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Mzamo P. Mangaliso

Associate Professor of Management

Telephone: 413-545-5698
Email: mangaliso@mgmt.umass.edu
Office: SOM 219C
Syllabus: MGT 291H, SOM 497A

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1988
M.B.A., Cornell University, 1984
U.E.D., University of Fort Hare, 1975
B.Sc., University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 1974

Selected Publications:

“Competitive advantage from ubuntu: Management lessons from South Africa.” Academy of Management Executive. Vol. 15, No 3 (August) 2001, pp.23-33.

With Nkomo, S.N. “Eskom’s Chairman Reuel Khoza on the transformation of South African business.” Academy of Management Executive. Vol. 15, No 3 (August) 2001, pp. 8-15.

With Nkomo, S.N. “Herdbuoys-McCann Erickson’s Chairman Peter Vundla on black entrepreneurs and economic empowerment.” Academy of Management Executive. Vol. 15, No 3 (August) 2001, pp. 16-22.

With Mir, R.A & Knipes, B.J. “Towards a Framework of Firm Responsiveness to Turbulent Environments.” Southern African Business Review. Vol. 2, No. 2, 1998, pp. 25-37.

“Disinvestment by Multinational Corporations.” In How Sactions Work: Lessons from South Africa, edited by N.C. Crawford and A. Klotz, 145-58. (1999) London: Macmillan Press.

Academic and Professional Activities:

Program Co-Chair, Eastern Academy of Management International – Cape Town 2005
Editorial Board, Group & Organization Management
President, Board of Governors, Eastern Academy of Management (2001-2002)
Editorial Advisory Council, Southern African Business Review

Awards:

Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1999
Outstanding College Teacher Award, Isenberg School of Management, UMass, 1999.

Photo: Mzamo Mangaliso - Associate Professor of Management

Research Interests:

Strategic management and environmental uncertainty
Corporate strategies (growth, mergers and downsizing)
Theoretical foundations of organizations



Teaching Interests:

Strategic management
Organizational theory
Principles of management