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Dr dcrowthe Crowther

Crowther Dalene

QUALIFICATIONS	Doctor of Business Administration
SHORT BIOGRAPHY	I started my lecturing career in 2000 as a lecturer’s assistant and soon realised that this is what I was born to do. I completed my B Tech degree in Food Service Management and Post School Education, after which I was even more convinced that I need to continue my career in the teaching environment. After gaining valuable experience during one-year employment as the Director of Student and Learning Affairs at South African College for Tourism in Graaff Reinet, I got married and returned to Bloemfontein. I grabbed the opportunity to return to the Hotel School, CUT, Free State as a junior lecturer with both hands. After completing my Master’s Degree in Higher Education at the University of the Free State, I was promoted to a lecturer. This master’s degree introduced me to important aspects and standards of teaching, learning and assessment - of which I did not have sufficient knowledge of beforehand. I was made aware of the importance of applying these aspects and adhering to the standards during facilitation and assessing students’ work. In 2016, I was appointed as acting Head of Department of the Hotel School. I have completed a Doctoral degree in Business Administration, which has significantly contributed to my self-belief as well as knowledge and experience in research. As I developed a sustainable financial management model for universities’ hotel schools, the insight I gained during the study, as well as with the implementation of the strategy, has proven to be invaluable in my position as Head of Department.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE	Hospitality Management, Food Service Management, Sustainable management of South African University Hotel Schools
PUBLICATIONS	Crowther, D., Strydom, A.J. and Dzansi, D.Y. 2018. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Volume 7 (4) - (2018) ISSN: 2223-814X. 2018. Title of the article: Towards the sustainability of a financially constrained university’s Hotel School: lessons from local and international universities’ Hotel Schools.
BOOK(S) OR CHAPTER(S) IN BOOK(S)	Book: A Practical Guide to Guest House Management Chapter: Basic Financial Management pp. 35-60. Published in 2013.
PRESENTED CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS	The Southern African Institute of Management Sciences (SAIMS) Conference (16-19 September 2018) Title: Formulation of a sustainable financial management strategy for South African Universities’ Hotel Schools
EXTERNAL PORTFOLIOS	LinkedIn ResearchGate

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dcrowthe@cut.ac.za