Key features
- Accredited and Registered
- Cutting-edge curriculum
- Flexible structure
- Online support
- Affordable and Accessible
- Internationally benchmarked
- Multicultural Faculty and support
- PGDip Business Administration distance learning
About
Outcomes
- Apply advanced management principles and theories in a variety of organisational settings.
- Develop a multi-disciplinary and global view of business problems and situations.
- Understand the challenges and opportunities that are created by the cultural and ethnic diversity in Southern Africa.
- Create a strategic perspective with respect to organisational decision-making.
- Apply technology to business functions and an integrated e-business economy.
- Analyse the financial implications of business decisions.
- Generate potential strategic solutions to business problems, through the application of appropriate research methodologies, scientific collection and analysis of literature and data.
Programme structure
Duration: 1 year
Semester 1
- Organisational Behaviour
- Information and Knowledge Management
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
Semester 2
- Strategic Management
- Accounting and Financial Management
- Human Resource Development
Elective
Choose one of the following electives:
- Entrepreneurial Dynamics
- Advanced Project Management
- Economics for Managers
- Business Ethics
Admission requirements
- The minimum entry requirement is a cognate Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma at NQF level 7.
- It is possible to gain entry to the programme on the basis of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
- To be considered via RPL, applicants should be above the age of 30 years.
- For further information on this alternative route, please contact a student advisor.
- . All applicants with an international qualification will be considered in accordance with MANCOSA’s institutional rules.
Application
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does a Business Manager do?
A Business Manager needs to make decisions that have a positive impact on the company or department. The goal of the Business Manager is to achieve the desired business outcomes and goals of the organisation. Business Management functions will include organising, directing, planning, resourcing and controlling. A Business Manager will often work within departments, like Human Resources, Marketing, Operations or Finance.
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