GregBlundell

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My name is Greg Blundell and I am a South African. I joined the Higher Education Administration PhD Program in Spring 2005, completed my classwork in Summer 2009, and took/defended my Comps in February 2009.

I have been dragging my feet getting my Dissertation Proposal together and have used way too many excuses for not getting it done. It needs to happen now!!! The plan at this stage is to finish and defend my Proposal no later than the end of this Summer, and then to complete my Dissertation and graduate no later than Fall 2011.

My skill disciplines are accounting, business (domestic and international), policy and strategy, logistics and operations, TQM, finance, information technology and the people management sciences.

I am married to the perfect wife, Carol who is pursuing her bachelor's in Fine Arts, and have two great children - Shelley (29) who has her bachelors in history and journalism & mass communication, and her masters in Library and Information Sciences and is presently pursuing her PhD in CCI at KSU, and Rowan (26) who has his bachelors in Justice Studies and is presently pursuing his masters in Justice at KSU.

The family shares an active interest in world travel and experiencing new cultures. I am an avid surf angler and am itching to get a line wet on the eastern shore as soon as possible.


 * High School Attended:** Mansfield Boys in Durban South Africa.


 * Colleges Attended:** UNISA, Natal Technikon, University of Wales (Cardiff) and now KSU.

//MANAGEMENT CONSULTING: including Business Process Reengineering, Total Quality Management Systems and Organisational Development. STRATEGIC CHANGE MANAGEMENT: including Global Enterprise Systems and Technologies, Enterprise Resource Strategies and Customer Relationship Solutions. LOGISTICS: including Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Distribution & Warehousing, Technologies and Information Systems, Legislation, Productivity Optimization and Heuristic Modeling Techniques. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: including Financial & Management Accounting, Financial Systems, Treasury and Company Secretariat. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & SYSTEMS: including Design & Development, Implementation, Decision Support Systems, Management Information Systems and Business Analysis. POST & UNDER GRADUATE EDUCATION: including Management Strategy, Logistics, Information Technology [Theory & Practical], Financial Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Organizational Behaviour, Industrial Relations and Large-Scale Project Management.//
 * Work Experiences:** In excess of 30 years of successful experience with both private and public companies, in;


 * Hobbies:** Saltwater Rock and Surf Angling, Domestic and International Travel, Computing and my Family.
 * Facts About Me:** I'm driven socially, professionaly and academically so that I leave the legacy of an appropriate role model for all who care to get to know me.
 * Favorite Quote:** You cannot manage what you cannot measure, and you cannot measure what you cannot see, so make it visible, measure it and then manage it.