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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Postgraduate Diploma: Management: Organisation and Management

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
15500	Postgraduate Diploma: Management: Organisation and Management
ORIGINATOR
University of Cape Town
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Postgraduate Diploma	Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies		Generic Management
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	120	Level 7	NQF Level 08	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 06120/18	2018-07-01	2018-12-31
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2019-12-31		2022-12-31

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

The purpose of the programme is to develop effective general managers for South African organisations in all sectors of society. An effective manager is defined as someone who can get the right things done well, is action-oriented, responsible and creative and has conceptual thinking skills. The programme is open to all students with degree except students with Business Science or Commerce degrees.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Demonstrated competencies proven through undergraduate studies and junior management skills.

Senior certificate with Matriculation Exemption or Equivalent university admission qualification.

First degree:
Bachelors degree

Recognition of prior learning:

The University is prepared to test candidates wishing to enter through non-traditional means, to establish whether, in the opinion of Senate, the person is prepared for degree studies in which case an application will be made for conditional exemption.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

(a) Cross critical outcomes

The Postgraduate Diploma graduate is competent to:

Study and understand the South African business environment;

Apply classical and contemporary management theory to a variety of organisational environments;
Analyse and construct logical arguments and competing viewpoints
Research business issues
Form independent and research-based opinions about contemporary issues of theory and practice;
Understand and apply the fundamentals of the financial aspects of a business and the environment in which that business and the environment in which that business operates;
Operate an IBM-compatible personal computer;
Utilise the Windows operating system and work competently with Windows-based data management, word processing and spread sheeting applications to create, edit, save and print documents to professional industry standard;
Apply appropriate information technology to a variety of organisation situations;
Correspond through the use of electronic mail;
Analyse and interpret the marketing process considering current trends in the South African context;
Formulate a marketing strategy that supports the objectives of an organisation using the marketing concept, target marketing and the marketing mix;

b) General outcomes (contextually demonstrated general knowledge, skills and values of the programme)

The holder of a Post-graduate diploma in a Commerce will

Have attained a level of knowledge and understanding of the relevant discipline equivalent to that of a student who has studied the subject for three years in the course of completing a 360-credit Bachelor's degree.

Have acquired an understanding of the role of initiative and entrepreneurship in the relevant area of commercial activity

Be qualified in terms of professional expertise to work in an entry level managerial post in the relevant industry or profession

Have developed personal skills and work habits appropriate to working in a team

Have internalised the norms of conduct relevant to the profession for which the diploma is a preparation.

c) Specific Outcomes, including professional outcomes, contextually demonstrated)

Manage people effectively in different organisational contexts through the use of various approaches;
Recognise the importance of effective communication;
Link people to strategic business needs;
Understand the relationship between learning style and decision making style;
Assess strengths and limitations of learning styles;
Audit decision making and identify bias;
Recognise the relationship between group dynamics and effective decision making;
Apply techniques to foster creative problem solving in groups
Understand importance of ethics in business
Identify and classify the culture of organisations;
Devise a strategy for an organisation to develop common values and a code of conduct based on these values;
Be familiar with law of contract and be able to draw up a basic contract;
Understand agency, insolvency and taxation;
Analyse different business forms and understand obligations for owners;
Understand the nature and scope of projects and the need for project management;
Plan and undertake the implementation of a project;
Use the basic methods of project management in order to effectively control aspects of the project;
Perform as trainee project managers and be able to improve the management of projects within their own organisations;
Understand the nature of business and the environment;
Recognise the demands and opportunities that the environmental challenge presents to business;
Identify the contribution that can be made by business in the promotion of environmental sustainability;
Be aware of the practices, policies and processes that may mediate the relationship between business organisations and the environment;
Understand the relationship between development, technology and the environment.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

The learner's achievement of critical cross-field outcomes is assessed formatively during the course through a range of activities, and summatively in the capstone activity outlined below.

The learner's achievement of general programme outcomes is assessed through a range of formative and summative assessments throughout the course, and particularly in the capstone activity outlined below.

The successful candidate for a post-graduate diploma in a Commerce will

Pass relevant undergraduate courses

Undertake case studies in the relevant field of commercial activity

Successfully complete practical tasks which require the mastery of skills identified by employers as important for managers in their industry

Participate successfully in team projects which require a capacity to work cooperatively with others.

Successfully complete work which requires an ability think independently and demonstrate initiative in practical problem solving.

Be able to participate in discussion of normative issues in relation to the relevant industry or profession.

Integrated assessment:

Students, in small groups of 6-7, are required to set up and run a business for the duration of the academic year. Students are required to go through all stages of establishing a business, from writing a business plan, to producing an annual report, to dealing with customers and suppliers and marketing their goods and services. Students are evaluated regularly on their learning. Weekly meetings and quarterly assessments by programme faculty and outside directors evaluate application of theory, ability to adapt to change, and manage business effectively and efficiently. The students are required to submit all work done during the year in the form of a project (Genesis Project).

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Title(s) of related qualification(s)
Not applicable

This qualification as an entry point to the related qualification(s).
Not applicable

This qualification provides credits for the related qualification(s)
Not applicable

Entry to this qualification in midstream:
Not possible

Exit from qualification in midstream:
A student obtains credit for any course or courses completed towards the diploma.

Other higher education programmes which articulate with this qualification without "going back to square one"
Not applicable.

MODERATION OPTIONS

The University of Cape Town has a system of external peer review and evaluation of each course. One of the aspects of the system is an evaluation of the standards and assessment practices of the department.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

The academic staff of the University of Cape Town will be used in a manner, which is consistent with the quality assurance system of the University.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

NONE

PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

1.	University of Cape Town