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09 February 2026  | 

Operations Management Practice (Online: WITS DigitalCampus)

Applications accepted until
26 January 2026
Short Course Coordinator:
Nozi Letswalo
Accreditation:
Certificate of Competence
Course dates
09 February 2026 -
Applications close
26 January 2026
Overview
Enhance your professional skills with this comprehensive course, which equips you to drive business productivity, competitiveness, and operational excellence. Learn to design efficient processes, apply stock control principles, lead projects effectively, and align operations with organisational strategy. Core topics include operations productivity, process technology, job design, planning and control, project management, and total quality management. You'll gain practical tools to improve operational effectiveness and lead strategic improvements in any organisation. Ideal for managers, project leads, and business owners, this course offers a balance of theory and real-world application. A quality-assured certificate from the University of the Witwatersrand is issued on successful completion.
Duration
10 Weeks
Format
5-7 hours per week (8 weeks consecutive online lectures, one exam in week 10)
Pricing
VAT Incl. = R19,854.00

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    The course content addresses the following topics:

      • Operations productivity and competitiveness in context
      • The creation of an operational strategy
      • Design in operations management
      • Operations layout and flow in operations management
      • Process technology in operations management
      • Job design and work organisation in operations management
      • Planning and control in operations management
      • Stock and stock control in Operations Management
      • Stock Control Techniques: computer-controlled stock and resource systems, the Toyota Way philosophy (Just in Time), future trends in stock control
      • Project management and operations improvement
      • Operations improvement and process leadership
      • Operations management and strategy
      • Total quality management
      • Future opportunities and concerns for operations and organisational strategies
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