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. [...]
October 7, 2009
On Monday and Tuesday, 28 and 29 September, Southern Business School conducted a study week for the Namibian students at the Polytechnic of Namibia in Windhoek. A selection of subjects were made to assists students, which included Management practice I –III, Human Resource Management I, II, Economics I, II, Accounting and Finance I, Research Methodology 400, [...]
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 [...]
July 19, 2009
A seminar was presented by Dr. Bruce Copley at Southern Business School on 10 June 2009 during which the following two topics were addressed: Creating and maintaining a workplace community; and Developing and managing intangible assets: the cornerstone of organisational excellence Dr. Copley was introduced to the staff of SBS by Prof. Ben Moolman of UNISA’s School for Business [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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.
October 15, 2009