ATHE Level 6 Extended Diploma in Management

These qualifications provide a flexible route for learners who have already achieved management qualifications at a lower level as well as for learners who do not have business or management qualifications, but may have qualifications in other areas and/or prior management experience in the work place. The qualifications support progression to further study for example to ATHE’s Level 7 qualifications in Strategic Management, to an MBA or to employment. Qualification pathways are designed in the following areas which will enable learners to specialise in an area of their choice if they prefer. These pathways are:

General (unendorsed)
Finance
Managing People
Operations
Marketing

ATHE Level 6 Extended Diploma in Management (General)

Learners selecting the unendorsed route take the four core units and four further units from the list of optional units

Title	Level	Credit	GLH
*Core Units*
Leadership and Management	6	15	40
Research Project	6	15	40
Managing Quality and Service Delivery	6	15	60
Personal Leadership and Management Development	6	15	60

*Optional*
Financial Decision Making for Managers	6	15	40
Accounting	6	15	40
Managing Finance in the Public Sector	6	15	60
Economics for Business	6	15	60
Factors determining Marketing Strategies	6	15	40
Marketing Communications	6	15	40
Sales	6	15	60
Branding	6	15	60
Information Systems	6	15	40
Logistics and Supply Chain Management	6	15	40
Human Resource Management	6	15	60
Risk Management	6	15	60
Managing Change	6	15	40
Project Management	6	15	40

ATHE Level 6 Extended Diploma in Management (Finance)

Learners taking the Finance Pathway take the four core units and the four units from the Finance Pathway.

Title	Level	Credit	GLH
*Core Units*
Leadership and Management	6	15	40
Research Project	6	15	40
Managing Quality and Service Delivery	6	15	60
Personal Leadership and Management Development	6	15	60

Finance pathway units
Financial Decision Making for Managers	6	15	40
Accounting	6	15	40
Managing Finance in the Public Sector	6	15	60
Economics for Business	6	15	60

ATHE Level 6 Extended Diploma in Management (Managing People)

Learners taking the Managing People Pathway take the four core units and the three units in the Managing People Pathway and one further unit from the list of optional units.

Title	Level	Credit	GLH
*Core Units*
Leadership and Management	6	15	40
Research Project	6	15	40
Managing Quality and Service Delivery	6	15	60
Personal Leadership and Management Development	6	15	60

*Managing People pathway units*
Human Resource Management	6	15	60
Managing Change	6	15	40
Project Management	6	15	40

*Optional*
Financial Decision Making for Managers	6	15	40
Accounting	6	15	40
Managing Finance in the Public Sector	6	15	60
Economics for Business	6	15	60
Factors determining Marketing Strategies	6	15	40
Marketing Communications	6	15	40
Sales	6	15	60
Branding	6	15	60
Information Systems	6	15	40
Logistics and Supply Chain Management	6	15	40
Risk Management	6	15	60

ATHE Level 6 Extended Diploma in Management (Operations Management)

Learners taking the Operations Management Pathway take the four core units and then four of the five units in the Operations Management Pathway.

Title	Level	Credit	GLH
*Core Units*
Leadership and Management	6	15	40
Research Project	6	15	40
Managing Quality and Service Delivery	6	15	60
Personal Leadership and Management Development	6	15	60

Operations Management pathway units
Information Systems	6	15	40
Logistics and Supply Chain Management	6	15	40
Risk Management	6	15	60
Managing Change	6	15	40
Project Management	6	15	40

ATHE Level 6 Extended Diploma in Management (Sales and Marketing)

Learners taking the Sales and Marketing Pathway take the four core units and the four units in the Sales and Marketing Pathway.