Posted on July 24, 2020
As human beings, we are creatures of habit, and most often we are comfortable doing things which are familiar to us. Before COVID-19, most of us were part of the rat race, industrialisation, and endless traffic.
Posted on June 24, 2020
Working remotely is not every employee’s cup of tea. Some employees cope well, while others feel overwhelmed engaging with remote technology to get their work done. A wide range of employees with diverse ‘remote-work personalities’ have emerged during the lockdown.
Posted on June 17, 2020
Academic Achievers Profile: Tiffany Webster Award: Best achievement for MCom Industrial Psychology, sponsored by the South African Board for People Practices
Posted on June 08, 2020
The first ever university and industry textbook on diversity management in the South African workplace reveals that race and gender representation remains largely elusive, in both the public and private sectors.
Posted on June 02, 2020
Faculty Dean Professor Elsabé Loots leads the team responsible for guiding EMS@UP into a future that she sees as continuing the culture of excellence that has become synonymous with the Faculty.
Posted on May 29, 2020
Academic Achievers Profile: Hesti Groenewald Award: Best Community Project for BCom Honours in Industrial Psychology, sponsored by the Department of Human Resource Management, University of Pretoria
Posted on May 26, 2020
Yes, lockdown will end eventually. Follow these simple tips to physically and mentally prepare to get back to business as usual. Those fortunate enough to weather the storm will pack up their laptops and return to the office. But, what’s that? You’ve let yourself go a wee bit? And...
Posted on May 22, 2020
Academic Achievers Profile: Suné van Huyssteen Award: Best achievement for research honours modules, sponsored by the Institute for People Management Suné van Huyssteen completed her honours degree in Industrial Psychology at the University of Pretoria and is currently busy with her first...
Posted on May 21, 2020
Every crisis in history has resulted in change, and this crisis will be no different. Overnight, HR functions across industries and company sizes experienced what it really means to operate in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) world.
Posted on May 15, 2020
Academic Achievers Profile: Teagan Routledge Award: Best Community Project for BCom Honours in Industrial Psychology, sponsored by the Department of Human Resource Management, University of Pretoria
Posted on May 12, 2020
My friend (I’ll call him Jon) shared with me an incident that happened to him last week. He was on a video call at home when his daughter ran in (on screen), howling, with a bloodied elbow. While tears from a seven-year-old aren’t remarkable, what is remarkable is how Jon’s team...
Posted on May 08, 2020
Academic Achievers Profile: Taylor Montgomery
Posted on April 29, 2020
Like it or not, dealing with bosses is never easy, and it’s not going to get any easier, even from the safety of your home, but, hey, you coped then, you can cope now.
Posted on April 17, 2020
The Department of Human Resource Management wishes to congratulate graduates that received their degrees in absentia on 6 April 2020.
Posted on April 15, 2020
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) wishes to congratulate all the graduates who received their qualifications in absentia during the recent virtual graduation ceremony presided over by UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe.
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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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