Executive Development Programme

You will benefit highly from this course if you:

• Are a seasoned management professional operating at senior management or executive level within an existing corporate business or high-growth greenfield development
• Have proven management and leadership talent
• Lead a company, division, international subsidiary, business unit or major function
• Are looking for a learning experience that will stimulate, challenge and develop self-reliance and keep you on the cutting edge of global leadership

Delegates on the Executive Development Programme will gain:

• Greater insight into strategy, results-based leadership and values-based leadership
• The ability to manage complexity and change
• Access to best leadership practices and the latest strategies for sustaining a competitive edge
• An awareness and understanding of leadership in an emerging market
• Greater creativity and innovation in leadership
• An understanding of reputation management and the ability to guide the concept in the workplace
• An opportunity to expand your network

The Executive Development Programme provides an important opportunity to learn from other leaders, across industries, through lectures, case studies, syndicate discussions, as well as interaction with faculty, other participants and guest speakers. Delegates will broaden and deepen their understanding of an ever-changing South African, African, and global economy.

Course content includes:

• The dynamic business environment
• Results-based leadership
• Globalisation of business
• New perspectives on strategy
• Building successful strategic alliances
• Creating the markets of tomorrow
• Innovation for competitive advantage
• Unlocking the power of reputation management

The UCT Graduate School of Business takes pride in building future leaders and guiding the leaders of today toward sustainable impact in African business and society. 

Our degree programmes and short courses deliver learning experiences that are personally transformative because better people make better leaders. 

Our programmes are mostly offered at our vibrant Cape Town Breakwater Campus, at the heart of the city's most popular tourist attraction, the V&A Waterfront. 

The campus is equipped with modern lecture theatres, a library and syndicate rooms for group study, as well as restaurants and the Protea Hotel Breakwater Lodge that offers special rates for students. 

Find out more: https://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/student-experience