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Participatory management by political deployees in state owned companies : a case study of Regideso, Burundi.
(2011)The main purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which political deployees employed participatory management in state owned companies in the Republic of Burundi. The identified state owned company was REGIDESO, ... -
Pathways and barriers to inclusion: a case study of a girls' only school of industry in South Africa.
(2001)Since 1994 all education policy documents that have emerged in South Africa have stressed the principles of social justice and inclusion by foregrounding issues of equity, redress, quality education for all, equality of ... -
Pay for Performance compensation models : assessing Service Consultant’s perceptions at Momentum Health Durban.
(2018)The modern world of work is constantly shifting and naturally so is the way in which individuals are remunerated. Performance based compensation models are rising in popularity in recent years. The aim of this study was ... -
Peacebuilding among Shona communities in transition in Zimbabwe: a participatory action research.
(2015)This study is a participatory action research (PAR) intervention that examined the contributions of informal peace committees to peacebuilding in Zimbabwe. The emergence of informal peace committees as a diverse segment ... -
Perceived barriers to long-term survival of start-up small, medium and micro enterprises in the ICT industry: a case of Vhembe District Municipality.
(2020)Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) contribute immensely to the economic development and addressing socio-economic challenges facing South Africa (SA). This study identifies barriers affecting the long-term ... -
Perceived effectiveness of trade unions in addressing employees’ grievances in the public sector in Swaziland.
(2018)The study examined the perceived effectiveness of trade unions in addressing employees’ grievances within the public sector in Swaziland. The study explored employees’ perceptions regarding the effectiveness of trade ... -
The perceived impact of management styles on employee job satisfaction and organisational commitment: a case study of Hulamin, Pietermaritzburg.
(2022)This study, which drew on the view that the management style that a manager uses to direct their employees plays a vital role in ensuring employee satisfaction with their jobs and decisions to commit or not to their ... -
Perception and preparedness of stakeholders at hospitals to utilize a paperless environment.
(2010)The embracing of Health Information Technology (HIT) by hospitals is viewed as one mechanism to mitigate the ever-growing healthcare supply and demand gap, reduce medical errors, increase efficiency, improve quality of ... -
Perception of African immigrants of service quality at the Department of Home Affairs in Mthatha, Eastern Cape.
(2018)Service quality is a concept that has been around for many years. The concept of quality in the service industry is measured using five dimensions, namely; tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. ... -
The perception of university students on the diffusion of fake news on social media : a case of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
(2019)Fake news is a digital but also ethical issue, and it has been one of the challenges of the media for the past decade. Fake news is defined as news articles that are false by intention and whose goal is to mislead readers. ... -
Perception on human resource practices and workplace deviance: a case of public Universities in South-West Nigeria.
(2022)This study examined perception on human resource practices (HRPs) and workplace deviance (WDB) in Nigerian public universities. Studies have revealed that the Nigerian university system is characterised by acts that are ... -
Perceptions and conceptions about e-education among learners in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2007)This research project forms part of a comprehensive coordinated project to determine whether it is feasible to introduce e-Education in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) public schools by 2013, as envisaged in the Department of Education's ... -
Perceptions and experiences of organisational misfit : a grounded theory study of South African employees.
(2013)Research into person-environment fit has focused on fit and the many positive benefits that have been associated with achieving high fit. Misfit on the other hand, has been given scant attention. To date, not much is ... -
The perceptions and mental models of teachers on corporal punishment in school.
(2008)Some of our teachers are so imbued with the idea that violence solves problems for them at school that they don't realize that there is an effective alternative discipline that is humane and violence free. They are not ... -
Perceptions of educators towards teenage pregnancy in selected schools in uMkhanyakude District: implications for action.
(2019)Teenage pregnancy is a cause for concern for educators in all South African schools. The Education Management Information System (EMIS) reported 51 pregnancies out of 1000 female learners between the 2004 and 2008 school ... -
The perceptions of employees on the use of human resource information systems in recruitment and selection functions at the School of Management, IT and Governance.
(2020)There has always been a growing need for organizations to achieve organizational goals and functionality in the work environment. Studies conducted over a long time show that traditional ways of doing ... -
Perceptions of employees regarding the effectiveness of trade unions in representing employees at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2019)In the field of industrial relations there is a confusion of mixed views between researchers about the effectiveness of trade unions in representing employees. For example, Walters, (2011) argues that trade unions which ... -
Perceptions of human resource information system usage for knowledge management in the context of human resource management .
(2010)21st century human resource (HR) managers face new challenges that require the management of employee resources and the management of information resources overload to support human resource management (HRM). The proposed ... -
Perceptions of informal local traders on the influence of emerging markets : Umlazi and Kwa-Mashu townships.
(2015)Mall development in South African townships has increased in recent times as large chains strive to increase their profitability. The emergence of township malls and suppliers’ expansion into the townships has the potential ... -
Perceptions of international students on the challenges of diversity management at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2011)Background: Between the years 2009 and 2010, an average of approximately 5 400 applications were received at the University of KwaZulu-Natal from international students (Division of Management Information, 2010). Knowledge ...