Accelerate Your Growth and Success
The Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice is perfect for middle managers who want to enrich their careers, junior managers with proven leadership potential, or specialized individuals moving into management roles. The modular structure of the course gives you time to implement what you learn – adding direct value to your organization.
Delegates will:
Develop crucial business skills needed to thrive in complex environments
Gain tools and techniques to be an efficient and effective manager Learn to be a leader who inspires and adds value without compromising on the bottom line.
Curriculum
Values-based Leadership
Become a leader who inspires and adds value – without compromising on the bottom line.
In this course students will:
experience personal leadership growth
establish their individual "ground rules" and gain self-awareness
put in place a framework for future enhancement and development (lifelong enhancement)
acquire tools for personal reflection and insight
learn integrative thinking
take part in action learning and system thinking tools
do an integrated case study.
Building Business Acumen
Gain vital managerial knowledge, tools, and techniques to be an efficient and effective manager.
Become a leader who inspires and adds value – without compromising on the bottom line.
In this course students will:
learn business concepts and theories that underpin management practices
be introduced to financial statements and finance
develop personally
understand core principles of marketing
be introduced to operations and Lean management
gain insights into managerial practices on people and organization management
learn how to do an integrated case study.
Building Business Acumen II
Do you have what it takes to be an effective and powerful leader? The Business Acumen II course aims to further develop and strengthen business acumen. It teaches the application of tools and techniques that unlock your potential. A key learning outcome is robust knowledge and understanding of the financial, accounting, marketing, people management, and operational functions of an organization and the ability to make good judgments and decisions.
The course is designed for applicants wishing to equip themselves with a solid skill set in financial analysis tools, standard finance techniques, and effective operations, organization, people management, and marketing management practices to progress confidently in their managerial role or to become more effective entrepreneurs.
Student Learn:
to apply, evaluate and integrate relevant business theories, tools, and techniques
how to use a range of specialized skills to identify, analyze and address managerial problems and decisions in a confident manner
when to demonstrate the ability to contextualize their learning into the organizational environment and how this translates in the approach to business strategy
to understand financial statements (continuation from Building Business Acumen)
financial reporting
financial analysis and management accounting
managerial statistics
operations management
marketing organization and people management
financial value management
business strategy
personal development
integrated business.
Emerging Markets in Context
Become flexible and agile in uncertain economic times. Gain managerial and leadership insights to master diverse national and international contexts.
Learn to understand global economic, social, and political trends and developments and how they may directly or indirectly impact an emerging market economy such as South Africa.
Student Learn:
to understand the different challenges businesses and leaders face when they operate in diverse national and international environments
how to adapt to diverse cultures and institutional environments and operate in conditions of uncertainty
about the various roles of business on sustainable development issues
how to do business in Africa and internationally
the role and interplay of business, government, and society
the role and importance of business ethics
how to conduct an integrated case study.
Requirements
Attributes and qualifications needed for this qualification
Due to the intensity of this program, applicants need to demonstrate a high level of personal motivation, stamina, and initiative. In addition, applicants must show a willingness to work in a group situation and an ability to tolerate and manage pressure and conflict. You will be assessed with this in mind.
Successful applicants need to:
be 25 years or older
be fluent in English; for more information on UCT’s English Language Requirements click here
have a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience
hold a graduate-level qualification or NQF level 7 equivalent; verification of whether the qualification corresponds to a South African degree is also required and can be done by contacting the South African Qualifications Authority
attend an interview if required.
Applicants without a degree may be considered through the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) route.
Testimonials
"The content is not only relevant in a South African context but also in an emerging market context"
- Lamuel Mudzamiri, PGDip in Management Practice alumnus
