The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom. It was founded as the British Institute of Management (BIM) in 1947 or 1948, merged with the Institution of Industrial Managers (IIM) in 1992 to form the Institute of Management (IM), and gained a royal charter, and its present name, in 2002.
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| Abbreviation | CMI |
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| Predecessor | British Institute of Management and the Institution of Industrial Managers |
| Formation | 1947; 77 years ago (1947) Royal Charter gained in 2002 |
| Legal status | Chartered body |
| Headquarters | Corby and London, United Kingdom |
Membership | 180,000[1] |
President | Fiona Dawson[2] |
Chief Executive | Ann Francke[2] |
| Website | managers.org.uk |
The major membership classes are:
In addition to supporting its members, the organisation encourages management development, carries out research, produces a wide variety of publications on management interests, and publishes the official members' magazine, Professional Manager. The institute also engages with government and other public bodies concerning policy on management and business related issues. Professional Manager magazine is circulated to over 80,000 members of the CMI.
The Chartered Manager process requires candidates to demonstrate how they have developed as a manager and how they have applied their leadership and management skills to achieve significant business impact. Following an application, successful candidate are entitled to use the designatory post-nominal lettersofCMgr.
There are two routes to becoming Chartered:[3]
Candidate who have less than 3 years managerial experience might be given the Foundation Chartered status, which requires a management qualification at a degree/non-degree level equivalent to at least CMI Level 3,4 or 5 and/or CMI Level 6 and 7. This grade carries entitlement to use the designatory post-nominal lettersoffCMgr.[4]
Criteria and requirements for chartered status in the UK have to be approved by the Privy Council; as such the criteria for Chartered Manager designation are "broadly similar" to chartered statuses in other fields.[5]
Timeline
Obsolete membership grades include Member of the British Institute of Management (MBIM) etc.
Each level follows a format whereby a number of credits gained lead to an Award (which develops basic skills and knowledge appropriate to that level), Certificate (covers a broader area and builds on knowledge gained in the award), and Diploma (where a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge are gained.[11] Qualifications are part of the UK's Regulated Qualifications Framework.[12]
The CMI also accredits Coaching and Mentoring qualifications to support the development of coaching and mentoring skills and techniques of individuals, teams and achieve objectives.[13]
Management and Leadership qualifications can be accessed through accredited centres. When choosing the correct management qualification to study it is important to first choose the correct level of qualification, which will largely be driven by experience and previous study. Level 5 qualification are foundation degree level equivalent and level 7 equates to postgraduate masters level. Once the correct level of qualification has been chosen it is then possible to decide on the size of the qualification.[14]