Modules Offered

Below is a list of all the modules offered by the Department of Business Management. To receive more information on a module, click on its name to be directed to that module's information page on the Nelson Mandela University's module browser. Alternatively, consult the Departmental Booklet.

NOTE: There is a system error regarding the lecturer(s) for some modules. To receive the correct and most up-to-date lecturer information for a module, please consult the Departmental Booklet or our Staff page.

NOTE: In addition to the modules listed below, our BCom programmes also consist of modules that are facilitated by other departments within the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, as well as other faculties. For more information on these modules, please contact the department responsible for them or search for them using the module browser.

Undergraduate Modules

First year modules

• Introduction to Business Management and Entrepreneurship (EB121; EB101; EBC101; EBCV101)
• Introduction to Business Management and Entrepreneurship – Augmented (EBC1X1; EB1X1)
• Introduction to the Business Functions (EB122; EB102; EBC102; EBCV102)
• Introduction to the Business Functions – Augmented (EBC1X2; EB1X2)
• Entrepreneurship (for Humanities and Social Sciences) (EBMV122; EBMV1X2; EBM116)

Second year modules

• Marketing Management (EBMV201; EBM201)
• Purchasing and Logistics Management (EBMV202; EBM202)
• Marketing Research (EBMV231)
• Marketing Communications Management (EBMV212; EBM203)
• Services Marketing (EBMV341)
• Personal Financial Planning (EBFV201; EBF201)
• Corporate Financial Planning (EBFV222; EBF204)
• Risk Management (EBFV211; EBF205)
• Investment Management (EBFV242; EBF206)
• Customer Relationship Management (EBFV202; EBF207)
• Business Ethics (EBFV212; EBF209)

Third year modules

• Financial Management (EBMV301; EBM301)
• General and Strategic Management (EBMV302; EBM302)
• Internet Marketing Strategies (EBMV332; EBM304)
• International Marketing Management and Strategy (EBMV322; EBM305; EBMV305)
• International Trade and Marketing Environment (EBMV312; EBM333)
• Principles of Estate Planning (EBFV301; EBF302)
• Principles of Retirement Planning (EBFV311; EBF303)
• Integrated Financial Planning (EBFV302; EBF304)
• Financial Planning Practice Management (previously EBF208) (EBFV312; EBF308)

Postgraduate Modules

Honours in Business Management modules

• Advanced Strategic Management (EBMH411)
• Corporate Citizenship (EBMX401)
• Business Research (EBMR420)
• Treatise (EBML410)
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (EBMN410)
• Advanced Financial Management (EBMJ402)
• Advanced Investment Management (EBMG402)
• Advanced Strategic Marketing Management (EBMI402)

Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Planning modules

• Financial Planning Environment (EBFD401)
• Personal Financial Planning (EBFD411)
• Corporate Financial Planning (EBFD402)
• Financial Planning – Case study (EBFD412)