Posted on April 10, 2024
EXPERIENCE THE GLOBAL EXCHANGE: INTERNATIONAL PHD STUDENTS AT GSTM Join us in celebrating Filip Lestan and Mikhail Strukov, two bright minds from Nord University Business School in Norway, as they completed a transformative two-month internship at the Graduate School of Technology Management.
Posted on April 04, 2024
The shift to the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) is said to have potential to increase productivity and improve the quality of life. In the context of the Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising industry, the 4IR era is characterised by using emerging technologies to provide targeted advertising.
Posted on March 27, 2024
The core objective of this initiative is to achieve a 20% improvement on time on tools and in addition a 20% improvement in productivity. Turning the negative spiral of DFL productivity upwards.
Posted on March 26, 2024
The Graduate School of Technology Management at the University of Pretoria annually recognizes its outstanding Master's research students in Engineering Management, Project Management, and Technology and Innovation Management. The 2023 Top Students were honored during a hybrid event on Tuesday,...
Posted on March 11, 2024
The University of Pretoria has often been hailed as the leaders in project management research, education and training. Monday 26 February 2024 marked the 200th time that a comprehensive programme in project management (PPM) kicked off, this time with 60 enrolled course participants.
Posted on March 06, 2024
The Protobuilding programme is revolutionising this approach. We're breaking free from traditional constraints by developing a design thinking process for optimised housing solutions. Through the empathise, define, imagine, prototype, and test phases, we're fostering a culture of innovation and...
Posted on February 26, 2024
The academic programme of the Congress is a unique opportunity for you to contribute to a vibrant community, showcase your expertise, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of project management. The 33rd IPMA World Congress will be held from 27 to 29 November 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Posted on February 15, 2024
Humanity stands on the brink. Climate change, dwindling resources, poverty, illiteracy, and technological disruption represent clear and present dangers to our posterity. However, all is not lost. “Because knowledge belongs to humanity, and it is the torch that illuminates the world,”
Posted on January 25, 2024
The Transformative Innovation Africa Hub (TIAH) delivered training to Southern African Development Community (SADC) policymakers on Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP). The training took place at the Future Africa campus, University of Pretoria, between 4 and 6 Dec 2023. Delegates from 12 SADC...
Posted on December 15, 2023
Clustering has primarily been used as an analytical technique to group unlabelled data for extracting meaningful information. The fact that no clustering algorithm can solve all clustering problems has resulted in the development of several clustering algorithms with diverse applications. We...
Posted on December 14, 2023
Congratulations to Dr Anne Crafford, Executive for Transformation at the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA), on her promotion to the esteemed position of Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on December 08, 2023
Organisations in South Africa and, indeed, the world are increasingly reliant on Project Management Offices (PMOs) as the backbone of their project activities, with the purpose of setting guidelines, implementing methodologies, maintaining standards, and otherwise contributing to benefits...
Posted on December 04, 2023
Schalk Grobbelaar, a senior lecturer at the GSTM, is a key figure in sustainable design. As chairperson of a strategic partnership with York Timbers, he leads multidisciplinary research and training programs, focusing on advanced wood products for a sustainable built environment and bioeconomy in...
Posted on November 20, 2023
On 7th of November 2023, Prof John Ouma Mugabe of the Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) addressed African Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities on effective governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Africa.
Posted on November 17, 2023
This week Schalk Grobbelaar was a speaker at the Green Building Convention in Cape Town hosted by the Green Building Council South Africa. The session was filled with enthusiasm and the growing interest in timber construction was clearly noticeable.
Posted on November 15, 2023
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the International Society of Engineering Asset Management (ISEAM’s) most prestigious award to a person who has: ● personal integrity; ● an established history of distinguished service in one or more fields related to Engineering Asset Management...
Posted on November 10, 2023
Lavagnon Ika is Full Professor of Project Management (PM) and former MSc Program Director at the Telfer School of Management (uOttawa). He's jointly affiliated with the uOttawa School of International Development and Global Studies. He holds an MSc and a PhD in PM from the Université du Québec....
Posted on November 06, 2023
Construction projects are executed with the input from a variety of project participants, including the owner’s team, professional team and the contractor. In some procurement models such as design-build projects, the relationship between the professional team and the contractor allows...
Posted on October 26, 2023
In this talk, Prof Ika explores the nexus between project management and grand challenges in Africa, where sociopolitical complexity is high and institutional challenges are paramount. He suggests that, despite a shared overarching concern for organizing work and delivering change, project...
Posted on October 17, 2023
South Africa System Dynamics Chapter (SASDC) is hosting our hybrid 11th annual South African System Dynamics Conference to create a networking platform where researchers can present novel work which contributes to systems thinking, system dynamics (theory, methodology or empirics), systems...
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