Further Education and Training Certificate: Generic Management – 57712

Learners should be competent in the following:

• Communication at Level 3
• Mathematical Literacy at Level 3
• Computer Literacy at Level 3, or the equivalent thereof

• Management skills are still critical skills required across organisations and industries within South Africa. Generic management skills can be applied across a wide range of specialised fields.This programme offers learners the ability and skills to move into a supervisory or management role from an operational role. This qualification lays the foundation for the development of management qualifications across various sectors and industries.

  It specifically develops management competencies required by learners in any occupation, particularly those who are currently operating as junior managers.

  The scope of management covers four domains: leadership, self-management, people management and management practices. This qualification addresses each of these domains with generic competencies, thereby enabling learning programmes to be contextualised for specific sectors and industries.

  Provides opportunities for people to transfer between various specialisations within management.  This will therefore enable management competencies to be strengthened, and enable managers to better manage systems, processes, resources, self, teams and individuals in various occupations. It is intended to empower learners to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required to operate confidently as individuals in the South African community and to respond to the challenges of the economic environment and changing world of work.

  Ultimately, this qualification is aimed at improving the productivity and efficiency of managers within all occupations in South Africa

On achieving this Qualification, the learner will be able to:

Planning
Develop plans to achieve defined objectives

Organising
Organise resources in accordance with developed plan

Leading
Lead a team to work co-operatively to achieve objectives

Controlling
Monitor performance to ensure compliance to a developed plan

Ethics
Make decisions based on a code of ethics

Critical Cross-Field Outcomes:

• The learner will be expected to demonstrate the ability to:
• Identify and solve problems and make responsible ethical decisions within own limit of authority.
• Work effectively with others as a member of a team, group, organisation or community to achieve work unit objectives.
• Organise and manage oneself and one's activities responsibly and effectively to plan, lead, organise and control towards achievement of work unit objectives.
• Collect, organise and critically evaluate information in order to measure performance.
• Communicate effectively using visual, mathematics and language skills in the modes of oral and/or written presentations to lead a team.
• The learner will be required to demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems by aligning work unit objectives to organisational strategy.
• Be culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts in managing and interacting with diverse people in the workplace.

Use science and technology effectively in researching, recommending and implementing management solutions, showing responsibility towards the environment and health of others.

This qualification requires a total of 136 credits as listed below:

Fundamental component:

The Fundamental Component consists of 56 Unit Standards in:

• Mathematical Literacy at Level 4 to the value of 16 credits
• Communication at Level 4 in a First South African Language to the value of 20 credits
• Communication in a Second South African Language at Level 3 to the value of 20 credits

It is compulsory for learners to do communication in 2 different South African languages, one at NQF level 3 and one at NQF level 4

Core component:

Core: all 72 credits

Elective component:

Learners are to achieve Unit Standards to the minimum of 22 credits