UNISA - COLLEGE OF ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES:
Research focus areas for master’s and doctoral studies
The number of M and D registrations should be informed by the availability of suitable supervisors to ensure that available supervisory capacity
is not exceeded. This will maintain supervisor/student ratios that would be conducive to high-quality results.
1.1 School of Economic and Financial Sciences
Department name
Department of
Economics
Focus Area
Lead Researcher
Capacity
Development Economics
Prof NM Odhiambo
Email: odhianm@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 9
Doctorates: up to 6
Prof D Hodge
Email: hodged@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 3
Prof NM Odhiambo
Email: odhianm@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 5
Doctorates: up to 5
Prof NM Odhiambo
Email: odhianm@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 7
Doctorates: up to 5
ECS_Development
Economics_2016.docx
History and Philosophy of
Economics
ECS_History and
Philosophy_2016.docx
International Economics
ECS_International
Economics_2016.docx
Macroeconomics
ECS_Macroeconomic
s_2016.docx
1
Microeconomics
Prof B Moyo
Email: moyob@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 5
Doctorates: up to 3
Prof NM Odhiambo
Email: odhianm@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 6
Doctorates: up to 3
Prof T van der Merwe
Email:
vdmert@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 7
Doctorates: up to 4
Prof Petrus Potgieter
Email:
Potgiph@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 5
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof Monga Luhandjula
Email:
Luhanmk@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 7
Doctorates: up to 5
ECS_Microeconomics
_2016.docx
Monetary Economics
ECS_Monetary
Economics_2016.docx
Public Economics
ECS_Public
Economics_2016.docx
Department of
Decision Sciences
Financial Modelling
DSS_Financial
Modeling_2016.docx
Heuristics, Optimisation and
Statistical Modelling
DSS_Heuristics_Opti
misation_Statistical Modelling_2016.docx
2
Computability, Complexity and
Randomness in Decision Science
(CCRDS)
Prof Willem Fouche
Email:
Fouchwl@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 8
Doctorates: up to 7
Prof Daniel Makina
Email: makind@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 19
Doctorates: up to 9
DSS_CCRDS_2016.d
ocx
Department of
Finance, Risk
Management and
Banking
Finance, Risk, Banking and
Investment Management
DFRB M D Research
Focus Areas for 2016 final doc.docx
3
1.2 School of Management Sciences
Department name
Department of
Business
Management
Focus Area
Lead Researcher
Capacity
Competitive Advantage
Prof Hester Nienaber
Email: nienah@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 7
Doctorates: up to 5
Prof Nisha Sedwass
E-mail: sewdan@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 3
Prof Adewale Aregbeshola
Email: aregbra@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 5
Doctorates: up to 4
Prof Johan Strydom
Email: Strydjw@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 7
Doctorates: up to 5
Prof Johan Strydom
Email: Strydjw@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 10
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof Annemarie Davis
Email: davisa@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 7
Doctorates: up to 2
BM_Competitive
advantage_2016.doc
Competitive Intelligence
BM_Competitive
intelligence_2016.doc
International Business
BM_International
Bus_2016.docx
South African Automotive Industry
BM_SA Automotive
industry_2016.doc
Sport Management
BM_Sport
management_2016.doc
Strategy-as-Practice
BM_Strategy as
practice_2016.doc
4
Department of
Human Resources
Management
Strategic and International Human
Resource Management and
Leadership
Prof Pieter Grobler
Email: groblpa@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 5
Doctorates: up to 5
Prof Mariette Coetzee
Email: Coetzm@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 9
Doctorates: up to 1
Mrs Line Rudolph
Email: rudolec@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 6
Prof Yvonne Joubert
Email: joubeyt@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 9
Doctorates: up to 2
HR_Strategic & Int
HRM.docx
Organisational Justice
Organisational commitment
Organisational citizenship behaviour
Retention of employees
HR_Org
justice_2016.docx
Employee and Organisational Health
and Well-being; Multidisciplinary
HR_Employee &Org
well-being_2016.doc
Employee and organisational health
and wellness
Labour Relations in South Africa
HR_Employee & Org
health_2016.docx
5
Organisational Development/ODL/
Multidisciplinary
Prof Adéle Bezuidenhout
Email: bezuia@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 1
Prof Ingrid Potgieter
Email: visseil@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 9
Doctorates: up to 4
Prof Melany Bushney
Email: mbushney@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 5
Doctorates: up to 2
Dr Christopher Tshilongamulenzhe
Email: tshilmc@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Dr Anita de Bruyn
Email : dbruyaj@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 4
Doctorates: up to 2
Open Distance Learning: The
changing work role of academics
within the ODL context
HR_OB_ODL_Multidis
ciplinary_2016.docx
Career Management and
employability
HR_Career
Management & employability.doc
Adult learner self-directedness
HR_Adult learner
self-directedness_2016.doc
Skills development in the South
African context
HR_Skills
development in SA context.doc
Labour relations perspective on
collective relationships within the
new world of work
6
HR_Labour relations
perspective_2016.doc
Retention and work engagement
Prof Nadia Ferreira
Email: ferren@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 8
Doctorates: up to 4
Mr Ricardo Machado
Email: Machar@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 47
Doctorates: up to 11
Prof Nico Martins
Email: martin@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof Melinde Coetzee
E-mail: coetzm1@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 2
HR_Retention and
work engagement_2016.doc
Department of
Marketing
Management and
Retail
Digital Marketing & Social Media
International/Export Marketing
Customer Experience Management
Small Business Marketing
Retailing
MKT_Marketing&Ret
ail_2016.doc
Department of
Industrial and
Organisational
Psychology
Organisational Psychology and
change
IOP_Org Psych &
Change_2016.docx
Psychology of career and human
capacity development and retention
IOP_Personnel &
Career Psych.docx
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Work-related sense of coherence
Prof Sanet van der Westhuizen
E-mail: vdwessc@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 1
Prof Michelle May
E-mail: mayms@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 5
Doctorates: up to 1
Prof Antoni Barnard
E-mail: barnaha@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 1
Dr Sonja Grobler
E-mail: grobls@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 1
IOP_Work-related
sense of coherence.doc
Systems psychodynamics
IOP_System
psychodynamics_2016.docx
Qualitative employee wellbeing
IOP_Qualitative
Employee Wellbeing_2016.docx
Measurement of individual
characteristics and organisational
behaviour
IOP_Measurement of
individual characteristics and organisational behaviour_2016.docx
Neuroleadership
Prof Dirk Geldenhuys
E-mail: grobls@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof Michelle May
E-mail: mayms@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 1
Doctorates: up to 3
IOP_NeuroLeadershi
p_2016.doc
Socio-analytic methods
8
IOP_Socio-analytic
Methods_2016.docx
Bureau for Market
Research
Socio Economic and Business
Research
Prof Pierre Joubert
Email: joubejpr@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 19
Doctorates: up to 9
Prof Neil Eccles
Email: ecclens@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
BMR_2016.doc
Institute for
Corporate
Citizenship
Socially Responsible Investment,
Sustainable Investment, Ethical
Investment
ICC_Socially
responsible investment, sustainable investment, ethical investment_2016.doc
Teaching Business Ethics
Prof Neil Eccles
Email: ecclens@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof Godwell Nhamo
Email: nhamog@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof Mariki Eloff
Email: eloffmm@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
ICC_Teaching
Business Ethics_2016.doc
Climate Change and Green
Growth/Economy
ICC_Climate
change_2016.doc
The role of ICT and information
security in promoting a sustainable
world
9
ICC_Information
Security as a Social Responsibility_2016.docx
10
1.3 School of Applied Management Sciences
Department name
Department of
Operations
Management
Focus Area
Lead Researcher
Capacity
Administrative and Office
Management
Dr Sumei van Antwerpen
Email: vanans@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 7
Doctorates: up to 1
Prof Louis P Krüger
Email: Krugelp@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 4
Doctorates: up to 1
Prof Rigard J Steenkamp
Email: Steenrj@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 6
Doctorates: up to 1
Dr Nkoana Radipere
Email: Radipns@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 17
Doctorates: up to 5
OM_Office and
administrative management_2016.doc
Production and Operations
Management (POM) – Strategy and
Improvement
OM_Operations
management_2016.doc
Project Management – Dynamics,
The Managerial Process and
Application
OM_Project
management_2016.doc
Department of
Supply Chain,
Entrepreneurship,
Transport
Economics,
Logistics and
Tourism
Entrepreneurship
FDESCTL_Entrepren
eurship_2016.docx
11
Supply chain
Prof Hannie Badenhorst
Email: Badenja@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 5
Prof C van Zyl
E-mail: vzylc@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Mr Matthew Townshend
Email: townsmj@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 2
ESCTL_Supply
chain_2016.doc
Inventory management
TOUR_Inventory
Management_2016.doc
Transport Economics and
Transportation Planning and
Development
Transport
Economics_Transportation Planning and Development_2016.docx
Integrated logistics
Prof C van Zyl
E-mail: vzylc@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Prof C van Zyl
E-mail: vzylc@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 6
Doctorates: up to 5
Ms Dorothy Queiros
Email: queirdr@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Integrated
Logistics_2016.docx
Business and Leisure Tourism and
Events
TOUR_Business and
Leisure Tourism and Events_2016.docx
Ecotourism
12
TOUR_Ecotourism
Focus_2016.docx
Hospitality and Attractions
Management
Dr Nellie Swart, CMP
E-mail: swartmp@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 2
Dr JA Snyman
Email: snymaja@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Dr N Swart
Email: swartmp@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 3
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof Marios Sotiriadis
E-mail: sotirm@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 4
Doctorates: up to 3
Prof JS Wessels
wessejs@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
TOUR_Hospitality
and Attractions Management_2016.docx
Inclusive tourism (Tourism for people
with disabilities)
TOUR_Inclusive
tourism (people with disabilities)_2016.doc
Transport for Tourism and E-Travel
TOUR_Transport for
Tourism and E-Travel_2016.docx
Marketing of Tourism Destinations
and Tourism Businesses
TOUR_Marketing of
Tourism Destinations and Businesses_2016.docx
Department of
Public
Administration and
Management
Theory of Public Administration and
Research Methods
PAM_Knowledge and
Methods of Public Administration_2016.docx
13
Public Policy
Prof WN Webb
webbwn@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof JC Pauw
pauwjc@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof EJ Van der Westhuizen
vdwesej@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof SR Malefane
malefsr@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Prof EJ Nealer
nealeej@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 2
Prof M Van Heerden
vheerm@unisa.ac.za/
Prof DJ Brynard
brynadj@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 2
Doctorates: up to 1
Dr P Khumalo
khumap1@unisa.ac.za
Masters: up to 1
Doctorates: up to 1
PAM_Public
Policy_2016.docx
Public Financial Management and
Administration
PAM_Public
Finance_2016.docx
Public Human Resource and
Organisational Studies
PAM_Public Human
Resource Management_2016.docx
Public Service Delivery
PAM_Public Service
Delivery_2016.docx
Local Government
PAM_Local
Government_2016.docx
Administrative Justice and Ethics
PAM_Administrative
justice and ethics_2016.docx
14
Human Settlements
PAM_Human
Settlements_2016.docx
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