119668 Manage Business Operations

Learners working towards this standard will be learning towards the full qualification or will be working within an SMME (Small, Medium, Micro Enterprise) environment, specialising in New Venture Ownership and Management, where the acquisition of competence against this standard will add value to one's job. This standard will also add value to entrepreneurs who are seeking to develop their entrepreneurial skills so that they can become more marketable for bigger contracts, including commercial and public sector contracts, for example, the Department of Public Works programmes.

The qualifying learner is capable of:
- Implementing an action plan for business operations
- Mobilising resources for a new venture
- Managing own time productively
- Monitoring productivity in a business venture
- Implementing and managing a basic quality system in a new venture

NQF Level 2 - 8 Credits

This unit standard replaces:
This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard.

Learning assumed to be in place and recognition of prior learning
All learners accessing this qualification must be in possession of a GETC or equivalent qualification. The learner must be competent in mathematical and communications literacy at NQF level 1.

Unit standard range
N/A

Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:

Specific Outcome 1
Implement an action plan for business operations.

Specific Outcome 2
Mobilise resources for a new venture.

Specific Outcome 3
Manage own time productively.

Specific Outcome 4
Monitor productivity in a business venture.

Specific Outcome 5
Implement and manage a basic quality system in a new venture.