Human Resource Management N Diploma

Course details

If you have a passion for people, understand systems and processes, and would like to be involved in empowering and contributing to an organisation and its staff, then this Diploma is for you!

As an HR professional, you will be the key driver of important employee policies and practices within an organisation. The knowledge and skills learnt are applicable to a wide range of careers and industries, thus opening interesting and exciting opportunities for those who study HR.

Qualification

• If you have a passion for people, understand systems and processes, and would like to be involved in empowering and contributing to an organisation and its staff, then this Diploma is for you!
• Human Resource Management (HRM or simply HR) is the management of an organisation's workforce. HRM is responsible for the recruitment, selection, training, development, assessment and rewarding of employees, while also overseeing organisational leadership and culture and ensuring compliance with employment and labour laws.
• As an HR professional, you will be the key driver of important employee policies and practices within an organisation. The knowledge and skills learnt are applicable to a wide range of careers and industries, thus opening interesting and exciting opportunities for those who study HR.

Subjects per level

National Certificate: N4

• Personnel Management N4
• Management Communication N4
• Entrepreneurship & Business Management N4
• Computer Practice N4

National Certificate: N5

• Personnel Management N5
• Personnel Training N5
• Entrepreneurship & Business Management N5
• Labour Relations N5
• Mercantile Law N4

National Certificate: N6

• Personnel Management N6
• Personnel Training N6
• Entrepreneurship and Business Management N6
• Labour Relations N6

Subject outlines

Personnel Management N4-N6

• Human resources planning
• Job design
• Personnel research
• HR provision & maintenance
• Compensation management
• Quality of work life
• Motivation and communication
• Group dynamics and leadership
• HR information systems

Personnel Training N5-N6

• Training and development in South Africa
• Adult learning
• Management of training
• Training methods and media
• Presentation skills
• Planning and organising a workshop,seminar or meeting
• Competency-based training
• Facilitating skills
• Designing and developing a training programme
• Evaluating and managing a training programme

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

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 workplace relations
• Collective bargaining
• Procedures and agreements
• Dispute settlement

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