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University of Cape Town: Foundations of Business Management

Develop an integrated business management strategy to ensure your organization’s success.

Develop an integrated business management strategy to ensure your organization’s success.

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8 weeks
10–11 hours per week
Starts Apr 21, 2025
Enroll by Apr 27, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

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8 weeks
10–11 hours per week
Starts Apr 21, 2025
Enroll by Apr 27, 2025
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule

About this Course

The tradition of managers working within business silos is disappearing. Now, they need to have an integrated and holistic understanding of how an organization works, on both a theoretical and practical level, in order to improve performance. By gaining knowledge across the management spectrum, managers can ensure that every decision made is backed by comprehensive business insight.

Develop a holistic understanding of business functions in the Foundations of Business Management online short course from the University of Cape Town (UCT). By studying a variety of leadership and management skills, you’ll learn to create integrated business management strategies to ensure your organization's success. Gain the skills to achieve your objectives in the areas of leadership, marketing, finance, market research, and competitive analysis.

This course has been designed to meet the industry need for skilled managers who require integrated knowledge of multiple business functions. Mid to senior managers looking to increase their organizational impact will receive a holistic foundation to business and management’s most important concepts and practices. Aspiring managers and entrepreneurs will also benefit from this introduction to business management, and become prepared to advance within their career by gaining broadly applicable business skills.

Course curriculum

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Explore business management models as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: An introduction to business management and the business landscape

Module 2: Management and leadership

Module 3: Foundations of financial management and budgeting

Module 4: Customer focus and market research

Module 5: Competitive advantage: SWOT and other strategic tools

Module 6: Marketing

Module 7: Business innovation and creative problem-solving

Module 8: Quality assurance and sustainability

About the certificate

Acquire a solid understanding of the fundamentals of business management and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you digitally upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements. Please note, due to additional administrative requirements, at times UCT course certificate delivery may be delayed by several weeks/months.

Some facts about the subject

48%

The increase in profitability that a highly talented manager can achieve within an organization.

Gallup (Jun, 2019).

22%

The rise in business productivity that a great manager can achieve within a company.

Gallup (Jun, 2019).

Why choose GetSmarter?

GetSmarter, an edX partner, delivers career-relevant, fully supported, and expert-led online courses from the world's leading universities and institutions. As an online learning expert with over 15 years' experience, GetSmarter leverages long-standing expertise in market research, data analysis, and business insights to ensure that you gain the skills critical to career growth.