Faculty of Economic Management Sciences P r o f e s s o r J u d i t h t e r b l a n c h e t o P ac h i e v e r
Communing with nature is non-negotiable for healthy work-life balance hasn’t always got it right this year. Professor Judith Terblanche has a PhD in the Philosophy of education, and is an Associate Pro“I do not think I have a healthy work-life balance at all. However, I kept to one rule, which was a fessor in the Department of Accounting, non-negotiable and a necessity for survivwhere she teaches the sAICA-accredital: that I spend one to two hours daily ed programmes. she is also a highly outside in nature with my dog, prefrespected Auditing lecturer, the erably hiking. The combination programme co-ordinator for the of nature, exercise and animal PGDA programme, and serves energy and curiosity serves as on the education and Transfora tonic to nourish and refresh mation Committee of IrBA. the mind, soul and body. Her areas of research are Lately, I decided to not accitizenship education, cess emails over the weekteaching for social justice, ends anymore – and that is ethical decision-making definitively also making a and responsible leadersignificant improvement in ship, with a specific focus freeing my mind for reflecon the Chartered Accounttive thought. I should have ant academic. done this ages ago.” “The effects of the pandemic one of the things Prof Teron a household depend enblanche is enjoying most is tirely on the complexity and a research project in the denegotiated roles within a parpartment that includes four colticular household.” leagues with little research expoWhat was her particular challenge? sure. The aim will be to determine “I really, really, really like to read and whether using other learning material, reflect on matters pertaining to my reborrowing from the fields of humanities and search interests. the arts, could assist in cultivating the required “All of the preparation for remote online teachsocial awareness in students who will in future be leading took significantly longer than traditional face-to-face ers in business – thus combining teaching. In combination with the “I kept to one rule, which was a technical skills with the teaching onslaught of virtual meetings of values. that were arranged and the dinon-negotiable and a necessity for survival: Ultimately, she knows that it is vide between the personal and that I spend one to two hours daily outside extremely challenging to find a the work environment that was in nature with my dog, preferably hiking.” balance between work responblurred out, there was just not sibilities, self-care, research proenough time in a day.” she has learned that one needs to make a choice between jects, care and responsibilities towards others, and personal adpersonal well-being and research interests, and admits that she ministrative and household tasks.
