THE COLLEGE OF ECONOMIC & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

PRESENTATION BY

EXECUTIVE DEAN PROF LICY NGAMBI

VisionIn line with Unisa’s vision: Towards

the African University in the service of humanity; CEMS’s

Vision is

“ Towards an Innovative, Relevant Open Distance Learning Community in

Economics and Management Sciences

Committed to Excellence in Africa & Globally”.

As a college we are committed to addressing economic and management

sciences (EMS) challengesWe are INNOVATIVE, constantly

striving to find and create better ways of pursuing our 2015 goals and

beyond;We are all engaged in LEARNING,

staff and students alike, finding joy in its constant pursuit;

We are a diverse COMMUNITY, bound by strong values and ethos, in many ways more accurately described

as a family;We are COMMITTED to learner

success and the 2015 Strategic plan;We care deeply about EXCELLENCE and RELEVANCE in its many forms.

Our vision as an African community

is centred on people, knowledge,

the future, and education.

CEMS, in pursuit of excellence with integrity both staff and students shall strive to be RARE:-

Responsible to one another and to all our stakeholders

Accountable to each other and all our stakeholders

Relevant to each other and to all our stakeholders

Ethical in all our conduct

CEMS, Aims to produce a student that is RARE;

and acknowledges that, ‘It takes vision, commitment, culture-

building leadership, trust, empowerment and communication,

to build a successful focused organisation’ (Bell et al.1988);

CEMS undertakes to build a successful college that remains relevant and makes meaningful contribution to each other, the

university , country, continent and global village at large.

CEMS can’t do this without you, our important family

member!

CEMS StatisticsBiggest Unisa college –

over 50% of Unisa students

Biggest college of economic and management sciences in Africa

CEMS qualifications

New PQMs in 2012:Requirements for streamlining of

qualifications from DoETo align with requirements from

the public and private sector for relevant qualifications

Imperatives, among other things, to produce graduates with appropriate knowledge, skills and competencies for the RSA and Africa and the global marketplace

Academic Structure

School of Accounting Sciences

School of Economic Sciences

School of Management Sciences

School of Accounting Sciences Department of AuditingDepartment of Financial AccountingDepartment of Management

AccountingDepartment of Taxation

School of Economic Sciences

Department of Decision Sciences

Department of Economics

Department of Transport Economics, Logistics and Tourism

School of Management SciencesDepartment of Business

Management

Department of Marketing and Retail Management

Department of Finance, Risk Management and Banking

Department of Human Resource Management

Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology

Department of Public Administration

Bureaux and Centres

Bureau for Business StudiesBureau of Market ResearchCentre for Accounting StudiesCentre for Business ManagementCentre for Corporate Citizenship Centre for Industrial and

Organisational PsychologyCentre for Public Administration

and Management.

College of Economic and Management Sciences

Personal Leadership For Success

Highest Levels of Excellence?

With ICE as the engine room

Work EthicsWork Ethics

ICE is the Engine Room

ICE is the Engine Room

ResponsibilityResponsibility That extra

mile That extra

mile

PerseverancePerseverance

The ultimate Price

Sacrifice

The scene 4 success

The Engine Room of Highest Levels of Excellence: ICE (Stefano & Wasylyshyn, 2005)

Integrity: the ability to tell the truth

Courage: Having sufficient confidence in yourself & your team to give them enough latitude & autonomy to perform well

Empathy: The ability to authentically care for others

Work ethics

Ethical means that which is morally good or considered morally right – as apposed to that which is legally or procedurally right.

Ethical people strive to operate with an altruistic intent; utilise empowering rather than controlling strategies to influence others; endeavour to cultivate virtues & abstain from vices to build own character.

A virtuous character is a building block for leadership and personal excellence.

The subject matter of ethics is character, that is, one can have a charismatic personality but a debased character.

Work ethicsOne can have a charismatic

personality but a debased character. One can be charming, inspirational, dynamic, magnetic, and glamorous but their core values could be based on greed, egoism, and power abuse. From the core values emanate toxic sub-values which express one’s dysfunctional behaviours such as malice, deception, arrogance, intimidation, conceit, coercion, anger and absence of trust, gratitude, and harmony (Sankar, 2003: 48). This toxicity erodes sustainable success.

Perseverance: never give up!!!Perseverance will get you

over the walls & barriers & challenges that you are confronted with.

Learn to have success with failure.

Do not repeat the same mistakes in your persistence, but make necessary adjustments.

People that made history never gave up.

The power of perseverance: An Example – who is this man?He failed in business in 1831.He was defeated for the legislature in 1832.He saw his sweetheart died in 1835.He suffered a complete nervous breakdown in 1836.He was defeated for Speaker in 1838.He was defeated for Congress in 1843. He was defeated for the Senate in 1855. He was defeated for the vice Presidency in 1856.But he was elected President of the USA in 1860 .

SacrificeThere will always be sacrifice

in a leadership rolePersonal

Family timeWork & non-work balance Health problems

ProfessionalNever sacrifice your own principles and ethics - though compromise might be necessary with new information

Manage the sacrifice Syndrome through

authenticity, that is, “A state of healthy alignment

between one’s values and behaviour.” It becomes even more

critical for a contemporary business person who needs to

have a healthy balance between work and non-work life.

(Ruderman & Rogolsky, 2001)

GET REAL & DETOX: BE AUTHENTIC

You can’t develop to a level of excellence if you are fake! It’s not easy being phony. Think of how

much energy it takes to behave in ways that are out of sync with your

true values, priorities, hopes, characteristics and style!

(Ruderman & Rogolsky, 2001)

Authenticity as an ingredient for excellence Define your core values to guide

you, guard you and gauge you:

Possess integrity – keep your word even if it costs you.

Be honest and trustworthy - if they can’t trust you, why should they ever follow you?

Be transparent Listen with a giving attitude

that seeks to bring forth the contribution in someone not listening with your limiting assessments, opinions & judgments.

Speak out against wrong & honour those who stand by the truth.

Do not gossip and do not attract gossip.

Do not be greedy to gain at the expense of others.

Authenticity calls for demonstration of self discipline

Self-discipline enables you to convert your values into consistent action

Authenticity requires continuous effort and overcoming hurdles ranging from societal norms to organizational cultures

Requires commitment & dedication to the cause not just the vision

Guard yourself against moral failure

The fibre to add sustainable value to your ladder of successful life is in being authentic

To add value you need to be true to yourself and be authentic and choose the path that works for you. Eliminate hypocrisy and deception in you and in the organization. Where authenticity and truth presides:

Trust is evident among staff The leader has less mental clutter People feel the freedom to be transparent

The leader has credibility when she or he speaks.

In decision making ensure that your choices confirm not compromise your values to be authentic & add value

Weigh out the options in front of you Ask if those choices force you to compromise personal values Seek wise counsel and count the cost Decide based on sound, value adding principles Act on your decision swiftly and firmly Don’t be an extension of other people’s opinions –be your own person

Responsibility

You have to take responsibility for your actions, for your life, and the consequences of your behaviour.

Go the extra mile- Opportunities missed are successes lost

Deal with the Jonah Complex

Fight the fears that keep you down

Avoid procrastination

Believe in yourself

And the price?

Fulfillment in becoming the professional that is respected in your field and industry; the mentor that people will want to look up to and imitate. That is, becoming the role model that positively influence others and add value to their lives!!

1. Bullying style1. Bullying style

2. Cold, aloof, arrogant

2. Cold, aloof, arrogant

3. Betrayed personal trust3. Betrayed

personal trust

4. Self-centered4. Self-centered

5. Specific performance

problems

5. Specific performance

problems

6. Over-managed6. Over-managed

Be ware! There are 6MajorReasonsFor excellenceDerailment

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Somehow, Africans manage to keep Africa warm & ALIVE and----

Where there’s a will, ….

There is a way!

Thank you for your commitment and support in making CEMS RARE.

Licy.

In all your getting, get wisdom or it is the principal thing in life. (Proverbs 4:7)