College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2022 3 Talent Management DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE: ACADEMIC AND SUPPORT, INTERNATIONAL, DESIGNATED, QUALIFICATION PROFILE. CBE attracts, recruits, and retains the best research, teaching, and professional staff responsible for offering excellent services to all our stakeholders. In its services, CBE had 514 employees comprised of 353 (69%) academic staff and 161 (31%) professional support staff. International staff members make up 17% of academics. Over 42% of our academic staff have doctoral qualifications. The number of staff with higher degrees is increasing due to research support initiatives made available to the CBE. Regarding staff equity, the economically active population (EAP) is used as a benchmark to assist CBE in analysing the workforce to determine the degree of under or overrepresentation of different groups. Furthermore, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), developed by the United Nations (UN) urge the world to ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making and promote equal pay for work of equal value. White females remain the highest represented group at 19% (exceeding their EAP by 15 percentage points). African males and females are significantly under-represented at 18% and 25% lower than their EAP by 26 and 11 percentage points, respectively. CBE has one staff member with a declared disability. This area, therefore, remains a critical challenge and focus for a more inclusive work environment. STAFF DEVELOPMENT Lifelong learning is at the heart of our academic project. CBE encourages staff to plan their development through Professional Development Plans. Several development programmes are available for colleagues, focusing on management, leadership, and support for early career researchers. (Image below): One of our staff, Ms Boniswa Madikizela, attended the IWF Leadership Foundation's Executive Leadership training at Harvard Business School in May 2022. The Accelerated Academic Mentoring Programme (AAMP) supports the development of staff members to prepare them for leadership positions across campus. CBE has a majority involvement, with approximately 70 staff participating at different levels, with 15 registered for doctoral degrees. The programme fosters skills among staff with high potential who will bring excellence and diversity to senior leadership ranks. Other areas of leadership development include our intentional succession planning through appointments of deputy Heads of Department (HoDs), where they focus on holistic offering, strategic planning, and oversight for specific projects, and planning and supporting the HoD. The College career crafting workshop for newly appointed academics helps them plan their careers from an early stage and to familiarise themselves with promotion policies and processes—the UJ Centre for Academic Technologies (CAT) and UJ Library services presented support services available. Assistant lecturers are appointed to grow our future pool of lecturers and academic leaders.
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