Review of Business unit standards
Consultation - closes 18 August 2015
From the following domains: (Please use the tab button to navigate between cells)

Organisation Direction and Strategy (ODS)

People Development and Coordination (PDC)

Systems and Resources Management (SRM)
1. Is your response a personal view or the view of your organisation?
Personal view
Organisation view
2. Please indicate the stakeholder group to which you most closely relate:
Polytechnic or Institute of Technology (ITP)
Industry Training Organisation (ITO)
Private Training Establishment (PTE)
Wānanga
Secondary school
Community group
Student/individual
Other (please specify below)
3. Please supply contact information if you wish a personal response to your
feedback and/or if you are willing to be contacted to discuss your comments
further.
Phone:
and/or E-mail:
Please offer your feedback on as many of the following unit
standards as you wish.
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4. New unit standard: needed as an intermediary standard between 18509 and 25778
(refer below) to complete a meaningful suite of Risk Management unit standards.
Please provide feedback, with any suggestion(s) for improvement:
ID
Domain
Title
Level Credit
New
ODS
Apply risk management in an organisation
5
Feedback
6
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
5. Reviewed unit standards (16): likelihood of continuing use, no duplication with new
standards for the new qualifications, new planned review date is end of 2020; B-reviews
– unit standard outcome substantially unchanged.
ID
Domain
Title
Level Credit
7448
ODS
Review and report on an organisation’s performance
against business plans and objectives
6
10
4
3
4
10
4
4
4
5
Feedback
8495
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
PDC
Develop self to improve own performance in an
organisation
Feedback
15190
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
PDC
Develop and implement a work team plan
Feedback Specific feedback is invited about ER
1.4 – please refer to the annotated
standard
16342
SRM
Evaluate organisational design and the
environmental impact on the organisation
Feedback
18337
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
PDC
Determine and co-ordinate training and/or
development for a team
Feedback
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Suggestion(s)
for improvement
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18509
ODS
Demonstrate knowledge of risk management in an
organisation
Feedback
23394
PDC
Plan for and carry out staff selection
PDC
Demonstrate knowledge of performance management
ODS
Develop a framework for managing risk in an
organisation
SRM
Improve the effectiveness of a process in an
organisation
SRM
Manage a contract for service
PDC
Behave according to organisational requirements
10
4
4
5
3
3
4
4
10
3
4
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
PDC
Demonstrate knowledge of leadership
Feedback
27565
6
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Feedback
27564
4
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Feedback
27557
3
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Feedback
27523
4
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Feedback
27517
5
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Feedback
25778
6
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Feedback
24874
4
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
PDC
Train colleagues in the workplace
Feedback
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Suggestion(s)
for improvement
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27764
ODS
Envision a future for an organisation
Feedback
27767
6
10
6
6
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
ODS
Propose and justify a strategy for achieving an
organisation's envisioned future
Feedback
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
6. Reviewed unit standards (2): likelihood of continuing use, no duplication with new
standards for the new qualifications, moved from domain SRM to PDC, new planned
review date is end of 2020; B-reviews – unit standard outcome substantially unchanged
ID
Domain
Title
Level Credit
27567
SRM
PDC
Demonstrate knowledge of management of change in
an organisation
4
4
5
4
Feedback
27568
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
SRM
PDC
Implement change in a work team
Feedback
Suggestion(s)
for improvement
Do you agree with the change in domain?
Yes
No
The level of each unit standard has been raised by one - do you agree?
Yes
No
7. Expiring unit standard: because of clear duplication with draft unit standard NZDB53,
developed for the New Zealand Diploma in Business (with strands in Accounting,
Administration and Technology, Leadership and Management, and Project Management)
[Ref: 2459], expiry at the end of 2018 to coincide with the expiry of the National
Qualifications in Business.
ID
Domain
Title
Level
Credit
27763
ODS
Analyse the impact(s) of influences and assess their
consequences for an organisation
5
6
Feedback
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8. Expiring unit standards (7): because of low likelihood of continuing use, expiry at the
end of 2018 to coincide with the expiry of the National Qualifications in Business.
ID
Domain
Title
Level
Credit
7461
SRM
Plan procurement of material, plant and equipment
supplies
6
10
7462
SRM
Secure tenders, negotiate, and monitor contracts for
supply or maintenance of materials, plant, and
equipment
6
10
19030
SRM
Demonstrate knowledge of tendering, negotiating,
and managing a contract in a business operation
4
5
23395
PDC
Assess applicants for staff selection
4
3
25449
PDC
Demonstrate knowledge of requirements for
managing staff exit in an organisation
4
4
25451
PDC
Provide mentoring in an organisation
5
5
26255
ODS
Conduct business research
5
10
Feedback
9. Unit standards for revision and rollover (23): not enough evidence of continuing use to
justify review, delay review until 2020 to see if the standards are needed/used. Only
minimum necessary changes will be made to these standards, including the addition of
an explanatory note about the relevance to the new NZ Business qualifications.
ID
Domain
Title
Level
Credit
1987
PDC
Develop strategies to establish and maintain
positive workplace relationships
5
5
7449
ODS
Contribute to organisational strategy development
4
5
8498
PDC
Develop strategies to manage conflict in an
organisation
5
5
9735
PDC
Demonstrate knowledge of theory in relation to
management in organisations
6
10
23397
PDC
Plan and monitor performance of others
5
6
25450
PDC
Demonstrate skills in managing staff exit in an
organisation
5
5
27515
SRM
Recommend acquisition of resources for an
operation in an organisation
4
4
27516
SRM
Analyse and improve the effectiveness of a
system in an operation in an organisation
5
5
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ID
Domain
Title
Level
Credit
27518
SRM
Control flow of inputs in an operation in an
organisation
4
3
27519
SRM
Describe a system in an operation in an
organisation
3
2
27520
SRM
Create a plan for an operation in an organisation
5
5
27521
SRM
Manage a plan for an operation in an organisation
5
5
27522
SRM
Demonstrate knowledge of planning in an
organisation
4
4
27558
PDC
Manage professional and ethical behaviour of
staff in a business operation
5
5
27563
PDC
Describe teams and team leadership
3
4
27566
PDC
Monitor staff performance in an organisation
4
5
27762
ODS
Identify and explain influences on an organisation
4
4
27765
ODS
Demonstrate knowledge of influences on
organisations
3
4
27766
ODS
Demonstrate knowledge of the business life cycle
4
4
27768
ODS
Develop a strategic plan for an organisation's
envisioned future
6
8
27769
ODS
Demonstrate knowledge of strategic processes in
organisations
4
5
27770
ODS
Monitor the implementation of a strategic plan in
an organisation
6
7
27771
ODS
Evaluate the effectiveness of a strategic plan for
an organisation
6
5
Feedback
10. Please provide any overall comments:
Thank you.
If you have any concerns about this consultation or about the reviews themselves, please
contact NZQA National Qualifications Services at nqs@nzqa.govt.nz.
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