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Coaching
Coaching
Coaching
Topic:
Readiness for coaching: Organisational, Team and Individual criteria for evaluation thereof.
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Coaching relationship: chemistry, matching factors, gender same/different, style, background, etc.
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Supervision practices: how contracted and conducted, the impact on coach and supervisory responsibilities
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The development of Evidence-based-“practitionership”
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The development of responsible and ethical supervision of professional coaches
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
A framework for the development of mindfulness-practices
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Coaching for the development skills to deal with the VUCA-world (complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity and vulnerability
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Leadership Coaching
Topic:
The business case for the development of reflective-practices within Leaders
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
A constructivist approach to Leadership Authenticity
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Developing sustainable leadership practices through coaching
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Management Coaching
Topic:
A framework for the development of mindfulness-practices
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The ethical case for better boundary-management of internal coaches
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Organisational Effectiveness
Topic:
Contracting: the formal and informal agreements between all the role-players in the relationship
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Research in Coaching
Topic:
A constructivist approach to Leadership Authenticity
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Research methods and findings in coaching
Lecturer:
Dr Solome von Coller-Peters
Email:
Salome.vanColler-Peter@usb.ac.za
MDev
MDev
Behavioural Finance
Topic:
Familiarity bias in investment decision-making
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Alphabetic bias and market outcomes
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Economics and Development Economics
Topic:
Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of ……. (choose your own sector/industry)
Lecturer:
Dr Nyankomo Marwa
Email:
nyankomo@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Money, Banking and Finance and African Development Perspectives
Lecturer:
Prof Sylvanus Ikhide
Email:
Sylvanus.Ikhide@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Non-Bank financial Institutions, alternative financial models with emphasis on microfinance
Lecturer:
Prof Sylvanus Ikhide
Email:
Sylvanus.Ikhide@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Finance and Poverty
Lecturer:
Prof Sylvanus Ikhide
Email:
Sylvanus.Ikhide@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Monetary policy Issues in a developing economy perspective
Lecturer:
Prof Sylvanus Ikhide
Email:
Sylvanus.Ikhide@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Regulatory issues with emphasis on the role of the central bank
Lecturer:
Prof Sylvanus Ikhide
Email:
Sylvanus.Ikhide@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Financial sector development in sub Saharan Africa – banking, non-banking institutions, stock markets, bond markets
Lecturer:
Prof Meshach Aziakpono
Email:
Meshach.aziakpono@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Financial integration issues – Extent of integration, implication for financial development and economic growth
Lecturer:
Prof Meshach Aziakpono
Email:
Meshach.aziakpono@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Specialized development finance schemes – microfinance, SME finance, guarantee schemes, loan fund, venture capital etc
Lecturer:
Prof Meshach Aziakpono
Email:
Meshach.aziakpono@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Designed and implementation issues and Impact evaluation of such schemes
Lecturer:
Prof Meshach Aziakpono
Email:
Meshach.aziakpono@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Influence of Risk and Auditors’ Opinion on Share Price: The Case of Commercial Banks
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Bank Risk and Performance: The Case of Rural Banks
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The Efficiency of Rural banks
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Rural Banks and economic Growth
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Financial Management and Corporate Finance
Topic:
Impact Evaluation of Microfinance Intervention in Enterprises/Household Income (choose your own sector/location)
Lecturer:
Dr Nyankomo Marwa
Email:
nyankomo@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Credit Risk Modelling of Emerging Microfinance /Development finance Institutions (Choose you own case/industry)
Lecturer:
Dr Nyankomo Marwa
Email:
nyankomo@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Profitability and Financial Sustainability ……. (Choose your own sector/industry)
Lecturer:
Dr Nyankomo Marwa
Email:
nyankomo@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Failure and Survival Analysis of Microfinance /SME ….. (choose your own sector)
Lecturer:
Dr Nyankomo Marwa
Email:
nyankomo@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Auditing lag and executive remuneration
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Determinants of auditing lags
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Auditing rotation
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Accounting for SMEs
Lecturer:
Dr Joseph Akotey
Email:
Joseph.Akotey@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Performance of share “tips” in published media
Lecturer:
Prof Wim Gevers
Email:
Wim.gevers@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Studies using JSE data: Event studies – e.g. Impact of strikes on share price; stock splits & consolidations
Lecturer:
Prof Wim Gevers
Email:
Wim.Gevers@usb.ac.za
Investment Management
Topic:
An objective classification of South African Unit Trusts
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
A risk/return classification of South African General Equity Unit Trusts based on factor analysis
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
A risk/return classification of South African General Equity Unit Trusts based on clustering techniques
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Mission drift in the South African Unit Trust Industry.
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Measuring persistence amongst South African Unit Trusts
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
MBA
MBA
Accounting and Managerial Accounting
Topic:
Rethinking the format of the Value Added Statement
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Prosperity based on the Value Added Statement
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Labour productivity based on the Value Added Statement
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The cash flow statement as a predictor of company failure - Cash flow from operating activities as the predictor - Free cash flow as the predictor - Working capital management as the predictor
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The correlation between audit and non-audit fees
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Factors affecting audit report lag
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Factors affecting the size of the audit fee
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Income inequality
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The correlation between executive remuneration and the value created by executives
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The composition of executive remuneration
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Brand Management and Marketing
Topic:
The impact of violence against women advertising awareness campaigns on behaviour: A social marketing perspective.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Health warnings labels on alcoholic products: the influence on consumer attitude and behavioural intent.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Online shopping: the role of gender differences in beliefs, attitudes and behaviour.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Linking Hofstede's masculinity dimension to gender role portrayals in South African advertising: A comparison of web advertisements
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Total brand management in the digital age: A review of four leading FMCG brands’ management practices.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Measuring consumer engagement with social media brand-related content: a study of selected high value brands.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Factors that influence consumer purchasing decisions of low priced private label food products: the role of perception, attitude, and purchase intention.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Exploring the influence of consumer loyalty towards the retailer and the private label: A case study of a leading retailer and brand/s in SA.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Investigating the increasing role of retailer (private label) brands in consumer choice behaviour: measuring consumer attitudes and purchase behaviour towards retailer brands versus manufacturer brands across selected product categories.
Lecturer:
Prof Marlize Terblanche-Smit
Email:
smitm@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Relationship between brand elements and online shopping
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Relationship between brand image and online shopping
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The relationship between sport team performance and brand equity
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The relationship between sport team performance and brand image
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The relationship between sport team performance and brand awareness
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The relationship between marketing expenditure and sales
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Measuring marketing ROI
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Comparison of supporters’ brand awareness (of soccer/rugby/cricket team brands)
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Comparison of brand image (of retailers/premium brands) on social media
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Assessing brand image transfer in sponsorship
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Comparison of marketing performance metrics
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Assessing the impact of brand elements on perceived quality (of premium brands)
Lecturer:
Prof Charlene Gerber
Email:
cgerber@sun.ac.za
Business management in Emerging Markets
Topic:
Exploring why Informal Township Small businesses are not part of main stream economy, strategy to incorporate them into mainstream?
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
What characteristics do a small business owner need to implement education and training they receive to grow their business successfully?
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Decision Making and Managerial Statistics
Topic:
Models to assist in better decision making in organisations – using your own organisation’s data
Lecturer:
Prof Wim Geevers
Email:
Wim.Gevers@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Big data and analytics: How are SA listed companies performing
Lecturer:
Prof Wim Geevers
Email:
Wim.Gevers@usb.ac.za
Topic:
University departmental efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis
Lecturer:
Prof Wim Geevers
Email:
Wim.Gevers@usb.ac.za
Digital Enterprise Management
Topic:
Our robotic future: Will the Technology Acceptance Model withstand the test of time and force?
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Beyond Asimov's three laws of robotics: Teaching robots to behave in an ethically acceptable manner
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The difference between user security behaviour and perceptions in online browsers behaviour and mobile applications
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
A time to rethink confidentiality, availability and integrity as the basis for computer security
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Action research to identify the potential origins of spam messaging in South Africa
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The extent of teenager Cyber bullying in SA.
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
ICT adoption and GDP growth - chicken or egg?
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Factors contribution South Africa's decreased rankings in all global ICT indexes
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The extent to which ERP implementation critical success factors are studied and incorporated in project execution
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
A Meta study of ERP implementation critical success factors in the developing world
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Data breaches: what can be learned from user generated passwords?
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The security convenience trade-off: Creating security policies that drive poor password behaviour
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Beyond IQ and EQ: How do we measure Digital Quotient?
Lecturer:
Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
E-assessments: What are critical issues in managing electronic assessments?
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi le Sueur
Email:
hls@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Identifying various models of technology enhanced learning approaches in business education and understanding its impact in training & development (or Higher Education learning)
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi le Sueur
Email:
hls@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Exploring the function of learning communities in blended (Mixed mode) degree programmes
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi le Sueur
Email:
hls@sun.ac.za
Economics and Development Economics
Topic:
Balancing economic growth with sustainable development
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Balancing fiscal sustainability with socio-economic imperatives: Are we heading for a fiscal cliff?
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The optimal way to finance infrastructure
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
How to move from being a middle-income nation to becoming an upper middle income nation
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
South Africa’s potential demographic dividend: How can we exploit the potential dividend?
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Social grants in South Africa: Can we afford social grants?
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Measuring the cost of labour in South Africa
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Social grants in South Africa: Have they made a difference (to poverty; income distribution)?
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Inflation targeting in South Africa: Is it still relevant?
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The viability of having nine provinces in South Africa
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The economics of tertiary education in South Africa: returns (individual and social) on investment
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The economics of secondary education in South Africa: returns (individual and social) on investment
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The economics of primary education in South Africa: returns (individual and social) on investment
Lecturer:
Prof Andre Roux
Email:
aroux@sun.ac.za
Education in emerging markets
Topic:
The value and challenges of a digital backchannel in management education
Lecturer:
Mr Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The success of the D6 communicator from the perspective of multiple stakeholders
Lecturer:
Mr Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Assessing the success of the LEAP model
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Analysing student value perceptions of innovative assessment methods
Lecturer:
Mr Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Understanding the impact of technology use in the classroom
Lecturer:
Mr Martin Butler
Email:
mbutler@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Lifespan, generation gaps and brain drain among South African finance researchers: implications for sustainability of universities’ offerings
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Explore the relevance of (African) Business Schools in a changing global environment
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi le Sueur
Email:
hls@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Business School accreditation and its implication on students choices
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi le Sueur
Email:
hls@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The transfer of learning using a work-integrated business education approach (e.g. action learning approach)
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi le Sueur
Email:
hls@sun.ac.za
Financial management and Corporate Finance
Topic:
Gender bias in the savings/retirement sphere
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Business student awareness and experience of savings industry
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Governance and BEE and their relationship to valuation and liquidity
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The role of the auction on the JSE and other capital markets
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Potential explanations/co-factors for changes in cross-sectional variation in returns on companies listed on the JSE
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Performance of share “tips” in published media
Lecturer:
Prof Wim Gevers
Email:
Wim.Gevers@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Studies using JSE data: Event studies – e.g. Impact of strikes on share price; stock splits & consolidations
Lecturer:
Prof Wim Gevers
Email:
Wim.Gevers@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Information-signalling (i.e. share price reaction) pertaining to different types of dividend payments (e.g. normal versus special dividends)
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Factors affecting dividend payout behaviour
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
A comparison of pre-recession and post-recession dividend payout: 1. Is there a correlation between prosperity and dividend payout; 2. Is there a correlation between dividend payout and available cash
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
A comparison between share repurchase and dividend payout behaviour: Dividend substitutiion; Determinants affecting share repurchases versus dividend payout
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Motivations for share repurchases - information-signalling (i.e. share price reaction); Director's share options; Free cash flow motive
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
A comparison of pre-recession and post-recession share repurchases: Is there a correlation between prosperity and share repurchases; Is there a correlation between share repurchases and availability cash flow.
Lecturer:
Prof Nicolene Wesson
Email:
nwesson@sun.ac.za
Topic:
A Survey of credit assessment models used by South African financial institutions to evaluate unsecured business loan applications
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Case illustrating a financing decision
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Case illustrating a valuation (eg merger or acquisition)
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Case illustrating an investment decision
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The impact of building regulations on consumer protection
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
An investigation into the enrolment fee structure of National Home Builders Registration Council
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The impact of urban sprawl and densification on housing and transport subsidies of South African cities
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
An evaluation of the City of Cape Town densification policy
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
An evaluation of integrated public transport and urban settlement in the Western Cape
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The impact of densification and urban sprawl of South African cities.
Lecturer:
Dr Johan Smith
Email:
Johan.Smith@usb.ac.za
Human Capital Management and Values-Based Leadership
Topic:
Leadership of diverse groups and in diverse settings
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Comparative studies of leaders across organisations and cultures
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Cross-cultural studies of leadership
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Diversity & Multiculturalism in Practice in South African workplaces: How are employees affected?
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Challenging Inequality: Gender and Organizations, Moving Beyond Women’s Problems in the workplaces.
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Alternative leadership approaches, styles or models
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Implicit leadership models in different cultures
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Leadership Coaching into Perspective: A Case Study in Individual and Team Coaching in a South African Multinational Organisation.
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Value based Leadership: Exploring the Character X Factor in Selecting Leaders: Beyond Ethics, Virtues, and Values.
Lecturer:
Dr Babita Mathur-Helm
Email:
babita@sun.ac.za
Topic:
What are the antecedents and outcomes of moral disengagement?
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Klerk
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Why do good employees/leaders do bad or behave unethically?
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Klerk
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The emotional experience of leaders who must implement severe change/restructuring/downsizing, etc.
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Dealing with the emotional trauma resulting from major organisational change
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The emotional experience of workers (blue and/or white collar) during major organisational change interventions (including restructuring and retrenchments)
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The psycho-social cost of emotional trauma in the workplace
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The antecedents and/or outcomes of emotional disengagement – both by leaders and or employees?
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Influence of spirituality on motivation/commitment/engagement
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Meaning in life and levels of motivation/commitment/engagement
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
What are the antecedents of spirituality in a workplace?
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
What are the antecedents and/or outcomes of a sense of meaning in a workplace?
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Life satisfaction vis a vis work and/or job satisfaction – which comes first?
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Burnout, identity and job satisfaction in working mothers
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Antecedents and outcomes of leadership burnout
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Antecedents and/or outcomes of engagement in: - blue collar workers; White collar workers; different levels od leadership
Lecturer:
Prof Mias de Kle
Email:
mias@sun.ac.za
Investment Management
Topic:
Measuring persistence amongst South African Unit Trusts
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Mission drift in the South African Unit Trust Industry.
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
A risk/return classification of South African General Equity Unit Trusts based on clustering techniques
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
A risk/return classification of South African General Equity Unit Trusts based on factor analysis
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
An objective classification of South African Unit Trusts
Lecturer:
Prof Eon Smit
Email:
Eon.Smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Investment Decision Making Models: Individual vs. Institution
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Defining 'Responsible Investment': Fad or Philosophy?
Lecturer:
Dr Heidi Raubenheimer
Email:
heidir@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Active versus passive management.
Lecturer:
Prof Neil Krige
Email:
jdkrige@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The risks inherent in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).
Lecturer:
Prof Neil Krige
Email:
jdkrige@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Value as an investment style.
Lecturer:
Prof Neil Krige
Email:
jdkrige@sun.ac.za
Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
Topic:
Business growth strategies: A theoretical perspective
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Strategy execution: Best practices in making strategy a reality for all
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Strategic change management: Best practices review
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The digital economy research landscape: A review of current research in South Africa and key research requirements going forward
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The digital economy research landscape: Current research status and the requisite research agenda going forward
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Bulk wine exporting: An opportunity or threat for the SA wine industry?
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Topic:
Managerial innovation measurement
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Topic:
The XYZ Digital Industry: Strategic Features and Key Success Factors: - Social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp etc.) - Financial services (Fundamo, Paygate, PayPal etc.) - E-retailing (Amazon, TakeALot etc.) - Multi-sided platform providers/ applic
Lecturer:
Prof Marius Ungerer
Email:
mariusu@sun.ac.za
Sustainability and Business in Society
Topic:
The health impact of companies’ products and services
Lecturer:
Dr Daniel Malan
Email:
daniel.malan@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The correlation between share price performance and healthy company awards
Lecturer:
Dr Daniel Malan
Email:
daniel.malan@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Oakbay – a case study
Lecturer:
Dr Daniel Malan
Email:
daniel.malan@usb.ac.za
Topic:
King III and King IV – a comparative study
Lecturer:
Dr Daniel Malan
Email:
daniel.malan@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Corporate governance disclosure of South African listed companies (per industry)
Lecturer:
Dr Daniel Malan
Email:
daniel.malan@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Assessing the proposal for a Theory of Business (Donaldson and Walsh)
Lecturer:
Dr Daniel Malan
Email:
daniel.malan@usb.ac.za
Topic:
The criteria by which the social impact of a business school can be evaluated
Lecturer:
Prof Arnold Smit
Email:
arnold.smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
What EQUIS accredited business schools do to enhance their social impact
Lecturer:
Prof Arnold Smit
Email:
arnold.smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
What the significance of social impact is for a business schools
Lecturer:
Prof Arnold Smit
Email:
arnold.smit@usb.ac.za
Topic:
How often do managers experience situations where their work environment requires them to go against their personal values? How do managers deal with this? What strategies do they follow to avoid such situations.
Lecturer:
Mr Jako Volschenk
Email:
Jako.Volschenk@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Job creation in renewables. The renewable energy space has been hailed as a great job creator. Has this been the case?
Lecturer:
Mr Jako Volschenk
Email:
Jako.Volschenk@usb.ac.za
Topic:
How often does green washing apply in product positioning strategies and messages?
Lecturer:
Mr Jako Volschenk
Email:
Jako.Volschenk@usb.ac.za
Topic:
How do the general public define “greenwashing”?
Lecturer:
Mr Jako Volschenk
Email:
Jako.Volschenk@usb.ac.za
Topic:
Environmental coopetition case studies. What benefits are created for the different stakeholders? How important is the value for other stakeholders in such initiatives?
Lecturer:
Mr Jako Volschenk
Email:
Jako.Volschenk@usb.ac.za
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