Excellence in People - The Institute of People Development

Excellence in People
Post Graduate Certificate in OD-ETD Practices (NQF 6)
Analysing needs and planning learning
Mark Orpen: (Lecturer)
· Currently: CEO of The Institute of People Development
· Qualifications in HR Management, Marketing & Sales Management and OD-ETD Practices
· Sales, marketing, HR, company turn-around strategies, top management experience in a variety of companies
and initiatives, including Barloworld
· Consulting experience to more than 300 private and public sector organisations, parastatals, SMMEs, SETAs
and ETQAs
Ramabele Emily Magoma-Nthite: (Industry perspective)
· Currently: Chief Executive of Shared Services for State Information Technology Agency (SITA)
· Previously: GM for Talent Management and General Manager: Education, Training and Development.
· Formerly manager for skills planning for the South African Reserve Bank
· Masters Degree in Education Technology; various management and education qualifications
· Extensive experience in developing strategies and systems for identifying and developing talent and skills
linked to business value chains
Designing and Developing Learning Programme and Materials
John Tyers: (Lecturer)
· Currently: Chief Executive of Learning Performance Link cc
· Previously: Managing Director of Assessment Institute
· B Ed and Hon Degree (CUM LAUDE) in Training Management
· Field expertise include Qualifications & standards generation; capacity building and evaluation; training materials
development; managing ETD and organisational leadership
· Member of various Professional Bodies and has served on various Task Teams and National Training Board
Committees
Cecile Dick: (Industry perspective)
· Currently: CEO Ikamva Business Solutions Institute (Pty) Ltd
· Specialising in curriculum and skills programme design, design and development of outcomes based learning
interventions both for distance education (e-learning) and classroom training; focuses on integrated assessment
design
· BA Degree majoring in Psychology and Communication; presented Business Management Simulations for
MBA and other post-graduate students both in South Africa, the UK, Europe and China
· Designed learning materials for a project sponsored by USAID in Zimbabwe
Facilitating learning in complex and routine situations
Professor Wally Morrow: (Lecturer)
· Former Professor of Education at UWC; Dean of Education at UWC and UPE
· Former Chair of the Ministerial Committee on Teacher Education
· Has published widely, including two books of essays: Chains of Thought, and Learning to Teach in South
Africa
· Has taught on a wide variety of education and training topics
· Member of the Council of HSRC
Karen Hobbs: (Industry perspective)
· Currently: Portfolio Specialist Skills Development for Standard Bank
· Qualifications in training and development
· Extensive experience in SA and UK in identifying training needs; establishing and managing learning programme
and learning centers
Engaging in and promoting assessment practices
Dirk Lotriet: (Lecturer)
· Previously: Lectured and currently an assessor in Training and Development at Unisa;
· Masters in Human Resource Development; holds various education and HRD qualifications
· Extensive work experience across various ETD contexts in South Africa
Melanie Bushney: (Strategic views)
· Currently: Contract Lecturer in Training and Development Strategies at Unisa
· B A (Hon) in Human Resource Management,
M A in African Languages; D Phil (Ed) in An Assessment Framework in Human Resource
Management for specific higher education institutions
· Extensive lecturing, research and assessment experience in wide variety of ETD contexts
· Has published extensively in the field of HRD and ETD and registered with SABPP