Business Management N Diploma

Course details

The foundation of this course lies in entrepreneurship, management, marketing and HR (labour relations). In addition to these, the knowledge you will gain by covering key topics in law, communication and accounting will ensure you have a comprehensive set of skills to make your mark in business!

Learners gain the knowledge to understand each functional area of a business, as well as insight into how a business or organisation functions as a whole. Creating your own business plan during the programme will give you the opportunity to explore new business ideas and improve performance at your place of work.

Once students have successfully achieved all three N4 - N6 certificates and have worked for 18 months or 2 000 hours in a marketing environment, they will be entitled to receive the highly respected National N Diploma: Business Management conferred by the DHET.

About the qualification

• The foundation of this course lies in entrepreneurship, management, marketing and HR (labour relations). In addition to these, the knowledge you will gain by covering key topics in law, communication and accounting will ensure you have a comprehensive set of skills to make your mark in business!
• Learners gain the knowledge to understand each functional area of a business, as well as insight into how a business or organisation functions as a whole. Creating your own business plan during the programme will give you the opportunity to explore new business ideas and improve performance at your place of work.

Career & Job Opportunities

This programme will prepare you for many career opportunities in business and management, including:

• Management Consultant
• General Manager
• New Business Development Manager
• Business Broker
• Departmental Manager
• Entrepreneur
• Project Manager
• Managing Director

Subjects per level

National Certificate: N4

• Entrepreneurship & Business Management N4
• Introductory Accounting N4
• Management Communication N4
• Computer Practice N4

National Certificate: N5

• Entrepreneurship and Business Management N5
• Sales Management N5
• Mercantile Law N4
• Labour Relations N5

National Certificate: N6

• Entrepreneurship and Business Management N6
• Labour Relations N6
• Marketing Communication N6
• Marketing Management N4

Subject outlines

Entrepreneurship & Business Management N4-N6

• The challenges of entrepreneurship
• Creativity and idea generation
• Market and financial feasibility study
• Marketing, management & financial plans
• Presentation & evaluation of business plan
• Introduction to management
• Personal (self) management
• Ethics/social responsibility
• Staffing one's business
• Operations management
• The implementation of strategic planning
• Competitive analysis
• Strategy and competitive advantage
• Buying an existing business
• Franchising business
• International business plan
• Consultancy

Introductory Accounting N4

• Types of organisations
• Documentation and authorization of transactions
• Opening a trading concern
• Principles of the double entry system
• Subsidiary journals and posting to the general ledger
• Bank reconciliation
• Month-end procedure

Management Communication N4

• Basic communication principles
• Interpersonal relationships
• Job interviews
• Meeting procedures
• Language usage and oral communication
• Concise communication
• Business letters
• Reports

Computer Practice N4

• Intro to computers
• Keyboarding
• System software
• Text manipulation
• Spreadsheets

Sales Management N5

• Nature and extent of personal sales
• Sales forecasts and quotas
• Sales territories
• The sale process
• Types of sales
• Improvement of personal effectiveness

Mercantile Law N4

• Introduction to the Law
• Law of contract
• Contract of sale
• Credit agreements
• Lease of immovable property
• Contracts of service
• Negotiable instruments

Labour Relations N5-N6

• Key aspects of labour relations
• History of labour relations in South Africa
• Labour legislation
• Structuring work place relations
• Collective bargaining
• Procedures and agreements
• Dispute settlement

Marketing Communication N6

• The role of marketing communication
• Advertising media
• Creating an advertisement
• Launching an advertising campaign
• Advertising research
• Sales promotion and personal selling
• Publicity and public relations

Marketing Management N4

• The fundamental principles of marketing
• The marketing environment
• The South African consumer market
• Market segmentation and positioning
• Marketing information & marketing research