Who should attend

This programme is aimed at busy, successful executives with strategic management responsibilities who want to update their knowledge, skills and professional networks.

Admission requirements

No formal tertiary qualifications are required. Candidates must have relevant experience and must have held a senior and/or executive management position for at least two years. Sound general knowledge/experience of functional management (marketing, finance, human resources, etc.) is a further entry level requirement for admission. Admission is subject to a selection process which may include a personal interview.

Faculty profile

• Mr. Martin Butler
• Dr. Lloyd Chapman
• Prof Johan Coetzee
• Prof. Dave Flynn
• Dr. Sarah Riordan
• Prof. Andre Roux (Director of the Institute for Futures Research, Stellenbosch University)
• Dr. David Venter
• Prof. John Westwood
• Ms. Barbara Folscher

Contact person (Enquiries)

Arina Basson
Tel: +27 (0)21 918 4472
Fax: +27 (0)21 918 4478
arina.basson@usb-ed.com

How you will benefit

After successfully completing this programme, participants will be equipped to:

• assess and develop their own leadership competencies
• maximise their critical thinking ability
• make high-level and critical management decisions
• have a broader outlook that spans many leadership challenges
• identify the organisational strategy and strategic direction of an organisation,  evaluate the validity of this strategy, and recommend future strategies
• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the strategic dimension of the functional management fields, and systemically align the functional strategies with the overall business strategy

Participants will also have the opportunity to:

• broaden their networks

Certification

On successful completion of the programme, participants will receive a certificate from the University of Stellenbosch.

Assignments
Participants will be required to complete individual as well as group assignments in order to obtain a certificate of competence from the University of Stellenbosch.

 

Other

International study module
Executive and Senior Management Development Programme alumni have the opportunity to partake in an optional study module abroad. The module takes place between June and July each year. Attending lectures at leading business schools and company visits will form part of the itinerary. This study module complies with the EQUIS recommendation of international exposure to top-level business schools. The annual study module is arranged by the USB’s International Affairs Office. Registration for the international module closes in January.

Content overview

The programme focuses on the development of personal effectiveness and leadership. Participants are equipped with practical tools to facilitate the process of strategic analysis, strategy formulation and strategic transformation; the formulation of a corporate business unit and functional strategy (marketing, finance, human resources); the implementation of strategy (culture, ethics, structural development and the management of diversity); optimal regulation of approaches to strategic management; and management of information systems. This includes the following:

• Executive coaching
• Personal mastery: Gain insight into your own leadership profile, develop career opportunities and learn about effective communication
• Strategic leadership: The role of leadership in the organisation; realities of business leadership roles; strategic high performance leadership in practice; managing organisational culture; aligning context, roles and competencies for leadership effectiveness; the role of emotional intelligence
• Global economic trends: Building blocks of an economy; quantification in economic reasoning; markets in the economic process; macroeconomic perspectives; money and financial markets; role of the public sector; international trade and finance; what scope for economic policy?
• Commercial  negotiation strategies
• Sustainability
• Financial strategies: Financial management and value creation; understanding financial statements; driving financial performance; making value-creating investment decisions; the drivers of cost of capital
• Strategic marketing: Marketing trends in the new economy; the contribution of marketing to the strategic management process; online marketing strategies; measuring marketing success and efficiency
• Strategic management: Components, logical process and contents of strategic management, i.e. analysis, formulation, implementation and control; the integrative nature of strategy; the impact of increasing environmental turbulence; e-business and application of real-time strategy; driving strategic change
• Systems thinking

Please note:
In order to keep the structure and content of the Executive Development Programme relevant it is subject to change.

NQF complexity level

This programme is presented on the complexity level of an NQF 8.

Date and Venue

Bellville

1 programme

• 1st study school: 14 – 25 May 2012

• 2nd study school: 13 – 24 August 2012

Class times: 08:15-17:30

Fees

R57 900 Fees include programme fees, programme material, lunch and refreshments, and are payable before the commencement of the programme.

Cancellation Policy

It is of utmost importance that USB-ED be formally notified in writing of cancellation 14 days prior to the commencement date of the programme.

A cancellation fee of 10% will be payable for cancelling fewer than 14 days prior to the commencement of the programme.

Please note that programme fees and dates are subject to change.