Taking Management & Leadership to the Next Level
Pioneering Change:
Making UK Management and
Leadership Skills World Class
by 2020
Taking Management & Leadership to the Next Level
Introducing the Management
Standards Centre (MSC)
By
Dr Kion Ahadi
Head of MSC
Taking Management & Leadership to the Next Level
OUTLINE
The Purpose of Today
Management and Leadership in Context
The Role of MSC
Update on the National Occupational
Standards
The Management and Leadership
Learning and Qualification Strategy
Taking Management & Leadership to the Next Level
Why are we here today?
 To publicise the work of the MSC
 To highlight revisions to the NOS
 To start a dialogue and pioneer change
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The Key Purpose of Management
and Leadership is to…
Provide direction, gain commitment,
facilitate change and achieve results
through the efficient, creative and
responsible deployment of people and
other resources.
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Management and Leadership
in context
 4.2m Managers/Leaders in the UK
 1.75m employed in SMEs
 15% of the total working population
 35% of Managers are female
 6% of Managers from ethnic minorities
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Management and Leadership
in context II
 Between now and 2020 890,000 new
managers are needed.
 Less than 20% of managers qualified in
management.
 Productivity of UK managers lags behind
France, Germany and the US.
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Management and Leadership
in context III
 Historical lack of investment in training of managers
and leaders
 Problems of moving into management roles
 Lack of diversity in senior management
 New management & leadership skills are required!
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MSC’s Role
 Guardians of the Management and Leadership NOS
 To publicise and promote the Management and
Leadership Learning and Qualifications Strategy.
 Manage and certificate the Management
Apprenticeship programmes
 Oversee and facilitate the Management & Leadership
Qualifications Forum.
 Work with the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils to
champion M&L across the network.
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The Management and Leadership NOS
 Gaps identified with 2004 standards.
 Extensive review between 2006 – 2008.
 27 New standards – built on feedback.
 Work undertaken on presentation.
 Better suited to adoption by sectors.
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The Management and Leadership
Learning and Qualifications Strategy.
Managers and leaders
seize relevant and attractive opportunities
to develop their knowledge, skills and
performance
to national and international standards,
and have their achievements recognised
through qualifications of real value.
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Principles
1. Managers and leaders continuously
develop their knowledge, skills and
performance as part of their
professional and contractual
commitments
2. Organisations and their managers
accurately pinpoint their learning and
development priorities
3. Learning and qualifications deliver real
benefits for managers and their
organisations
4. Learning and qualifications are based on
National Occupational Standards as
the common currency
5. Learning can be accessed when
managers require it, in bite-sized
chunks which offer credit towards
meaningful qualifications
6. Extended learning programmes develop
the knowledge and skills of unqualified
and aspirant managers and those wishing
to progress their careers
7. Learning and qualifications are delivered in
diverse formats which meet individual
managers’ learning needs and styles
8. Learning and qualifications are portable
and support managers’ career
progression
9. Learning and qualifications are accessible
and easily understood by employers,
managers and leaders
10. Learning and qualifications are credible
and inspire confidence in employers,
managers and leaders
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GAP ANALYSIS
Tangible benefits
Based on NOS
Small accum. units
Diverse formats
Portable
Support CPPD
Accessible
Credible/confidence
Public funding
Essential skills
Unaccredited
Assessment
Opportunistic
Learning
Experiential
Learning
Remote
Learning
Unaccredited
Group
Learning
VRQs
Vocat'l
S/NVQs
Accredited
CPD
Professional
Qualifcations
Doctorates
Profess'l
Masters
Bachelors
Foundation
Degrees
Diplomas
Certificates
Academic
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Stakeholders
Large
Medium
Small
Micro
Self-employed
Entrepreneurs
Senior
Middle
First-line
Team Leaders
Aspiring
Employers,
Managers,
Leaders &
Entrepreneurs
Government Departments
Specialist Agencies, SSDA, LSC etc
Regulatory Bodies
Regional Development Agencies
Funding Agencies
Alliance of Sector
Government
M&LLQS
Skills Councils
Representative &
Professional Bodies
Management Representative Bodies, WMC, MLN etc
Employer Representative Bodies, CoC, EEF, FSB etc
Management Professional Bodies
Other Professional Bodies
Learning &
Qualification
Providers
Intermediaries
Business Links
Business Eye
Skills Brokers
Professional Services
Consultants
Awarding Bodies
HEIs
Business Schools
FE
Secondary Schools
Private Providers
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M&LLQS Key Actions
 Get more managers qualified, not more
qualifications
 Ensure more qualifications meet principles
 Promote existing qualifications and raise
numbers for apprenticeships
 Promote greater diversity and equality in
Management by working with NBP and
WiMN
Taking Management & Leadership to the Next Level
Pioneering Change:
Making UK Management and
Leadership Skills World Class
by 2020