HRM3705 TUT 302

HRMALL6/302/4/2018




Tutorial Letter 302/4/2018

For all modules offered by the Department
of Human Resource Management
HRMALL6

Semesters 1 and 2 modules, and year
modules


Department of Human Resource Management


IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Note: This tutorial letter contains important information about your
qualification and modules.




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1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3
2 RESTRUCTURED QUALIFICATIONS ......................................................................................... 3
3 SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF QUALIFICATIONS .......................................................... 4
4 QUALIFICATIONS PHASED OUT/BEING PHASED OUT AND TRANSITIONAL
ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 5
4.1 BTech (Human Resource Management) ....................................................................................... 5
4.2 BTech (Human Resource Development) ....................................................................................... 6
4.3 BTech (Labour Relations Management)........................................................................................ 7
4.4 National Diploma in Human Resource Management (NDHRM) .................................................... 8
4.5 BCom with specialisation in Human Resource Management (old curriculum) ............................. 10
4.6 BCom Honours (Business Management with specialisation in Human Resource Management) . 11
5 PHASED-OUT MODULES ......................................................................................................... 12
6 NEW AND REVISED QUALIFICATIONS ................................................................................... 13
7 ONLINE MODULES ................................................................................................................... 14
8 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ........................................................................................ 16
9 CONCLUDING REMARKS ......................................................................................................... 17




Please note

It is imperative that you study this tutorial letter in detail, as it contains important information
about the new programme qualification mix for the Department of Human Resource
Management.



THIS TUTORIAL LETTER IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH ONLY.
HIERDIE STUDIEBRIEF IS SLEGS IN ENGELS BESKIKBAAR.




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, HRMALL6/302/4/2018

Dear Student

1 INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this tutorial letter is to inform existing and prospective students in the field of
human resource management (HRM) of the new programme qualification mix (PQM) which the
Department of Human Resource Management introduced in 2012 as a result of the
restructuring of qualifications that was taking place at Unisa.
Some of you may have received a similar tutorial letter in previous years, but there may have
been some changes since then. This tutorial letter contains the most recent information, as
approved by all the relevant parties, and replaces earlier correspondence in this regard.
Although all the information in this tutorial letter is correct at the time of compilation, it is subject
to change pending further decisions by the University, the Higher Education Quality Committee
and the Council on Higher Education.
Please make sure that you read this tutorial letter carefully, especially if you are registered for
one of the qualifications that are being phased out. Take note of the dates on which particular
qualifications will be phased out. If you have not completed your qualification by the date
indicated, you will be required to articulate/move to the new qualification and may have to
complete additional modules. We therefore encourage all students to consider moving to
the new qualifications as soon as possible if there is any chance that they may not be
able to complete the affected qualifications within the given time frame.
We are very proud that our new HRM qualifications were evaluated by the South African Board
for People Practices (SABPP) in 2014 and all our programmes were re-accredited for the next
five years. Unisa HRM graduates therefore remain eligible to register professionally in the
different categories of the SABPP.
Unisa is also the first university in South Africa to offer a comprehensive set of HRM
qualifications that are fully registered and aligned to the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-
Framework (HEQSF).



2 RESTRUCTURED QUALIFICATIONS
In its Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) that was published in October 2007
(Government Gazette No. 30353), the then Department of Education reiterated the need for a
single qualifications framework that would apply to all higher education institutions. The reason
cited for this was that the existence of separate, parallel qualification structures for universities
and technikons hindered the articulation of programmes and students transferring between
programmes and higher education institutions.
The new policy provides the basis for integrating all higher education qualifications into the
National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and its structures for standards generation and quality
assurance. It improves the coherence of the higher education system and facilitates the
articulation of qualifications, thereby enhancing the flexibility of the system and enabling
students to articulate more efficiently from one programme to another as they pursue their
academic or professional careers.




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