DESCRIPTION AND PROGRAMME PURPOSE

The Higher Certificate in Management (HCM) with a major in Human Resource Management is an entry-level, post-school higher education qualification designed to equip the student with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to function in a junior Human Resource Management role in diverse organisational contexts.

The HCM with a major in Human Resource Management has a strong vocational orientation, which enables the candidates to appropriately select and apply sound theory towards solving practical problems that typically occur in the contemporary work environment. This programme blends core management principles with specialised HR knowledge to equip students with the skills necessary to manage an organisation’s most valuable asset – its people.

WHO SHOULD ENROL

The HCM would be suitable for:

• an employed person seeking to develop or formalise the skills, knowledge and attributes needed to effectively operate in a junior management position.
• a school leaver, who requires a Higher Certificate for access into a Diploma or Degree programme of study.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

Successful completion of this qualification should enable the student to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the management functions of planning, organising, leading and controlling.
2. Perform a basic analysis of the business environment.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the processes, policies, and procedures that form a framework for guiding the management of human resources in organisations.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of talent management and succession planning within organisational contexts.
5. Apply basic project management techniques in solving an organisational problem, thus contributing towards implementing the organisational strategy.                         6. Integrate foundational knowledge from selected management disciplines in solving problems within familiar organisational contexts.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

*Note that specific subjects will only be offered in specific semesters. Please see the individual module descriptions for greater clarity.

For entry into the Higher Certificate, candidates require a Senior Certificate (SC) or a National Senior Certificate (NSC), as certified by Umalusi, with a minimum mark of 40% in English, the language of instruction at Milpark Education.

Other Certificates

Further to the requirements for admission provided above, foreign nationals or South African nationals seeking to apply for admission onto the qualification based on a non-South African/foreign, senior school leaving certificate, must obtain and submit to Milpark, a Certificate of Equivalence from the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) (www.saqa.org.za).

Applicants with foreign senior school-leaving certificates, who have already completed the equivalent of a South African Grade 12, are required to submit their SAQA Certificate of Equivalence at the time of applying online for the Milpark Higher Certificate.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) applications

Milpark admits a small number of students onto its programme via Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Applicants interested in applying via RPL will be considered individually by the relevant Head of School.

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