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The impact of digitalisation of clearing and forwarding processes on the workforce.
(2023)ABSTRACT Globalisation has brought about many changes. There has been substantial innovation in the value creation approach to the supply chain and the application of digital enabling technologies. This has been necessary ... -
Financial accounting as a powerful tool to enhance NGOs' performance case study: Zoë-Life South Africa.
(2018)Many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in South Africa and elsewhere do not follow the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs). There is thus no standardised ... -
Dynamics of capacity constraints in managing throughput quality at honours level: University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)ABSTRACT The throughput quality of Honours degree students seems to be hampered by a number of factors arising from institutional capacity constraints, whose dynamics have had an impact on the throughput quality of Honours ... -
A skills audit of selected Pietermaritzburg Small Medium Enterprise (SME) owner-managers: a critical assessment.
(2016)ABSTRACT Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are important contributors to the South African economy and are drivers for reducing unemployment, especially when the formal sector continues to shed jobs. However, for SMEs to ... -
Exploring the implementation of knowledge management at a contact centre in Durban.
(2016)ABSTRACT The knowledge management concept was introduced to the Contact Centre approximately eight years ago, therefore the study focused on the implementation of the knowledge management concept at SARS in Durban. The ... -
Factors affecting the roll-out of penetrative broadband delivery in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)Abstract The roll-out of broadband infrastructure in countries across the globe is crucial to their economic, scientific goals, and social requirements. It has the ability to uplift lives by providing Information Communication ... -
Exploring the role of emotional Intelligence in the customer service industry.
(2016)ABSTRACT The customer service industry is a dynamic environment and serves as the face of an organisation. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of emotional intelligence in a revenue services office within ... -
The relationship between the psychological contract and retention of staff in the banking sector in South Africa.
(2012)ABSTRACT South African organisations are under a great deal of pressure to retain their available talent. Many industries have put in place talent management strategies to develop and retain staff, some of which remains ... -
Implementing the principles of responsible management education within the curriculum of the Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L).
(2017)ABSTRACT There is an urgency for educational institutions to contribute to solving the world’s social, economic and environmental problems. Solutions to these global problems are not directed at multinational corporations ... -
An analysis of information technology risks and governance disclosure: evidence from the top 40 JSE listed companies.
(2022)The study analysed the extent to which information technology risks and governance is disclosed by top 40 JSE-listed companies in their 2021 integrated reports as part of the risk governance practices. It also conducted ... -
Tone management examination in the CEO statements of the top 40 JSE Listed companies.
(2022)The business sector has recently been rocked by several accounting scandals. Unfortunately, South Africa has not been immune to this trend of fraudulent financial reporting, and investors have suffered financial losses ... -
The role of emotional intelligence in business rescue in South Africa.
(2022)Existing literature highlights a positive correlation between leadership performance and emotional intelligence (EQ). EQ is a person’s ability to understand their emotions, act on their intentions and make decisions ... -
Women in the boardroom and financial performance: an analysis of JSE listed companies.
(2022)Despite the awareness created around gender inequality and the diverse strengths women bring to the business world, progress in gender diversity has been negligible. In South Africa, despite employment equity policies ... -
A comparative analysis of impression management in chairman's statement amongst profitable and unprofitable JSE-listed companies during Covid-19 pandemic.
(2022)The study examined whether profitable and less profitable Top 100 Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed companies used impression management during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic through textual characteristics ... -
Accounting and finance professionals’ perception on the current state of the accountancy profession in South Africa.
(2022)Background: Accountants, auditors, and other finance professionals have traditionally been well respected and held in high regard by the public. They are regarded as financial reporting overseers because they are responsible ... -
Markets' reaction to financial restatements of the Top 40 JSE listed companies.
(2022)There has been a rapid growth of financial restatements. This concerns the investors about the integrity and reliability of the entity’s financial reporting environment and restatements negatively affecting market ... -
Factors that affect accounting students’ academic success at undergraduate level at Durban University of Technology.
(2022)Numerous international and national studies have been conducted that have concentrated on factors that influenced and impacted on student success, where the specific focus was on undergraduate student success in academic ... -
Impression management: graphical representation in integrated reports of state-owned entities in South Africa.
(2021)Graphical representation in the integrated report is a form of voluntary disclosure, by nature may be subject to bias or distortion by the managers of the preparing entities to yield favourable information or reduce the ... -
Impact of higher electricity tariffs on the profitability of electricity supply and distribution companies in Namibia.
(2022)This paper presents the effect of increased electricity tariffs on the profitability of electricity supply and distribution companies in Namibia. The Namibian electricity tariffs regarding time-of-use, setting and pricing ... -
Developing an environmental management accounting framework for the waste management sustainability of municipalities in Gauteng.
(2022)Municipalities through local government play a significant role of solid waste management, among other roles. This is important to avoid emergence of negative waste-related environmental impacts. However, this is true ...
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