The largest provider of business education in Africa and one of the largest in the world
September 19, 2020 | Category:
Lead, Dept Finance, Risk Management and Banking, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Caught flat-footed by a pandemic
The unpreparedness of governments and organisations around the world to deal with the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the need for better decision-making, enhanced forecasting, improved planning and advanced risk management, argued speakers at a virtual webinar hosted by Unisa's College of Economic and Management Sciences.
September 17, 2020 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Civic engagement vital in state procurement
"We as citizens should keep government on track and demand accountability for our tax rands," argued Prof Glenda Gray, president and CEO of SAMRC, during a CEMS virtual public lecture last month at Unisa.
September 16, 2020 | Category:
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Going viral in a chaotic world
The annual Consulting Psychology conference celebrated its 10th year of existence and this first virtual event presented new challenges, reports Prof Michelle May from Unisa's Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology.
August 20, 2020 | Category:
Lead, Dept Business management, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
From postgrad student assistant to chair of department
Dr Nthabiseng Violet Moraka, a black feminist researcher who heads the Department of Business Management, attests to the opportunities the university gave her to complete her PhD at age 33 and become one of Unisa’s youngest CoDs.
#WomensMonth2020 #IamGenerationEquality
July 27, 2020 | Category:
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It's time to rethink
In a lecture presented at the Iraqi-African Centre for Strategic Studies on 14 July 2020, Prof Joseph Chisasa, Chair of the Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking at Unisa, emphasised that the AU 10-year plan is no longer completely achievable by 2023 because of Covid-19.
July 14, 2020 | Category:
Lead, Dept of Operations Management, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Top innovator bags another top award
Unisa’s Prof Marcia Mkansi was awarded joint second place in the European Conference on Research Methodology for Business and Management Studies with her Research Methods Index.
July 14, 2020 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
It’s an SABR board shuffle
Unisa’s Prof Adewale Aregbeshola is now acting editor of the Southern African Business Review following the retirement of Prof Nico Martins.
July 14, 2020 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Every office needs a superhero
When the lockdown started, students in Unisa’s Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking did not know who to turn to for assistance with numerous queries - until they found Annah Sibanyoni.
July 10, 2020 | Category:
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Mega crowdfunding could help poor countries in Covid-19 fight
Unisa’s Prof Dan Makina, from the School of Economic and Financial Sciences, says that WHO could issue bonds to which the general public, private companies, organisations and governments could subscribe to finance a vaccination programme.