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Sharpen your decision-making with an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Speaking at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) Prof Juani Swart, director of the Work and Employment Research Centre, School of Management, Bath University, in England says knowledge in a company has to be treated like an asset in today’s competitive world.

The ’90s were about the World Wide Web of information and the power of linking web pages. Today it’s about the world wide web of people and the power of the social graph. Join this session of We Read For You, where Louis Fourie will present The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach New Audiences and Sell More Stuff, by Clara Shih.

Kahane, author of Power & Love and associate fellow at the Saïd Business School of Oxford University, was speaking at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) on how societies can peacefully effect change. The discussion formed part of the USB’s Leader’s Angle talks.

The MBA degree of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) attracts students from across the country and from abroad. To enrol for the January/February 2011 intake, apply now.

The University of Stellenbosch Business School students have the option of going on one of 5 study tours, one of which is to Nyenrode Business University in The Netherlands. This video is of Professor Pablo Collazzo, Program Director of the Executive MBA program at Nyenrode, on what you can expect from the visit to Nyenrode. He was at the USB in Cape Town with an eMBA group from Nyenrode and talked to USB MBA students about the program they will be presenting to our students at Nyenrode in September. The course focuses on the challenges of gaining strategic insight and dynamics of strategy, along with the determinants of competitiveness and competitive advantage. The visits evolve around the question of how to add value to a company. For more information on this study tour as well as the other tour options, please refer to the Memo on the USB student portal or contact Cailin Human on cailin.human@usb.ac.za

South Africa has the potential to create nearly 200 000 new jobs by 2020 through focusing its efforts on growing the solar power industry, says Pancho Ndebele of Emvelo, who recently spoke at the University of Stellenbosch Business School’s Leader’s Angle event. www.usb.ac.za

Human beings are crazy creatures. Understanding human behaviour, what motivates us and drives our choices, is imperative for marketers and business leaders. In this session of We Read For You, Rob Stokes discusses ‘Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions’ written by Dan Ariely. This book offers a concise summary of why today’s social science increasingly treats the ‘markets-know-best’ model as a fairy tale. Brought to you by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB-ED)

Jeremy Sampson, Group Executive Chairman of Interbrand Sampson — part of the global brand management group — was speaking at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) on the importance of corporate branding. The discussion forms part of the USB’s series of Leaders Angle talks.