College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2021 15 Prof Shepherd Dhliwayo was awarded the UJ Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Award for Teaching and Learning. Prof Talita Greyling has led the development of the first real-time balancing algorithm measuring nations’ evaluative wellbeing by the hour. The Gross National Happiness Project (www.gnh.today) extracts data from a live stream of tweets and uses natural language processing to code sentiments. Prof Greyling’s initial international project team of behavioural economists included South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, and has now grown to participation by 11 countries. The New Zealand Treasury now officially uses the Gross National Happiness Today Index live as an official economic indicator on the NZ Statistic COVID-19 data portal. Prof Greyling was also awarded the UJ Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Award for the best innovation in 2021 and elected Vice-President of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS) (global). ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE The College would not function without its 127 committed, hardworking professional administrators and 40 operational staff members who take a broad view of the University, the College and our staff and students’ best interests. The CBE renders a one-stop service to some 27 000 registered students on three different campuses, ranging from certificate to doctorate level, representing 43% of the University’s student population. This foremost responsibility is divided among Prof Sivan Chetty (Vice-Dean: Teaching and Learning), Prof Kelvin Bwalya (Vice-Dean: Research and Internationalisation), Prof Marita Pietersen (Head: CBE Quality Assurance), Dr Ronel Toerien (Manager: CBE Brand, Marketing and Internationalisation), Ms Maria Motaung and Ms Elmarie Vermeulen (the two CBE Heads of College Administration), Ms Delia Arends (Head: Dean’s Administration), and Ms Yasmiena Sally-Joyce (Executive Secretary to the Dean). LOOKING FORWARD Overall, the CBE has progressed well in 2021, and remarkably since 2017. Underpinning the mindset of all staff in the College is the theme of connectedness, of productive and active interdisciplinary connections within the College, as well as a vast set of continental and international relations, to ensure that globally, the UJ College of Business and Economics is top of mind and top of the class. The CBE leader team is confident that the CBE, with the collaboration of all role-players across the private and public sectors and civil society, will help turn business into a powerful engine that drives our economy forward. We express our deep appreciation for individual and collective commitment to our future impact. The end of 2022 will see my last of three five-year terms as Executive Dean. I am looking forward to contributing to the UJ CBE in a different role. My sincere thanks for many opportunities to explore and learn from my colleagues, students, and other CBE stakeholders. I wish you the absolute best in forging a better future. Prof Daneel van Lill Executive Dean College of Business and Economics
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