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Adequacy of project based financial management systems of small and medium construction enterprises in Botswana

Ssegawa-Kaggwa, Joseph (2008-10)

The thesis documents findings of a study conducted to develop a project based financial management system (PBFMS) whose role was viewed as a contributor to the successful delivery of projects leading to improved financial ...
Analysing the relationship between business and information system decisions

Pretorius, Petrus Johannes Jacobus (1998-02)

Organisations do not know how to effectively employ information systems to their benefit because business and information system(IS) decisions are not aligned and due to a lack of understanding of the different types of ...
Analysis of small business social responsibility practices in South Africa

Masarira, Spiwe Kursawa (2014-06)

Social responsibility (SR) is a business management concept that originated in the early 1930s after the Wall Street crash of 1929 exposed corporate irresponsibility in large organizations. Whilst the initial interpretation ...
Analysis of South African pension fund conversions: 1980-2006; developing a model for dealing with environmental change

George, Dion Travers (2009-08-25)

Between 1980-2006, thousands of South African pension funds converted members from defined benefit to defined contribution structures. This research set out to answer the questions of why this phenomenon occurred and whether ...
Assessment of the reinsurance business in developing countries : case of Ethiopia

Mezgebe Mihretu Woldegebriel (2010-12)

There are contrasting views about the impact of cross border reinsurance business in developing countries. In the literature, some argue that cross border reinsurance plays a critical role in strengthening risk absorbance, ...
Best practices for implementing multiple concurrent IT frameworks (CMMI, ITIL, Six-Sigma, CobiT and PMBOK)

Harryparshad, Nirvasha (2012-08-20)

This research report aims to provide an insight into the implementation of multiple concurrent IT frameworks, and how to best implement each of the chosen frameworks resulting in a hybrid of best practices for implementing ...
Black/white joint small business ventures in South Africa

Miller, Patricia Kathryn (1998-06)

The political history of South Africa, especially that of the apartheid years, has affected the structuring and functioning of business in the country profoundly. In general, White business is highly developed and formal, ...
Blended funding model : an option to close the small and medium enterprise (sme) funding gap in South Africa

Baloyi, Foster (2022-11)

One of the constraints faced by owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) around the world is a lack of access to external funding. The majority of South African black-owned enterprises experience funding challenges ...
Business process reengineering and organizational performance : a case of Ethiopian banking sector

Abdurezak Mohammed Kuhil (2014-03-17)

Since the late eighties, BPR has established itself as one of the attractive radical change management option for coping and adapting to the new competitive market environment and become popular both in the public and ...
The case for an executive coaching model for private healthcare in South Africa

Dorning, Augusta Waller (2009-12)

No abstract available
A comparative study of how banks responded to a turbulent and chaotic environment in Zimbabwe, 2000 – 2008

Mamvura, Douglas (2015-06)

The concept of strategy has advanced significantly from when the emphasis fell on comprehensive, systematic and rational planning. However, many of the assumptions that were embedded in traditional strategy models were ...
Competitiveness and strategic change : a longitudinal study of the interactions between tourism industry and air Seychelles 1970 to 2007

Padayachy, Lunez Jude (2010-06)

In studying organisational change in Air Seychelles, the context, content and process of change together with the interconnections of the airline and the tourism industry in Seychelles through time is explored. The literature ...
A conceptual framework for the adoption and implementation of online reverse auctions in South Africa

Tlhako, Sibongile Jabulile (2022-07-25)

Digital technologies enable a deep rationalisation in the purchase of supplies between organisations, with positive cost-reducing spin-offs on wise e-procurements adoptions with savings of up to an 8-12% average to the ...
A conceptual model for transforming construction companies into full-fledged project-based organizations : the case of Ethiopia

Henok Asfaw Hailu (2023-04-03)

Local construction firms in Ethiopia and other emerging economies face fierce competition from international construction giants, local market dynamics, and other economic setups. A plethora of studies on the Ethiopian ...
The conceptualisation, development and validation of a South African organisational leadership scale

Enslin, Ebenhaezer (2023-01-06)

This study conceptualised and developed a South African leadership scale by exploring the nature of organisational leadership. Emic organisational leadership behaviours were identified and defined, theoretically and ...
Constructing a framework to measure the readiness of women to participate as directors in company boards

Kula, Xoliswa Eugenia (2018-09)

This study draws from the Board Gender Diversity (BGD) theory; and is set out to investigate board gender diversity in South Africa with the intention to construct a framework to measure board-readiness of women. The study ...
Consumer behaviour with respect to domestic water in Mauritius including a model

Sowdagur, Daramdeo (2009-08-25)

Literature survey shows that with, a few exceptions, the consumer behaviour of domestic water consumers has not been a common area of research. This explains the scarcity of information in this specific field. This scarcity ...
A contractor-driven stakeholder relationship management framework for Botswana's construction industry

Taimu, Marian (2020-07)

Evidence from relevant literature indicates that abandoned and failed projects have become prevalent in the Botswana context. Poor stakeholder management has been identified as a salient contributor to this challenge. To ...
Corporate governance and the performance of South African national government departments : a balanced scorecard perspective

Nyathi, Miseria Tishaniso (2022-09-19)

When poor organisational performance is exposed, factors responsible for such results also get revealed, and progressive organisations strive to turn those factors into drivers of performance. Linked to public performance ...
Credit risk measurement model for small and medium enterprises : the case of Zimbabwe

Dambaza, Marx (2020)

The advent of Basel II Capital Accord has revolutionised credit risk measurement (CRM) to the extent that the once “perceived riskier bank assets” are now accommodated for lending. The Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) ...

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