Herman van Niekerk, PhD
Associate Dean
College of Doctoral Studies
About van Niekerk
Dr. Herman van Niekerk originally hails from South Africa and relocated to the United States in July 2015. He currently serves as the Associate Dean for the Doctor of Business Administration and Doctor of Management programs in the College of Doctoral Studies.
His past professional experience included military duty as well as serving as a diplomat at the United Nations in New York. In the early 2000s, he was the country director for an European business school with campuses in South African and Nigeria.
From 2003-2015, Dr. van Niekerk was a partner/owner in a consulting company implementing knowledge management systems and advising businesses on the optimization of organizational information assets to increase their competitiveness.
- PhD, Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management, Stellenbosch University, 2001-2004
- MEd, Educational Philosophy, Free State University, 1985
- BEd, Free State University, 1983
- BA and HED, Free State University, 1979
Research interests:
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Leadership and organizational decision-making
- Organizational learning and knowledge management
Research contributions:
- Van Schalkwyk, W., Van Niekerk, HJ & Underdahl, L. 2021. Reframing Start-Up Success Action Learning and Beyond. Small Business Institute 2021 Conference. Conference Presentation.
- Van Niekerk, H.J. & Conrad, K. 2020. Is All News Fake News? Association for Psychological Science (APS) 32nd Annual Convention, Chicago.
- Conrad, K. A., & van Niekerk, H. (2019). Unreal or REAL leadership? Choose well! Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science, 31st Convention, May 2019, Washington, DC.
- Van Niekerk, H.J. (2018). Sensing the Weak Signals of the Future: Attributes of the SPL Mode. KWB Virtual Summit, Schools of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix.
- Van Niekerk HJ. 2017. Diversity across cultures. In Diversity and Inclusion in the Global Workplace: Aligning Initiatives with Strategic Business Goals. Aquino, C. and Robertson, R.W. (Eds.) Springer International Publishing, AG. Cham. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54993-4. ISBN 978-3-319-54993-4. (September, 7).
- Mannie, A., Van Niekerk, HJ & Adendorff, CM. 2013. Significant factors for enabling knowledge sharing between government agencies within South Africa. SA Journal of Information Management 15(2), Art.#569, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v15i2.569.
- Van Niekerk, HJ & Pretorius, A. 2012. Knowledge Management’s Next Frontier: Analysing Unstructured Content Using Visual Analytics to Develop Organizational Knowledge. ICKM 2012 Conference Paper, Sandton. South Africa. ISBN 978-0-86970-998-6.
- Goosen, RJ & Van Niekerk, HJ: 2009: Collaborative authoring technology in support of organizational sense making and intelligence analysis in complex environments. Eskom Conference on Industry Knowledge Management Success Stories.
- Van Niekerk, HJ. 2007. Revisiting Action Learning: South African Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS) Conference Paper, Sandton, South Africa.
- Van Niekerk, HJ. 2007. Setting standards for knowledge management: Is it realistic? Professional Management Review 15(11)
- Van Niekerk, HJ. 2006. The Quest for Knowledge: The relationship between Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence and Competitive Intelligence: iWeek Magazine: 6 July 2006.
- Van Niekerk, HJ. 2005. Achieving National Competitive Advantage through Knowledge Strategies: A Conceptual Framework for Developing Countries based on the South African Experience.
- Van Niekerk, HJ. 2004. New Leadership Competencies for the 21st Century: The Next Generation. South African Journal for Information Management. November 2004.
- Van Niekerk, HJ. 2004. Article published in a book: Bridging Africa’s Pedagogical Divide: The Relevance of Action Learning. In African philosophy of education: thoughts, possibilities and constraints edited by Professor Yusef Waghid.
Awards:
- Best Paper Award at International Conference on Knowledge Management
Credentials:
- External Examiner for Business School Netherlands
- IRB Certification/Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program)
- Storytelling Certificate, University of Phoenix
