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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Master of Philosophy in Management Coaching 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
71815  Master of Philosophy in Management Coaching 
ORIGINATOR
Stellenbosch University 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education  HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework 
QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD
Master's Degree  Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies  Generic Management 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  180  Level 8 and above  NQF Level 09  Regular-Provider-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 SAQA 1141/23  2018-07-01  2024-06-30 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2025-06-30   2028-06-30  

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
119703  Master of Philosophy in Leadership Coaching  Not Applicable  NQF Level 09  180  Complete 

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 
Purpose:

Currently in South Africa, there exists a pronounced demand for the services of management coaches. This demand has multiple origins: it is caused by the speedy upward mobility of black managers but also due to the general decrease in the experience-base of senior managers. Due to their lack of experience, managers are seeking the services of coaches to help maintain their hectic programmes. Many private sector training operators are stepping into this void, but frequently these persons are ill equipped to become management coaches. The market is demanding an accredited qualification in coaching from a respected academic institution. The proposed degree will fill this niche.

Rationale:

Currently in South Africa, there exists a pronounced demand for the services of management coaches. This demand has multiple origins: it is caused by the speedy upward mobility of black managers but also due to the general decrease in the experience-base of senior managers. Due to their lack of experience, managers are seeking the services of coaches to help maintain their hectic programmes. Many private sector training operators are stepping into this void, but frequently these persons are ill equipped to become management coaches. The market is demanding an accredited qualification in coaching from a respected academic institution. The proposed degree will fill this niche. 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
A relevant Bachelor's Honours Degree or a Professional Bachelor's Degree in the field of Psychology or Industrial Psychology or a Post Graduate Diploma in the field of Psychology or Industrial Psychology and practical experience as a management coach.

Recognition of Prior Learning:

A limited number of students can enter the programme through Recognition of Prior Learning under the US policy guidelines on recognition of prior learning. The Recognition of Prior Learning candidate has to put together a comprehensive portfolio of his/her experience, demonstrating that he/she is on equal footing as far as knowledge, competencies and skills are concerned as someone who has had formal training. The candidate has to defend his portfolio before two senior business school academics in an in-depth interview.

Access to the Qualification:

A relevant Bachelor's Honours Degree or a Professional Bachelor's Degree in the field of Psychology or Industrial Psychology or a Post Graduate Diploma in the field of Psychology or Industrial Psychology and practical experience as a management coach. 

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
Y 

QUALIFICATION RULES 
Level, Credits and learning components assigned to the Qualification.

Exit Level of programme: NQF Level 8.
Duration (years): 2 Years.
Total credits: 180 Credits.

Core:
  • NQF Level 8: 60 Credits.
  • NQF Level 9: 120 Credits.

    Total Credits: 180 Credits. 
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    EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
    On completion of this programme, successful participants will:
  • Have a comprehensive and systematic knowledge base of individual coaching frameworks and models underlying professional coaching practice.
  • Have a coherent and critical understanding of the multiple theoretical perspectives on coaching.
  • Have developed the ability to relate these theories to the practical and professional coaching environment.
  • Have demonstrated evidence of self-directed learning and for taking responsibility for self-learning.
  • Have demonstrated evidence of operating in an ill-defined environment characterized by situations challenging their personal beliefs and ethical points of departure.
  • Have displayed the ability to clearly communicate with a client and to manage the one-on-one relationship in an ethical and professional way.
  • Have demonstrated the ability to analyse and synthesize from theory and multi-client experiences.
  • Have demonstrated skills in information retrieval and processing and the ability to draw inference from quantitative and qualitative information.
  • Have displayed the ability to critically, but fairly monitor the growth and progress of the client, while learning from the interactions him/herself.
  • Have demonstrated the ability to produce a research report which meets the standard of scholarly research and professional writing. 
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    ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
    Integrated assessment:

    Various mechanisms exist. A strong emphasis is placed on assuring that plagiarism does not occur. Every student has to sign a declaration of own work for each assignment or case study submitted. Assignments are submitted electronically and are checked for similarities in content with sources through Turnitin. 

    INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY 
    Name of programme or Qualification: University where offered.
    Regional clearance pending. 

    ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
    Preceding: A relevant Bachelor Honours Degree or a professional Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 96 credits at NQF Level 8 or a Postgraduate Diploma.
    Offered at Stellenbosch University: Yes, but also elsewhere.
    Exit Level.
    Next Level: PhD. 

    MODERATION OPTIONS 
  • Internal moderation processes require that an academic not involved in the presentation of the subject will scrutinize the final test paper as well as the results of the marking process. In addition external examiners will scrutinize course outlines, assignment topics and set papers as well as all assessment products.
  • Moderator's reports are firstly discussed with individual academics. Areas for improvement are identified and monitored. An executive summary of all moderators' reports are tabled at the Academic Planning Committee for purposes of continuous quality control.
  • In assessing students, every effort is taken to ensure that individual learning is being assessed. Both open-book and closed-book assessments are used and when students submit assignments, they have to testify that the work is their own. Part of the evaluation is the final research report, assessed by the study leader, and in the case of a distinction or an appeal, by a second examiner. 
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    CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
    N/A 

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

    NOTES 
    N/A 

    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.
     
    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. Stellenbosch University 


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