LIA - The Professional Association for Financial Services in Ireland

The Professional Diploma in Management in Financial Services is aimed at those who are working in or aspire to work in a management role within their organisation. Effective managers are flexible and can respond quickly.

Managers need to understand how their industry works and need to be aware of operational, accounting, marketing, financial and ‘people’ issues. This six module Level 7 qualification* provides candidates with the requisite skills to understand the performance of the economy and also guides them through the main functional areas of management including organisational decision making, the management of effective marketing, the interpretation and use of financial data within the business environment and getting the best out of your team.

This Professional Diploma is awarded on completion of six modules. The options within the course enable candidates to take a broad approach in order to develop a critical understanding of each management function or alternatively a more focused approach if they wish to gain a more specialist body of knowledge.

On successful completion of this course candidates will be able to:

• Appreciate the different facets of management that are required in carrying out/completing tasks, anticipating problems, and formulating solutions across different business functions;
• Reflect on their own working environment in the context of management theory;
• Apply management theory and techniques to well defined work situations.

Download Application Form for 2010/2011 Academic Year Here