Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management

Qualification Overview

Purpose:

The purpose of this qualification is to provide learners with a focused and applied specialisation in Human Resource Management (HRM) which meets requirements of a specific niche in the labour market regionally, nationally, and internationally. They will learn about effective human resource management by comparing and applying theories and practices at micro level (individual behaviour, such as employee motivation), meso level (organisational HRM practices, such as performance management) and macro level (contextual factors, such as national culture).

Qualified learners will be able to obtain knowledge and understanding of theories, methodologies, and practices in human resource management disciplines and fields, as well as develop their ability to formulate, undertake, and resolve more complex theoretical and practice-related problems and tasks through the selection and use of appropriate methods and techniques. The modules of this qualification will cover the application of the major functional specialisations in an integrated manner. They provide learners with a broad theoretical and practical knowledge of human resource management and development, socio-economics, industrial psychology, company law and business management, labour law and industrial relations, computer literacy, as well as the contexts in which the learning and theory are most applicable.

Rationale:

The Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management is designed to provide learners with knowledge and skills that will prepare them for regional, national, and international work market, especially within the broad Human Resource field. Part of the development of this qualification is a direct response to the National Skills Development Strategy III (NSDS III) where the South African economy remains constrained by a severe lack of skills, and so the skills development system as a whole has not yet achieved what was expected since the dawn of the new democracy.

Equally, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report highlights the presence of high levels of unemployment, poverty, ill-health, and skills shortages in the Free State Province, and some of these problems have been aggravated by the limited capacity in institutions that are supposed to be addressing these particular aspects.

This qualification is suitable for continuing professional development through the inculcation of a deep and systematic understanding of current thinking, practice, theory, and methodology in an area of specialisation. It also enables/affords learner's opportunities to further studies at higher levels of learning. Learners will also be prepared to further their studies at Postgraduate Diploma and/or Bachelor's Degree levels.