Global MBA Testimonials

The process of creating value through work-integrated learning is extraordinary. It shifts the primary learning experience from the confines of academic institutions to the actual workplaces of our students. This transformation leads to an unparalleled sense of purpose, as it transitions skills training from theoretical teaching to the invaluable experience gained on the job.

Additionally, work-integration redirects the traditional focus of study from analysis to practical implementation. It is the act of implementation that has the power to bring about real change in the world. This new approach enables students to realize their potential in effecting positive changes within their work environments.

We invite you to explore the remarkable feedback from some of our students who have been willing to openly share their experiences of creating genuine value in their workplaces.

Yuna Mukandatsama, Human Resources Manager at PG Industries Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

07.2017

Studying this course has significantly changed the way I view IT in relation to business.

Before studying the course, I was one of the people that viewed IT as something that have no significant impact on how a company conducts business. I realise now that if our company plays a blind eye to IT and how it’s quickly changing business models, the company might find itself out of business.

Innovation and Digital Technology

Taurai Chitsiga, Senior SAP P2P Business Consultant EMEA at EOH, Berdfordview, South African Republic

07.2017

Digital technology is my personal area of interest and this couldn’t have come at any time better than this where there are currently many opportunities to utilize digital technology to offer services to people. While studying this course I realized many opportunities and avenues to build startups.

The course also showed me that companies should always revisit their business models as these can become obsolete with time. A business model that worked in 2000 cannot fully help a company twenty years down the line thus a business model cannot be static.

IT and Customer Relations

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

07.2017

I have been playing with the idea of hiring a software developer for some time now, and one thing or another has always seen the project put on the back shelf. Analysing the potential benefits of this step has highlighted what a no-brainer this is, and we will be following this course of action in the very near future. Our advantage lies in our swift and efficient service, and we are not making the most of the potential advantages that are available to us.

This assignment has brought this into stark reality.

IT and Customer Relations

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

06.2017

This has been a very interesting assignment. It is easy in Zimbabwe to get bogged down in the day-to-day minutiae and problems and forget that outside our borders, the world is advancing apace. Looking outward at industry developments has reminded me of the importance of doing so.

Of significant value was the realisation that the software we are developing needs to be controlled, to maintain our competitive advantage. We are greatly improving their product for them through our recommendations, and I am okay with that, as we are also benefitting from the improvements; we do not want to hand that on a plate to our rivals.

Although there are many competing workshop management systems, and each has their own disadvantages and advantages, we are slowly streamlining this current system to be exactly what we want for our local market. We need to protect that, and this assignment has brought that starkly to the fore.

Innovation and Digital Technology

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

06.2017

This has been an extremely interesting assignment that I have personally taken a significant interest in completing. Our company is a family-owned operation, and the peculiar dynamics of working under my father have led me to not fully realise the leadership position I have taken on as managing director.

Working on this assignment has made me realise that people are looking to me, not to my father, who is semi-retired, for leadership. I have been considerably more aware of how my actions are viewed through employees’ eyes, and in the short period I have been operating with this different viewpoint, I am able to see tangible benefits. I am more cognisant of being looked at as an example, which in turn has made me more deliberate in both my thoughts and actions whilst at work, and, strangely enough, at home as well.

I believe this has been a very valuable assignment and will be going through the course text again when time permits to ensure that this material is absorbed and put to use.

Development of Management Skills

Yuna Mukandatsama, Human Resources Manager at PG Industries Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

04.2017

I have gained great insights on the Balanced Scorecard whilst studying this course. I had limited understanding of the Balanced Scorecard and the concept of the strategy maps was completely new to me. My employer will greatly benefit from the knowledge that I have acquired whilst writing my assignment and applying theory to the real world.

Firstly, I will be a resource person for future BSC projects at no cost. Secondly, because of the vast knowledge that I now have, I can train people on the fundamentals of Balanced Scorecard. This will increase the chances of achieving success.

Strategic Performance Management

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

04.2017

I have in the past viewed the human resources function as a necessary evil, to be endured simply because our staff complement has passed a certain size, and consequently has a sufficient number of issues to warrant its own department. Viewing it through the lens of a department that should be contributing to the long-term success of the organisation has involved a complete rethink for me, and this has opened up new areas to explore.

Looking at the long-term picture through the lens of the individuals who will be required to carry out the organisations ambitions puts a very different perspective on the long-term growth strategies. Ensuring that those individuals will be sufficiently motivated throughout that long-term period is crucial to our success. I believe that the firm will be better placed in the future once we have implemented the suggestions mentioned within this assignment.

Recruitment, Selection and Placement of HR

Jessica Moore, Organisational Effectiveness Manager at Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC), Windhoek, Namibia

04.2017

The value for me as a person is surely to understand any financial statement from any company and my own. I am now not so afraid of finance and can explain this information also to other people who are afraid.

Finance is a big portion of every organization, and it was always one section that was lacking and now it enables me to have a better sense of the organization and also the financial implication of HR and other support services.

Financial Accounting

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

03.2017

Taking a detailed look at one of the processes at work has been illuminating. In the past, we have generally tried to reduce response times, but without a defined method behind our attempts. This has resulted in lacklustre results, in general.

Operations Processes

Yuna Mukandatsama, Human Resources Manager at PG Industries Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

03.2017

Prior to studying the Operation Processes course, I had no idea about the six sigma as a process improvement method. I just knew the Six Sigma as a concept. I did not have knowledge about its practical application to the business.

after studying the course, I realized that the DMAIC methodology adds value to organisations like ours if implemented properly. My company will benefit as I will definitely recommend the application of the DMAIC methodology for the improvement of operations processes.

I will be a resource person to my company when operations processes need to be re-looked at in order to meet customer requirements.

Operations Processes

Yuna Mukandatsama, Human Resources Manager at PG Industries Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

03.2017

I gained a lot of knowledge on project management by studying this course. Almost everything on project management was new to me. My employer will greatly benefit from the knowledge that I have acquired through studying this course.

Firstly, I will be a resource person for future projects at no cost. Secondly, because of the vast knowledge that I now have, I can train people on the fundamentals of project management. This will increase the chances of achieving success. Since our company is not a project-oriented company, having knowledge on the fundamentals of project management will be adequate.

Project Management

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

03.2017

I believe the balanced scorecard will deliver significant benefits to our organisation, if implemented properly. The approach takes a complete look at an organization and allows it to translate its lofty mission and vision into practical, on-the-ground activities that are easily measured and tracked.

So much so, that I am considering moving this up the calendar, and delaying the pursuit of our qualification of ISO140001 until the balanced scorecard is in place.

Strategic Performance Management

Taurai Chitsiga, Senior SAP P2P Business Consultant EMEA at EOH, Berdfordview, South African Republic

02.2017

As far as I am concerned this course forms the bases of my areas of interests. I always work with systems and I see many companies implementing systems, but I do not see them making an evaluation as to whether there is a benefit in putting those systems.

Thus, through this course I have noted some important things I need to look at such as how a business model can be modeled around digital technology in order to create potential of profitability.

Another great lesson I learnt is that in today’s world, I need to look at the relationship between the future potential of profitability and the application of digital technology. The ability to think ahead is very important. It is vital to see what may happen or changes that may okay in the industry as a result of digital technology and come up with strategies

Innovation and Digital Technology

Taurai Chitsiga, Senior SAP P2P Business Consultant EMEA at EOH, Berdfordview, South African Republic

01.2017

This is one course that I have enjoyed doing and will always try to use it in the real practice, in fact I have used the outcome already partially in one company that faced issues in implementing the balanced scorecard. I have explained to them during training how they can optimize their processes. How their contribution, effectiveness and efficiency will affect the objectives in the financial perspective theme and how they could optimize their SAP system.

Thus, this course is one of a kind whose benefits are readily implemented.

Strategic Performance Management

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

11.2016

I had not until this point realised that project management existed as a discipline. The realization has made me aware of the haphazard nature of the way we have gone about projects in the past and has also made me realize why some of those projects have been less than successful.

An application of these principles in future projects should help increase the possibilities of these projects being successfully concluded.

Project Management

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

10.2016

The final assignment in the marketing module has been valuable in bringing all the work done in the previous marketing assignments together. It is a far more scientific and complicated process than I had envisioned at the start, and more interesting as well. Gaining an understanding of how marketing objectives, and how these objectives are communicated, and who they are communicated to, has made me realise why our previous efforts failed to meet our expectations.

Looking at the wider business world with a newfound appreciation for the discipline is also very interesting. Understanding what is behind companies’ decisions to venture into new areas of business, for example, and understanding what has driven those decisions, has made reading financial news significantly more interesting than it used to be.

Marketing Decisions and Managing Activities

Ryan Kelly, Managing Director at Copier Kings (Pvt) Ltd, Graniteside, Harare, Zimbabwe

10.2016

The on-going discovery as marketing as a science is very interesting. Whilst in my day-to-day running of the business we have looked at reasons for lack of sales I have never considered the process so thoroughly from start to finish.

Doing so has opened my eyes to the possibility of performing similar marketing exercises across the portfolio we offer, and into new areas.

Marketing Research

Jessica Moore, Organisational Effectiveness Manager at Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC), Windhoek, Namibia

09.2016

In 10 years from now, if I talk about completing my MBA, I will always recall this finance module. It was tough emotionally and I am honestly grateful that it is done. I learned so much and collaborating with the finance team actually made me feel smart and on par, and to also show them that I know a thing or 2 about Finance. The only thing with Finance is the more questions you ask, the more answers you get, which leads to more questions, and I feel like it never ends. I only scratched the surface, but the surface is enough for me. I will cherish the knowledge that I had gained always.

Financial Planning

Tamsanqa Mpala, Director at Hydro-Utilities Consulting Engineers (Pvt) Ltd, Harare, Zimbabwe

08.2016

This assignment case study and the mandatory readings have not only brought value to myself, but also to the organization that I work for. I can add value to the proactive process that the organization are putting in place and suggest improvements and areas of redress.

I am now able to appreciate the project pyramid of cost, time and quality. This has certainly created value in the way I manage, in the way I bring my team to perform, and create bigger value for clients and the end users of the infrastructure we build so that they enjoy better quality of life and sustainable livelihoods.

Project Management