Programmes & admission

PGD prescribed booklist 2021

Module code/name 

ISBN 

Title 

Author 

Edition 

Publisher 

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGD BA) 

PBA4801 – Economics for Managers 

Print ISBN: 9781485709176 

e-book ISBN: to be confirmed 

Global and Southern African perspectives: Economics 

Parkin, M, Antrobus, G, Baur, P., Bruce-Brand, J., Kohler, M., Neethling, L., Rhodes, B., Saayman, A., Schoer, V., Scholtz, D., Thompson, K and Van der Merwe J. 

3rd (or 2nd) 

Pearson Education 

PBA4802 - Global Business Environment 

Print ISBN: 9781292095158 

e-book ISBN: to be confirmed 

International business: the challenges of globalisation

Wild, JJ 

9th

Pearson Education 

PBA4803 - Stakeholder Management 

Print ISBN: 9781305959828 

e-book ISBN: 9781337514477 

Business and society, ethics and stakeholder management 

Buchholtz, A.K 

10th (or 9th) 

Cengage Learning 

PBA4804 – Decision Support Systems for Managers 

Print ISBN: 9781305947412 

e-book ISBN: 9781337517317 

Spreadsheet Modelling and Decision Analysis: Practical Introduction to Business Analytics 

Cliff T. Ragsdale 

8th 

Cengage Learning 

PBA4805 – Value Chain Management 

 

No prescribed book 

 

 

 

PBA4806 - Leadership and Organisational Behaviour 

Print ISBN: 9781473759145                   e-book ISBN: 9781473759169 

Organizational Behaviour: Managing People and Organizations, South African edition

Griffin, RW; Phillips, JM; Gully, NM 

12th

Cengage Learning 

PBA4807 – Accounting for Managers 

Print ISBN: 9780627037191 

e-book ISBN: to be confirmed 

Basic Accounting for Non-Accountants 

Cloete, M & Marimuthu, F 

3rd 

Van Schaik 

PBA4808 – Information and Knowledge Management 

Print ISBN: 9781292215976                 e-book ISBN  9781292216034 

Information Systems Today: Managing in the Digital World 

Valacich J, Schneider C 

8th  

Pearson Education 

PBA4809 - Integrated Management Practice 

Print + Glo-Bus ISBN: 9781447094456

e-book (withouth Glo-Bus) ISBN: 9781260579253

Essentials of Strategic Management (bundled with Glo-Bus) 

Gamble, J.E 

7th  

McGraw-Hill Education 

If hard copy prescribed books are not available at booksellers, students are encouraged to purchase the e-Book versions of the books to ensure a quicker turn-around time for acquisition of books. E-books could be sourced from any provider of the student's choice. Alternatively, students could click on the links to purchase e-books from any of the two recommended providers below: 

Last modified: 2023/08/07