School Launches New Business Diploma with Greater Socio-Economic Impact
By Irene Gaitirira
Published October 13, 2023
Rhodes Business School has launched a new Postgraduate Diploma in Advancement and Resource Mobilisation to address a critical skill shortage in Africa.
A decade ago, says Professor Owen Skae, Director of the Johannesburg (South Africa)-based school, Rhodes Business School offered a PhD, an MBA and a Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management. “Today we have expanded these to a Master of Commerce that has a focus on integrative thinking, two Business Analysis Diplomas and the most recent one on Advancement. Each one is deliberate to ensure that we contribute to the achievement of the SDGs in a tangible way.”
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For example, the Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis (which is solely distance delivered) and the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Analysis have a strong focus on building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Enterprise Management has a strong emphasis on social entrepreneurship seeks to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
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The Postgraduate Diploma in Advancement and Resource Mobilisation is about equipping NGOs, NPOs, Charities and Educational Institutions with the vital skills necessary to advance themselves and mobilise resources, thereby ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all, reducing inequality within and among countries, and making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
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“What we are now in position to do, is to offer multiple pathways to our flagship MBA. Whether your passion is to make business processes more sustainable, create responsible business ventures, build transformative organisations or lead in a world of paradox and ambiguity, Rhodes Business School has a programme to meet that need”, Skae says.
