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  • Marketing in Motion

    Posted on January 23, 2014

    The Department of Marketing Management is serious about getting marketing into motion in 2014. To put the words into action, the first-year BCom (Marketing Management) students were welcomed with the song Timber by Pitbull and Kesha.

  • Customer satisfaction index – a first for South Africa

    Posted on November 26, 2013

    Professor Yolanda Jordaan, Head of the Department of Marketing Management and co-founder of the South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi), was most excited about the release of the first full year national customer satisfaction index on 4 November

  • Academic versus commercial research: parallel universes?

    Posted on November 22, 2013

    The juxtaposition between academic and “real-world” research is a topic often debated – especially within the academic fraternity. As young researchers, the final year master’s course work in Marketing Management students found this research debate of great interest.

  • Students hold their own in front of the Gautrain Management Agency

    Posted on November 18, 2013

    On 29 October 2013, the Department of Marketing Management put their honours students to the ultimate test. After an entire year of working on the Gautrain marketing project, it was time for the students to demonstrate what they had experienced and learnt

  • 'Expect the Unexpected' and come out tops

    Posted on November 14, 2013

    The Marketing Management Honours class of 2013 had a busy year, working on various industry challenges and meeting deadlines on a weekly basis. On Wednesday, 30 October, true to the nature of the Honours programme, the marketing class was caught off guard.

  • Marketing students meet the who's who of sports business leaders

    Posted on November 11, 2013

    Exposure Unlimited approached the Department of Marketing Management, requesting our senior students’ involvement in the Sport Industry Summit held on 24 October 2013 in Johannesburg. This company kindly offered one student the opportunity to not only attend the summit, but to also meet and...

  • Keep calm and write your CV...

    Posted on November 07, 2013

    As part of the honours programme in Marketing, the Department of Marketing Management has placed great focus on getting the honours students equipped for the working world. Part of this involved getting professional assistance in developing a CV, creating

  • Transform research into an interesting story

    Posted on November 07, 2013

    “When aiming to publish in popular media, ensure you have an interesting, timeous and relevant story to tell.” This was some valuable advice given to the Master’s course work students from Ms Nicolize Mulder, senior media liaison officer at the University of Pretoria.

  • UP develops its leaders – and reap the rewards

    Posted on November 01, 2013

    The University of Pretoria selected one dean and 11 heads of departments to partake in UP’s prestigious Programme in Academic Leadership (PAL), presented by the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). The programme focuses on the context of academic leadership, people development and...

  • When I graduate, I am going to drive a Porsche

    Posted on November 01, 2013

    On Friday, 25 October 2013, Mr Fred Scheepers, lecturer of BEM 224, invited his second-year marketing students to a special lecture in the Aula. Upon arrival, the students realised this was not going to be an ordinary lecture. The red carpet laid out on s

  • Walking the process in a call centre

    Posted on October 16, 2013

  • Data visualisation

    Posted on October 11, 2013

    As part of the Department of Marketing Management

  • Biotechnology meets marketing in interdepartmental course

    Posted on October 11, 2013

    As part of an interdepartmental BScHons (Biotechnology) course, the departments of Biochemistry, Plant Science, Genetics, Microbiology and Plant Pathology and Plant Production and Soil Science are participating in a programme named Biotechnology in the wo

  • Students take on a Gautrain publicity stunt

    Posted on October 10, 2013

    The year 2013 marked a partnership between the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) and the Department of Marketing Management. Mr Ashton Bodrick, Marketing Manager at GMA briefed the BComHons (Marketing Management) students on the partnership and what was ex

  • Students experience new media hands on

    Posted on October 10, 2013

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  • Honorary professors appointed in the Department of Marketing Management

    Posted on October 10, 2013

    Mr Brand Pretorius and Mr Bonang Mohale have both been appointed as honorary professors in the Department of Marketing Management from 1 September 2013.

  • Visible research outputs

    Posted on October 09, 2013

    The Department of Marketing Management has pinned up a barometer to monitor the research output of staff members. The idea originated with Dr Melanie Wiese, a staff member of the Department, who gave examples of ways to make staff members

  • Prof Jordaan part of selected group to visit the University of S

    Posted on September 20, 2013

    A delegation of professors and representatives of the University of Pretoria (UP) was welcomed to the University of S

  • Posted on September 20, 2013

    The Southern African Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS) celebrated its 25th year of existence at a conference themed

  • Students exposed to the practical side of not-for-profit marketing

    Posted on September 20, 2013

    It is not common knowledge that the United Nations Children

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