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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
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2021
It goes without saying that we are all relieved that the year is over! The extent to which the virus will follow us into 2021 is anybody’s guess, but nonetheless, we are happy to wave goodbye to 2020 once and for all. The school’s Community Engagement Portfolio has pretty much been dormant this year, given the current situation. Some projects…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/economic-and-management-sciences/home-cloned
Home - Cloned
Dear school-leaver, in today’s fast-changing world of business, finding your place requires hard work. If words such as prosperity and success attract your attention, you are at the right place. This value-driven faculty offers you: Dynamic and quality education; High academic standards that are internationally evaluated; Accreditation with…, Fields of study, Accounting Sciences Business School Economic Sciences Industrial Psychology and Human Resource Management Management Sciences Tourism Management, Research and Innovation, bhive EDC Global Innovative Forefront Talent (GIFT) TELIT-SA TRADE TREES WORKWELL OPTENTIA UARM MANAGEMENT CYBERNETICS NWU Faculty of Economic and Management Scienceshttp://commerce.nwu.ac.za/accounting-sciences/accounting-sciences-home-cloned
Accounting Sciences - Home - Cloned
The North-West University offers programmes designed for students who wish to become Chartered Accountants, Professional Accountants or Management Accountants on three campuses, namely the Mahikeng Campus situated in Mahikeng, the Potchefstroom campus and the Vanderbijlpark Campus situated in Vanderbijlpark. Forensic Accountancy is also offered…, Fields of Study (Qualifications), This is one of the university’s flagship programmes, which is accredited with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). Chartered Accountancy This professionally accredited programme is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills to become professional accountants in public practice and business. Financial Accountancy…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/registration
Registraion
Welcome to the Faculty of Economic & Mangement Sciences, Prof Mabutho Sibanda Executive Dean: Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences Dear Students, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS). To our first-year students , congratulations on taking this important step in your academic journey. By choosing EMS, you have joined a faculty that…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/sport-tourism
Sport Tourism
Sport tourism Major sport events were researched in the past including Two Oceans Marathon, Cape Town Cycle Tour, Dusi Canoe Marathon, Midmar Mile, Cape Epic, South Africa versus Australia five-day and Twenty20 international test & Global Sixes Cricket tournament, South Africa versus Brazil international soccer match and Ironman South Africa…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/mice
MICE Tourism
MICE Tourism, MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism is strongly related to business tourism. South Africa has become an ideal location for international conferences, conventions, trade shows and symposiums. Our research focuses on analysing the market attracted to trade shows and exhibitions, the economic impact of these business…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/naturetourism
Nature and wildlife tourism
Nature and event tourism, Our research has segmented, and profile visitors to selected national parks in the country identified visitors’ interpretation needs and advocated for the important role that national parks play in educating visitors to encourage conservation efforts. Other notable projects include investigating the biltong- and trophy hunting industry as well as…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/culinarytourism
Culinary tourism
Culinary tourism Our research focusing on the culinary festival and event visitors includes marketing and economic impact analyses as well as the markets information preferences, their environmentally friendly behaviour, motivations, memorable experiences and behavioural intentions. This research makes valuable theoretical and practical…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/marinetourism
Marine tourism
Marine Tourism South Africa’s tourism sector is intent on offering domestic and international travellers world-class marine and coastal tourism opportunities. These opportunities will expand the options available to travellers and increase the socio-economic value of tourism to South Africans. While marine tourism is one of the fastest-growing…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/resort_tourism
Resort tourism
Resort tourism Over centuries resorts across the world have played a pivotal role in tourism and can even be regarded as the backbone of tourism as we know and comprehend it today. South Africa is no different, and the country has numerous resorts attracting thousands of visitors annually. Hence there is strong competition among the different…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economics-environs-and-society-trees/national-and-international-funded-research
National and international funded research projects
TREES has been involved in a number of national and international research projects, obtaining external funding as part of research consortia. National and international research projects continue to be a priority for TREES and extremely valuable. They promote internationalisation, networking, research collaborations, multidisciplinary research…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/green-bubbles-rise
Green Bubbles RISE
The most relevant internationally funded research project is the Green Bubbles project, an European Union (EU)-funded project under Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE actions (see also NWU news article on: http://news.nwu.ac.za/buoyant-nwu-pools-expertise-sustainable-diving-tourism). The project was a consortium of partners from countries including Italy,…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/trees/ndt-project-tourism-sector-demand-and-supply
NDT project: Tourism sector demand and supply
Towards the end of 2020, South Africa's National Department of Tourism (NDT) opened a call for bids from South African higher education and research institutions to form part of the national department's research panel. The bid submitted by Prof Elmarie Slabbert (Director of TREES) and Dr Tafadzwa Matiza (Senior Lecturer in TREES) under the…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/tourism-research-economics-environs-and-society-trees/pubulished-research-outputs
Pubulished research outputs
Over several years, TREES has established itself as a leading tourism research entity that is contributing to alleviating the scarce skills in tourism research in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa (through post-graduate studies), as well as growing the field of knowledge through published research. Three programmes have been identified to form…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE/research
Research
TRADE Research, Research Focuses, Guided by national priorities and the research strengths of our members, TRADE has identified and implemented the following five sub-research fields, supported by ongoing special projects: This multidisciplinary research area focuses on the structural and human dimensions of economic development, with strong emphasis on both macroeconomic and…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/TRADE/PG_Studies
Postgraduate Studies
TRADE postgrad , Programmes, MCom in International Trade MCom in Economics MSc in Agricultural Economics PhD in International Trade PhD in Economics PhD in Agricultural Economics , Entry requirements, MCom and MSc: The Master's degree programme is demanding from both an academic and time perspective and should not be entered into lightly. To be admitted to the Magister Comercii (MCom) or the Magister Scientiae (MSc) programme at the North-West University, you will need the following: A BA Honours, BSc Honours or BCom Honours degree (or a…, How to apply, Please prepare a focused research outline to submit with your application. The research outline (not exceeding 350 words) should consist of: Your name and the proposed title of your dissertation/thesis. A short background on your choice of topic, a statement of the research problem, and the associated research question(s) that you intend to answer…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/directors-welcoming
DIRECTORS WELCOMING
As Faculty of Economic Management Sciences (F-EMS), we believe that we have a significant contribution to make in the social, economic and educational development of both our internal and external communities. We further believe that this contribution should be mutually beneficial. In other words, both the faculty and its students on the one hand…http://commerce.nwu.ac.za/community-engagement-news/grade-12-focus-day-programme