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

Monitor publication back lists 
SAQA US ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
246516  Monitor publication back lists 
ORIGINATOR
SGB Publishing 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-  
FIELD SUBFIELD
Field 04 - Communication Studies and Language Communication Studies 
ABET BAND UNIT STANDARD TYPE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Undefined  Regular  Level 5  Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5  5 
REGISTRATION STATUS REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 2018-07-01  2023-06-30  SAQA 06120/18 
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 unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard. 

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD 
The purpose of learning is to be able to make recommendations regarding reprints, revisions, new editions, new titles, or out-of-print titles by monitoring the performance of published titles. Credited learners are able to obtain information and feedback regarding published titles, and use this information to determine the plan of action regarding previously published titles.

Making recommendations based on performance feedback can be applied in various contexts, and this competence improves a learner's ability to learn. The coordination of back lists is required for the maintenance of publishing programmes, and competent coordination of back lists contributes to effective product development and production processes in publishing, and specifically contributes to effective commissioning. Ultimately, the publishing sector benefits from efficiency.

Credited learners are capable of:
  • Defining information required to coordinate back lists.
  • Accessing information relevant for specific published titles.
  • Synthesising information regarding published titles according to organisational requirements.
  • Recommending back list tactics to relevant decision-makers. 
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    LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
    The credits and level assigned to this unit standard is based on the assumption that learners have already attained the following competencies:
  • Communication and Language at NQF Level 4.
  • Computer Literacy at NQF Level 3. 
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    UNIT STANDARD RANGE 
    All outcomes for this unit standard must be achieved within the parameters of given briefs. Range statements are included with the relevant specific outcomes and assessment criteria where appropriate. 

    Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 
    Define information required to coordinate back lists. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    The purpose of published title performance feedback is identified and described in terms of maintaining book publishing programmes and decisions required to coordinate back lists. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Performance feedback includes, for example, market/reader feedback, sales figures, author feedback, etc.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Scope of information required is defined in terms of required back list decisions and the purpose of published title performance feedback. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Scope includes the amount and type of information.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    All relevant information is identified within the organisation, and additional information required is defined without duplication 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Back list and information priorities are assigned according to the importance and availability of information for specific published titles. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 
    Access information relevant for specific published titles. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Information is identified within defined scope. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Information sources are evaluated in terms of their reliability and quality of information offered. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Information is verified according to specified organisational procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Type of information is specified based on defined information needs. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Type can include, for example, raw vs. processed data, confidential vs. public information, etc.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Information sources are accessed within agreed time frames and within budget. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
    Information management adheres to agreed ethical requirements and security procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 7 
    Information gaps are addressed to ensure that all information needs are met. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 
    Synthesise information regarding published titles according to organisational requirements. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    Information is evaluated against criteria that determine the adequacy of performance feedback, and the relevance for defined information needs. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Information is grouped based on value and usefulness for decision-making. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Grouping includes combining information to create value (e.g. connecting facts).
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Information is evaluated in consultation with all relevant persons, taking into account all their requirements. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Information is synthesised in accessible formats for all decision-makers. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Information is organised and stored according to organisational procedures and in specified structures. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 
    Recommend back list tactics to relevant decision-makers. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    All relevant persons who require recommendations for back list action are identified for specific titles and within the overall publishing programme. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    Information presentation formats and technology are selected that best represent information. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    Information is distributed in accordance with organisation communication policy and procedure requirements. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    Recommended back list tactics are based on the application of information regarding back list performance. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION RANGE 
    Recommendations include who should be applying information, and ideas for re-publishing, reprint corrections, ideas for new titles based on popular sales, etc.
     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    Receipt of information regarding back list performance and recommendations regarding back list tactics is confirmed with all decision-makers. 


    UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS 
  • Assessment of learner achievements takes place at providers accredited by a relevant ETQA (RSA, 1998b) for the provision of programs that result in the outcomes specified for this unit standard.
  • Anyone assessing a learner against this unit standard must be registered as an assessor with a relevant ETQA.
  • Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this unit standard must be accredited as a provider with a relevant ETQA.
  • The relevant ETQA according to the moderation guidelines and the agreed ETQA procedures will oversee moderation of assessment and is responsible for moderation of learner achievements of learners who meet the requirements of this unit standard. 
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    UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE 
    Credited learners understand and can explain:
  • Back list performance.
  • The purpose of performance feedback regarding published titles.
  • Back list decisions/tactics.
  • Information management, information sources, ethical requirements and security procedures.
  • The publishing environment.
  • The publishing value chain.
  • Presentation formats and technology. 
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    UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME 
    N/A 

    UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES 
    N/A 


    Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING 
    Identify and solve problems where responses to problems show that such critical and creative thinking has been used to make responsible decisions when back list and information priorities are assigned according to the importance and availability of information for specific published titles, and information sources are evaluated in terms of their reliability and quality of information offered. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING 
    Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community when information is evaluated in consultation with all relevant persons, taking into account all their requirements, information is synthesised in accessible formats for all decision-makers, and information is distributed in accordance with organisation communication policy and procedure requirements. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING 
    Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively when information sources are accessed within agreed time frames and within budget, and information management adheres to agreed ethical requirements and security procedures. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING 
    Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information to define information required to coordinate back lists, access information relevant for specific published titles, and synthesise information regarding published titles according to organisational requirements. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING 
    Communicate effectively using visual, mathematic and/or language skills in the modes of oral and/or written presentation when information is synthesised in accessible formats, information is distributed in accordance with organisation communication policy and procedure requirements, and receipt of information regarding back list performance and recommendations regarding back list tactics is confirmed with all decision-makers. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE 
    Use science and technology effectively and critically, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others when information presentation formats and technology are selected that best represent information. 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING 
    Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by recognising that problem-solving contexts do not exist in isolation when the purpose of published title performance feedback is identified and described in terms of maintaining book publishing programmes and decisions required to coordinate back lists, and all relevant persons who require recommendations for back list action are identified for specific titles and within the overall publishing programme. 

    UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA 
    N/A 

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

    UNIT STANDARD NOTES 
    Notes to Assessors:

    Assessors should keep the following principles in mind when designing and conducting assessments against this unit standard:
  • Focus the assessment activities on gathering evidence in terms of the main outcome expressed in the title to ensure assessment is integrated rather than fragmented. Remember we want to declare the person competent in terms of the title. Where assessment at title level is unmanageable, focus assessment around each specific outcome, or groups of specific outcomes.
  • Make sure evidence is gathered across the entire range, wherever it applies. Assessment activities should be as close to the real performance as possible, and where simulations or role-plays are used, there should be supporting evidence to show the learner is able to perform in the real situation.
  • Do not focus the assessment activities on each assessment criterion. Rather make sure the assessment activities focus on outcomes and are sufficient to enable evidence to be gathered around all the assessment criteria.
  • The assessment criteria provide the specifications against which assessment judgements should be made. In most cases, knowledge can be inferred from the quality of the performances, but in other cases, knowledge and understanding will have to be tested through questioning techniques. Where this is required, there will be assessment criteria to specify the standard required.
  • The task of the assessor is to gather sufficient evidence, of the prescribed type and quality, as specified in this unit standard, that the learner can achieve the outcomes again and again and again. This means assessors will have to judge how many repeat performances are required before they believe the performance is reproducible.
  • All assessments should be conducted in line with the following well documented principles of assessment: appropriateness, fairness, manageability, integration into work or learning, validity, direct, authentic, sufficient, systematic, open and consistent. 
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    QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
      ID QUALIFICATION TITLE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL STATUS END DATE PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
    Elective  58977   National Certificate: Publishing  Level 5  Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5  Passed the End Date -
    Status was "Reregistered"     		 2015-06-30  FPMSETA 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
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