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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Postgraduate Diploma: Personnel Management

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
2647	Postgraduate Diploma: Personnel Management
ORIGINATOR
University of Natal
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
Was CHE until Last Date for Achievement			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Postgraduate Diploma	Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies		Human Resources
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	144	Level 7	Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 2663/05	2006-07-01	2009-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2010-06-30		2013-06-30

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 is replaced by:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
72984	Postgraduate Diploma: Personnel Management	Level 7	NQF Level 08	144	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

To impart to the student academic and vocational knowledge and skills in human resources management

To develop the student's technical, human relations, and conceptual skills to enable him / her function effectively as an employee, supervisor, manager, and as a member of the wider society

To enable the student to develop capacity for lifelong learning

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

The programme is open to all students who hold bachelor's degrees, or equivalent from a recognised University, provided they majored in any one of the following: Business Administration / Management, Economics, Industrial and Labour Studies, Industrial Psychology, Legal Studies / Law, Political Science, and Sociology.

Compliance with Rule R33 of the Common Rules of the University of Natal, Durban.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

Ability to perform human resource functions

Ability to develop policies and strategies for the human resource functions and sub-functions

Ability to contextualise theoretical and conceptual knowledge acquired from the course

Ability to learn in different situations

Ability to adjust and adapt in relation to changes in the environment

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Individual group assignments (essays, case studies, stimulations, etc). These are aimed at assessing the student's ability to access information, to synthesize information and to apply information to problem and decision-making situations.

Tests - these are meant to assess the student's ability to recall information, to think, to apply information creatively, and to present a meaningful argument under time and space constraints.

Examination - used to assess the students' ability to think, reason, argue as they use theoretical and conceptual information to analyse human resource issues situations or solve contrived human resource problems.

Integrated Assessment

The University of Natal is currently reforming its assessment strategies to include the assessment of applied competence for each qualification. In the meantime, a combination of continuous assessment and traditional written examinations serve to assess the integration of all / most of the learning outcomes for each module in a qualification.

Continuous Assessment - essays, projects, case analyses, & tests.

Final assessment - a comprehensive written examination in each module at the end of the semester in which the module is offered.

An average mark of 50% in each module is required to successfully complete the programme.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

On successful completion of the programme a student is eligible for admission into the Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Relations at the University of Natal and will be exempted from fifty percent of the modules (i.e. Trade Union and Management, Human Resources and Conflict Management and Dispute Settlement Procedures). In addition, the student will be eligible for admission into other postgraduate diploma programmes in field of business and management at the University of Natal or other institutions.

MODERATION OPTIONS

The ETQA system for HE is not yet fully developed. Until such time as it is, procedures described under Assessor Criteria will suffice. Examination question papers and written scripts are moderated by qualified assessors who are not members of staff at the University of Natal, Durban. External assessor must have academic qualifications at a level equal to or above that offered by the programme. The external assessor is appointed on the basis of his / her specialist knowledge in the subject matter of the module or a number of modules or the programme as a whole.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Until the HEQC establishes a registration system for assessors in the HET Band, the University of Natal assumes that, on the basis of its rigorous selection criteria for the appointment of academic staff (who also have opportunities for staff development in assessment), staffs are competent to assess students on the modules they teach. This assessment is quality assured via a university system of internal moderation and external examination. External examiners are appointed for their teaching and disciplinary expertise and subject to the approval of Faculty Boards. The University of Natal ruling is that 66 % of all assessments at exit level, i.e. leading to a qualification, are externally examined.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

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

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

When qualifications are replaced, some of their learning programmes are moved to being recorded against the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replacement.

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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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