Department of Operations Management

Dr A Amadi-Echendu

College of Economic and Management Sciences
School of Public and Operations Management
Department: Operations Management
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 429 2627
E-mail: amadiap@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Dphil: Integration of information and information sources (UP) 
  • MCom: Process management and business process reengineering in a supply chain (Unisa)
  • Bcom: Law (Unisa), LLB  (UNISA)

Currently teaching

  • Production and operations management

Fields of academic interests

  • Property related initiatives
  • Process, supply chain, business process reengineering
  • Innovation with regard to technology and information designs to improve business performance
  • Business intelligence
  • International Business
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Information technology

Field of Specialisation

  • Operations Management

Books

  • Amadi-Echendu, A., & Amadi-Echendu, J. (2015). Implications of Cadastral Systems on Engineering Asset Management. In 9th WCEAM Research Papers (pp. 39-48). Springer International Publishing.
  • Amadi-Echendu, J., & Amadi-Echendu, A. (2015). Legal aspects of engineering asset management. In Engineering Asset Management-Systems, Professional Practices and Certification (pp. 1797-1805). Springer International Publishing.
  • Nieman, G. & Nieuwenhuizen, C. 2014. Entrepreneurship: A South African Perspective. Third Edition. Case study p 497. Van Schaik Publishers. Pretoria.

Journal articles

  • Amadi-Echendu, A.P. & Kruger, L.P. (2016). Supply chain integration in the South African conveyancing environment. Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management. Vol 10, No 1 (2016), 13 pages. doi: 10.4102/jtscm.v10i1.211.
  • Amadi-Echendu, A. P., Phillips, M., Chodokufa, K. & Visser, T. (2016). Entrepreneurial education in a tertiary context: A South African perspective. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v17i4.2482.
  • Amadi-Echendu, A.P. 2014. An analysis of conveyancing business processes in South Africa. MCom thesis University of South Africa.
  • Visser, T., Chodokufa, K., Amadi-Echendu, A., & Phillips, M. (2016). An analysis of small business skills in the City of Tshwane, Gauteng province.African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 11(1), 93-115.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • Director and Chair of the Society of Operations Management in Africa (SOMA)