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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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).
April 25, 2009
The following is an extract from the proceedings of a debate on serial killings and serial killers that was recently hosted by Southern Business School. The proceedings would be of specific interest to students who are currently studying towards the Bachelor: Policing Practices, or for that matter anyone who is interested in the psyche of [...]
April 23, 2009
The following is an extract from the proceedings of a debate on serial killings and serial killers that was recently hosted by Southern Business School. The proceedings would be of specific interest to students who are currently studying towards the Bachelor: Policing Practices, or for that matter anyone who is interested in the psyche of [...]
April 15, 2009
World wide corporate governance has come under the spotlight during the past decade. At its simplest level corporate governance can be described as the system by which organisations are directed and controlled (Cadbury Report, 1992). In the past many enterprises regarded issues of governance as incidental to financial or bottom-line performance. Governance was therefore something [...]
April 10, 2009
by C.B. (Riaan) Visser RPSAA (IPFA), GIMFO Head: Research and Liaison Southern Business School President Kgalema Motlanthe has, through a proclamation in the Government Gazette on Wednesday, 11 February 2009, determined that the next national and provincial elections in South Africa will take place on 22 April 2009. This led to the revival of the debate in the [...]
April 10, 2009
by C.B. (Riaan) Visser RPSAA (IPFA), GIMFO Head: Research and Liaison Southern Business School During the past few months much has been said in the media about protectionism amidst the global economic crisis that has a negative effect on all countries across the world. This debate prompts academics, politicians, business people, labour unions and trade organisations to revisit [...]
July 19, 2009