Analysing Media Impact on Business Sectors
Course Purpose: This unit standard is intended to promote general knowledge and understanding of current affairs in a field of business or industry to ensure knowledgeable and informed workers in the industry. What you’ll learn This unit standard is intended …
Overview
Course Purpose:
This unit standard is intended to promote general knowledge and understanding of current affairs in a field of business or industry to ensure knowledgeable and informed workers in the industry.
What you’ll learn
This unit standard is intended to promote general knowledge and understanding of current affairs in a field of business or industry to ensure knowledgeable and informed workers in the industry. It addresses a broad base of socio-economic and environmental-related knowledge and requires the analysis of current affairs as they could impact the selected business sector or industry. The qualifying learner can analyse articles and reports from current print and electronic media relating to a specific business sector or industry. Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the latest innovations and developments in technology that could impact a specific business sector or industry. Analysing proposed business or industrial developments that could impact the physical environment. Analyse issues in the media relating to labour that could impact a business sector or industry. Analyse proposed business or industrial development that could impact the physical environment.
Duration: 1 Day
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Course Curriculum
Curriculum
Curriculum
- 4 Sections
- 20 Lessons
- 1 Day
- Unit 1: Analyse articles and reports from current print and electronic material5
- 0.0Articles and reports on events, both global and national, that could result in changes in a specific business sector or industry are collected over at least 6 months
- 0.1The articles are summarised, showing insight into how the reported events could impact a business sector or industry in South Africa and internationally
- 0.2The events are summarised in a table and ranked to indicate the relative importance of each event for a business sector or industry in South Africa
- 0.3Controversial issues related to a business sector or industry are analysed, and their views are expressed and substantiated in plain language
- 0.4Current events in the political and legislative environments are interpreted, and an indication of their possible impact on a specific business sector or industry is given
- Unit 2: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the latest technological innovations and developments4
- 0.1Innovations or developments in technology that could affect a specific business sector or industry are described, and an indication is given of how the innovation or technology could impact the business sector or industry
- 0.2The possible impact of the innovation on a specific business sector or industry is explained, and an indication is given of the possible time frame before the technology becomes readily available
- 0.3The pros and cons of the innovations or technologies are investigated and summarised in a table
- 0.4A recommendation is made as to whether the innovations should be further investigated and how they could add value to a particular organisation
- Unit 3: Analyse proposed business or industrial development that could impact on the physical environment5
- 0.0Articles and reports on events, both global and national, on proposed business or industrial developments that could impact the physical environment, are collected over at least 6 months
- 0.1The articles are summarised, showing insight into how the reported events could impact the physical environment in South Africa and internationally
- 0.2The events are summarised in a table and ranked to indicate the relative impact of each event on the physical environment
- 0.3Controversial issues related to a business or industrial development are analysed and own views are expressed and substantiated in plain language
- 0.4The sustainability of the proposed development is discussed from the point of view of both the developer and the environment
- Unit 4: Analyse issues in the media relating to labour that could impact on a business sector or industry6
- 1.0Wage negotiation in specific sectors is discussed with reference to increases in salaries and trends in the sector
- 1.1The sustainability of developments in a business sector or industry is analysed in relation to ongoing employment
- 1.2Incidents involving the withholding of labor and other protests are analysed to identify the outcomes of the action
- 1.3The role of the Unions in a specific business sector or industry is identified and an indication is given of the issues addressed in their deliberations
- 1.4Articles relating to unemployment and job losses in a business sector or industry are examined, and possible reasons for a trend are given
- 1.5The impact of HIV/AIDS on a business sector or industry is determined from reports in the media, and an indication is given of what, if anything, the business sector or industry is doing to manage the impact of the pandemic in the sector
Requirements
- Grade 11
- NQF Level 3
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