Universities and Online Degrees Guide

Stellenbosch University

Master of Business Management and Administration

The Master of Business Management and Administration in Business and Management is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 2 YEARS.

Master of Business Management and Administration offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sceinces

Programme description and structure

This degree is presented at NQF level 9.

This internationally accredited Master in Business Management and Administration is presented on a full-time, modular and blended learning basis at the Bellville Park Campus.

Programme Options

Students can choose between the Full-time MBA over one year or the Modular and Blended Learning MBA over two years.

Overview of the various MBA programme options

 

Programme and duration Start Number of cohorts Delivery mode

-Full-Time MBA: one year, full-time on campus from January to end of November

-Modular MBA : two years, nine one-week blocks (classes Monday to Saturday) on campus over two years

-Blended learning MBA: two years, one two-week block in year 1 and two one-week blocks in year 2 (classes Monday to Saturday) on campus over two years PLUS classes every Wednesday evening (online or on campus)

• All classes are supplemented by web-based support. The course content is embodied in a series of lectures and group discussions, blended with course material composed of comprehensive course outlines, text books and journal articles. Students have to be thoroughly prepared for all lectures so as to extract the optimal benefit from contact sessions and collaborative learning.
• Learning activities include lectures, guest lectures by practitioners, tutorials, syndicate groups, practical workplace experience and independent self-study.
• Students are assessed on a flexible assessment basis. The final performance mark is based on, among others, online assessments, class tests, group work, individual and group assignments, class participation as well as presentations.

Focus areas

USB has two new MBA focus areas over and above the current general MBA. The new focus areas (presented from the second year in the MBA blended learning programme) are:

• Managing International Organisations
• Health Care Leadership

Programme content

213 credits (32 credits on NQF level 8 and 181credits on NQF level 9).

This section covers the compulsory modules and the electives. The compulsory modules include the Research Assignment, which spans the entire MBA, and the International Study module at a foreign business school.

Programme module

Business Management and Administration

 

Business Management and Administration

Compulsory modules

Accounting for Decision Making

Business Communication Skills

Business in Society

Contemporary Decision making

Corporate Finance

Digital Enterprise Management

Economics for Managers

International study tour

Leadership Development

Operational Excellence

Organisational Behaviour

Perspectives of African Frontiers

Management Accounting

Managerial Statistics

Research Methodology and Assignment

Strategic Analysis

Strategic Management

Strategic Marketing and Branding

Elective modules

Students need to select two elective modules of 8 credits each. See web for electives.

The elective modules have been grouped together in specialisation streams. By choosing elective modules from the same speciality, students can acquire areas of expertise in Strategy, Leadership, Finance, Marketing, Developing Markets, Project Management or other management areas.

The elective modules change yearly.

Research assignment

No extension to the submission date of 15 November for the research assignment will be granted. If a student fails to submit by 15 November and submits the research assignment by the supplementary date of 15 January, a maximum mark of 50% will be awarded. If, however, a student fails to submit the research assignment by 15 January, (s)he will have to re-register for the module.

Compulsory modules

(8) Accounting for Decision Making

(4) Business Communication Skills

(8) Business in Society

(12) Contemporary Decision making

(8) Digital Enterprise Management

(8) Economics for Managers

(12) Finance for development

(8) International Organisations Leadership

(8) International Study Tour
(16) Leadership Development

(8) Management Accounting

(8) Managerial Statistics

(8) Operational Excellence

(8) Organisational Behaviour

(45) Research Methodology and Assignment

(8) Strategic Analysis

(12) Strategic Management

(8) Strategic Marketing and Branding

 

Elective modules

Students need to select two elective modules of 8 credits each.

(8) Finance and Innovation 
(8) International Ethics

Research assignment

No extension to the submission date of 15 November for the research assignment will be granted. If a student fails to submit by 15 November and submits the research assignment by the supplementary date of 15 January, a maximum mark of 50% will be awarded. If, however, a student fails to submit the research assignment by 15 January, (s)he will have to re-register for the module.