Gordon Institute of Business Science

Gordon Institute of Business Science
Type Business school
Established 2000
Dean Prof Nicola Kleyn
Students 555
Location South Africa Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Campus 1 Urban
Colours Dark blue     
Nickname GIBS Business School
Affiliations University of Pretoria
Website www.gibs.co.za

Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS Business School) is the business school of the University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa, and a leading South African business school. It is located in the heart of Illovo, Johannesburg, close to the Sandton financial and commercial business hub. GIBS is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and internationally by Association of MBAs (AMBA).[1]

GIBS flagship programmes include the Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA), Doctor of Business Administration (DBA/PHD). In 2012, the GIBS DBA became the first South African doctoral programme in business to receive international accreditation from AMBA.[2] GIBS also offers Executive Programmes: short courses, executive level programmes like the Global Executive Development & General Management Programmes, company-specific programmes. Extended Programmes are longer certificate programmes and include the Social Entrepreneurship Programme, Leading Women Programme and Nexus Leadership Programme.

Centres

The Centre for Dynamic Markets

The Enterprise Development Academy

The Centre for Leadership & Dialogue

Business Analysis & Research

Personal & Applied Learning

History and campus

GIBS was established in January 2000 following a contribution by Sir Donald Gordon, the founder of Liberty Life and Liberty International, and a major investment by the University of Pretoria following discussions started in 1998.[3][4] The business school follows on the university's Graduate School of Management's long tradition of MBA tuition. Founded in 1949,[5] the GSM MBA was the first MBA programme to be launched outside of North America.[6] The GSM as of January 2008 was formally replaced by the Gordon Institute of Business Science.[7]

GIBS is situated in a greenfield campus in the Illovo Boulevard, mixed-use commercial node between the suburbs of Rosebank and Sandton in Johannesburg,[8] with a satellite inner city campus on Pritchard Street.[9] Accommodation is provided on the Illovo campus by the on campus Illovo Lodge. The Illovo campus is served by the Rosebank Gautrain station, with a nearby Gautrain bus stop and the inner city campus by the Johannesburg Park Station.

Sir Donald Gordon

Sir Donald Gordon (born 24 June 1930) is a South African businessman and philanthropist. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg[10] before doing his articles to be a Chartered Accountant at the firm Kessel Feinstein (Now Grant Thornton).[10] He founded the Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957[11] out of which he formed Transatlantic Insurance Holdings plc, now Liberty International (Property portfolio of £6.2 billion (2009)) and Liberty Holdings Limited (Total assets of R449 billion (2011)).[11] He was a co-founder of British company Abbey Life. In June 2005, he was awarded a British knighthood in recognition of his services to arts and business.[11]

Rankings

In 2011, an independent research survey by Magnet Communications of business school satisfaction levels among MBA students rated GIBS the top position in 7 out of 10 categories.[12] In 2012, the Financial Times ranked the school 47 for Executive Education Open and 42 for Executive Education Customied, the highest in Africa.[13] A 2011 PMR.Africa national survey of human resource directors/managers and line managers on accredited business schools gave GIBS a Diamond award and gave it the highest overall score in South Africa.[14] Nick Binedell, the director of GIBS, won the Diamond Arrow Award for Individual in the Business School fraternity in South Africa doing most to enhance and develop the relevancy of business schools.[14]

GIBS has consistently been ranked the top business school for executive education (open) in Africa, as well as being placed in the top 50 in the world.[15] In 2012 the Financial Times ranked the GIBS Executive MBA 1st in Africa and 60th in the world.[16]

Financial Times World Ranking2007 2008 2009201020112012
Executive MBA[16] ----6760
Executive Education Customised[15] 49 514138-42
Executive Education Open[16] 393849504947
Affiliations and accreditations

GIBS is affiliated with South African Business Schools Association (SABSA),[17] African Association of Business Schools (AABS),[18] European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS)[19] and Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).[20] GIBS is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and internationally by AMBA[1]

Permanent Faculty

• Prof Adrian Saville • Prof Albert Wöcke • Anthony Wilson-Prangley • Buyani Zwane • Dr Caren Scheepers • Dr Charlene Lew • Deepa Sita • Dr Gavin Price • Prof Helena Barnard • Dr Iain Edwards • Jeff Yu-Jen Chen • Prof John Ford • Dr Jonathan Marks • Prof Karl Hofmeyr • Dr Ken Mathu • Kerry Chipp • Prof Lyal White • Dr Mandla Adonisi • Manoj Chiba • Prof Margie Sutherland • Marius Oosthuizen • Matthew Birtch • Dr Mignon Reyneke • Prof Mike Ward • Morris Mthombeni • Prof Nick Binedell • Prof Nicola Kleyn (Dean) • Dr Pieter Pretorius • Tashmia Ismail • Dr Tendai Mhizha • Dr Tumo Kele

Adjunct Faculty

• Abdullah Verachia • Aldrin (Buzz) Beyer • Dr Alex Antonites • Andrew Abdo • Boniface Ngarachu • Brian Isaacson • Colleen Magner • Dr David Beaty • David Makovah • Gary Swartz • Greg Fisher • Itha Taljaard • Jack Quinlan • Joe Aspinall • Luisa Mazinter • Maxine Jaffit • Dr Michael Goldman • Mike Holland • Paul Nyamuda • Dr Raj Raina • Sandy Lowitt • Silas Matlala • Tammy Chetty • Tony Christodoulou • Tony Manning

Professional Associates

• Amy Moore • Andrea Du Plessis • Bonita Lee Shew • Desray Clark • Eileen Thayser • Heather Watson • Jackie Erasmus • Jackie Wilken • Janet Featherstone • Jayashree Naidoo • John Thompson • Jonathan Cook • Juliet Ntabgobo • Kim Rey • Lanier Covington • Lata Parbhoo • Laura Malan • Lesa Burger • Monique Stock • Natalie Cunningham • Otto Du Plessis • Riëtte Ackermann • Sarah Babb • Stephanie Martinis • Tammy Perrie • Tracey Proudfoot • Verity Hawarden

Extraordinary and Honorary Professors

• Prof Gert Huysamen • Prof Jack Goodwin • Prof Johan Olivier • Prof Nick Segal • Prof Sandra Vandermerwe • Prof Saul Klein • Prof Wayne Visser

International Faculty

• Dr Fons Trompenaars • Norman Chorn • Dr Prabha Sinha • Prof Prem Shamdasani

Academics

In 2015, the school had 25 permanent faculty members, 23 adjunct faculty members, 11 international faculty members, 8 extraordinary professors and 1 honorary professor (80% of faculty members hold a doctorate[16]). Past and present faculty members include Gill Marcus (ninth Governor of the South African Reserve Bank) and Nick Binedell.

Company-specific programmes clients includes Standard Bank, Anglo American PLC, Barclays Africa, SABMiller, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the South African National Treasury. The company-specific programmes have been delivered in 22 countries and include the certificates in Senior Management Development, Wealth Management, Middle Management Development Programme and Foundation Management Development Programme.[21]

Corporate responsibility and sustainability

GIBS is committed to and runs several initiatives in the context of contributing to prepare business for current and future sustainability issues including academic programmes, corporate social responsibility and investment activities, participation in international initiatives, campus greening initiatives and diverse stakeholder dialogue programmes. Sustainability initiatives focus on sustainability at GIBS, environment and community. GIBS participates in responsible leadership initiatives including Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), The Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ).[22]

References

  1. 1 2 http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs GIBS Retrieved October 1, 2011
  2. ↑ GIBS DBA degree gets full international accreditation Retrieved 21 August 2012
  3. ↑ http://www.gibs.co.za Gordon Institute of Business Science Retrieved 15 September 2009
  4. ↑ The Gordon Institute of Business Science
  5. ↑ Retrieved 20 MArch 2010
  6. ↑ http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional
  7. ↑ http://www.gsm.up.ac.za/ Gordon Institute of Business Science, Pretoria. Retrieved 15 September 2009
  8. ↑ About the Ilovo Boulevard Retrieved March 29, 2009
  9. ↑ Inner City Campus Retrieved May 13, 2011
  10. 1 2 Financial Inspiration
  11. 1 2 3 Donald Gordon: CV
  12. ↑ Magnet MBA survey rates GIBS tops Retrieved 2 October 2011
  13. ↑ Retrieved 26 May 2010
  14. 1 2 http://www.gibs.co.za/default.aspx?pid=63&oid=81&stepid=1&ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ctrlMainPortletContainer=itemid*397876$stepid*2842$iddef*920$idlangver*919$idlayout*919$idmode*2747$languageid*1$previousitemid*397876$ignoreloadedcontrols*True GIBS receives Diamond awards Retrieved 4 October 2011
  15. 1 2 http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs GIBS Retrieved 26 February 2010
  16. 1 2 3 4 http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs Retrieved 26 February 2010
  17. ↑ SABSA Members Directory Retrieved 7 August 2010
  18. ↑ AABS Member Schools Retrieved 7 August 2010
  19. ↑ EABIS Members Retrieved 7 August 2010
  20. ↑ PRME Academic Institutions Retrieved May 13, 2011
  21. ↑ Who we work with; Retrieved 2 October 2011
  22. ↑ Corporate Responsibility Retrieved October 2, 2011

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