This qualification is intended for junior managers of small organisations, junior managers of business units in medium and large organisations, or those aspiring to these positions. Junior managers include team leaders, supervisors, foremen and section heads. 

The focus of this qualification has been designed to enable learners to be competent in a range of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values including: 

• Gathering and analysing information. 
• Analysing events that impact on a business and its competitive environment. 
• Complying with organisational standards. 
• Motivating an individual or team. 
• Negotiating in a work situation. 
• Understanding the role of business strategy as it applies to junior management. 
• Managing the budget within a specific area of responsibility. 
• Applying management principles and practices within a specific area of responsibility. 
• Managing work unit performance to achieve goals. 
• Behaving ethically and promoting ethical behaviour in a work situation. 
• Demonstrating understanding of the consequences in a work unit of HIV/AIDS. 

The learners who achieve this qualification will be able to demonstrate competencies in management relating to planning, organising, leading, controlling, and ethics. Overall, this qualification will ensure that learners are capable of: 

• Developing plans to achieve defined objectives. 
• Organising resources in accordance with a developed plan. 
• Leading a team to work co-operatively to achieve objectives. 
• Monitoring performance to ensure compliance with a plan.
• Making decisions based on a code of ethics.