SAQA ID: 57712NQF Level 4 Minimum Credits Required: 150

FET Certificate: Generic Management

Being good at what you do does not automatically make you a good manager! This Executive Development course is a programme of choice for JSE listed companies and SME’s, designed to enhance the management skills and provide management tools for line managers, supervisors, foremen, and heads of department, small business managers and team leaders with at least one person reporting to them. Succession planning for managers should critically include the provision of these skills!

The purpose of the qualification is to empower learners to become competent in all the generic components of management and then

to specialise in General Management or Public Administration.

RPL is a component of this qualification.

Duration Consists of three-day contact programmes followed by a one-day learner support

and portfolio building workshop per module.

MANAGE PEOPLE, MANAGE THE FUTURE

Contact Days: 15 + 4 = 19 Facilitation Language: English

Hours Per Day 8 Duration: 2 years

Course Content

Module 1: Planning and Goal Setting (Credits: 33) Outcomes & unit standards for this module: 242822 Employ a systematic approach to achieving objectives Level 4: 10 Credits 242810 Manage expenditure against a budget Level 4: 6 Credits 9015 Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate Level 4: 6 Credits and effectively communicate findings on life related problems 119469 Read/view, analyse and respond to a variety of texts Level 4: 5 Credits 7468 Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of Level 4: 6 Credits personal, business, national and international issues

RPL applies

Module 2: Organise Resources (Credits: 25) Outcomes & unit standards for this module: 242815 Apply the organisation’s code of conduct in a work environment Level 4: 5 Credits 242816 Conduct a structured meeting Level 4: 5 Credits 242811 Prioritise time and work for self and team Level 4: 5 Credits119459 Write/present/sign for a wide range of contexts Level 4: 5 Credits 119462 Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate Level 4: 5 Credits spoken/signed texts

RPL applies

Module 3: Lead Team (Credits: 40) Outcomes & unit standards for this module: 242824 Apply leadership concepts in a work context Level 4: 12 Credits242819 Motivate and build a team Level 4: 10 Credits 242817 Solve problems, make decisions and implement solutions Level 4: 8 Credits 119467 Use language and communication in occupational learning Level 3: 5 Credits programmes 119472 Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed Level 3: 5 Credits communication

RPL applies

Module 4: Monitor Performance (Credits: 30) Outcomes & unit standards for this module: 242821 Identify responsibilities of a team leader in ensuring that Level 4: 6 Credits organisational standards are met 242829 Monitor the level of service to a range of customers Level 4: 5 Credits119465 Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts Level 3: 5 Credits9016 Represent, analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2- and Level 4: 4 Credits 3-dimensional space in different contexts 12153 Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business Level 4: 5 Credits environment 119457 Interpret and use information from texts Level 3: 5 Credits RPL applies

Elective Module

22 elective credits are required and one elective module must be chosen to complete the qualification

1. General Management (Elective Credits: 36)Outcomes and unit standards for this module: 242812 Induct a member into a team Level 3: 4 Credits13915 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS in a workplace, and Level 3: 4 Credits its effect on a business sub-sector, own organisation and a specific workplace242813 Explain the contribution made by own area of responsibility to the overall Level 4: 5 Credits organisational strategy 242818 Describe the relationship of junior management to other roles Level 4: 5 Credits11473 Manage individual and team performance Level 4: 8 Credits13952 Demonstrate basic understanding of the primary labour legislation that Level 4: 8 Credits impacts on a business unit 242840 Make oral presentations Level 4: 2 Credits

2. Public Administration Management (Elective Credits: 51)Outcomes and unit standards for this module: 110490 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of public Level 4: 4 Credits administration and management 123460 Develop and apply administrative principles in the implementation of Level 4: 6 Credits municipal office administration 123481 Implement project administration processes according to requirements Level 4: 5 Credits119346 Manage and develop oneself in the public sector work environment Level 5: 10 Credits 242820 Maintain records for a team Level 3: 4 Credits 242814 Identify and explain the core and support functions of an organisation Level 3: 6 Credits114215 Mentor a colleague to enhance the individual’s knowledge, skills, values and Level 4: 3 Credits attitudes in a selected career path 337060 Apply knowledge of organisation structure and design to support performance Level 4: 5 Credits to a public sector department 336074 Apply knowledge of the job evaluation process in the public sector in order to Level 4: 3 Credits ensure that a job has been properly evaluated 337063 Demonstrate knowledge and insight into the principles of monitoring and Level 5: 5 Credits evaluation in assessing organisation and/or programme performance in a specific context

For more information, or to find out about the IPD training schedule, please visit www.peopledev.co.za, call us on (011) 315 2913 or e-mail trainingenquiries@peopledev.co.za.

Below is an illustration outlining the FET Certificate: Generic Management Programme Structure

FET Certificate: Generic Management

Planning Phase Delivery Phase Evaluation Phase

Terms ofparticipation

agreed to

SelectionEnrolment

Learning Contract

Learner guidance & support

Learner supportworkshop

Integratedassessment

Moderation

Certification

Three-day training per module: 1. Planning and Goal Setting2. Organise Resources3. Lead a Team4. Monitor Performance

Choose one elective module:1. General Management2. Public Administration Management

Learner supportworkshop