Generic Management 4

Teacher

Judy

The scope of management covers four domains:

Leadership,
Self-management,
People management
Management practices
- Planning
- Organising
- Leading
- Controlling

Purpose Of This Qualification

This qualification is intended for junior managers of small organisations, junior managers of business units in medium and large organisations, or those aspiring to these positions. Junior managers include team leaders, supervisors, foremen and section heads.

The focus of this qualification has been designed to enable learners to be competent in a range of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values including:

Gathering and analysing information.
Analysing events that impact on a business and its competitive environment.
Complying with organisational standards.
Motivating an individual or team.
Negotiating in a work situation.
Understanding the role of business strategy as it applies to junior management.
Managing the budget within a specific area of responsibility.
Applying management principles and practices within a specific area of responsibility.
Managing work unit performance to achieve goals.
Behaving ethically and promoting ethical behaviour in a work situation.
Demonstrating understanding of the consequences in a work unit of HIV/AIDS.

The learners who achieve this qualification will be able to demonstrate competencies in management relating to Planning, Organising, Leading, Controlling and Ethics. Overall, this qualification will ensure that learners are capable of:

Developing plans to achieve defined objectives.
Organising resources in accordance with a developed plan.
Leading a team to work co-operatively to achieve objectives.
Monitoring performance to ensure compliance to a plan.
Making decisions based on a code of ethics.

Program Outline

LP	US	DESSCRIPTION	C	ACC CREDITS
MODULE 1: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
E	242818	Describe the relationship of junior management to other roles	5	5
C	242822	Employ a systematic approach to achieving objectives	10	15
MODULE 2: TIME MANAGEMENT AND INDUCTION
E	242812	Induct a member into a team	4	19
C	242811	Prioritise time and work for self and team	5	24
MODULE 3: MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
E	242814	Identify and explain the core and support functions of an organisation	6	30
C	242821	Identify responsibilities of a team leader in ensuring that organisational standards are met	6	36
MODULE 4: TEAM MANAGEMENT
C	242824	Apply leadership concepts in a work context	12	48
C	242819	Motivate and Build a Team	10	58
MODULE 5: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
C	242816	Conduct a structured meeting	5	63
C	242817	Solve problems, make decisions and implement solutions	8	71
MODULE 6: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
C	242829	Monitor the level of service to a range of customers	5	76
E	11473	Manage individual and team performance	8	84
MODULE 7: ETHICS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
C	242810	Manage expenditure against a budget	6	90
C	242815	Apply the organisation’s code of conduct in a work environment	5	95
MODULE 8: FOUNDATIONAL MATHEMATICS
F	9015	Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems	6	101
F	9016	Represent analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3-dimensional space in different contexts	4	105
F	7468	Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international issues	6	111
MODULE 9: LITERACY – FIRST LANGUAGE
F	12153	Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business environment	5	116
F	119462	Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate spoken/signed texts	5	121
F	119469	Read/view, analyse and respond to a variety of texts	5	126
F	119459	Write/present/sign for a wide range of contexts	5	131
MODULE 10: LITERACY – 2nd LANGUAGE
F	119457	Interpret and use information from texts [2^nd language]	5	136
F	119465	Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts (second language)	5	141
F	119467	Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes [2^nd language]	5	146
F	119472	Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed communication [2^nd language]	5	151