Occupational Certificate: Business Management
Learn how to make a business succeed!
This Business Management course and Business Administration course is just the ticket if you have ambitions of managing a business and its finances. And good business management is vitally important for a company’s commercial success.
In this financial management course, you’ll learn about the following; business and financial management best practices, office and legal practice, human resource management, computer literacy, global business strategy and research methods in commerce.
Sounds like something you would enjoy? Then the business management course is for you.
Earn your first programme certificate in Business Management after just 3 subjects
You can achieve the Business Management: Foundation Level after completing just 3 subjects.
Thereafter you can continue your studies to progress to the Intermediate and Advanced Levels, and their associated internationally recognised programmes.
Did you know you can join a professional body and get a designation?
Professional Bodies award designations for people who hold recognised, registered programmes / qualifications with relevant work experience. Still studying? No Problem! Click here for more information on professional bodies.
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Click on the link below to download the factsheets for each subject
Business Management (BMT1)
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Bookkeeping to Trial Balance (BKTB)
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Business Literacy (BUSL)
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Office and Legal Practice (OLPR)
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Business Management 2 (BMT2)
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Financial Statements (FNST)
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Business Management 3 (BMT3)
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Financial Management and Control (FMCL)
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Financial Reporting and Regulatory Framework FRRF
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Research Theory and Practice RTAP
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I do the Business Management course?
The ICB offers super flexible study options to fit around your life:
- In a classroom, via distance learning, full time or part time? It’s up to you!
- Just finished school and can’t wait for campus life?
- A working mom with lots of ambition, but very little time?
- On a mission to study intensively and qualify in just 6 months?
- Or maybe you have a longer-term plan to study on the side while working full time?
Whatever your situation, there will be an ICB study route that works for you.
Where can I do the Business Management course?
Over 500 providers to choose from!
ICB courses are available at hundreds of accredited training providers in Southern Africa. Our providers offer classroom or distance learning – or both.
Find your College here.
How will I be assessed?
Our unique study methodology has been designed to give you the best chance at succeeding.
You’ll get a Portfolio of Evidence which includes 3 assignments and 2 tests and you will write a final exam. Your College will also provide you with college tuition, textbooks, workbooks and study support.
Do I get credits for work experience or other studies?
If you are already working, or have completed some courses in the past, there are some options for you regarding recognition of prior learning, and learnerships.
To be considered for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and get credit towards an ICB qualification, your previous qualifications or part-qualifications must be registered on the NQF and should have been attained within the last five years.
How much does it cost
Only distance learning and independent students pay fees directly to us as the ICB.
Classroom-based students will be billed by their colleges.
In order to receive your PoE or be entered for exams, you must have registered with the ICB and enter exams online on the Student Portal and have made payment via the portal. Classroom students will be registered by the College and will also be billed by their Colleges.
At the time you enter for the first exam of a (calendar) year, the annual student registration fee is payable. View the ICB’s fees here.
When can I start?
ICB exams are held every month, either as an online exam or as a paper-based exam at a College. There are also sessions in the year for Distance learners who would like to write a paper-based exam at an ICB exam venue.
Distance learning students can enter via the student portal and Classroom students will enter exams through their colleges.
Make sure to double check with your college that they will be offering an exam for the subject you want to write on the date you prefer.
You’ll also need to find out what their cut-off dates are for entries for the exams you want to write.
For more detail, have a look at the ICB’s exam timetables and registration dates here.