SAQA Unit Standards

264406  Manage relationships with strategic partners to improve the performance of a function.

Who should do this course?
Anyone who is already a manager of functions or aspiring to become a manager of functions, needing to work with different divisions and cross-functions to reach their key objectives.

Assessment required for competency.

• Identify strategic partners and key drivers that achieve the strategy of the function.
• Evaluate the contribution of strategic partners towards the strategy of the function.
• Develop an implementation plan to enhance relationships with strategic partners.
• Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of diversity and inclusivity for context creation in the workplace.
• Learning an interconnected and collaborative view of all business functions.
• Evaluate how functional strategy, business-unit strategy, and strategy implementation relate.
• Demonstrating an understanding of the economic, political, and social forces shaping the global business environment.
• Reframing the business functions of the organistion to become part of an internal customer service drive.
• Be able to apply critical thinking when solving problems and creating new solutions related to different business functions.