South Africa UNI:MBA University of Cape Town (UCT)

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University of Cape Town (UCT)
Graduate School of Business
About the university

Our mission
Our mission is to be an outstanding teaching and research university, educating for life and addressing the challenges facing our society.
Educating for life means that our educational process must provide:
• a foundation of skills, knowledge and versatility that will last a life-time, despite a changing environment
• research-based teaching and learning
• critical enquiry in the form of the search for new knowledge and better understanding, and
• an active developmental role in our cultural, economic, political, scientific and social environment.
Addressing the challenges facing our society means that we must come to terms with our past, be cognisant of the present, and plan for the future.
In this, it is central to our mission that we:
• recognise our location in Africa and our historical context
• claim our place in the international community of scholars
• strive to transcend the legacy of apartheid in South Africa and to overcome all forms of gender and other oppressive discrimination
• be flexible on access, active in redress, and rigorous on success
• promote equal opportunity and the full development of human potential
• strive for inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional collaboration and synergy, and
• value and promote the contribution that all our members make to realising our mission.
To equip people with life-long skills we must and will:
• promote the love of learning, the skill of solving problems, and the spirit of critical enquiry and research, and
• take excellence as the bench-mark for all we do.
We are committed to academic freedom, critical scholarship, rational and creative thought, and free enquiry. It is part of our mission to ensure that these ideals live; this necessarily requires a dynamic process of finding the balance between freedom and responsibility, rights and obligations, autonomy and accountability, transparency and efficiency, and permanence and transience; and of doing this through consultation and debate.
This Mission Statement was formulated by a Working Group of the University Transformation Forum and was affirmed and adopted at a University Assembly on April 24, 1996
source: Graduate School of Business - UCT - The MBA programme - Programme Details - Cape Town - South Africa

 

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The Executive MBA programme


The only programme of its kind in South Africa, the Executive MBA is targeted at senior and executive managers and leaders who want to move their careers and lives onto another level. The course uses sophisticated learning techniques that are far removed from classic pedagogic methods. Participants are taught to develop their critical thinking and decision-making abilities and their capacity to function in complex organisational and social environments.
As their careers progress and they take on additional responsibilities, executives and professionals have to contend with ever-increasing complexity. In a society such as South Africa, and indeed throughout the developing world, these complexities are compounded by the turbulence and uncertainties in the environment in which business is conducted. In these circumstances, it is the ability to think analytically and holistically and to find novel solutions, rather than simply the acquisition of knowledge and of technique, that lies at the core of the successful leader/manager.

 

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Re: South Africa UNI:The MBA programme

The MBA programme

The UCT MBA is the only MBA in South Africa and Africa placed in the Financial Times Top 100 MBA rankings. The MBA programme is characterised by intensity of process and a full and demanding curriculum. It is designed to develop students both personally and professionally. The programme gives delegates the tools they need to create their own opportunities and succeed in the fast-paced world of today, whether in a small, new business or an established corporation.
The UCT MBA is one of the oldest management programmes in South Africa and has been producing world-class graduates for almost four decades.
The structure, process and content of the MBA seek to challenge students to the limit of their potential. The programme is more than an intensely rewarding course and an outstanding qualification, it is a life-changing experience. Graduates are equipped to deal with the complexities and pressures of the modern world and can hold their own regardless of where they come from or where they operate.