Client guide to employer sponsorship

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1 Central Business School W: centraleduc.com T: + 44 (0) E: admissions@centraleduc.com Client guide to employer sponsorship Time efficient and cost effective procurement and supply and leadership and management training delivered across, Bucks, Beds, Herts and Essex. 1 Central Business School

2 CONTENTS 03 A message from the programme director 04 Why invest in me? 05 Why invest now? 06 Why choose CIPS 07 Why choose Central Business School? 08 What impact and benefits can your employer expect? 09 What support do I need? 10 How can employer support be given? 11 Next steps 2 Central Business School

3 A MESSAGE FROM THE PROGRAMME DIRECTOR Dear Potential Client, Central Business School CIPS and CMI qualifications are an investment in the future that will benefit both you and your employer. We have prepared a guide that you can use to show your employer how investing in you will benefit their business. This guide contains what you need to create an employer sponsorship business case. The guide is set out in seven sections - Why invest in me? - Why invest now? - Why choose CIPS - Why choose Central Business School? - What impact and benefits can your employer expect? - What support do I need? - How can employer support be given? I do hope you will find the guide helpful in obtaining sponsorship from your employer. And please if there is any way I can be of further assistance with your sponsorship do not hesitate to get in touch with me. It would be good to hear from you. With Kindest Regards Dr David Morton Programme Director E: davidm@centraleduc.com T: Central Business School

4 Why invest in me? - Justify your worth for the investment. Demonstrate this with an up to date resume or Curriculum Vitae or by using your internal performance monitoring report. - Obtain managerial support. Value is added if your proposal for sponsorship comes via appraisal, your line manager/director or a company mentor. - Map CIPS and CMI topics and modules to your current job role and likely progression route. Link this to objectives in your internal performance monitoring report or personal development plan. - Outline how you can share your new skills through knowledge transfer to peers and colleagues in your organisation and how they will benefit from application in their job role - Draw on feedback and praise that demonstrates your commitment to your job and loyalty to the company. Why invest now? - Central Business School offers a balance of quality CIPS and CMI teaching, convenient delivery and practical application in a unique study method of practice-based, action learning. What you learn today, you can implement tomorrow creating an immediate impact in the workplace. - Develop a range of short term and long term benefits linked to current business objectives and activity. - Outline the advantages to be gained from your involvement in learning and your association with other participants. Explain that Central Business School s teaching takes into account the business issues that you are handling in your workplace, so working with external colleagues could be of great benefit to your organisation when you work to try to solve them. - Describe how new knowledge could help improve business performance in current challenging/prosperous business environment to give an edge against competitors. 4 Central Business School

5 Why choose CMI, CIPS and Central Business School Why choose CMI and CIPS? - Outline the programmes of study including core modules and choice of electives highlighting elements that may appeal to your sponsor. - Explain how CMI and CIPS qualifications are relevant in the current economic climate to you, your department and your company and how it will benefit your company s performance. - Illustrate how CMI or CIPS qualifications would meet the current and future needs of your Unit/ Company e.g. business integrations, expansions, competition, change management etc. - Outline the new skills and knowledge that you would gain from this qualification and how your company will benefit from these. - Outline the study pattern that you plan to adopt. Specify how long it will take and the key milestones along the way. Why choose Central Business School? - Central Business School is one of a limited number of study centres accredited by CIPS and CMI to deliver their courses. In order to achieve accreditation Central Business School has to meet the rigorous standards of these Awarding bodies. It is annually assessed in terms of the quality of its provision. - Central Business School tutors staff all have experience of relevant part time professional learning as well as practical business experience. They provide a wealth of experience that Central Business School can draw on when designing courses and delivery mechanisms, as well as superior technology and expertise. 5 Central Business School

6 What benefits can you and your employer expect? What impact and benefits can your employer expect? - Outline how the company would benefit from your study and the scope of the returns on their investment. - The business-academic blend of the programme is developed and taught by a dynamic mix of business experts and academic thinkers, bringing new thinking into the workplace. - Central Business School clients are mostly middle and senior managers and directors who have an average work experience of more than 8 years across different sectors from the business world. This provides international networking and the benefits of sharing best practice. - Central Business School qualifications are designed to put learning into action from the first day of the module. The teaching goes beyond the conventional approach with its action learning approach which asks clients to test management theories continuously in their work and critically engage with it to devise the best business solutions for your organisation. What support can I expect? - The support you request from your employer will depend on your circumstances and the company environment. Find out if your company has sponsored anyone before and is enthusiastic about sponsoring their employees. - You will need to identify the decision-maker for sponsorship it may not be your line manager and may involve agreement from HR. Find out what is the company appetite for continuing professional development in recruitment and whether your competitors or your company advertise to recruit those with CIPS or CMI qualifications to add weight to your argument. - You need to be prepared to answer the question of a lock-in period. Generally a sponsoring company would want you sign a bond/contract which will bind you to the company for a length of time. You should bear in mind that it is not clear whether these are enforceable in law, but also that if you move to a new employer, part of your initial negotiations could include them buying you out of the lock-in by paying the forfeiture costs; after all, they will then be reaping the benefit of your qualifications. - Decide what sponsorship you would like and also what you need. You may want your employer to fund your qualification in full, but they may only be prepared to part-fund it based on results. In this case, you will need to be able to fund the shortfall and achieve the results they expect which will add pressure to your study. They may not be willing to support you at all which may create work life balance tensions for you. 6 Central Business School

7 How can employer support be given? Financial support can be given by employers in two ways: - Full or part sponsorship can be given at the start of each module with the sponsor identified in the registration process and an invoice being raised directly to the sponsor organisation. This can be included in budget processes and requires minimum administration. Where part sponsorship is give, the student pays the remaining amount by which spreads payments over a defined period. - Performance-based sponsorship can be paid to the student dependent on completion of module and/or achievement of results, or can be linked to workplace objectives linked to the qualifications. Study support can be provided by employers in two ways: - Study leave can be given to a maximum number of hours or days per module to enable the student to complete assignments or project work, or to revise for exams. This is usually given in addition to leave or holiday entitlements. - In-house experience can be offered whereby students are able to shadow or work in a different area of the business to underpin study topics or implement projects to achieve business objectives. This may involve a short secondment period or a less formalised agreement between managers. 7 Central Business School

8 MOVING THINGS FORWARD If you are interested in studying with Central Business School and would like to find out more, contact us: + 44 (0) or admissions@centraleduc.com 8 Central Business School