Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration

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Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration

(PGDBA)

SAQA ID: 118548   NQF LEVEL: 8   

Required Credits: 120
Minimum Duration: 18 Months
Maximum Duration: 3 Years

Programme Convenor: Dr S. Kasai

Programme Overview

TSIBA Business School offers a leading-edge 18-month postgraduate qualification via a blend of high-engagement synchronous (online face to face), blended workshop contact, and asynchronous (in your own time) learning methods.

The blended model of delivery provides a student-friendly experience in alignment with our ethos of providing exceptional business education and universal access to it.

Purpose of the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration?

The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration aims to prepare candidates for middle to senior-level roles in administration and management across sectors and industries. The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration has a strong enterprise development focus, which aims to develop candidates not just as productive employees, but creators of jobs and growth opportunities. The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration is the perfect bridge for people seeking entry into advanced management education from other disciplines.

Programme content and structure*

Code

Module name

Credits

Compulsory modules

ALC-400

Academic Literacy and Strategic Communication Management

16

ENT-400

Entrepreneurship

16

ELD-400

Entrepreneurial Leadership

16

EFN-400

Entrepreneurial Finance

16

STM-400

Strategic Management

20

ACM-400

Applied Coaching and Mentoring

20

Electives (Choose one)

EGS-400

Business Ethics, Governance and Sustainability

16

IBE-400

International Business and Economics

16

APM-400

Advanced Project Management

16

AOM-400

Advanced Operations Management

16

AMP400

Advanced Marketing Practice

16

DIB-400

Digital Business

16

Total credits required to graduate

120

*All modules are offered at NQF level 8

Exit Level Outcomes

Successful completion of this qualification will enable graduates to:

  • Critically analyse leadership and management challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurial organisations, and recommend credible solutions
  • Confidently provide operational and strategic leadership in a diverse organisational context
  • Effectively coach and mentor others for entrepreneurial development
  • Exhibit a global management outlook through the lens of the South African economy 
  • Effectively promote ethical management and leadership practices for good corporate and global citizenship
  • Confidently pursue higher studies in business or management education

Programme INFORMATION

Tuition Fees

The fee breakdown is as follows:

Modules

Cost per module

Annual Cost

18 Months 

7

R 4 950

R 34 650
What are the entrance requirements?

Applicants to the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration must be in possession of:

  • A Bachelor's degree or equivalent;
  • Numeracy and English Literacy at NQF level 4

Applicants should note that shortlisted candidates will be required to take an admissions test. The cost of the admissions test will be credited upon successful acceptance to and registration for the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration.  

Where necessary, selection will be based on academic order of merit and the relevance of prior studies to the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration Curriculum.

Applicants 30 years or older, with significant work experience and alternative education/training in business administration/management, may apply for admission via recognition of prior learning (RPL). Opportunities for RPL admission are limited to 10% of any cohort size and dependent on the applicant’s demonstrated capacity to cope with the demands of the PGBA curriculum.

When does the programme start?

The programme will commence with a one-week synchronous (online face-to-face) orientation module in March 2024. 

What delegates say about the programme:
  • “The entire programme was an eye opener for me, great knowledge, information and skill sharing, substantiated by good and appropriate models, techniques and tactics of coaching and mentorship."
  • “New techniques, tactics, logic, theories in consulting and mentoring.”
  • “The mentorship component was amazing … allowing me to have the confidence and tools to assist clients with organisational design.”
  • “What I learned will help my business as well as my mentees.”
  • "The course has made me more resolute to stay on my path.”
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