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Accredited Business Schools in South Africa offering MBA/MBL Degrees |
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PMR.africa has completed its annual, national survey on Accredited Business Schools offering the MBA/MBL degrees in South Africa.
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.
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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
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| 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 |
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INDIVIDUAL IN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL FRATERNITY IN SOUTH AFRICA DOING MOST TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP THE RELEVANCY OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS
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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:
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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. |
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