As part of a continuous development plan, we offer open enrolment courses across the comprehensive management and leadership spectrum, as well as interactive sessions that are discipline-or industry-specific. All open enrolment courses can also be presented in-house.
Comprehensive programmes
Our leadership and management development courses are designed to suit four different stages of your career growth.
The New Managers' Development Programme (NMDP) builds the confidence and capability of supervisors, new managers and individuals earmarked for entry into management positions to respond effectively to current and future business challenges. The focus is on building leadership and management skills, complemented by some basic functional skills.
The Management Development Programme (MDP) equips middle managers, who manage others and who wish to grown and develop their managerial abilities, with the competence to implement their organisations' strategic objectives. This course brings real business benefits to participants and their organisations by providing a broader understanding of management and leadership.
The Senior Management Development Programme (SMDP) is specifically aimed at senior managers from any industry who focus more on operations than on strategy, and are eager to benchmark and further their potential. Participants are equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to function effectively in their unique environments. Once participants have completed the SMDP, they may enrol for the BA(Hons) in Business Management via distance learning and work-based projects with the University of Lincoln in the UK.
The Executive Development Programme (EDP) brings together high calibre executive managers with strategic management responsibilities to engage in three important areas that are integrated in this programme: strategic leadership, the formulation of strategy and the implementation of strategy. The EDP equips participants with integrated strategic management skills that enable them to position their organisations to compete more successfully within a highly competitive global environment.
Discipline-specific programmes
USB-ED continually develops new courses and initiatives to respond to the executive development needs identified within the market. Our choice of discipline-specific programmes challenges managers and business leaders to develop into confident decision-makers within a specific field. We offer programmes in the following disciplines:
Applied Entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurial Business Management, Gap-year Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Management)
Business in Society (Management Programme for NPOs, NPO Leadership and Strategy)
Coaching (Certificate in Coaching Practice, Coaching for Performance)
Finance (
Financial Management for Non-financial Managers,
Microinsurance Business Strategies for African Markets,
National Certificate in Wealth Management)
General (Business Forecasting, Commercial Negotiation, Enterprise Risk Management, International Programme in Strategic Management, Knowledge Management, MBA Foundation Programme, Supply Chain Management)
Human Resources (Executive Human Resources Programme, Managing Labour Relations and Employment-related risks, Performance Management)
Leadership (
Authentic Leadership through the Gift of Horses,
Development of Leadership and Team Skills,
Leader Development Programme)
Marketing (Applying Social Media to Business Challenges, Digital Marketing, Customer Experience Leadership, Developing Web Marketing Strategies, Google AdWords Introduction, Google AdWords Advanced, Wine Marketing and Management)
Master Classes (Master Class in Designing a Deal, Master Class in Strategy)
Project Management (Fundamentals of Project Management, Project Management, Scheduling MS Project, Project Management (IS), Project Management for Engineers, Advanced Programme in Project Leadership, Advanced Programme in Project Metrics)