College of Business and Economics Annual Report 2017 71 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Exceptional accomplishments by the SPMGP in 2017 include: • Prof Christelle Auriacombe was: • Appointed as Visiting Professor at the Ho Technical University in Ghana and at the Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA) in Rwanda. • Is also a member of the Advisory Panel of the African Journal of Public Affairs (IBSS) and a member of the Editorial Board of Politiea. • Facilitated two research and publication workshops in 2017 in Rwanda (March and August) and played a pivotal role in supporting several research initiatives for researchers in Africa. The workshops contributed to six collaborative accredited publications as outcome of the workshop. • Tasked with the process of decolonisation that started in 2016 with the repackaging of the undergraduate material at first-year level and completed the second-year level in 2017. The SPMGP offers decolonised UJ internal textbooks that serve as the prescribed content material at the first and second level of the PMG programme in 2017. • Dr Vain Jarbandhan was re-appointed as the Chief Editor and Prof Christelle Auriacombe as Technical Editor of Administratio Publica an accredited journal hosted by the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSADPAM). • Prof Christelle Auriacombe and Prof Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad were appointed as Adjunct Professors at the Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU). • Prof Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad was appointed by the Social Sciences Research Society in Turkey as a member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Social Sciences (2017) that was held on 24 and 25 August 2017. She was also appointed Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business and Management Studies (IBSS) for 2017. She received the Best Presentation Award at the 8th International Conference on Social Sciences. • The SPMGP contributes substantially to the international profile of the CBE in general (with nine MoAs globally) and in Africa, in particular (with 19 MoAs with African universities and institutions). • The SPMGP has delivered a good publication record of 31 credits for the 2017 academic year. This is an above-average SLU output compared to the College average. For this trend to continue, the staff resourcing issue must be addressed in the new College. Prof Christelle Auriacombe Prof Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad Dr Vain Jarbandhan Dr Sydney Mufamadi with Prof Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad.
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