R13,218.00

course fees

10

modules

10 weeks

duration

Anytime

Registration

Entrepreneurship

Launch Your Business


Business Management

This course teaches how to develop solutions to problems and to create opportunities. Learn how to generate your own income and secure your future.

R13,218.00

course fees

10

modules

10 weeks

duration

Anytime

Registration

Payment options available to you

Description

This course teaches how to develop solutions to problems and to create opportunities. Learn how to generate your own income and secure your future.

Subject Matter Expert

Bruce Wade comes from a varied past of corporate and small business experience, with 15 years in the computer sector and a strong emphasis on retail, warehousing and supply chain management.

Bruce opened his first business in 1998 and has proved himself in developing many entrepreneurial ventures since then. With a short break in the NPO sector doing business skills development, Bruce returned to his own business to start coaching and education in the entrepreneurial skills sector.

The Entrepreneur Incubator and Academy was formed in 2007 and later merged with an accounting firm to create Entrepreneur and Management Solutions in 2016. They have assisted in over 650 new business startups and the development of many more going concerns.

Bruce, also known as the “Batman-for-Business”, provides entrepreneurial strategic coaching, mentoring and training to a number of businesses both local and international. He is the author of Exploit Yourself, the creator of the Sphere of Mankind and the Business Arrow and currently speaks on the corporate, entrepreneurial and economic development circuits. You can find him online on blogs as well as on his weekly Bruce on Business vlog.

Bruce has been instrumental in the development of the core entrepreneurial roadmap of job creation and to alleviate poverty in South Africa.

Academic Tutor Support

Your dedicated Online Academic Tutor (OAT) will provide you with necessary guidance, offer advice and answer questions on course content, to help you achieve academic success.

Student Success Coordinator

The Student Success Coordinator (SSC) team will assist you with any query that you may have about the environment, systems, and general utilisation throughout your learning journey.

Course and Technical Requirements

BASIC REQUIREMENTS
To successfully access and complete this course, you will be required to have a registered email account, access to a computer/laptop/tablet and stable internet connection. You will be required to be familiar with using a computer as you may need to be able to read and download documents in Adobe PDF Reader, view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create documents in Microsoft Word.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Our online short learning programmes may require additional software applications. These additional software applications requirements will be communicated to you in this information pack and/or on the website course page. Damelin Online does not provide any additional software applications required for online short learning programmes. Please note: Google, YouTube and Vimeo may be used in our online course delivery. If any of these services are blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficulty in accessing our course content.

How We Engage with Students

Our online short learning programmes are broken into self-paced manageable modules designed to be interactive and engaging:

  • The programme is available to be viewed on smart devices and includes mobile, tablets and personal computers.
  • Relevant case studies, articles and recommended reading are part of supplementary resources available.
  • Apply and evaluate what you have learned in each module with the self-grading quizzes and assignment submissions
  • View a range of Introductory course videos by your Subject Matter Expert.
  • Scheduled live webinars are included with the Online Academic Tutor.
  • Network, collaborate and interact with your fellow participants and Online Academic Tutor via the discussion boards.

Certification

Upon successful completion of this online short learning programme, you will receive the recognition of your knowledge and skills with a Lyceum Certificate of Competence. Your certificate of competence will be issued in your registered name and will be couriered at no additional cost. You will be required to complete a series of assessments that will be facilitated through our virtual learning environment. Your course handbook will be made available to you once you have commenced with your short learning programme.

Study Blocks

  • MODULE 0 | Week 1 Orientation
    Navigating the Virtual Learning Environment
  • MODULE 1 | Week 2 Idea Validation
    Understanding business start up
  • MODULE 2 | Week 3 Market Research
    Various analysis tools to conduct market research
  • MODULE 3 | Week 4 The Business Plan
    The ins and outs of creating a business plan
  • MODULE 4 | Week 5 Business Registration and Legislation
    Learn about the agencies, business registration processes and legislation which govern business in South Africa
  • MODULE 5 | Week 6 Building a Successful Team
    Dive into the mechanics of building a team for your business
  • MODULE 6 | Week 7 Financial Management for Business
    Gain insight into finance to allow more informed management decisions
  • MODULE 7 | Week 8 Business Marketing Strategy
    Come to grips with marketing and sales activities
  • MODULE 8 | Week 9 Where to Find Business Support in South Africa
    Identify and source business support offered in South Africa
  • MODULE 9 | Week 10 Wrap-up
    Synthesise your learning journey experience and evaluate the course

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