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Theses and Dissertations (Operations Management): Recent submissions

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Developing a framework for the adaption of lean manufacturing principles for state-owned entities in South Africa

Thango, Unathi (2024-02-02)

Imagine a South Africa where state-owned entities (SOEs) not only drive economic growth but also deliver impeccable services to citizens, all while operating efficiently and sustainably. Unfortunately, this vision is ...
Investigating the influence of first-year expectations and experiences on student academic performance

Booi, Elizabeth Mmapholo (2024-01)

This study examines the impact of first-year university students’ expectations and experiences on their academic performance to enable early strategic interventions. The research is grounded in various theoretical ...
Exploring the accuracy-explainability trade-off on credit scoring classifiers

Mtiyane, Sibusiso (2024-02)

Recent research has highlighted the significance of accuracy and explainability of classification models applied across various disciplines. A wide range of classification models and combinations of models have been ...
Assessing work engagement of street traders (vendors) in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

Mabasa, Dumisani Godfrey (2023-01-31)

The study was conducted to determine the occupational well-being of street traders, the most visible own-account workers in the informal sector, by assessing their work engagement through the UWES. The UWES is one of the ...
Assessment of human factors as a main contributory factor to youth-related road fatalities, and countermeasures to address the problem

Mofokeng, Motselisi Precious (2023-05)

Road-related deaths contribute significantly to the death rate in South Africa (SA) and across the world, especially among the youth. The current study investigated road fatalities among the age group classified as ...
Academic-Staff Rating Index (ARI) System

Mokole, Thapelo Godwin (2021-06)

Supervising students at a distance presents numerous social, mental, professional, and individual challenges on the student- supervisor relationship, and on the substance, progress, and conveyance. From the literature ...
Green logistics practices in Botswana : challenges and prospects for the large construction companies

Mpondori, Priscilla Fungai (2020-04)

The construction industry is generally characterised by limited implementation of green logistics. With that in mind, this study aimed to examine the nature and extent of green logistics practices in large construction ...
Adopting green information and communication technology: barriers for South African small and medium enterprises

Bok, Elizma Sharee (2019-12)

Green information and communication technology (ICT) is viewed as a pioneering initiative that plays a key role in reducing the negative impact of ICT on the environment. The research problem of the study was the low green ...
Exploration of intrapreneurship practices to improve service delivery within the O.R. Tambo District Municipality

Ntoyanto-Tyatyantsi, Nonceba (2018-01)

The general poor service delivery in municipalities raised the question of whether the incorporation of an intrapreneurship spirit might contribute in enhancing the effectiveness of service delivery in municipalities. The ...
A supply chain coordination framework for Malaria treatment therapies in general hospitals in Uganda

Nagitta, Oluka Pross (2019-03)

Building supply chain coordination frameworks is a popular practice in the private sector in many developed countries. Despite this fact, in developing countries such as Uganda, the public health sector has hardly adopted ...
The influence of leadership styles (as per Lewin) on the strategy-formulation-implementation-performance gap : An exploratory case study of selected organisations in the South African wine industry

Morkel, Annelize (2018-06)

Purpose: The strategy-to-performance gap is a contemporary problem that causes organisations to perform less than optimal or fail. Leadership, strategy and performance are complex areas of research on the topic with lack ...
A total quality service framework for private higher education in South Africa

Van Schalkwyk, Riaan Dirkse (2018-07)

The primary purpose of this study was to develop an industry-specific total quality service framework (as a potential basis for an established total quality service model) for private higher education institutions in South ...
An African feminist study of talent management practices applied to improve gender equality in JSE-listed South African mining boards : a multiple case analysis

Moraka, Nthabiseng Violet (2018-05)

Mining as a historical male-dominated space is confronted by various transformational structural changes. While the racial composition of mining boards has improved, gender representation of women in boards is problematic. ...
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 ...
On optimising FAC(M) counter missile tactics : a dynamic simulation model to optimise soft kill tactics employed by a generic fast attack craft against a generic surface-to-surface, fire-and-forget missile

Engelbrecht, Gerhard Nieuwoudt (1997-11)

The aim of this dissertation is to show how counter missile tactics for a fast attack craft armed with missiles [FAC(M)] against a surface-to-surface, fireand- forget missile [SSM] can be optimised. As a result the ship ...
An analysis of conveyancing business processes in South Africa

Amadi-Echendu, Anthea (2013-11)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the conveyancing process in South Africa with a view to identify how the process might be improved in terms of its efficiency and effectiveness. Land is an asset and still remains ...
Exploring factors contributing to the strategy-to-performance gap : the case of a South African electronics organisation

Van der Merwe, Margrietha Magdalena (2014-05-27)

"Can you define 'plan' as 'a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance'? If so, it was a very good plan." Jonathan Stroud, The Ring of ...
Developing a relationship value model (RVM) for the South African B2B automotive supply chain

Tolmay, Aletta Sophia (2013-02-27)

In the light of the global competitive markets, firms are motivated to reduce costs and increase benefits derived from collaboration. As a result of this, customers reduce the number of suppliers and rather focus on ...
Total quality management and organisational performance in the Maluti-A-Phofung municipality in the Free State Province

Masejane, Thamae Paulus (2012-02)

The overall aim of this study is to determine whether and how the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) can improve organisational performance in the Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality. There is a reason to believe that ...

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