Private sector stakeholders eager to explore collaborative research opportunities

Posted on September 22, 2015

Prof Ernie Heath from the Department of Business Management co-presented a paper and chaired two sessions at the 2015 ATLAS Africa Conference, with the theme ‘Tourism and inclusive growth in developing economies’, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Economics student receives medal for research on renewable energy

Posted on September 18, 2015

Exceptionally relevant and important research regarding renewable energy in South Africa was recognised on national level when Mr Jaco Weideman received the Economic Society South Africa (ESSA) Founders Medal for Masters Research 2015 at ESSA’s Biennal Conference, held in September 2015 at...

Developing careers in supply chain management

Posted on September 18, 2015

The Department of Business Management recently hosted its annual supply chain career day at the UP Conference Centre. Various industry role players, such as PWC, Unilever, UTi, DHL, Adcock Ingram and Proctor & Gamble, presented their career opportunities to the under- and postgraduate...

EMS launches Entrepreneurship Development Programme

Posted on September 16, 2015

A new and exciting entrepreneurship programme will be offered for the first time in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ Department of Business Management in 2016.

GIBS Centre for Dynamic Markets team wins coveted award

Posted on September 11, 2015

The Centre for Dynamic Markets (CDM) at UP’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), has won the coveted Tony Elumelu Foundation Africapitalism Award for the Best Teaching Case Study on Sustainable Business in Africa.

Natural Capital Protocol Workshop set to contribute to business transformation

Posted on September 10, 2015

The Natural Capital Coalition, in partnership with several organisations including the national Department of Environmental Affairs, the African Centre for Technology Studies and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria (UP), is organising a Natural...

Contemplating the impact of technology on being a scholar-author

Posted on September 08, 2015

During a visit to the Department of Marketing Management in July 2015, Professor Julie Ruth from the Rutgers University School of Business in the USA delivered a presentation to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ staff on the impact of technology on being a scholar-author.

UP’s MPhil in Internal Auditing teaches through collaboration

Posted on September 04, 2015

During July 2015, 36 part-time students commenced with their postgraduate studies in internal auditing, presented in UP’s Department of Auditing. These students are mostly senior internal audit practitioners working in the private and public sectors globally and in South Africa. The MPhil...