Postgraduate School of Administration (PSA) in partnership with Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM) – USA is admitting students for its prestigious “ Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management and Administration ” which is recognized and accepted worldwide. Currently admission is ongoing:
Acquire the skills to start a business and improve your leadership skills
This internationally accredited PGDip Business Management and Administration will help you unlock the skills you need to set up and run your own business or practice, or to prepare yourself for a managerial position. That is why it covers essential management skills such as business finance, marketing management, and entrepreneurship and innovation. It also includes a module on responsible leadership, and a module on understanding the world, which will give you the bigger picture in terms of the global, African and local ecosystems in which you operate. This PGDip can give you access to an MBA. A transformative learning pathway awaits you – in particular if you see your future self as a manager, leader, specialist, or entrepreneur.
Admission Requirements
- Applicants require a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and preferably two years of relevant work experience in the public, parastatal or non-profit sectors. Students with relevant private sector experience will also be considered.
- The pass mark for these programmes is 50%. Students who achieve an average mark of 65% or more may proceed to one of the Master’s programmes.
MODULES & CREDITS
* Strategy
Credit: 15
Candidates will learn the principles of strategy in which they gain an understanding of thinking approaches and actions that allow for the creation and execution of strategic change in an organisation. It will assist the candidate to identify the variables that lead to organisations gaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Candidates will explore the vital importance of integration among the activities of an organisation, to ensure both sustainability and long-term success. They will also utilise the basics tools of strategic analysis of the external and internal environment of an organisation. It also applies analytical thinking and decision frameworks to generate sustainable performance in competitive local and global environments.
Digital Business
Credit: 10
This module introduces candidates to major technology trends facing organisations, notably fourth industrial revolution trends. It is designed to establish the effects of such trends on operational and strategic decision processes in organisations. Topics include:
1. Introduction to digital business
2. Major technological trends in organisations
3. Effects of technological trends on organisational operations and workplaces
4. Effects of technological trends on organisational strategy
5. Digital transformation and change
Introduction to Finance
Credit: 5
Candidates will study the foundational concepts of finance. It is largely a survey course in the finance field. It covers major topics in finance and connects these topics to other areas such as accounting. Topics include sources of capital, how capital markets function, time value of money techniques (i.e. discounted cash flow techniques), the role of finance in value creation in the firm, cost of capital techniques, methods of company valuation and capital investment decisions.
Management and Financial Accounting
Credit: 15
This module provides candidates with the foundation for understanding the role of accounting functions external (Financial Accounting) and internal (Management Accounting) to organisations. It is designed to show candidates how the two areas dovetail and are used effectively to achieve the objective of the firm which is to maximise shareholders wealth and communicate with stakeholders. It also equips candidates to handle an institution’s financial reports and data.
Topics include:
1. Financial Statements – Understanding Statements of Comprehensive Income, Financial
Position and Cash Flows
2. Analysis of Financial Statements
3. Cost Classifications and Allocations
4. Cost Behaviour, Variable Costing and Break-Even Analysis
5. Budgeting
Marketing
Credit: 10
Here we focus on creating and disseminating theoretical and practical knowledge and skills which translate into the steps in the development of a marketing plan, an understanding of the environment in which the marketing function operates and the role of marketing management. In addition, business models are taught in order to provide an in-depth understanding of the strategic portion of the marketing plan, including a customer-driven marketing strategy (STP) and the ability to construct an integrated marketing programme that delivers superior value. The main outcome of this course is to manage profitable customer relationships using Relationship Marketing and CRM thinking in an emerging market/African context.
Essential Business skills
Credit: 6
This module develops skills that are pivotal to further business studies and business practice, namely business communication and quantitative analysis skills. Skills development areas of expertise include critical communication skills; quantitative skills; integrating statistics into business analysis skills.
Project management
Credit: 9
This module is designed to develop the skills needed to make an effective contribution and to have an immediate impact on the accomplishment of a project. It equips candidates to either manage a project or work in a project team. It focusses on project management techniques and the business need for a project. It also explores multiple conflicting stakeholder demands and knowing how to deal with rapid change; myriad communication issues; working with global and virtual project teams, and many other issues that are more challenging than in projects of previous times. Topics include project scope; work breakdown structures and network diagrams; resource scheduling under constrained conditions; project risk and stakeholders; project communication and project closure.
Business Law
Credit: 10
We introduce candidates to the general legal principles regulating business transactions in Ghana and Africa. The first part places the regulatory framework for business transactions in context and highlights the importance of a knowledge of the legal system to business transactions. The regulatory instruments of significance to investments and business transactions are discussed. The second part considers important legal concepts and principles, including legal personality, the sources of Ghana law, and the hierarchy of the court system, with an emphasis on the impact of the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1996 on law. The third part focusses on the legal requirements for binding contracts, including the enforcement of contracts and the remedies that are available in case of a breach of contractual provisions. Specific types of contracts under the law of sale, the law of lease, and the law of agency are discussed and the legal principles affecting the formation, governance, maintenance and dissolution of common types of business entities in Ghana, with particular emphasis on companies, are introduced. Topics in this course include an introduction to the Ghana legal system; principles of contract; overview of recent developments in consumer protection law; and company law.
Entrepreneurship
Credit: 10
This module provides a rigorous introduction to the theoretical and practical issues associated with entrepreneurship. A research evidence-based critical learning approach is used to dispel myths surrounding entrepreneurship to ensure sustainable enterprises. The course relies on case material to critically evaluate best practices underpinning entrepreneurship theories. The course provides a critical appreciation of entrepreneurship in the Ghana and African contexts and is focused on conducting a business model thought canvas for a start-up.
People Management Including labour
Credit: 15
We examine people management within the Ghana context and takes into account the complexity of a changing business environment in an emerging market economy. Emphasis is placed on critical engagement of the socio-psychological elements of human performance in organisations. Candidates are also made aware of the ethical and responsible elements of good people management. Topics include Introduction to people management and global talent management; recruitment and selection; employee on-boarding, training and development, talent management and succession management; performance management and reward and remuneration; employee relations and health and safety; the Human Resource practitioner as a business partner and Project Management leadership; employee relations; and labour law.
International Business & Economics
Credit: 15
We study the mechanics and theory of international business and trade. The focus of the course is on international business, however, macro-economic factors that affect trade are discussed. Topics include an introduction to international business, international trade, international business environments, doing business in emerging markets, culture and international business, types of international business forms, international business strategies, business functions and international business, and macro-economics.
Contact Us
Please contact us if you need more information on this programme or the application process:
Programme enquiries and support with the applications process
Customer Liaison Officer (Vietnam)
Telephone: +84 (0) 352 839 798
Email: vso@apsb.edu.eu
Admission and registration enquiries
Vanlly Lin
Telephone: +86 (400) 030 2772
Email: info@apsb.edu.eu
