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Land reform projects as LED contributors : KwaZulu-Natal case study.
(2011)This research focuses on KwaZulu-Natal case studies of land reform projects that serve as contributors to local economic development (LED). Key stakeholders and role players on LED matters within the KwaZulu-Natal ... -
Leadership and infrastructure delivery programmes in the Sisonke District, KwaZulu-Natal Education Department.
(2013)Sisonke District is situated in a deep rural area and the poorest of the twelve education districts in KwaZulu-Natal. Illiteracy, poverty and unemployment rates are extremely high. Compounding these socio-economic ills are ... -
Leadership and leadership development issues in family businesses.
(2003)This dissertation examines leadership and leadership development issues in family businesses. The data was collected during late 2003 through qualitative surveys and interviews with family businesses in South Africa. ... -
Leadership and productivity : a case study of New Age Beverages.
(2012)Employee engagement and engaging leadership are subjects receiving attention from organisations. The link between employee morale, motivation and business productivity is important as well managed organisations can derive ... -
Leadership approach to quantity surveying.
(2017)Professional Quantity Surveyors (QSs) play a leading role in the built environment by managing cost on projects such that the client achieves best value for money. The QS has had a long history where they emerged in ... -
Leadership challenges facing female school principals in the Durban (INK) area.
(2017)The realisation of the fundamental ideals of the Bill of Rights, Chapter 2 of the South African Constitution (Act 108 of 1996), outlined in the South African National Framework for Women Empowerment and Gender Equality, ... -
Leadership competencies within the context of nursing management, in private healthcare organisations in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)Background: Leadership forms a critical part of the healthcare management process and works synergistically with the other functions of planning, organising and controlling. Nurse managers do not display all the competencies ... -
Leadership dynamics, age differences and conflict in a church context.
(2009)The introduction of mixed generations in the church has resulted in age related differences in worldviews that have eventually amounted to conflicts in the church branch. This research surfaces the underpinning structures ... -
A leadership framework for organisational sustainability in the banking sector.
(2017)This study was undertaken to examine the key challenges to, and gaps in, achieving an integrated sustainability approach within banks by utilising theoretical underpinnings from both commercial and social entrepreneurship ... -
Leadership in local economic development within the Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
(2013)The aim of the research is explore how practitioners perceive the role of leadership in the conceptualization and implementation of LED in district municipalities. The main objective is to identify leadership challenges ... -
A leadership skills development model for the Kwaden Group: a case study of an African FMCG business-network.
(2020)Organisations competing in Africa face numerous challenges. These include its size and complexity, transformational population growth, abundance of talent but a lack of skills, a scarcity of large companies, the relatively ... -
Leadership styles deployed by women project managers at Eskom Enterprise Division.
(2011)Leadership styles have been shown to have an impact on the success or failure of projects in organizations. Effective leadership is therefore required by organizations to ensure the successful delivery of projects. The ... -
Leading and managing diversity in a cross-cultural workforce in Chinese investment organisations in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)At present we are living in a global market economy. As a result, international business and cooperation between two or more counties is a growing phenomenon. Global business managers and leaders are challenged to broaden ... -
Leading employees in the automotive industry during an economic crisis.
(2011)The global economic crisis in 2008 has been extremely challenging for most organizations. It has forced organizations to reassess all aspects of its business, including the leadership styles of its management structure. ... -
Lean manufacturing implementation : a perspective on key success factors.
(2012)The interest on lean production is mostly based on the empirical evidence that it improves the company’s competitiveness. However, the implementation of lean manufacturing harbours enormous difficulties due to a ... -
A lean manufacturing implementation framework for improved productivity and efficiency in the sugar industry in Mozambique.
(2022)The Mozambican agricultural sector is a critical one that contributes to the country’s foreign currency earnings, gross domestic product and employment. The industry is the largest employer outside the government, ... -
Lean start-up methodology : a case study of customer development at Invotech Incubator in KZN.
(2015)The uncertainty created by a volatile global economy has forced large corporations to re-evaluate business strategy and reposition themselves to fend off potential threats relating to corporate sustainability. The inherent ... -
Levels of employee motivation in a Swiss multinational speciality chemical company.
(2006)In this dissertation the researcher investigates the levels of employee motivation and related contributing factors in his own organization. The researcher reviews and presents the results of a literature survey for the ... -
Liberalization of trade with China in relation to the textile and clothing industry in South Africa.
(2003)The challenge of enhancing competitiveness in a globalizing world is a continuous one, requiring action not only on narrow trade policy concerns but also in a complementary area such as the macro-economic environment to ...