Diploma in Administrative Management

If you are an Administrator in business, government, service industries, education, a charity or any sector of industry, and want to develop your skills and progress at work, you really should register for the specially designed Level 4 Diploma in Administrative Management!

This qualification is designed to help you:
• Do your job better
• Gain recognition for your specialist learning
• Demonstrate your ability to use information effectively
• Improve and apply your new skills
• Supervise and train others.
• Maximise your personal development and equip you for promotion

People who choose to follow this programme (recognised at Level 4 within the UK National Qualifications Framework), will include:

• Administrators who wish to develop their skills
• People who have been out of the job market for some time, and now wish to follow a training programme to help learn the skills necessary to work in administration
• Students with other qualifications who now wish to focus on administration
• Working adults who now wish to improve their knowledge base

Entry Criteria
• IAM Certificate or
• 2 years relevant experience or
• GCSEs/A levels or
• NVQ Level 3 or
• Equivalent Qualifications

Programme Aim
The aim of the Diploma in Administrative Management is to develop an appreciation of the people-management functions within the organisation. It provides a general introduction to the relevance of the systems approach. It also asks candidates to consider administration in its wider organisational context. Candidates are introduced to some of the key concerns of administrative managers within a rapidly changing environment. It also develops candidate’s appreciation of the need to manage information.

Units
Unit 1: People in Organisations
Unit 2: Administrative Systems and Processes
Unit 3: Professional Administration
Unit 4: Information for Decision Making
Unit 5: Case Study or Project Report

Assessment
The units are assessed by a three hour unseen written paper comprising two sections A and B. Section A has eight compulsory short answer questions designed to test candidates’ knowledge and understanding of concepts and terminology. Section B has a choice of two questions from four designed to assess the candidate’s appreciation of the unit. A question will be set from each of the area Learning Syllabus.

The project report is assessed through a 3,000 - 4,000 word report to a senior manager.

Time for completion
From 6 months to 3 years

Progression
Advanced Diploma in Administrative Management

Learning Hours
1000