Short Courses 2024, UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB)

BUSINESS ACUMEN

2024 Finance for Non-Financial Managers

The language of accounting and finance will be taught in a practical, accessible way.
Dates:
8 – 11 May 2024
31 July – 3 August 2024
16 – 19 October 2024
Application deadlines:
7 April 2024
31 June 2024
15 September 2024
Tuition fee:
R19 200

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2024 Negotiation Skills for Managers

The Negotiation Skills for Managers programme uses contemporary negotiation theory to solve complex negotiation problems.
Date:
2 – 4 August 2024
Application Deadline:
3 July 2024
Tuition fee:
R15 800

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2024 Strategic Thinking and Execution for Growth

Enhance strategic thinking skills, and the ability to achieve effective implementation.
Date:
21 – 24 August 2024
Application deadline:
21 July 2024
Tuition fee:
R21 600

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GENERAL MANAGEMENT

2024 The New Manager

New managers grow in confidence as leaders, with personal mastery and collaborative management.
Date:
18 – 30 June 2024
Application Deadline:
18 May 2024
Tuition fee:
R36 200

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2024 Programme for Management Development

Gain a broad organisational perspective and enhance managerial understanding capabilities.
Date:
14 – 27 May 2024
3 – 16 September 2024
Application deadlines:
14 April 2024
3 August 2024
Tuition fee:
R64 800

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2024 Executive Development Programme

This executive learning experience showcases the latest developments in management practices for sustainable strategic advantage in emerging markets.
Date:
29 October – 10 November 2024
Application Deadline:
29 September 2024
Tuition fee:
R85 000

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LEADERSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE

2024 Design Thinking in Practice

Achieving new outcomes with a design-led innovation approach.
Dates:
Cohort 1: 24 – 26 May 2024
Cohort 2: 24 – 26 August 2024
Application Deadlines:
Cohort 1: 24 April 2024
Cohort 2: 24 July 2024
Tuition fee:
R24 500

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Short Courses 2024, UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB)

2024 Executive Women in Leadership

Take leadership to the next level while building a network of support and influence.
Dates:
17 – 20 July 2024 (Module 1)
16 – 19 October 2024 (Module 2)
Application Deadline:
15 June 2024
Tuition fee:
R63 000

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SPECIALIST COURSES

2024 Mediation: Advanced Training for Practising Mediators

This is an advanced training for those who are already practicing mediators. The course is an opportunity to acquire new skills or develop existing skills in company-community mediation.
Date:
23 – 28 October 2024
Application deadline:
8 September 2024
Tuition fee:
R29 700

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2024 Mediation: Advanced Training for Company Community Professionals

This is an advanced training for professionals who need to understand, prevent and resolve company-community conflict – including leaders and board members of companies in complex environments, community relations officers, community representatives, human rights advocates, investors, risk managers, and government officials.
Date:
31 October – 4 November 2024
Application Deadline:
15 September 2024
Tuition fee:
R32 900

EMERGING MARKETS, FINANCE & TRADE

2024 Finance, Contracts and Risk Mitigation for Private Power Investment in Africa

Dates:
08 – 12 May 2024
Application Deadline:
07 April 2024
Tuition Fee:
R25 650

The Business of Wine course is the only training programme of its kind in South Africa that focuses on the business aspects of wine.
Date:
8 – 16 May 2024
Application Deadline:
7 April 2024
Tuition Fee:
R21 000

This course is for all managers and professionals with a keen interest in the complex challenges of the external environment such as social, economic and environmental factors.
Date:
19 – 23 June 2024
Application deadline:
19 May 2024
Tuition fee:
R9 700

Engage with a full range of disciplines within property development.
Date:
16 – 28 July 2024
Application deadline:
15 June 2024
Tuition fee:
SAPOA members:  R35 620
Non SAPOA members:  R46 350

Explore international regulatory regimes and best practice in managing them.

Date:
9 – 13 October 2024

Application deadline:
8 September 2024

Tuition fee:
R25 650

SOCIAL INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

2024 Business Acumen for Artists

This course will teach artists everything they need to know about basic business; from how to manage their finances to how to market themselves more effectively and critically – to negotiate decisively when pitching a product and pricing an idea.
Date:
28 August – 27 November 2024 (Monday evenings)
Application deadline:
28 July 2024
Tuition fee:
R8 700

Impact Investing in Africa is a brand new short course at UCT’s GSB that introduces the concept of impact investing to wealth managers.
Date:
6 – 9 November 2024
Application deadline:
6 October 2024
Tuition fee:
R16 200

The Leading Innovative Partnerships in Extended Education will run over four consecutive Saturdays in March 2024 for committed individuals working in the educational space.
Date:
4 – 25 March 2024 (Saturdays)
Application Deadline:
15 February 2024
Tuition fee:
R2 000 (includes resources, tea and lunch)

The course is run by the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT GSB and forms part of its efforts to build the social entrepreneurship sector in Africa and globally.
Date:
16 – 20 October 2024
Application deadline:
15 September 2024
Tuition fee:
R15 200

GMAT PREP

2024 GMAT Prep Course (Cape Town)

Dates:
10 – 14 June 2024
8 – 12 July 2024
2 – 6 September 2024
Application deadlines:
10 May 2024
8 June 2024
2 August 2024
Tuition fee:
R7 050

2024 GMAT Prep Course (Johannesburg)

Dates:
17 – 21 June 2024
12 – 16 July 2024
Application deadlines:
17 May 2024
12 June 2024
Tuition fee:
R7 050