Pearson College, London – Specialised Programme
Tour Options
Advanced Business Strategy Topics presented in a context of direct application of concepts in the decision-making process.
Start Date: 2022-01-17 End Date: 2022-02-18 Max Participants: 30-40Price: 20 753.00 ZAR
Tour Information
These are 2 credit bearing courses (GST credit and elective credit).
You are required to complete all activities and the group assignment below to ensure you receive the GST and Elective credit.
These online programmes are offered ‘free of charge’ for those who have opted for a physical tour in 2022.
The online tour will need to be paid within 21 days after an invoice is generated, and prior to the start of the online tour.
An amount equal to the value of the online tour will be deducted from your 2022 physical tour invoice, the remainder balance for the 2022 physical tour will be paid at least 5 months prior to the tour.
Dates of ULV and Pearson Tour run in January 2022.
Note your graduation will be delayed until the year 2022, provided the candidate has satisfied all requirements of the MBA.
This is applicable for Pearson and ULV selected students only. For those that have registered for 2022, you will receive a certificate of competence from the relevant institution.
All programs are comprised of lectures given by the PCL faculty, cultural activities, networking opportunities, extra-class activities, and will be finalized by two academic assessment tasks. Note that the coordinator may make changes, however participants will be notified in advance.
Program theme
Business Strategy: Advanced Business Strategy Topics presented in a context of direct application of concepts in the decision-making process. (30 places)
General description:
WITS Business School will enroll the students in the online programs based upon academic criteria. All four programs are comprised of lectures given by the PCL faculty, cultural activities, networking opportunities, extra-class activities, and will be finalized by two academic assessment tasks. Note that the coordinator may make changes, however participants will be notified in advance.
Course period: 17 January – 18 February 2022
- Preparatory content and briefing: 17 January 2022 8am to 10am, Los Angeles time.
- Speed Networking– Meeting for student integration and networking with your classmates:
- Virtual AmazingRace or Online Visits
- Live classes
- Deadline for the final assignment: 16 February 2022
- Release of final grade of the program: 4 March 2022
- Class language: English
- Student’s assessment: final test (individual) and final assignment (group)
- Approval criterion: grade 7 (grades ranging from 0 to 10) and 80% attendance in class.
Class language: English
Program theme
Business Strategy: Advanced Business Strategy Topics presented in a context of direct application of concepts in the decision-making process. (20 places)
Sample Schedule
Instructions for students – PCL
Pearson Business School – Online Tour
Briefing Session
Please join us for the briefing session on the 8th of April from 19h00-21h00.
Zoom Link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88341197463
Opening Ceremony: Guest Speaker
Mr Chris Donnelly
CEO
Verb Brands
Named in Forbes 30 under 30, Chris Donnelly is the founder of VERB Brands; a luxury digital agency based in London, New York & Shanghai. VERB specialises in creating digital strategies for brands through website and eCommerce platform build/optimization and conducting SEO, PPC, programmatic and social media campaigns for luxury brands. Having seen the demand, Chris has recently launched VERB China to help western luxury brands launch and grow in China.
Having started the company at university when he was 21, he has grown the company organically, working on omnichannel digital projects for international brands such as Jimmy Choo, Bugatti, Clive Christian, The Wolseley, Claridges to name a few. VERB is now one of the most recognised luxury digital agencies in the world.
“The Leading Digital Agency for Luxury & Premium Brands.”
Based in London & New York, VERB is a performance-based digital agency that drives strategy, growth, and revenue. VERB provides SEO, PPC, organic & paid social, programmatic services, websites and content for some of the world’s leading brands.”
Verb is a service business that is primarily based in the UK, it was started in 2013.
Prof. Chris Jones heads up the Entrepreneurship pathway of the Business Management courses, as well as teaching on the Industry Studies module. Chris is also the director of software house Chanjones Ltd. He’s been programming in various languages since he was 12 years old. With experience ranging from logistics to computer vision to aviation.
Closing Ceremony: Guest Speaker
Matthew Khoury
CEO/Co-Founder
Loke Global
Graduated from University of South Australia, Matthew Khoury co-founded Loke Global in Australia in 2012.
LOKE builds branded ordering, loyalty and marketing technology for retail and hospitality brands. It provides both web and native apps in customer’s brand with the widest selection of tools to build revenue and customer data. LOKE’s bespoke platform includes customisable segmentation and tracking tools, allowing its customers to create powerful and meaningful journeys while enhancing customer’s interaction with businesses. It offers a feature set normally only achieved by combining multiple platforms.
After the successful launch in Australia and Singapore, Matt moved to London to expand Loke’s operation into the UK in 2018. When Covid-19 hit UK in March 2020, Matt led his team to change its business model over night, they have pivoted extremely successfully to focus on providing ordering platforms, for delivery services, to small and medium sized hospitality businesses.
Its customers include Shake Shack, Nandos, Baskin Robbins, National Australia Bank, Milestone Group, Gelato Messina, City Pub Group and many more, it has offices in Sydney, Singapore, London and Aukland.