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Talent Management
What is talent management? Talent management is a concept increasingly on the minds of managers and practitioners as it becomes more difficult to attract and retain talented employees in a fiercely competitive business world. This situation is problematic in the South African context as The Global Competitiveness Report continues to rank the…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/gift/study-options
Study options
GIFT academic involvement consists of: the creation of a research book with chapters, the planning of next year's international conference with the theme "Talent Management in the 4th Industrial Revolution." presentation of article writing workshops, participation in webinars, and posting of videos on Talent management on your tube. GIFT…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/ethics
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OUR PURPOSE, The EMS-REC of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North-West University focuses on the evaluation and confirmation of ethical compliance of research within a commerce context, as well as acting in an ethical research advisory and training capacity. All research, excluding for teaching purposes, from the Faculty of Economic…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/ethics-office/application-process
Application process
Evaluation of PhD and Masters ethic’s applications and F-EMS Research, Apply as follows, Download the below forms here: EMS-REC New Terms of Reference EMS-REC Reviewers Form EMS-REC Application Form EMS-REC Code of Conduct EMS-REC Extensions and amendments Submit the ethics application on eFundi (EMS-REC site) in the month of the corresponding meeting., Contact details, [accordion collapsed], Business School , Christie.Munro@nwu.ac.za Joseph.Lekunze@nwu.ac.za, Faculty Assistance, Mahikeng Trevor.Mokotedi@nwu.ac.za Potchefstroom Anita.Stapelberg@nwu.ac.za Louise.JansenVanRensburg@nwu.ac.za Vanderbijlpark Angelica.VanRensburg@nwu.ac.za [/accordion]http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/ethics-office/committee-members
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS, Chairperson: Prof Mark Rathbone Community Representative: Dr Jos Viljoen Secretariat: Mrs Dalene Vorster POTCHEFSTROOM CAMPUS: Prof Stephan van der Merwe (Business School) …http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/ethics-office/training
Training
TRAINING, Training is done by Dr Crizelle Els and Prof Leon de Beer. Kindly contact them for EMSREC training. TRREE Ethics Training Another available option is to complete the free online research ethics training course. Should you make use of the free online research ethics training course, the following modules are compulsory to complete: Module…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/ethics-office/important-dates
Important dates
IMPORTANT DATES, AGENDA CLOSING DATE MEETING DATE AND PLACE 22 January 2020 31 January 2020 – Vanderbijlpark Campus 19 February 2020 28 February 2020 – Mahikeng Campus 11 March 2020 19 March 2020 – Potchefstroom Campus 15 April 2020 24 April 2020 – Vanderbijlpark Campus 20 May 2020 29 May 2020 – Mahikeng Campus 10 June 2020 19 June 2020 – Potchefstroom Campus…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/creating-hope-one-module-time
CREATING HOPE, ONE MODULE AT A TIME
Patch Adams, an American physician and social activist, once said: “We can never get a recreation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging.” Now, perhaps more than ever, South Africa is in dire need of this. During 2013 Dr Johan Jordaan, a senior lecturer at the North-West University (NWU) Business School…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/trees-rocks-another-successfull-year-teaching-and-learning
TREES "ROCKS" ANOTHER SUCCESSFULL YEAR OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Despite the challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 TREES successfully delivered for the third consecutive year one of its flagship initiatives of community engagement, under teaching and learning. The initiative is a Master course in scientific dissemination, originally launched as part of the EU-funded project on sustainable…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/trees-and-school-tourism-lead-way-towards-future-african-tourism
TREES AND THE SCHOOL OF TOURISM LEAD THE WAY TOWARDS THE FUTURE OF AFRICAN TOURISM
Who is to say that social distance will stop us from effectively engaging the community in discussions about solving the great issue of African tourism in times of COVID-19? Staff members from TREES and the School of Tourism have been keeping busy since the onset of the pandemic, trying to put several tourism discussions on the table and leading…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/nwu-students-embarking-entrepreneurship-years-student-entrepreneurship
NWU STUDENTS EMBARKING ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT THIS YEAR’S STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK 2020
Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) 2020 in collaboration with the bhive Enterprise Development Centre and the School of Management Sciences, provided students with a route map to embark on their journey from student to successful entrepreneur. SEW is a national initiative to alert students to the fact that employment is not their only option…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/leopards-lair-business-competition
LEOPARDS LAIR BUSINESS COMPETITION
Students from the North-West University (NWU) pulled out all the stops at the recent annual Leopards Lair business competition. Heading-up the competition is the NWU’s bhive Enterprise Development Centre in collaboration with the NWU’s Technology Transfer and Innovation Support office and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT). The…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/exciting-digitised-journey-enterprising-women-programme
EXCITING DIGITISED JOURNEY FOR THE ENTERPRISING WOMEN PROGRAMME
Small business owners are prepared for many things, but the COVID‑19 pandemic is not only leaving us uncertain about how to cope in these strange times, but has also resulted in an unprecedented shift in the way that we do business. Entrepreneurs may be wondering how to stay relevant to their customers and how to prepare for a post‑crisis world…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/penny-paws
A PENNY FOR PAWS
For Nelson Mandela Day on the 18th of July, the School of Management Sciences decided to have a charity drive for the Potchefstroom Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). Colleagues were asked to donate blankets, food, toys and/or cash for the shelter. Dr Goldberg and his team set off early on Saturday morning to collect parcels from colleagues and…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/achieving-successful-community-engagement
ACHIEVING SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community Engagement is increasingly seen as crucial to implementing high quality, efficient and collaborative projects. In addition, given the field of study we are in business management and marketing), it allows both colleagues and students to apply their skills and abilities in real-life situations, be it as consultants, board/committee …http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/community-engagement-2021