Browsing Masters Degrees (Management) by Title
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Taking ideas from mind to market : challenges and critical success factors for effective incubation of ICT start-up firms within the innovation hub.
(2010)The study examines the challenges and critical success factors for effective incubation of ICT start-up firms. Information and communication technology (ICT) start-up firms are internationally acknowledged for their ... -
Tax consequences of estate planning.
(2004)The primary objective of estate planning is to meet the short-term and long-term financial needs of the planner and to ensure a smooth transition of the planner's estate on passing on, in keeping with the needs and wishes ... -
Teachers' perceptions regarding sustainability of corporate social responsibility projects.
(2013)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Testing of a framework for product placement in South Africa for the Hip Hop industry.
(2015)Product placement is a marketing tool on which billions of dollars are being spent (Plambeck, 2010, par. 4). This is when a brand name, packaging, logo or trademark intentionally appears in a form of media (Homer, 2009, ... -
Traditional approaches to peacemaking and conflict resolution : the case of Wunlit, South Sudan.
(2003)This study explores how traditional conflict resolution mechanisms were used to transform the conflict between the Dinka and Nuer communities in Wunlit, south Sudan in 1999. Various people perceived, experienced and played ... -
Transformation in the workplace : what makes for sustainable solutions.
(2009)This research is an experiential learning history of a change management process that occurred within the local government Development Management Department of the Ethekwini Municipality in the South African province ... -
Transformation of the civil engineering sector : a review of the response of established civil engineering consultancies to this challenge.
(2006)Transformation of the Construction Sector is part of a wider transformation of the social and economic environment of South Africa. Publication of the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003, Act Number 53 of 2003 ... -
Transportation networks and students travel patterns : the case of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2015)An increase in students’ accessibility to tertiary education and the decline in higher education funding have resulted in a greater number of students that reside off-campus. This trend has also given rise to off-campus ... -
Ubuntu management strategy in the informal sector: a case of Umlazi township.
(2017)In South Africa, many informal businesses have been responsible for providing consumers in the townships with products they demand. Often, it has been observed that these informal traders have been successful in their ... -
Understanding declining customer service ratings at a major South African commercial bank.
(2008)In recent years, the four major South African commercial banks (ABSA, Standard, First National Bank and Nedbank) have been measuring customer satisfaction and loyalty through market research, the results of which reflect ... -
Understanding HIV/AIDS effects through systems principles : a case study of home-based care giving in Bhambayi.
(2009)This dissertation, employing an array of theoretical approaches under the rubric of Systems Thinking, explores the reality and experiences of family members that mainly provide care at home for their loved ones who live ... -
Understanding individual workforce resilience of women in selected Durban organisational settings.
(2017)BACKGROUND: Over the past decades there has been an enormous increase in scientific research publications, targeting resilience of women within the workplace environment. Despite the potentially adverse effects that women ... -
Understanding strategic conversation as a tool for learning and change in organisations : a public sector perspective.
(2010)This dissertation has posed and answered the question whether strategic conversation can be used as a tool for facilitating learning and change in organisations, within the context of the public sector. The study provided ... -
Understanding the gender earnings gap in the post-apartheid South African labour market.
(2008)In this thesis, I analyse the gender earnings gap in South Africa using Labour Force Survey (LFS) data, for the period between 2001 and 2005. In addition to providing estimates of the gender earnings differential at the ... -
Understanding the relationship between work-life balance and stress amongst employees at a large motor vehicle manufacturing plant in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)This study aims to assess the possibility of reducing stress through work-life balance. It is anticipated that a greater degree of work-life balance will lead to reduced levels of stress. In this study work-life balance ... -
University of KwaZulu-Natal students’ perceptions of green branding at Woolworths.
(2018)Environmental concern emerges as the most significant predictor of green purchase intention (Yadav, 2014). The purpose of the study was to ascertain the extent to which university students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal ... -
Unlocking the code to hardwood pulpwood supply : an analysis to determine if intervention in the stump-to-mill supply chain by NCT will increase hardwood pulpwood supply from its members in KwaZulu-Natal?
(2006)NCT Forestry Co-operative Limited has experienced decreased yearly hardwood pulpwood volume sales over the last several years. This indirectly means NCT members have decreased their hardwood pulpwood volume trade to NCT ... -
The use of mobile technology for m-learning in improving economics students’ pass rate at the University of Kwazulu-Natal.
(2016)Abstract available in full text document.