Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Transform your career while maintaining your professional momentum with Boston’s innovative MBA programme. Our cutting-edge e-learning platform enables ambitious professionals to pursue a world-class business education without putting their careers on hold.

The Boston MBA goes beyond traditional business theory to prepare leaders for today’s technology driven marketplace. Through a carefully structured blend of advanced business principles and practical applications, students develop the critical competencies that define successful modern leaders.

MBA

Time to Complete:

 24/30/36 months study options. It is recommended that working adults select either the 30 or 36 month options.

Study Options:

 Full-time or Part-time

Credits:

180

NQF Level:

9

SAQA ID:

 122520
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Entry Requirements

Minimum qualification: a Bachelor Honours (NQF Level 8) or Postgraduate Diploma (NQF Level 8).
In addition to meeting the minimum qualification entry requirements, applicants must fulfil the
following:

  • Provide evidence of experience, at least three (3) years in a supervisory, managerial, technical,
    or professional role demonstrating a practical business base on which to build your MBA
    learning; and
  • Submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV), including a minimum of two (2) contactable references and a
    brief motivation letter; and
  • Participate in an interview, if requested.

This programme is offered by Boston City Campus in the distance mode of education with support provided at Learner Support Centres. Apply to register at any Boston City Campus Learner Support Centre nationwide.

All modules are compulsory and must be passed.

This master's programme is a candidate for accreditation with the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), USA.

Graduates will be able to pursue opportunities* related to, amongst others, the following positions:

  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Manager: Strategy and Research
  • Division Manager/Director: ICT, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Operations, HR, etc.
  • Board Member, Executive or Non-Executive
  • Entrepreneur
  • Senior Manager
  • Business Analyst
    • *Certain occupational objectives are provided for in foundational form and may require further specialisation or experience

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Semester A Semester B
  • Management Philosophy
  • Managerial and Political Economics
  • Managerial Accounting for Data-driven Decision Making
  • Leading People and Organisations
  • Managing Operations and Risk in a Globalised and Digitised World
  • Managing Disruptive Technologies
  • Strategic Marketing in the Digital Age
  • Ethics and Corporate Governance for Sustainability Practice
Semester A Semester B
  • Business Research Methodology
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation for New Venture Creation
  • Strategic Management in a Complex and Uncertain World
  • Applied Corporate Finance
  • Business Research Mini-Dissertation
Thirteen compulsory modules must be passed.
Semester A Semester B
  • Management Philosophy
  • Managerial and Political Economics
  • Managerial Accounting for Data-driven Decision Making
  • Leading People and Organisations
  • Managing Operations and Risk in a Globalised and Digitised World
  • Managing Disruptive Technologies
Semester ASemester B
  • Strategic Marketing in the Digital Age
  • Ethics and Corporate Governance for Sustainability Practice
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation for New Venture Creation
  • Business Research Methodology
  • Strategic Management in a Complex and Uncertain World
  • Applied Corporate Finance
Semester A
  • Business Research Mini-Dissertation
Thirteen compulsory modules must be passed.
Semester ASemester B
  • Management Philosophy
  • Managerial and Political Economics
  • Managerial Accounting for Data-driven Decision Making
  • Leading People and Organisations
  • Managing Operations and Risk in a Globalised and Digitised World
Semester ASemester B
  • Managing Disruptive Technologies
  • Strategic Marketing in the Digital Age
  • Ethics and Corporate Governance for Sustainability Practice
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation for New Venture Creation
  • Applied Corporate Finance
Semester ASemester B
  • Strategic Management in a Complex and Uncertain World
  • Business Research Methodology
  • Business Research Mini-Dissertation

Thirteen compulsory modules must be passed.

Various Assessment Strategies (AS4, AS6 to ASRMD) are used throughout the modules in the programme. For example, AS4 is predominately applied in this programme and consists of Formative Assessments (FA1 and FA2), also known as assignments, research essays or tests, which count forty percent (40%) – twenty percent (20%) each – towards the overall mark. Summative Assessments in the form of capstone projects, tasks, presentations, written or oral exams or a research proposal (SA1), count fifty percent (50%), and a research or reflective essay (SA2) count ten percent (10%) towards the overall mark.

No supplementary assessment is provided for FA1 or FA2. A maximum of one (1) additional supplementary assessment opportunity is provided for SA1 and SA2 respectively, which will be charged for. An overall mark of fifty percent (50%) is required to pass a module. Please consult the Fact Sheet and the Postgraduate Student Rulebook for additional, detailed programme information.

On completion of the programme, graduates will have the necessary knowledge and
practical skills required to:

  • Synthesise, interrogate, and apply knowledge and concepts from a range of business disciplines to evaluate complex business problems, and develop – within environmental, sustainable and governance (ESG) benchmarkable frameworks – solutions in complex local, regional or global market environments.
  • Critically analyse and interpret information and organisational data to inform business and management decisions, mitigate risk and forecast future trends.
  • Apply critical thinking, strategic foresight, responsible leadership and management skills that will lead to the effective execution of sustainable management practices and business decisions.
  • Apply research skills to develop research-based solutions to business problems.

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