Chartered Management Institute

Chartered Management Institute
Founded 1947, Royal Charter 2002
Headquarters Corby and London
Website www.managers.org.uk

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is a professional institution for managers, based in the United Kingdom.

In addition to supporting its members, the organisation encourages management development, carries out research, produces a wide variety of publications on management interests, and publishes the official members' magazine, Professional Manager. The Institute also engages with government and other public bodies concerning policy on management and business related issues. The Professional Manager magazine is circulated to over 80,000 members of the CMI.

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Chartered Manager

The Chartered Management Institute is the only body able to award Chartered Manager status in the UK. The Chartered Manager process requires candidates to demonstrate how they have developed as a manager and how they have applied their leadership and change management skills to achieve significant business impact.[1]

The Chartered Manager process requires a candidates skills and behaviours as a manager to be assessed via the following steps:

Chartered Manager Skills

Essential management skills[2]

Leading People

Managing Change

Meeting Customer Needs

Managing Information and Knowledge

Managing Activities and Resources

Managing Yourself

History

Timeline[3]

One of the reasons behind this move was the realisation that, although there were professional bodies representing functional activities, there was no comparable body for general management thinking and for the development and promotion of better management.

Membership

Qualifications

General Management and Leadership

Each level follows a format whereby a number of credits gained lead to an Award (which develops basic skills and knowledge appropriate to that level), Certificate (covers a broader area and builds on knowledge gained in the award), and Diploma (where a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge are gained.[4]

Coaching and Mentoring Awards

The CMI also accredits Coaching and Mentoring qualifications to support the development of coaching and mentoring skills and techniques of individuals, teams and achieve objectives.[5]

N/SVQ's

Management and Leadership qualifications can be accessed through accredited centres. When choosing the correct management qualification to study it is important to first choose the correct level of qualification, which will largely be driven by experience and previous study. Level 5 qualification are degree level equivalent and level 7 equates to postgraduate masters level. Once the correct level of qualification has been chosen it is then possible to decide on the size of the qualification.[6]..

References

  1. ^ CMI website accessed 02/03/2007
  2. ^ Chartered Manager Skill PDF, retrieved 02/03/2007
  3. ^ CMI website accessed 02/03/2007
  4. ^ Charting all CMI Qualifications
  5. ^ Training Reference (website accessed 02/07/2010
  6. ^ www.managers.gb.com website accessed 02/10/2010

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