Welcome to the MAN720 blog!

The University of the Western Cape is located in the suburb of Bellville, Cape Town. Established in 1960, the university is alert to its African and international context as it strives to be a place of quality, a place to grow and a place to learn. It is committed to excellence in teaching, learning and research, to nurturing the cultural diversity of South African, and to responding in critical and creative ways to the needs of a society in transition.







This blog, the brainchild of five UWC Honours students who have been assigned a task to project manage a community based project of their choice. This assignment forms part of continuous evaluation in the Project Management [MAN720] module conducted by Percy Saungweme at the School of Business and Finance in the EMS Faculty. The demographic of the group is made up of five part-time students, two of which are living in UWC residence which currently houses approximately 3800 students. Thus the group decided to engage in a project that places it’s focus on the UWC student community.



Saturday, 22 September 2012

Smooth start to our 100 student survey :)





So today was the start of the student survey that our team will be doing at UWC Residences. The first residence to be surveyed ... Ruth First (Ruth First (4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was killed by a parcel bomb addressed specifically to her in Mozambique, where she worked in exile from South Africa - Wikipedia).  Survey 10 students living in Ruth First Res ... it was pretty easy going. Students mostly indoors catching up on some zzzzz! Chatted to two students who were very interested in what we were doing and asking questions about RCS and SREP!


 Second was Chris Hani Res (Chris Hani, born Martin Thembisile Hani (28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993) was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce opponent of the apartheidgovernment. He was assassinated on 10 April 1993 - Wikipedia). What a peaceful atmosphere as your walk into the quad at Chris Hani and that is where we were able to survey 10 students who were walking through and some just enjoying the beautiful weather.

 So here we go ... 20 down... 80 to go! 
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