40 stAFF quAliFicAtions, promotions And nrF rAtings two of our academic staff members were in 2019 conferred doctoral qualifications. they are dr nombulelo dilotsotlhe, Phd, university of Witwatersrand (10), and dr nicole Cunningham, Phd, giBs, university of pretoria. (11) prof Abejide Ade-ibijola (12) and prof daniel maduku (13) were in 2019 promoted from senior lecturer to Associate professor. Promoted to associate Professor: dr mpho Raborife (14) and Prof Kennedy njenga’s applications for nrf rating were successful. dr raborife received the y2 rating, while prof njenga (15) received C3 rating. internAtionAl And industry collAborAtion sCiis values the involvement of international academics and industry in its academic project. to this end in 2019 sCiis hosted several international academics including: • scott leeb, director of knowledge management at fragomen, usA. scott is a renowned international expert in knowledge management. he has worked in fortune 500 companies, the imf and the world Bank in growing their knowledge management capabilities. during the 2019 visit, he presented a public lecture on ‘Building early warning systems: leveraging competitive intelligence in the data science age’ organised by the department of information and knowledge management. (16) • prof naresh malhotra, distinguished visiting professor, uJ, regents’ professor Emeritus, scheller College of Business, georgia institute of technology, usa. (17) • Prof goran svensson, Professor Kristiania university College, norway. Editor of the European Business Review. (18) • Prof Jukka ojasalo, a Professor at laurea university of Applied sciences in finland. he is also adjunct Professor at helsinki university and alto university. (19) • the school has an industry advisory Board which brings together businesspeople, entrepreneurs and professionals to assist the school in its efforts to achieve excellence in its key performance areas. sCiis industry advisory Board members: mr musa Kalenga- iaB Chair; dr melanie van Rooy – iaB Vice Chair, ms ada Blignau, dr happy sithole, ms Katherine madley, mrs malese Brenda ndhlovu, mr molise moloi, ms nonkululeko ndlazi, mr tebogo mabitsela. (20)
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