Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Graduate School of Business and Leadership) by Title
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Achieving high performance through competitive strategy: a case of Tshwane-based small and medium enterprises.
(2018)The goal of the study was to explore achieving high performance for the Tshwane-based Small and Medium Enterprises based on the competitive strategies and examine the effect that the competitive strategies had on the ... -
Action strategies for enhancing the implementation of performance improvement initiatives within the health sector in Botswana.
(2013)This study investigates the extent to which performance improvement initiatives are efficiently and effectively implemented in the Botswana health sector. The study is prompted by numerous public complaints through various ... -
Advancing gross fixed capital formation (investment) paradigm in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: historical trends and prospects.
(2018)Current rates of investment in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa are insufficient to drive substantial economic growth. These rates have not changed significantly from 1995 to date. This study examined the reasons ... -
Analysing the eThekwini green economy according to its dynamic and complex components for identifying leverage points.
(2018)It is widely accepted that climate change is taking place as a result of anthropogenic activities. The rapid rate of the current bout of climate change being experienced is unprecedented. Climate change results in disastrous ... -
Analysis of global competitiveness in the light motor vehicle component industry of South Africa.
(2014)The automotive industry’s global competitiveness has been acknowledged by the South African government and therefore the sector has been identified as a key economic growth sector. The success of the domestic automotive ... -
Analysis of open innovation strategy and challenges faced by automotive component manufacturers in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, and Eastern Cape in South Africa.
(2021)The automotive components manufacturing sector is an essential complementary strategic player in the automotive industry in South Africa. Without this sector's vibrancy, the automotive industry cannot forge ahead as a ... -
An analysis of the effectiveness of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement process for tourism projects.
(2018)Although the South African government has implemented a range of infrastructure delivery programs that have significantly increased access to services, large backlogs remain. Within the same context, National Treasury ... -
The analysis of the leadership governance in South African universities.
(2018)The concepts of good leadership and governance have been topics of great interest to scholars, where most of the studies in this respect were confined to large corporations and businesses, and not focused on the education ... -
An application of systems methodologies to investigate social complexity at the Felixton Mill area.
(2014)Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) is one type of systems methodology that was developed in response to the limitations of the systems engineering approach. It uses a flexible, yet organised process to bring about action to ... -
Application of systems thinking in reviewing power-infrastructure capital investment in South Africa.Ukusebenzisa umcabangozinhlelo ekubuyekezeni Utshalozimali Olukhulu Lwengqalasizinda Enamandla eNingizimu Afrika.
(2022)The aim of this study was to investigate how the application of systems thinking can minimize revenue losses in capital power-infrastructure investment in South Africa. The study reviewed the application of existing ... -
Articulating South Africa’s port doctrine for a democratic developmental state.
(2019)South Africa lacks a concise paradigm for port governance. This results in a number of challenges including lack of cost-based pricing for port services, retrogressive cross-subsidization, inequitable cost allocation to ... -
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 ... -
An assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of the management of service delivery: a case study of eDumbe municipality.
(2017)This study’s purpose was to investigate the extent to which the eDumbe municipality had progressed in providing service delivery effectively with the intention of strengthening good governance. In post-apartheid South ... -
Balanced scorecard usage as performance measurement tool for hotel and restaurant SME’s growth strategy.
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Balanced scorecard usage as performance measurement tool for hotel and restaurant SME’s growth strategy.
(2020)Performance measurement and management is very critical for any business growth and success. The study assessed the balanced scorecard (BSC) usage as a performance measurement tool for hotel and restaurant small and ... -
A business sustainability framework for community pharmaceutical SMEs in South Africa, Gauteng Province.
(2021)Community pharmaceutical Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) play a key role the world over and for South Africa, their role is more felt as the sector contributes to employment creation as well as boosting the gross domestic ... -
The centralised applications system: staff and student perceptions at Durban University of Technology and the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)Undergraduate admission processes in South African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been characterised by numerous challenges and a series of negative consequences. One overarching challenge is improving the ... -
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 ... -
A comparative analysis of business strategies for professional cricket and rugby in South Africa since 1994.
(2019)This study is focused on professional sport in South Africa, in particular the three most popular sporting codes in South Africa: football (soccer), rugby and cricket. Its aim is to develop a business model which will ... -
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 ...