BA (Hons) LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST - CHARTERED MANAGER APPRENTICESHIP

Overview

An Apprenticeship Standard is comprised of a programme of study, an End Point Assessment and on-the-job learning. This means that in addition to meeting academic requirements, you’ll  need to be employed in a role related to your apprenticeship. The process of applying depends on whether you have an employer to sponsor (and support) you.

If you are employed and your employer has confirmed they will support your apprenticeship:

You are welcome to submit an application via our application system. You’ll need to provide details of your employment/employer as part of the application. You’ll also need to ensure you and your employer meet the requirements – find out who can be an apprentice to see if you meet the entry requirements and employer commitments to find out more about your employer’s role.

If you are not employed:

• You will need to find a job role related to the apprenticeship you wish to apply for, with an employer who is happy to support you. If you would like to find an employer to support your apprenticeship with LSBU, you can search which employers are currently advertising Apprenticeships via the National Apprenticeship Service website searching for ‘London South Bank University’ as keywords.
• If there are no search results, this means there are currently no vacancies. We update our vacancies regularly, so please do check back regularly.
• Many employers advertise their apprenticeship vacancies on their websites or via other portals. You could search for ‘find an apprenticeship’ online.
• When you’re ready to apply, see the government's advice on how to write a winning apprenticeship application and make your application.

Further information for apprentices

If you’re a prospective apprentice, you can find out more about who can be an apprentice on our student pages.

Further information for employers

If you’re an employer, you can find information about the employer commitments and further related information on the related pages for business.

See our admissions policy 1.0 MB and complaints policy 516.0 KB.

Prepare to start

There are steps the apprentices, the employer and the University need to complete before you start your course. Take a look at the steps to be completed in the New Students: Apprentices section. Employers may also like to look at our steps to offering an apprenticeship.

Suggested reading list:

• Baines, Fill and Page (2014), Marketing (Third edition) Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Begg and Ward (2010) Economics for Business, McGraw-Hill, London
• Mullins (2013) Management and Organisational Behaviour (10th edition), Pearson Education, Harlow
• Wood and Sangster (2011) Business Accounting Volume One, Pearson, Harlow

An apprenticeship combines work-based and off-the-job learning. The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship includes special modules which have been designed to allow you to achieve academic credit through work-based consultancy and research projects. These modules are designed to be flexible and to enable you to incorporate your learning in the workplace with your academic learning in the classroom.

The course has been created to combine theory with current industry practice. This way, you can develop an understanding of the relevant knowledge and skills you need to apply for business management roles. This course covers professional competencies, people and organisations, business economics, management and information systems, e-business, business ethics, market research, e-commerce, social media and entrepreneurial finance.

Year 1

• Professional competencies This module will introduce students to the process of personal development planning supporting them in identifying their goals and achieving their aims via participation in a structured and facilitated coaching process. It will also support students via the development of key skills, mathematical techniques and acquisition of knowledge necessary for success on an academic business programme or in a professional business setting.
• Principles of marketing You’ll be introduced to the theories and practices of marketing providing you with an underpinning in the subject of marketing for further studies at Levels 5 and 6. The module acts as an introduction to the basic principles of marketing from which other modules can develop. These principles include the marketing environment, the marketing mix, marketing research and buyer behaviour.
• Financial accounting fundamentals You’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of the regulatory framework of accounting together with the qualitative characteristics of useful accounting information. The module will also develop knowledge and understanding of the underlying principles and methods used in the recording of financial data and preparation and presentation of financial statements.
• People and organisations The module will give you an appreciation of the complexities of understanding people and behaviour within organisations. The module incorporates theories of organisational behaviour and people management practices and you will develop an understanding of how and why individuals behave in specific ways in the workplace.
• Business economics This module will introduce a range of essential economic concepts and methods and show how these can be applied to understand the world around us. The emphasis of the module is upon the business applications of economics in facilitating the decisions of managers, entrepreneurs in a variety of situations including pricing, advertising, financing, market entry and product developments. The module will also consider the implications of the macro economy on the operations of modern firms.
• Management and information systems This module has been designed to provide you with an overview of types of organisations, their structure, nature and functions of management and their use of information systems. The module will introduce you to appropriate and effective management practices used in differing organisational contexts and provide the skills required to critically assess the impact and effective use of information systems (IS) with an organisation. To achieve this, you will develop an understanding of the underlying concepts and an overview of the potential business benefits and social impacts of communications technology, databases, the strategic, management and operational aspects of information systems. At the end of the module you will have developed an appreciation of the impact of IS on managerial and strategic thinking, the changes in the competitive landscape, the increasing importance of regulatory, ethical and social compliance, risks and prevention, and IS managed security.

Year 2

• The principles of managing e-business
  This module provides you with an introduction to the business, technological, ethical and societal issues pertaining to the emergence of the Internet as a medium for the online trading of goods and services. The module examines the growth and development of the Internet as a business tool and explores how organisations have adapted (and continue to adapt) to this recent and continually developing digital business environment. 
• Managing innovation and growth
  The process of managing businesses and creating a business through the innovation of ideas can be daunting for many.  This module makes this easier, examining and developing the crucial skill sets required to manage and start a business.  Businesses are the heart of any economy, especially small medium-sized enterprises. This module brings together theory and practice through an integrated speaker programme, which includes entrepreneurs, managers and innovators. You'll gain knowledge and skills required to set-up, run and plan the management of SMEs including the development of a business plan.  A business simulation drives the module - SimVenture will be used to enhance your learning and understanding around innovation and practical business management. 
• Managing business logistics and negotiations
  This module demonstrates the importance of logistics and the supply change while also considering procurement and negotiation strategies and techniques within business service, retail and manufacturing environments. You'll gain a clear understanding of the importance and scope of the procurement function and will explore the critical transfer of goods/services across global and local networks, with a critical assessment of ethical elements of supply chain management in view of business logistics.  You'll develop a broad understanding of the negotiation process and the development of negotiating strategies for procurement and logistics that is a vital element of moving goods and resources globally and locally.
• Business ethics today: social and legal foundations
  This module will investigate the relationship between law and ethics identifying areas  of controversy where ethical issues surface.  To achieve this you'll be introduced to fundamental principles of ethics and ethical reasoning and debate ethical and legal issues and dilemmas.  You'll analyse the fundamental role of law and government  in the business environment, identifying the cultural, economic and political forces that impact on the process and evolution of business legislation.   Finally, you will study how corporations are responding to ethical, environmental and legal concerns through the integration of corporate social responsibility and business strategy.
• Fundamentals of project management
  This module examines the role of project management within the business environment, the project life cycle, and various techniques of project and work planning, control and evaluation to achieve project objectives. The tools currently available to project managers are illustrated in this module through the use of Microsoft Project software and various other tools that are followed by the PMI and APM Body of Knowledge.
• Managing business relationshipsThis module will focus on managing the stakeholder relationships which impact the operation of businesses whether in the public, private or voluntary sector. Through identifying the range of stakeholders and exploring their information and communication needs the module explores the different approaches to relationship management required for success. The module draws on a range of business disciplines and concepts including aspects of customer relationship management, consumer behaviour; supply chain management, business networks, negotiations and aspects of public relations such as influencing policy and issues management. Students will develop an understanding of the importance of researching and prioritising stakeholders and practice the communication, networking and negotiation skills needed to deal effectively with these relationships.

Year 3

• Strategic management and leadership
  This module provides a final year integrative course in strategic management and leadership. The module is structured around three components of strategic management; firstly internal and external strategic analysis, secondly business and corporate Level strategy formulation, thirdly leadership issues in the implementation of strategy. As befits an integrative strategy module; its learning, teaching and assessment strategy is organised around the use of management case studies.
• Leading and managing SMEs
  Governments across the industrialised world are increasingly emphasising the importance of the development of entrepreneurship in achieving higher economic growth and prosperity. Government encouragement often takes the form of policies designed to help individuals start their own business. This module aims to explore theory and practice in the field from the perspective of individuals within a small and medium sized business. The issue of leadership styles and its impact upon the performance of SMEs is central to the study of this module. The successful learners will have the necessary competencies to be entrepreneurial making them efficient and effective employees, managers/owners, and transformational leaders in an SME context.
• Resourcing and rewardThis module investigates and analyses current practice and developments in employment resourcing with full regard to context. It addresses the breadth of resourcing issues and includes all the activities essential for the acquisition, management and retention of people through to the termination of employment. It also considers how reward plays an important part in resourcing strategies and students will learn about decision making in reward and how to put this into practice. This module has been mapped to the CIPD Intermediate Certificate and would form part of the requirement needed to achieve the additional qualification along with Associate Membership of the CIPD on successful completion of the 3rd year HRM pathway.
• Contemporary issuesThis module will address a variety of managerial themes in the context of current contemporary issues. The themes will be contextualised to address issues relating to specific industry sectors and the wider economy (national and international) and how these affect a chosen industry. Focus will be on principles of management theory, resource management, importance of equality and diversity, convergence of markets, current affairs and their impact on chosen industry sector(s).
  
  The content will be driven by case studies and module participants’ work-environment and challenges they identify within it. The module is intended to further module participants’ CDP as well as the university’s requirements for PDP and integrating the CMI professional framework for membership, leading potentially to Chartered Manager status.
  
  The module’s aim is to analyse topical and contemporary issues relevant to chosen sector(s) from the perspective of management theory giving participants the opportunity to explore own approach to these issues, applying a critical management perspective to contemporary industry challenges.
  
  This module is intended to give course participants knowledge of management theory and practice which they may be charged with, or contribute to, developing further in their work-environment, providing them with a broad base of knowledge and understanding of issues affecting their organisation(s).
• Marketing strategy and planningThis module allows students to bring together their prior marketing learning and to apply it in a commercial setting. It builds on previous units, in particular Managing the Product and Marketing Research, but takes students further in the development of their marketing knowledge, introducing the concept of a hierarchy of strategies from the corporate to the business module level. The module delivers a thorough understanding of marketing planning and encourages the development of strategic thinking through a combination of written and live case study work. Working on a commercially distributed brand, and therefore within business constraints, students will attend a company briefing from which they will plan and conduct research, develop and deliver relevant insight, and create an actionable marketing strategy to achieve the objectives established.
• Business research methods
  This module introduces you to the academic research process, and covers the approaches, tools and techniques of research within a business discipline. You will study the skills and knowledge necessary to undertake an independent small scale research project, with a business or management focus. The module may also serve as a preparation for academic study at postgraduate level.