Course Structure

Part 1

1. Customer Service
2. Human Resources Management
3. Marketing Management
4. Strategic Management

(An Advanced Diploma in Business Studies is awarded on completion of all Part 1 subjects)

Part 2

1. Corporate Policy *
2. Financial Management
3. Leadership Studies
4. The International Business Environment

* Corporate Policy is examined by means of a Research Project and a Report

(A Graduate Diploma in Management Studies is awarded on completion of all Part 1 & Part 2 subjects)

This programme is designed to provide senior supervisors, managers and advanced level business students with a post-graduate/post experience level management qualification for career development purposes.

It is also suitable for holders of degrees in non-business and management disciplines who require a high-level management qualification.

Recommended Course Duration

One academic year of full-time study or 18 months of part-time study at an ICM Approved Centre.

Examination Grades

Professional Vocational Diploma. Post Graduate/Post Experience.

Externally set and marked by the Institute. Examinations are held in March, June, September and December each year. Candidates must be registered and paid-up Student Members of the Institute at the time they undertake the examinations.

Candidates entering for examinations must ensure that their completed examination entry forms and fees reach the Institute at least eight weeks before the date of the examinations. Examination timetables indicate the closing date for receipt of entries for each sitting.

Examination Results
These are normally distributed twelve weeks after each examination date.

Applicants should note that the following entrance qualifications are recommended for those wishing to undertake this programme:

1. The ICM Diploma in Business Studies at Grades A, B or C (or an equivalent level qualification)
2. A first degree
3. A Higher National Diploma in Business Studies.

Applicants over the age of 21 who do not hold one of the required entrance qualifications may register for the programme providing they have been in full-time employment for a minimum of three years and hold a senior supervisory or managerial position.

Caution: Those applicants who do not hold the required Entry Requirements are advised that a prior knowledge of Accounting, Marketing and Behavioural Studies is assumed.

On successful completion of the examinations students are awarded the ICM Graduate Diploma in Management Studies and may use the designatory letters Grad.DMS after their name. The qualification also entitles them to apply for full Membership of the Institute.

Continuing Education
The Graduate Diploma in Management Studies may be offered as an entrance qualification for relevant degree studies and for entry to a wide range of MBA’s (subject to examination grades, age and work experience). A number of the subjects are also accepted for subject exemption and credit purposes by other examining bodies and universities.