College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2020 61 awards of The wholesale and reTail leadershiP Chair: gauTeng In 2020 the Department of Marketing Management was awarded the hosting of the Wholesale and Retail Leadership Chair: Gauteng Retail Chair. Inherent in this project is the development of distinguished scholarship, innovation, and national and internationally competitive research. The initiative will also contribute to the development of professional leadership skills in the wholesale and retail industry critical to the industry’s ability to meet the needs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Additionally, the initiative will help facilitate national and international collaboration between retailers and retail-related institutions on aspects critical to the success of the wholesale and retail industry. sTaff aCComPlishmenTs • Prof Abejide Ade-Ibijola of the Department of Applied Information Systems was the 2020 recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Award for Teacher Excellence. This is Prof Ade-Ibijola’s second VC award having received the Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Award for Innovation in 2019. • Prof Gilbert Silvius and Prof Carl Marnewick received the Global Research Outstanding Contributions 2020 Award by the International Project Management Association. sTaff QualifiCaTions • Dr Stella Bvuma completed her PhD in Information Technology Management. Her thesis titled ‘An ICT adoption framework for Township SMMEs’ was concluded under the supervision of Prof Carl Marnewick. • Dr Nazeer Joseph completed his PhD in Information Technology Management. His thesis titled ‘A multidimensional predictive model for information systems project complexity’ was concluded under the supervision of Prof Carl Marnewick. • Dr Lodewikus Erasmus completed his PhD in Information Technology Management. His thesis titled ‘An information systems portfolio, programme and project management governance framework’ was concluded under the supervision of Prof Carl Marnewick. • Dr Maureen van den Bergh completed her PhD in Information Technology Management. Her thesis titled ‘Exigencies of computer system failure situations: Influence on Information security behaviour’ was concluded under the supervision of Prof Kennedy Njenga. • Dr Andrea Potgieter completed her PhD in Information Management. Her thesis titled ‘Designing for the user: Preferred mobile app features’ was concluded under the supervision of Prof Chris Rensleigh. Prof Ade-Ibijola Dr Lodewikus Erasmus Dr Maureen van den Bergh Dr Andrea Potgieter Dr Stella Bvuma Prof Gilbert Silvius Prof Carl Marnewick Dr Nazeer Joseph
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