On the cutting edge of data visualisation

Posted on November 06, 2015

Ms Danielle Carrick, an information designer from GfK Consumer Experiences North America in New York, presented a lecture to the MPhil Marketing Research students while she was hosted by the Department of Marketing Management on 16 and 17 October 2015.

Destination marketing expert visits UP

Posted on October 20, 2015

The Tourism Management Division hosted Prof Dimitris Koutoulas from the University of Patras in Greece during September 2015.

UP master's student wins Tax Thesis Competition

Posted on October 20, 2015

Innovative thinking by leaders and up-and-coming talent in the tax field was celebrated and recognised at the national Tax Thesis Competition awards function that was held at Norton Rose Fulbright's Office in Sandton on 8 October 2015. Lara Theron, a student in UP's Department of Taxation, won...

Prestigious journal invites UP professor to serve as consulting editor

Posted on October 15, 2015

Prof Jenny Hoobler of the Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences was recently invited to serve as a consulting editor (CE) on the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP).

Research affirms sustainability and value creation in a rural community

Posted on October 05, 2015

Dominique Pröbstl, a Communication Management master’s degree student in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, was involved in one of South Africa’s most ambitious corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects.

Research grant for African project awarded to EMS team

Posted on August 31, 2015

Prof Jenny Hoobler of the Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Courtney Masterson, doctoral candidate from the University of Illinois, USA, and Elsabé Buys, MCom Industrial Psychology student were recently awarded the 2014/2015 Emerald...

International expert presents MPhil Marketing Research workshop at UP

Posted on August 26, 2015

On 31 July and 1August 2015 the Department of Marketing Management hosted Professor Holger Lütters, a professor of International Marketing at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin and a leading expert on the topic of online marketing research.

EMS celebrates excellence at awards function

Posted on June 19, 2015

At its awards function held on 10 June 2015, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences celebrated excellence in research and teaching and learning during 2014, by awarding Research Excellence awards and Teaching and Learning Excellence awards to its staff members.