Posted on August 03, 2022
Projects are inherently uncertain undertakings with numerous accounts of failed projects evidence of this, leading University of Pretoria senior lecturer Schalk Grobbelaar to pose the question of how it can be assured that projects meet expectations.
Posted on August 03, 2022
With the Blue Drop regulation programme assessment focusing on the improvement of the entire value chain of South Africa's potable water infrastructure, University of Pretoria project management associate professor Giel Bekker says it should be relatively simple to improve the current dire water...
Posted on August 02, 2022
Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM) hosted during July a successful international entrepreneurship summer/winter school at Future Africa. Thirty five students from three Norwegian and two South African universities took part in the two week long school with theme: Youth...
Posted on August 02, 2022
The distinguished Professor Lavagnon Ika from the Telfer Graduate School of Management at the University of Ottawa visited the GSTM recently. He is currently a Carnegie Fellow and visiting professor at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) of the University of Pretoria.
Posted on August 01, 2022
The following three full-time position have been advertised at the GSTM - Associate Professor/ Professor – Systems Engineering & Thinking - Associate Professor / Professor – Innovation & Technology Management - Senior Lecturer / Associate...
Posted on July 26, 2022
Amid unstable power supply, the development of a wood bioeconomy could help support South Africa's energy needs while ensuring that the country meets its carbon emission reduction targets, says University of Pretoria Graduate School of Technology Management senior lecturer Schalk Grobbelaar
Posted on July 22, 2022
De Wet van Niekerk, a recent graduate of the MPM program at the GSTM, shares his experience. De Wet is a civil engineer and one of his class's top achievers. The GSTM congratulates De Wet on his achievement and is grateful to learn how he successfully applies the knowledge that he has gained.
Posted on June 02, 2022
What it will take for South Africa’s ailing power utility to keep going, Prof David Walwyn. The Conversation, May 30 2022 and TV interview with Newzroom Africa, Possible energy solutions for South Africa, 31 May 2022 The chief operating officer of South Africa’s electricity...
Posted on June 01, 2022
While consulting engineers are leading the building information modelling (BIM) drive, with designs and analyses being completely BIM-orientated, the technology has had mixed success for the mining industry in South Africa so far, says tertiary education institute University of Pretoria (UP)...
Posted on May 23, 2022
Marius van der Meulen is one of the top three masters students in Engineering Management. He completed his degree cum laude end of 2021.
Posted on May 23, 2022
Prof Elma van der Lingen would like to congratulate the following students for obtaining their PhD degree. Bambo, TL Meyer, JAM Peach, R Qin, X Tshuma, B
Posted on April 22, 2022
The 2021 Top Research Masters Awards Ceremony was held on 21 April 2022. Prof Elma van der Lingen congratulated the following three students for their excellent research done for their mini-dissertation.
Posted on April 21, 2022
McKinsey listed project management as one of three skills that companies prioritised in 2020. The other two skills are leadership & managing others and critical thinking & decision-making – skills related to project management and to management in general. A Harvard Business...
Posted on April 19, 2022
Join us for the 16th Annual INCOSE SA Conference, the premier conference of systems engineering and related disciplines in Africa. The conference allows industry, organizations, educators, researchers, and government to showcase cutting edge practice and research. Please submit papers,...
Posted on March 17, 2022
Prof David Walwyn - The Conversation - March 2022. Pharmaceutical company Moderna announced on 7 March 2022 that it would develop a site in Kenya to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines. The company holds much of the key intellectual property relating to the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. Due to their...
Posted on March 17, 2022
The John Perlman Show (702) - Interview with Prof David Walwyn The announcement by Moderna that it will continue to make the mRNA vaccines on its own is a big blow to the African Hub. Professor of technology management at the University of Pretoria, David Richard Walwyn, says the partnership...
Posted on March 17, 2022
Moderna's announced plans to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. Interview with Prof David Walwyn Newsroom Africa - March 2022 Moderna's announced plans to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. The pharmaceutical company holds much of the key intellectual property relating to mRNA...
Posted on March 07, 2022
Dear valued Stakeholders, Advisory Board Members & Students It is with great pleasure that we inform you that our Department, Graduate School of Technology Management, relocated to an upgraded, professional and modern facility within the heart of Hatfield. This location has frontage road...
Posted on February 04, 2022
To kick off with a good start in 2022, a research article titled “Keep it simple: external resource utilisation and incremental product innovation in resource-challenged South African manufacturing firms” was published in Industry and Innovation (5-y IF=4.444) by Profs Leon Oerlemans,...
Posted on January 24, 2022
Appointment of Tahseen Raiman as GSTM PMI SA Student Representative The Graduate School of Technology Management and The Project Management Institute South Africa Chapter are pleased to announce the appointment of Tahseen Raiman as the GSTM/PMI SA Student Chapter Representative for 2022....
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