Four PhD students from the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) in Cape Town, South Africa, share their experience after attending the European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA) summer school in Soreze, France at the end of July 2011. They were Jako Volschenk, Arthur Linke, George Djolov en Charon Marias. The USB offers a PhD degree and is the first school outside Europe with membership of EDAMBA.
Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of recording thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has opened his personal archive to offer an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life. In this session of USB-ED’s ‘We Read For You’, Prof Basil Leonard presents Conversations with Myself (released 12 October 2010), a book by former president Nelson Mandela. Synopsis presentation took place on 10 February 2012 at University of Stellenbosch Business School in Bellville, Cape Town.
We caught up with Prof André Roux, Director of the Institute for Futures Research at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, and asked him to share his thoughts on the impact of the debt-ceiling deal signed by American President Barack Obama on the global and South African economy.
Jacques Myburgh, Existential Coach explains the dynamics and benefits of business coaching at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) as part of its Career Services lunch-hour talk sessions organised by Nothandi Magodla, Manager: Career Services for the USB.
This insert on the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) was screened at the Association of MBAs International Conference in Geneva from 25th-27th May 2011. From its inception in 1964, the USB has become a renowned player in the international business school community. Since its humble beginnings with 14 registered MBA students over four decades ago, the USB has expanded to become a fully fledged postgraduate business school with international accreditation, cooperation agreements with various international business schools, and almost one thousand MBA, Master’s and PhD graduates. Many of the USB’s alumni have become admired leaders in all spheres of society.
Dr Gene Deszca, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, talks about Leading change: How to be an effective change agent, at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) Leader’s Angle talk series.
Listen to the experiences of these MPhil in Development Finance students while studying at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) in Cape Town, South Africa.
Watch the full keynote speech of the honourable Thabo Mbeki, former president of the Republic of South Africa, delivered at the opening of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) International Knowledge Management Conference on Monday, 16 January 2012. For more on the Knowledge conference visit www.usb.ac.za
In this University of Stellenbosch Business School Leader’s Angle video, Lars Kolind, Group Chairman Grundfos in Denmark, says every business should be a movement — that is, a social network with a common purpose, where everyone shares a passion for the cause and most people are willing to work for the cause for free. Could your business become a movement? Imagine if people would work with you, not for the money but for the cause. Impossible? “No!” says Kolind. Watch this edited video where he gives prominent examples of how a successful movement can also make money; in fact more money than any competitor.
(www.abndigital.com) As the role of business in society changes, it is becoming crucially important that business leaders are equipped with relevant and appropriate skills. This is according to Professor John Powel, Director of the University of Stellenbosch Business School. He joins ABN’s Lerato Mbele from Cape Town.
