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North West University

Postgraduate Diploma in Management

The Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Business and Management is offered by North West University.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Subjects: 10.

Postgraduate Diploma in Management offered by the North West University at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

The Postgraduate Diploma in Management of the North-West University is offered by the NWU Business School and is accredited by the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC) (NQF 8) in South Africa by :

• Part-time, full-time and via distance learning studies

This programme will empower managers and  participants to acquire skills with regard to best business practice and thought-leadership that can successfully be applied to the multi-disciplinary challenges encountered.

The North-West University’s (NWU) Post-graduate Diploma in Management is offered by the NWU Business School. For the past 35 years, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences of the NWU has delivered competent graduates to Southern Africa, who, in turn, make a proven contribution to the social- and economic growth in the region. The Business School has as its aim to provide professional post-graduate management and business training. The personnel corps of the Business School makes a concerted effort to conciliate theory and practice so that management’s strategic leadership potential can be fully unlocked. The programme content and the standard of this diploma ensure that participants obtain expertise from management and business practices in order to confront local as well as international challenges.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Management consists of 10 modules (5 in the first semester, and 5 in the second semester) and does not include a research component. 

Duration and structure of the diploma

The diploma stretches over one academic year. Learners have to register for all five modules per semester. Each module consists of 15 contact hours.

Full-time:

The classes are presented on weekdays in Potchefstroom.

Part-time:

There are eight scheduled contact sessions per semester:

Potchefstroom on Saturdays;

Vanderbijlpark (Quest Conference Estate) on Mondays.

Mahikeng hosts eight contact block release sessions per semester over weekends with a study school for each semester. Students are expected to be present during all academic sessions and other activities of the school on all campuses.

Compulsory Modules
First semester (12 credits per subject)
General Management
Managerial Economics
Information Management Systems
Financial Reporting
Corporate Governance

Second semester (12 credits per subject)
Labour relations
Strategic Management
Marketing Management
Strategic Talent Management
Operations Management

Total credits: 120 credits

Note: Students may take all the modules over a one year period.  They will also be allowed to complete the qualification over a two year period.

Students who are credited with this qualification will be able to function with advanced intellectual and practical competencies in this area of specialization. Successful completion of the qualification gives access to a cognate master's degree at NQF level 9, and specifically to the Master of Business and Administration degree.

Outcomes

After completion of this qualification, students should be  able to demonstrate: 

• knowledge of and engagement in the theories and  principles of general management information,  such as areas of accounting, information systems,  economics, statistics, marketing, local governance,  labour relations and human resource; 
• the ability to select and use appropriate methods of  identifying, researching and diagnosing management  problems; 
• the ability to produce appropriate interpersonal  skills in various team-based activities of different  organisations; 
• the ability to select and use appropriate techniques of  problem resolution, including developing, defending  and implementing recommendations;
• analytical skills in the area of resource utilisations;   
• the ability to contribute effectively to the formulation,  implementation and review of policies, plans, and the  design of accompanying control processes; and 
• the ability to analyse your own leadership roles and  the roles of others in management situations, to  cope with change more effectively and be able to  implement change in complex situations.