Rankings of business schools in South Africa

Every year Financial Mail surveys the graduates of South Africa's business schools and the companies, parastatals and government departments that employ them and sponsor their studies. The FM survey assesses graduate and employer perceptions of which of the schools provides the best experience, most strategic thinkers, most relevant learning, earning power, bang for bucks, and a host of other criteria important to getting ahead.

Read the FM's 2017 report here.

PMR.africa conducts annual national survey on Accredited Business Schools offering MBA degrees in South Africa.

The respondents (employers) rate the MBA graduates and students in the workplace representing accredited Business Schools across 19 attributes/criteria (on a scale of 0.00 – 10.00; where 0.00 = poor, 5.00 = average and 10.00 = outstanding), namely:

19 attributes are measured:

• Academic knowledge
• Application of knowledge in the workplace
• Communication skills/abilities
• Emotional intelligence
• Entrepreneurial skills/capacity/abilities
• Environmental awareness
• Ethical business conduct
• Financial management
• Human resource management
• Implementation of corporate governance
• Information management
• Innovation
• Insight into sound sustainable development
• International perspective
• Leadership skills/abilities
• Marketing management
• Operational management
• Quantitative abilities/skills
• Strategic management

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