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Willem Bosman  |  webmaster@sbsonline.info  |  26 posts



Southern Business School – Engaging With the Community

October 15, 2009

Southern Business School is committed to ongoing community engagement and empowerment using the Millennium Development Goals as the guiding principle. Southern Business School’s non-profit organisation, the Iphandezomupilo educational foundation recently sponsored Mr Joseph Matundu from the Tshepo Community Initiative to attend training which will enable him to become a trainer and mentor on a Micro-MBA programme.  [...]

Announcing the Bachelor of Business Administration Honours

August 12, 2009

Southern Business School is proud to announce registration and accreditation of our Bachelor of Business Administration Honours (BBA Hons.) degree! The qualification is registered as a degree on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) at level 8. As such, it provides vertical and horizontal external articulation possibilities with all public and private higher education institutions that [...]

Developing and Managing Intangible Assets: The Cornerstone of Organisational Excellence

July 19, 2009

by Dr Bruce Copley INTRODUCTION It is common practice to evaluate an organisation’s performance and success by considering only its TANGIBLE FINANCIAL ASSETS such as market value and share and net book value. There is however another very important “hidden” component known as the INTANGIBLE VALUE that does not appear on an organisation’s balance sheet. The Intangible [...]

Creating and Maintaining a Workplace Community

July 19, 2009

by Dr Bruce Copley INTRODUCTION It is our contention that at a deep level, every human being yearns for peace and harmony. Because of past relationship experiences and the many associated wounds, rejections and disappointments, we are frightened and wary and discount the dream of authentic community as merely visionary. However there are ways and means [...]

Diploma in Management majoring in Accounting approved by the FSB

July 14, 2009

the FSB invited Southern Business School to participate in this process. Southern Business School submitted the Diploma in Management, majoring in Accounting for consideration and inclusion on the Fit and Proper Appropriate Qualifications List. This was subsequently approved and is included in this list.

Launch of book co-authored by academic staff member of Southern Business School

July 5, 2009

The second edition of the textbook, Managing Public Money: Systems from the South, was launched at a function on the Muckleneuk Campus of UNISA on the evening of the 2nd of July 2009. Mr. Riaan Visser, Head of Research and Liaison at Southern Business School (SBS), was one of the co-authors of this textbook that [...]

No Service Without Force? Shifts in Policing Discourse: Implication For Oversight, Integrity and Human Rights

June 30, 2009

The following seminar report may be of specific interests to students studying towards the Bachelor Policing Practices Programme. The panelists analyse the current policing environment and seek to answer the question: Is it the end of the ’soft’ approach to crime? Seminar Report compiled by Thokozile Mtsolongo, Research Intern, Crime, Justice and Politics Programme, Institute [...]

Serial Killers

June 25, 2009

Serial killers are people who kill, and kill again. They have been the source of fascination ever since Jack the Ripper has stalked the foggy streets of London more than 100 years ago. Serial killers’ acts of murder are usually combined with cannibalism, mutilation, rape and necrophilia. This post is the last in the section on the debate on serial killers hosted by Southern Business School. Kotie Geldenhuys summarises the key aspects of the speakers in this fascinating insight into the mind of the serial killer.

New Horizons June 2009

June 23, 2009

The Southern Business School newsletter, the New Horizons, June 2009 is now available for download. Enjoy! The file is in Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format (4.27MB).

Our Thanks to the Sponsors of the SBS Charity Golf Day!

June 9, 2009

SBS would like to thank the following institutions and individuals who made the Annual SBS Charity Golf Day possible through kind sponsorship and donations: Amazingwe Authentico Beauty by Yolande – Tel: 084 982 4802 Black Knight International Chris Vorster Clearsky Advertising – Tel: 011 679 2863 Cats Café – Tel: 011 793 5413 Ms Jenny Coles Contract Stationers Fabcos Cheese Farm – Tel: 079 [...]