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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Certificate: Management Studies

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
19807	Certificate: Management Studies
ORIGINATOR
De Montfort South Africa
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
-			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
National Certificate	Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies		Generic Management
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	120	Level 5	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Registered"		SAQA 9900/00	2003-07-01	2006-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2007-06-30		2010-06-30

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

The business practitioner who has achieved this qualification will have competence in a range of specified business roles and the basic understanding of specified business functions. They will be competent to make contributions to structured and targeted business activities at a junior management level within an enterprise. The qualification will allow practitioners to advance to a level 5 Diploma in Business.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Grade 12 (Matric) with Mathematics and English;
Or

Qualification(s) deemed to be of equivalent standing to Grade 12;
Or

Recognition of prior learning:
Appropriate prior learning and/or experience deemed to be of equivalent standing to Grade 12;

And
The ability to study at a Diploma level.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles, nature, interaction, application and theory of the specified disciplines within business.

2. Demonstrate an understanding of specified bodies of content and their inter-connectedness in the business environment.

3. Demonstrate an understanding of key aspects of the management of specified business structures, processes, resources, systems and situations.

4. Demonstrate an ability to consider options and make decisions about ways of viewing specified business structures, processes, resources, systems and situations, and to consider different ways of applying business knowledge to such.

5. Reflect on possible implications for self, business, environment and systems of the different ways of viewing and intervening in specified business structures, processes, resources, systems and situations.

6. Demonstrate an ability to reflect on, and engage with, their own and other viewpoints and approaches to business, humanity and the environment.

7. Demonstrate an ability to be self-reflexive, critical of own thought and actions, and capable of self-organisation in the face of continual challenge from the business environment.

8. Demonstrate appropriate managerial thinking, decision making and skills in specified areas of business and people management.

9. Demonstrate the understanding to analyse the utilisation of accepted and emerging managerial practices and suggest methods to maximise or alter such to meet present or future circumstances.

10. Demonstrate the ability to work appropriately within legal requirements and general business guidelines, policies, and structures and to appropriately challenge the same if they are no longer relevant.

11. Demonstrate the ability to interpret operational requirements and translate and communicate these into meaningful, understandable and actionable activities for self and others.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY

Qualification meets the Diploma requirements for the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Countries as well as for most of Europe, USA and Asia.

Assignments, tests, examinations all marked and assessed by DMU South Africa (SA) and DMU United Kingdom (UK).

Once yearly formal DMU UK quality audit of the program.

DMU carries HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council of England) excellent rating.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Qualification meets the Diploma requirements of the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa.

Articulation possibilities to NSB 3 (Business, Commerce and Management Studies and NSB's 5, 6 and 7).

After completion, entry to national and international Diploma programmes in Business.

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.

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