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  • Dr Paul Smit lectures at three Russian universities

    Posted on September 22, 2017

    Dr Paul Smit from the Department of Human Resource Management recently visited Russia, where he presented lectures at three different Russian universities and chaired a session at an international Brics conference.

  • Outgoing Commercii committee passes on the baton to new leadership

    Posted on September 20, 2016

    The Economic and Management Sciences Faculty House Commercii welcomed its incoming Executive Committee (EC) on 16 September 2016. The inauguration ceremony was symbolic of the passing on of the baton from the previous EC, overseen by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof Elsabé Loots, who commended all...

  • CCMA and bargaining council enlighten Labour Relations class

    Posted on September 19, 2016

    On 12 September 2016 the BCom Hons (Human Resource Management) students had the opportunity to engage with a Commissioner from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and the CEO of a bargaining council. These guest speakers were invited to enlighten the students about...

  • Prof Zinn receives global award

    Posted on August 02, 2016

    Prof Shirley Zinn, an extraordinary professor at the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Pretoria, was honoured with a 2016 CEO Global Award.

  • Prof Nkomo wins prestigious award

    Posted on July 22, 2016

    Professor Stella Nkomo, Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate Studies in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the 2016 CEO Lifetime Country Achievement Award for South Africa.

  • Prof Hoobler invited to serve on prestigious editorial board

    Posted on June 21, 2016

    Prof Jenny Hoobler, Acting Head of the Department of Human Resource Management, has been invited to join the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal, the top empirical journal in the field of management internationally.

  • Human Resource Management lecturer represents SA at BRICS conference

    Posted on June 07, 2016

    Dr Paul Smit of the Department of Human Resource Management in UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences attended an international BRICS conference in Moscow, Russia, from 24 to 26 May 2016.

  • Human Resource Management lecturer invited to Armenia

    Posted on April 22, 2016

    Dr Paul Smit from the Department of Human Resource Management visited the Republic of Armenia from 7 to 11 April 2016 on invitation of Dr Ruben Elamiryan of the Public Administration Academy of Armenia.

  • National professional HR body elects UP expert to its board

    Posted on November 11, 2015

    Prof Karel Stanz, Head of the Department of Human Resource Management, was elected as board member of the South African Board for People Practice (SABPP) for the period 2016 to 2018.

  • 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).

  • International labour academics hosted by Human Resource Management

    Posted on September 29, 2015

    No less than seven visitors from different universities all over the world visited the Department of Human Resource Management on 14 September 2015. These visitors, all academics in labour relations and labour law from Russia, the Netherlands, Hungary and Poland, were the guests of Dr Paul Smit.,...

  • 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...

  • Leadership development workshop

    Posted on August 24, 2015

    The Department Human Resource Management would like to invite all interested students to attend a leadership development workshop

  • Meta-analyst visits the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

    Posted on July 24, 2015

    Brenton Wiernik, a doctoral student in industrial and organisational psychology at the University of Minnesota, USA, visited the Department of Human Resource Management in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences from 16 June to 3 July 2015. Brenton is working with the Department...

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam hosts UP researcher and lecturer

    Posted on June 10, 2015

    Dr Paul Smit, lecturer in the Department of Human Resource Management, is currently on a three-month staff exchange programme and research visit at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

  • Human Resource Management rewards academic achievers

    Posted on June 02, 2015

    The Department of Human Resource Management recognised its undergraduate and postgraduate academic achievers at the recent 2015 departmental prize-giving ceremony.

  • HR expert receives best paper award from the Academy of Management

    Posted on April 16, 2015

    Prof Jenny Hoobler of the Department Human Resource Management received the Best Paper Proceeding Award for the 75th Academy of Management conference, to be held in Vancouver, Canada in August 2015.

  • Doctoral students welcomed

    Posted on March 12, 2015

    The Department of Human Resource Management welcomed six new doctoral students at the end of February. This year's doctoral programme will include a year-long classroom seminar series in the literature and theory of organisational behaviour, industrial-organisational psychology and human resource...

  • 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...

  • CD launch of HR Tuks

    Posted on April 12, 2013

    On the 26th of October HR Tuks helped Kristiaan Kurtzinger with his CD Launch. At 19:00 freshments were served in the Aula. The event started with a welcoming and greeting by the Chairperson of HR Tuks and the rest of the EC members.

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