The case for professional qualifications in management & integration in HE awards

1. The case for professional qualifications in management & integration in HE awards http://www.managers.org.uk

2. Chartered Management Institute CMI is a professional body. It is the only chartered professional body dedicated to raising standards of management and leadership across all sectors of UK commerce and industry. By setting professional management standards – built into our qualifications, membership criteria and learning resources – we recognise individual capability and give employers confidence in their managers’ performance.

3. Our role Vision - ‘Better led and better managed organisations’ Through - ‘Increasing the number and standard of professionally qualified managers and leaders’ Member Organisation Awarding Body Employers

4. Our main strategic aims • Raising standards in management & leadership • Increasing profile and influence • Increasing membership • Attracting younger managers • Supporting ‘Access to the Professions’

5. CMI Qualifications Portfolio…and Frameworks Qualification Credit Framework Scottish Credit Qualification Framework (SCQF) European Qualification Framework & National Framework of qualifications for Ireland

6. Profile‘widening & deepening our appeal’ • Major research into M&L making a • difference demonstrating that • investment pays • Increasing influence and reach within • government & large organisations • On-going growth of Campus CMI • National awareness campaign • PR • Building on web and social media • presence – app, face book, twitter to assist • approved centres (FE, HE, PTP)

7. Youth‘engaging with tomorrow’s leaders’ • Students • - conversation • - messaging • - mentoring • - case studies • Communications • - social networking • Making M + L fun • - Battle For The Boardroom • Campus CMI • - Introducing students to M+L at school

8. The case for integration • Too many managers remain unqualified • 1 in 5 managers in the UK have had no professional management training in their career • Managers themselves are committed to professional development, but they require the support of the organisation • Our research shows that organisations which invest wisely in L&D interventions, are more effective and perform better • If we provide HE with the necessary routes for progression to M&L qualifications, we will build the pipeline of future managers

9. The case for integration • CMI is working closely with HE to offer added value and a USP to their under & post graduate programme • This is done by mapping the programmesinto CMI professional qualifications at appropriate levels • Students leaving then have 2 qualifications • This begins their journey to chartered status (the pinnacle of a manager’s career) • CMI can now embed Chartered Manager status into the qualification • Chartered Status offers recognition of the consistent delivery of business improvement delivered throughout their career – they are making a difference on a daily basis

10. The case for integration • CMI has historically, and continues to form strategic partnerships with HE (CASS, Oxford Brookes, Greenwich University) • We offer students ongoing support through our class leading management & leadership library and on-line resources • These provide students with the tools to help them formulate best practice and ease them into employment • When starting in their first roles, they possess the knowledge to begin managing others with confidence • They will feel less intimidated when tasked with ‘managing’ in their first roles

11. The case for integration • CMI offers a holistic approach for HE to work with us • Mapping of the programme is front-loaded and signposted from the beginning of the student journey • This ensures students are fully aware that what they are undertaking provides them with competence aligned to the National Occupational Standard for Management & Leadership • Support is available through our membership – which all studying members can have access to

12. Thankyou http://www.managers.org.uk