Programme in Business Management

The South African Institute of Management seeks to promote and advocate for world-class management standards in South Africa. The aim of this programme is to equip managers and aspiring managers with requisite management skills and competencies.

The program is open to all members. Upon completion of the programme one will receive a Certificate of Competence.

Management Principles:

Equips one with the fundamentals and underlying values of management.

• Explain 'management' as a study subject.

• Provide a detailed explanation of the evolution of management theory, including modern approaches to management.

• Explain the organisation and its environment.

• Discuss managerial decision-making.

• Discuss organisational change.

• Discuss the formation and behaviour of groups in organisations.

• Explain organisational goal-setting and planning.

• Explain the components of organising.

• Provide an explanation of motivation theories.

• Explain leadership theories.

• Explain the subject of 'control' in organisations.

Business Communication:

Equips one with requisite communication skills which aids to the success of the organisation.

• Basic Principles of Communication Theory

• Interpersonal Relationships and Social Interaction

• Communication in the Business Organisation

• Media Modes (Media Systems)

• Advertising

• Meeting procedures and correspondence

• Oral communication

• Business Media

• Business correspondence

• Non-verbal

• Cross cultural communication

Business Accounting:

Equips one with basic bookkeeping skills and equips one with the ability to interpret financial statements.

• Get an understanding of accounting language and how accountants think. This includes concepts of debit and credit, depreciation methods, and stock control methods (only distinguish between periodic and perpetual stock systems).

• Get an understanding of accounting and systems within an organisation and be able to do a basic set of books. This will allow them, as managers, to investigate a set of books in order to check that there are no major problems.

• Allocate expenses and revenue correctly. It will also allow them to give direction on the structure of set of accounts in order to control their organisations more efficiently.

• Get an understanding on financial impact of management decisions.

• Get an understanding of and briefly analyse financial statements for various types of business entities.

• Ability to draw up income and expenditure budgets and cash budgets, and understand the use of budgets.

• understanding of the impact of pricing and margins on profits.