NEPAD Business Foundation African Leadership Programme

The programme is run at Wits Business School on a block release basis.

There are four sessions - the first session is two weeks, followed by two sessions of one week each. The final two week session includes the international study tour. The total duration of the programme is seven months with sessions spaced approximately seven weeks apart.

The Wits Business School Learning Experience

Knowledge is exciting and our approach to learning is to make it such. We aim not to teach but to help delegates discover new knowledge that is relevant for them. Our learning method is highly interactive and uses a variety of methods such as:

• case study discussions led by lecturers
• management videos
• learning on-site through field trips
• interacting with business and political leaders as guest speakers
• small group discussion on leadership dilemmas
• interchange of ideas with lecturers and other delegates

Custom designed classrooms and small group discussion rooms facilitate the learning experience through promoting ongoing conversations.

Personal Leadership Assessment

The programme commences with a personal leadership assessment process facilitated by registered psychologists and career development specialists. In this process delegates receive extensive feedback on their performance through facilitated video feedback, psychometric instruments, performance on leadership simulations and individual presentations. This process culminates with the delegates setting their personal learning objectives for the programme.

Academic Assessment

Each module will be assessed either through an examination or a written assignment. An integral part of the assessment is an Individual Leadership Project in which delegates identify a problem in their organisation or community, resolve it and produce a report indicating both what they did and what they learnt from the experience.

University qualification

Delegates who successfully complete the programme will be awarded a Certificate of Competence by the University of the Witwatersrand. This certificate has been assessed by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) at the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 7.