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E-grocery challenges and remedies: Global market leaders perspective

Mkansi, M; Eresia-Eke, C; Emmanuel-Ebikake, O (Cogent OA, 2018)

The purpose of the study is to identify logistic elements germane to egrocery businesses, and to reveal the challenges collateral with each logistic element. Further, it strives to create a better understanding of specific ...
Research philosophy debates and classifications: students' dilemma

Mkansi, M; Acheampong, .E.A. (Academic Publishing International Ltd., 2012)

Research philosophy classifications such as ontology, epistemology, and anxiology and their conflicting applications to the ‘quantitative-qualitative’ debates, are a major source of dilemma to research students in establishing ...
Employee well-being framework to facilitate a total safety culture within a nuclear power plant

Van Loggerenberg NJF, /; Nienaber, Hester (American Nuclear Society, 2017)

Employee well-being, i.e. a total state of physical, mental and social health, is a prerequisite for organizational performance. Given its importance, employee well-being is receiving increased attention in the literature ...
Immediate manager, performance evaluation and employee engagement: game changer for organizational performance?

Nienaber, Hester (Global Business and Technology Association, 2017)

This paper reports on a study investigating employee engagement, with specific reference to the dimension 'immediate manager'. Data were collected by electronic survey from 4,099 respondents. The regression analysis showed ...
Differentiating supply chain strategies: The case of light vehicle manufacturers in South Africa.

Ambe, IM (Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2014)

This article reports on an investigation of supply chain strategies that are employed by light vehicle manufacturers in South Africa. The research method used was an exploratory and descriptive study. A face-to-face, ...
Supply chain management as a contributing factor to local government service delivery in South Africa.

Bizana N; Naude MJ; Ambe, IM (Journal of Contemporary Management, 2015)

In the South African news media, there is daily evidence of the breakdown of service provision, particularly in local government, health and social services, policing and judicial support. Within this context, the purpose ...
Factors affecting demand planning in the South African clothing industry.

Matsoma, Ntombizodwa Jolinah; Ambe, IM (Journal of Economics and Behavioural Studies, 2016)

The decline in the number of clothing manufacturers and the effect of globalisation have contributed to complexities in estimations and the scheduling of demand, as well as lead time management in the South African clothing ...
Policies and regulations guiding procurement practices in the South African commuter bus sector

Ambe, IM; Ngcamphalala, TKT (Journal of Contemporary Management, 2016)

The South African government is faced with the challenge of balancing the allocation of limited funds; the appointment of contractors among former government beneficiaries and previously disadvantaged ...
Leadership, risk taking and employee engagement in a South African context

Nienaber, Hester (Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2017)

Leadership is responsible for goal achievement, the ultimate goal of which is the survival and growth of the organisation. Growth is facilitated by innovation, which in turn drives employee engagement. Risk taking spurs ...
Asset allocation in wealth management using stochastic models

Royden-Turner, Stuart Jack (2016-02)

Modern financial asset pricing theory is a broad, and at times, complex field. The literature review in this study covers many of the asset pricing techniques including factor models, random walk models, correlation models, ...
On modelling the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in a closed mixed society

Mudimu, Edinah (2016-06)

This thesis sought to develop an agent-based model that replicates the formation of social and sexual partnerships in real-world settings with an eventual aim of revealing the main drivers of the HIV pandemic in a closed ...
Engagement and strategy

Nienaber, Hester (Knowres, 2016)
A reflection and integration of workforce conceptualisations and measurements for competititive advantage

Nienaber, Hester; Sewdass, Nisha (Journal of Intelligence Studies in Business, 2016)

Workforce management is important in organisational performance. However, executives lament that their workforce management efforts remain ineffective. This comes as no surprise, as workforce measurement poses a challenge ...
The essence of the contemporary business organisation: a critical reflection

Goldman, G; Nienaber, Hester; Pretorius, M (Journa of Global Business and Technology, 2015)

From a critical perspective, a dialectical conversational approach is followed in this paper to revisit and challenge the ontological question of why a business exists in the first place, thus reopening the argument on the ...
Factors hindering strategy implementation as perceived by top, middle and frontline managers in a South African electronics organisation

Van der Merwe, M.M.; Nienaber, Hester (Journa of Global Business and Technology, 2015)

This paper contributes to the debate on strategy implementation failure. It reports on a qualitative case study that explored factors that hindered strategy implementation at a South African electronics organisation. A ...
The quality of teaching and learning of BCom honours degree students at an open distance learning university in South Africa

van Antwerpen, Sumei (Routledge, Francis and Taylor Group, 2015-03-02)

Student support at Unisa involves a range of stakeholders providing academic and administrative support. The study was conducted among Unisa BCom honours students. The main objective of the study was to determine the ...
The impact of leadership practices on service quality in private higher education in South Africa

Dirkse van Schalkwyk, R; Davis, Annemarie; Pellissier, R (2013)

In recent years, higher education institutions in South Africa and, more specifically, private higher education institutions, have faced increasing pressures on many fronts. These pressures include increased competition, ...
Perceptions on safety management within South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs): research and theory

Ferreira, Edmund John; Van Loggerenberg, N.F.J (2011)

This article is based on study of small and medium enterprise (SME) business owners on South Africa on the extent to which their businesses comply with safety legislation, the shortcomings in implementing legislation and ...
Males in predominantly female-dominated positions: A South African perspective

Ferreira, Edmund John; van Antwerpen, Sumei (2010)

Purpose This paper looks at the underrepresentation of male administrative support staff in the female-dominated occupational environment in South African and their perceptions of various intrinsic and extrinsic barriers ...
An exploratory investigation into the application of market strategies by selected JSE-listed companies in the food sector in the period 1996-1999

Nienaber, Hester; Cant, Michael; Strydom, J.W (2002)

The study was sparked by the observation that similar firms, faced with a similar situation and seemingly applying similar market strategies may achieve very different degrees of success. The question was whether the market ...

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