Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA)

The programme has developed three domains to support learners in gaining essential knowledge and skills linked to the competencies and subject benchmark expectations of this programme:

1. Leadership and Management of Self and Others
2. Digital Technologies, Data and Decision making
3. Business Management

Leadership and Management of Self and Others

• Theories and concepts of leadership and management
• Professionalisation in management
• individual, group and organisational behaviour
• Personal and professional development
• Learning Styles and application to self and others
• developing the skills, knowledge and capabilities of others within their organisation.
• Emotional Intelligence models and their use in the workplace
• Social intelligence and its use in the workplace
• Techniques for managing time, implementing strategies to improve, setting goals for self-improvement and monitoring process
• Stress management techniques in the workplace and personal wellbeing
• Identifying core values and drivers
• Setting goals and managing performance
• Effective delegation
• organisational culture.
• Building teams
• concepts of Influence, Power, and Politics and the Dark side of leadership and teamwork.
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication
• Active listening and open questioning
• The leadership practice of storytelling
• Managing and chairing meetings
• Principles of, and approaches to, stakeholder, customer and supplier management
• collaborative networks
• inter-organisational relationships
• Developing engagement, networks and relationships
• Cross functional working
• Shaping common purpose, conflict management and dispute resolution
• Negotiation skills
• human resource management
• Recruitment strategies within organisations
• Inclusive talent management approaches
• HR systems and processes to ensure legal requirements, Health and Safety and well-being

Digital Technologies, Data and Decision making

• impact of innovation and digital technologies
• business decision making
• Problem solving techniques and models
• Ethics in decision making
• Values, ethics and governance
• Research methods
• Research Communication strategies
• service/organisational improvements
• Benchmarking
• data and knowledge management
• Primary and secondary data
• Types of data and statistical tests
• Construction and applications of Indices
• Application of computer packages for data acquisition, representation and analysis
• Tabular and graphical methods of data representation.
• Numeracy and mathematical issues
• analytical frameworks and techniques
• horizon scanning and conceptualisation

Business management

• Business Management
• Project Management
• management of resources
• Financial Management
• Interpretation and communication of financial information
• Approaches to procurement and contracting
• Governance, legal requirements and compliance
• Risk management models including finance, mitigation plans and reporting of alternative outcomes
• Risk benefit analysis
• Health and safety
• Effective management of resources to achieve organisational goals
• marketing strategies
• market planning
• brands and branding
• internationalised and globalised business environments
• strategic marketing communications
• corporate social responsibility and the ethical, environmental and social issues involved in corporate action
• Stakeholder Models
• corporate reputation and reporting
• Strategic management
• internal and external forces
• entrepreneurial thinking, innovation and intrapreneurship

Occasional changes to modules and course content may take place. Students will be notified when applicable.

Tailored course content can be arranged for employer cohorts who wish to enrol full cohorts – please contact the team to discuss your needs.

The programme pedagogies reflect an aligned approach to programme design in which all elements of the teaching, learning, and assessment experience contribute toward holistic learner development to enable graduates to meet the programme competencies. An inquiry-based approach encourages learners to connect with the individual topics explored in the programme and to personalise and understand the process that leads to their comprehension and skill acquisition.

Students are assessed through a variety of methods which seek to develop and assess a range of transferable skills and key competencies with a view to producing a fully rounded DNCG Graduate. Through applied assignments, learners’ application of business and management philosophies and practices are examined and their decision making brought to the forefront to aid in high-level critical self-evaluation. Therefore, each module has a reflective component to aid in developing the critical reflection of learners. These practices serve to “instil an understanding of responsible leadership” (QAA,2023:SBS1.4) and embed the Principles of Responsible Management Education, creating graduates who create inclusive prosperity and promote freedom, justice, and peace in regenerative and resilient ecosystems.

Assessment methods include:

• Written discussions
• Reports
• Portfolios
• Case studies
• Project management plans
• Business Cases
• Reflections
• Skills analysis and personal development plans
• Presentations
• Role plays
• Project pitches

The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship requires learners to complete an independent End Point Assessment (EPA) that measures the skills, knowledge and behaviours of each manager against the Apprenticeship Standard. Details regarding the EPA can be located on the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education webpage.

CMDA:

Eligible candidates from within an organisation will be selected for registration by the University and/or partner college in consultation with the employer. Most candidates will meet the entry criteria for the BA (Hons) specified below and hold English and Maths at Level 2. Other relevant or prior experience may also be considered as an alternative.

• 48 UCAS points or equivalent
• Access to Higher Education
• CMI Level 3
• Level 3 apprenticeship in a related occupation
• HTQ in a related occupation

All apprentice applicants under the age of 19 must hold GCSE maths and English at grade C/4 or equivalent. Those who do not hold these qualifications should enquire regarding support to obtain the qualifications prior to commencement.

All apprentice applicants must complete the apprentice onboarding process, including completion of an initial skills scan. Apprentices must be able to demonstrate that they meet the requirements set by IFATE and a job role check will be completed to ensure that the workplace provides appropriate opportunities for apprentices to meet the KSBs.

There is an option to complete the CMDA following an accelerated route for those meeting the below criteria:

• A foundation degree or HND, or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• CMI Level 5 (subject to units completed mapping through RPL)
• CIPD Level 5 (subject to units completed mapping through RPL)
• Operations/Departmental Manager Apprenticeship

All apprentice applicants under the age of 19 must hold GCSE maths and English at grade C/4 or equivalent. Those who do not hold these qualifications should enquire regarding support to obtain the qualifications prior to commencement.

All apprentice applicants must complete the apprentice onboarding process, including completion of an initial skills scan. Apprentices must be able to demonstrate that they meet the requirements set by IFATE and a job role check will be completed to ensure that the workplace provides appropriate opportunities for apprentices to meet the KSBs.

This provision focuses on the holistic development of learners, with the competency based, work-integrated model providing a co-ordinated and interrelated approach to theoretical and practical learning, integrating knowledge and competence.

In line with Subject Benchmark Statement 1.7 (QAA,2023), graduates will be “effective, impactful and responsible employees, work colleagues, leaders and global citizens.” (QAA,2023:1.8).

This equips graduates with the attributes required to be competent managers across sectors of the UK employment landscape.

Following completion of the CMDA learners can progress (subject to successful application) to Level 7 study courses such as an MBA, MSc, or Level 7 Apprenticeship.