Lieza van der Vyver

Research Interests

• Strategic Management
• Strategic Leadership
• Business Leadership
• Higher Education
• Private Higher Education

Brief Bio

Lieza van der Vyver is Head: Academic at The IIE's Varsity College, Pretoria campus. Lieza's research focuses on strategic leadership in Higher Education, and various applications of strategic management concepts to Private Higher Education.

Lieza completed her Master of Business Leadership at the UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership with her dissertation titled “The perceived quality of strategic leadership within a private higher education institution”. The quantitative analysis focused on the perception employees have regarding the quality of strategic leadership in private higher education.

As a result of the complex matrix system adopted to deal with the growth of student numbers in private higher education and to ensure student success, the researcher explored how the perceptions influence the daily operations of employees.

In addition to her current position, Lieza supervises postgraduate students and lectures on the Post Graduate Diploma in Management.