ILM First Line Management Award - A Home Study Distance Learning Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain an ILM Award in First Line Management. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning First Line Management Award is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for the exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning ILM Award in First Line Management course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

The Award in First Line Management is a concise qualification which gives an introduction to the basic skills, knowledge, and understanding required by today’s first line manager. This ILM Award is comprised of four mandatory units. It provides a guided development programme which begins with the unit Writing for Business which is designed to enhance your writing skills and to provide you with the expertise necessary to write formal business reports and other appropriate business documents.

Students will then go on to study Developing Yourself and Others during which you will learn how to identify training and development needs and how to plan and monitor training designed to address those needs. The third module is Understanding the Communication Process in the Workplace which will cover the importance of effective communication and how best to overcome any communication barriers which may exist. The final module in the Award is Solving Problems and Making Decisions. This unit is designed to develop practical techniques for tackling managerial problems and making decisions from gathering and interpreting information through to the effective communication of outcomes

The specific aims of the ILM Award in First Line Management are to:

• provide a recognised management qualification at NQF Level 3 for first line managers as accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management
• allow students to learn, develop and practise the skills required for employment and/or career progression in a management role
• provide a comprehensive basis for further study

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your ILM First LIne Management Award. You will have access to your own courses tutor on a FREEPHONE helpline or if you choose by e-mail. Your tutor will be with you throughout your course Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Course Assessments

The ILM First Line Management Award is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation ILM, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

Course Duration

We recommend you spend approximately 150 hours of your time studying for the ILM First Line Management Award. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 3 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 6 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your ILM Award in First Line Management in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.