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

Master of Business Administration 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
74121  Master of Business Administration 
ORIGINATOR
University of KwaZulu-Natal 
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  Finance, Economics and Accounting 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  128  Level 8 and above  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 10105/14  2015-07-01  2015-11-18 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2016-11-18   2019-11-18  

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 replaces: 
Qual ID Qualification Title Pre-2009 NQF Level NQF Level Min Credits Replacement Status
2567  Master of Business Administration  Level 8 and above  NQF Level 08  128  Complete 

This qualification is replaced by: 
Qual ID Qualification Title Pre-2009 NQF Level NQF Level Min Credits Replacement Status
97434  Master of Business Administration  Not Applicable  NQF Level 09  256  Complete 

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 
The purpose of the programme is to provide practising managers with the knowledge and skills necessary to make policy and strategy decisions in their organisations. This will enable them to manage effectively with a complex and uncertain environment in the future.

The programme aims to:
  • Provide learners with a practical, work-related orientation, which draws upon a sound theoretical base
  • Provide learners with frameworks within which a broad understanding of the underlying disciplines and functions of management are examined
  • Provide learners with a holistic view of organisations, their environment and functioning; through an interdisciplinary and issue-based approach to learning
  • Recognise that learners, as managers in both private and public sector organisations, need to be able to deal with a rapidly changing environment.
  • Increase the capability of learners to contribute to organisational and managerial effectiveness by developing their general competence, and in particular, their ability to contribute at the strategic level in private and public sector organisations
  • Emphasise the importance of team-work by learners have a deliberate focus on the development of personal skills and competencies by learners in their special field of expertise, but also in other areas of management
  • Attract participants from around the world, but especially from elsewhere in Africa, and develop an international ethos which recognises the need to understand the demands of a dynamic global environment
  • Attract visiting academics, research and speakers from commerce, the public sector and politics 
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    LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
    Postgraduate Diploma in Management 

    RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
    N 

    EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
  • Demonstrate an advanced understanding of strategic management and information management, and will have been allowed to study further in elective modules, and the learner will have prepared a research report in the field of management which will act as an integrative module which allows the learner to draw together knowledge across management fields.
  • The modules in the qualification re-enforce the interconnectedness of the various management disciplines.
  • Learners will be sensitised to moral and social responsibility issues as these effect the management function.
  • Gained a holistic view of organisations, their environment and functioning which reference to both private and public sector organisations.
  • The learner's capacity to contribute to organisational and managerial effectiveness will have been increased by the development of their general understanding of management and by emphasizing training to build capacity to deal with a rapidly changing environment.
  • The learner will gain experience of teamwork by being required to participate in team assignments. 
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    ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
  • Demonstrate critical thinking as applied to business situations, and can make connections across disciplines.
  • The learner will be required to demonstrate knowledge of management practice and the interconnectedness across management disciplines by preparing case studies and participating in business simulations.
  • The learner will be required to show an understanding and application of quantitative methods in the preparation of assignments by the use of quantitative methods in case studies and through examination.
  • The learner's ability to integrate knowledge will be demonstrated in the compulsory research report which is based on the learner's own research and which cannot be submitted until the learner has completed two years of relevant employment.

    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. 
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    ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
    MBA (Education management)
    MBA (Public Sector Management)
    MBA (Agribusiness)
    MBA (Travel and tourism)
    MBA (Water Resources)
    PhD 

    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. 

    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; 2009; 2012; 2015. 

    NOTES 
    This qualification has been replaced by qualification 97434, which is "Master of Business Administration", Level 9, 256 credits.
    These qualifications will be realigned to what the CHE has termed Category C qualifications to comply with the HEQSF. 

    LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: 
    When qualifications are replaced, some (but not all) of their learning programmes are moved to the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replaced qualification.
     
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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.
     
    1. University of KwaZulu-Natal 


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