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BRIAN J BLOCH
CURRICULUM VITAE
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 PERSONAL

Birth: 21/06/1957, Johannesburg
Citizenship:  New Zealand
Marital Status:  Married

 EDUCATION

1984-88 DOCTOR OF COMMERCE
University of South Africa
Thesis: “An Investigation of Interdepartmental Conflict in the Management of Selected Industries in South Africa”.
1982 MASTER OF COMMERCE
University of the Witwatersrand
Dissertation: “Sources of Conflict Between South African Firms and their Black Workers: An Organisational Approach.”
1980-81 ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN PERSONNEL AND TRAINING MANAGEMENT
Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) Johannesburg
1979 BACHELOR OF COMMERCE HONOURS IN ECONOMICS
University of the Witwatersrand
Dissertation: “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Demand Theory.”
1976-78 BACHELOR OF COMMERCE University of the Witwatersrand,
Major: Economics.   Minors: Business Economics, Commercial Law, Accounting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 July onwards: Business and academic consultant, journalist, editor and translator, based at the University of Muenster, Germany.
1999 February onwards. Associate Professor (equivalent), Department of Marketing, University of Muenster, Germany.
1994 August onwards, Senior Lecturer in International Business, University of   Auckland.
1993 January to June.  Visiting researcher at the University of Linz, Austria, awarded Government scholarship (Stipendium) from Austrian Exchange Service.
1989-94 Lecturer in International Business, Department of Marketing and International Business, University of Auckland, Auckland.
1988 Visiting Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, Department of Business Administration, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
1984-87 Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the Witwatersrand.
1982-83 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the Witwatersrand.
1980-81 Junior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of the Witwatersrand.              

External Teaching

2005 Onwards, private Business English coaching/training for managers in Muenster.
2002 Onwards, part time teaching in Cross Cultural Management, Business English, English for Economists and English for Psychologists at University of Muenster.
2003 February Principles of Management for BScBA Programme of Helsinki School of Economics, Mikkeli Campus.
2000 July Cross-Cultural Management for BScBA Programme of Helsinki School of Economics, Mikkeli Campus.
1998-99 Cross-Cultural Management course for the MBA Programme of the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.
1991/2 January  Managerial Economics course for the International MBA  Programme of the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.
1985-88 Part-time lecturer in Economics, South African Department of Foreign Affairs.
1982-83 Part-time lecturer in Marketing, for Institute of  Marketing (IMM) Diploma, Damelin College.