Dr Rumbi Mukonoweshuro

Biography

I have expertise and experience in Higher Education and over the years I have been developing, designing and leading very successfully both very large and smaller sized modules within the Plymouth Business School. My successful collaborations with colleagues from the Plymouth University's Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry and School of Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Environment), enables our strong research team to produce significant ground-breaking research for Health systems (NHS) in the UK. I am a co-inventor of The Cost Carbon Calculator and I designed and wrote the methodology for creating the Cost Carbon Calculation Tool.

For the Faculty of Business I have pioneered the Junior Chamber Partnership Programme for students between the Faculty of Business and the Devon Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Partnership Programme has extended to develop the Devon Chamber Patronage Programme, which offers the Faculty of Business very interesting opportunities for collaboration and excellent profile raising activities for the Faculty of Business and the University of Plymouth. Our Patronage Programme with the Devon Chamber of Commerce both enriches and adds value to the students' experiences within the Faculty of Business. I am leading and directing both the Devon Junior Chamber Partnership and Devon Chamber Patronage Programmes for the Faculty of Business. I am a Director of Studies for PhD students who are undertaking research in Sustainability, CSR, Banking, Microfinance, Accounting and Finance research. I am a member of the Plymouth Business School and Plymouth Graduate School of Management research committee and I have received full training for serving Plymouth University as a Programme Approval Chairperson.

Prior to working at The University of Plymouth, Business School, I have worked in industry at an accounting practice firm and accounting departments for two large manufacturing companies Logic Office Group in Rotherham, Yorkshire and Delta Corporation. I use this wealth of industrial experience in all my teaching at the University of Plymouth, Business School. I am a Qualified Chartered Manager with The Chartered Management Institute (CMI), Qualified Member of the Association of Business Executives London, Fellow Member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), I hold a PhD in Finance, an international MBA (International Finance), a first class honours BA Accounting and Finance Degree, a Diploma in Accountancy and a PgCert Ed. I have published various research articles and my research interests are in the areas of Sustainability, CSR, Accounting, Finance, Banking, Microfinance and Work Based Learning.

Qualifications

I have had a varied career working at The University of Plymouth, in industry at factories for Logic Office Group in Rotherham, at Delta Corporation and in industry - accountancy practice.

Academic qualifications:

PhD (in Finance),

MBA (International Finance MBA),

BA (First Class Honours) Accounting and Finance Degree,

Diploma in Accountancy,

Diploma in Business Administration,

Qualified Chartered Manager of The Chartered Management Institute (CMI),

Fellow Member of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA),

Qualified Member of The Association of Business Executives, London and

PGCert in Higher Education, LTHE

Professional membership

Chartered Manager of The Chartered Management Institute

Member of the Association of Business Executives, London (MABE)

Member of Devon Chamber of Commerce

Fellow Member of the Higher Education Academy ( FHEA)

Teaching

Teaching interests

Work Based Learning

Business Accounting

Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

Research Methods

Research

Research interests

I am interested in all apects of corporate finance. Notably I have done work in the areas such as Dividend Policy, Sovereign Bond Yield Spreads and European Carbon Spot Prices.

I am also interested in research in USA Banking Corporations, Microfinance, CSR, Work Based Learning (Accounting Education), Sustainability and Health Systems Waste Management Research.

Other research

Publications:

Richardson. J, Grose. J, Manzi. S, Mills. I, Moles. D. R, Mukonoweshuro. R, Nasser. M and Nichols. A, (2016) What's in a bin: A case study of dental clinical waste composition and potential greenhouse gas emission savings, British Dental Journal (2016), Volume 220, Number 2, 61-66, 22nd January 2016.

Nichols. A, Grose. J and Mukonoweshuro. R, (2016) Achieving cost and carbon savings in neonatal practice: A review of the literature on sustainable waste management, Journal of Neonatal Nursing (2016), Volume 22, Issue 2, 53-58, April 2016.

Manzi. S, Mukonoweshuro. R, Nichols. A, (2014) An evidence based computational programme for the simulation, estimation and reduction of health and social care waste. International Association People - Environmental Studies, 2014, 128-129 (conference abstract).

Mukonoweshuro, R. (2013), Identifying the key challenges faced by international accounting and finance students on a Worked Based Learning programme at a UK University and establishing the activities that will add value to the Work Based Learning programme, The International Journal of Business Strategy, June 2013.

Mukonoweshuro, R. (2013), Case Study: Successfully embedding the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills on a Work Based Learning Programme, through sustainable partnership with Frost charity organisation, Review of Business Research, June 2013.

Mukonoweshuro, R., Pointon, J., El-Masry, A. (2012), The behaviour of boom-period dividends of NYSE-listed banks within an optimal control theory framework, Journal of International Finance and Economics, Volume 12 , Number 3, Sept. 2012, p11.

Completed Research to be published:

Berghausen, S., Mukonoweshuro, R. (2017), The key determinates of the sovereign bond yield spreads during the European Debt Crisis. Target journal is, The European Journal of Business and Management.

Prohl, T. G., Mukonoweshuro, R. (2017), Determinates of the European carbon spot prices and an investigation into the presence of the weekday anomaly within the carbon spot prices in Europe. The target journal is, The European Business Review.

Zhu, L., El-Masry, A., Mukonoweshuro, R. (2017), Empirical analysis of LSE firm specific exchange rate risk. The target journal is, The Manchester School Journal, 2014 Issues.

Opinion articles

Mukonoweshuro, R., Morris-Arkle, S., Ashby, S. (2011) More needs to be done if city is to attract much-needed private investment; Debate about Plymouth’s future, The Western Morning News, December 08, 2011.

Mukonoweshuro, R., Ashby, A.,(2013) Sustainability - A Focus for the Future of Plymouth; exploring how sustainability strives to keep asking the ‘big questions’ that are key to the future of Plymouth. Planed to be published in the Plymouth Herald or Western Morning News.

International Conference  Presentations:

Mukonoweshuro. R, (2011),The boom-period dividend behaviour of US-banks within an the optimal control theory framework, International Business Conference, Las Vegas USA Oct 2011, (accepted for presentation).

Mukonoweshuro. R, (2013), Identifying the key challenges faced by international accounting and finance students on a Worked Based Learning programme and way to minimise these challenges, (accepted for presentation) International Business conference , Bangkok June 2013.

Mukonoweshuro. R, (2013) Case Study: Successfully embedding the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills on a Work Based Learning Programme, through sustainable partnership with Frost Charity organisation, (accepted for presentation) International Business Conference, Bangkok June 2013.

Manzi. S, Mukonoweshuro. R and Nichols. A, (2014), An evidence based computational programme for the simulation, estimation and reduction of health and social care waste. International Association People - Environmental Studies Conference 2014, Romania, Timisoara, (accepted for presentation).

Grants & contracts

(2015) £10000, Research grant from Institute for Sustainability Solutions Research (ISSR) Small collaborative, Grant secured for collaborative work between Plymouth Business School, Faculty of Health and Human Science and School of Computing to build our invented Cost, Carbon Calculation Tool (CCCT), designed for professionals in Practice to establish the cost and carbon savings that can be made from recycling, reducing and reusing waste.

(2015) £1000, Research fund secured from Institute of Health and Community (IHC) pump research fund for writing the literature review for our sustainability research papers.

(2014) £9790, Research grant from Institute for Sustainability Solutions Research (ISSR) for carrying out the clinical waste audit in a dental practice to establish any potential cost and carbon savings that can be achieved.

(2013) £1800, Research funding secured in May 2013 from SGLP research group:This funding took-forward our NHS waste management research project.

(2010) £1000, Funding which enabled the Plymouth Business School students to have an effective impact in enhancing life in a deprived area of Plymouth:

I secured £1000 from The University of Plymouth’s Centre for Excellence in Professional Placement Learning (CEPPL).

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals

Articles

Grose J, Burns L, Mukonoweshuro R, Richardson J, Mills I, Nasser M & Moles D (2018) 'Developing sustainability in a dental practice through an action research approach' British Dental Journal 225, (5) 409-412 , DOI Open access

Nichols A & Mukonoweshuro R (2016) 'Understanding and knowledge of sustainable waste management within the neonatal unit: A qualitative investigation' Journal of Neonatal Nursing , DOI Open access

Richardson J, Grose J, Manzi S, Mills I, Moles DR, Mukonoweshuro R, Nasser M & Nichols A (2016) 'What's in a bin: A case study of dental clinical waste composition and potential greenhouse gas emission savings' BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL 220, (2) 61-66 Author Site , DOI

Nichols A, Grose J & Mukonoweshuro R (2016) 'Achieving cost and carbon savings in neonatal practice: A review of the literature on sustainable waste management' Journal of Neonatal Nursing 22, (2) 81-87 , DOI Open access

Chapters

Brown A, Gervassis NJ & Mukonoweshuro R (2018) 'Corporate social responsibility, intellectual property and the creative industries' in Brown A; Waelde C Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries Edward Elgar Publishing 326-348 , DOI

Personal

Conferences organised

SWAG - BAA Conference , Plymouth Business School, 8 September 2006

Other academic activities

Reviewed the conference papers of the SWAG - BAA Conference 2006, Plymouth Business School, 8th September 2006

Profiles

Lecturer in Finance

Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)