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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION:

Bachelor of Human Resource Management

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
101965	Bachelor of Human Resource Management
ORIGINATOR
University of Johannesburg
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
National First Degree	Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies		Human Resources
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	360	Not Applicable	NQF Level 07	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Reregistered		EXCO 0821/24	2021-07-01	2027-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2028-06-30		2033-06-30

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification.

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

Purpose:
The purpose of this qualification is to equip learners with skills that will enable them to:

Develop critical and creative expertise in human resource management, industrial psychology, business management and public governance competencies.

Focus on people management within business-government or private-public partnerships and the systems, processes and best practices embedded within the sector, local, national and global priorities.

Specialise in human resource management practices within business management or public management processes, techniques and systems.

Be empowered with relevant and current labour and commercial law, analytical techniques, and public management and governance policies.

Be guided and supported to conduct research, implement and successfully undertake individual and/or group work integrated projects throughout their study.

Provide compulsory application in literacy, numerical, analytical and data management skills.

Rationale:
The Bachelor of Human Resource Management is designed in need for a Degree in the Human Resource Management discipline. Industry experts, learners and the associated Professional Body, the South African Board of Personnel Practices (SABPP) have expressed a strong need for a Bachelor Degree directly focusing on the human resource management profession. This qualification aims to produce graduates who will enter the occupations such as Human Resource Manager or Human Resource Officer in the public or private sectors. They will add value to employee management and administration in the workplace as they will exit this qualification with knowledge and skills in human resource management, industrial psychology, business management and public governance and management amongst others. The benefits to society and the economy are that graduates will populate local and global markets and socio-economic sectors with well rounded, best future-fit leaders who are able to successfully implement strategic, operational and management strategies in the rapidly evolving, professional human resource environment.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
The Institution's Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management (IPPM) accepts Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) as an integral part of education and academic practice. It acknowledges that all learning has value and accepts the challenge posed by the assessment of prior learning and awards credits that are aligned with the qualifications in order to promote lifelong learning.

The purpose of the institution's RPL policy (refer to uploaded document), which directs the Faculty's RPL procedure, is to recognise prior learning in order to provide access into qualifications, grant advanced placement in programmes and grant credits for modules on the principles and processes that serve as a basis for departmental RPL practices.

The Department of IPPM follows the institution's RPL Policy which requires the formation of a departmental RPL Committee to review RPL applications. The Committee compromises of at least three appropriate members in a Department, including an advisor, assessor and moderator. An advisor acts as a facilitator between the RPL role players or as an evidence facilitator who may or may not be the Head of Department. The functions of the committee are to:

Monitor and review the IPPM RPL policy and procedures.

Oversee the RPL process and establish quality management in the department.

Manage the administration of the RPL process according to the RPL sub-committee guidelines as approved by the Faculty.

Advise the Faculty RPL sub-committee of the Department's recommendations.

Entry Requirements:
Learners are required to have one of the following in place in order to be considered for admission:

A senior certificate with endorsement.

National Senior Certificate granting admission to Bachelor degree studies and with Mathematics

Mathematical Literacy and English.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

QUALIFICATION RULES

This qualification comprises compulsory modules at Levels 5, 6 and 7 and elective modules at Level 7 totalling 424 Credits.

Compulsory Modules, Level 5, 120 Credits:

Mathematics: Finance and Business A + B, 32 Credits.

Human Resource Management 1A, 12 Credits

Industrial Psychology 1A, 16 Credits

Business Management 1A, 16 Credits

Mathematics: Finance and Business 1A, 16 Credits

Human Resource Management 1B, 12 Credits

Industrial Psychology 1B, 16 Credits

Compulsory Modules, Level 6, 200 Credits:

Public Management and Governance 1A + 1B, 32 Credits.

Public Management & Governance 2A, 32 Credits

Human Resource Management 2A + 2B, 24 Credits.

Analytical Techniques A + B, 32 Credits.

Industrial Psychology 2A + 2B, 32 Credits.

Business Management 2A + 2B, 32 Credit

Introductory Labour Law, 16 Credits

Compulsory Modules, Level 7, 112 Credits:

Human Resource Management 3A + 3B, 24 Credits.

Project Management, 16 Credits.

Elective Modules, Level 7, 32 Credits (select either business management or public management and governance):

Business Management 3A + 3B, 32 Credits.

Public Management and Governance 3A + 3B, 32 Credits.

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Analyse the human resource field and value chain when sourcing, remunerating, performance managing, developing, managing employment relations, wellness and safety, and reporting on workplace human resource management.
2. Investigate industrial psychology, professional ethics, research methods, psychological assessment, personnel and career psychology and ergonomics as applied to people, careers and consumers.
3. Present a global, economic overview of general, entrepreneurship and systems business strategy in the marketing, finances, communication, operations, risk, and integration functions of organisations.
4. Apply ethical and good governance principles in service delivery and decision making within the public sector financial, asset, human resource, administration and management functions.
5. Apply basic mathematical and statistical constructs to analyse and explain trends within the business and economic sectors.
6. Explain how labour law govern the rights and duties of the individual, collective and partnership contracts.
7. Use Microsoft Office and other Information Communications Technology applications to manage workplace data, communication and reporting.
8. Evaluate financial decisions, management strategies and cost efficiency in the management of workplace projects.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

Explore the human resource field and understand the human resource management value chain.

Apply conditions of service to source and remunerate employees.

Manage performance and develop employees to achieve strategic goals.

Manage employee relations and promote wellness and people safety.

Implement systems and metrices to analyse and report on employee information.

Participate and contribute to a simulated human resource environment, creatively enabling human resource management to meet business goals.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

Explore schools of psychology, developments of industrial psychology and personality assessment.

Investigate the ergonomics of consumer and organisational.

Apply research methods in psychological assessment.

Conduct personnel and career psychology assessments.

Evaluate the application of professional ethical obligations in industrial psychology.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

Present a global overview of general management, entrepreneurship and systems approach to management, operations and strategy.

Explore marketing, financial management and communication as business functions and tasks.

Manage risk, globalisation, economic integration and development strategically.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

Understand regional and local governance institutions, the public management structural landscape and the operations, public administration and governance functions.

Apply ethical management and good governance theories and principles in public sector management and decision making.

Provide quality service delivery to stakeholders using mechanisms and approaches that democratise service delivery.

Manage public policy, finances, assets, human resource and development functions.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

Apply mathematical constructs to the business world.

Apply descriptive and statistical inferences to analyse and explain economic trends.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

Investigate substantive law as contained in common law, individual service contracts and collective labour law.

The legal structure of contracts.

Explore the rights and duties of different role players in the partnership contract.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:

Use commercial computer systems and applications to manage data.

Use electronic information to communicate and report effectively.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:

Evaluate the value of time, money and financial decisions impact a project.

Manage the scope, time, human resource, cost, communication, quality, risk, procurement, administration and integration of workplace projects.

Integrated Assessment:
Because assessment practices must be open, transparent, fair, valid, reliable and ensure that no learner is disadvantaged in any way whatsoever, an integrated assessment approach is incorporated into the qualification. Both formative and summative assessment processes are accounted for to monitor progress during the qualification and to determine competence at the end of the qualification.

Assessors check for the following:
Candidates should demonstrate competence in the specific Exit Level Outcomes in context. Such demonstration must include taking into account the National Skills Development Strategy:

Oral and/or written explanations of how issues that have not occurred during observed performance will be dealt with.

Written and/or oral self-assessment of the practitioner's own performance and possible future improvements.

Formative assessment practices that will be implemented.

Continuous Assessment:
Learners are continuously assessed via written class assignments, essays, informal class tests and one formal written test per module that will be utilised as an entry requirement for exam purposes. A minimum mark of 40 % per module is required for entry into summative assessment.

Learners will also need to complete written and practical assignments and answer questions that they will then self-assess on the basis of model answers given.

Self-Assessment:
Learners will participate in self-assessment of written assignments and participation in discussion forums assessed by lecturers and/or tutors and peers. These shall be used to test various analytical, critical and presentation skills and to test the learners' competence in teamwork and creativity.

Summative assessment practices that will be implemented:
Integrated assessment, focusing on the achievement of the Exit-Level Outcomes, will be done by means of a written 3-hour examination for each module. A final mark will be calculated based on the average of each module's test and exam mark.

Pass requirements that will be implemented:
A pass for the module is an average of at least 50% for the final mark. A sub-minimum of 40% is required in order to write the modular examination.

INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY

This qualification compares favourably with the following qualifications:
United States of America, UTH Florida University offers a Bachelors in Human Resource Management. The content of this qualification includes, Labour Relations, Accounting, Strategic Management, Business Management, and Industrial Psychology. They require 120 Credit hours (15 - 18 hours per credit hour) for graduation. Students are expected to enroll in 12 to 15 Credit hours per semester which would allow completion of all requirements in about 3 calendar years if enrolled continuously. 66 Credit hours (120 SA credits) are specific to Human Resource Management (HRM). Modules and amount of credits in HRM and non-HRM content are similar.

United Kingdom, Leeds University offers Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Human Resource Management. The content of this qualification includes Enterprise in Action, Leadership in Business, Economic Institutions (Labour and Industry), Business and Society, Organisational Behaviour, and Economics for Management. Credit system in United Kingdom is similar to the one used in South Africa. This qualification has a minimum of 280 Credits and learners are allowed to do more modules as optional. The duration is once again 3 years. The contents are similar, while specific aspects remain unique to both countries.

Saudi Arabia, Effat University offers Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management. The content of this qualification includes Human Resources Management, Employee Training and Staffing, Development, Recruitment, Placement and Staffing, Reading and Critical Thinking, Academic Writing, Independent Learning Skills, Introduction to Business, Computer Literacy, Basic Maths, Calculus, Statistics, Ethics, Wellbeing, Managerial Accounting, Principles of Marketing, Decision Sciences, Business Communication, Finance, Organisational Behaviour, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Enterprise IT Systems, Operations Management, and Civic Engagement. This qualification consists of 129 Credit hours over 4 years. There are a number of fundamental modules that are covered in the first year of this qualification, before HR modules are covered. This might be because of the language and cultural characteristics of the country. Besides this difference, the modules and contents are very similar to this qualification, against which this qualification is being compared.

India, University of Delhi offers BA (Vocational) (Human Resource Management). The content of this qualification includes Environmental Studies/Language, English, Business Organisation and Environment, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Organisational Behaviour, Computer Concepts and Software Packages, Labour and Development, Business Communications and Personality Development, Human Resource Management, Financial Accounting, Labour Welfare, Globalisation, and Business Law. This qualification offers learners a large number of electives and has few core modules that the learners must take. The qualification has a business perspective, which is very similar to this qualification offered. The major difference between the two qualifications is that the BA from Delhi University offers more electives than in this qualification.

Canada, Athabasca University offers Bachelor in Human Resources and Labour Relations. The content of this qualification includes Compulsory: Introductory Composition, Training and Development in Organisations, Introduction to Human Resource Management, Introduction to Labour Relations, Practice of Labour Relations, Occupational Health and Safety, Sociology of Work and Industry, Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Workers and the Economy. This is a 3-year 90-credit degree. 30 credits are from compulsory modules and 60 are from electives. The qualification is similar to this qualification. The main difference is that there are a larger number of electives that the students of this qualification can choose from, in comparison to this qualification. Thus, this qualification is more rigid than this qualification.

Uganda, Makerere University, Bachelor of Human Resource Management. The content of this qualification includes, Principles of Human Resource Management, Human Resource Planning, Industrial Psychology, Salary and Employee Compensation, Human Resource Training and Development, Human Behaviour at Work, Industrial Relations, Career Planning and Management, Performance Management, Human Resource Management Policies, Office and Records Management, Business Psychology, Leadership and Interpersonal Skills. This is a 3-year qualification. Most of the modules are similar to this qualification. The notable difference in the qualifications is that, while this qualification covers the technological elements of Human Resource data, the qualification from Makerere University has a course on Office and Records Management.

Conclusion:
This qualification compares favourably with international qualifications mentioned above as stated.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

This qualification offers articulation options with the following qualifications offered by other institutions, provided the learner meets the minimum entry requirements.

Vertical Articulation:

Postgraduate in Human Resource Management, Level 8.

Postgraduate in Human Resource Development, Level 8.

Postgraduate in Employee Relations, Level 8.

Postgraduate in Industrial Psychology, Level 8.

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Human Resource Management, Level 8.

Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Human Resource Management, Level 8.

Horizontal Articulation:

Other Bachelors or similar NQF level 7 qualifications in a cognate field of study both internal and external to institution.

The qualification will provide vertical and horizontal external articulation possibilities with all public and private higher education institutions that offer comparable studies at NQF Level 7 and 8 according to the respective Faculty and University Regulations of the offering.

MODERATION OPTIONS

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CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

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NOTES

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