Bachelor of Business Administration

Code: 122318 • NQF 7 • 360 credits (≈ 3600 hours)

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This qualification provides learners with a broad understanding of business principles and practices, preparing them for roles in management, leadership, marketing, entrepreneurship, and human resource development. It equips learners with comprehensive knowledge in strategic management, financial management, organisational behaviour, business ethics, and global business trends, enabling them to become effective executives and contribute meaningfully to organisations.

Modules
  • Business Administration – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 2
    Apply ethical principles and conflict resolution strategies in business development and administration, including organisational diversity.
  • Business and Society – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 7
    Interpret organisational cultures and diversity to promote inclusive and socially responsible business practices.
  • Business Management – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 1
    Apply core business management functions including communication, HR, strategic, operational, and project management.
  • Economics – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 3
    Understand and evaluate the economic environment and its impact on business decision-making and strategy.
  • Financial Management – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 4
    Apply financial and accounting principles to support business operations and decision-making.
  • Global Business and Information Systems – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 8
    Analyse global business trends and apply communication technologies to enhance strategic decision-making.
  • Marketing and Entrepreneurship – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 6
    Understand entrepreneurship and marketing principles to develop and promote business ideas and plans.
  • nan – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: nan
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  • Organisational Leadership – 40 credits(≈ 400 hours)
    Code: ELO 5
    Lead and manage teams effectively by applying leadership theories, emotional intelligence, and motivational strategies.
Learning Outcomes (86)
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  • 1.10. Show how you managed project constraints and used lifecycle tools to complete projects efficiently.
  • 1.1. Provide examples of analysing business needs and proposing innovative solutions using strategic, operational, and project management principles.
  • 1.2. Demonstrate understanding and application of human resource systems aligned to industry standards.
  • 1.3. Explain the evolution of HRM and its influence on current organisational practices.
  • 1.4. Describe strategic management tools and how they were used in planning or decision-making.
  • 1.5. Identify levels of strategy and provide examples of their application in business planning.
  • 1.6. Formulate economic strategies based on customer needs and market analysis.
  • 1.7. Provide evidence of effective teamwork and your contributions to team outcomes.
  • 1.8. Describe group dynamics and how you managed team behaviours in a business context.
  • 1.9. Explain project management concepts and demonstrate their application in managing tasks or projects.
  • 1. Identify and analyse the needs of the target population and serve the needs of individuals and society creatively and innovatively.
  • 2.1. Explain ethical concepts and provide examples of ethical decision-making in your workplace.
  • 2.2. Discuss the relationship between ethics and law to make distinctions between legal, ethical, illegal, and/or unethical behaviour.
  • 2.2. Distinguish between legal and ethical behaviour using real workplace scenarios.
  • 2.3. Describe how you resolved ethical dilemmas and the decision-making process involved.
  • 2.3. Distinguish between what is perceived as ethically right and wrong to make decisions on moral dilemmas and competing ethical or unethical options in business.
  • 2.4. Analyse the assessment of dilemmas to understand that guidance must be provided in business on how dilemmas should be approached.
  • 2.4. Provide evidence of conflict management strategies you applied in the workplace.
  • 2.5. Discuss ethical principles and how they guided your actions in business situations.
  • 2.5. Identify and apply appropriate conflict management strategies to develop conflict management skills for the workplace.
  • 2.6. Discuss the importance of ethical principles and theories and the importance of ethics within the business environment.
  • 2.6. Submit examples of ethical decisions made in different business contexts.
  • 2.7. Analyse your organisation’s code of conduct and suggest improvements based on your experience.
  • 2.7 Provide and analyse practical examples to understand ethical decisions and how they are dependent on various business situations.
  • 2.8. Analyse your organisation’s code of conduct and suggest improvements based on your experience.
  • 2.8. Demonstrate how you implemented standards of conduct that respected stakeholder interests.
  • 2.9. Demonstrate how you implemented standards of conduct that respected stakeholder interests.
  • 3.1. Explain how you managed organisational change and addressed unique challenges.
  • 3.2. Provide examples of planning and decision-making tools used in your organisation.
  • 3.3. Describe organisational design principles and evaluate their application in your workplace.
  • 3.4. Demonstrate how you developed and monitored business strategies using strategic planning.
  • 4.1. Explain key financial management concepts and their application in your role.
  • 4.2. Submit examples of analysing pro forma financial statements in your organisation.
  • 4.3. Describe working capital strategies and how you implemented them.
  • 4.3. Develop strategies in management to examine how elements of working capital are implemented.
  • 4.4. Analyse different cost types and how you used management accounting systems.
  • 4.4. Explain different cost types and how you used management accounting systems.
  • 4.5. Classify and distinguish direct, indirect, fixed, and variable costs with examples.
  • 4.5. Provide direct, indirect, fixed, and variable costs to be able to classify and distinguish the different management accounting fundamental concepts.
  • 4.6. Compare stock evaluation methods and justify your selection based on business needs.
  • 4.6. Explain various stock evaluation methods to be able to analyse and select the most suitable method that will support manufacturing cost structures.
  • 5.1. Explain leadership theories and provide examples of their application in your organisation.
  • 5.2. Discuss the importance of people management and how you managed staff effectively.
  • 5.2. Explain the importance of people management and how you managed staff effectively.
  • 5.3. Describe emotional intelligence and learning principles and how they influenced your leadership style.
  • 5.3. Discuss emotional intelligence and learning principles and how they influenced your leadership style.
  • 5.4. Explain team characteristics and provide examples of team management in your workplace.
  • 5.5. Apply motivational theories and describe how you motivated team members.
  • 5.5. Discuss and apply motivational theories and describe how you motivated team members.
  • 6.1. Discuss the role of entrepreneurship in the economy and provide examples from your experience.
  • 6.1. Examine the concept and importance of entrepreneurship in the economy and provide examples from your experience.
  • 6.2. Describe traits of successful entrepreneurs and how you demonstrated them.
  • 6.2. Discuss traits of successful entrepreneurs and how you demonstrated them.
  • 6.3. Explain the business environment of an SMME you worked in or supported.
  • 6.3. Explore the business environment of an SMME you worked in or supported.
  • 6.4. Explore how to generate and evaluate business ideas and explain your process.
  • 6.4. Generate and evaluate business ideas and explain your process.
  • 6.5. Assess the viability and environmental impact of business ideas you developed.
  • 6.6. Draft a business plan and explain its key elements.
  • 6.6. Provide the elements and an example of a business plan to enable drawing up a business plan.
  • 7.1. Investigate organisational culture and describe management’s role in shaping it.
  • 7.2. Discuss contemporary cultural issues and how they affected your organisation.
  • 7.3. Explore diversity layers and dynamics and provide examples from your workplace.
  • 7.4. Describe how you managed workforce diversity and promoted inclusion.
  • 7.4. Investigate contemporary issues related to diversity for a better understanding of how to manage workforce diversity.
  • 7.5. Discuss the power of businesses to understand their influence on various environments.
  • 7.5. Explain how your organisation influenced societal environments.
  • 7.6. Construct ideas in the business environment to understand their power in shaping the business government-society relationship.
  • 7.6. Construct ideas on business-government-society relationships based on your experience.
  • 8.1. Analyse how your organisation gained competitive advantage through strategic processes.
  • 8.2. Apply statistical methods and calculations in business decision-making.
  • 8.2. Explore statistical measures and methods of calculating and ascertaining them extensively to provide a sound quantitative grounding for competence and understanding.
  • 8.3. Critique data handling and presentation techniques used in your organisation.
  • 8.4. Apply methods and techniques of data organisation and processing to real-life scenarios to promote an understanding of the importance of producing unbiased, reliable research outcomes.
  • 8.4. Demonstrate how you ensured unbiased and reliable research outcomes.
  • 8.5. Explain international trade and investment concepts and how they applied to your role.
  • 8.5. Identify concepts of International Trade and Investment to understand the economics and politics of such Trade and Investment.
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  • Examine the concept and importance of entrepreneurship in the economy.
  • Explain concepts of ethics to understand business ethics and its importance in the organisation.
  • Explain concepts to provide an in-depth understanding of financial management.
  • Explain the importance and role of leadership in organisations and discuss the theoretical foundations of leadership.
  • Illustrate an understanding of the management of change where managers face new and unique challenges.
  • Investigate organisational cultures to demonstrate management's role within an organisation.
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