Short courses
Click here for the provisional Executive Education Short Courses Calendar for 2010.
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The Expert Negotiator
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Executives devote up to 85% of their time to negotiation. More often than not these negotiations have high consequence of error but are often left to intuition or ‘gut-feel’. This programme is designed for executives and senior managers who are involved in high level, complex negotiations and require a framework to help them plan and manage these situations more effectively.
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Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Leadership and Personal Skills
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| Start Date |
27 July 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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08:30
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| End Date: |
30 July 2010
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| End Time: |
12:30
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo
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| Contact name: |
Ginny Robertson
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4131
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| Fees: |
R 16250.00
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT FOR RESULTS
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Stepping into the shoes of a General Manager means moving beyond mastering a vast range of management knowledge and skills, to incorporating the tough work of leading your organisation effectively. You now have to ensure that the whole organisation performs at the level required. Seeing these elements as part of an integrated whole and dealing with the complex challenges that such a breadth of activities and issues inevitably presents, is the domain of General Management.
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Executive Education
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Career Development Programmes
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| Start Date |
03 August 2010
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08:00
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08:30
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| End Date: |
05 August 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
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| Contact name: |
Ellen Nkwinika
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4214
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| Fees: |
R 19500.00
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Effective Project Leadership
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Many organisations have the ability to design exceptional project plans. However, leadership-oriented project issues often prevent project managers from executing their plans successfully. Barriers such as poor team interaction or a lack of stakeholder communication frequently decrease the likelihood of project success. This programme enables project managers to understand the interpersonal, team and organisational dynamics of project management.
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Project Management
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| Start Date |
10 August 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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08:30
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| End Date: |
12 August 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo
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| Contact name: |
Deborah Fisher
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4150
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| Fees: |
R 16900.00
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Using HR for Competitive Advantage: Trends and best practice
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This three-day programme focuses on the relationship between Human Resource Management and the leadership and management of successful businesses. The development of the Human Resource function from its early role in ‘Personnel Management’ to the current emphasis on Human Resources as a ‘strategic partner’ will be examined.
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Human Resources Management
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| Start Date |
30 August 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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| Start Time |
08:30
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| End Date: |
01 September 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo
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| Contact name: |
Deborah Fisher
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4150
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| Fees: |
R 16900.00
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Mergers and Acquisitions: Creating Competitive Advantage and Value
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Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions have become a driver of growth in South Africa and other emerging economies. History reminds us that when M&A are conducted with the appropriate strategic, financial and organisational analysis, they can enhance a firm’s competitive advantage and unleash shareholder value. This three-day programme discusses when and how to use M&A as a tool for creating competitive advantage and shareholder value.
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Finance
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| Start Date |
06 September 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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| Start Time |
08:30
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| End Date: |
08 September 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo, Johannesburg
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| Contact name: |
Giselle dos Santos
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4133
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| Fees: |
R 16900.00
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Strategy, Leadership and Change
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An effective competitive strategy is at the heart of organisational performance. Strategy has to do with answering the question “How will we compete?” The answer to that question is at one level simple and at another level complex.
This programme will provide you with the frameworks necessary for understanding whether your organisation is an effective vehicle for delivering the strategy, inside and outside the organisation.
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Strategy
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| Start Date |
06 September 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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08:30
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| End Date: |
08 September 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo
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| Contact name: |
Deborah Fisher
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4150
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| Fees: |
R 13950.00
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Managing Managers for Results
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Being a manager of managers requires a different, and new, level of management expertise and insight. This decisive transition to enabling managers to achieve results entails handling a greater span of control, and along with this comes greater accountability and more risks. You have to come to terms with being even further removed from the sites where your business is actually happening. Your determination and personal energy need to find ways of permeating through several levels of management
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Career Development Programmes
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| Start Date |
14 September 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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08:30
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| End Date: |
16 September 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo
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| Contact name: |
Alison Reid
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4219
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| Fees: |
R 16250.00
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Board Leadership Programme
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This three-day programme exposes participants to the latest thinking on board leadership. Concepts and available tools in the procedural area as well as process considerations of board leadership are addressed. The focus is on learning the technical aspects with faculty utilising appropriate case studies (local and international) and the process aspect is driven by current board members candidly sharing their experiences and knowledge.
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Leadership and Personal Skills
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| Start Date |
04 October 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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08:30
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| End Date: |
06 October 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo
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| Contact name: |
Ginny Robertson
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4131
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| Fees: |
R 14575.00
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Personal Leadership Programme
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How has the world changed since the start of the economic crisis? What are the new demands placed on leaders in the new business environment? How can leaders take care of themselves at a time of unprecedented change? What can I learn from feedback from others? Who am I as a leader, and what are my strengths and weaknesses. These questions, and others, will be discussed in this high level two-day workshop and one-day follow-up session for executives.
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Leadership and Personal Skills
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| Start Date |
07 October 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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08:30
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| End Date: |
08 October 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo, Sandton
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| Contact name: |
Giselle dos Santos
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| Contact tel: |
011 771 4133
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| Fees: |
R 15950.00
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Building Business in Low Income Markets – The Case of Insurance
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Existing insurance business models have yet to fully harness the potential of the low income mass market. If approached correctly with innovative and sustainable business models this market sector offers significant growth opportunity, particularly in those economies where middle and upper income markets are reaching saturation point.
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| Category: |
Executive Education
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| Topic: |
Marketing and Sales
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| Start Date |
11 October 2010
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| Arrival Time |
08:00
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| Start Time |
08:30
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| End Date: |
14 October 2010
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| End Time: |
17:00
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| Venue: |
Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
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| Contact name: |
Giselle dos Santos
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| Contact tel: |
+27 (0) 11 771 4133
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| Fees: |
R 16000.00
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Podcasts
Prof. John Langley
Operations and Supply Chain Management
 
Dr Peter Finkelstein
Designing your Sales Strategy
Mr Jack Quinlan
The Expert Negotiator
Prof Theo Vermaelen
Advanced Valuation Techniques
Dr Keith Goodall
Using HR for competitive advantage
Prof Mike Ward
Finance for Non Financial Managers
Prof Karl Hofmeyr
Personal Leadership Plan
Dr Norman Chorn
Leading Transformation and Renewal
Dr Jack Goodwin
Relentless Execution Turning Strategy into Action
Dr Dennis Cohen
Effective Project Leadership
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