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Prestigious Recognition at World Economic Forum for NMMU Business School Board Member

Mr Andrew Muir, environmental activist and member of the NMMU Business School Advisory Board, has been named Social Entrepreneur of the Year in Africa 2012. The award was announced at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Addis Ababa by The Schwab Foundation last night (9 May 2012). Read More

NMMU Business School Strategy Professor comments on Cliffe Dekker Hofmyer partners resignation for Business Day

Business Day consulted NMMU Business School’s Professor Kobus Jonker, Professor in Strategy and also Director of the Graduate School, on the resignation of directors in the finance and banking practice division Cliffe Dekker Hofmyer and their move to competitor firm Bowman Gilfillan, which recently stunned the legal services industry. Prof Jonker provides commentary, insight and analysis.

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2012 Financial Mail MBA Survey - Call for Participation from all current NMMU MBA students & Alumni Dear MBA Alumni

The NMMU Business School is going from strength to strength and is positioned as one of the best business schools in South Africa. We have our MBA alumni and current students to thank for much of the prestige and status we enjoy. The NMMU Business School has been invited to participate in the Financial Mail and Markinor 2012 MBA survey. Read More

NMMU Business School Welcomes 2012 MBA, BBA and ABP First Year Students at Annual Team Building Event

The 7th of February 2012 marked the day on which all first year MBA, BBA and ABP students would have to don their finest sneakers and workout gear to compete in their groups for the annual first year Team Building event, hosted at the NMMU Second Avenue Campus soccer fields. Read More

MBA Class Exceeds 100 for the 1st Time

The 2012 academic year symbolises growth for the NMMU Business School, having admitted its largest ever class to the MBA programme and growing 69% over the last year. The Business School received a total of 1 616 enquiries throughout the application season, converting 329 of these enquiries into actual applications (286 MBA + 43 BBA/ABP). Once their applications were approved, all applicants were subjected to the remainder of the intensive application process by having to write a psychometric test and undergo a one-on-one interview. Read More

NMMU Business School MBA Tour to Germany 2012

A group of 15 NMMU MBA students have been selected to represent the NMMU Business School in the “Young Professional Intercultural (YPI) Training 2012” programme, hosted by the IMA – Institut für Management in Wolfsburg Germany from 20 to 25 May. The students selected onto the YPI programme are all either in the second or third year of the NMMU MBA programme and selection was based on overall academic performance. Read More