Higher Certificate in Management Practice
Recognition begins here
Learn to manage yourself skilfully in preparation for managing others, while extending your understanding of how business works.

Multiple intakes available for 2023, next programme starts 14 August (JHB) - 20 June (CPT ) Start your application today →

Gain a respected, accredited qualification
For 30 years Henley Africa has been developing African business leaders with impact. The HCMP will expand your skills and broaden your thinking as you gain an understanding of what it takes to break through and rise up on your career path. The programme will take you through a carefully designed process of learning, growth, and reflective practice so that you can integrate what you learn into your daily work and build confidence in your management ability.
Benefits of this programme
The HCMP is designed for managers, team leaders, supervisors, and entrepreneurs who are ambitious but feel they’ve been held back because they don’t have a formal qualification. The programme will boost your business acumen and grow your confidence in your own abilities. Graduates tell us that the most powerful outcome of the HCMP is that it validates the skills and experience they already have and opens the door for them to climb higher.
Level: NQF Level 5
Award: Higher Certificate in Management Practice (HCMP)
Estimated time required: Class attendance + Self study, 19 contact days over the year
Attendance: Part-time
Duration: 12 months, part-time
SAQA ID: 102107
Total credits: 120
Accreditation: Council on Higher Education (CHE)
Mode of delivery: Online/face-to-face
Programme type: Academic, open learning, undergraduate, accredited
Assessment: Assignments, examination, group project
Fees:
R51,900
Take your leadership skills from strength to strength
The HCMP is an NQF Level 5 accredited qualification that consists of five learning blocks delivered over 12 months. All topics are underpinned by a systems-oriented framework that allows you to build an understanding of business as an ecosystem – a series of interconnected parts that function collectively to create a profitable and sustainable enterprise.
All assessment is project-based and directly related to your role within the organisation. In this way, the work environment effectively becomes the learning laboratory. Individuals learn to apply theory in practice within their own context in their own organisational roles. You will find that this action learning approach will help ensure that you continue to grow beyond the life of the programme.
HCMP modules

Fundamental Management
Concepts
- Understanding the management process and functions of management
- Understanding management and leadership
- Personal mastery: Leading self
- Action learning: Forming teams

Systems Thinking
and Business
- Innovation, technology, and the future world of work
- Systems thinking: An introduction
- Personal mastery: Leading self-continued
- Action learning: An introduction to research

Fundamental Business
Acumen
- Personal and organisational finance
- Understanding the operations environment
- Understanding customers
- Action learning: Learning about literature reviews, surveys and interviews

Working with People
- Career management
- People management
- Personal mastery: Working in teams
- Action learning: Synthesising information, forming an argument, report writing

Action Learning Activity
- Presentation skills
- Integration of programme learning
Programme information
This is a programme for new managers, team leaders or supervisors entering the management arena for the first time.
To join this Higher Certificate in Management Practice programme you will need:
- A Matric certificate or equivalent qualification at NQF level 4
- Evidence of competence in English proficiency (if your school and/or tertiary study was not in English)
- 1-2 years’ work experience, preferably with some junior management/supervisory experience.
All applicants must submit:
- A completed application form
- One reference
- Current CV
- Certified copies of Identity Document and Matric certificate
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HCMP course fee - 2023: R51,900
At Henley, we are committed to providing our students with flexible financing options for their studies. Whether you’re an individual in need of finance or an organisation motivating for an increase in budget, we’re here to help.
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Delivery | Intake 19 days | Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | Block 5 |
Virtual | 07 February 2023 | 07 - 10 Feb 2023 | 17 - 20 Apr 2023 | 03 - 06 Jul 2023 | 18 - 21 Sept 2023 | 6 - 8 Dec 2023 |
Face-to-face | 08 May 2023 | 08 - 11 May 2023 | 24 - 27 Jul 2023 | 09 - 12 Oct 2023 | 16 - 19 Jan 2024 | 25 - 27 Mar 2024 |
Virtual | 14 August 2023 | 14 - 17 Aug 2023 | 30 Oct - 02 Nov 2023 | 22 - 25 Jan 2024 | 08 - 11 Apr 2024 | 24 - 26 Jun 2024 |
TBC | 02 October 2023 | 02 - 05 Oct 2023 | 29 Jan - 1 Feb 2024 | 22 - 25 Apr 2024 | 15 - 18 Jul 2024 | 02 - 04 Oct 2024 |
Delivery | Intake 19 days | Block 1 | Block 2 | Block 3 | Block 4 | Block 5 |
Face-to-face | 20 June 2023 | 20 Jun - 23 Jun 2023 | 19 Sep - 22 Sep 2023 | 05 Dec - 08 Dec 2023 | 05 Mar - 08 Mar 2024 | 03 Jun - 05 Jun 2024 |
Why choose Henley?
Henley Business School is a leading global business school with campuses in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the UK. It is the first internationally quadruple-accredited business school in Africa and holds a level 1 B-BBEE status. Our caring, challenging, whole-person learning approach combines up-to-date knowledge, research and commercial experience with high-contact and high-engagement. You’ll graduate with a new purpose and confidence in life and become part of a powerful global network of Henley alumni who are making an impact across the world. Your qualification is, quite simply, your entry ticket to a new world of possibilities and growth.
Henley’s learning style is:
- Rich - Relevant - Results-orientated - Interactive |
- Practical - Dynamic - Effective |

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Empower yourself with the Henley HCMP experience
Your progress is a personal journey, and we are here to help you accomplish everything that you and your company possibly can. We take pride in graduating outstanding executives – normal people with exceptional skills and extraordinary commitment – who get results at an international level. What is your motivation for pursuing an HCMP? We’d love to nurture your vision for Africa and beyond.

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