Higher Certificate in Management Development
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Higher Certificate in Management Development
INFORMATIONThe Business School within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, has established itself as a leader in South Africa in the provision of Higher Certificate in Management Development. A dynamic supplement to this spectrum of management programmes on offer, is an excellent Higher Certificate in Management Development (MDP). The MDP emphasises leadership develop ment, the broadening of insight by exposure to the most important management disciplines and its integration into a total management approach. This tailor-made qualification has been designed to assist institutions in both the private and public sectors. It is aimed at developing employees, especially focused on middle management group level, to enterprising and professional managers.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTSGrade 12 and/or 3 years’ management experience and/or a manager’s recommendation.
REGULATIONSRules and regulations are available on request.
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
DurationThe duration of the programme is approximately 1 year.
Language MediumA team of lecturers with vast experience in different fields of management, leadership, entrepreneurship, etc. present the Higher Certificate in Management Development in English.
AssessmentThe MDP programme involves resource-based learning for adults. This means self-study with the aid of course guides. Assessments include assignments and open-book examinations.
Programme Registration and FeeThe programme fee is available on request and includes all study material. The closing date for registration is November for commencement the following year. Note that the programme can be customised and offered on an in-house basis for companies across South Africa.
ContentVarious management topics are integrated in the programme. The content is covered in 16 academic modules.
Acknowledgment and AccreditationAfter the successful completion of the programme, the participant will receive a certificate issued and endorsed by the UFS. Awarding of certificates will take place at a certificate ceremony. The MDP is also credit-bearing towards the Bachelor of Management Leadership (BML).
All the modules are also presented as Short Learning Programmes
Higher Certificate in Management Development (MDP)
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HIG
HER
CER
TIFI
CATE
IN M
AN
AG
EMEN
T D
EVEL
OPM
ENT
(MD
P)
be worth more
Class attendance is com
pulsory
Time table excludes time given to com
plete assignments & examinations
30 Days Class Attendance
Duration of program
me: 1 year
Continuous Self Study
FACE
-TO
-FA
CEO
NLI
NE
HY
BR
ID
Online platform includes self study,
quizzes and discussions
Time table excludes time given to com
plete assignments & examinations
STU
DY
OPT
ION
S
Blended learning approach between
Face-to-Face & Online
be worth more
Fou
ndat
ion
Skill
s
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to
read
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intr
oduc
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and
con
clus
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chni
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skill
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t
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ager
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nom
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ager
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ines
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rmat
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nolo
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Ent
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Risk
Man
agem
ent
Str
ateg
ic &
Cha
nge
Man
agem
ent
Peo
ple
Man
agem
ent
Lea
ders
hip
Dev
elop
men
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Mar
keti
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Lab
our
Rela
tion
s
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titu
tion
al M
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Man
agem
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rati
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& L
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agem
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nanc
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Ent
repr
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ccou
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on-fi
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sic
acco
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naly
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men
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Z
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anki
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for
a sp
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tera
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pact
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arke
t po
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ce r
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ffer
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finan
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d m
arke
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Z
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le o
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pes
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oder
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ffer
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type
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fina
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l mar
kets
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h as
pri
mar
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arke
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kets
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mar
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exch
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mar
kets
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le a
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ncti
ons
of t
he b
ank
of S
outh
Afr
ica
Bus
ines
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nolo
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role
of t
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bus
ines
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cisi
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in b
usin
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proc
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s in
tec
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the
impa
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here
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n a
busi
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pact
of t
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bus
ines
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rpos
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pact
Effi
cien
cy
In
vest
men
t
Z
e m
anag
emen
t of
IT r
isks
on
the
basi
s of
the
:
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enti
ficat
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ass
essm
ent
and
mit
igat
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of r
isks
D
evel
opm
ent
of r
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nse
plan
s
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visi
on o
f ris
k m
anag
emen
t pr
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ures
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gal r
equi
rem
ents
Po
licie
s an
d pr
oced
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Re
duct
ion
of IT
ris
ks
Pr
otec
tion
of p
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nal i
nfor
mat
ion
(ICT
Law
and
PO
PI B
ill)
N
ext
gene
rati
on IT
tre
nds
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efini
ng c
loud
com
puti
ng
Te
chno
logy
and
TCO
Z
e us
e of
Mic
roso
ft a
pplic
atio
ns in
bus
ines
s
be worth more
Peo
ple
Man
agem
ent
H
uman
res
ourc
es p
lann
ing
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b an
alys
is
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crui
tmen
t an
d se
lect
ion
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aini
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nd d
evel
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ent
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e m
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ng a
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atur
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mot
ivat
ion
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eori
es a
bout
wor
k m
otiv
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n
Z
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mpo
nent
s of
the
car
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lopm
ent
pers
pect
ive
Z
e na
ture
and
con
tent
of p
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rman
ce a
ppra
isal
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rfor
man
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isal
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b ev
alua
tion
met
hods
Z
e na
ture
and
ess
ence
of s
elf-
deve
lopm
ent
In
fluen
ce o
f sel
f-im
age
on t
he in
divi
dual
’s
gene
ral f
unct
ioni
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rate
gies
for
impr
ovem
ent
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pos
itiv
e se
lf-im
age
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e na
ture
and
mea
ning
of s
tres
s
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mpt
oms
of s
tres
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rate
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for
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ling
stre
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ffec
tive
ly
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ateg
ic &
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nge
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agem
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rate
gic
visi
on a
nd m
issi
on
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plor
atio
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the
ext
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iron
men
t
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naly
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tern
al e
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onm
ent
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rate
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goal
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d st
rate
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rmul
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mpe
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rand
str
ateg
ies
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rate
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aps
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plem
enti
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str
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rgan
isat
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text
as
an e
lem
ent
of
stra
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impl
emen
tati
on
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rate
gic
cont
rol
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anag
emen
t of
cha
nge
Ent
erpr
ise
Risk
Man
agem
ent
D
efini
ng a
ris
k
Ri
sks
orga
nisa
tion
s ar
e ex
pose
d to
Z
e in
crea
sing
impo
rtan
ce o
f man
agin
g ri
sks
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igge
rs o
f ris
ks
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sks
alon
g th
e va
lue
chai
n
Ca
scad
ing
risk
s
D
efini
ng r
isk
man
agem
ent
Z
e ri
sk m
anag
emen
t pr
oces
s:
Ri
sk a
sses
smen
t
Ri
sk r
espo
nse
be worth more
Lab
our
Rela
tion
s
Labo
ur r
elat
ions
and
the
lega
listi
c fr
amew
ork:
La
bour
Rel
atio
ns A
ct
D
iscr
imin
atio
n in
hum
an r
esou
rce
man
agem
ent
Ba
sic
Cond
itio
ns o
f the
Em
ploy
men
t A
ct
U
nem
ploy
men
t In
sura
nce
Act
U
nfai
r di
smis
sal a
nd u
nfai
r la
bour
pra
ctic
es
Pr
oced
ures
in la
bour
rel
atio
ns:
St
rike
s an
d lo
ck-o
uts
in S
outh
Afr
ica
St
aff r
educ
tion
pro
cedu
res
D
isci
plin
ary
proc
ess
D
isci
plin
e an
d di
smis
sal
G
riev
ance
s
In
capa
city
due
to
unsa
tisf
acto
ry w
ork
perf
orm
ance
N
egot
iati
on s
kills
:
Pr
acti
cal c
olle
ctiv
e ba
rgai
ning
and
neg
otia
tion
s
Co
nflic
t an
d po
wer
in t
he n
egot
iati
on p
roce
ss
Ba
rgai
ning
str
ateg
ies
Z
e su
b-pr
oces
s of
neg
otia
tion
s
Pe
rson
alit
y an
d sk
ills
dim
ensi
ons
of a
neg
otia
tor
N
egot
iati
ons
tact
ics
M
ista
kes
duri
ng n
egot
iati
ons
Mar
keti
ng
Mar
keti
ng m
anag
emen
t an
d th
e m
arke
ting
con
cept
mod
ule
Z
e m
arke
ting
env
iron
men
t
Co
nsum
er b
ehav
iour
and
dec
isio
n m
akin
g
M
arke
t se
gmen
tati
on a
nd t
arge
t m
arke
ting
Pr
oduc
t an
d pr
icin
g de
cisi
ons
M
arke
ting
com
mun
icat
ion
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istr
ibut
ion
deci
sion
s
Se
rvic
es m
arke
ting
St
rate
gic
mar
keti
ng p
lann
ing
Fu
ncti
onal
/ o
pera
tion
al m
arke
ting
pla
nnin
g
Cu
stom
er r
elat
ions
hip
man
agem
ent
Z
e di
gita
l mar
keti
ng e
nvir
onm
ent
Co
nsum
er b
ehav
iour
and
dig
ital
mar
keti
ng
D
igit
al m
arke
ting
and
mar
keti
ng s
trat
egy
Co
ntem
pora
ry t
opic
s in
dig
ital
mar
keti
ng
Lea
ders
hip
Dev
elop
men
t
Org
anis
atio
n co
ntex
t: T
radi
tion
al v
ersu
s 21
st
cent
ury
orga
nisa
tion
s
Z
e ro
le, t
asks
and
ski
lls o
f the
lead
er
Z
e im
port
ance
of s
elf-
deve
lopm
ent a
nd s
elf-
know
ledg
e
with
in a
lead
ersh
ip c
onte
xt
Pe
rson
alit
y pr
efer
ence
s an
d le
ader
ship
Em
otio
nal i
ntel
ligen
ce a
nd le
ader
ship
M
anag
ing
inte
rper
sona
l con
flict
Cr
eati
ve p
robl
em s
olvi
ng
In
tra-
and
inte
rper
sona
l com
mun
icat
ion
skill
s
and
stra
tegi
es
Em
pow
erin
g th
e te
am
Z
e ov
eral
l man
agem
ent
of d
iver
sity
wit
hin
the
cont
ext
of a
21st
cen
tury
org
anis
atio
n
be worth more
Inst
itut
iona
l Mem
ory
&
Kno
wle
dge
Man
agem
ent
Z
e im
port
ance
of k
now
ledg
e
Co
nver
ting
one
typ
e of
kno
wle
dge
to a
noth
er
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stit
utio
nal /
org
anis
atio
nal m
emor
y
Z
e im
port
ance
of o
rgan
isat
iona
l mem
ory
Ca
uses
of l
osin
g or
gani
sati
onal
mem
ory
Z
e eff
ects
of t
he lo
ss o
f org
anis
atio
nal m
emor
y
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now
ledg
e m
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t
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hy k
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ten
fails
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hy k
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ten
succ
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ays
of k
now
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quis
ition
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serv
atio
n an
d sh
arin
g
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owle
dge
man
agem
ent:
met
hods
att
empt
ing
to r
etai
n
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st p
ract
ice:
cap
turi
ng a
nd p
rese
rvin
g kn
owle
dge
for
reus
e
Co
mm
unit
ies
of p
ract
ice
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rati
ons
& L
ogis
tics
M
anag
emen
t
Defi
ning
ope
rati
ons
and
oper
atio
ns m
anag
emen
t
Ro
les
of t
he o
pera
tion
al m
anag
er
Z
e tr
ansf
orm
atio
n pr
oces
s an
d op
erat
ions
str
ateg
y
D
iffer
ent
type
s of
ope
rati
ons
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pera
tion
cha
ract
eris
tics
In
tern
al c
usto
mer
s an
d in
tern
al s
uppl
iers
rel
atio
nshi
p
Pe
rfor
man
ce o
bjec
tives
and
the
inte
rnal
sup
plie
r / c
usto
mer
Pr
oduc
t de
sign
/ s
ervi
ce d
esig
n
Ca
paci
ty a
nd b
uffer
ing
oper
atio
ns
Z
e su
pply
net
wor
k pe
rspe
ctiv
e
In
vent
ory
plan
ning
and
con
trol
En
terp
rise
Res
ourc
e M
anag
emen
t (E
RP) a
nd M
ater
ials
Requ
irem
ent
Plan
ning
(MRP
)
Le
arn
sync
hron
isat
ion
and
Just
-in-
Tim
e (J
IT)
Q
ualit
y an
d To
tal Q
ualit
y M
anag
emen
t
Eth
ics
& G
over
nanc
e
Gov
erna
nce
in S
outh
Afr
ica,
wit
h re
gard
s to
the
lega
l fra
mew
ork
Co
rpor
ate
ethi
cs a
nd a
void
ing
high
ris
k ar
eas
Et
hics
defi
ned
G
over
nanc
e:
Z
e th
ree
pilla
rs fo
r go
od g
over
nanc
e an
d
sust
aina
ble
deve
lopm
ent
A
ccou
ntab
ility
in g
over
nanc
e
Tr
ust
in g
over
nanc
e
D
iffer
enti
atin
g be
twee
n ri
ght
and
wro
ng
W
hat
mak
es s
omet
hing
eth
ical
D
ivis
ion
of a
ctio
n in
to t
hree
cat
egor
ies
Z
e im
port
ance
of e
thic
s
Ri
ghts
and
res
pons
ibili
ties
D
escr
ipti
ve e
thic
s:
N
orm
ativ
e et
hics
Te
leol
ogic
al e
thic
s
D
eont
olog
ical
eth
ics
M
eta-
ethi
cal t
heor
ies
Z
e ar
t of
livi
ng –
mak
ing
choi
ces
A
pplie
d et
hics
Z
e na
tura
l env
iron
men
t –
is it
nat
ural
/mor
ally
cor
rect
?
M
an-m
ade
envi
ronm
ents
M
edia
issu
es
be worth more
Pro
ject
& P
rogr
amm
e M
anag
emen
t
Mod
ern
proj
ect
man
agem
ent
Z
e de
velo
pmen
t of
pro
ject
man
agem
ent
syst
ems
D
efini
ng o
f the
pro
ject
Co
st e
stim
atio
n an
d de
velo
pmen
t of
the
bud
get
D
evel
opm
ent
and
cons
truc
tion
of t
he p
roje
ct n
etw
ork:
G
antt
cha
rts
Pe
rt s
imul
atio
n
Pr
ojec
t m
anag
emen
t st
ruct
ures
Le
ader
ship
: Be
an e
ffec
tive
pro
ject
man
ager
Pr
ogre
ss, p
erfo
rman
ce m
easu
rem
ent
and
eval
uati
on
Pr
ojec
t au
dit
and
clos
ure
Ent
repr
eneu
rshi
p &
Inno
vati
on
Impo
rtan
ce a
nd s
cope
of e
ntre
pren
eurs
hip
Z
e fu
ndam
enta
l con
cept
s of
ent
repr
eneu
rshi
p
O
ppor
tuni
ty s
cree
ning
: Ze
driv
ing
forc
es o
f suc
cess
ful n
ew
vent
ure
crea
tion
In
trap
rene
ursh
ip: R
efer
ring
to
the
need
for
entr
epre
neur
ship
in b
ig c
ompa
nies
O
ppor
tuni
ty S
cree
ning
: Ide
ntify
ing
and
pres
enti
ng a
n
orig
inal
opp
ortu
nity
In
nova
tion
and
com
mer
cial
izat
ion
Z
e w
riti
ng o
f a b
usin
ess
plan
Cr
eati
ng a
n en
trep
rene
uria
l tea
m
D
eter
min
ing
the
amou
nt o
f cap
ital
/ r
esou
rces
nee
ded
to
star
t a
busi
ness
A
sses
sing
the
var
ious
sou
rces
of f
undi
ng, f
ocus
ing
on d
ebt
and
equi
ty
Enqu
irie
s:Ansie Barnard
Stra
tegi
c Pa
rtne
rshi
ps
T: +
278
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