The IIE Postgraduate Diploma in Management qualification, available at Emeris, aims to develop critical thinking and reflective skills in graduates holding a Bachelor’s Degree, an appropriate Advanced Diploma, or an appropriate NQF 7 equivalent qualification. This qualification aims to graduate students with the ability to act strategically, professionally, and ethically, which will enable their meaningful contribution to the managerial environment within their respective industry.
Given that management skills are considered scarce and that there is a well-established body of theory and practice in the discipline, this qualification will ensure that students acquire a deep understanding of management as a discipline and its application in the contemporary organisational context. As a result, students should be able to use the appropriate discourse to formulate, communicate, implement, and assess proposals and strategies within the relevant management areas, ensuring sustainable management practices, and that will assist them to contribute to the ongoing profitability in a range of enterprise types. This qualification will provide students with an opportunity to explore essential management concepts and theories and how these can be applied within an organisation. The qualification aims to produce well-rounded graduates ready to take on management positions.
Managers need to have an understanding and overview of all functional areas of management. The IIE Postgraduate Diploma in Management consists of five (5) compulsory modules and one (1) elective. The electives are as follows: Supply Chain Management, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship, and Project Management.
The electives for this Postgraduate Diploma in Management have been carefully selected to enrich the students' knowledge and experience within a particular business function. Students will be able to apply their expertise and knowledge of contemporary business to a specific management field.
The design and selection of modules on this Postgraduate Diploma in Management aims to guide and support the development of students with the relevant insights and competencies to conduct situational business research, analyse and strategies around expansion into international territories, apply the relevant financial knowledge and skills to ensure the business is managed ethically, achieves sustainability and profitability through good decision- making techniques which are supported by the various management techniques, and lastly develop leadership skills and characteristics. The IIE Postgraduate Diploma in Management is designed to instill the practices of critical thinking, analysis, and academic discourse in self-directing the development of a field-specific Research Report.
Domestic Admission Requirements:
International Admission Requirements:
A SAQA Evaluation Certificate with NQF L7 equivalence.
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Please note that the requirements for entry to this qualification are correct at the time of publication; however, these may change.
Year 1 – Semester 1
Year 1 – Semester 2
Electives (Choose one of the following)
The IIE Postgraduate Diploma in Management is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE). It is registered with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as a 120-credit qualification at level 8, on the same level as other equivalent postgraduate degrees at South African universities. The opportunity to apply for further study at any South African university exists, subject to meeting specific programme entrance requirements at the relevant institution.
This qualification allows for vertical and horizontal articulation.
Horizontal Articulation:
Vertical Articulation:
The IIE Postgraduate Diploma in Management Distance (Online) is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and is registered by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as a 120-credit qualification on level 8 (SAQA ID: 109005).
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For students based in South Africa, online students may select any campus of Emeris as their Examination Centre.
An alternative examination centre is only permissible for students studying abroad and those located in a province of South Africa where there is no Emeris campus.
If there is no Emeris campus within reach, an alternative venue will need to be sourced by you. For non-Emeris venues, there is an alternative venue levy per module.
Duration
2 years part-time
Intakes
January / July
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