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Unit details

  • Specialist unit
  • Level 5
  • 7 credits

Effective leadership and management is broadly acknowledged to be essential to organisation effectiveness and success. Hence leadership and management development is a critical component of learning and development (L&D) practice.

The purpose of this unit is therefore to enable learners to understand and analyse the role of L&D in leadership and management development. This will include examining differences between leadership and management. The key roles and tasks of corporate leaders and managers will be covered.

The focus of the unit will then shift to design of leadership and management development interventions. The role of the learning and development function will be explored. The unit will also include a discussion of the key principles for ensuring the success of leadership and management development programmes.

This unit is suitable for persons who:

  • are working in or are seeking to develop a career in L&D.

  • aim to explore the role of learning and development in developing corporate leaders and managers.

  • aim extend their knowledge of methods for ensuring the success of leadership and management development programmes.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, learners will:

  • Understand the distinction between leadership and management.

  • Be able to explain different approaches to developing leaders and managers and the role of the learning and development function.

  • Understand how to ensure the ownership and success of leadership and management development programmes.

Unit assessment

To achieve this unit, the evidence the learner presents for assessment must demonstrate that they have met all the learning outcomes and assessment criteria.


Learning outcomes

The learner will:

  1. Understand the distinction between leadership and management

  2. Be able to explain different approaches to developing leaders and managers and the role of the learning and development function

  3. Understand how to ensure the ownership and success of leadership and management development programmes


Assessment criteria

The learner can:

1.1 Describe a range of meanings attached to the concepts of leadership and management

1.2 Justify distinctions drawn between leadership and management


2.1 Evaluate a range of approaches for developing leaders and managers

2.2 Discuss the role of the L&D function in providing leadership and management development


3.1 Identify indicators of success for leadership and management development programmes

3.2 Justify methods to ensure the success of leadership and management development programmes


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