Productivity is one of the strategic areas in which
organisations seek to achieve long-term prosperity. It has
been argued that firms that can improve the input-output
relationship would improve their profitability ...
Technology has the ability to open up completely new markets and to radically shake up
existing ones. The major breakthroughs in technology have altered the relationships
between marketers and consumers, and did so on a ...
Social entrepreneurship and international business theory have not been properly introduced. Many authors conducted micro-studies within their field of interest but limited information has been published on the opportunity ...
IT projects continue to fail at an alarming rate. The majority of IT initiatives have a significant impact within organisations due to the integrative nature of IT systems and as a result the cost of this failure is high. ...
Mtotywa, Matolwandile Mzuvukile(University of South Africa, 2007)
The aim of this study was to investigate a productivity measurement at the South
African Minting Company and evaluate the relationship between productivity and
quality.
Special emphasis was given to profit-linked total ...
De Wet, G.F.(University of South Africa, 2007-11-30)
The purpose of the study is to develop a project health check model to evaluate
the status of projects within the coal mining industry. The model will be based on
the Buttrick (2000) project health check model as described ...
The competences of project managers are a vital role in projects success. An exten-sive literature survey was conducted to determine the constitution of an adequate knowledge base for would-be project managers.
A ...
Haupt, Nico Retief(University of South Africa, 2007)
This study covers an investigation into project management best practices in
Southern Africa. The purpose of the research was to determine which of the
current accepted project management tools and techniques are seen ...
Organizations are seen as custodians of portfolio of projects and are increasingly delivering their businesses through multiple complex programs. To be successful in delivering their businesses, these organizations are ...
In today's knowledge intensive society humans and human capital are at the centre of economic progress. While companies focused on achieving succes in the past by concentrating on technological advances and ensuring that ...
The research project aimed to establish whether corporate governance is important to investors from a value perspective. The implications and recommendations for further research were provided.
Business in the twenty-first century has become global and being able to deal
effectively with others who are culturally different has become a business
necessity (Thomas & Inkson, 2004). Understanding and working with ...
The decision to enter a foreign market has long-term implications for the investing
firm, as has its choice of entry mode. The hierarchical model of market entry modes
proposes that entry modes can be categorised as ...
The South African Post Office is investing large amounts of money in IT.
Organisations were encouraged by the notion that investing in IT correlates with higher returns and the delivery of expected results by replacing ...
Organisations are increasingly delivering their business through multiple complex programs and facing the challenge of building project management capability. An organisational Project Management Maturity Assessment is an ...
South Africa’s unique history has produced an organisational climate where race groups forcibly separated in the past, have to now work together in harmony. Limited interaction between the ethnic groups creates a culturally ...
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of employee
orientat ion on the implementat ion of market ing st rategy in the banking
sector. To gain compet it ive advantage, a bank needs to be able to
measure an ...
This study examined how online social networking (OSN) leads to increased communication and collaboration across inter-firm boundaries. This online social networking behaviour represents significant opportunities to firms ...
Male stereotyping together with perception of women as inferior is hindering
recognition of women in senior managerial positions.
Through pervious studies regarding female leadership, conducted all over the world,
the ...