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University of Cape Town: Small Business: Growth and Management

Develop the confidence and strategic expertise to successfully grow your small business.

Develop the confidence and strategic expertise to successfully grow your small business.

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8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Feb 24, 2025
Enroll by Mar 2, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

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8 weeks
7–10 hours per week
Starts Feb 24, 2025
Enroll by Mar 2, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

Building a small business presents a range of unique and difficult challenges. To succeed long-term, you’ll need a sound strategy for the future and the expertise to effectively manage the various facets of a business.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) Small Business: Growth and Management online short course teaches you the vital skills needed to expand and manage your enterprise, while guarding it from failure.

You’ll gain the tools to make informed decisions about running your small business and develop the practical know-how to drive sustainable growth. Over eight weeks, you’ll learn about funding and financing, key legal considerations, marketing and sales, human resources and people management, as well as how to develop a future-focused approach to business management.

This course is designed for small business owners, managing directors, entrepreneurs, and freelancers across industries who want to learn how to successfully grow a resilient business, even amid challenging market conditions within South Africa. Owners of both online and offline businesses can benefit from the material by gaining the confidence and know-how to take their venture to the next level and transform it into a stable enterprise. The content would also be useful for experienced professionals who have started a new business within their field and want to know how to ensure its long-term success.

Course curriculum

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Develop your business acumen as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: Business planning and goal setting

Module 2: Market positioning and growth opportunities

Module 3: Practical legal considerations

Module 4: Marketing, sales, and conversion

Module 5: Financing and funding

Module 6: Financial management for growth

Module 7: HR and people management

Module 8: Future-focus: Growth and scaling

About the certificate

Delve into the realm of small business expansion and management, and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements. Please note, due to additional administrative requirements, at times UCT course certificate delivery may be delayed by several weeks/months.

Some facts about the subject

20%

The total contribution of the SME sector to the country's gross domestic product.

Business Tech (Feb, 2020).

47%

The total percentage the SME sector accounts for in employing the South African workforce.

Daily Maverick (Apr, 2020).

Why choose GetSmarter?

GetSmarter, an edX partner, delivers career-relevant, fully supported, and expert-led online courses from the world's leading universities and institutions. As an online learning expert with over 15 years' experience, GetSmarter leverages long-standing expertise in market research, data analysis, and business insights to ensure that you gain the skills critical to career growth.