Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Graduate School of Business and Leadership) by Title
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"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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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 ... -
Developing a framework for project status reporting in South African state-owned companies.
(2020)There are two prominent organisations that play a critical role in the everyday life of most South Africans through freight logistics and electricity provision, Transnet State-Owned Company (SOC) and Eskom SOC, respectively. ... -
Developing a mentorship tool to improve work performance.
(2002)The purpose of the study was to find out if there is a mentorship tool available to guide mentorship after merger; determine effective mentoring techniques for improving work performance; and develop an appropriate ... -
Developing a research policy model for the South African local government health sector : a case study at the Ethekwini Municipality.
(2006)In South Africa there is an abundance of research studies available for policy development but few of the results have contributed to policy development, despite a seemingly-receptive new political environment. This ... -
Developing an integrated talent management strategy for Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria.
(2019)Since its inception, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU) located North West of Pretoria has grown without proper policies and strategies to ensure its competitiveness and sustainability in the long haul with ... -
Developing an investor aftercare model for promotion of the agro-processing sector: the case of Limpopo Province.
(2022)Investor aftercare is a more often ignored part of investment promotion. This study investigated investor aftercare practices in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The aim was to establish Limpopo's current investor ... -
An economic development policy implementation approach to creation of sustainable maritime SMMEs in the KwaZulu-Natal Province.
(2022)This study aimed to develop a new innovative approach towards a modern economic policy implementation, anchored towards harnessing Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME’s) development and sustainability within the ... -
The effect of organisational differences in ownership, control and structure on employee perceptions of participation and empowerment : an analysis of these phenomena in relation to the operational costs of two labour intensive South African companies.
(2007)This study investigates the relationships between ownership, control, organisational structure and company operational costs. The workers’ perceptions of participation (financial and decision-making) and empowerment are ... -
The effect of Twitter as a social blog on corporate reputation management in the telecommunication industry in Zimbabwe.
(2022)The aim of the study was to determine how Twitter can be used as a social blog to improve the corporate reputation of organisations operating in Zimbabwe’s telecommunications industry. This was undertaken guided by the ... -
The effective management of social change in the South African pharmaceutical industry.
(2007)The purpose of the study was to find causality for poor social change in the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa. Top, middle, and lower-level management respondents, including the CEOs, were studied in 11 pharmaceutical ... -
The effectiveness of a male grooming solution to improve male shopper behaviour towards the purchase of personal care products.
(2019)The cosmetic industry over the years has proven to be one of the fastest growing and most profitable industries globally. In the male cosmetic industry, male grooming and metrosexual trends have rapidly expanded across ... -
Effects of entrepreneurial marketing on the survival of manufacturing small and medium enterprises in South-East Nigeria.
(2019)Many manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria cease to exist before their fifth birthday. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of entrepreneurial marketing on the survival of manufacturing ... -
Employee performance management and development within the regional hospitals in the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health.
The research was conducted within the Regional hospitals of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health. The study was motivated by the fact that regional hospitals provide specialised public health services yet are perceived ...