Government Gazette

Vol. 416, No. 20877, 18 February 2000

GENERAL NOTICE

Notice 119 of 2000

SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATION AUTHORITY

NSB 03 has received an application to recognise and register an SGB for Generic Management. The unit standards which the SGB develops would comprise the generic management competencies required across the twelve organising fields of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and could be incorporated within field-specific qualifications.

PROPOSED BRIEF OF THE SGB

1. Identify transformation, development and equity issues relevant to the sub-field Generic Management in NQF organising field 03 and develop mechanisms to include these issues within standards and qualifications as envisaged in 2 below [Regulation 24(1)(e)].

2. Generate appropriate unit standards at NQF levels 1 to 7 in the areas of Self-Management (inter alia, Self-Motivation, Time Management, Thinking Skills, Innovation), Interpersonal Management (inter alia, Managing Change, Motivating Others, Developing Others, Managing Diversity, Communication, Customer Orientation and Dealing With People), and Operations Management (inter alia, Planning, Organising, Controlling, Delegating, Multi-functional Management, Quality Management) in accordance with Authority requirements. [Regulation 24(1)(a)]

3. Liaise with all other SGBs in the field whose briefs mandate them to generate management standards and qualifications; in particular, the SGBs for Human Resource Management and Practices, Project Management, Accountancy and Financial Management, and Public Administration and Management. [Regulation 24(1)(a) & (e)].

4. Recommend the standards generated in 2, above, to National Standards Body 03 [Regulation 24(1)(c)].

5. Accept and perform other related functions as requested by NSB 03 [Regulation 24 (1)(e)].

PROPOSED COMPOSITION OF THE SGB