Implement strategies and processes for successful and strategic facilities management
8 weeks, excluding
orientation
7–10 hours per week,
entirely online
Weekly modules,
flexible learning
1
Insight into the strategic role and impact of facilities management, and the ability to communicate potential risks or opportunities for the business.
2
The knowledge to recommend facilities management and maintenance strategies, and design a helpdesk process.
3
The skills to support successful operations through effective project and people management, with knowledge about tendering, contracting and complementary technology.
4
Professional validation of your expertise, in the form of a certificate of completion from Africa’s leading university.1
1QS Top Universities (Aug, 2021).
Over the duration of this online short course, you’ll work through the following modules:
MODULE 1 Facilities Management in Context
Contextualise facilities management historically and as a discipline.
MODULE 2 Leadership and Strategy
Distinguish between leadership and management, and recognise their importance for facilities management.
MODULE 3 Policies and Processes: Communication and Implementation
Understand why and how strategy is implemented through policies and processes.
MODULE 4 Maintenance, Life Cycles and Budgeting
Explore the relationship between ongoing operations, maintenance, and budgetary planning.
MODULE 5 Managing Projects and Stakeholders
Apply project and people management principles for facilities management.
MODULE 6 Tendering and Contract Management
Acquiring and managing external contracts.
MODULE 7 Compliance and Occupational Health and Safety
Learn about the importance of compliance and OHS for facilities management.
MODULE 8 Technology, Systems and Processes for Business Continuity
Explore the application of technology and tools for business continuity in facilities management.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
Jacques Rousseau
Chair, Commerce Faculty Ethics in Research Committee, and Lecturer, Section for Applied Management, School of Management Studies, UCT
Jacques Rousseau is co-author of Critical Thinking, Science, and Pseudoscience: Why We Can’t Trust Our Brains (Springer, 2016). His extensive experience in governance and ethical oversight includes three elected terms on UCT’s Council (2012 to present), as well as various other committees that are responsible for planning and executing strategic change at the university. He regularly contributes to national debates on political developments and ethical controversies in the public sphere through op-eds, columns, and television or radio interviews.
This UCT online short course is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter, part of edX. Join a growing community of global professionals, and benefit from the opportunity to:
Gain verifiable and relevant competencies and earn invaluable recognition from an international selection of universities and institutions, entirely online and in your own time.
Enjoy a personalised, people-mediated online learning experience created to make you feel supported at every step.
Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.