Position:   Lecturer

Email address: loveness.paulos@nust.ac.zw

Biography

Loveness Paulos, an MSc Human Resource Management (Lupane State University) graduate, is a Lecturer in the Department of Business Management Sciences in the Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe. She has four years teaching and more than fifteen years administration experience at university level as well as five years administration experience in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education. She has serviced a number of University Committee meetings as well as representing the university at national level were student social issues are tabled.  She is specialised in People and Business Management at undergraduate and Diploma level and has taught Labour law, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Principles of Management, Business Ethics and Corporate Governance. She is also eligible to lecture Business Management and Consultancy, Principles of Human resource management, Industrial Relations, Employee relations, Change management, Strategic Human Resource management, Reward management, Training and Development. She is an aspiring PhD candidate.  Research topic: Deficiency in human capital development in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe.

Qualifications

Master of Science Degree in Human Resource Management (Lupane State University – LSU 2022)

Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Human Resource Management (Lupane State University -LSU 2017)

Higher National Diploma in Office Management (Bulawayo Polytechnic College 2005)

National Diploma in Secretarial Studies (Bulawayo Polytechnic College 2003)

Courses taught

Labour Law

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Principles of Management

Business Ethics

Corporate Governance.

Research interests

People and business management

Human resource development

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Publications

Paulos, L., Ndlovu, M. J. & Muriwo, P. (2023). An assessment of the causes and effects of high labour turnover on the growth of Zimbabwean state universities. Indiana Journal of Economics and Business Management, 3(5), 16-26.

Nyazenga, G., Ndlovu, M. J., & Paulos, L. (2023). Technology as a Source of Business Survival during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Selected Businesses in Bulawayo. Indiana Journal of Economics and Business Management, 3(4), 16- 28.

Moyo, J., Ndlovu, M. J., & Paulos, L. (2023). An assessment of the effectiveness of the purchasing system employed by the Public sector in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce, 4 (5) 1-18.

Makwezi, C., Ndlovu, M J., Paulos, L., and Baya, C. (2024). The impact of employee engagement on the performance of an organisation- A case study of Pretoria Portland Cement Zimbabwe Limited (PPC). International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, Volume 8 (6), 369 -381.

Community Service Engagement

Training of Supervisors and Officers for Nyaradzo Funeral Services June 2024.

Representing Matabeleland South Province for the first lady (Amai social student preparation function) at Midlands State University in June 2023.