Manage general administration Online Short Course

Strengthen Your Administrative Skills |Online Short Course

In today’s competitive business landscape, effective general administration is the backbone of every successful venture. This Manage General Administration course is tailored for aspiring entrepreneurs, small business owners and professionals looking to streamline their operations and gain the foundational knowledge needed to start and manage a business confidently.

Whether you are launching a new enterprise or strengthening an existing one, this course equips you with the essential administrative tools and strategies to ensure smooth business operations, compliance, and sustainable growth.

What You will Learn

Through this course, you will gain practical, real-world skills in:

  • Setting up administrative systems to support a new business.
  • Managing business records, resources and routine operations.
  • Understanding legal and compliance responsibilities in business management.
  • Creating efficient workflows to improve productivity.
  • Budgeting, planning and basic financial administration for small businesses.

These core competencies will enable you to handle the day-to-day functions that keep a business running effectively and lay the groundwork for long-term success.

Who Should Enrol

This course is ideal for:

  • Aspiring entrepreneurs learning how to start a business from the ground up.
  • Small business owners looking to improve administrative efficiency.
  • Office managers and administrative professionals in startups or SMEs.
  • Freelancers or side-hustlers building systems to support their growing ventures.
  • Anyone seeking practical administrative skills to enhance their business acumen.

If you are ready to understand the operational backbone of business success and want to confidently manage the administrative side of launching and growing a business, this course is for you. Enrol today and take the first step toward building a well-structured and successful enterprise.

The person credited with this unit standard is able to correctly process payments to suppliers, employees and vendors and manage and coordinate all promotional activities to general sales. The qualifying learner is capable of processing payments. Coordinating and monitoring promotional activities. Controlling and dealing with confidential information and documents. Implementing control measures with individuals.

Course Content
  • Payments to suppliers are processed within agreed timeframes and in accordance with company standards
  • Payments to staff and casual labourers are processed within agreed timeframes and in accordance with company standards
  • Payments for operating costs and rent are processed within agreed timeframes and in accordance with company standards
  • Promotional plan or activities list is obtained and analysed
  • Resources required for planned promotion are identified and obtained
  • Promotional plan is put into place
  • Promotion is monitored towards achievement of objective
  • Inadequacies are identified and corrective action implemented
  • Confidential information is defined and described for a specific organisation
  • The system and procedures used for dealing with confidential information is explained with examples
  • Documents are secured in an appropriate manner and within an agreed time frame
  • Utmost care is taken to avoid compromising any relevant stakeholder
  • Contracted control measures are implemented and non-conformances are identified for reporting to persons with the authority to deal with them
  • Non-conformances are recorded and corrective actions negotiated according to organisational requirements
  • Reported non-conformances is handled in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and is duly recorded
  • Non-accredited: Short course only  
  • Duration: 1h 30m
  • Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
  • Access Period: 12 Months 
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