{"id":2059,"date":"2025-10-13T03:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fnu.ac.fj\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/?page_id=2059"},"modified":"2025-10-24T23:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:07:43","slug":"mr-kinijioti-vakawaletabua","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fnu.ac.fj\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/about-college\/profile\/management\/mr-kinijioti-vakawaletabua\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Kinijioti Vakawaletabua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Kinijioti.png\" alt=\"Kinijioti\" width=\"242\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> Assistant Lecturer &#8211; Department of Management\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0;\">\n<li>\u2022 Currently completing a Ph.D. in Management &#8211; Research: Reviewing government policy on SMEs in Vanua Levu<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Master of Commerce (Research Topic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning &#8211; A Case Study at FNU Labasa Campus)<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Postgraduate Diploma in Management and Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Bachelor of Commerce in Management, Industrial Relations, Employment Relations &#038; Human Resource Management<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Diploma in Management (TAFE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Area of Expertise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: none; padding-left: 0;\">\n<li>\u2022 Management<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Industrial Relations<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Employment Relations<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Human Resource Management<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Tertiary Education Teaching<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 Research<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 SME Policy &#038; Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Brief Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kinijioti Vakawaletabua is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Management, now in his second year of teaching at Fiji National University. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in Management, researching government policy on SMEs with field studies conducted in Vanua Levu. Simultaneously, he is pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching to enhance his university-level teaching capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Vakawaletabua holds a Master of Commerce, where his research focused on the impact of COVID-19 on teaching and learning at FNU&#8217;s Labasa Campus. He also possesses a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and Entrepreneurship, a Bachelor of Commerce in Management, Industrial Relations, Employment Relations &#038; HRM, and a Diploma in Management from TAFE.<\/p>\n<p>With substantial practical experience in management and entrepreneurship, he has organized numerous events at village, district, and provincial levels, including the Bua Festival of Youth. His professional background also includes roles in customer service and loans at BSP, providing him with valuable industry insight.<\/p>\n<p>Committed to both academic excellence and community development, Mr. Vakawaletabua brings a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and real-world business experience to his teaching and research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Position: Assistant Lecturer &#8211; Department of Management\u00a0 Qualifications: \u2022 Currently completing a Ph.D. in Management &#8211; Research: Reviewing government policy on SMEs in Vanua Levu \u2022 Currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching \u2022 Master of Commerce (Research Topic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning &#8211; A Case Study at FNU Labasa<a class=\"read_more_link_for_excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fnu.ac.fj\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/about-college\/profile\/management\/mr-kinijioti-vakawaletabua\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"parent":1240,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fnu.ac.fj\/business-hospitality-tourism-studies\/about-college\/profile\/management\/mr-kinijioti-vakawaletabua\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mr. Kinijioti Vakawaletabua - College of Business, Hospitality &amp; 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