Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Management) by Title
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The influence of transformational leadership on employee engagement in the South African Revenue Service, Kwazulu-Natal Region.
(2020)The current turbulent economic era coupled with the fourth industrial revolution disruption considers leadership to be the most vital and effective machinery of an organisation for overcoming the current changing business ... -
Information security standards and policies compliance by Nigerian banks.
(2019)The modern banking sector is highly dependent on customer information to carry out its daily business. Such information is thus an asset which must be protected from threats; hence banks have adopted policies and standards ... -
Innovation as a strategy for small to medium enterprises’ (SMEs) survival and growth in Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe.
(2018)This study examines how innovation can be used as a strategy by SMEs in Zimbabwe to achieve both survival and growth. A sample of 385 employees and owner managers of the manufacturing SMEs in the Mashonaland West province ... -
Integrated employee participation schemes in the South African gold-mining industry : a study of their effects and dynamics.
(2010)This research study is concerned with the effects and dynamics of 'integrated' schemes of employee participation, where workers are involved in both work-related decision-making, and also share in the profits of their ... -
Investigating predictors for the successful implementation of open innovation: A case of small and medium enterprises in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2022)Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in South Africa’s economic growth. These entities are faced with managerial issues that pose dangers to their survival. Open innovation (OI) emerged as a critical ... -
Investigating service quality perceptions in tertiary institutions : the case of University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2012)The study aimed to gain insight into staff and student perceptions of service quality at tertiary institutions. As noted in the literature review, service marketing has evolved over time, as more research has been conducted ... -
An investigation into the impact of human capital on the performance of small and micro manufacturing ventures (SMMVs) in Tanzania : 1997- 2001.
(2005)Small, Micro, and Medium Enterprises (SMMEs) and their related entrepreneurship are the focus of considerable policy and research interest as they contribute to mobilization of resources, job creation , and poverty alleviation ... -
Knowledge transfer in institutionalised supplier development and organisational performance: evidence from the construction industry in Zambia.
(2021)Globally, the economic rationale for supporting SMEs using public procurement policy is well acknowledged and justified. Public procurement policy can be implemented directly through institutionalised supplier development ... -
Managerial competencies required by library managers to effectively manage change in South African university libraries.
(2009)This study has been undertaken to determine and examine the managerial competencies required by library managers at different managerial levels in effectively managing change in university libraries in South Africa. South ... -
Mapping the nomological networks of sustainability constructs as foundations for social marketing programmes.
(2019)Sustainability is thought of as one of the most complex challenges of our time; one which social marketers can contribute to achieving. However, sustainability has a complicated language that can be easily misinterpreted ... -
Marketing mix's influence on mobile banking adoption by the rural unbanked consumers in Masvingo Province.
(2016)Despite the growing concern in mobile banking adoption research in the developing world, studies focusing on mobile banking adoption by the rural unbanked consumers are significantly missing in Zimbabwe. The major purpose ... -
Marketing strategies of South African manufacturing firms in international markets.
(2006)International marketing has become important to firms of all sizes due to factors such as the continued lowering and elimination of trade barriers, increasing regional integration, improvements in communication and ... -
Optimising socio-economic benefits through competitive logistics systems, infrastructure and novel concepts for the Durban Aerotropolis.
(2020)This case-based research study contributes to the description and understanding of the Durban Aerotropolis strategy and intends to establish how it can be successfully applied, given the logistics and mobility dynamics in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Performance measurement in not-for-profit organisations : relative efficiency among South African public universities
(2000)This interdisciplinary thesis has two principal objectives: to measure the relative efficiency of South Africa's public universities between 1994-97 and to provide explanations for levels of efficiency observed. Two methods ... -
The place of human resource in developing workplace green behaviour model for eThekwini Municipality Durban, South Africa.
(2020)Green human resources management practice is a pro-environmental behavioural strategy that can be employed by HRM departments or HR managers to make their organization adopt a green workplace culture or behaviour. Municipal ... -
Predictors for the successful initiation of Lean in South African public hospitals: the Genesis of the ‘LEAN SPRInT’
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Public procurement : panacea or fallacy - a case of public service delivery in Zimbabwe.
(2015)The public sector plays an important role in the economy in delivering public services and infrastructure development. Public procurement is an essential element in the delivery of these services, through the acquisition ...