Responsible Leadership and Management for Contemporary Business CPD Award

Course code 99N2

What is special about this course?

This CPD course is aimed at business managers or leaders interested in learning leadership and management through a responsible and ethical lens. It is designed to help businesses prepare for a sustainable future in an era focused on social and environmental responsibility.

Designed in partnership with a globally focused business to develop key management skills such as project management, finance, staff motivation and organisational performance, as well as leadership and management theories, it also looks at stakeholder management, innovation, and future-readiness – all of which is underpinned by responsible and ethical practice.

The course uses your own workplace as the learning environment. This is complemented with online tutorials and video-conference sessions accessed through the university’s virtual learning environment (VLE).

Special features

  • Designed in partnership with a globally-focused business
  • Delivered by tutors who are experts in their field
  • Develops core management skills but with a contemporary perspective
  • Uses the most up-to-date knowledge for organisations preparing for the future business landscape
  • You can apply your learning to your professional role and workplace
  • The flexibility of the course allows you to fit your studies around your personal and professional commitments

Entry requirements

  • Applicants should be working within a leadership or managerial role and ideally possess Level 6/7 qualifications, such as 2 Scottish Highers at grade C or above, or equivalent
  • Applicants with other relevant qualifications or experience will also be considered

Apply for Responsible Leadership and Management for Contemporary Business CPD Award

I want to start in Aug/Sep 2025 or Jan/Feb 2026

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