Prof Nkomo receives 2020 AFAM Trailblazer Award

Posted on March 24, 2020

Prof Stella Nkomo, who holds a strategic appointment in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ Department of Human Resource Management, has become the third recipient of the African Academy of Management (AFAM) Trailblazer Award.

Alumnus profile: Francis Wilkinson

Posted on March 02, 2020

The foundation of any successful business is the right people. “Once you have attracted the right ones, you need to invest heavily in their development,” stresses alumnus Francis ‘Frank’ Wilkinson, currently operational consultant in the UK whose ultimate dream is to build...

Prof Carrim co-edits pioneering book on diversity management

Posted on February 18, 2020

The Department of Human Resource Management congratulates Prof Nasima Carrim for her indispensable contribution to the publication of the first ever textbook on diversity management in South Africa. Prof Carrim is the leading co-editor of Managing diversity in the South African workplace, a...

Commercii committee closes their term with a big bang

Posted on October 15, 2019

The 2018/19 Executive Committee (EC) of Commercii, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ faculty house, attended the UP Student Development Awards on 7 October 2019 at the Groenkloof Campus.

Prof Hoobler joins editorial board of Applied Psychology

Posted on September 06, 2019

Prof Jenny Hoobler from the Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences will join the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Psychology in January 2020.

UP awarded for excellent human resource standards

Posted on September 06, 2019

The Department of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences earned the University of Pretoria the award for the Best University in Human Resource (HR) Standards at the South African Board for People Practices’ (SABPP’s) gala event, hosted at the...

UP researchers call for women to lead socio-economic transformation

Posted on August 28, 2019

South Africa faces many social and economic problems including poverty and inequality, but researchers working to solve these issues say it is important to focus on women in order to fix them.

Prospective EMS students win big on ChooseUP Day

Posted on August 23, 2019

Staff and students at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) welcomed thousands of prospective students who visited the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus to attend #ChooseUP Day on 17 August 2019.