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Managing Managers for Results
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

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Career Development Programmes
Faculty: Sarah Babb and Guest Speaker: Nicola Tyler
Start Date 14 September 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 16 September 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo
Contact name: Alison Reid
Contact tel: 011 771 4219
Fees: R 16250.00

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Board Leadership Programme
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.

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Leadership and Personal Skills
Faculty: Prof John Ford and several key speakers
Start Date 04 October 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 06 October 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo
Contact name: Ginny Robertson
Contact tel: 011 771 4131
Fees: R 14575.00

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Personal Leadership Programme
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.

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Leadership and Personal Skills
Faculty: Prof David Beaty and Prof Karl Hofmeyr
Start Date 07 October 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 08 October 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo, Sandton
Contact name: Giselle dos Santos
Contact tel: 011 771 4133
Fees: R 15950.00

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Building Business in Low Income Markets – The Case of Insurance
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.

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Marketing and Sales
Faculty:
Start Date 11 October 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 14 October 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
Contact name: Giselle dos Santos
Contact tel: +27 (0) 11 771 4133
Fees: R 16000.00

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Achieving Success in Strategic Customer Management
Achieving success in strategic customer management means an organisation must become truly customer-centric: striving to understand the full range of factors that affect a customer’s experience of the organisation and its products, and seeking genuine, original insights into the needs and behaviours of those customers in order to gain competitive advantage. This programme focuses on the critical requirements for a successful and effective customer management strategy.

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Marketing and Sales
Faculty: Professor Moira Clark
Start Date 12 October 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 14 October 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo, Sandton
Contact name: Giselle dos Santos
Contact tel: +27 (0) 11 771 4133
Fees: R 16900.00

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Finance for Non-Financial Managers
The Finance for Non-financial Managers course empowers managers to more effectively communicate with accounting and finance people and to better understand the financial aspects of business decisions. Many operating managers have had limited exposure to financial data, are afraid of accounting statements and need to know more about this important business function. This course aims to "lift the veil".

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Finance
Faculty: Prof Mike Ward and Prof John Ford
Start Date 18 October 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 21 October 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
Contact name: Giselle dos Santos
Contact tel: 011 771 4133
Fees: R 15900.00

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Managing for Results
Perhaps the greatest leap in a manager’s career is the first one into management. You have to let go of the comfort of technical excellence and embrace the concept of succeeding through the work of others. These others are dependent on you for direction, coaching, discipline and energy. Their success is your success; and it is your job to ensure they do not fail.

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Career Development Programmes
Faculty: Terrence Taylor and Lanier Convington
Start Date 19 October 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 21 October 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
Contact name: Alison Reid
Contact tel: 011 771 4219
Fees: R 11900

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Optimising Investment Strategies and Portfolio Management
In volatile and complex markets, it is increasingly challenging to design an optimal investment portfolio for your organisation, your clients, or yourself. You are presented with diverse opportunities in emerging markets, real estate, hedge funds, derivatives, and other alternative investments. As the choices increase, shaping, managing, and monitoring investment portfolios becomes more complicated. Which investments will generate the highest returns without exposing you to excessive risk?

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Finance
Faculty: Prof Mike Ward and Chris Muller
Start Date 01 November 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 04 November 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
Contact name: Deborah Fisher
Contact tel: 011 771 4150
Fees: R 18000.00

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Achieving Real ROI from your HR Capability
Studies show that less than 15% of all training has any impact at all on job performance, not to mention bottom-line business results. During this highly engaging programme, which includes interactive team exercises, you will discover why many training initiatives fall short in producing the required business impact. You will be introduced to a strategic model for implementing and evaluating training that will allow you to demonstrably leverage training into measurable business results.

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Human Resources Management
Faculty: Dr Robert Brinkerhoff
Start Date 01 November 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 01 November 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Road, Illovo
Contact name: Natasha Bishum
Contact tel: 011 771 4368
Fees: R 4900.00

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Social Media and Effective Communication Strategies
Online and mobile technologies have revolutionised the way that people communicate and do business globally. The emergence of cloud computing ushers in new opportunities for organisational efficiencies, and personal productivity. Social media is a communications revolution that enables many-to-many communications. Mobile connectivity allows people to conduct business anywhere, any time. These technologies are driving social, cultural and economic shifts.

Category: Executive Education
Topic: Marketing and Sales
Faculty: Luisa Mazinter and David Duarte
Start Date 02 November 2010
Arrival Time 08:00
Start Time 08:30
Additional info:
End Date: 03 November 2010
End Time: 17:00
Venue: Gordon Institute of Business Science, 26 Melville Rd, Illovo, Johannesburg
Contact name: Deborah Fisher
Contact tel: 011 771 4150
Fees: R 9900.00

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Podcasts

Prof. John Langley
Operations and Supply Chain Management
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Dr Peter Finkelstein
Designing your Sales Strategy
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Mr Jack Quinlan
The Expert Negotiator
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Prof Theo Vermaelen
Advanced Valuation Techniques
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Dr Keith Goodall
Using HR for competitive advantage
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Prof Mike Ward
Finance for Non Financial Managers
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Prof Karl Hofmeyr
Personal Leadership Plan
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Dr Norman Chorn
Leading Transformation and Renewal
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Dr Jack Goodwin
Relentless Execution Turning Strategy into Action
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Dr Dennis Cohen
Effective Project Leadership
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Prof Nick Binedell and leading strategist Tony Manning
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