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Management Development Programme (MDP)

Management Development Programme (MDP)
Target audienceThis programme is ideal for persons already involved in management or aspiring to enter the middle or senior management arena and who need to acquire the necessary leadership and functional experience to effectively implement best practice and strategy.
Programme Outcomes
  • Initiate, develop, implement and evaluate strategies, projects and action plans that show effective planning, organising and leading of teams.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance to all related legislative requirements that affect a business unit.
  • Through the effective use of information and systems implement innovative and strategically determined interventions and solutions that will improve the effectiveness of a business unit.
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders including clients, team members, colleagues and senior management in order to meet business objectives.
  • Display leadership practices associated with high levels of self-awareness, management and personal development.
  • Apply economic, financial and business ethics principles in all efforts to achieve business objectives and change initiatives.
  • Implement managerial practices that demonstrate an awareness of the African context.
Admission Requirements
Students should have a NQF Level 5 or equivalent qualification and at least three years management experience. Applicants will be required to go through a selection process. RPL can be considered during the application process.
DurationTwo years, studied part-time. The Business School offers a flexible registration system.  All programmes are modularised, enabling students to link on at any stage.
Programme Structure
  • Finance for Non-Financial Managers
  • Contemporary Management
  • Human Resource Management for Non-Practitioners
  • Leadership Skills for the 21st Century
  • Self-Development / Emotional & Cultural Intelligence
  • Marketing Principles & Customer Relationship Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Portfolio Development 1
  • Legal Principles for Business
  • Labour Relations
  • Economic Principles for Managers
  • Integrated Operations Management
  • Project Management
  • Professional Presentation Skills
  • Safety, Health and Environmental Management
  • Portfolio Development 2

Advanced Leadership Programme (ALP)

Advanced Leadership Programme (ALP)
Target audiencePersons already involved in management or aspiring to enter the middle or senior management arena and who need to acquire the necessary leadership and functional experience to effectively implement best practice and strategy.
Programme Outcomes
  • Initiate, develop, implement and evaluate strategies, projects and action plans that show effective planning, organising and leading of teams.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance to all related legislative requirements that affect a business unit.
  • Through the effective use of information and systems implement innovative and strategically determined interventions and solutions that will improve the effectiveness of a business unit.
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with all stakeholders including clients, team members, colleagues and senior management in order to meet business objectives.
  • Display leadership practices associated with high levels of self-awareness, management and personal development.
  • Apply economic, financial and business ethic principles in all efforts to achieve business objectives and change initiatives.
Admission Requirements
Students should have a NQF Level 5 and at least three years’ management experience. Applicants will be required to go through a selection process. RPL can be considered during the application process.
DurationOne year, studied part-time. The Business School offers a flexible registration system.  All programmes are modularised, enabling students to link on at any stage.
Programme Structure
  • Finance for Non-Financial Managers
  • Contemporary Management
  • Human Resource Management for Non-Practitioners
  • Leadership Skills for the 21st Century
  • Self-Development / Emotional & Cultural Intelligence for
  • Marketing Principles & Customer Relationship Management
  • Strategic Management
  • Portfolio Development

Business Management Programme (BMP)

Business Management Programme (BMP)
Target audiencePersons who wish to embark on a management career and who need to acquire the necessary leadership and functional competence to facilitate this transition.
Programme Outcomes
  • Initiate, develop, implement and evaluate strategies, projects and action plans that show effective planning, organising and leading of teams.
  • Monitor and ensure compliance to related legislative requirements that affect the business unit.
  • Through the effective use of information and systems implement innovative and strategically determined interventions and solutions that will improve the effectiveness of a business unit.
  • Apply financial principles to achieve business objectives.
  • Apply functional competencies in a choice of relevant business fields (which includes Labour Relations, Human Resources, Integrated Operations Management, Marketing and Customer Relations Management) in order to achieve business objectives.
Admission Requirements
Students should have a NQF Level 5 or equivalent qualification plus two years' work experience.  Applicants will be required to go through a selection process.  RPL can be considered during the application process.
DurationOne year, studied part-time. The Business School offers a flexible registration system. All programmes are modularised, enabling learners to link on at any stage.
Module Structure
  • Integrated Operations Management
  • Marketing Principles and Customer Relationship Management
  • Human Resource Management for Non-Practitioners
  • Labour Relations
  • Finance for Non-Financial Managers
  • Contemporary Management
  • Project Management
  • Portfolio Development

Emerging Leaders Programme (ELP)

Emerging Leaders Programme (ELP)
Target audienceThe target group are delegates with functional and/or organisational experience that are new comers to managerial positions within all Business sectors. Successful achievement of the programme outcomes requires delegates to have team members reporting to them. The actual work context represents an important learning platform for the delegates to reflect on current practice, test new leadership practices and document the results from learning experiments. Delegates will not be able to complete the required assessment instruments without such a team.
Programme Outcomes
  • Demonstrate development and growth of personal confidence and managerial character through increased self-knowledge.
  • Demonstrate the ability to build sufficient credibility to generate a committed team.
  • Develop interpersonal judgement and influence to manage individual performance effectively.
  • Demonstrate the ability to find responses to complex and often competing demands within the landscape of people, resources and results within a particular organisational context.
  • Demonstrate the ability to build resilience in response to demands, conflicts and isolation within the managerial context.
  • Demonstrate the ability to generate hope and efficacy in teams to navigate through changing times within an organisational context.
  • Demonstrate ownership of the Performance Management process at team level in an organisational context.
Admission Requirements
Students should have a NQF Level 4 or equivalent qualification with an acceptable level of literacy in English and at least two years’ work experience is required. RPL can be considered during the application process.
DurationThe programme duration is 56 contact hours (7 days) offered over a 9 month period.
Programme Structure
  • Management and the Changing World of Work
  • Resilience in Leadership
  • Innovative Thinking and Mental Models
  • Alignment and Execution
  • Team Leadership in the Modern Organisation

Intermediate Leadership Programme (ILP)

Intermediate Leadership Programme (ILP)
Target audienceTechnically competent, experienced supervisors who need to enhance their leadership, interactive and functional competencies to facilitate the transition to middle management.
Programme Outcomes
  • Develop and implement strategies that are associated with effective management of people in order to establish a well-functioning team.
  • Apply technical competence associated with operations management, quality management and productivity that result in tangible improved work outputs for a team.
  • Demonstrate improved communication skills based on improved self-awareness and awareness of others including team interactions, presentations and written business communication.
  • Deliver projects that meet the expected team objectives through the application of effective planning, implementation management, team work and problem solving.
  • Assess and align all work practices in the team to comply with ethical and relevant legal requirements including labour practices, health and safety and financial management.
Admission Requirements
Applicants should have a qualification on an NQF level 4 with an acceptable level of literacy in English and at least two years’ experience in a supervisory role. Applicants will be required to go through a selection process. RPL can be considered during the application process.
DurationOne year, studied part-time. The Business School offers a flexible registration system. All programmes are modularised, enabling students to commence studies at any stage.
Programme Structure
  • Financial Principles (Intermediate)
  • Basic Principles of Operations Management
  • Basic Project Management Tools and Techniques
  • Presentation Skills
  • Handling Workplace Labour Relations
  • Management Skills for 21st Century Leaders
  • Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Quality as Business Excellence
  • Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Control
  • Applied Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for Self-Management
  • Leadership and Teambuilding Skills
  • Productivity, Continuous Improvement and Introduction to Work-study
  • Business Writing Skills
  • Portfolio Development

Foundation Leadership Programme (FLP)

Foundation Leadership Programme (FLP)
Target audienceNew team leaders/first line supervisors or persons with the potential to move into a first line supervisory role, who need to acquire both functional and interpersonal skills in order to lead a group/team and unlock maximum performance.
Programme Outcomes
  • Implement improvements in own work practices that contribute to the achievement of team objectives by applying basic principles of quality, time management, safety management and continuous improvement practices.
  • Contribute to improved team performance through motivating self and others, dealing with conflicts effectively, harnessing diversity in own team and leading problem solving initiatives.
  • Implement strategies to improve personal effectiveness in achieving work objectives through effective participation in teams, assertiveness and written communication skills.
  • Make recommendations with regards to the ethical and legal requirements associated with the work of a team in terms of managing human and non-human resources.
  • Contribute to strategies that are associated with effective management of people in order to establish a well-functioning team.
Admission Requirements
Applicants should have an NQF level 4 or equivalent qualification with an acceptable level of literacy in English and at least two years’ work experience. Applicants will be required to go through a selection process. RPL can be considered during the application process.
DurationOne year, studied part-time. The Business School offers a flexible registration system. All programmes are modularised, enabling students to commence studies at any stage.
Programme Structure
  • Assertiveness and Influencing Skills
  • Basic Financial Principles
  • Conflict Resolution Skills and Strategies
  • Tools for Continuous Improvement
  • Diversity and Personal Effectiveness
  • Effective Writing Skills
  • Workplace Discipline
  • Motivating People
  • Principles of Effective Teams and Meetings
  • Principles of Quality
  • Creative Problem Solving and Decision Making*
  • Safety, Health and Environmental Risk Control*
  • Applied Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for Self-Management*
  • Time Management

Successful completion of identified (*) modules would lead to module credits onto the Intermediate Leadership Programme.

Knowledge Management for Organisational Transformation

Knowledge Management for Organisational Transformation
Target audienceThis programme is aimed at all persons in management positions who are involved in information collection, analysis and reporting.
Programme Outcomes
  • Identify and describe the relevance and limitations of information in decision-making processes and performance management.
  • Explain the concept of knowledge management in relation to organisational learning and human capital.
  • Assess and report on the current knowledge capital within own workplace including external stakeholders.
  • Explain and identify the concept of a community of practice in the workplace.
  • Apply knowledge management practices in the workplace.
Admission Requirements
Students should have an NQF Level 5 or equivalent qualification and workplace experience of at least two years in an information collection, analysis and reporting role.
DurationThe total programme duration is three (3) days / twenty four (24) contact hours and 36 self-study hours.
Programme Structure
  • Role Of Information In Own Life
  • Kolb Learning Styles
  • Introduction Of Leader Of Inference
  • Ladder Of Inference: Assumptions
  • Ladder Of Inference: Meaningful Conclusions
  • Information Management
  • Introduction: Six Frames Of Thinking
  • Six Frames Of Thinking: Application
  • Introduction: Thinking Hats
  • Thinking Hat Meeting
  • Introduction: Making Sense Of Weak Signals
  • Introduction To Polarity MGT
  • Practice: Polarity Maps
  • Why A Thinking Environment Is Required
  • The Topic Of Knowledge Capital And Knowledge Workers
  • Introduction: Characteristics Of A Thinking Environment
  • Role Of Strategic Management In Creating An Thinking Environment
  • Supporting The Thinking Of Others Through Questions
  • Staying With The Thinking Of Others
  • Knowledge Management In Organisations

Manager as Coach

Manager as Coach
Target audienceManagers and leaders wishing to improve their coaching skills.
Programme Outcomes

By the end of this programme you will:

  • Be able to define coaching, and differentiate it from other modalities.
  • Understand the different types of questions that are used in dialogue and when to use them.
  • Understand and use a variety of coaching models.
  • Develop and phrase questions to support the coaching conversation.
  • Understand coaching concepts and language.
  • Understand the different levels of listening and be able to listen actively.
  • Be aware of the complexity of coaching and associated ethical issues.
  • Be able to build rapport with the coachee by establishing trust.
  • Be aware of applications of coaching.
  • Understand the measurement factors by which results of coaching intervention can be measured.
  • Be able to write up a Coaching Contract.
  • Use professional guidelines to ensure ethical coaching principles are adhered to.
  • Be able to use a variety of coaching tools.
  • Be able to design and implement an individualised coaching programme.
  • Understand the ethical issues in coaching.
Admission Requirements

A minimum of a NQF level 4 qualification and fluency in English. You must be in a leadership/management position with team members reporting to you. RPL can be considered during the application process.

DurationThe programme consists of 3 modules and is offered over 6 days spread over a period of 3 months.
Programme Structure
  • Laying the Foundations
  • Going Deeper
  • Polishing / Fine Tuning
  • Portfolio of Evidence

Women in Leadership

Women in Leadership
Target audienceEffective leaders are those who take stock of their strengths and weaknesses – and take the time to make positive changes. Leadership Skills for Women in the 21C will take you to a new level of corporate practice and will equip you with new and challenging leadership skills.
Programme Outcomes
  • Manage leadership challenges women face in the workplace
  • Strengthen your leadership practices
  • Strengthen your communication skills for effective management
  • Develop your personal leadership style
  • Create a life that works for you
DurationThe total programme duration is three (3) days / twenty four (24) contact hours.
Programme Overview
  • Current Status Of Women In Leadership.
  • Leadership And Personality – What Drives Our Leadership Behaviours And Where Do Our Ideas Of Leadership Come From?
  • The New Science Theories.
  • Leading In The South African & African Context.

Facilitating Organisational Conversations

Facilitating Organisational Conversations
Target audienceAll persons in management positions who need to facilitate workplace meetings and planning sessions.
Programme Outcomes
  • Describe the concept, process and relevance of facilitation in the workplace.
  • Assess the quality of own presence and facilitation work within the workplace.
  • Explain the importance and principles of effective conversations.
  • Identify and apply strategies that support organisational conversations in the organisation.
Admission Requirements
Students should have successfully completed basic communication skills at NQF Level 5 or equivalent and have some experience of at least one year in facilitating workplace meetings and/or planning sessions.
DurationThe total programme duration is two (2) days, sixteen (16) contact hours and 24 self-study hours.
Programme Structure
Day 1:
  • Introduction and Orientation
  • Presentation of Learning Outcomes
  • Overview of Topic and Introduction Of Assignment
  • Relevance of Facilitation In Own Work Responsibility
  • Introduction of Elements Of Facilitation
  • Comparing Own Understanding Versus the Input
  • Facilitation Practice 1
  • Personal Experiences as a Facilitator
  • Relevance of Conversations in Facilitation
  • Practice of Conversation
  • Reading Task: World Cafe
Day 2:
  • Dealing With Tough Issues During Facilitation
  • Facilitation Practice 2
  • Skills In Conversations: Natural Response Versus Professional Communication
    • Style Under Stress
    • Awareness of Safety
    • Contradicting
    • Crib
  • World Cafe Approach and Session