Director (Enterprise / Organisation)
OFO Code: 112101
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 112101
- Occupation
- Director (Enterprise / Organisation)
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- MANAGERS
- Unit group
- 1121 · Managing Directors and Chief Executives
Official description
Managing directors and chief executives formulate and review the policies and plan, direct coordinate and evaluate the overall activities of enterprises or organizations (except special interest organizations and government departments) with the support of other managers, usually within guidelines established by a board of directors or a governing body to whom they are answerable for the operations undertaken and results.
More official OFO detail
Alternative titles: Corporate Chairman
Specialisations: Senior / Lead Independent Non-executive Director, Executive Director, Company Director, Independent Non-executive Director, Alternative Director, Managing Director (Enterprise / Organisation), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Deemed (Shadow) Director, Non-executive Director, Managing Director
- Reviewing the operations and results of the enterprise, or organization, and reporting to boards of directors and governing bodies
- Authorising material, human and financial resources to implement organizational policies and programs
- Providing overall leadership and management to the enterprise or organization
- Determining objectives, strategies, policies and programs for the enterprise or organization
- Monitoring and evaluating performance of the organization or enterprise against established objectives and policies
- Ensuring the organization complies with relevant legislation and regulations
- Representing the organization at official occasions, in negotiations, at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums
- Representing the organization at official occasions and board meetings, in negotiations, at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums
- Selecting, or approving the selection of senior staff
- Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources
- Planning, directing and coordinating the general functioning of an enterprise or organization
- Consulting with senior subordinate staff and reviewing recommendations and reports
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned