Adolf Lowies
Adolf Lowies
Director
Management College
Southern Africa
Biography
I am currently the Research Director at the Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA) with close to 8 000 students and is involved at executive management level and research and lecturing for the last four years in this capacity. I have started and manage the Institutional Research Unit (IRU), the postgraduate department-which graduates many MBA students per year and the Data Analysis Unit (DAU).
Prior to my position at MANCOSA I was employed at other Higher Education Institutes such as Vista University and the University of Johannesburg in teaching and management positions. I am also a registered psychologist at the HPCSA and have been awarded with the Principals Award at Mancosa in 2011 and in 2012 was awarded a visiting professorship for my contribution to research and management by the Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management.
I have published more than 20 articles in peer reviewed international academic journals and am the editor in chief for the “Journal of management and Administration” a peer reviewed open access academic journal. I am serving on the Executive committee of Mancosa, as well as on SENEX and am chairperson of the Research Committee, Conference Committee and Graduation Committee and serve on many others.
I am involved in policy writing and Quality Assurance of policy and compliance and implementation as well as the Selection Committee and the Teaching and Learning Committee with multiple re-curriculation of degrees. I supervised many masters’ students and am involved extensively with moderation and external examination at other institutions of higher learning. I hold post graduate qualifications in Psychology and Business Management and have supervised in excess of 50 MBA dissertations and serve as external examiner and moderator for various Higher Education Institutions.
Research Interest
Economics and Management
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