Retaining Talent	Delivering results	Map the people or resourcing issue, compare suitable approaches, and show how the recommendation would be implemented.	Start order
512	Workforce Planning	Delivering results	Map the people or resourcing issue, compare suitable approaches, and show how the recommendation would be implemented.	Start order
513	Managing Projects to Achieve Results	Delivering results	Break the task into scope, responsibilities, resources, measures and review points that match the assessment criteria.	Start order
514	Managing Change	Delivering results	Set out the drivers for change, consider stakeholder impact and risk, and develop a measured implementation approach.	Start order
515	Creating and Delivering Operational Plans	Delivering results	Break the task into scope, responsibilities, resources, measures and review points that match the assessment criteria.	Start order
516	Planning, Procuring and Managing Resources	Delivering results	Map the people or resourcing issue, compare suitable approaches, and show how the recommendation would be implemented.	Start order
517	Principles of Innovation	Delivering results	Set out the drivers for change, consider stakeholder impact and risk, and develop a measured implementation approach.	Start order
518	Risk Management	Delivering results	Identify the key measures and risks, assess their impact, and support improvement priorities with credible evidence.	Start order
519	Managing Quality and Continuous Improvement	Delivering results	Identify the key measures and risks, assess their impact, and support improvement priorities with credible evidence.	Start order
520	Managing Finance	Delivering results	Define the financial or reward considerations, compare options and make calculations or assumptions transparent where required.	Start order
521	Using Data and Information for Decision Making	Delivering results	Identify reliable evidence, explain how it informs a decision, and present the findings clearly for the stated context.	Start order
522	Managing the Customer Experience	Delivering results	Identify the key measures and risks, assess their impact, and support improvement priorities with credible evidence.	Start order
523	Principles of Marketing Products and Services	Delivering results	Identify the key measures and risks, assess their impact, and support improvement priorities with credible evidence.	Start order
524	Conducting a Management Project	Delivering results	Break the task into scope, responsibilities, resources, measures and review points that match the assessment criteria.	Start order
525	Using Reflective Practice to Inform Personal and Professional Development	Managing self	Explain the learning need, compare suitable development approaches, and use a realistic evaluation measure.	Start order
526	Principles of Leadership Practice	Foundations	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
608	Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability	Diploma and Extended Diploma only	Connect responsible practice to the setting in the brief, then support the discussion with current evidence and balanced evaluation.	Start order

CMI Level 7 unit reference table
Code	Unit title	Route or type	Study focus	Action
701	Strategic Leadership	Strategic practice	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
702	Leading and Developing People to Optimise Performance	Strategic practice	Apply the relevant people and stakeholder concepts to the situation, using evidence to justify the proposed actions.	Start order
703	Collaboration and Partnerships	Strategic practice	Use the current learning outcomes to focus your reading, define key terms and organise evidence around the requirements in the brief.	Start order
704	Developing Organisational Strategy	Strategic practice	Analyse how the organisation and its environment shape the issue, then link theory carefully to the scenario.	Start order
705	Leading Strategic Change	Strategic practice	Set out the drivers for change, consider stakeholder impact and risk, and develop a measured implementation approach.	Start order
706	Finance for Strategic Leaders	Strategic practice	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
707	Organisational Design and Development	Strategic practice	Explain the learning need, compare suitable development approaches, and use a realistic evaluation measure.	Start order
708	Strategic Risk Management	Strategic practice	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
709	Strategic Management of Data and Information	Strategic practice	Identify reliable evidence, explain how it informs a decision, and present the findings clearly for the stated context.	Start order
710	Marketing Strategy	Strategic practice	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
711	Entrepreneurial Practice	Strategic practice	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
712	Strategic Management Project	Strategic practice	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
713	Applied Research for Strategic Leaders	Strategic practice	Use a clear strategic lens, evaluate alternatives, and explain the evidence behind a feasible recommendation.	Start order
714	Personal and Professional Development for Strategic Leaders	Strategic practice	Explain the learning need, compare suitable development approaches, and use a realistic evaluation measure.	Start order
715	Strategic Approaches to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion	Strategic practice	Connect responsible practice to the setting in the brief, then support the discussion with current evidence and balanced evaluation.	Start order
716	Strategic Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing	Strategic practice	Connect responsible practice to the setting in the brief, then support the discussion with current evidence and balanced evaluation.	Start order
607	Procurement, Purchasing and Contracting	Additional pathway unit	Separate the governing requirements from practical action, and check every conclusion against the current brief and reliable sources.	Start order
608	Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability	Additional pathway unit	Connect responsible practice to the setting in the brief, then support the discussion with current evidence and balanced evaluation.	Start order
609	Leading Quality Management	Additional pathway unit	Identify the key measures and risks, assess their impact, and support improvement priorities with credible evidence.	Start order
610	Principles and Practices of Policy Development	Additional pathway unit	Separate the governing requirements from practical action, and check every conclusion against the current brief and reliable sources.	Start order
612	Coaching Skills for Leaders	Additional pathway unit	Explain the learning need, compare suitable development approaches, and use a realistic evaluation measure.	Start order
614	Principles and Practices of Ethical Decision Making	Additional pathway unit	Connect responsible practice to the setting in the brief, then support the discussion with current evidence and balanced evaluation.	Start order

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