Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Graduate School of Business and Leadership) by Title
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Forage seed production as a business in smallholder systems of Zimbabwe: a value chain approach.
(2017)The demand for forage seed in Zimbabwe is set to increase as a result of increased demand for high yielding and quality fodder for livestock. There is a projected increase in demand for livestock products, even though ... -
A framework for corporate governance and organisational performance in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
(2022)ENGLISH ABSTRACT Corporate governance is becoming more widely recognized as a critical factor in determining an organization's overall performance. The King Code I-IV was created to provide a corporate governance framework ... -
A framework for evaluating the impact of business process outsourcing (BPO) on the operational performance of the mobile telecommunications industry, South Africa. Uhlaka lokuhlola umthelela Wokunikezela Ngaphandle Indlelakweza Yebhizinisi (Business Process Outsourcing - BPO) kokwenzeka ekusebenzeni kwemboni yomakhalekhukhwini eNingizimu Afrika.
(2022)Mobile telecommunication service providers in developing countries, particularly southern African mobile telecom operators outsource a range of activities like logistics, assembly operations, manufacturing, and design. ... -
From a manual to a system-guided process: implementing change in a fast-moving consumer goods company in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2021)The purpose of this study was to develop a change management framework in transitioning from a manual process to an automated system-guided process using digital technology for managing short-dated inventory in the ... -
Gender inclusive leadership: exploring women under-representation in public enterprises – the case of Swaziland.
(2019)As the gender debate escalates universally directed towards leveraging societal imbalances across different economic sectors, widespread transformation initiatives are emerging to advance women to leadership. Few women are ... -
Guidelines for the development of comprehensive marketing policies for municipal electricity undertakings, with particular emphasis on load management.
(1986)It is expected that South Africa will have to construct as much generating capacity in the next five years as has been constructed over the past 50 years. Industrialization and urbanization dictates that the larger ... -
Human resource transformation as a strategy for addressing talent management challenges at ESwatini electricity company.
(2019)Faced with looming talent challenges, uncertain business environments and changing demographics, organizations find themselves forced to adapt or perish. These changes not only suppress an organizations’ competitive edge ... -
Impact of skills development training on employee motivation, perceptions of organizational climate and individual performance.
(2009)There is a huge skills shortage in South Africa which impacts negatively on its worldwide competitiveness. Since the advent of democracy, the South African government has been faced with the challenge of addressing one ... -
Industrial Clustering as a tool to enhance competitiveness of the economy of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
(2019)The South African government has in the past 20 years developed various industrial policies that were geared towards industrialisation and making meaningful contributions towards the creation of jobs, dealing with the ... -
Influence of biopsychosocial factors on entrepreneurial education and students' entrepreneurial inclination in selected Nigerian universities.
(2021)Entrepreneurial education has attracted a great deal of attention worldwide because of the idea that it is one of the panaceas for today's societal unemployment problems among university graduates. The aim of this ... -
Influence of psychological factors, political environment and information awareness on entrepreneurial behaviour among youths in Mpumalanga province.
(2018)Determining the Influence of Psychological factors, political environment and information awareness on youth’s entrepreneurial behaviour in Mpumalanga province is important to foster effective entrepreneurial interest. ... -
Institutional and learning impact on student entrepreneurial inclination at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN).
(2015)This study investigated the institutional environment and learning impact on student entrepreneurial intention at the University of KwaZulu Natal; one of the notable universities in South Africa ranking in the top 3% of ... -
Intuitive competitive intelligence: the entrepreneurial path to success for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector in the Eastern Cape Province.
(2020)The aim of this study was to examine whether small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourism sector in Eastern Cape Province (ECP) employed intuitive competitive intelligence (ICI) to succeed in the business world. ... -
Investigating the progression of South Africa’s developmental state through the Black Industrialist Programme.
(2021)South Africa has made considerable progress in terms of economic development since the dawn of democracy in 1994. However, the pace and distribution of that progress have not been equitably reflected across all demographics, ... -
An investigation into the mortality rate of small businesses, with particular reference to fuel retailers within the Republic of South Africa.
(2007)The impact of change and transformation on small businesses has compelled them to face a multitude of new challenges. The successful application of the selected strategies depends largely on an understanding of the ... -
IT governance implementation framework for South African companies: a corporate governance perspective.
(2017)In the past, information technology (IT) management and governance was a departmental or management level responsibility. However, of recent, it has become an integral part of organisations and its optimal function has ... -
Leader development approaches that engender leadership effectiveness among natural scientists in Uganda: a comparative study.
(2021)Most natural scientists are promoted into leadership positions based on technical competence, yet technical capabilities become less vital as leadership responsibility increases. While scientists need to adopt leader ... -
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 ... -
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 of state-owned enterprises in a volatile environment: a case study of Eskom.
(2021)To lead a complex SoE like Eskom with its myriad of challenges during a volatile environment, like the Covid-19 pandemic, calls for a very different leadership approach. Research focusing on leading in volatile environments ...