This Business Management qualification, with a practical component, prepares students to become entrepreneurs and equips them with the skills necessary to become middle-level managers in medium-sized companies. Their knowledge of sales management and labor relations helps them understand the role and functions of management at this level.

General

Conditions for National Diploma: National Certificate with 18 Months of practical experience

Career Opportunities

  • HR Officer in HR Department
  • Labour Relations Officer in a medium-sized company
  • Middle-Level Manager in a medium-sized company
  • Public Relations Officer
  • Sales Representative

Admission Requirements

  • A Senior Certificate with a National Introductory Certificate: N4 Business Studies or an appropriate National Certificate: N3, or National Senior Certificate; or an equivalent qualification.
  • Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
    1. Access to learners who do not meet the minimum entry requirements
    2. Credits towards the part-qualification

N4 Curriculum

  • Entrepreneurship and Business Management N4 (Code 4090304)
  • Financial Accounting N4 (Code 4010164)
  • Introductory Accounting N4 (Code 4010154)
  • Management Communication N4 (Code 5140364)
  • Bestuurskommunikasie N4 (Code 5140254)
  • Computer Practices N4 (Code 6030204)
  • Computerised Financial Systems N4 (Code 6030154)
  • Introductory Computer Practices N4 (Code 6030134)
  • Mercantile Law N4 (Code 13030094)
  • Economics N4 (Code 22020034)

N5 Curriculum

Compulsory instructional offerings:

  • Entrepreneurship and Business Management N5 (Code 4090315)
  • Sales Management N5 (Code 4090325)
  • Financial Accounting N5 (Code 4010175)
  • Labour Relations N5 (Code 4110455)
  • Public Relations N5 (Code 5070035)

Optional instructional offerings (Two of the following):

  • Computer Practice N4 (Code 6030204)
  • Computer Practice N5 (Code 6030165)
  • Financial Accounting N4 (Code 4010164)
  • Computerised Financial Systems N4 (Code 6030154)
  • Computerised Financial Systems N5 (Code 6030175)
  • Economics N4 (Code 22020034)
  • Economics N5 (Code 22020095)
  • Mercantile Law N4 (Code 13030094)
  • Mercantile Law N5 (Code 13030105)
  • Cost and Management Accounting N5 (Code 4010185)
  • Labour Relations N5 (Code 4110455)

N6 Curriculum

Compulsory instructional offering:

  • Entrepreneurship and Business Management N6 (Code 4090336)

Optional instructional offerings (Three of the following, one must be on N6 level):

  • Computer Practice N4 (Code 6030204)
  • Computer Practice N5 (Code 6030165)
  • Computer Practice N6 (Code 6030196)
  • Financial Accounting N5 (Code 4010175)
  • Financial Accounting N6 (Code 4010216)
  • Computerised Financial Systems N4 (Code 6030154)
  • Computerised Financial Systems N5 (Code 6030175)
  • Computerised Financial Systems N6 (Code 6030186)
  • Economics N5 (Code 22020095)
  • Mercantile Law N5 (Code 13030105)
  • Cost and Management Accounting N5 (Code 4010185)
  • Cost and Management Accounting N6 (Code 4010196)
  • Public Relations N5 (Code 5070035)
  • Public Relations N6 (Code 5070046)
  • Labour Relations N5 (Code 4110455)
  • Labour Relations N6 (Code 4110486)
  • Sales Management N6 (Code 4090346)
  • Marketing Communication N6 (Code 5140296)
  • Marketing Management N4 (Code 4030054)
  • Personnel Management N4 (Code 4110424)

Promotion Requirements

To qualify for a Diploma in Business Management, a candidate must pass at least one of the following instructional offerings:

  • Computer Practice N4
  • Introductory Computer Practice N4
  • Computerised Financial Systems N4

When Computerised Financial Systems N4/N5 is chosen, Financial Accounting N4/N5 must be taken simultaneously, or should have been passed beforehand.

Articulation Options

Vertical Articulation: Articulates into N5 and N6 levels.

Horizontal Articulation: Articulates with cognate Higher Certificates. N4+N5+N6 and the appropriate period of practical work experience (18 or 24 months) enables the learner to be awarded the National N Diploma, Level 6.

Purpose

This qualification aims to provide learners with technical, theoretical, practical, and workplace knowledge and skills required in their chosen occupational area. It enables learners to progressively obtain the National N Diploma after completing the required practical work component.

The part qualification has value in the workplace as it equips learners with vital knowledge and skills for entry-level positions and can be used for updating, upskilling, and continuing education and training in related occupations.

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