CIPD Level 7 Course | Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management

Four core units

Unit 1: Work and working lives in a changing business environment 

You’ll learn about…
• Ways in which major, long-term environmental developments affect employment, work and people management in organisations.
• Current and short-term developments in the people management business environment.
• How change, innovation and creativity can promote improvements in organisational productivity.
• The key interrelationships between organisational commitment to ethics, sustainability, diversity and wellbeing.

Unit 2: People management and development strategies for performance 

You’ll learn about…
• The benefits of aligning people practices with organisational strategy and culture.
• How the development of people practices improve organisational performance and employee experience.
• Current practice in major areas of people management and development work.
• The role and influence of people professionals in different organisational settings.

Unit 3: Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumen 

You’ll learn about…
• Model principles and values that promote inclusivity aimed at maximising the contribution that people make to organisations.
• How to challenge business outcomes for yourself and organisations.
• How to apply learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
• Influencing others during decision-making while showing courage and conviction.

Unit 4: Business research in people practice 

You’ll learn about...
• How to plan a people practice business research project aimed at adding organisational value.
• The most appropriate research methods to collect data for the chosen project.
• How to analyse data to make decisions and provide business and people management insights.
• How to propose recommendations based on conclusions derived from the research and analysis.

Three HR specialist units

Unit 1: Strategic employment relations

You’ll learn about...
• Different perspectives of employment relations and how they influence the roles of people professionals and line managers.
• How external institutions can shape employment relations at organisational level.
• How people professionals can work with employees and trade unions to sustain mutuality and voice.
• How people professionals work with employees and trade unions to mitigate organisational risks.

Unit 2: Resourcing and talent management to sustain success 

You’ll learn about...
• The impact of the changing business environment on resourcing and talent management strategy and practice.
• Organisational recruitment and selection strategies.
• The importance of succession planning to support sustainable organisational performance.
• Approaches to improving individual and team performance.

Unit 3: Strategic reward management 

You’ll learn about...
• Effective reward strategies and policy frameworks.
• The value of a ‘total rewards’ approach.
• Pay structures and approaches to establishing pay levels.
• The importance of organisational approaches to compliant and ethical reward practice.

One of two additional specialist units

Option 1: Advanced employment law in practice 

You’ll learn about...
• The legal framework for employment regulation in the UK.
• Regulations that aim to protect employees from unlawful acts of discrimination.
• Law in relation to establishment, alteration and termination of employment contracts.
• Compliance in relation to further regulations relevant to major areas of people practice.

Option 2: Well-being at work 

You’ll learn about...
• How wellbeing is relevant to the workplace.
• The links between work, health, wellbeing and people management practices and processes.
• How employer and employee wellbeing aligns with strategy.
• The importance of the wellbeing strategy to sustain organisational performance.