Bachelor of Management Leadership
Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods to analyse, interpret and understand management leadership concepts in preparation for a career.
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Qualification type
National First Degree
Credits
360
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
1
Qualification snapshot
Official qualification identity fields captured from the qualification record.
Originator
University of the Free State
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies
Subfield
Generic Management
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
Y
Important dates
These dates are carried directly from the qualification record.
Registration start
2024-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2033-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods to analyse, interpret and understand management leadership concepts in preparation for a career.
- Responding to the needs of the community
- Responding to business and industry needs
- In life-long learning and the appreciation of the value of education and society
Qualifiers will demonstrate knowledge, skills and applied competence in the field of study that provide opportunities for continued personal growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
Entry requirements and RPL
- Learners who register for this qualification can
- Learn from predominantly written material
- Communicate what they have learnt comprehensively in the medium of instruction
- Learn and take responsibility for their own progress
- Recognition of prior learning.
The qualification recognizes formal and non-formal prior learning (incorporating experiential learning) at a Further Education and Training Certificate Level 4 or a functional equivalent.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
The planned combination of learning outcomes are integrated with critical cross-field outcomes for this Qualification
Practical Competency
The demonstrated ability/skill to achieve the major Skills/Applied Competency of the qualification.
Foundational Competency
The demonstrated understanding, by the Learner, of the embedded knowledge that underpins the end result/outcome.
Reflective Competency
The demonstrated ability/skill to integrate or connect our performances and to reflect on, evaluate and adopt the above competencies.
To successfully complete the qualification the learner will have to demonstrate his/her learning via module specific learning outcomes as well as critical cross-field learning outcomes.
Module specific outcomes will include capabilities relating to module knowledge and the understanding thereof within a management leadership context and capabilities relating to integrated knowledge and skills from a variety of disciplines within the management leadership field.
Critical cross-field outcomes will include those specified in the learning outcomes for approved modules in the certificate and as appropriate to the learner's field of practice.
The learner will be able to analyse and apply the basic principles relevant to the following
- Correctly use management leadership terminology, definitions and classifications
- Communicate effectively using appropriate language and media
- Observe, accurately record and account for management leadership features in the field
- Adopt safe working practices in the management leadership field
- Competently handle instrumentation and data manipulation relevant to the management leadership field
- Synthesise and critically evaluate management leadership databases
- Demonstrate the skills involved in the construction and interpretation of management leadership programmes
- Demonstrate and understand the techniques and strategies involved in academic enquiry and problem solving
- Formulate and test the application of management leadership hypotheses
- Unravel complex management leadership histories and understand the time scales involved
- Describe and account for the cultural processes which influence the evolution of management leadership contexts
- Prepare illustrative and interpretative scientific reports
- Understand the role of the managerial leader in society with regard to human and economic development
Associated assessment criteria
A learner should provide evidence of learning competency (knowledge, skills and attitude) by means of the following
- In simulated management leadership situations participate
- Relevant case studies analysed
- According to set standards solved managerial leadership problems
- Within their own organization presented and analysed the managerial leadership applications
- Within a management leadership context communicated effectively
- Within the management leadership field forwarded a major piece of work regarding a specific focus area
Integrated assessment
Competence is achieved, through continuous assessment by demonstrating the ability to achieve the outcomes of the Qualification
- Written assignments
- Field and laboratory investigations
- Discussion groups
- Practical projects
- Examinations
- Problem solving and the integration of knowledge and skills
- Independent study and teamwork
- Standardised marking and feedback on assignments and projects
This will be supported by a module credit system, followed by a final exam on the modules for which credit was not obtained
Assessment documents are moderated to ensure that
- They conform to the scope and context of the competency as stipulated in the qualification.
- They are constructed in such a way that the Assessor assesses the critical outcomes applied, during the Learners activity performances, towards achieving an outcome.
Assessments are
- To include confirmation of the Embedded Knowledge component to ensure that the Foundational Competency is achieved
- To be verified by Internal Verifiers to ensure valid, credible, true and fair results
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
Vertical: It gives access to undergraduate study at Certificate, Diploma, Degree, Honours, Masters and Doctorate level at the UFS
Horizontal: It gives access to related postgraduate studies at Honours, Masters and Doctorate level at the UFS
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
NOTES
N/A
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