GRAHAM GAULT, MBA, 1990
Awesome Course, good as post Graduate, and overall experience was great…….Sets you up well for future career I felt…
Awesome Course, good as post Graduate, and overall experience was great…….Sets you up well for future career I felt…
Great times with a great bunch of fellow students!
In 1975 I was one of the first participants in what was called the HDPM (Higher Diploma in Personnel Management) programme at the Wits Business School. Today it is more illustriously called the PDM (Postgraduate Diploma in Management). The Wits Business School already had an established reputation for its MBA programme and had obviously decided…
Our journey to C-suites
Truly the most challenging and amazing 2 years which provided the foundation for my career. Many in our class excelled in business, all excelled as leaders of all kinds. I am honoured to be a Wits Business School alumni.
I had asked Prof Patrick McGraw to borrow his teaching notes to copy, intending to return it the following week. Over the weekend my car was stolen, with his notes, my course materials, and text books. Thank you to Douglas Jung and friends who helped me with copies of their files so that I could prepare for the exams. The MBA program taught me that you can survive any hardship if you have a strong support network.
The life skills learnt, in-particular from Dave Cawood, have stood me in good stead throughout my working life.