Gordon Institute of Business Science

Gordon Institute of Business Science
Other name
GIBS Business School
TypeBusiness school
Established2000
DeanProfessor Morris Mthombeni
Students2400
Location
Johannesburg, Gauteng
,

South Africa

26°07′46″S 28°02′47″E / 26.1294°S 28.0464°E / -26.1294; 28.0464
CampusUrban
Colours  Dark blue
AffiliationsUniversity of Pretoria
Websitewww.gibs.co.za
Centres:
  • Centre for African Management and Markets
  • Centre for Business Ethics
  • Entrepreneurship Development Academy (EDA)
  • Centre for Leadership and Dialogue
  • Personal and Applied Learning

Initiatives

  • Responsible Finance Initiative
  • GIBS Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
  • GIBS Media Leadership Think Tank

The Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) affiliated with the University of Pretoria, is a business school situated in Illovo, Johannesburg, South Africa. The institution has received accreditation from the Council on Higher Education (CHE) in South Africa and the Association of MBAs (AMBA) internationally.[1]

GIBS offers programs including the Masters in Business Administration (MBA), Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA), and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA/PHD).[2] In 2012, the GIBS DBA became the first South African doctoral program in business to receive international accreditation from AMBA.[3] GIBS also offers various executive programs: short courses, executive-level program like the Global Executive Development and General Management Program, and company-specific programs. Extended programs are longer certificate programs and include the Social Entrepreneurship Programs, Leading Women Programs, and Nexus Leadership Programs.

History and campus

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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 that started in 1998.[4][5] The business school follows on the university's Graduate School of Management's long tradition of MBA tuition. Founded in 1949,[6] the GSM MBA was the first MBA program to be launched outside of North America.[7] The GSM, as of January 2008, was formally replaced by the Gordon Institute of Business Science.[8]

GIBS is situated in a greenfield campus on Illovo Boulevard, a mixed-use commercial node between the suburbs of Rosebank and Sandton in Johannesburg,[9] with a satellite inner city campus on Pritchard Street.[10] Accommodation is provided on the Illovo campus by the on-campus Illovo Hotel. 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 (24 June 1930 – 21 November 2019) was a South African businessman and philanthropist. He was educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg[11] before doing his articles to be a Chartered Accountant at the firm Kessel Feinstein (now Grant Thornton).[11] He founded the Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957,[12] out of which he formed Transatlantic Insurance Holdings plc, now Liberty International (a property portfolio of £6.2 billion (2009)) and Liberty Holdings Limited (total assets of R449 billion (2011)).[12] He was a co-founder of the British company Abbey Life. In June 2005, he was awarded a British knighthood in recognition of his services to the arts and business.[12]

Rankings

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Financial Times World Ranking 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Executive MBA[13] - - - - 67 60 70 80 87 74 87 67 82 -
Executive Education Customised[14] 49 51 31 38 - 42 - 53 53 45 41 51 45 60 -
Executive Education Open[13] 38 38 49 50 49 47 - 42 48 46 52 45 38 32 -

Academics

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In 2021, the school had 35 permanent faculty members, 29 adjunct faculty members, 11 international faculty members, 8 extraordinary professors, and 1 honorary professor (80% of faculty members hold a doctorate[13]). Past and present faculty members include Gill Marcus (ninth Governor of the South African Reserve Bank) and Nick Binedell.

Company-specific programs clients include Standard Bank, Anglo American PLC, ABSA, SABMiller, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the South African National Treasury. The company-specific programs have been delivered in 22 countries and include certificates in senior management development, wealth management, middle management development as well as its foundation management development.[15]

References

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  1. ^ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs Archived 2020-05-18 at the Wayback Machine GIBS Retrieved October 1, 2011
  2. ^ "These are the best business schools in South Africa – and how much they cost".
  3. ^ GIBS DBA degree gets full international accreditation Retrieved 21 August 2012 Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://www.gibs.co.za Gordon Institute of Business Science Retrieved 15 September 2009
  5. ^ The Gordon Institute of Business Science Archived 2009-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Retrieved 20 March 2010 Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "MBA.co.za - University of Pretoria Graduate School of Management". Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  8. ^ "Index Gordon Institute of Business Science, Pretoria". Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-09-15. Gordon Institute of Business Science, Pretoria. Retrieved 15 September 2009
  9. ^ "About the Ilovo Boulevard Retrieved March 29, 2009". Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  10. ^ Inner City Campus Retrieved May 13, 2011 Archived January 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ a b Financial Inspiration Archived 2011-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ a b c Donald Gordon: CV Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ a b c rankings.ft.com https://web.archive.org/web/20200518001136/http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[title missing]
  14. ^ http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/university-of-pretoria-gibs Archived 2020-05-18 at the Wayback Machine GIBS Retrieved 26 February 2010
  15. ^ "Who we work with; Retrieved 2 October 2011". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
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