Nano-Credential Badges

Advertising Basics

• What is advertising? (SAVD101)
• The advertising environment (SAVD102)
• Advertising categories (SAVD103)
• Advertising media: Print (SAVD104)
• Broadcast advertising (SAVD105)
• Advertising media: Out-of-home (SAVD106)
• Advertising Media: In-store advertising (SAVD107)
• Alternative traditional media (SAVD108)
• Advertising media: Websites (SAVD109)
• Advertising media: Alternative new media (SAVD110)

Brand Management Basics

• Introduction to brand management (SBRD101)
• The history and evolution of branding (SBRD102)
• Brand essence, positioning and implementation (SBRD103)
• The brand manager (SBRD104)
• Brand equity (SBRD105)
• Brand architecture, managing brand and product relationship (SBRD106)
• Managing and sustaining brands (SBRD107)
• Brand audits (SBRD108)
• Corporate and political branding (SBRD109)
• Branding in South Africa (SBRD110)

Fundamentals of Applied Psychology

• The biological basis of human behaviour (SAPS101)
• The human nervous system (SAPS102)
• An introduction to the different states of consciousness (SAPS103)
• Introduction to the concepts of sensation and perception – part 1 (SAPS104)
• Introduction to sensation and perception – part 2 (SAPS105)
• Thinking, reasoning and problem-solving (SAPS106)
• Intelligence and creativity (SAPS107)
• Learning and memory (SAPS108)
• Introduction to the concept of human emotion (SAPS109)
• The basic principles of the concept of personality (SAPS110)

Fundamentals of Business Management

• Introduction to business management (SBMN101)
• Business functions – general management (SBMN102)
• Business functions – purchasing (SBMN103)
• Business functions – operations (SBMN104)
• Business functions – human resources (SBMN105)
• Business functions – marketing (SBMN106)
• Business functions – public relations (SBMN107)
• Business functions – finance (SBMN108)
• Business functions – Information management (SBMN109)
• Sustainable business practices (SBMN110)

Human Resource Management and Functions

• An introduction to Human Resources Management (SHRF101)
• Strategising, structuring and planning (SHRF102)
• Recruiting potential employees (SHRF103)
• Selection and appointment of an employee (SHRF104)
• Onboarding and retention (SHRF105)
• Managing performance of employees (SHRF106)
• Compensation management (SHRF107)
• Health and safety in an organization (SHRF108)
• Career management (SHRF109)
• Leadership and management (SHRF110)
• Employment relations (SHRF111)
• Structures created by the LRA for collective bargaining and dispute resolution (SHRF112)

Introducing Entrepreneurship

• Entrepreneurship in perspective (SENT101)
• Business concepts and the business environment (SENT102)
• The identification, development and viability of business ideas (SENT103)
• Setting up a business: the legal aspects (SENT104)
• The business plan (SENT105)
• Becoming an entrepreneur (SENT106)
• The entrepreneurial mentality (SENT107)
• Goal-setting and networking (SENT108)
• Innovation, creativity and problem-solving (SENT109)
• Time management and conflict management (SENT110)

Introducing Socio-economics

• Introduction to sociology SSEC101)
• Society, organisations and social groups (SSEC102)
• Politics and the economy (SSEC103)
• Health and health care (SSEC104)
• Populations, class and stratification (SSEC105)
• Economic thinking (SSEC106)
• A global perspective of economic development (SSEC107)
• Human diversity, inequality and global sustainability (SSEC108)
• Violence, crime and terrorism (SSEC109)
• Technological advancements and social changes (SSEC110)

Introduction to counselling (SCOU101)

• Establishing the counselling relationship (SCOU102)
• Responding skills (SCOU103)
• Probing skills (SCOU104)
• Promoting change (SCOU105)
• Confronting versus challenging (SCOU106)
• Focusing on the here and now (SCOU107)
• Goal-setting in the counselling environment (SCOU108)
• Closures and endings (SCOU109)
• Practical, professional and ethical issues in counselling (SCOU110)

Introduction to HIV Counselling

• HIV Counselling (SHIVC101)
• Voluntary counselling and testing (SHIVC102)
• Psychological issues associated with testing HIV-positive (SHIVC103)
• Counselling for the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (SHIVC104)
• Children and youth (SHIVC105)
• Family and couples counselling (SHIVC106)
• ARV adherence counselling (SHIVC107)
• Counselling for other issues (SHIVC108)
• Grief and bereavement counselling (SHIVC109)
• Identification and management of counsellor burnout (SHIVC110)

Introduction to Marketing Management

• Basic concepts in marketing management (SMKT101)
• The internal marketing environment (SMKT102)
• The external marketing environment (SMKT103)
• Formulating a marketing strategy (SMKT104)
• Understanding ‘product’ in the marketing mix (SMKT105)
• Understanding ‘place’ in the marketing mix (SMKT106)
• Understanding ‘price’ in the marketing mix (SMKT107)
• Understanding ‘promotion’ in the marketing mix (SMKT108)
• The role of public relations and mass communication in business (SMKT109)
• Integration − formulating a strategic marketing plan (SMKT110)
• What is digital media? (SMKT111)
• Digital marketing within the broader scope of marketing (SMKT112)
• Digital marketing strategy (SMKT113)

Principles of Commercial Law

• Introduction to the South African Law (SCML101)
• Sources of the South African Law (SCML102)
• Law of Obligations (SCML103)
• Introduction to law of contract (SCML104)
• Consensus (SCML105)
• Contractual capacity (SCML106)
• Possibility of performance (SCML107)
• Legal possibility (SCML108)
• Formalities (SCML109)
• Content of a contract (SCML110)
• Breach of contract and contractual remedies (SCML111)
• Business enterprise structures (SCML113)

Sexuality and HIV Education – An Introduction

• Understanding sexuality (SSHE101)
• Human reproduction (SSHE102)
• Family planning and contraception (SSHE103)
• Sexually related social issues (SSHE104)
• HIV and AIDS: a brief history (SSHE105)
• HIV infection (SSHE106)
• HIV transmission and testing (SSHE107)
• HIV infection stages and opportunistic infections (SSHE108)
• HIV prevention (SSHE109)
• HIV/AIDS education (SSHE110)

Formative opportunities for learning are provided and graded, however these do not contribute to the final grade. One (1) Summative Assessment is completed and weighted at 100% of the final grade. A maximum of one (1) supplementary assessment opportunity is provided for the Summative Assessment, which will be charged for.
To make it easy, we provide the courseware you need online: including text, teaching moments and assessments.

Recommend minimum period is two to four weeks with a maximum duration of six months, dependent on the Learners’ control over time, place and pace.

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BOSTON DIGITAL LEARNING BADGE

On successful completion the Learner will issued a Boston Digital Nano-Credential

Badge Knowledge Master in the respective Domain/Specified Field chosen form the

list above.

On successful completion the Learner may apply for the Practical Assignment to earn the Boston Digital-Nano Credential Badge Application Guru in the respective Domain/Specified Field.

In turn, on successful completion of the Application Guru Badge the Learner may apply to submit the Workplace Evidence to earn the Boston Digital-Nano Credential Badge Specialist Practitioner in the respective Domain/Specified Field.