About Instructor

Dr. Wonda Dorothea Grobbelaar

Professor of Practice, OE Division

in Human Resources Management

Dr. Wonda Grobbelaar is the Professor of Practice in the area of Human Resources Management at Commerce and Management Unit of OE Division, NSRIC. She is also a Country Manager (Marketing) for UAE at Marketing Division, NSRIC. She is also a faculty member of HTMi Switzerland Dubai and a research contributor at DUBAI FUTURE FOUNDATION . She earned a MBA IN Total Quality Management from the University of Wolverhampton , UK. She also obtained a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and has a diploma in Culinary Arts (Pastry Chef). She is currently a DBA candidate at Anglia Ruskin University. The estimated completion date is 2022. Her research interests are Product Efficiency in BOH, Creating Lean Cultures together with Robotics in BOH, Neuroergonomics in the workplace, Sustainability and Waste Management. She is a highly qualified Faculty Member who is driven to inspire students to pursue academic and personal excellence through blended learning techniques. Wonda has been teaching a wide spectrum of hospitality courses such as management and leadership, tourism, and culinary arts. She has been also been conducting workshops in different subjects online.

She is passionately committed to creating positive change in the development of students and contributing to research on Neuroergonomics in operations in a hybrid facility. She recently started publishing journal papers of which one was recently published in the JOP. Wonda has been teaching a wide spectrum of hospitality courses such as management and leadership, tourism, and culinary arts. She has been also conducted several online workshops.