Back row, from left: Mr Thibeli Molapo, Consultant - Human Resource Management and Organizational, IDM; Dr Moeketsi Hlalele, Lecturer, CUT; Ms’Makhosi Hlalele, Registrar: IDM; Ms ‘Mats’enase Ts’enase, Discipline coordinator Public Health Management, IDM; Prof. Deseré Kokt, Research Professor in HR Management, CUT; Dr Lineo Dzansi, Senior Lecturer in HR Management, CUT and Prof. Mats Naong Head of the Business Management Department, CUT. Seated from left: Mr Ntaeboso Phenduka, Assistance director quality assurance, IDM, Botswana; Ms Rethabile Melao, Discipline coordinator Human Resource Management and Organizational Development, IDM; and Prof. Dennis Dzansi, Head of the Business Support Studies Department, CUT.

Building new alliances: representatives from the Institute of Development and Management (IDM) and the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) are forging a robust regional collaboration through shared best practices.

CUT and IDM held robust engagements on 10 May 2019 in pursuit of the university’s vision of being an engaged university.

Departments of Business Management and Business Support Studies which form part of the Faculty of Management Sciences and the Department of Life Sciences in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences hosted counterparts from IDM offices in Lesotho.

IDM is a regional institute established by three countries; namely, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.  Its core mandate is to provide training, research and consultancy. The purpose of the visit was to benchmark and share best practices concerning shared interests and to establish a future collaboration that is meant to benefit both institutions in the long run.