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The respondents (employers) rated the MBA/MBL graduates and students in the workplace representing accredited Business Schools across 19 attributes, namely:

Academic knowledge
Application of knowledge in the workplace
Communication skills/abilities
Emotional intelligence
Entrepreneurial skills/capacity/abilities
Environmental awareness
Ethical business conduct
Financial management
Human resource management
Implementation of corporate governance
Information management
Innovation
Insight into sound sustainable development
International perspective
Leadership skills/abilities
Marketing management
Operational management
Quantitative abilities/skills
Strategic management

The respondents were asked to nominate and rate the individual in the business school fraternity in South Africa doing most to enhance and develop the relevancy of business schools.

The ratings are based on the perceptions of the respondents.

Accredited business schools	Adjusted mean score
The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)	4.14
Wits Business School – University of the Witwatersrand	4.10
University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB)	4.06
University of South Africa (UNISA) Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)	4.00
University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (GSB)	3.98
Graduate School of Business University of KwaZulu-Natal	3.85
Henley Management College	3.85
Potchefstroom Business School (PBS)	3.80
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School	3.76
Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) (offering distance learning only)	3.70
Milpark Business School	3.65
School of Management - University of the Free State	3.60

INDIVIDUAL IN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL FRATERNITY IN SOUTH AFRICA DOING MOST TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP THE RELEVANCY OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS	Overall rating
Professor Nick Binedell, Director of the Gordon Institute of Business Science and Sasol Chair of Strategic Management	4.60
How the survey was conducted:
Universe: Listed and large companies, national, provincial and local government departments and parastatals in South Africa that employ MBA/MBL graduates and students. Timing: Interviews were conducted during April, May, June and July 2009. Sample: 480 respondents comprising of HR directors/ managers and line managers. Methodology: Interviews were carried out telephonically utilising semi-structured questionnaires. Back- checks were conducted at all stages of the fieldwork.

Accredited Business Schools in South Africa offering MBA/MBL Degrees

Accredited business schools

Adjusted mean score

INDIVIDUAL IN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL FRATERNITY IN SOUTH AFRICA DOING MOST TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP THE RELEVANCY OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS

Overall rating