Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Understand strategic management and planning terminology and concepts in the banking sector.
• Examine organisational vision, mission, and value statements and their impact on individuals and teams.
• Review different processes to identify strategic issues.
• Outline the process of developing strategic objectives.
• Identify components of a strategic plan.
• Understand the relevance of a strategic plan to the banking industry.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Integrate human resource management terminology, concepts, and definitions in the banking sector.
• Demonstrate the use of different strategic human resource planning models.
• Explain the importance and impact of relevant legislation on human resource management.
• Understand group dynamics and assess leadership requirements in the banking sector.
• Analyze the performance management system of a specific banking organization.
• Explain the value added by skills development interventions.
• Apply principles of transformation to team management.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Analyze the relevance and applicability of marketing terminology, concepts, and principles in the banking sector.
• Develop marketing and sales strategy for the banking sector.
• Conduct customer needs analysis for product development strategies.
• Analyze product expansion possibilities within a banking organization.
• Research possible distribution alternatives and their effect on product pricing.
• Apply product pricing principles to banking products.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of a product promotion strategy.
• Research and recommend contingency plans for potential product failure factors.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Apply principles of credit operations in the banking sector.
• Interrogate and apply ethics and corporate governance in banking.
• Analyze credit extension and recovery concepts.
• Discuss aspects of the collections process.
• Evaluate management information systems used for collection purposes.
• Critically discuss the function of the credit bureau.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Assess the significance and application of working capital management in the banking sector.
• Develop strategies to manage current assets and liabilities.
• Explain mergers, divestitures, and business failure within the banking context.
• Understand international managerial finance and its relevance to banking.
• Distinguish different forms of financing for banking institutions.
• Describe elements of foreign trade within the banking sector.
• Apply Cost-Volume-Profit analysis to a bank.
• Determine the viability of a banking business using ratio analysis.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Explain foreign trade in the banking sector.
• Explain international law as it applies to banking.
• Discuss asset management within the banking environment.
• Compile financial plans and offer financial advice.
• Prepare legally compliant documents.
• Understand the impact of international financial markets on the banking sector.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Analyze relationships between demand, supply, and market equilibrium.
• Show the relationship between production and cost.
• List advantages and disadvantages of competition.
• Analyze concepts of the labor market.
• Demonstrate understanding of macroeconomics.
• Distinguish between fiscal and monetary policy.
• Explain key macroeconomic terms and indicators.
• Describe the context and nature of the South African economy.
• Evaluate economic growth and development in South Africa.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:

• Explain ICT concepts, terminology, and definitions.
• Understand the role and importance of ICT in banking.
• Describe international trends in using ICT in bank management.
• Identify key challenges of integrating ICT with banking processes.
• Explain the potential use of ICT in improving CRM in a bank.
• Understand the concept of Business Intelligence (BI) in banks.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9:

• Analyze the strategic planning process and models in the banking sector.
• Assess the impact of banking sector trends on business strategy development.
• Justify different levels of strategic management/planning in the banking sector.
• Develop a stakeholder prioritization matrix for the banking sector.
• Analyze the impact of strategic management/planning on banking organizations.

Integrated Assessment:

• Use case studies and organization-specific projects to assess integrated management skills.
• Measure applied competence in performing bank managerial functions.
• Assess practical, foundational, and reflexive competence in bank managerial practices.

Formative Assessment:

• Submit assignments per module, which may include case studies, projects, and essays.
• Obtain an average of 40% in assignments.
• Write an examination per module.

Summative Assessment:

• Conducted internally by the provider to assess overall achievement of exit level outcomes.
• Include internal and external moderation.