L5 Diploma in Business Management

This qualification is ideal for:

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• Current or aspiring middle managers

• Team leaders and supervisors ready for progression

• Professionals working in business, HR, marketing, operations or finance

• Entrepreneurs and start-up owners

• Individuals who have completed a Level 3 or Level 4 qualification

 

Entry Requirements:

• No formal requirements, but learners should have Level 2 English & Maths

• Level 3 or Level 4 Business/Management qualification is beneficial

• Must be 18+

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What you’ll learn

 

To achieve the qualification, learners complete six mandatory units, totalling 120 credits.

Each unit carries 80 guided learning hours, with a Total Qualification Time of 1200 hours.

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Below is a clear, learner-friendly breakdown of the programme content.

 

✨ Business Research Project (Level 5)

Develop your ability to plan, conduct and evaluate a full business research project.

You will learn how to:

• Apply research models and theoretical frameworks

• Build research questions, hypotheses and propositions

• Select sampling methods, conduct ethical research and analyse findings

• Communicate results persuasively to stakeholders

• Reflect on research quality, limitations and future recommendations
   

 

✨ Project Management (Level 5)

Gain the tools, techniques and confidence to lead and manage projects.

Skills include:

• Project scoping, structuring and initiating

• Work breakdown structures and resource planning

• Data collection, sampling, ethics and analytical techniques

• Evaluating outcomes and presenting findings

• Reflecting on performance and organisational support
   

 

✨ Innovation in Business (Level 6)

Explore how organisations innovate, compete and commercialise ideas.

Learn how to:

• Differentiate invention vs innovation

• Evaluate sources of innovation and their challenges

• Apply the innovation funnel and frugal innovation

• Build, test and measure a business case

• Access funding and protect innovation through IP

• Understand branding and global intellectual property issues
   

 

✨ Change Management (Level 6)

Develop the confidence to plan, lead and evaluate organisational change.

Topics include:

• Drivers of change (using PEST, SWOT, planned vs emergent change)

• Psychological responses and team dynamics

• Lewin, Schein, Force Field Analysis and other change models

• Resistance management and decision-making processes

• Leadership approaches for guiding transitions
   

 

✨ Management in the Global Business Environment (Level 5)

Understand how businesses operate internationally and the factors that influence global strategy.

You’ll explore:

• Globalisation in economic, cultural and political contexts

• Foreign direct investment, trade and market integration

• Digital disruption and technological impact

• International trade law and sustainability

• Multinational structures and global operating models

• Expansion strategies and market entry decisions
   

 

✨ Development & Management of Teams (Level 4)

Strengthen your ability to lead and develop teams effectively.

You will cover:

• Types and benefits of team structures

• Team development, performance measurement and cohesion

• Leadership skills, styles and authority

• Team member roles, communication and collaboration

• Managing conflict, supporting wellbeing and developing talent