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MANAGEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMME (MAP)
FAST
NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
MAP FACTS
THE FIRST MAP COURSE
Dear prospective student
We live in an intensely competitive world of business, and managers need to ask themselves:
what can I do to get that competitive edge and c-suite status?
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The Management Advancement Programme (known as MAP) accelerates your career in this
ever-changing business environment. For over 35 years, our sought-after MAP has provided a
platform for thousands of managers to advance their careers to senior level. Keeping pace with
trends, we have updated and designed our MAP to reflect a changing global environment – just
what you need to equip yourself for the future!
What can you expect from MAP? The core modules, which can be done full- or part-time,
include the fundamental business principles of: human resource (HR) management, accounting
and finance, economics, marketing, operations and strategy, all presented in such a way that
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they can be immediately transferred into the workplace and also if you need international
exposure, WBS has selected schools around the world that will provide this. GRADUATES
In short, MAP will provide you with a solid foundation in all aspects of business to make you
a more confident, decisive and effective leader. Furthermore, MAP now articulates into our
8 000
and counting!
Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA), if you want to continue your studies
(as many of our students do!)
It’s time to MAP your future!
Dr Renee Horne
Director: MAP Programme and International Programmes & Partnerships NUMBER OF COHORTS
133
and counting!
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TESTIMONIALS
“I have grown in leaps and bounds since my enrolment for MAP, as an individual and as a professional. I am
so proud of the person I have become – someone who pursues her own goals by engaging with the executive
leadership including the CEO directly. Never in a million years would I have done that prior to MAP, and I believe
the best is still yet to come. Not only have I become strategist but I have also become an effective implementer
showing my principals that no task is too great nor too complex for me to tackle and devise a solution. The critical
skills I acquired during MAP have empowered me to take on challenges, no matter the magnitude. And, thanks
to my lecturers during MAP and particularly my coach who inspired me, I am determined to pursue my MBA.”
— Theresa Stewart, MAP Part-time, 2017
“MAP was a great introduction to the commercial side of the business for a health professional
like myself. I am now able to identify and leverage synergies between my department and
others in the organisation I work for – my decisions take into consideration the impact on the
organisation as a whole. Because of the diversity and calibre of its students, WBS has helped
me increase my network and I have recommended MAP to a number of my colleagues. It
was an investment worth more than the rand value of the course – and motivated me to do
my MBA!”
— Pumza Mokgehle, MAP Part-time, 2016
“I found the course to be highly beneficial because although there was a strong theory foundation, the coursework
and class engagements were extremely practical in nature. Lecturers were not only academics, but were also still
involved professionally as either management consultants or specialists in their fields. Class debate was robust
and socially relevant, taking into consideration both the current SA, and broader global business and leadership
landscape. Syndicate work also ensured that all students worked effectively as a collective, contributing to not only
their individual learning, but also to their syndicate overall. I was also happy to see how many of my classmates were
promoted because of their enhanced value within their organisations.”
— Darryl Grater, MAP Part-time, 2015
WHAT IS MAP?
BACKGROUND
MAP is one of our flagship programmes at Wits Business School. Since the course first came
into being in 1979, we have graduated thousands of managers, helping to accelerate their
careers into senior management. MAP teaches managers fundamental business principles and
skills, ultimately helping them gain the confidence to make a more valuable contribution to their
organisation at a strategic level.
SOME KEY MAP ALUMNI:
Refiloe Seseane (CEO and founder of 18twenty8; TV actress and presenter); Katlego Danke
(TV actress and radio DJ); Dudu Zuma (businesswoman; founder of Dudu Zuma Foundation);
Vusi Thembekwayo (public/motivational speaker and businessman; Managing Partner
at Watermark Africa Fund); Maurice Radebe (Executive Vice President of Energy Business
for Sasol Ltd); Hannah Viviers (public speaker and creator of Dream Big TV Show); Tebogo
Kgobokoe (professional ballroom dancer and social entrepreneur); Desiree Chauke (Senior
Producer: SABC); Romeo Kumalo (CEO and co-founder of Washirika Holdings); Dr Victor
Ramathesele (medical doctor, TV personality and businessman); Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu
(TV personality); Sibongile Mkhabela (businesswoman; CEO at The Nelson Mandela Children’s
Fund, Chairman at The Black Sash, and CEO at Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Trust);
Thembi Nkadimeng (Executive Mayor: Polokwane Municipality, Limpopo); Dr Nomvuyo Nokwe
(Former High Commissioner – Mauritius; Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Rim); Wendy
Luhabe (social entrepreneur, economic activist, author, thought leader and mentor; founder
of Alliance Capital); Manana Moroka (formerly CEO: Proudly South African; board member
WHO IS MAP FOR?
of Northwest Parks & Tourism; South African Quality Institute; South African Tourism and;
MAP is aimed at individuals who have at least four to five years’ functional management
South African Savings Institute); Dr Leslie Nteta (dermatologist and venereologist); Linda Ntuli
experience, but are lacking in general business knowledge or qualifications. An example is a
(motivational speaker and life coach); Marco Christofoli (COO: Bidtravel-Leicester Cluster); Mike
person with a BSc Engineering degree but no business qualification.
Ntsasa (Group Executive at Independent Media); Mangi Mudau (Associate Director: Procter
and Gamble); Advocate Sonwabile Mangcotywa (CEO: National Heritage Council); Karl Xhanti
Socikwa (formerly CEO: Transnet Port Terminals; CEO: Sanlam Sky) and many others! WHAT DO I NEED TO QUALIFY?
To be accepted onto the MAP programme you need a post-matric qualification, plus four
to five years’ functional management experience. You will need to complete a detailed self-
A QUALITY AND RELEVANT LEARNING EXPERIENCE
assessment form.
MAP has been redesigned to equip you for a changing business environment, one that is
evolving against the backdrop of the fourth industrial revolution. Our content is cutting edge
and our courses taught by renowned teachers, industry experts and on-field learning. MAP MAP REGIONALS
will give you a holistic grounding in business which takes into account innovation, disruption, If you live far from Gauteng, Wits Business School runs the MAP course in other regions of
digitisation and other developments that are shaping our business world. South Africa, twice a year. Centres include Cape Town, Limpopo, Swaziland and Durban.
COURSE STRUCTURE
AND CONTENT
COURSE STRUCTURE WHAT WILL I LEARN?
You can complete MAP in three • How to articulate concepts of strategic management, and select, design, formulate and
possible ways: implement business strategies.
• Full-time (four months) • How to adopt operational management principles to contribute to organisational
• Part-time (nine months) effectiveness.
• Weekend block release (five months) • How to apply best practice principles to People and Resource Management.
• How to interpret economic principles, concepts and frameworks in business
COURSE CONTENT environments and evaluate these concepts in terms of real time economic scenarios.
Core Courses: • How to implement effective marketing principles of accounting and finance into business
1. People and Resource Management activities, and evaluate the implications for financial planning and reporting.
2. Economics for Business
3. Accounting and Financial Management OPTIONAL STUDY TOUR
4. Strategy In this changing Business Environment you have an option to gain international exposure and
5. Marketing and Sales be placed for a week in one of our SA regions or abroad in cities such as London, New York
6. Operations and Supply Chain or Sao Paolo.
Management
Group Dynamics (non-examinable)
Supplementary Modules for Professional
Development – students will be offered
two of the following:
1. Business Environment in Africa
2. Innovation and Business Disruption
3. Entrepreneurship
4. Business Simulation
5. Competitive Intelligence
6. Storytelling in Organisations
7. Systems Thinking
8. Business Ethics and Governance
9. On-field learning
WHY WITS BUSINESS SCHOOL?
Celebrating our 50th birthday in 2018, WBS has a solid reputation in the industry for quality business and management education which contextually relevant and based on academic and
research excellence.
By choosing WBS, you will become part of a global network of proud alumni. Through syndicate work, you will meet lifelong friends and grow your network immeasurably.
WITS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ALUMNI NETWORK
Wits Business School is the Graduate School of Business WBS boasts the highest number of PhDs of any other business As a MAP graduate you will be part of our extensive network
Administration of the University of the Witwatersrand (‘Wits’). school faculty in South Africa. Our professors and lecturers all of alumni around the world. Many of our graduates hold
Wits is ranked as the top research university in Africa and have their own areas of research and publish regularly. WBS directors, c-suite and senior management positions in
is renowned for the quality and volume of its research also boasts the largest PhD centre in South Africa. organisations both locally and abroad. Our active alumni
output, boasting 26 A-rated researchers (scholars who are office arranges several networking events for alumni, with
recognised by their peers internationally as global leaders guest speakers, throughout the year.
in their field). Wits University has a long history in human FACILITIES
rights advocacy, and boasts four Nobel Prize winners and 91 Classrooms
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
prestigious Rhodes scholars. Wits Business School’s purpose-built campus comprises 13
As part of our WBS family you are invited to join leaders in
state-of-the- art classrooms/lecture theatres and 28 syndicate
discourse, debate and dialogue on business and economic
rooms (with a further 40 in the pipeline). All our classrooms
LOCATION issues facing South Africa and the continent. WBS holds a
are based on the Harvard ‘horseshoe’ design to encourage
Wits Business School is situated on its own beautiful campus number of well-attended public lectures and panel discussions
maximum interaction and class participation.
in historic Parktown, Johannesburg, strategically located each month, drawing on the expertise of speakers who are
in the heart of Africa’s economic hub, with easy access to Labs and Libraries widely respected in their fields both locally and internationally.
highways and public transport. WBS has a well-equipped computer laboratory and Wi-Fi is
available throughout the campus. Students have access to
our e-learning platform, Sakai, as well as numerous printers. ACCREDITATIONS
TEACHING EXCELLENCE Our comfortable and well-stocked library holds over 15 000
Our reputation for teaching excellence is enhanced by the volumes of books and collections, and subscribes to over
number of visiting/adjunct professors from other business 200 database journals.
schools around the world. We also have a number of part-
Food and Coffee
time lecturers who work in organisations and bring their
Our on-site canteen serves a wide variety of delicious meal and
up-to-the-minute practical knowledge to the classroom. We
snacks, including decadent home-made cakes and decent
also make extensive use of the case study method, thanks
cappuccinos to fuel the academic debate! Opposite the
to our own dedicated Case Centre, which brings real-world
School is ‘Mike’s Kitchen’ restaurant, a historical landmark and
business challenges into the classroom.
a popular meeting place for students and business people.
MEET THE TEAM
Lehlohonolo Mmolotsane Themba Missouw Khosi Nkosi
Programme Manager Programme Manager Programme Manager
Lehlohonolo.mmolotsane@wits.ac.za Themba.missouw@wits.ac.za Khosi.nkosi@wits.ac.za
011-717-3113 011-717-3132 011-717-3628
MAP
CONTACT INFORMATION
Postal Address Physical Address
Wits Business School Wits Business School
PO Box 98 2 St David’s Place
Wits 2050 Parktown 2193
South Africa Johannesburg
Websites:
http://www.wbs.ac.za (Wits Business School)
http://www.wits.ac.za (University of the Witwatersrand)
Twitter: @witsbschool
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Disclaimer: Accreditation. This short course is accredited by the university in accordance with its statutory
mandate. It does not lead to a qualification registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
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