Postgraduate Diploma in Industrial Relations
To develop the intellectual and practical ability of the student in the acquisition, analysis, interpretation and understanding of the following areas of Industrial: - Legal aspects of Industrial Relations.
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Qualification type
Postgraduate Diploma
Credits
144
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 KwaZulu-Natal
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies
Subfield
Public Relations
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
N
Important dates
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Registration start
2024-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2031-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
To develop the intellectual and practical ability of the student in the acquisition, analysis, interpretation and understanding of the following areas of Industrial:
- Legal aspects of Industrial Relations.
- Human resource management
- Contemporary labour relations
- Trade unions and management
- Labour economics and collective bargaining
- Conflict management and dispute settlement
- Develop a strategy for learning
- Identify and solve problems
- Collect, analyse and critically evaluate data and information
- Work with others effectively
- Organise his/her own time
- Communicate effectively using the full range of available technologies in both written and oral form
Entry requirements and RPL
Candidates are eligible for admission if they are a graduate from this University or any other recognised University provided the candidate has completed any one of Economics III, Industrial Psychology III, Industrial and Labour Studies III, Management III, Political Science III, Sociology III, or Legal Studies III or their equivalent.
Compliance with Rule R33 of the Common Rules of the University of Natal, Durban
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
Demonstrate
- The ability to think logically and creatively.
- The ability to understand concepts, theories and principles.
- Be capable of accessing and analysing data and information.
- The ability to utilize critical reasoning to analyse, interpret and evaluate data and information.
- Research and presentation skills.
- Independence, self-motivation and self-reliance.
- Planning and organisational skills.
- An appreciation of his/her place in society and the environment.
- An appreciation of the need for ethical practice in dealings with others.
- Teamwork skills.
- Networking skills.
- Communication skills using a variety of techniques/methodologies.
- An awareness of technology and its applications.
- An awareness of the role of Industrial Relations in the wider context of society as a whole.
Associated assessment criteria
Demonstrate the ability
- To understand concepts, theories and principles
- To learn
- To use critical reasoning
- To communicate effectively
- To utilise appropriate techniques / methodologies for the effective presentation of an argument
- To demonstrate concern for others, especially in multi-cultural groups
- To access, analyse and interpret data and information
- To think creatively and utilise critical reasoning to place data and information in context
- To demonstrate planning and organisational skills
- To demonstrate an ability to work with others in groups or through networking
Integrated Assessment
Continuous assessment: Class presentations and tests, participation in class discussions and assignments for each module. The combined mark for all of these yields a year mark for each module, which contributes 30% to the total mark for the module.
Final assessment: An examination for each module, which contributes 70% to the total mark for the module.
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
On successful completion of the programme a student is eligible for admission into the Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management at the University of Natal and will be exempted from fifty percent of the modules (i.e. Trade Unions and Management, Conflict Management and Dispute Settlement Procedures and Management of Human Resources). In addition, the student will be eligible for admission into other postgraduate diploma programmes in field of business and management at the University of Natal or other institutions.
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
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