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About Mzamo P. Mangaliso

Mzamo P. Mangaliso, PhD, is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa. Previously, he was a tenured professor at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, MA, where he has been teaching since 1988.
Born in South Africa, he holds a BSc in Chemistry and Physics, and a Graduate Diploma in Math and Science both from the University of Fort Hare (SA); an MBA from Cornell University; and a PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Prior to being a university professor, Professor Mangaliso’s career included a stint as a Metallurgical Research Analyst at the Harmony Gold Mines in South Africa; another as a bank teller in Johannesburg; and several years as Production Manager at Unilever in Durban, South Africa.
From 1985 to 1990 Professor Mangaliso served as Co-Director of the South African Student Orientation Programme at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. The program was administered by the Institute of International Education and funded by a grant from the United States Agency for International Development.
At the University of Massachusetts, Professor Mangaliso has served as MBA Program Director (1990-92), as a Faculty Senator (1996-99), and lately as coordinator of the PhD program in Strategic Management. In addition, Professor Mangaliso was President and Fellow of the Eastern Academy of Management in 2001-02. He has served as Director of the International Conference on Managing in a Global Economy.

Positions

Present Associate Professor of Management, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Honors and Awards

  • Inducted as an Honorary Member of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chapter of the Golden Key International Honor Society, 2010
  • Elected Member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf), 2008
  • Elected Fellow of the Eastern Academy of Management, 2007
  • Fellow, TEACHNology, UMass - Amherst, 2003
  • Mentor for Lilly Teaching Fellow (Professor Jay Gladden), UMass - Amherst, 2000
  • UMass Nominee for the Carnegie Foundation U.S. Professor of the Year Award, 2000
  • Winner, University-wide Distinguished Teaching Award, 1999
  • Winner, College Outstanding Teacher Award, ISOM, UMass - Amherst, 1999
  • Lilly Teaching Fellow, UMass - Amherst, 1993

Contact Information

Isenberg School of Management Building
Room 219C
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst Ma, 01003
Tel: 413-545-5698


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