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Dr Ranga Chimhundu

Dr Ranga Chimhundu
Name Ranga Chimhundu
Position Senior Lecturer (Marketing)
Section School of Business
Office T252
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4687 5759
Extension 5759
Email
Qualifications BBus(Hons) Zimbabwe , PGDipMarketing ChInstMrkt , MBA Zimbabwe , MCom Otago , PhD Otago

Research Career


  • Business and Management ( 150300 )
  • Marketing ( 150500 )
  • Marketing ( 350600 )
  • Other Commerce ( 359900 )

PUBLICATIONS:
https://researchadmin.usq.edu.au/do/repository/outputs/researcher/80z59

(Please copy and paste the above link into your web browser to get to the list of my publications).

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
FMCG marketing; product and brand management; private label brands; sustainable marketing practices; grocery retailing; marketing management; marketing strategy.

RESEARCH AWARDS:
Award for excellence in publishing a single-authored, refereed research book titled “Marketing Food Brands: Private Label versus Manufacturer Brands in the Consumer Goods Industry” with Palgrave Macmillan (University of Southern Queensland, School of Management and Enterprise Awards 2019) [Award presented by the VC].

Awarded a competitive PhD Scholarship by the University of Otago, School of Business, Department of Marketing (2005).

DOCTORAL CANDIDATES (PhD & DBA) SUPERVISED to COMPLETION:
Eight (8) completions as of February 2023, Dr Ranga Chimhundu as the Principal Supervisor for seven of the eight, and as Associate Supervisor for one of the eight.


Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy
European Marketing Academy
Chartered Institute of Marketing


Chartered Marketer (Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK)


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

Teaching


MKT3007: Marketing Strategy
MKT5000: Marketing Management
MKT2001: Marketing Communications

AWARDS:

Recognition on 26 August 2020 by the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts, for 'the very positive rating of your courses' in MyOpinion.

University of Southern Queensland 10-year long service award: Awarded 19 November 2019 by the VC.

Received a teaching excellence award and a research excellence award (in the main awards category presented by the VC), as well as one award in the other awards category at the University of Southern Queensland, School of Management and Enterprise Awards 2019.

Received two teaching excellence awards (main awards presented by the VC) and three awards in the other awards category at the University of Southern Queensland, School of Management and Enterprise Awards 2018.

Received three teaching excellence awards at the University of Southern Queensland, School of Management and Enterprise Awards 2017.


Course Coordinator

Academic Promotion Mentor

Academic Discipline Leader (Marketing), May 2020 - April 2022.

Member of the School of Business Executive, May 2020 - April. 2022.

Coordinator for external professional accreditation and re-accreditation with the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI), 2016 - 2023.

Supervision


  • Business and Management ( 150300 )
  • Marketing ( 150500 )
  • Marketing ( 350600 )
  • Other Commerce ( 359900 )