Dr Dirk​ Rossouw

Coordinator of the Soweto Campus and Senior Lecturer
Name: Dirk Rossouw
Location: ADD 330 Soweto Campus
Business Management Academic Staff  Staff Members

Contact Details:
Tel: ​+27 (0)11 559 5683

Email: drossouw@uj.ac.za

About Dr Dirk​ Rossouw

PUBLICATIONS

TEXTBOOKS:

• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Operational Management: A Generic Approach. 5^th ed (2023)
• Consulting editor: Business Management: A Contemporary Approach. 4^th ed (2022)
• Co-author: Administrative Management. 5th ed.  (2020)
• Co-author: Business Management: An African Perspective (2019)
• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Management Principles: A Generic Approach. 4^th ed. (2018)
• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Operational Management: A Generic Approach. 4^th ed (2018)
• Consulting editor: Business Management: A Contemporary Approach. 3^rd ed (2018)
• Co-author: Administrative Management. 4^rd ed. (2016)
• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Management Principles: A Generic Approach. 3^rd ed. (2015)
• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Operational Management: A Generic Approach. 3^rd ed (2015)
• Consulting editor: Business Management: A Contemporary Approach. 2^nd ed (2014)
• Co-author: Administrative Management. 3^rd ed.  (2013)
• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Management Principles: A Generic Approach. 2^nd ed.  (2012)
• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Operational Management: A Generic Approach. 2^nd ed (2012)
• Co-author: Administrative Management. 2^nd ed.  (2009)
• Co-editor: Business Management: A Contemporary Approach (2008)
• Co-author: Distance Experiential Education Practices: Sharing and cross-pollination of traditional university-type and former technikon-type “work-integrated learning” practices (2005)
• Co-editor and co-author: Focus on Operational Management: A Generic Approach (2005)
• Co-editor and Co-author: Focus on Management Principles: A Generic Approach (2005)
• Editor and Co-author: Strategic Management: An Applied South African Perspective (2003)
• Co-author: Entrepreneurial Skills 2^nd ed (2007/2008)
• Co-author: Focus On Supervision in General Management (1997)
• Co-author: Contemporary Issues in Strategic Management (1996)

RESEARCH

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND RESEARCH ARTICLES:

• Technology and collaboration as strategic drivers shaping higher education. The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa (2023) 19(1), a1307. (Co-authored)

• Competitiveness of a clinical laboratory within the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Acta Commercii (2023) 23(1), a1133. (Co-authored).

• Strategic capabilities of a motorcycle manufacturer for positioning, SAIMS Conference (2022). (Co-authored).
• A Motorcycle’s Strategic Positioning – Past and Present, International Business Conference (2022). (Co-authored).
• The importance of strategy formulation and implementation at a private college, SAIMS Conference, online (2021). (Co-authored).
• Competitive intelligence in strategy formulation: A case of a micro enterprise, 2021 International Business Conference, online (2021). (Co-authored).
• Strategic positioning of a motorcycle manufacturer within the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Acta Commercii (2021) 21(1), a907. (Co-authored)
• Enhancing the Efficiency of Management Development Programmes through Ethical Leadership. EuroEconomica, Special Issue 2(39)/2020, Danubius University of Galati. (Co-authored).
• The role of dynamic capabilities in strategy implementation at a private college, 13^th International Business Conference, Hermanus, Western Cape (2019). (Co-authored).
• The influence of management development programmes on ethical leadership, 31^st SAIMS Conference, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 2019. (Co-authored).
• Growth strategies and implementation in a higher institution, International Conference of Accounting and Business, Johannesburg (2019). (Co-authored).
• Teaching ethical behaviour as remedy for corruption, 23^rd International Conference of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences – Barcelona, Spain (2019). (Co-authored).
• Challenges when implementing corporate strategy: Small and medium consulting businesses, 12^th International Business Conference – Mauritius (2018). (Co-authored).
• Corporate strategy implementation within small and medium consulting businesses during, SAIMS Conference, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) – University of Stellenbosch (2018). (Co-authored).
• Strategic Drivers: A Case of a Faculty, 11^th International Business Conference, the White Sands Hotel, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – North West University (2017). (Co-authored).
• Academic Staff’s Perspectives on Strategic Drivers in Higher Education, 10^th International Business Conference, Club Mykonos, Langebaan – Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (2016). (Co-authored).
• Strategic Drivers for Higher Education, SAIMS Conference, Riverside Sun Resort – University of Johannesburg (2014). (Co-authored).

• Drivers for South African Higher Education Institution (work-in-progress), SAIMS Conference, the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (2011). (Co-authored).
• Drivers, Forces and Factors in the Business Environment, SAIMS Conference, Mpekweni Beach Resort – Rhodes University (2010). (Co-authored).
• Co-operative Education within the Department of Business Management with Specific Reference to Work-Integrated-Learning or Experiential Learning – A Case Study, University of South Africa, (2005). (Co-authored).
• Management vs Leadership, SAIMS Conference, Cape Technikon (2004). (Co-authored).
• Effectiveness of Strategic Management as offered to the BTech Students at Technikon SA, SAIMS Conference, University of Stellenbosch (2001). (Co-authored).

SUPERVISION: 

• • Strategic competitiveness within the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A case of a clinical laboratory (2022) – MCom (Strategic Management)
  • Competitiveness of the construction industry within the Fourth Industrial Revolution (2021) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • Strategic positioning for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The case of a motorcycle manufacturer (2020) – MCom (Strategic Management).
  • Strategy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (2020) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • The impact of competitive intelligence in formulating strategy at a small, medium and micro enterprise (2019) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • An analysis of factors hindering strategy implementation (2019) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • An exploration of strategy implementation at a private higher education institution (2019) – MCom (Business Management).
  • Enhancing the efficacy of management development programmes through ethical leadership (2018) – MCom (Business Management).
  • Corporate strategy implementation among small and medium consulting businesses (2018) – MCom (Business Management).
  • Innovation barriers as inhibitors of competitive advantage (2018) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • Implementation of innovation by strategic leadership within Standard Bank (2017) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • The effect of communication on the implementation of corporate strategy (2016) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • An analysis of South African Airways’ strategies (2015) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • An analysis of strategies implemented by the Economic Freedom Fighters (2014) – BCom Hons (Stategic Management).
  • The views of University of Johannesburg students on the implementation of values at the Soweto campus (2013) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • Implementation of employment strategies and goals within Ekurhuleni Municipality (2013) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • Exploring academics’ experiences in adapting to organizational change in a private higher education institution (2012) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • The impact of a diversity strategy on the learning experiences on postgraduate students (2012) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • The competitive advantage of Shoprite, Pick n Pay and Spar that contributes to the retail business success in Vosloorus (2011) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • The influence of employee engagement on the organisational culture of the Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) (2011) – BCom Hons (Strategic Management).
  • The Influence of Contact Sessions on the Effective Implementation of the Tutor System in Technikon Southern Africa (November 2004) – MTech Business Administration.