Prof Rasoava Rijamampianina

Job Title: Director: MAP Programme
Qualifications: PhD, M (Acc), MBA

Website: http://rija- rasoava.weebly.com

Contact: Rasoava.rijamampianina@wits.ac.za

Teaching Areas & Work:

MBA Prof. Rasoava Rijamampianina is the Academic Director at the Wits Business School. In 2000 and 2001, he was the Director of the Senior Executive Programme for Southern Africa, a joint initiative of the Wits Business School and Harvard Business School (USA). He holds a DSSC and a DESCA from the National Institute of Accounting Science and Business Administration (Madagascar), a MBA from Otaru University of Commerce (Japan), and a DBA degree from Hokkaido University (Japan). Before joining Wits Business School, he was a senior research associate in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University (Japan). Rija has also been an auditor-consultant at Delta Audit Deloitte & Touche (Madagascar) for many years and the overseas consultant of the Indian Ocean Resources for Quality. Rija's research and teaching interests include multicultural/diversity management, organisational learning, organisational change, and human capital management. His work has resulted in numerous publications in scholarly journals and international conference proceedings. His book, "Developing Core Competence through Multicultural Learning" appeared in the U.S. and it has gained academic as well as practitioner acclaim. Rija is a member of several international academic associations, such as Asian Academy of Management (AAM), the Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS), Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA), Japan Academy of International Business Studies (JAIBS), the Academic Association for Organizational Science (AAOS), Japan Society for Study of Office Automation (OA), the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research (SIETAR), the Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS), and Indian Ocean Resources for Quality (IORQ).

Lecture & Research Interests: Multi-cultural management, Organizational Learning, Human Capital, Organizational Behaviour.

Office Contact Telephone Number: +27 (0)11 717-3597

Research:

Publications in journals
Carmichael, T. and Rijamampianina, R. (2008) Service-Learning in MBA programs in South Africa, Problems and Perspectives in Management, 6(4), pp. 73-80.
Rijamampianina, R. (2010) Enhancing organizational effectiveness and efficiency through balanced scorecard application, Problems and Perspectives in Management, 8(4), pp. 150-158.
Ratsimbazafy, C. and Rijamampianina, R. (2009) Un cadru de diversificare concentric prin intrmediul anui avantaj concurential durabil, Revista de Management si Inginerie Econimica, 7, pp. 185-195.
Rijamampianina, R. (2009) A quel moment un dirigeant doit-il presenter des excuses et a quel moment non?
Rijamampianina, R. (2009) Gestition de la diversite en Afrique.
Carmichael, T. and Rijamampianina, R. (2008) Service-Learning in MBA programs in South Africa, Problems and Perspectives in Management, 6(4), pp. 73-80.
Wocke, A., Bendixen, M. and Rijamampianina, R. (2007) Building flexibility into multi-national human resource strategy, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 18(5), pp 829-844.
Rijamampianina, R. and Carmichael, T. (2005) A framework for effective cross-cultural co-opetition between organisations, Problems and Perspectives in Management, 1, pp. 109-117.
Rijamampianina, R. and Carmichael, T. (2005) A pragmatic and holistic approach to managing diversity, Problems and Perspectives in Management, 1, pp. 109-117.
Wallace, E. and Rijamampianina, R. (2005) Strategic decision making with corporate emotional intelligence, Problems and Perspectives in Management, 3, pp. 83-91.

Books and/or chapters in books
Carmichael, T. and Rijamampianina, R. (2006) 'Managing diversity in Africa', Chapter 6, In Luiz, J. (ed.), Managing Business in Africa: Practical Management Theory for an Emerging Market, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, pp. 161 - 187.
Carmichael, T., Wallace, E. R. and Rijamampianina, R. (2005) 'Using corporate emotional intelligence for competitive advantage in strategic planning', In Kagan, J. and Bohmert, A. (eds.), Brain Based Executive Education, First ed., Knowres Publishing, Randburg, pp. 93-110.
Rijamampianina, R. and Gordon-Brown, C. D. (2004) 'Meso-Organizations and the Creation of Knowledge: Yoshiya Teramoto and His Work on Organization and Industry Collaborations', Chapter 11, In Benton, C. F., Richter, F. J. and Takai, T. (eds.), Cross-cultural competition among organizations, First ed., Praeger Publishers, Westport, USA, pp. 277-293.

Conference proceedings
Rijamampianina, R. (2011, 07 – 08 November) ‘Digital Technology: A Strategic Tool for Human Resource Management', In the Annual International Conference on Human Resource Management and Professional Development for the Digital Age, Singapore.
Rijamampianina, R. (2011, 02 – 04 December) ‘The Role of Technologies in Re-inventing Today’s Organisations', In The International Conference on Leadership, Technology, and Innovation Management, Istanbul, Turkey.
Rijamampianina, R. and Carmichael, T. (2005, 02-04 November) 'A cross-cultural basis for competitive synergy between organisations', In Les Sciences de Gestion au coeur du Developpement, Antananarivo Madagascar, pp. 1-17.