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The Professional Certificate in Business Principles
- What are the Benefits of the Program?

To the employee
Entering the workforce or a different work environment for the first time can present numerous aspects of business and the workplace which are completely foreign or unknown to the inexperienced. Productivity may be adversely affected by this, as well as they personal sense of well-being and job satisfaction.In many instances it may take years before an employee comes across some of the aspects covered in these topics.

The aim of the program overall, is to provide participants, with the basic knowledge and skills necessary for them to be effective in the professional world of today. In a program of this nature, it is not possible to deal with topics in depth. Where participants wish to pursue topics in greater depth, information and contacts will be provided to them as well as reference material..

The benefits to participants include:

• A convenient and efficient way to acquire a wide range of basic business skills to immediately enhance their performance at work;
  
• Access to highly qualified and experienced academics and practitioners with whom they can discuss their real life issues as they make the transition from university to the world of professional work;

• A value enhancing experience to assist with a change in career direction;
  
• Access to leaders from their own organisation to whom they may look for advice on an on-going basis;
  
• Access to advice and material which supports their on-going learning requirements, including contact with business experts and other providers of management education and professional development.
• An entry level qualification for an MBA.

To the employer
The PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE program fast-tracks the employee to a level of understanding of the way business operates in a timely, efficient and practical way. The program delivers cost effective knowledge and skill enhancement. For those employers who do not have the resources or the inclination to do the training themselves this program provides the ideal solution - at a reasonable cost. As the program is conducted out of hours the employer does not lose productive time.