"While business skills are generally recognised as a key component to joining the boardroom team, most management development for IT people has until now been missing the point," says Professor Andy Andrews, Chairman of the Graduate Institute of Management and Technology and Dean of the Henley MBA. "High level technical and generic education offerings are readily available but the IT management community have been relatively poorly served".
"As the leading private business school, GIMT is ideally positioned to help fill that gap," says Andy. "Our experience with our corporate clients has taught us that we need to be able to identify and respond to local market needs. Hence the development of our new Certificate in Management for Information Systems and Technology (CMIST)".
To help develop members of the IT management team, from team leader through to those holding senior IT positions, the GIMT programme places a business and management focus on developing our local skills, in line with the latest international and local best practice.
The new CMIST programmes aim to bridge the gap between the technical skills and business skills required to deliver value from the IT function to the organisation.
"With the focus on business, not technical, issues we`ll be helping to ensure that a more results and value-oriented management team is equipped for the challenges of the new millennium," comments Maggie Northam, Programme Director at GIMT and champion of the new initiative. "Over the nine months of the course we will help managers to develop business management skills, thus enhancing their value to their organisations."
The course will be delivered through a combination of applied learning experiences, specifically aimed at local market conditions and in line with the latest approach through the SAQA/NQF framework. "The emerging standards for IT management skills and development will be addressed through topics such as IT strategy, process and project management, service delivery and people management," says Maggie. "The nine modules of the programme will provide a balanced approach to the main issues confronting IT management in SA today and into the future, while taking the practical, work-related approach for which GIMT has become so well known."
The course, to be run in the Gauteng region initially, but open to candidates from across the country, launches on 2nd June 2000. Registration is available through the GIMT web site www.gimt.edu.za or by an enquiry to Maggie Northam or Vivienne at the Graduate Institute for Management and Technology on info@gimt.co.za
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