Barry Greyling, MBA, 2012-2013
Awesome experience!
PS: The WBS and I are the same age 🙂
PS: The WBS and I are the same age 🙂
I did not have any diploma or tertiary qualification and then I enrolled in 2012Â through Learning Academy in Home Affairs for Middle Management Development Programme to acquire skills. I completed the course in 2013 and was awarded a certificate of competence. This has been so memorable and has done a lot for me as I…
Most people will think back on their days at WBS and will reminisce about the stimulating academic challenges and the inspiring interesting social interactions. Many alumni will enthusiastically tell tales of subsequent business and personal success. But I would like to recall a life lesson, instilled in us during a 1996 PDM class. Margie Sutherland…
I had no idea how prominent the Wits and WBS brand was when I joined the institution. What was initially supposed to be a short contract for 6 months has turned into 10 years of the most significant years of my life to date. I have been exposed to both worlds – that of a…
At age 36, I was the oldest member of the 1976/77 full-time MBA class. What I lacked in youthful energy, I could make up with some 15 years of work experience. Two outstanding lecturers in particular come to mind. One was the Accounting lecturer Mr McGregor (I think his first name was Ivor) who came…
I do not know how to begin but I would not be where I am today without the Wits Business School Education. I am actually emotional writing this. I attended the MBA programme at WBS from 2015 through 2016 and it has transformed my life completely. I have had two solid engagements ever since then, and…
“The MBA was indeed an occasion in my life!” I remember Buzz, the resident cat, who often adopted interesting poses at the front of the lecture theater while grooming himself. Mark Addleson once commented during an Economics lecture, “Cats have no sense of occasion!” The MBA was indeed an occasion in my life!