Business Management and Entrepreneurship

Shifting knowledge to insight

The rapid and vast changes we are beginning to experience in both our personal and professional lives call for a drastic shift in our thinking patterns and the way in which every industry will need to conduct business in the near future. Not only will business models in each and every trade need to transform in order to meet the growing needs and demands of consumers, but – more importantly – we will need to make a shift in the way we see and experience the world.

We currently live in a world governed by unprecedented technological advances – artificial intelligence, 3D printing and self-driving cars to mobile supercomputers, robotics and nanotechnology – that are all evidence of the significant change that is starting to happen around us right now.

We are on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will no doubt change the way humankind lives, works and relates to one another. We are experiencing change at a speed unlike anything the world has experienced before, that compels us to live and create realities that were previously unthinkable.

As a means of contributing to the overall growth of the global market and anticipating future shifts in the way we have to do business, Enterprises University of Pretoria (Enterprises UP) provides specialised training programmes and short courses for skills development as well as research and advisory services for critical business insights to both our clients and individuals in South Africa and beyond.

What better way to remain on top of global changes in every walk of life and industry than through a partnership with a leading training and research provider that is backed by a solutions-driven approach and experts from the University of Pretoria.

We not only ensure that you increase productivity and enhance service excellence in your line of business, but also that you continuously engage in groundbreaking knowledge transfer in an ever-changing world by always shifting knowledge to insight.

Training Solutions

We are committed to lifelong learning and offer a unique selection of more than 500 short courses across 20 fields of industry. We also provide a choice of different training options that suit your needs and range from scheduled short courses and online and/or blended courses to Continued Professional Development (CPD) courses and customised corporate training to meet the growing demands of the changing global business and professional environments.

Research Solutions

We provide a service offering that spans 50 plus areas of functional expertise and capability. Within each of these areas the total service offering is well balanced between applied research, advisory services and specialised business units. Most of our projects are highly customised and the solutions contained within each project draws on the latest best practice as informed by science and evidence.

Business Management and Entrepreneurship

As we are seeing more and more updated models of work (such as freelancing and remote work) become the norm, the 21st century is driving teams to be more flexible, adaptive and responsive to quick changes in the work environment.1 This also means that companies and other organisations need to start looking beyond the “not my problem” mindset when it comes to skills acquisition, but take the upskilling (and even re-skilling) of their employees much more seriously. Not only will this provide in-depth insights into employment opportunities, but also help to encourage and foster further highimpact intrapepreneurs all round.

Just as entrepreneurs are equipped with creative ideas, visions of the future and a willingness to challenge the status quo, empowered employees can also play a vital role in society and the global economy.2 Through our range of Business Management and Entrepreneurship products and services, we can provide you with concrete solutions to drive change by giving you access to a one-stop-shop to make global business and policy practices more transparent, inclusive and sustainable. From business processes and models to business rescue and start-ups, we have you covered with the most updated practices for a proactive operational environment.

Research and advisory services

We deploy multifaceted teams of experts that provide customised and innovative research and advisory services for a competitive edge shaped around our ability to put science into practice. Our operating paradigm is shaped around solutions applications in relation to real-world challenges experienced by our clients, as well as daily challenges in our communities and society. With this in hand, we offer a diverse range of empirical, business-to-business Research Solutions across the full lifecycle of projects.

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