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Director of School

Dr Nuraan Agherdien

Position:  Director of the School of Industrial/Organisational Psychology & Human Resource Management
Location:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3824
Qualifications:  DPhil
Expertise:  Learning & Development; Employment Relations

Head of Department

Ms Yonela Dube

Position:   Senior Lecturer
Department:  Department of Human Resource Management 
Location:  Second Avenue Campus 
Phone:  041 504 3384
Qualifications:   MTech: HRM 
Expertise:   HRM
Responsibilities:  HOD, Lecturer, research supervisor

Miss Qapela Ngcobo

Position:  Acting Head of Department
Department:  Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2363
Qualifications:  BA (Psych), BA Hons (Psych), MA (IOP)

Lecturers

Dr Bridget De Villiers

Position:  Senior Lecturer
Department: School for Industrial Psychology and Human Resources  
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2362
Qualifications:PhD in Human Resource Management 
Expertise: Employment Relations, Labour Law, Work Psychology
Responsibilities: Teaching Employment Relations Practices, Contemporary Employment Relations, Advanced Employment Relations, Individual and Group Dynamics as well as Supervising research projects at post graduate leve

Dr Wayne Macpherson

Position:  Senior Lecturer 
Department: Human Resources Management  
Location:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3764
Qualifications:PhD in Human Resource Management 
Expertise: Employment Relations, Labour Law, Work Psychology
Responsibilities: Teaching Employment Relations Practices, Contemporary Employment Relations, Advanced Employment Relations, Individual and Group Dynamics as well as Supervising research projects at post graduate leve

Mr Adriaan Andrews

Position:  Lecturer
Department: Human Resources Management 
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 3823
Qualifications: BCom Honours (Cum Laude); Master of Commerce (MCom) Research
Responsibilities:Lecture across the first, second and third-year cohorts; Coordinate the first-year extended HRM programme; Facilitate the HRMIS practical programme (CRS Technologies)

Prof Michelle Mey

Position:   Professor and Deputy Dean of Faculty of Business and Economic Science
Department:  School for Industrial Psychology and Human Resources
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 3824
Qualifications:  D.Tech HRM

Ms Mandisa Mavuso

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Human Resources Management
Campus:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3962
Qualifications:  M Admin Industrial Psychology
Responsibilities: Project Management ER and HR Alignment

Dr Chantel Harris

Position:  Senior Lecturer
Department:  Department Of Industrial and Organisational Psychology 
Location:  South Campus
Qualifications: DCom Industrial and Organisational Psychology.

Mr Siyolo Puza

Position:  Associate Lecturer
Department: Human Resources Management
Campus:  George Campus
Phone:  044 801 5137
Qualifications:  BTech (HRM)

Prof Amanda Werner

Position:  Acting Director of School for Industrial Psychology and Human Resources
Location:  Second Avenue Campus
Phone:  041 504 3749
Qualifications:  BA (Communication); BA Honours (Industrial and Personnel Psychology); MA (Industrial and Personnel Psychology); D.Tech HRM
Expertise:  Organisational Behaviour; Organisational Change

Mrs Itumeleng Dzivhani

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 1289
Qualifications:  MCom Industrial and Organisational Psychology, Registered as Industrial and Organisational Psychologist

Miss Ashlynne Rennick

Position:  Lecturer
Department:  Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Campus:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2364
Qualifications:  MA (IOP), Registered as Industrial and Organisational Psychologist.

Dr Vuyisile Mabindisa

Position:  Lecturer
Department: Industrial and Organisational Psychology 
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2362
Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree Business Administration, Honours Business Administration, Master's Human resource management, and PhD Human resource management.

Administrative Assistants

Mrs Kim Alexander

Position:  Administrative Assistant to the Director of School
Department: School of Industrial Psychology and Human Resources 
Campus:  Second Avenue Campus 
Phone:  041 504 3798
Qualifications:  BTech: Public Relations Management

Mrs Kendra Roodt

Position:  Administrative Assistant
Department:  Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology
Location:  South Campus
Phone:  041 504 2364
Qualifications:  Dip: Office Management & Technology; BTech Management; MTech: Business Administration

Mrs Rifqah Felix

Position:   Administrative Assistant: Department of Human Resource Management
Department:  Human Resources Management
Location:  Second Avenue Campus 
Phone:  041 504 3703

 






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