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The Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management [PGDip (Project Management)] is a one-year specialized program that enables students to develop an advanced understanding of concepts, approaches and tools relevant to the field of project management. Project management impacts directly on the growth and advancement of most modern organisations and is a much-sought-after qualification.

The program enhances the capacity of managers to improve production and service delivery thereby contributing to organisational effectiveness. The program also provides for the attainment of quantitative skills in project finance and project management.

Upon successful completion of the program, the student should be able to:

  • Apply project management principles in a work-based context. 
  • Apply quantitative methodologies in making work-based decisions. 
  • Utilise technology to solve work-based problems. 
  • Manage people in a project. 
  • Display project leadership skills. 
  • Apply financial management principles. 
  • Display knowledge of quality principles.
Updated on 28 August, 2018

About Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA)

The Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) is a private higher education institution registered in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act 101 of 1997 as amended). It was established in 1995 as a post-apartheid empowerment institution offering affordable and accessible management education primarily to persons previously denied access to postgraduate education. MANCOSA has 100% black ownership, i.e. it is owned entirely by previously disadvantaged individuals in the South African context.

In 2002, MANCOSA received accreditation for its programmes from the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), the quality committee of the Council on Higher Education (CHE). MANCOSA is a leading provider of management programmes through supported distance learning in Southern Africa. It has in excess of 10 000 students currently enrolled in its programmes.

During 2017, MANCOSA became a proud member of Honoris United Universities. Honoris United Universities is the Pan-African private higher education network committed to preparing and educating the next generation of African leaders and professionally able to impact regionally in a globalised world.  See all Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) courses
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