Postgraduate Diploma Business Management
Learn advanced knowledge, skills and competencies in the key functional areas of business management.
1 Year
NQF Level 8
120 credits
Supported distance learning
Flexible & 100% Online
About The Postgraduate Diploma - Business Management
The complexities of the global business environment dictate that the management of businesses is never a linear process. Business managers are constantly required to adapt and innovate at a rapid pace in order to remain competitive. The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from MANCOSA is a one-year programme that provides students with advanced knowledge, skills and competencies in the key functional areas of business management.
This programme ensures that students are able to apply their management competencies to the complex and changing business environment in order to drive organisational sustainability and growth. Upon completion of this
programme, students will be able to make informed decisions at middle and senior levels of management.
This programme equips students with the necessary skills and advanced knowledge to be successful managers and
leaders in the challenging and diverse environments in which they find themselves.
- Equips students to change business environment to drive growth
- Develop an advanced understanding of business management
Who Should Apply?
Any graduate, employee, manager or aspirant manager whose position requires:
- An integrated knowledge on the functional areas of management.
- A strategic evaluation of business and business opportunities.
- Skills to broaden the leadership of our knowledge-based economy enabling sustainable development, growth and prosperity.
Entry Requirements
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent NQF level 7 qualification
Career Opportunities
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management
- Business Analyst
- Business Manager
- General Manager
- Business Consultant
- Supervisor
Assessments
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 1 Module
- Entrepreneurship
- Advanced Project Management
- Economics for Managers
- Business Ethics
Learning 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.
- Create a strategic perspective with respect to organisational decision-making.
- Apply technology to business functions and an integrated e-business economy.
- Critically analyse business opportunities and cases.
- Possess sound leadership / management values.
- Apply technology to business functions and an integrated e-business economy.
- Identify and solve problems in functional management disciplines in an innovative way.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of a business strategy.
- Generate potential strategic solutions to business problems, through the application of appropriate research methodologies, scientific collection and analysis of literature and data.
Student Support
This Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) is delivered through online learning and digital support.
The guide includes:
- Compulsory readings
- Self-study activities
- Tutorial Letters
- Assessment Exercises
In addition, students have access to:
- Online Journals
- Past examination papers
- Supplementary learning materials available
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