Why should I study the CIS Professional Qualification: Management and Administration?

The need for knowledge of and competencies in management is growing in importance worldwide. The wide range of skills included in this qualification will provide you with a holistic understanding of the operational environment in which management and administration personnel operate, as well as a variety of clerical skills, and provides the industry and its clients with fundamentally competent professionals.

This qualification will develop your entrepreneurial, financial and marketing skills. Such expertise is becoming increasingly necessary in the South African economy in order to develop people who are able to create business opportunities and unlock latent value.

The qualification will provide you with a solid grounding in the field of management and business administration. This will enable you to understand the South African and global business management and administration arena and will underpin your ability to use this learning in various business environments.

The Qualification will also provide you with the knowledge and skills that can be applied in a variety of entities as well as an understanding of their philosophy and operational requirements. It also provides a step to a higher phase of learning in governance, administration and finance, and widens the learner`s opportunities for advancement.
 

You will be equipped with the primary skills to handle a variety of administrative functions within the scope of financial, contractual, information technology, economic and communication skills. This infers the ability to absorb new learning as well as being able to apply the learning to a variety of familiar and new situations.

CIS Professional Qualification: Management and Administration – Course Structure

In order to complete this qualification students will have to complete the following Modules:

• Tactics for Winning
• Communication
• Economics
• Financial Accounting I (Including Interpreting Financial Accounts)
• General Principles of Commercial Law (Including Introduction to Governance)

*The subject Foundations of Law has been phased out and no new registrations will be accepted after the October 2010 exams. The subject will be replaced by General Principles of Commercial Law which will include a Governance portion.

CIS Professional Qualification: Management and Administration – Programme Outcomes

Tactics for Winning

This is the first module that all students have to complete once they have registered with College SA. This module is designed to introduce students to the College. In this module, you will learn more about how Distance Learning works and what the best ways are to study and to prepare for assessments.

Communication

• Verbal, written, advertising, publication, electronic media.

• The Communication Process, Communication Concepts, Barriers to Communication.

• Intercultural Communication, Mass Communication and Public Relations.

• Formal Meetings and Interviews, Interpersonal Communication, Preparing Spoken and Written Messages.

• Tabular, Chart and Graph Formats, Graphic Information in Oral and Written Media, Evaluation of the Efficacy of devices used in Written and Oral Presentations.

• Introduction to Business Correspondence, Style and Readability, Conventions of Structure and Presentation, Kinds of Letters, Memoranda, Telexes, Fax Messages, Electronic Mail, Notice of Meetings, Agendas and Minutes.

Financial Accounting

• Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements, Double Entry System of Bookkeeping, Valuation of Assets, Inventory.

• Non-Current Assets, Accounts Receivable, Accrual Basis.

• Financial Statements of a Sole Trader, Books of Original Entry, Accounting for Cash, Control Accounts.

• Non-Profit Organisations, Clubs and Associations.

• Partnership Accounting, Departmental Accounts, Cash Flow Statements, Incomplete Records.

• Liquidity Ratios, Leverage Ratios, Activity Ratios, Profitability Ratios, Investment Performance Ratios.

Economics

• Foundation of Economics, Differences between Wants, Needs and Demand, The Basic Economic Problem Explained, Concept of Opportunity Cost, Production Possibilities Curve, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, Positive and Normative Statements.

• *Three Central Economic Questions, The Different kinds of Goods in the Economy, Distinction between Income and Wealth, The Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sectors in the Economy, Traditional, Command and Market Systems,.

• The 2 Major Flows in the Economy, Distinction between Flow and Stock Variables, Description of how Total Income, Total Production and Total Spending in the Economy are Related, The Interdependence between Households and Firms, The Distinction between the Goods Market and the Factor Market, The Circular Flow of Goods and Services, The Circular Flow of Income and Spending, The various Injections into and Leakages from the Circular Flow of Income and Spending.

• The Market Mechanism, The Main Purpose of Economic Theory, The Term Demand, How Individual Demand can be Expressed in Words, Numbers, Graphs and Equations, The Determinants of Individual Demand, The Law of Demand, The Difference between Demand and Demand Quantity, Distinction between Movement along a Demand Curve and a Shift of Demand Curve, Definitions of Market Demand and Quantity Demanded, Individual Supply, How Supply can be Expressed in Words, Numbers, Graphs and Equations, Substitutes and Complements in Consumption, Determinants of Market Supply, Market Equilibrium, Excess Demand and Supply, How Equilibrium Price and Equilibrium Quantity are Determined, The Functions of Prices in a Market Economy.

• Demand and Supply Factors, Distinction between Complements and Substitutes with Examples of each, A Graphical Illustration is provided of how a Change in Demand or Supply or Simultaneous Changes in Demand and Supply will affect the Equilibrium Price and Equilibrium Quantity in the Market, The Interaction between Related Markets, What happens if the Government Interferes in the Price Mechanism by Setting Minimum or Maximum Prices.

• The Concept of Elasticity, The Price Elasticity of Demand, The Meaning of Specific Elasticity Coefficients, The Link between Price Elasticity of Demand and Total Revenue from Sales, The Five Different Categories of Price Elasticity of Demand, The Impact of Change on Supply, The Income Elasticity of Demand and Cross Elasticity of Demand are Explained.

• The Different Types of Firms, The Revenue, Cost and Profit concepts are Explained, Short Run and Long Run, Fixed and Variable Inputs, Various Cost Concepts, Law of Diminishing Returns, Average and Marginal Cost Curves are Drawn, Relationship between Production and Cost in the Short Term, Distinction between Total, Normal and Economic Profit.

• Perfect Competition, The Demand Curve under Perfect Competition, The Marginal and Average Cost Curves for a Firm, The Three Different Short-Run Equilibrium Positions of the Firm under Perfect Competition, Using Graphic Illustration a Determination is made of whether a Firm is making an Economic Profit, a Normal Profit or an Economic Loss.

• Perfect Competition, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly and Monopoly, The Distinction between a Price Marker and a Price Taker.

• The Distinction between the Labour Market and the Goods Market, Wage, Wage Rate, Earnings, Nominal Wages and Real Wages, The Requirements for a Perfectly Competitive Labour Market, The Demand for Labour is Explained, Two Categories of Trade Unions, How Trade Unions can Increase Wage Rates.

• The Performance of an Economy, Macroeconomic Objectives.

• Monetary Sector, Monetary Policy and its Instruments, The South African Reserve Bank, The Repo Rate.

• Fiscal Policy, The Role of Government in terms of Tax, and Spending, How Government Spending can be Financed, What has happened to the Tax Burden in South Africa, The Term Tax Incidence, The Impact of Excise Tax.

• The Foreign Sector and the Domestic Economy,  Absolute and Comparative Advantage, Specific and Ad Valorem Tax, International Trade, Impact of Import Tariff, Trade Barriers, SA’s Gold and other Reserves, The Exchange Rate, The Appreciation or Depreciation of the Rand.

• Keynesian Macroeconomics, The Consumption Function, The Relationship between Consumption and Saving, The Determinants of Investment, The Multiplier Concept.

• The Introduction of Government Spending on the Economy, Income and Disposable Income.

• The Impact of Macroeconomic Decisions, Unemployment, Economic Growth.

General Principles of Commercial Law

• Foundations of Law: The South African Legal System, Introduction to the Theory of Law;
• The different forms of business entities from a legal point of view: Sole trader, partnership, close corporation, company and other incorporated bodies;
• The law of obligations: Introduction to the law of contract, the formation of a contract, principles and rules concerning valid and binding contracts, breach of contract, remedies on the ground of breach of contract, the transfer and termination of obligations, capacity to contract: minors, marriage contracts;
• Specific contracts: Contract of purchase and sale, contract of lease, insurance contracts, credit agreements;
• Introduction to key concepts in governance: Ethics, sustainable business and administration practice, risk management.

Course Duration:

This course should take you between 16 and 20 months to complete

Entrance Requirements:

You can register for this Programme if:

• You have passed the National Senior Certificate Examinations with a Level 4 pass in both English and Mathematics/Science or a Level 5 pass in Mathematical Literacy;

OR

• If you have achieved the IBS National Certificate: Management and Administration (NQF4);

OR

• If you are older than 23 years of age and if you have been working in a related field for at least two years;

OR

• If you are a foreign learner who has the equivalent qualifications.

Assessment and Award:

Once you have successfully completed the necessary assignments prescribed by College SA, you may apply to complete the examinations with the CSSA. Upon successful completion of your five exams, CSSA will grant your CIS Professional Qualification: Management and Administration Certificate.

PLEASE NOTE:

The Chartered Secretaries of South Africa (CSSA) will award you with the CIS Professional Qualification: Management and Administration Certificate.

FASSET will issue the following:
Unit Standard Certification
Certification of Qualification.

College SA has received accreditation from FASSET SETA to offer the following Chartered Secretaries of South Africa (CSSA) Programmes:

• CIS Professional Qualification: Management and Administration
• CIS Professional Qualification: Governance and Administration
• Professional Advanced Qualification: Governance and Administration.

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