Toyota SA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (Gibs) to develop a new business school to be built near Umhlanga, north of Durban.The project is subject to approval by the company’s Japanese parent but, if approved, its qualifications will include an MBA in manufacturing.Planners hope the school will open in 2018 and though the company, which has a vehicle assembly plant south of Durban, is expected to provide many of the students, places will be available to other firms, including automotive competitors.Gibs dean Nicola Kleyn says the school has been asked to prepare core MBA courses and the postgraduate diplomas (PGDip) required to bridge the gap between bachelor’s and master’s study.Academic and motor industry consultant Justin Barnes, one of the key thinkers behind government’s Automotive Production & Development Programme (APDP), has been asked to prepare specialist manufacturing courses.Besides MBAs and PGDips, planners want th...
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