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  • The ins and outs of franchising

    Posted on March 26, 2015

    Mrs Belinda Bradley, a franchise expert from SA Franchise Warehouse, visited the BComHons (Marketing Management) class on 11 March 2015 to share her knowledge and expertise on the franchise industry. Mrs Bradley provided background information on the South African franchise industry and shared...

  • 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...

  • MARKETING being ‘liked’ and ‘viewed’

    Posted on March 02, 2015

    To introduce the new honours students to Strategic Marketing, the students were challenged to engage with digital marketing in a fun and interactive way – and in line with the Department of Marketing Management’s 2015 theme namely “Make Marketing Matter”. The honours...

  • Let the marketing games begin

    Posted on February 16, 2015

    The journey for the BComHons (Marketing Management) class of 2015 kicked off on 3 February 2015 with a fun, sporting class. The theme of the welcome lecture was “The Marketing Games” and, prior to the first class, students were informed to dress for the welcome lecture representing a...

  • Make marketing matter

    Posted on February 16, 2015

    Following the University of Pretoria’s slogan, “Make today matter”, the Department of Marketing Management‘s theme for 2015 is “Make marketing matter”. Mr Thinkwell Ndhlovu, Ms Jade Samuels and Ms Danita Potgieter, lecturers in the Department, inspired the...

  • Connecting with international colleagues in the French Alps

    Posted on February 16, 2015

    Prof Yolanda Jordaan, Head of the Department of Marketing Management, and Prof André Jordaan, professor in the Department of Economics, attended the Winter Global Business Conference in Tignes, France from 2 to 6 February 2015. The focus of the conference, hosted by the Innovation Institute...

  • TuksAlumni board challenges Marketing Management honours class

    Posted on January 26, 2015

    During October, the Department of Marketing Management welcomed members of the TuksAlumni board, Chairperson Judge De Villiers, Mr Francois Grobler, Mr Neeltje Wilkens and TuksAlumni Manager Dr DC Jacobs into one of the honours classes.

  • A hive of activity with ‘Gautrain Activations’

    Posted on January 16, 2015

    For four weeks, the student hub at the Piazza on the Hatfield Campus has been a hive of activity with ‘Gautrain Activations’, as honours students of the Department of Marketing Management ran a promotional campaign to increase awareness for the Gautrain and to promote the Gautrain as...

  • Physical evidence of service on campus

    Posted on December 03, 2014

    Marketing Management students had the opportunity to examine two excellent examples of physical evidence, one of the so called 7 Ps of marketing, on the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus. The evidence was found in none other than buildings on the campus.

  • The power of ‘like’ – social networks analysis

    Posted on October 29, 2014

    International researcher Prof Holger Lütters, a professor from the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin, Germany, presented an insightful guest lecture to the Marketing Management honours class on ‘The power of “like” – social networks analysis’.

  • Celebrating spring with ‘culture pop’

    Posted on October 21, 2014

    Spring Day 2014 was celebrated by the Department of Marketing Management in cultural style.

  • Top achievers honoured

    Posted on May 12, 2014

    The Department of Marketing Management honoured its top students of 2013 at a prize giving ceremony held in April 2014. The Department had much to celebrate as 2013 was a very successful year for both students and staff.

  • How to sell in the real world

    Posted on April 07, 2014

    Personal selling and account management is a new module for third-year students studying towards a BCom (Marketing Management) degree. This module aims to equip marketing students with the necessary skills and to prepare them for a career in the field of

  • Graduate performs at her first job thanks to the honours programme

    Posted on March 25, 2014

    Telani Nel completed the BComHons (Marketing Management) degree at the University of Pretoria at the end of 2013. After numerous job interviews, she was appointed at Barclays Pan Africa

  • Marketing goes viral

    Posted on March 19, 2014

    To introduce the 2014 BComHons (Marketing Management) students to strategic marketing and also in line with the 2014

  • Students challenged by a fundraising/sponsorship strategy

    Posted on March 17, 2014

    The BComHons (Marketing Management) students were challenged to develop and execute a fundraising/sponsorship strategy for the Phyllis Robertson Home as part of their curriculum. The aim of the challenge was to give students the opportunity to share their

  • Welcome MarketerChef 2014!

    Posted on February 25, 2014

    The journey for the BComHons (Marketing Management) class of 2014 has officially begun and based on the first class, this group will not disappoint. The theme of the welcoming lecture was

  • Online Marketing research

    Posted on February 25, 2014

    Three staff members of the Department of Marketing Management visited the Hochschule fur Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) in Berlin during January 2014. Drs Van Heerden, Wiese and Maree traveled to Berlin to share research ideas and initiate collaborative res

  • Alumnus returns home

    Posted on January 27, 2014

    Prof Deon Nel, an alumnus of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, returned to his alma mater. He has been appointed in the Department of Marketing Management from 1 January 2014.

  • "Marketing in motion" in first year's hearts

    Posted on January 24, 2014

    The Department of Marketing Management pulled out all the stops to officially welcome the first-year class of 2014 on campus on Wednesday, 22 January. The eager, fresh-faced first years had been treated to an orientation that topped the bar. What better w

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