Master of Management in Business Executive Coaching (Next intake 2013)

The growing global importance of business and executive coaching and the continuing growth of this field as a choice of career mean that students and stakeholders require an accredited university qualification, in line with best practice and internationally recognized standards.

This degree in coaching at the masters level is aligned to the Graduate School Alliance for Executive Coaching (GSAEC) framework for Coaching Qualifications at University Level. The framework was developed at GSAEC through a comparative study of the best practice of Coaching Certificates throughout 124 International Universities.

The rationale for introducing this curriculum is to respond to the rapid global growth of the Coaching Industry over the last 5 years. The Coaching Industry has grown rapidly in the last 5 years with an increasing number of organisations reporting the use of this tool in their enterprises. The coaching industry has reached an important point in its maturation and there is a need for coaches to ground their practice in solid theoretical understanding and empirically tested models. The WBS Masters Degree meets this demand and equips people to become professional Business and Executive coaches.

This curriculum will equip people to operate as Business and Executive coaches, within organisations and in private practice. The degree offers a professional masters qualification grounded in ethical practice and aligned with agreed international standards.

This is a two year part time programme covering four core modules per year. On this programme students are required to attend lectures for one week every quarter.

LEARNING THEORIES:

The programme is grounded in a number of pillars.

1. Course work
2. Research
3. Supervised Practical Coaching
4. Personal Growth and Mastery
5. Business Context of Coaching

Each of these pillars are discussed below.

Coursework

The coursework consists of 8 modules of 40 hours in duration. There will be 320 hours of classroom content. This is the most comprehensive Coaching Masters in South Africa. The classroom content will be highly interactive and focus on developing leading edge competencies. There will be a a convergence of gaining knowledge,as well as, addressing the skills and attitudinal components of the newly acquired knowledge. It is envisaged that best practices, case studies, leading guest speakers and well researched trends will be shared in these sessions.The programme will assess knowledge obtained in these areas through exams and assignments.

Research

As coaching is an emerging field it is vital that the body of knowledge be added to with empirical research. Wits Business School prides itself on its strong focus on research and expects a high standard from its students in contributing to the body of knowledge in this area. The programme begins with the Research Methodology module and during the first year the students are expected to work on their research handing it in early in the second year. The students will all receive supervision during their research from faculty with knowledge and experience in coaching research.

Supervised Practical Coaching

Students will be required to do practical coaching and will need to submit reports.They will receive supervision on their practical work. Supervision is a structured learning engagement in which participants reflect on real-world coaching experiences to deepen and extend cognitive, emotional and practice skills. The purposes, processes and relationship dynamics of supervision is similar to fields such as counseling, education, and psychotherapy.

Personal Growth and Mastery

Much of the success of business coaching lies within the personal relationship between the executive coach and the client and as such, it is important that the coach constantly be aware of the role of relationship and self within the process. A great coach is constantly focused on self improvement and their own development. The programme builds in this with Personal Mastery sessions ( 2 evenings per module). Assessments of students also forms part of this process. Emotional and Social Intelligence are explored.

Business Context of Coaching

Wits Business School prides itself on its business knowledge and places coaching firmly within a business and organisational development context. The students learn about Strategy, Financial Acumen, Organisational Development, Human Resources and Marketing. Business Simulations and Business Games are played in order to equip the student with a deeply grounded experience as well as theoretical knowledge of business principles. A core part of the curriculum includes guest presentations from several CEOs and Directors from Corporates within the Industry.

FEES

Detailed information will be found in the fee booklet, which is given to students when they register. Information for 2011 will be available in December, please contact the Faculty Office then for further details.

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