Chartered Manager
FAST TRACK APPLICATION V11.0
FAST TRACK ASSESSMENT
The Fast Track route to becoming a Chartered Manager is open to all that have completed a CMI Level 5 or
above Diploma. Please refer to the Appendix for further details.
The criteria for becoming a Chartered Manager include:
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Degree level management qualification,
A minimum of 3 years management experience,
Proven management competence,
A commitment to CMI Professional Standards and ongoing CPD.
The completion of your CMI Diploma provides evidence for 1 and 3 above. The Exemption route seeks to confirm
your applied learning to deliver effective management performance for your organisation. Additionally it allows
you to confirm ethical practice and your plans for future development.
Fast Track
Existing Member
£150
Non Member
£150 + £60 membership fee
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YOUR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AND ROLE
1. How many years of management experience do you have?
2. How many years of strategic management experience do you have?.
Management Assessment:
The following questions are divided into different management disciplines and help us to assess the extent of
your management responsibilities and experience. CMI reserves the right to request references to support your
answers.
Please indicate Yes or No to each of the following question
Managing People
1. Do you have responsibility for managing a team of people?
2. Do you regularly lead meetings?
3. Do you assess and provide formal feedback on the performance of individuals in your
team
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Managing Yourself
1. Do you take responsibility for your own professional development and record your
continuing professional development (CPD)?
2. Do you have a documented personal development plan?
3. Do you ensure that you have access to and use the information sources necessary for
your role and your personal development?
Achievements
1. Do you manage projects?
2. Do you develop and implement operational plans for your area?
3. Do you consistently meet the performance targets set and agreed with you?
Managing Change
1. Do you manage processes for identifying and implementing innovations in your area of
responsibility?
2. Do you create plans for managing change in your area of responsibility?
3. Do you measure outcomes of innovations and changes?
Managing Finance and Resources
1. Do you have responsibility for a budget?
2. Do you consistently work to the budget or agreed variances?
3. Do you plan resource requirements in light of your targets or objectives?
Strategic Management Experience
1. Do you develop and implement strategic business plans?
2. Do you attend and influence high level decision making meetings regarding the
strategic direction of the organisation or your division/department?
3. Do you support and advise people across your organisation on strategic issues?
4. Do you establish risk management plans for your area of responsibility?
5. Do you have responsibility for strategic relationships your organisation has with other
organisations?
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ABOUT YOU
Name:
Membership Number:
Email:
Telephone:
Mobile:
Employer:
Job Title:
Work Address:
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
You must answer yes to each of the questions below if you wish to proceed with your application for Chartered
Manager status. Please indicate yes or no as appropriate next to each question:
1. Do you confirm that you agree to the Terms and Conditions of CMI membership
available via www.managers.org.uk/terms ?
Yes
No
2. In accepting any offer of CMI membership you are also agreeing that you
understand and will abide by the CMI Code of Practice for Professional
Managers available at www.managers.org.uk/code Do you agree to do so?
Yes
No
3. In accepting any offer of a Chartered grade of CMI membership you are
committing to completing and maintaining a Continuing Professional
Development record which could be requested for inspection from you at any
point. The CMI provides both guidance on CPD and a recording system at
www.managers.org.uk. Do you agree to maintain CPD?
Yes
No
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CHARTERED MANAGER APPLICATION
Please complete the following questions in your own words. We recommend you complete each question in no
more than three hundred words. .
1. LOOKING BACK OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, EXPLAIN THE CONTRIBUTION OR
INFLUENCE YOU HAVE HAD ON YOUR ORGANISATION’S PERFORMANCE
Please ensure that your answer makes reference to the management activities and skills that you have used:
2. DESCRIBE HOW YOU HAVE APPLIED THE LEARNING GAINED FROM YOUR RECENT
STUDIES TO INFORM AND IMPROVE YOUR MANAGERIAL PRACTICE
Please ensure that you explain what you have achieved as a result of applying your learning:
3. CONSIDERING THE CMI CODE OF PRACTICE DESCRIBE YOUR RECENT
MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE FROM AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE
Explain why it is important to ensure that your behaviour and that of your team members is acceptable in terms
of the standards of the wider society in which we operate:
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4. DESCRIBE YOUR PLANNED LEARNING OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS TO FURTHER
DEVELOP YOUR MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Please provide at least 2 examples of planned learning, detailing what activity you will undertake to develop
yourself, when and how this relates to your role/development need:
ONGOING COMMITMENT FOR CHARTERED MANAGERS
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All Chartered Managers will be required to keep a record of continuing professional development
On an annual basis the CMI will contact a proportion sample of Chartered Managers, requesting submission
of CPD records for review
Payment of your Chartered grade membership fee must be up to date to retain award
APPENDIX - ELIGIBLE QUALIFICATIONS
The following qualifications are eligible for the Exemption route. If you have completed one of these qualifications you
could be just a few simple steps away from Chartered Manager status:
CMI Diploma in Management
CMI Diploma in Programme and Project Management
CMI Diploma in Public Service Leadership
CMI Executive Diploma in Management
CMI Executive Diploma in Strategic Management
CMI International Executive Diploma in Strategic Management
CMI Level 4 SVQ in Management
CMI Level 5 Diploma in Business Support (QCF)
CMI Level 5 Diploma in Commissioning, Procurement and Contracting for Care Services (QCF)
CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England)
(QCF)
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CMI Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services (England)
(QCF)
CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership (QCF)
CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management Coaching and Mentoring (QCF)
CMI Level 5 Diploma in Professional Consulting (QCF)
CMI Level 5 NVQ Diploma in Management (QCF)
CMI Level 5 SVQ in Management
CMI Level 6 Diploma in Management and Leadership (QCF)
CMI Level 6 Diploma in Public Service Leadership (QCF)
CMI Level 7 Diploma in Commissioning, Procurement and Contracting for Care Services (QCF)
CMI Level 7 Diploma in Leadership Coaching and Mentoring (QCF)
CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership (QCF)
CMI Level 7 Executive Diploma in Management
CMI Level 7 NVQ Diploma in Management (QCF)
CMI Level 7 NVQ Diploma in Management Consultancy (QCF)
CMI Level 8 Diploma in Management and Leadership (SCQF)
CMI Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Direction and Leadership (QCF)
CMI Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership
CMI SCQF Level 11 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership
CMI SCQF Level 9 Diploma in Public Service Leadership
Diploma in Business and Management
Diploma in Energy Management
Diploma in Innovation & Change Management
Diploma in Programme & Project Management
Diploma in Quality Management
Diploma in Strategic Business Consulting
Executive Diploma in Management
Inspectors Promotion Programme
Level 5 Diploma in Management
Level 5 Executive Diploma in Project Management
Level 5 NVQ in Management
Level 5 NVQ in Operational Management
Level 5 NVQ in Police Operational Management
Level 5 NVQ in Police Strategic Management
Level 5 NVQ in Project Management
Level 5 NVQ in Strategic Management
Level 5 SVQ in Management
Level 6 Diploma in Public Service Leadership
Level 7 Executive Diploma in Management
Level 7 Executive Diploma in Strategic Management
Level 7 Introductory Executive Diploma in Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Management
SVQ Level 5 in Operational Management
SVQ Level 5 in Strategic Management
SVQ4 Management at SCQF Level 9
SVQ5 Management at SCQF Level 11
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