Digital leaders inspire Marketing students at IAB Digital Summit

Posted on March 09, 2015

Two UP marketing students and their lecturer were invited to attend the inaugural Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) SA Digital Summit, hosted by IAB SA in association with the BBC.com on 19 February 2015. The summit marked a day of thought-provoking ideas and 11 excellent international...

Budget Speech 2015: Electricity levy increase: What are the consequences for the economy?

Posted on March 06, 2015

As in every year’s budget speech, the increases in taxes and levies drew the attention of especially consumers and small enterprises that usually get affected more severely.

Realism and structured models provide solution to unemployment

Posted on March 03, 2015

"Consider a career as entrepreneur or small business person if you can’t find work, it will solve our unemployment problem!"

Cultivating sustainable and peaceful communities through tourism

Posted on March 02, 2015

The International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) recognised Prof Ernie Heath, from the Department of Business Management, for his role in advancing tourism as a force for peace and socio-economic upliftment in South and southern Africa since the mid-eighties. Prof Heath again shared...

Professor emeritus remains productive

Posted on February 23, 2015

Prof Chris Thornhill, professor emeritus at the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA), has retired in 2001, but is still actively engaged in teaching and research.

First graduate in MPhil focusing on responsible leadership

Posted on February 20, 2015

The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) is proud to announce that Mr Pieter Conradie, the Programme Director for Integrated Reporting became the first graduate of the MPhil in Business Management with the focus on Responsible Leadership. It is a two-year multidisciplinary...

What does the future hold for travel management companies?

Posted on February 19, 2015

Recent research in the Tourism Management Division scrutinised the use of technology to align the needs of corporate travel managers with the functions of travel management companies.

Research on SADC transnational labour relations furthered in Germany

Posted on February 16, 2015

Two MCom students from the Department of Human Resource Management will visit the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany from 22 to 29 March 2015. Helena du Preez and Leani van Zyl are both busy with their mini dissertations regarding different aspects of a larger research project on...