Staff Profiles

PhD in Entrepreneurship (University of Essex, UK)

Masters of Science in Entrepreneurship and Business Management        (University Bedfordshire, UK)

Bachelor of Education with Honors (Bolton Institute of Higher Education)

Advanced Diploma in Cooperative Management

Dr. Ganamotse is a Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She takes a practical approach to teaching entrepreneurship with a view graduate students who are reflective  practitioners in the field of entrepreneurship. She been instrumental in the development of the entrepreneurship development programme that received positive  reviews as interactive and practical entrepreneurship programme from external reviewers (Prof.  H.Sherman, Dean, College of Business & Prof. Luke L. Pittaway, Chair, Department of Management from Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA).  

Also, she brings to her  classes extensive industry experience in business development, having previously worked as the Acting Business Support Director, Director of Extension Services and Village Skills Training Programme at the Rural Industries Promotions Companies Botswana. She has also served as a Country Manager for the Global Business Labs where she also served as a business coach.

She continues to mentor and coach the final year undergraduate and postgraduate students that are being incubated in UB.   

Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship

Business Plan Development

Research

Management

Strategic Management

Dr. Ganamotse' s PhD research focuses on Business Incubation and her MSc. research  on Business Cluster Policies. Her research interests are:

1.Business incubation environments and new venture performance

2.Entrepreneurship education (teaching and learning approaches, assessment and related impacts)

3.Migrant Entrepreneurship

4.Entrepreneurial Intentions

5.Entrepreneurial orientation

6.Corporate entrepreneurship

7.Social entrepreneurship

8.Business clustering

Entrepreneurship education and intentions

Innovation

Business support and performance 

Entrepreneurial competence and performance

1. Ganamotse, G.N., Samuelsson, M., Abankwah, R.M., Tibaingana, A., & Mphela, T (2017). https://doi.org/10.1177/2393957516684469  2. Shunda, J.P.W., Ganamotse, G. N., & Marobela, M.N. (2015).   http://bmdynamics.com/issue_pdf/bmd110551-%2016-29.pdf

Book

3. Ganamotse, G.N.; Tariq, A; Sekate, R. D. Virtual University for the Small States of Commonwealth (VSSUC); Commonwealth of Learning (2013), http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/2477

Report

4. Ganamotse, G. N., & Morakanyane, R., (2015). http://www.gemconsortium.org/country-profile/44

Peer Reviewed conference papers

5. Ganamotse, G. N (2011) https://businessmanagementphd.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/a-conceptual-framework-bi-2011-university-of-essex.pdf

6. Ntsimanyana, G; Ganamotse, G.N and Tlhomole, A (2017) Barriers to Entrepreneurial Intentions of Students in Technical and Vocational Training Colleges. Proceedings of the 4th ICBIGE:  11 – 13TH July 2017, Kasane. Volume IV, ISBN 978-99968-0-631-5 9

Master of Science in Urban Design, 2017

Bachelor of Architecture, 2015

I am a lecturer at the University of Botswana under the Department of Architecture and Planning. I hold a Master of Science degree in Urban Design from the Eastern Mediterranean University (2017) and a Bachelor of Architecture obtained from the University of Botswana (2015). The areas of research that I am most interested in include issues surrounding the vitality of public spaces, and the revitalisation of decayed urban quarters.

Architectural Design

Urban and Rural Design

Landscape Design

The areas of research that I am most interested in include issues surrounding the vitality of public spaces, and the revitalisation of decayed urban quarters.

Dr Gaotlhobogwe holds a Bachelor of Education in Design and Technology acquired from St Mark and St John College in Plymouth, UK; A Masters of Education in Technology Education from The University of Manchester, UK; as well as a Ph.D in Technology Education from UWIC, Cardiff, Wales.

Dr Gaotlhobogwe is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, at the University of Botswana. He is the current Chairperson of Botswana Educational Research Association (BERA), a non-governmental organization that promotes research and innovation. His research interests are in the area of technology education and curriculum, ranging from theory, design, and implementation. He has actively collaborated with researchers from other disciplines to explore the role of indigenous knowledge in addressing problems experienced in the African continent as a result of adopting Western models of research and evaluation. He has undertaken funded research and his publications cover: books, book chapters, journal articles, presentations at both local and international conferences.

Curriculum design, development and Evaluation

Principles of Teaching and Learning

Managing Curriculum and Resources

Mixed methods research

Qualitative research

Attitudinal studies

Evaluation studies

Action research

Case study research

Curriculum and Instruction

Teaching and Learning

Design and Technology

Evaluation

Gaotlhobogwe, M., Major, T., Koloi-Keaiketsi, S., and Chilisa, B. (2018).   Conceptualizing Evaluation in African Contexts. In F. Cram, K.A. Tibbetts, & J. LaFrance (Eds.), Indigenous Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation.159: pp. 47-62.

 Du Toit, A., and Gaotlhobogwe, M. (2018). A neglected opportunity: Entrepreneurship education in the lower high school curricula for Technology in South Africa and Botswana. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. 22 (1), pp. 37 – 47.

Gaotlhobogwe, M. (2017). The Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Addressing the Problem of Declining Enrolments in D&TE. In Gumbo, M.T. and Msila, V., (Eds). African Voices on Indigenisation of the Curriculum: Insights from Practice, Wandsbeck, Reach Publishers. Pp. 285 – 305.