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Learn from people who have done the work
A professor with more than four decades of experience in quality and operations management, and a former Springbok World Cup gold medallist. Theory, tested in the real world.
Primary lecturer
Professor Rigard Johan Steenkamp
Emeritus Professor, University of South Africa (UNISA)
DCom (Quality and Operations Management) · MBA · BCom (Marketing)
UNISA
Emeritus Professor
Cranefield College
Academic partner
More than 40 years across academia and industry, teaching, researching and applying quality and operations management in real organisations.
He has supervised and examined postgraduate research, published in his field, and advised organisations on building management systems that hold up under pressure.
UNISA emeritus professor
Distinguished academic career in quality and operations.
Doctoral expertise
DCom with postgraduate supervision experience.
Business of the Year
Recipient of the Business of the Year award.
Researcher of the year
Recipient of research awards and researcher-of-the-year distinctions.
Quadruple Helix Model of Innovation
Developer of the Quadruple Helix Model of Innovation.
Practitioner focus
Teaching shaped by real operating environments.
Accredited delivery
In partnership with Cranefield College.
Quality is not an abstract ideal. It is the discipline of translating evidence into decisions that hold up on a Monday morning.
Professor Steenkamp
Sport Commerce lecturer
Rikenette Avenant (Steenkamp)
World Cup Gold Medallist — 100m hurdles, London 2018
MA Sport & Leisure Studies (with distinction) · BA Hons Sport & Recreation Management (with distinction) · BSc Sport Science — University of Pretoria
African champion, World Cup gold medallist and former national 100m hurdles record holder. Her career reached the highest level of world athletics.
Her master's research explored gender inequality in athletics leadership. Today she coaches hurdles and mental performance, and translates elite performance into the business of sport.
"Winning and excellence are not always measured by a first place. Health, character, purpose, morality, family, positive influence — and the legacy you create — matter just as much."
World Cup gold, 2018
100m hurdles champion in London.
National record holder
Broke a 20-year-old SA 100mH record (12.81).
Master's with distinction
Research on gender inequality in athletics leadership.
Coach and mentor
Hurdles and mental performance coach.
Lecturer. Athlete. Coach.
Ready when you are