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"It is only by standing on the shoulders of
giants that I have been able to see further."
Sir Isaac Newton,
1642–1727
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Accredited Business Schools in South Africa
Offering MBA/MBL Degrees |
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PMR.africa has completed its 2008 annual, national survey on Accredited Business Schools offering the MBA/MBL degrees in South Africa.
The respondents rated the Business Schools across 16 attributes, namely:
- Academic knowledge
- Application of knowledge in the workplace
- Communication skills/abilities
- Emotional intelligence
- Entrepreneurial skills/capacity/abilities
- Ethical business conduct
- Financial management
- Human resource management
- Information management
- International perspective
- Leadership skills/abilities
- Marketing management
- Operational management
- Quantitative abilities/skills
- Strategic management
- Sustainable leadership practices
*The ratings are based on the perceptions of the respondents.
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Accredited business schools |
Adjusted mean score |
| University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) |
4.11 |
| The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) |
4.05 |
| University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (GSB) |
4.00 |
| University of South Africa (UNISA) Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) |
3.98
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| Wits Business School – University of the Witwatersrand |
3.95 |
Graduate School of Business University of KwaZulu-Natal |
3.78 |
| Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School |
3.78 |
| School of Management - University of the Free State |
3.68 |
Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA)
(offering distance learning only)
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3.67 |
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*Based on the sample of respondents interviewed only these business schools can be compared with each other.
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 |
4.67 |
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