Research Committee

Purpose of the Research Committee

The activities of the Research Committee of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences take place in terms of the directives for research at the University of Pretoria (see Rt 306/07; S4083/00; Rt 429/99; S3563/05). The aim is to coordinate and report in the prescribed format on research related activities of departments within the Faculty, whilst measures are put in place to support research by means of mentorship, training courses, as well as financial support.

A strategic objective of the Committee is the building of research capacity to increase both the quality and quantity of academic research, in order to be regarded as a leading Faculty not only in South Africa, but internationally.

* Meeting dates

Specific aims of the Research Committee are as follows:

· Formulation of research strategy

· Enhancement of the research culture of the Faculty

· Introduction of incentives to promote research endeavours

· Monitoring of progress with research programmes

· Coordination of the annual research report and its quality

· Liaison with support/funding organisations, including bursaries

· Coordination of submissions to external organisations

· Organising of research colloquiums

NRF Rating

The following researchers in the Faculty hold NRF ratings:

NAME	DEPARTMENT	RATING
Nkomo, Prof SM	Human Resource Management	Internationally acclaimed researcher
Franzsen, Prof RCD	Economics	Internationally acclaimed researcher
Blignaut, JN Prof	Economics	Established researcher
Jordaan, Prof Y	Marketing Management	Established researcher
Schoeman, NJ Prof	Economics	Established researcher
Van Heerden, JH Prof	Economics	Established researcher
Brynard, PA Prof	SPMA	Established researcher
Koch, SF Prof	Economics	Established researcher
North, EJ Prof	Marketing Management	Established researcher
Grobler, AF Prof	Communication Management Division
Gupta, R Prof	Economics	Promising young researcher

Membership

The Research Committee consists of the following selected members:

• Prof Stella Nkomo – Chair
•  Prof Riël Franzsen – Vice Chair
•  Prof Lianne Malan – School of Public Management and Administration
•  Prof Stephen Coetzee – Department of Accounting
• Dr Felicité Fairer-Wessels – Department of Tourism Management
• Dr Ruthira Naraidoo – Department of Economics
•  Prof Marius Pretorius – Department of Business Management
•  Prof Pieter Schaap – Department of Human Resource Management
•  Mr Theuns Steyn – Department of Taxation
•  Dr Arien Strasheim – Department of Marketing and Communication Management
•  Ms Naomi Wilkinson – Department o Auditing
• Prof Hendrik Wolmarans – Department of Financial Management