MNG2601 - There will be NO examination.
ASSIGNMENT 1
- The assignment deals with the Introduction lesson, as found in the Lessons tool on myUnisa
(there is no corresponding chapter in the prescribed book).
- The assignment comprises 20 multiple-choice questions worth one mark each (20 marks).
General Management = MNG2601 = Department of Business Management
a fully online module, you will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning activities for
this module.
The website for your module is MNG2601-22-S1 - myUnisa is your most important study tool.
Important information will be communicated to you via the Announcements tool. log in at least
once a week to:
• Check for new announcements. You can also set your myLife email account so that you receive the
announcement emails on your cellphone.
• Do the Discussion Forum activities (e-tutor sites). When you do the activities for each lesson, we
want you to share your answers with the other students in your group.
You can form study groups by using the Discussion Forum tool on the myUnisa e-tutor sites. No
WhatsApp groups are allowed for this module
Purpose - demonstrate critical managerial competencies and skills to implement the general
principles of planning, organising, leading and control, relevant to a changing environment, to
ensure a sustainable and responsible organisation that makes an ethically sound and positive
contribution to the broader society.
Outcomes:
Specific outcome 1
Argue for the importance of responsible management in any organisation.
- Explain the evolution of management theory
- Differentiate and illustrate the roles and features of responsible management in any type of
organisation.
- Illustrate the managerial process in any type of organisation.
Specific outcome 2
Effectively apply the managerial function of planning in a responsible organisation.
• Conduct and implement a basic contextual analysis of the management environment by
highlighting strengths, weaknesses opportunities and threats.
• Explain the importance of the planning function in any type of organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the features of strategic management in any type of organisation.
Specific outcome 3
Make responsible managerial decisions.
• Differentiate and illustrate features of responsible managerial decision-making in any organisation.
• Select and apply relevant and ethical decision-making models in any type of organisation.
,MNG2601 - There will be NO examination.
Specific outcome 4
Effectively apply the managerial function of organising in a responsible organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the relevant organisational structures and designs in any type of
organisation.
• Develop a plan of action to integrate the efforts of all employees in any type of organisation to
become a responsible organisation.
Specific outcome 5
Effectively apply the managerial function of leading a responsible organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the relevant leadership theories and models in any type of responsible
organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the relevant motivational theories and effectively apply to performance
management in any type of organisation.
Specific outcome 6
Effectively apply the managerial function of control in a responsible organisation.
• Select and apply the relevant and ethically sound types of control in any type of organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the control process in any type of organisation.
• Contextualise and apply corporate governance as a control mechanism in any type of organisation.
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter based on five pillars and eight dimensions.
Curriculum transformation includes the following pillars
- student-centred scholarship
- the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment practices
- the scholarship of teaching and learning
- and the infusion of African epistemologies and philosophies.
You should have your study material, module code and student number at hand when you contact
the University.
A specific mailbox has been created for the MNG2601 module. The mailbox can be reached at
. Use ONLY this mailbox to communicate with your lecturers. Protection of
Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, student queries can only be addressed if sent from a myLife e-
mail address.
Primary lecturer Ms. Scholtz Mrs Elsabe Scholtz:
The ISBN number for a printed copy of the prescribed book is: 9781485130772.
Please write the MODULE CODE AND YOUR STUDENT NUMBER ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE with the
Department or the University.
If you need to contact the University about matters not related to the content of this module,
consult the publication Study @ Unisa.
Prescribed book(s) Your prescribed book for this module for 2022 is: Botha, T. 2020. Principles of
General management: a responsible approach to southern Africa. Cape Town: Juta ISBN:
9781485130789
,MNG2601 - There will be NO examination.
Recommended books can be requested online, via the Library catalogue.
The role of an e-tutor is to facilitate learning and guide you through the learning process. The e-
tutors will assist you to become a self-directed learner in line with the Unisa open distant learning
(ODL) philosophy. The University, not the lecturers, allocates e-tutors to you. All e-tutors will post
tutorials on myUnisa and all registered students (who have settled their accounts) in the General
Management module will have access to the tutorials. The tutorials are aligned with the module
study plan.
Unisa does, however, have agreements with a number of TVET colleges to provide contact tuition
and support for students in the following higher certificates:
• Higher Certificate in Economic & Management Sciences
• Higher Certificate in Banking
• Higher Certificate in Tourism
• Higher Certificate in Accounting Sciences
Unisa is a mega university, and all our programmes are offered through a blended learning mode or
fully online.
We offer a specialised student support programme to students entering Unisa for the first time. We
refer to this programme as Unisa’s First-Year Experience (FYE) Programme. The FYE is designed to
provide you with prompt and helpful information about services that the institution offers and how
you can access information. The following FYE programmes are currently offered:
• FYE website: All the guides and resources you need to navigate through your first year at Unisa can
be accessed using the following link: www.unisa.ac.za/FYE
• FYE e-mails: You will receive regular e-mails to help you stay focused and motivated.
• FYE broadcasts: You will receive e-mails with links to broadcasts on various topics related to your
first-year studies (e.g., videos on how to submit assignments online).
What does it mean to study fully online?
- All your study material and learning activities for online modules are designed to be
delivered online on myUnisa.
- All your assignments must be submitted online. you may NOT post your assignments to
Unisa using the South African Post Office.
- All communication between you and the University happens online. Lecturers will
communicate with you via email and SMS, and use the Announcements, the Discussion
, MNG2601 - There will be NO examination.
Forums and the Questions and Answers tools. You can also use all of these platforms to ask
questions and contact your lecturers.
myUnisa tools - The main tool that we will use is the Lessons tool.
a continuous assessment approach. This means that you will not write and examination at the end
of the semester, but rather submit assignments throughout the semester in order to gauge your
learning, identifying areas where additional studying may be required. the final two assignments
still carry a large percentage of weight in the calculation of your final mark. The assignment due
dates are clustered in April. For most, two submissions are allowed.
ASSIGNMENT 1
- The assignment deals with the Introduction lesson, as found in the Lessons tool on myUnisa
(there is no corresponding chapter in the prescribed book).
- The assignment comprises 20 multiple-choice questions worth one mark each (20 marks).
General Management = MNG2601 = Department of Business Management
a fully online module, you will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning activities for
this module.
The website for your module is MNG2601-22-S1 - myUnisa is your most important study tool.
Important information will be communicated to you via the Announcements tool. log in at least
once a week to:
• Check for new announcements. You can also set your myLife email account so that you receive the
announcement emails on your cellphone.
• Do the Discussion Forum activities (e-tutor sites). When you do the activities for each lesson, we
want you to share your answers with the other students in your group.
You can form study groups by using the Discussion Forum tool on the myUnisa e-tutor sites. No
WhatsApp groups are allowed for this module
Purpose - demonstrate critical managerial competencies and skills to implement the general
principles of planning, organising, leading and control, relevant to a changing environment, to
ensure a sustainable and responsible organisation that makes an ethically sound and positive
contribution to the broader society.
Outcomes:
Specific outcome 1
Argue for the importance of responsible management in any organisation.
- Explain the evolution of management theory
- Differentiate and illustrate the roles and features of responsible management in any type of
organisation.
- Illustrate the managerial process in any type of organisation.
Specific outcome 2
Effectively apply the managerial function of planning in a responsible organisation.
• Conduct and implement a basic contextual analysis of the management environment by
highlighting strengths, weaknesses opportunities and threats.
• Explain the importance of the planning function in any type of organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the features of strategic management in any type of organisation.
Specific outcome 3
Make responsible managerial decisions.
• Differentiate and illustrate features of responsible managerial decision-making in any organisation.
• Select and apply relevant and ethical decision-making models in any type of organisation.
,MNG2601 - There will be NO examination.
Specific outcome 4
Effectively apply the managerial function of organising in a responsible organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the relevant organisational structures and designs in any type of
organisation.
• Develop a plan of action to integrate the efforts of all employees in any type of organisation to
become a responsible organisation.
Specific outcome 5
Effectively apply the managerial function of leading a responsible organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the relevant leadership theories and models in any type of responsible
organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the relevant motivational theories and effectively apply to performance
management in any type of organisation.
Specific outcome 6
Effectively apply the managerial function of control in a responsible organisation.
• Select and apply the relevant and ethically sound types of control in any type of organisation.
• Differentiate and illustrate the control process in any type of organisation.
• Contextualise and apply corporate governance as a control mechanism in any type of organisation.
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter based on five pillars and eight dimensions.
Curriculum transformation includes the following pillars
- student-centred scholarship
- the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment practices
- the scholarship of teaching and learning
- and the infusion of African epistemologies and philosophies.
You should have your study material, module code and student number at hand when you contact
the University.
A specific mailbox has been created for the MNG2601 module. The mailbox can be reached at
. Use ONLY this mailbox to communicate with your lecturers. Protection of
Personal Information Act 4 of 2013, student queries can only be addressed if sent from a myLife e-
mail address.
Primary lecturer Ms. Scholtz Mrs Elsabe Scholtz:
The ISBN number for a printed copy of the prescribed book is: 9781485130772.
Please write the MODULE CODE AND YOUR STUDENT NUMBER ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE with the
Department or the University.
If you need to contact the University about matters not related to the content of this module,
consult the publication Study @ Unisa.
Prescribed book(s) Your prescribed book for this module for 2022 is: Botha, T. 2020. Principles of
General management: a responsible approach to southern Africa. Cape Town: Juta ISBN:
9781485130789
,MNG2601 - There will be NO examination.
Recommended books can be requested online, via the Library catalogue.
The role of an e-tutor is to facilitate learning and guide you through the learning process. The e-
tutors will assist you to become a self-directed learner in line with the Unisa open distant learning
(ODL) philosophy. The University, not the lecturers, allocates e-tutors to you. All e-tutors will post
tutorials on myUnisa and all registered students (who have settled their accounts) in the General
Management module will have access to the tutorials. The tutorials are aligned with the module
study plan.
Unisa does, however, have agreements with a number of TVET colleges to provide contact tuition
and support for students in the following higher certificates:
• Higher Certificate in Economic & Management Sciences
• Higher Certificate in Banking
• Higher Certificate in Tourism
• Higher Certificate in Accounting Sciences
Unisa is a mega university, and all our programmes are offered through a blended learning mode or
fully online.
We offer a specialised student support programme to students entering Unisa for the first time. We
refer to this programme as Unisa’s First-Year Experience (FYE) Programme. The FYE is designed to
provide you with prompt and helpful information about services that the institution offers and how
you can access information. The following FYE programmes are currently offered:
• FYE website: All the guides and resources you need to navigate through your first year at Unisa can
be accessed using the following link: www.unisa.ac.za/FYE
• FYE e-mails: You will receive regular e-mails to help you stay focused and motivated.
• FYE broadcasts: You will receive e-mails with links to broadcasts on various topics related to your
first-year studies (e.g., videos on how to submit assignments online).
What does it mean to study fully online?
- All your study material and learning activities for online modules are designed to be
delivered online on myUnisa.
- All your assignments must be submitted online. you may NOT post your assignments to
Unisa using the South African Post Office.
- All communication between you and the University happens online. Lecturers will
communicate with you via email and SMS, and use the Announcements, the Discussion
, MNG2601 - There will be NO examination.
Forums and the Questions and Answers tools. You can also use all of these platforms to ask
questions and contact your lecturers.
myUnisa tools - The main tool that we will use is the Lessons tool.
a continuous assessment approach. This means that you will not write and examination at the end
of the semester, but rather submit assignments throughout the semester in order to gauge your
learning, identifying areas where additional studying may be required. the final two assignments
still carry a large percentage of weight in the calculation of your final mark. The assignment due
dates are clustered in April. For most, two submissions are allowed.
