Postgraduate Diploma in Management

Purpose

To enable leaners to become effective leaders and to be further equipped to become research orientated in their work and professional development. Leaners will be able to engage with and integrate theory and practice which will ultimately impact positively on all spheres in the leaners work performance and lives. An opportunity is provided for learners to obtain detailed knowledge of leading in turbulent and complex environments, and to constructively respond to various challenges, for example around continuous change and systemic effects.

Rationale

The qualification aims to provide learners with a practical, work-related orientation, which draws upon a sound theoretical base. It also provides learners with frameworks within which a broad understanding of the underlying disciplines and functions of management are examined. Learners develop a holistic view of organisations, their environment and functioning, through an inter-disciplinary and issue-based approach to learning. Ultimately, learners are recognise as managers in both private and public sector organisations, need to be able to deal with a rapidly changing environment. Increase the capability of learners to contribute to organisational and managerial effectiveness by developing their general competence, and in particular, their ability to contribute at the strategic level in private and public sector organisations.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

The institution accepts the principle underlying outcomes-based, source-based and life-long learning, in which considerations of articulation and mobility play a significant role, and subscribes to the view that Recognition of Prior Learning, whether acquired by formal education curricula at this or another institution or informally (by experience) is an indispensable element in deciding on admission to and awarding credits in an explicitly selected teaching-learning qualification of the institution.

A learner who falls outside of the formal qualifications system, but who can demonstrate (through the production of substantial and satisfactory evidence) experiential or work-based learning or a non-formal qualification (or a combination), may be considered for admission and/or for the Recognition of Prior Learning for the achievement of the qualification in part or in full.

A learner who after such assessment, is deemed to have sufficient potential, but is in need of further academic development, must be directed to other suitable learning qualifications prior to admission or to parallel qualifications after admission.

Entry Requirements

The minimum entry requirement for this qualification is

• Bachelor of Commerce, Level 7.
• Bachelor of Social Science, Level 7.
• Bachelor of Arts, Level 7.
• Bachelor of Administration, Level 7.
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Level 7.
• Bachelor of Science, Level 7.

This qualification consists of the following compulsory and elective modules at National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 8 totalling 128 Credits.

Compulsory Modules, Level 8, 96 Credits

• Marketing Management, 16 Credits.
• Human Resource Management, 16 Credits.
• Supply Chain Management, 16 Credits.
• Business Law, 16 Credits.
• Finance and Accounting, 16 Credits.
• Business Strategy and Management, 16 Credits.

Elective Modules, Level 8, 32 Credits (Choose two)

• Supply Chain Management B, 16 Credits.
• Special Topics in Management, 16 Credits.
• Business Statistics, 16 Credits.
• Financial Management, 16 Credits.
• Marketing Management B, 16 Credits.
• Marketing Management C, 16 Credits.
• Bank Management A, 16 Credits.
• Elements of Entrepreneurship, 16 Credits.
• Research Paper, 16 Credits.

1. Comprehend complex situations.
2. Work with, understand and motivate other people.
3. Network as well as gain allies and gather power.
4. Understand and apply specialised knowledge or expertise.
5. Plan and prepare for the future, respond to change, be held accountable, and stay focused on objectives.
6. Organise tasks and interdependent relationships.
7. Use and communicate information.
8. Foster personal growth and development for both the manager and his or her employees.
9. Understand the need for, and potential destructive force of, conflict.

• Demonstrate critical thinking as applied to business situations, and can make connections across disciplines.
• Demonstrate knowledge of management practice and the interconnectedness across management disciplines by preparing case studies and participating in business simulations.
• Show an understanding and application of quantitative methods in the preparation of assignments by the use of quantitative methods in case studies and through examination.
• Integrate knowledge will be demonstrated in the compulsory research report which is based on the learner's own research and which cannot be submitted until the learner has completed two years of relevant employment.

Integrated Assessment

Each module will be assessed through an individual written assessment, in addition to a range of oral and written, group and individual class assignments in order to give students the opportunities to demonstrate a variety of competencies. The elective research project assesses the ability of leaners to integrate theoretical concepts with practical financial challenges facing organisations individual written assessment, in addition to a range of oral and written, group and individual class assignments in order to give leaners the opportunities to demonstrate a variety of competencies.