CRITICAL NEED FOR BUSINESSES TO ADDRESS GLOBAL AUTONOMY ISSUE

April 2012: Twenty-first century businesses are lacking innovative leaders who have the capability to achieve long term growth. 

SA BUSINESSES URGED TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT TO WOMEN IN TOP MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP ROLES

April 2012: Statistics by the 2011 BWA South African Women in Leadership Census reveal that only 4.4% of women currently hold chief executive or managing director positions. Furthermore, only 5.3% of chairperson positions are held by women.

 FIRST FOR AFRICA AS USB HOSTS WORLD’S LARGEST CONFLICT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

May 2012: The 25^th annual International Association for Conflict Management (IACM) conference will be hosted on African soil for the first time by the University of Stellenbosch Business School's (USB) Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement (ACDS).

CHARTING A COURSE THROUGH CONFUSION: BUSINESS SCHOOLS URGED TO DEVELOP RELEVANT MBA PROGRAMMES IN A CHANGING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

March 2012: African business schools need to develop MBA programmes that better equip each generation of business leaders to deal with the constantly changing social, political and environmental issues of the day. Schools need to ensure that the business community gives high-level input into the affairs of the business school.

BUSINESS LEADERS URGED TO BECOME EFFECTIVE CHANGE AGENTS

February 2012: Today's disruptive and fast-changing business environment means business leaders must become successful change agents to enable their organisations to cope with turbulent times.

BUDGET 2012: THE CHALLENGE OF BALANCING GROWTH AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

By Professor Andre Roux, Director: Institute for Futures Research, University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB)

February 2012: The 2012 Budget Speech, to be delivered by Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan next week, is likely to be the most challenging budget delivered in over 20 years. Amid widespread economic turmoil, the key challenge will be to bridge the gap between very difficult socio-political expectations and fiscal limitations, while at the same time maintaining fiscal responsibility and fostering a long-term job creating environment.