Mavis Gutu
Mavis Gutu

Dr Mavis Gutu

Lecturer

Biography

Mavis Gutu is a Lecturer in the Business School. Her PhD "Foreign Direct Investment and Determinants: A Case of Zimbabwe" examined factors that impact FDI attraction into the host country. Mavis also holds an MSc in International Business from Edinburgh Napier University. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Esteem

Fellowships and Awards

  • FHEA

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • Associate Chartered Governance Institute

 

Reviewing

  • Reviewer EMCA

 

Date


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Balancing Time Equity & Academic Integrity: The Paradox of Deadline Extensions in Higher Education

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Gutu, M., & Kurtzke, S. (2025, April)
Balancing Time Equity & Academic Integrity: The Paradox of Deadline Extensions in Higher Education. Poster presented at Advance HE EDI Conference 2025: The sum of many parts: Embedding intersectionality in HE practice, Newcastle, UK
Universities promote employability; employers expect graduates to meet deadlines; constructive alignment of assessment with learning outcomes (Biggs, 2007) is silent on extens...

The assessment extensions data dilemma and equity in university education: Navigating the paradoxes of policy and inclusivity

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Gutu, M., & Kurtzke, S. (2025, April)
The assessment extensions data dilemma and equity in university education: Navigating the paradoxes of policy and inclusivity. Presented at Advance HE EDI Conference 2025 The sum of many parts: Embedding intersectionality in HE practice, Newcastle, UK
This digitally supported walking workshop addresses the equity implications of assessment deadline extensions, questioning whether they benefit all students equally. Drawing o...

Balancing time equity and academic integrity: The paradox of deadline extensions in higher education

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Gutu, M., & Kurtzke, S. (2025, April)
Balancing time equity and academic integrity: The paradox of deadline extensions in higher education. Presented at Advance HE EDI Conference 2025: The sum of many parts: Embedding intersectionality in HE practice, Newcastle, UK
Higher education policies around deadline extensions seek to promote inclusivity yet may inadvertently create inequalities among student groups. This session examines this par...

Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Gutu, M., & Kurtzke, S. (2024, June)
Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management. Presented at Marketing Professional Advisory Group Meeting, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
This talk aims to excavate marketing practitioner insights on whether meeting deadlines and time management are important graduate attributes that should be carefully consider...

Pedagogical paradox or tension? What our research on assessment deadlines is telling us about constructive alignment

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cameron, J., Gutu, M., & Kurtzke, S. (2024, June)
Pedagogical paradox or tension? What our research on assessment deadlines is telling us about constructive alignment. Presented at The Gathering: Edinburgh Napier's Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh, UK
In this 15-minute talk, we present the theoretical twists and turns of our research on deadline extensions at The Business School, Edinburgh Napier University. We share prelim...

Developing and deploying marketing agility in an emerging economy: the case of Blue Skies

Journal Article
Osei, C., Amankwah-Amoah, J., Khan, Z., Omar, M., & Gutu, M. (2019)
Developing and deploying marketing agility in an emerging economy: the case of Blue Skies. International Marketing Review, 36(2), 190-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/imr-12-2017-0261
In almost every large business, there is a growing recognition of the importance of organisational agility in improving their marketing responsiveness and business survival. ...

FDI in Botswana: Beacon in the Dark: A Review of Literature

Conference Proceeding
Gutu, M., Anastasiadou, C., Omar, M., & Osei, C. (2017)
FDI in Botswana: Beacon in the Dark: A Review of Literature. In British Academy of Management Conference 2017-Proceedings
No abstract available.

Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: the elephant in the room

Book Chapter
Gutu, M., Anastasiadou, C., Omar, M., & Osei, C. (2017)
Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: the elephant in the room. In A. Ahmed (Ed.), Managing Knowledge and Innovation for Business Sustainability in AfricaPalgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41090-6_10
Purpose: In Sub-Saharan Africa, FDI performance is considerably different between Zimbabwe and its neighbouring countries. This chapter examines FDI determinants for Sub-Sahar...

Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: The Desperation Game

Presentation / Conference
Gutu, M., Omar, M., Anastasiadou, C., & Osei, C. (2016, April)
Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe and Botswana: The Desperation Game. Paper presented at International Business in a Multi-speed Global Economy
No abstract available.

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