POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration


Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration course is designed prepare students for senior administrative and first line management jobs in both the public and private sectors. This course provides broad exposure to the processes and functions of management and administration within the context of an integrated, holistic organisational approach and a transforming socio-economic organisation.

This Postgraduate Diploma In Business Administration is a combination of theoretical and practical learning outcomes which have the defined purpose of readying the learner with workplace applicable competencies. It also provides students with focused knowledge and skills in the following areas of management:

◾strategic management
◾corporate governance
◾entrepreneurship
◾financial and management accounting
◾operational and
◾marketing management

This postgraduate qualification also aims to develop in graduates the capacity for lifelong learning and an awareness of the social context.

Course Rules

The South African Qualifications Authority requires that the student must obtain a minimum of 120 credits at NQF 8 in order to complete the Postgraduate Diploma In Business Administration.

Compulsory Subjects

Analytical Decision Making
 Management Accounting
 Management and Corporate Governance
 Marketing Management
 Operations Management
 Entrepreneurship
 Financial Accounting Aspects
 Information Management
 Organisational Behaviour
 Strategic Management

Personal Attributes

- organisational skills
– time management skills
– good communication and writing skills
– problem-solving skills
– planning skills
– computer literacy, with word processing skills.
– tolerant, helpful and friendly
– aptitude for figures

Job Description

The nature of managerial jobs for people with a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration varies significantly. Administration managers who are employed as contract administrators, oversee the preparation, analysis, negotiation and review of contracts related to the purchase or sale of equipment, materials, supplies, products or services.

Employers

- most commercial firms and large industrial organizations
– banks and building societies
– government departments

Universities Offering Postgraduate Diploma In Business Administration

Wits School of Business
 Gordon Institute of Business Science
 UCT Graduate School of Business
 Free State University Business School
 NMMU Business School
 Regenesys Business School
 Mancosa

Bursaries Available

There are a number of postgraduate bursaries offered by various organisations to assist students who want to pursue a Postgraduate Diploma In Business Administration.

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Diploma In Marketing
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