Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Graduate School of Business and Leadership) by Title
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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 ... -
A conceptual framework for factors that influence willingness of low-income farmers to pay for weather index insurance in South Africa.
(2021)Weather index insurance is an emerging risk management instrument in the African agricultural landscape designed for low-income farmers that are perpetually vulnerable to weather-related production hazards due to unprecedented ... -
A conceptual framework for success factors required for a South African SME foundry. Uhlakamqondo lwezakhizici zempumelelo ezidingekayo embonini yaseNingizimu Afrika yosayizi omncane namaphakathi.
(2021)South Africa has witnessed an unprecedented decline in the number of foundries over the past four decades, with literature reflecting that there has been about 73 percent reduction in the number of foundries in South ... -
A conceptual framework to measure talent management strategies and organisational performance in selected retail stores, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2022)The concept of talent management has been confronted with scepticism since its emergence in the 90s and the scepticism has been linked to the lack of acceptable conceptual framework and the dearth of credible empirical ... -
A conceptual leadership model: challenges in the Eastern Cape’s public sector.
(2018)Despite large studies conducted on public sector leadership challenges, there remains no standardised approaches applicable universally in addressing leadership challenges in public sectors. This study was conducted in the ... -
A conceptual model for the improvement of service quality in the South African short-term insurance industry in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)This study investigated service quality in short-term insurance companies in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South Africa. The study is triggered by the high level of complaints from customers received by the Ombudsman for ... -
A corporate governance and business ethics framework based on King IV™ for Standard Bank African subsidiaries.
(2020)This study investigated the degree of compliance to King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2016 (King IV™) principles and recommended practices by 17 sampled Standard Bank African subsidiaries. An extensive ... -
Critical analysis of corporate governance implementation and control systems within the municipal sector in Gauteng province in South Africa.
(2016)By utilising the King III Report as a conceptual framework, this study sought to critically analyse corporate governance implementation and control systems within the municipal sector in the Gauteng province, South Africa. ... -
A critical analysis of the rationale by select trade unions to change their collective bargaining strategy.
(2022)The aim of this study was to investigate the movement of collective bargaining negotiation between employers and employees or trade unions from traditional distributive to integrative. In the current predominant distributive ... -
"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 -
A critical evaluation of environmental management accounting (EMA) tools used by 3-5 star hotels in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2016)The use of environmental management accounting (EMA) remains debated in South Africa and the literature reveals that EMA is still at an infancy stage in the emerging economies, including South Africa. Currently, there is ... -
Design thinking as a strategic lever in promoting tourism in KwaZulu-Natal. Ukucabangakuxazulula okubeka umthengi phambili njengesu lokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha KwaZulu-Natal.
(2022)Countries on the African continent, most notably South Africa, have not been immune to global economic issues with the present bout of change globally, which is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. The creation of jobs ... -
Developing a business intervention model for South African small business retailers in Cape Town's township retailing environments.
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Developing a competitive intelligence strategy model for South African life assurance industry. Ukuthuthukisa imodeli yesu lezobunhloli eliqhudelanayo lemboni yaseNingizimu Afrikha YokuQinisekisa Impilo.
(2022)Competitive Intelligence Embeddedness (CIE) and organisational performance studies have used various techniques and methods to explain the relationships between variables. To address this limitation in the body of ... -
Developing a conceptual framework for factors that influence the effectiveness of internal audit within eThekwini Municipality. Ukwakha uhlaka lomqondo wezinto ezinomthelela ekusebenzeni kocwaningomabhuku lwangaphakathi kuMasipala weTheku.
(2021)Internal Audit effectiveness (IAE) is a relatively new field of study in the South African public sector. There are limited studies that have been conducted in this field, especially as it relates to Local Government. ... -
Developing a conceptual framework to enhance coaching of managers in technical and vocational education and training colleges in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ukusungula uhlakakuhlaziya lwamakhonsepthi ukuphucula ukuqeqesha kwezimenenja emakolishi ezobuchwepheshe nemisebenzi yamakhono nawokuqeqesha eGoli, eNingizimu Afrikha.
(2022)This study proposed a conceptual framework to enhance coaching managers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges in Johannesburg. An exploratory background analysis prior to this study revealed ... -
Developing a conceptual model to improve patient experience as a strategy to engage public health sector reform in South Africa.
(2018)Patient Experience is well recognized in health quality improvement initiatives within developed countries due to the reforms that result thereof. Developing a conceptual model to improve patient experience in South Africa ...