2021 CBE Annual Report

Cover 1
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS (CBE) 2021 @ A GLANCE 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
OVERVIEW 5
COMPARING 2021 WITH 2020 5
Table 1: CBE 2021 Strengths and Weaknesses 6
FITNESS FOR PURPOSE 8
Teaching and Learning 8
Undergraduate Enrichment Modules 9
Online Programmes 9
Continuing Education 9
Research and Innovation 9
Research Capacity 10
Postgraduate Profile 13
Research Structures 13
CBE Staff Profile 14
Staff Accomplishments 15
Academic Governance 17
LOOKING FORWARD 17
Table 2: Highlights and Key trends from the College 2017-2021 18
TEACHING AND LEARNING 24
OVERVIEW 25
TEACHING AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS IN 2021 25
School of Accounting 26
School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems 26
School of Economics 27
School of Management 28
School of Public Management and Governance and Public Policy 29
School of Public Management and Governance and Public Policy 29
STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 30
ENROLMENT AND STUDENT PROFILE 31
STUDENT ACCESS AND SUCCESS AND SUPPORT 31
PROGRAMME QUALIFICATION MIX 32
UJENIUS STRATEGY 33
TOWARDS TEACHING AND LEARNING FUTURE AGILITY 33
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 34
OVERVIEW 35
RESEARCH CAPACITY AND EXCELLENCE 35
Research Outputs 35
Research Impact 36
Postdoctoral Research Fellows 36
Patents 36
Research Funding 36
TOWARDS RESEARCH FUTURE-AGILITY 36
GOING FORWARD 36
CBE Research Divisions 37
DHET-NRF SARCHI CHAIR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION 38
DST/NRF SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH CHAIR IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 42
DST/NRF/NEWTON FUND TRILATERAL RESEARCH CHAIR IN TRANSFORMATIVE INNOVATION, THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (4IR) AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 47
CENTRE OF COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CCRED) 51
PUBLIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE (PEERC) 57
CENTRE FOR LOCAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (CENLED) 60
CENTRE FOR PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE 64
TECHNOPRENEURSHIP CENTRE 68
INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS STUDIES (ITLS) (AFRICA) 70
INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS STUDIES (ITLS) (AFRICA) 75

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