In 2024, the Department of Business Management is celebrating its centenary. Over the last 100 years the Department has grown from two first-year students to just over 2 000 registrations. Whereas topics such as the distribution of agricultural products no longer feature in our curricula, others still warrant research and debate. These include effective leadership, customer satisfaction and dealing with rapid technological change. From the very start, colleagues asked questions about the purpose of private enterprise and how best to achieve this purpose. Join us at the conference to reflect on how mindsets and business practices have changed and what we currently regard as good business sense.
