Faculty Training Institute lecturer Dr Carl Marnewick was recently awarded the prestigious Excellence in Research Award at the Project Management South Africa (PMSA) 2010 Conference.
The PMSA Conference is a means of facilitating professional development in the area of project management in South Africa, and this year's conference theme was 'Review, Reflect, Renew: Project Insight Gained and Lessons for the Future'. FTI is a leading provider of project management training in South Africa.
“Dr Marnewick is the programme manager for, and principal lecturer on, our Johannesburg-based Diploma in IS Project Management. He is a top lecturer who regularly receives excellent ratings from students,” says Steve Erlank, MD of FTI.
“We congratulate Dr Marnewick on his achievement. FTI sets very high standards for its lecturing staff and is highly selective about the people it uses for its facilitation. FTI mainly draws on a rich base of professional academics, practitioners and consultants for its facilitation. All FTI lecturers, in addition to being experts in the theoretical domains in which they teach, need also to be great presenters with real-world, practical expertise. To be able to call upon a lecturer of the calibre of Dr Carl Marnewick is a privilege,” continues Erlank.
The Excellence in Research Award is bestowed on PMSA members who actively contribute to the local and global project management body of knowledge by conducting and publishing formal research in portfolio, programme and project management.
The award positions research as a vital and integral component of the development of project management in South Africa. Van Olden continues: “This is perhaps the most prestigious accolade that a South African researcher can hope to secure as it is awarded for research of the highest quality and is presented every two years to allow nominees sufficient time to accumulate research outputs.”
The panel of judges included highly credible local and international researchers, convened by Professor Les Labuschagne of UNISA. The Research in Excellence Award bestowed on Dr Marnewick included the assessment of his articles, the credibility and stature of the journals of his published work and the promotion of scientific research in sphere of project management.
For information on the Diploma in IS Project Management commencing in Cape Town and Johannesburg in 2011, or to view FTI's other professionally accredited PMI programmes, please contact Alistena on 021 683 4506 or e-mail Alistena@fti.co.za or visit http://www.fti.co.za/.
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