5OS06
Leadership and management
development
Learner Assessment Brief
Assessment ID / CIPD_5OS06_24_01
Level 5 Associate Diploma in
• People Management
▪ Organisational Learning and Development
Level 5 Associate Diploma
5OS06
Leadership and management
development
This unit builds on the fundamentals of learning and development. It focuses on developing
leaders and managers to ensure that they have the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to
drive a working environment which is cohesive, diverse, innovative and high-performing. It builds
awareness of the right tools and approaches to facilitate development which will ultimately
impact organisational effectiveness.
Preparation for the Tasks:
• At the start of your assessment, you are encouraged to plan your work with your assessor
and where appropriate agree milestones so that they can help you monitor your progress.
• Refer to the indicative content in the unit to guide and support your evidence.
• Pay attention to how your evidence is presented.
• Ensure that the evidence generated for this assessment remains your own work.
You will also benefit from:
• Completing and acting on formative feedback from your assessor.
• Reflecting on your own experiences of learning opportunities and continuous professional
development.
• Reading the CIPD Insight, Fact Sheets and related online material on these topics as well as
key research authors on the subject.
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Scenario
You are asked by your Senior Management Team (SMT) to draft a briefing paper for them about
leadership and management development in your own organisation (or an organisation with which
you are familiar). You will be evaluating what currently happens, making recommendations for
improvement and justifying these. Your briefing paper needs to be objective and evidence-based,
drawing on your own organisational knowledge and observations, as well as authoritative
published sources.
At an initial meeting with your SMT you were asked to structure your paper around the following
ten specific questions. Provide answers to each of these, aiming in each case to do so in around
390 words so that the total length of your assessment is 3900 words in length (+ /- 10% excluding
references). You should answer each of the questions as fully as possible and you should take care
to justify all the points you make.
Task
Question 1 (AC 1.1)
Explain how recent, current and potential future trends in your industry's business environment
are combining to underpin the case for a review of current leadership and management
development activities or programmes. Illustrate your answer with specific examples.
Question 2 (AC 1.2)
Explain the meanings of ‘leadership development’ and ‘management development’ making a clear
distinction between these two functions.
Question 3 (AC 1.3)
Drawing on published models of contrasting leadership and management styles, explain the
prevalent current approach in your organisation (or an organisation with which you are familiar).
Question 4 (AC 1.4)
Compare the knowledge, skills and behaviours of leaders and managers in your organisation (or an
organisation with which you are familiar) and identify the areas they most need to improve in.
Justify your answer.
Question 5 (AC 2.1)
Drawing on your wider reading, identify two different ways in which the people management
team in your organisation (or an organisation with which you are familiar) could support
established leadership and management practices and programmes.
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Question 6 (AC 2.2)
Drawing on your wider reading evaluate two different approaches to leadership and management
development that you would like to see adopted or further developed in your organisation (or an
organisation with which you are familiar). Justify your answer.
Question 7 (AC 2.3)
Discuss your organisation's (or an organisation with which you are familiar) current approaches to
leadership and management development in terms of their effectiveness in consistently meeting
core equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) objectives. Justify your answer.
Question 8 (AC 3.1)
Identify two stakeholders and explain their involvement in leadership and management
development initiatives in your organisation (or an organisation with which you are familiar)
Question 9 (AC 3.2)
Evaluate the extent and nature of the methods used by your own organisation (or an organisation
with which you are familiar) to evaluate the impact of its leadership and management
development activity. Drawing on your reading explain how this might be improved. Justify your
answer.
Question 10 (AC 3.3)
Assess two specific business benefits that can accrue to organisations which invest in first-rate,
up-to-date, evidence-led leadership and management development programmes.
Your evidence must consist of:
• Written responses to each of the ten instructions above.
• Approximately 3900 words in total, refer to CIPD word count policy
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Assessment Criteria Evidence Checklist
You may find the following checklist helpful to make sure that you have included the required
evidence to meet the task. This is not a mandatory requirement as long as it is clear in your
submission where the assessment criteria have been met.
Assessment criteria Evidenced
Evidence reference
Y/N
1.1 Explain the external factors that drive
the need for leadership and
management within the organisation.
1.2 Explain the meanings of leadership and
management and the interdependent
nature of their functions.
1.3 Explain the contrasting styles and
characteristics of leaders and managers.
1.4 Compare the different knowledge, skills
and behaviours required for leadership
and management in organisations.
2.1 Identify the role people professionals
and learning development specialists
have in supporting leadership and
management development initiatives.
2.2 Evaluate a range of approaches that are
available for effective leadership and
management development.
2.3 Discuss why equality, diversity and
inclusion should be an integral
component of leadership and
management development initiatives.
3.1 Identify the range of stakeholders and
the involvement they have in leadership
and management development
initiatives.
3.2 Evaluate the indicators of successful
leadership and management
development initiatives.
3.3 Assess the impact and importance that
leadership and management
development initiatives have on
organisational culture, strategy,
reputation and performance.
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Assessment Criteria marking descriptors.
Assessors will mark in line with the following assessment criteria (AC) marking descriptors, and
will indicate where the learner sits within the marking band range for each AC.
Assessors must provide a mark from 1 to 4 for each assessment criteria within the unit. Assessors
should use the mark descriptor grid as guidance so they can provide comprehensive feedback that
is developmental for learners. Please be aware that not all the mark descriptors will be present in
every assessment criterion, so assessors must use their discretion in making grading decisions.
The grid below shows the range for each unit assessment result based on total number of marks
awarded across all assessment criteria.
To pass the unit assessment learners must achieve a 2 (Low Pass) or above for each of the
assessment criteria.
The overall result achieved will dictate the outcome the learner receives for the unit, provided
NONE of the assessment criteria have been failed or referred.
Please note that learners will receive a Pass or Fail result from the CIPD at unit level. Referral
grades can be used internally by the centre.
Overall mark Unit result
0 to 19 Fail
20 to 25 Low Pass
26 to 32 Pass
33 to 40 High Pass
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Marking Descriptors
Mark Range Descriptor
1 Fail The response DOES NOT demonstrate sufficient knowledge,
understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC.
Insufficient examples included where required to support answer.
Insufficient or no evidence of the use of wider reading to help
inform answer.
Presentation or structure of response is not appropriate and does
not meet the requirement of the question/assessment brief.
2 Low Pass The response demonstrates an acceptable level of knowledge,
understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC.
Sufficient acceptable examples included where required to support
answer.
Sufficient evidence of appropriate wider reading to help inform
answer. Satisfactory in-text referencing.
Answer is acceptable but could be clearer in responding to the
question/task and presented in a more coherent way.
Required format adopted but some improvement required to the
structure and presentation of the response.
3 Pass The response demonstrates a good level of knowledge,
understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC.
Includes confident use of examples, where required to support the
answer.
Good evidence of appropriate wider reading to help inform
answer. A good standard of in-text referencing.
Answer responds clearly to the question/task and is well expressed.
Presentation and structure of response is appropriate for the
question/task.
4 High Pass The response demonstrates a wide and confident level of
knowledge, understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC.
Includes strong examples that illustrate the points being made and
support the answer.
Considerable evidence of appropriate wider reading to inform
answer. An excellent standard of in-text referencing.
Answer responds clearly to the question/task and is particularly well
expressed or argued.
Presentation and structure of response is clear, coherent, and
responds directly to the requirements of the question/task.
