CMI Level 6 Certificate in Professional Management and Leadership

University The Open University (OU)
Subject MG629: Developing Leadership and Management Skills

Assessment brief CMI 601 features the following assessment tasks. Further detail is
provided against each assessment task within the brief.

CMI Level 6

Guideline word count

The amount and volume of work for this unit should be broadly comparable to a word
count of 3000-3500 words within a margin of +/-10%. The excessive use of word
count is not grounds for referral, however the Eliesha and CMI reserve the right to
return work for editing and resubmission by the Learner.

The following are excluded from inclusion in word count, if used and not required by
the assessment brief an introduction to a job role, organisation or department, index
or contents pages, headings and sub headings, diagrams, charts and graphs,
reference list or bibliography, reflective statement drawn from undertaking the
assignment and how this has impacted on the learner’s work.

Learning Outcome 1: Understand the influence of an organisation’s context on
management and leadership practice
AC1.1 Discuss the influence of organisational context on management and
leadership practice with reference to theoretical concepts and contemporary thinking

You are required to write a report entitled:
‘The influence of organisational context on management and leadership
practice with reference to theoretical concepts and contemporary thinking’
The report must discuss the influence of organisational context on management and
leadership practice with reference to:

 a minimum of THREE (3) traditional theoretical concepts for management and
leadership
 a minimum of THREE (3) contemporary thinking of management and
leadership (AC1.1)

The influence of organisational context on management and leadership
practice with reference to theoretical concepts and contemporary thinking

Learning Outcome 2: Understand the practice of professional management and
leadership
AC 2.1 Critically reflect on values and behaviours which underpin professional
management and leadership practice
AC 2.2 Discuss the knowledge and skills required for a professional manager and
leader to deliver successful outcomes for an organisation
AC 2.3 Critically appraise the use of communication to lead others with impact
You are required to write a reflective account entitled:
‘The practices of professional management and leadership’
The reflective account must be based on your own professional practice and
observed practice in an organisational context. It must be presented in THREE (3)
sections.

i. The values and behaviours which underpin professional management and
leadership practice

You are required to critically reflect on a minimum of THREE (3) values and FIVE (5)
behaviours which underpin professional management and leadership practice.
(AC2.1)

ii. The essential knowledge and skills required for a professional manager and
leader to deliver successful organisational outcomes You are required to discuss

the essential knowledge and skills required for a
professional manager and leader to deliver successful outcomes for an organisation.
(AC2.2)

iii. The use of communication to lead others with impact
You are required to critically appraise the use of communication to lead others with
impact. (AC2.3) The practices of professional management and leadership

i The values and behaviours which underpin professional management and
leadership practice

ii The essential knowledge and skills required for a professional manager and
leader to deliver successful organisational outcomes

iii The use of communication to lead others with impact

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