Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice

Values-based Leadership

Become a leader who inspires and adds value – without compromising on the bottom line.

On this course students will:

• experience personal leadership growth
• establish their individual "ground rules" and gain self-awareness
• put in place a framework for future enhancement and development (lifelong enhancement)
• acquire tools for personal reflection and insight
• learn integrative thinking
• take part in action learning and system thinking tools
• do an integrated case study.

The programme has the following learning objectives:

• Students will be able to identify and evaluate the core constructs of leadership and its application to local and global contexts.
• Students will demonstrate an appreciation of different perspectives and worldviews.
• Students will appreciate the relevance of personal concerns on leadership enhancement and identify and articulate their personal value systems.

Topics covered include:

• Complexity, Organisations and Learning
• Values-based Leadership
• Personal Development
• Integrative Thinking
• Transformational Leadership
• Business Model Innovation
• Action Learning (an introduction to the project)
• Systems Thinking Tools
• Integrated Case Study

Building Business Acumen
Gain vital managerial knowledge, tools and techniques to be an efficient and effective manager.

Become a leader who inspires and adds value – without compromising on the bottom line.

On this course students will:

• learn business concepts and theories that underpin management practices
• be introduced to financial statements and finance
• develop personally
• understand core principles of marketing
• be introduced to operations and Lean management
• gain insights managerial practices on people and organisation management

Topics covered include:

• Introduction to Financial Statements / Finance
• Personal Development
• Marketing
• Operations and Lean Management
• Human Resource Management
• Integrated Case Study

Action Learning Project

Throughout the programme, students are provided with tasks that demand critical thinking and problem solving. The intensive research process provides students with the data collection, the analytical skills and the capacity of integrative thinking, that have to be effectively translated into a professional (academic) written document.

Another key feature of the curriculum is its practical emphasis, as it is designed to challenge students to apply the knowledge and skills gained on the programme to situations in companies and organisations.

Emerging Markets in Context

Become flexible and agile in uncertain economic times. Gain managerial and leadership insights to master diverse national and international contexts.

Learn to understand global economic, social and political trends and developments and how they may directly or indirectly impact on an emerging market economy such as South Africa.

Student Learn:

• to understand the different challenges businesses and leaders face when they operate in diverse national and international environments
• how to adapt to diverse cultures and institutional environments and operate in conditions of uncertainty
• about the various roles of business on sustainable development issues
• how to do business in Africa and internationally
• the role and interplay of business, government and society
• how to conduct an integrated case study.

Topics covered include:

• Economics
• Management and Sustainability
• Personal Development
• Doing Business in Africa
• International Business
• Business, Government and Society
• Governance and Business Ethics