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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Master of Arts: Industrial: Organisational and Labour Studies

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
81257	Master of Arts: Industrial: Organisational and Labour Studies
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 07 - Human and Social Studies		Industrial & Organisational Governance and Human Resource Development
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	128	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 091/21	2021-07-01	2023-06-30
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2024-06-30		2027-06-30

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 replaces:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
15700	Master of Arts: Industrial: Organisational and Labour Studies	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 09	128	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

The Industrial, Organisational and Labour Studies Programme aims to equip students with a critical understanding of the changing workplace and the world of work. Each qualification on the programme, at its appropriate level, encourages students to acquire knowledge of the major processes, key institutions, structures and actors central to workplace environment and workplace relations, issues related to globalisation, industrial and workplace restructuring, industrial policy and relations, organisational change and development, and human resources development are some of the areas covered in preparing students. Through the programme students are encouraged to develop foundational skills to enable critical thinking, social enquiry, and engagement with local and global workplace. These skills are elaborated at the higher levels of study within the programme. This programme is relevant within the present global environment of rapid socio-economic change. It is particularly relevant in South Africa, which is attempting very seriously to adapt to full involvement in this global environment. Students completing this programme are prepared with knowledge and skills transferable to their own wok environment through their careers. The programme provides the basic knowledge and some of the skills required to fulfil human resource development positions in business, non-government organisations, government or trade unions.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Appropriate Honours degree. Entry is also possible through University of Natal's Rule 33 for postgraduate study.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

Demonstrate familiarity with debates concerning the historical location and evolution of the world of work and the workplace, in a regional, national and global context.

Show an understanding of policy relevant to the workplace.

Display an understanding of changing workplace environments and labour processes.

Understand the social context within which people work, guided by range of analytical categories such as gender, class, and race diversity and power relations.

Understand organisations, the contexts within which they occur and the challenges they are facing.

Access and read, assimilate and extract information relevant to the programme

Communicate orally and in written form a critical understanding and analysis of issues dealt with in the programme.

Engage in disciplined self-directed study.

Inter-relate content and issues between modules and disciplines, demonstrate conceptual and theoretical clarity, and knowledge in relation to the material.

Conduct independent research, and present the results in a dissertation.

Present advance theoretical arguments and critically evaluate available empirical and theoretical material.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Identify and solve problems based on critical analysis and understanding of the issues involved.

Use a wide range of literature to gather information, examine, evaluate and analyse it critically as well as communicate and present it in different ways e.g. visually, mathematically, orally or in a written form.

Work in a group or a team.

Demonstrate an ability to simulate an analysis and examination of issues in their wider global context (Hence an understanding of the world as a set of related systems in which issues do not exist in isolation).

Demonstrate an understanding of the role and the impact of technology and science on both the environment and human / social life.

Demonstrate sensitivity to cultural and ethical values within society and professional fields.

Demonstrate research skills that would enable them to initiate and undertake independent research projects.

Cary out a substantial independent research project conforming to acknowledged scholarly protocols.

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.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Vertical - below: Recognised Honours degree

Vertical - above: PhD

Horizontal - Within the University: with the approval of the programme directors, coursework modules from other approved disciplines may be incorporated into this qualification and modules from this discipline may be incorporated into other approved qualifications.

Horizontal - Outside the University: subject to University recognition of qualifications and/or credits obtained at 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.

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.

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