PGDiP in Business Administration (Online)

  • NQF Level 8
  • Course Code: E25B1O
  • January 2025 intake (Closing Date: 31 October 2024)

The Online Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration is designed for individuals who are ready to take their career, personal development, and future to the next level.

Admission requirements

The following requirements are necessary to qualify for the JBS PGDip:

  • A bachelor’s degree or other NQF Level 7 qualification – this is a prerequisite

  • An overall average of at least 60% in an undergraduate qualification

  • Two-years’ work experience

  • A demonstrated level of maths literacy: an NQF Level 4 matriculation pass in maths or equivalent (preferred but not essential)

  • Proficiency in English

  • Successfully completed the admission portfolio forms

  • Study permit for South Africa if you are an international applicant

  • NB: Places are limited and due to the competitive nature of our admission process, meeting the above requirements does not guarantee acceptance.

What sets the JBS PGDip part?

We reimagine the future. You reimagine your career. When we designed our PGDip in Digital Transformation, we were deliberate in our approach. We wanted to create PGDip that would give you the knowledge and the skill you need to have a material impact in the workplace, and to offer a recognized qualification that would stand you in a good stead in any company you choose to work for in the future. Our focus is simple: We want to prepare you for business in the digital age

What you’ll learn during your PGDip:

Soft skills

  • People management

  • Communication

  • Critical thinking

  • Personal development

  • Collaboration

  • Interpersonal skills

  • Developing empathy

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Systems thinking

  • Dealing with complexity

Business and technology

  • Strategy

  • Digital literacy

  • Digital marketing

  • Accounting and financial management

  • Economics and international business

  • E-commerce platforms

  • Product/Service integration

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Cloud computing

  • Business law, ethics and sustainability

PGDiP Gateway Credits into the JBS MBA:

Completing our PGDip course earns students the following six credits towards completing their JBS MBA:

  1. People management in the new world of work
  2. Competitive strategy: winning in the digital marketplace
  3. Accounting and financial management
  4. Digital technologies
  5. Operations and supply chain management in the digital age
  6. Economics and international business

Student Support and Communication:

Students have access to the Learning Management Platform, Blackboard, as a communication medium. Students will access all their module materials on Blackboard as well as communicate with the Programme Manager, attend regular information sessions and Q&A Huddles.

Students are also supported via three one-on-one coaching sessions with a registered coach during their learning journey.

Online PGDip Course Delivery

The JBS Online PGDip qualification is asynchronous which means that students do not attend live classes but complete work each week on their schedule. Students complete their weekly studies anywhere as long as they have connectivity. It is designed for busy people who require flexibility.

Online PGDip Faculty

The expert professors of practice who teach our PGDip are involved in businesses, while also serving as passionate academics with interests in various business fields. This combination brings essential practical and theoretical knowledge to our PGDip.

Meet your professors and lecturers:

Dr-Sharon-Munyaka-Organisational-Psychologist

Dr Sharon Munyaka

Organisational Psychologist
Professor of Practice – Personal Development

Prof Rija Rijamampianina

Professor of People Experience and Leadership

Philasande Sokhela

Lecturer at the JBS in Digital Marketing

Valter Adao

Chief Executive Office and Digital Leader of Cadena Growth Partners

Professor of Practice – Digital Transformation and Business Innovation

Online PGDip

Our PGDip is conveniently offered online in an asynchronous mode, allowing you the benefit to study in your own time, in your own space. The content of our online PGDip and our face-to-face PGDip is the same, making this option well suited to students with unique working schedules or who are based outside of Johannesburg.

Duration and Course Structure

The JBS PGDip takes 12-months to complete, with the study year broken down into five blocks. There are two streams on offer to participate- Saturday lectures and weekday-Earlybird lectures. Both stream have two lectures per week of three-hours each.

Saturday lectures: 08:00 – 15:00(two lectures per day)

Early bird lectures: 06:30 – 09:30(twice per week – including breakfast)

Closing Date

Application closing date for January 2024 Intake Is 31 December 2024

Fees

The total cost for the PGDip is approximately R82,040.

This includes all tuition fees and textbooks but excludes the UJ IT access fee and registration fee. (Approximately R1,040 once off).

Contact Information

For more information

Telephone

011 559 7600

Email address

pgdip@jbs.ac.za