ILM Level 6

Unit 8316-605 · Credit Value: 6 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Reviewing corporate policy and strategy is where senior managers step beyond their operational remit and engage with the organisation’s strategic direction. Unit 8316-605 requires you to critically evaluate your organisation’s current strategy and key policies, analyse the external environment, assess the […]

Unit 8316-604 · Credit Value: 4 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 10 Critical thinking and research skills in management is about testing the theories and models that managers use daily — asking whether they actually work in practice, what evidence supports them, and where they fall short. Unit 8316-604 requires you to critically […]

Unit 8316-603 · Credit Value: 6 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Optimising organisational capacity is about making the most of what the organisation has — its people, money, technology, and processes — to deliver more without simply spending more. Unit 8316-603 requires strategic analysis of how your organisation deploys its resources, identification […]

Unit 8316-602 · Credit Value: 6 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Developing the executive manager is the unit that demands you examine your own management practice with the same analytical rigour you would apply to any business problem. Unit 8316-602 requires you to collect genuine performance data — from appraisals, colleagues, and […]

Unit 8360-608 · Credit Value: 5 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 12 Innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship at Level 6 is not about having ideas — it is about creating the conditions in which ideas emerge, survive organisational resistance, and produce measurable value. Unit 8360-608 examines how senior leaders foster innovation culture, apply creative […]

Unit 8360-603 · Credit Value: 10 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 23 Progressive discourse in modern leadership is the most intellectually demanding Level 6 unit — the one that asks you to engage with leadership as an evolving academic discipline, not just a set of practical skills. You must trace how leadership theory […]

Unit 8360-602 · Credit Value: 8 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Developing critical thinking at Level 6 moves beyond the personal reflection of Level 5 into the territory of research methodology, systematic problem-solving, and the application of critical thinking to decisions that carry genuine organisational consequence. Unit 8360-602 asks you to justify […]

Unit 8360-601 · Credit Value: 6 · Level 6 · Guided Learning Hours: 14 Developing personal effectiveness and impact is the foundational Level 6 unit — the one that asks whether you possess the higher-order capabilities that senior leadership demands. Unlike Level 5 units that develop specific management skills, 8360-601 examines the meta skills beneath […]

The goal of 8316 – 701 Leading Change in Organisations is to help learners develop their ability to make sound managerial decisions and effect positive change in their organisations by utilising various leadership styles and techniques. After completing the unit, students should be able to demonstrate that they have read and comprehended the major theoretical […]

Despite being optional, 8316 – 700 Team Working in Organisational Partnerships  is an important step toward meeting the requirements for a degree from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). This unit’s goal and purpose are to teach learners how to work effectively as part of a team and in collaboration with other organisations. This […]