College of Business and Economics Annual Report 2017 50 STRUCTURE The School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems (SCiiS) consists of three departments, viz Department: • Applied Information Systems, led by Dr Barnabas Gatsheni • Information and Knowledge Management, led by Prof Chris Rensleigh • Marketing Management, led by Dr Marius Wait ENROLMENT The SCiiS enrolled 2 910 students in 2017 (12% of total CBE enrolment) of whom 705 (23%) were in continuing education programmes, 1 926 (66%) in subsidised undergraduate programmes and 279 (1%) in subsidised postgraduate programmes. Of these, 6% are international enrolments. Accordingly, the School’s subsidised enrolments equate to 2 130 full-time equivalents. SUBSIDISED PROGRAMMES Popular and industry recognised programmes and their enrolment in 2017 were as follows: QUALIFICATIONS ENROLMENT DIPLOMAS Diploma: Business Information Technology 346 Diploma: Marketing 323 Diploma: Retail Business Management 61 ADVANCED DIPLOMAS Advanced Diploma: Business Information Technology 83 Advanced Diploma: Retailing 14 BTECH DIPLOMAS BTech: Marketing 42 DEGREES BCom: Information Management 394 BCom: Information Systems 126 BCom: Marketing Management 376 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMAS PGDIP: Information Systems Auditing 23 HONOURS DEGREES BCom Hons: Information Management 53 BCom Hons: IT Management 56 BCom Hons: Marketing Management 83 MASTER’S DEGREES MPhil: Information Management 8 MCom: IT Management 17 MCom: Marketing Management 7 DOCTORATE DEGREES PhD: Information Management 7 PhD: IT Management 21 PhD: Marketing Management 4 These programmes were supported by an operational budget of R42 million, which translates into R19 743 per full-time equivalent (FTE) student. ACCREDITATION, AFFILIATIONS AND RANKINGS Qualifications offered by the SCiiS are well recognised nationally and internationally and our academics are highly engaged on the national and international stage. As far as academic leadership and citizenship at the international levels are concerned, our academics actively serve in varied ways, including as members of different leading international committees/forums and as Visiting Professors to other African Universities and beyond. For example: • Prof Carl Marnewick of the Department of Applied Information Systems serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Project Management Research and Practice journal. • Mr Cor Niemand of the Department of Information and Knowledge Management is a Fellow of the Academy of World Business, Marketing and Management Development (AWBMAMD). The Academy’s aim is to share research, through conferences and publications that advances knowledge on how organisations can utilise interdisciplinary skills for successful functioning in increasingly complex business environments in which they are required to operate. • Ms Andrea Potgieter of the Department of Information and Knowledge Management is a member of the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence (SCIP) professional body. This is a global community of experts working in the field of Competitive Intelligence.
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