Dealing with managerial knowledge:

1.
Specific mark allocation out of the total awarded in individual and group assignments, for the effective utilisation of information sources on a level expected of a senior manager according to industry standards.

Progress in this regard is controlled and evaluated in each examination.

This culminates in the requirements set for the mini-dissertation, management report, or strategic thinking project, at the conclusion of the MBA programme.

2.
Marks allocation for own inputs into the individual assignments.

Open book examinations eliminate credit (marks) for reproduction without own inputs.

3.
Marks allocation for reasoned, logical conclusions and recommendations in:

individual assignment
group assignments
examinations
mini-dissertation, or
management report, or
strategic thinking project.

Marks allocation done according to accepted international standards.

Development of managerial skills:

4.
Demonstrated problem-solving skills in numerous case studies.

5.
Participant progress and improvement in this regard is evaluated throughout the course of the MBA programme.

Adherence to a international standard is monitored in terms of:

written report writing skills
convincing oral presentation skills
electronic communication
information technology applications.

6.
Compulsory syndicate group functioning.

Ongoing evaluation of group effectiveness measured by group assignments.

Rotation of members to act as group leaders.

Rotating functional responsibilities, for instance as chairmen and secretary, within groups.

7.
Ongoing evaluation in assignments and examinations, but culminating primarily in:

The mini-dissertation, or
The management report, or
The strategic thinking project.

Business integrity

8.
Successful completion of the MBA programme compels a participant to demonstrate a high level of sensitivity to and orientation towards the implementation of sound business values, like integrity

Integrated assessment

1. The entire program is based on continuous evaluation throughout each semester, but also at the end of the semester. The purpose of this ongoing, integrated assessment is to ensure that the participant is successful in mastering all of the information, methods, processes and approaches covered in the full spectrum of managerial disciplines and associated decision support aids, required in industry from senior levels of management.

2. The participant must demonstrate applied competence in the core dynamics of the various managerial fields; the ability to apply these insights in practical, complex managerial situations; and be able to put such integration ability into practice in such a manner that value is created in the business organisation.

3. Assessment criteria to evaluate the participants acquired competences described in the above two sections, include the following:

Participants are obliged to function as members, as well as leaders, of syndicate groups resulting in continuous peer assessment and feedback.

They are continuously involved in the preparation and submission of both individual, as well as group assignments leading to lecturer evaluation and feedback of their demonstrated competence in mastering, synthesising, and applying data, information, knowledge, insights and intuition in a variety of actual managerial situations and challenges.

At the end of each semester, their ability to draw together, in a culminating fashion, all of the divergent elements of the learning experience, and to apply this to the challenging questions set in the paper, is tested in integrated examinations. These examinations again, test their competence in identifying, evaluating and applying relevant information; refining this with their own developed intuition and insights, to arrive at reasoned, logical conclusions, recommendations and managerial decisions/actions.

In the final semester, the participant’s ability to conduct scientific research by means of investigation, analysis, deliberation and presentation, is evaluated in one of three formats:

a mini-dissertation
a management report
a strategic thinking project.