Click here for isiZulu version A new book titled Global Trends in Management, IT and Governance in an e-World has been published by UKZN academics Dr Upasana Singh, Professor Purshottama Reddy and Professor Maxwell Phiri of the School of Management Information Technology and Governance (SMIG) together with the Head of Research at the Open University
The College of Law and Management Studies (CLMS) has hosted a Three-Minute Thesis (3-MT) competition for its PhD students. The contest will also take place later this year in UKZN’s other Colleges with all the winners and runners-up then going forward to compete for a place in a national competition. UKZN was invited by the
Professor Vannie Naidoo from the School of Management, Information Technology and Governance was involved in a panel debate on the opportunities in the interaction between digitisation and localisation in a framework of capacity strengthening in humanitarian logistics, at the bi-annual Logistics Cluster Global Meeting hosted by the World Food Program. She was joined by two
Click here for isiZulu version Two senior academics in the School of Management, IT and Governance Professor Purshottama Reddy and Professor Henry Wissink have co-edited a book on COVID-19 with Dr Paul Kariuki, the Executive Director of the Democracy Development Programme (DDP). The book, which is titled: The Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa: A Review of
The Fourth Annual Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Lekgotla and Studentpreneurs’ Indaba was held virtually in the context of COVID-19. Arranged under the auspices of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and Universities South Africa (USAf), the five-day gathering from 14 to 18 September brought together academics and students from South Africa
The shift from classroom to online teaching necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has required that academics adjust to change, calling for new sets of skills and capabilities, compounded by working from home, which comes with its own challenges. With this in mind, UKZN’s Human Resources Division hosted a workshop to explore new skills and capabilities
An academic in the School of Management, IT and Governance’s Discipline of Public Governance, Professor Fayth Ruffin, has attended two events in Nairobi in Kenya at the invitation of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the African Union. Ruffin provided feedback on the launch of the African Governance Report and also presented a paper
Professor Fayth Ruffin earned a 2019 Council on Higher Education (CHE) Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award. The Adjudicatory Panel was comprised of academics from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Mangosuthu University of Technology, North West University, UKZN, University of Venda, University of Western Cape,
Creating a Greater Impact through a Credible Research Agenda in the Local Government Sector was the title of a seminar hosted by the School of Management, Information Technology and Governance (SMIG) in collaboration with the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA). The primary objective of the seminar was to communicate research findings to
Driving conversations about decolonising concerns within management academia and practice was the aim of the recent Paper Development Workshop and Colloquium on Decolonising Management and Organisational Knowledge hosted by UKZN’s School of Management, Information Technology and Governance. The two-day Colloquium, which featured a plenary discussion and a workshop and paper presentation session, was spearheaded by
