College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2020 8 An exciting new development is that the JBS has gained the status of a UJ faculty. This strategic move repositions and differentiates the JBS globally in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), with redesigned modules and learning material and an exciting MBA programme, which is offered in both contact and online modes. In a major win for students and faculty, UJ has appointed Dr Randall Carolissen as Dean of the JBS. A former group executive at the South African Revenue Services (SARS) and administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), he assumes his new position on 1 March 2021. A further exciting development is that the four departments previously residing in the JBS have now been positioned under the newly established School of Management (SOM). UJ has appointed Prof Adri Drotskie as Director: SOM. She brings to UJ an avalanche of experience, following her successful stints at Henley Business School, gaining international exposure as MBA Director and Head of Research and Faculty Development. As an academic, she specialises in Strategy, International Business and Strategic Marketing. She also has years of experience in the corporate world in management and leadership in the areas of Strategy and Marketing. She assumed duty on 1 October 2020. The CBE community progresses by using technology to educate more people than ever before in business and economics. We impact by generating knowledge, adding value to learning, and teaching how to be better informed, to be healthier, to be safer, to behave better, to connect, and to learn faster. In so doing, we ensure that the ‘black box’, accelerated by COVID-19, serves as an enabler in the emerging new world of work. The past year saw the CBE substantially extending its global scholarly network and concentrating investments into Greenfield projects capable of expanding the economy and creating more jobs for unemployed South Africans, of whom a staggering 60% are unemployed youths. We integrate the 4IR into our teaching, learning and research agenda to equip our graduates with a working knowledge of the future of manufacturing, geopolitics, and economic trade wars, as well as the ability to navigate systems for growth spots that can assist with growing national wealth. CBe sTaff Profile There have been significant shifts in the staff profile during 2020, in terms of staff gaining their doctorate and through promotions. With regard to doctorates, there has been steady progress since 2017, when 98 staff held a doctorate; the total had moved to 121 in 2019 and in this year reached a very pleasing 139, with 18 more staff graduating. Similarly, there was a very pleasing total of 18 staff promoted, across the various ranks. Three colleagues were promoted to full professor, Profs Beatrice Simo-Kenge, Nicolas Ngepah, and Tembi Tichaawa. Profs Marius Wait, Marius Venter, Noleen Pisa, and Diane Abrahams were all promoted to associate professor. And finally, the following colleagues were promoted to senior lecturer: Dr Bulelwa Maphela, Dr Magda Wilson, Dr Nazeer Joseph, Dr Cashandra Mara, Dr Nelesh Dhanpat, Dr Wikus Erasmus, Dr Chioma Okoro, Dr Jeremy Mitonga-Monga, Dr Letiwe Nzama, Dr Roelien Brink, and Dr Chuma Diniso. The College’s commitment to the development of younger staff, not least through their participation in UJ’s Accelerated Academic Mentoring Programme (with approximately 70 CEBE participants), is having considerable impact. Dr Randall Carolissen Prof Adri Drotskie
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