Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management
Business, Commerce and Management Studies - Finance Economics and Accounting
Purpose and Rationale
Purpose:
The Bachelor of Commerce in Business Management is a general formative qualification with the purpose to provide learners with a recognised qualification and to equip them with Graduate level Financial and Management knowledge, skills and competence in a number of fields of the Management and Financial Sciences that provide opportunities for continued personal and intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
The qualification provide a well-rounded, broad education that equips learners with the knowledge base, theory and methodology of disciplines and fields of study, and to enable them to demonstrate initiative and responsibility in an academic or professional context. It further emphasises general principles and theory as preparation for entry into general employment or for a Postgraduate programme.
The purpose of the qualification is to provide learners with a recognised qualification and to equip them with Graduate level financial and management knowledge, skills and competence in a number of fields of the Management and Financial Sciences that provide opportunities for continued personal and intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.
Outcomes
- Integrate these fields and their environments.
- Interpret and implement relevant policies as contained in legislation.
- Apply sound financial management principles.
- Implement the organisational arrangements that are involved in management.
- Implement the provision and utilisation of human resources in organisations.
- Apply the control mechanisms that are utilised in management and its environment.
- Apply work procedures in management and organisations.
- Apply the skills, values and knowledge pertaining to these management and financial disciplines in the private, public and non-governmental institutions.
- Gather, analyse and interpret data in the above disciplines.
- Explain the political dynamics of organisations related to the above disciplines.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria:
- Integrate these disciplines and their environments
- Interpret and implement relevant policies as contained in legislation
- Apply sound financial management principles
- Demonstrate the ability to apply organisational arrangements applicable in management
- Apply the provision and utilisation of human resources in organisations
- Apply work procedures in management and organisations
- Apply the skills, values and knowledge pertaining to these management and financial disciplines in private, public and governmental institutions
- Explain the research process, analyse, and interpret research results
- Explain the political dynamics of organisations related to the above disciplines
Integrated Assessment:
Formative Assessment Practices:
- Two formal tests per semester course
- Self-assessment through working on simulated questions and suggested solutions independently (Assignments)
Summative Assessment Practices:
- Integrated assessment focusing on the achievement of exit-level outcomes
- Summative assessment through a three-hour written examination at the end of each semester course
- Prior knowledge from preceding years is essential for understanding material in subsequent courses
- Assessment includes application and integration of previously acquired knowledge into current subject matter
Qualification Details
- Type
- National First Degree
- NQF Level
- 07
- Min. Credits
- 360
- SAQA Source
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