Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Graduate School of Business and Leadership) by Issue Date
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Guidelines for the development of comprehensive marketing policies for municipal electricity undertakings, with particular emphasis on load management.
(1986)It is expected that South Africa will have to construct as much generating capacity in the next five years as has been constructed over the past 50 years. Industrialization and urbanization dictates that the larger ... -
The perceptions of management and workers on worker participation programmes.
(1995)The main objective of this study was to investigate different forms of worker participation programmes and their implementation in selected countries including South Africa. Another objective was to study perceptions ... -
Developing a mentorship tool to improve work performance.
(2002)The purpose of the study was to find out if there is a mentorship tool available to guide mentorship after merger; determine effective mentoring techniques for improving work performance; and develop an appropriate ... -
Exploring the intellectual capital contribution to company performance in South Africa.
(2003)Since returning from virtual obscurity following the demise of apartheid in 1994, South Africa has endured eight years of aggressive transition across nearly all aspects of its social, political and economic infrastructure. ... -
Export promotion for small and medium sized enterprises in Eritrea with focus on information provision, financing and network of main factors.
(2005)The aim of this study was to evaluate the export promotion services of Eritrea according to the theories presented in chapter two and come up with recommendation suitable to the Eritrean case. It was found that national ... -
The challenges and implications of corporate re-branding : a case study of amalgamated beverage industries (ABI).
(2006)This thesis aims to address the issues of corporate re-branding in the context of marketing strategy and general strategic management. The research for the thesis was conducted in Pietermaritzburg and the surrounding areas ... -
Developing a research policy model for the South African local government health sector : a case study at the Ethekwini Municipality.
(2006)In South Africa there is an abundance of research studies available for policy development but few of the results have contributed to policy development, despite a seemingly-receptive new political environment. This ... -
An assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of the strategic and operational management of the Makana Municipality, Grahamstown : a total quality management and business excellence approach.
(2006)In South Africa, companies and organisations are now operating within the global marketplace. Various authors writing on organisational effectiveness state that, in the last decade, many organizations have come to ... -
The effect of organisational differences in ownership, control and structure on employee perceptions of participation and empowerment : an analysis of these phenomena in relation to the operational costs of two labour intensive South African companies.
(2007)This study investigates the relationships between ownership, control, organisational structure and company operational costs. The workers’ perceptions of participation (financial and decision-making) and empowerment are ... -
An investigation into the mortality rate of small businesses, with particular reference to fuel retailers within the Republic of South Africa.
(2007)The impact of change and transformation on small businesses has compelled them to face a multitude of new challenges. The successful application of the selected strategies depends largely on an understanding of the ... -
The effective management of social change in the South African pharmaceutical industry.
(2007)The purpose of the study was to find causality for poor social change in the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa. Top, middle, and lower-level management respondents, including the CEOs, were studied in 11 pharmaceutical ... -
"A critical assessment of the impact of interventions to stimulate the establishment and growth rates of SMEs in the formal sector in KwaZulu-Natal,
(2008)South Africa is a country in a state of flux. It has many problems -
Impact of skills development training on employee motivation, perceptions of organizational climate and individual performance.
(2009)There is a huge skills shortage in South Africa which impacts negatively on its worldwide competitiveness. Since the advent of democracy, the South African government has been faced with the challenge of addressing one ... -
Towards a management approach for sustainable social development programmes for orphans in southern Africa : application of systems theory.
(2010)The study explored transforming social development project management practice into delivering sustainable benefits for orphans in Zimbabwe, in particular and more generally, in southern Africa. The endemic failures to ... -
"The minimisation of the liquidation of viable banking institutions in Zimbabwe's banking sector".
(2011)The Zimbabwe banking sector seems to have almost recovered from the banking crisis of 2003/2006, in a very difficult social, economic and political environment. More than 20 banking institutions were placed under liquidation ... -
Using creative holism to inform new partnerships as a component of responsivity in the FET sector.
(2011)I see my research as an exercise in critical systemic practice, expressed as Creative Holism, an approach to organisational research in complex problematical situations attributed to Jackson (2003; 2006), which informs my ... -
A comparison of management style before and after retrenchment.
(2012)While there is an abundance of literature on models of coping with the loss of employment, the present study adopts the more particular focus of a study by Ribton-Turner and De Bruin who investigate stressors and support ... -
A systems approach to the evaluation of an academic department as a service provider at a University of Technology.
(2013)Empirical studies have established that the services sector has contributed significantly to the growth and development of world economies and is today the largest and fastest growing sector globally. Testimony to the rise ... -
Systemic approaches to improvement in sugarcane production and supply : Umfolozi and Felixton Mill areas.
(2013)Within the South African sugar industry, several possibilities for performance improvement exist. Present inefficiencies arise largely from the complexity of integrated sugarcane production and supply systems. Research ... -
Evaluating service quality in the South African public road transportation industry : a case study of Johannesburg.
(2013)The study of public road transport in Johannesburg is important because public transport provides the benefits of personal mobility and access to economic prosperity to a large number of people who rely, and are, dependent ...