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2020-02-26 |
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2020-02-26 |
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2020-02-25 |
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2020-02-25 |
Kovsie alumna secures spot on SAICA Honours Roll |
2020-02-24 |
Schools honoured for delivering top Kovsie students |
2020-02-24 |
Schools honoured for delivering top Kovsie students |
2020-02-18 |
UFS collaborates with Gift of the Givers to improve food security |
2020-02-18 |
UFS collaborates with Gift of the Givers to improve food security |
2020-02-18 |
Proud new Kovsies tell their stories |
2020-02-18 |
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2020-02-18 |
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2020-02-18 |
UFS shines light on bright matriculant stars |
2020-02-18 |
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2020-02-18 |
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2020-02-18 |
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2020-02-18 |
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2020-02-17 |
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2020-02-17 |
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2020-02-13 |
CUADS: human rights-based support for students with disabilities |
2020-02-13 |
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2020-02-12 |
Strong transformational focus at faculty opening, celebrating 40 years |
2020-02-12 |
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2020-02-12 |
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2020-02-12 |
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2020-02-12 |
Active citizenship and accountability can save South Africa from the precipice |
2020-02-12 |
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2020-02-11 |
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2020-02-11 |
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2020-02-11 |
Qwaqwa first-year students formally welcomed to the UFS |
2020-02-11 |
Qwaqwa first-year students formally welcomed to the UFS |
2020-02-11 |
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2020-02-11 |
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2020-02-07 |
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2020-02-07 |
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2020-02-07 |
Kovsie Alumni Trust secures R2,4 million in funding to relieve student debt |
2020-02-07 |
Kovsie Alumni Trust secures R2,4 million in funding to relieve student debt |
2020-02-07 |
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2020-02-07 |
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2020-02-06 |
Symposium bridges the gap between students, staff, and management |
2020-02-06 |
Symposium bridges the gap between students, staff, and management |
2020-02-06 |
Clarification of urgent notice regarding accredited and non-accredited accommodation |
2020-02-06 |
Clarification of urgent notice regarding accredited and non-accredited accommodation |
2020-02-04 |
Three from UFS selected for prestigious future-professors programme |
2020-02-04 |
Three from UFS selected for prestigious future-professors programme |
2020-02-04 |
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2020-02-04 |
2020 Kovsie ACT programme rounds off on an electrifying note! |
2020-02-04 |
Universities unite to discuss fragility and resilience in higher education |
2020-02-04 |
Universities unite to discuss fragility and resilience in higher education |
2020-02-03 |
Shimlas starts Varsity Cup with experienced team |
2020-02-03 |
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2020-02-03 |
Break the cycle of road accidents at traffic circles |
2020-02-03 |
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UFS first tertiary institution in SA to form association with the Arbinger Institute
2008-02-15
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A two-day seminar entitled: "The Choice and The Choice @ Work" was recently presented in Bloemfontein to companies in the Free State region. Here are, from the left: Mr Braam Botha (Well @ Work), Mr Jozef Myburgh (Telkom), and Dr Cobus Pienaar (from the Department of Industrial Psychology at the UFS and facilitator of the Arbinger Programme).
Photo: Lacea Loader
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UFS first tertiary institution in SA to form association with the Arbinger Institute
The University of the Free State (UFS) has become the first tertiary institution in the country to form an association with the Arbinger Institute in the United States of America (USA).
“The Arbinger Institute is a global management training and consulting firm applying the implications of self-deception and its solutions to all aspects of organisational performance. Our association with this Institute is a major step for the development of leadership in the country,” says Mr Danie Jacobs, Head of the Centre for Business Dynamics at the UFS.
Dr Cobus Pienaar, from the Department of Industrial Psychology at the UFS, is currently the only licensed facilitator to present Arbinger’s work in South Africa. Dr Pienaar presents The Choice and The Choice @ Work programme on behalf of the Centre for Business Dynamics, under the banner of the UFS School of Business.
According to Mr Jacobs, the programme has already had successes in South Africa. “Dr Pienaar presented the first programme last year in Bloemfontein and Pretoria to leaders from various companies. The feedback on the application of the programme to the South African business environment was phenomenal,” says Mr Jacobs.
The Arbinger Institute’s change work grows out of the scholarly work of philosopher Terry Warner. With an international team of scholars, Warner has broken new ground in solving the age-old problem of self-deception, or what was originally called “resistance”.
“This phenomenon is at the heart of much organisational failure. It is the reason why many organisational problems seem so intractable at their core – they are in self-deception; they resist solution,” says Mr Jacobs.
Media release
Issued by: Lacea Loader
Assistant Director: Media Liaison
Tel: 051 401 2584
Cell: 083 645 2454
E-mail: loaderl.stg@ufs.ac.za
15 February 2008
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