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ICB BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Learn how to make a business succeed!

This Business Management course and Business Administration course is just the ticket if you have ambitions of managing a business and its finances. And good business management is vitally important for a company’s commercial success.

In this financial management course, you’ll learn about the following; business and financial management best practices, office and legal practice, human resource management, computer literacy, global business strategy and research methods in commerce.

Sounds like something you would enjoy? Then the business management course is for you.

Earn your first programme certificate in Business Management after just 3 subjects

You can achieve the Business Management: Foundation Level after completing just 3 subjects.

Thereafter you can continue your studies to progress to the Intermediate and Advanced Levels, and their associated internationally recognised programmes.

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National Certificate: Small Business Financial Management

NQF L4 (SAQA ID 48736)
TOTAL CREDITS: 120

Duration

9 months

Entry Requirements

Grade 11 (Std 9) or equivalent.

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Subjects

1 Business Management 1 (BMT1)

2 Bookkeeping to Trial Balance (BKTB)

3 Business Literacy (BUSL)

What will I learn to do?

You will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the documentation, processing and recording of a business’s financial transactions. The course will also prepare you to communicate effectively with business stakeholders and show that you know what it means to be a general manager. You will further be able to cost and price products and manage working capital, as well as operate a personal computer.

What can my job title be?

Assistant or administrator in human resources, office management, legal, administration, public relations, marketing, sales or customer relations; Junior Researcher; Junior Analyst; Sales Assistant.

Higher Certificate: Office Administration

NQF L5 (SAQA ID 23619)
TOTAL CREDITS: 240

Duration

15 months

Entry Requirements

National Certificate: Small Business Financial Management (must include the Business Management 1 subject)

Subjects

4 Office and Legal Practice (OLPR)

5 Business Management 2 (BMT2)

6 Marketing Management and Public Relations (MMPR)

7 Financial Statements (FNST)

8 Human Resources Management and Labour Relations (HRLR)

What will I learn to do?

With this qualification you will obtain the skills to manage your diary and work schedule as a manager. You will also be able to operate efficiently as a general office manager of a business and apply marketing, law, PR, and economics principles in business. Furthermore, you will be able to draw up and interpret financial statements and reports, and work efficiently with the HR and labour relations departments. On top of this, you will be able to apply business growth principles for local and global expansion.

What can my job title be?

Senior Office Administrator; Secretary; General Office Manager; Human Resources Manager; Labour Relations Manager; Field/Floor/Store/Department Supervisor; Customer Service Manager.

National Diploma: Financial Accounting

NQF L6 (SAQA ID 20366)
TOTAL CREDITS: 280

Duration

12 months

Entry Requirements

Higher Certificate: Office Administration (must include the Business Management 2 subject).

Subjects

9 Business Management 3 (BMT3)

10 Financial Management and Control (FMCL)

11 Financial Reporting and Regulatory Frameworks (FRRF)

12 Research Theory and Practice (by short dissertation, topic: Business Management) (RTAP)

What will I learn to do?

Upon qualification, you will be in a position to work with management information systems at a corporate level. This will allow you to prepare a business for internal/external audit, as well as applying principles of strategic intent and strategic thinking in a global business environment. It will also prepare you to apply managerial finance and control principles in a commercial environment, draw up and interpret financial statements and reports in accordance with IFRS.

What can my job title be?

Financial Accountant; Accounting Officer (via SAIBA if you meet their criteria); Field/Floor/Store/Department Manager; Key Account Manager; Business Manager; Business Consultant; Business Advisor; Service or Sales Manager.

Download Business Management Fact Sheets

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FOUNDATION LEVELINTERMEDIATE LEVELADVANCED LEVEL
Business Management (BMT1)Office and Legal Practice (OLPR)Business Management 3 (BMT3)
Bookkeeping to Trial Balance (BKTB)Business Management 2 (BMT2)Financial Management and Control (FMCL)
Business Literacy (BUSL)Marketing Management and Public Relations (MMPR)Financial-Reporting-and-Regulatory-Framework-FRRF
(FNST)RTAP
Human Resources Management and Labour Relations (HRLR)

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Your Questions Answered

How do I do the Business Management course?

The ICB offers super flexible study options to fit around your life:

  • In a classroom, via distance learning, full time or part time?  It’s up to you!
  • Just finished school and can’t wait for campus life?
  • A working mom with lots of ambition, but very little time?
  • On a mission to study intensively and qualify in just 6 months?
  • Or maybe you have a longer-term plan to study on the side while working full time?

Whatever your situation, there will be an ICB study route that works for you.

Where can I do the Business Management course?

Over 500 providers to choose from!

ICB courses are available at hundreds of accredited training providers in Southern Africa. Our providers offer classroom or distance learning – or both.
Find your College here.

How will I be assessed?

Our unique study methodology has been designed to give you the best chance at succeeding.

You’ll get a Portfolio of Evidence which includes 3 assignments and 2 tests and you will write a final exam.  Your College will also provide you with college tuition, textbooks, workbooks and study support.

Do I get credits for work experience or other studies?

If you are already working, or have completed some courses in the past, there are some options for you regarding recognition of prior learning, and learnerships.

To be considered for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and get credit towards an ICB qualification, your previous qualifications or part-qualifications must be registered on the NQF and should have been attained within the last five years.

How much does it cost

Only distance learning and independent students pay fees directly to us as the ICB.

Classroom-based students will be billed by their colleges.

In order to receive your PoE or be entered for exams, you must have registered with the ICB and enter exams online on the Student Portal and have made payment via the portal. Classroom students will be registered by the College and will also be billed by their Colleges.

At the time you enter for the first exam of a (calendar) year, the annual student registration fee is payable. View the ICB’s fees here.

When can I start?

ICB exams are held every month, either as an online exam or as a paper-based exam at a College. There are also sessions in the year for Distance learners who would like to write a paper-based exam at an ICB exam venue.

Distance learning students can enter via the student portal and Classroom students will enter exams through their colleges.

Make sure to double check with your college that they will be offering an exam for the subject you want to write on the date you prefer.

You’ll also need to find out what their cut-off dates are for entries for the exams you want to write.

For more detail, have a look at the ICB’s exam timetables and registration dates here.

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If you want to be able to offer indispensable bookkeeping and accounting skills the Financial Accounting Course is for you!

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

Learn more about the NQF Accredited Courses Office Administration Courses
BE AN INDISPENSABLE ALL-ROUNDER

The Office Administration Course is perfect for those who want to learn bookkeeping and all-round office knowledge.

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