Accredited Business Schools in South Africa Offering MBA/MBL Degrees

PMR.africa has completed its annual national Accredited Business Schools in South Africa survey on Accredited Business Schools offering the MBA/MBL offering MBA/MBL Degrees MEAn SCORE degrees in South Africa. The ’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) 8.29 The respondents (employers) rated the MBA/MBL graduates University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) 8.18 and students in the workplace representing accredited Wits Business School – University of the Witwatersrand 8.10 Business Schools across 19 attributes, namely: Graduate School of Business (GSB) 8.05 ● Academic knowledge Graduate School of Business University of KwaZulu-Natal 7.99 ● Application of knowledge in the workplace Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School 7.95 ● Communication skills/abilities Milpark Business School 7.85 ● Emotional intelligence Henley Management College 7.82 ● Entrepreneurial skills/capacity/abilities Rhodes Business School 7.76 ● Environmental awareness Potchefstroom Business School (PBS) 7.74 ● Ethical business conduct University of South Africa (UNISA) ● Financial management Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) 7.65 ● Human resource management Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) ● Implementation of corporate governance (offering distance learning only) 7.60 ● Information management School of Management – University of the Free State 7.52 ● Innovation Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership ● Insight into sound sustainable development University of Limpopo 7.49 ● International perspective ● Leadership skills/abilities Individual in the Business School fraternity ● Marketing management in South Africa doing most to enhance and ● Operational management develop the relevancy of business schools ● Quantitative abilities/skills ● Strategic management Professor Nick Binedell, Diamond Arrow Award Director: Gordon Institute The respondents were also asked to nominate and rate the of Business Science individual in the business school fraternity in South Africa doing most to enhance and develop the relevancy of business Other specialist degrees schools during the past 12 months. MEAn SCORE MCom Business Management 8.10 The ratings are based on the perceptions of the respondents. (University of ) Continued on page 21

UNIQUE, DYNAMIC & PRACTICE-ORIENTED MASTER’S DEGREE IN INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT MCom Business Management degree with specialisation in Information and Knowledge Management If you are a highly motivated knowledge worker, ambitious, an independent thinker and interested in fast-tracking your management career, this is the degree to consider. This part-time, course work degree is offered over 2 years in study blocks of 3 days per month over 18 months. In the first year you take a range of general management subjects and in the second year you specialise in Advanced Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence, Strategic Information Management and Web Management. The degree helps you to apply sound theory to your workplace practices and equips you to lead in the knowledge economy. Entry requirements: A potential student should be in possession of a BCom Honours qualification or a relevant equivalent four year qualification with Honours status (excluding BTech). Students who do not possess a BCom Honours (Commerce status) are directed to a bridging year before being accepted on the MCom programme. Enquiries: Prof Adeline du Toit | Email: [email protected] | www.uj.ac.za/infoman ApplicationsPMR.africa close on VOL 30 September 22 ISSUE 2011 08. — 2011 20