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African workplace spirituality in South African mines

Author: Makgoba, Thabo Cecil Date: 2009 This research explores the role of spirituality in an African mining context with specific reference to spinal cord-injured mine workers. In this study, spinal cord-injured, black male South African workers were interviewed using a specifically ... Read more
Application of lean management in the provisioning of textbooks to Eastern Cape public schools

Author: Simayi, Siyabonga Date: 2008 This study is conceived to assess the apparently simple but very critical process of supplying textbooks in the Eastern Cape (EC) public schools. Lean Thinking and Value Stream Mapping (VSM) philosophies, a derivative of the Toyota Production ... Read more
Bayesian participatory-based decision analysis : an evolutionary, adaptive formalism for integrated analysis of complex challenges to social-ecological system sustainability

Author: Peter, Camaren Date: 2010 This dissertation responds to the need for integration between researchers and decision-makers who are dealing with complex social-ecological system sustainability and decision-making challenges. To this end, we propose a new approach, called ... Read more
Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment : a human capital development approach

Author: Mbabane, Loyiso Mzisi Date: 2007 This study develops a theoretical framework for Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, using a Human Capital Development approach. This framework is then employed to evaluate the Codes of Good Practice on Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment ... Read more
Compassion in organizations: sensemaking and embodied experience in emergent relational capability. A phenomenological study in South African human service organizations

Author: Train, Katherine Judith Date: 2015 Compassion in organizations is researched as a three-stage process of collective noticing another's pain, empathic concern or feeling another's pain and taking action to ease their suffering, and is ascribed to the orchestration of spontaneous ... Read more
Decentralisation in South African local government : a critical evaluation

Author: Siddle, Andrew McCalman Date: 2011 The South African local government model is considered to be decentralised in character, incorporating various constitutional, policy and statutory instruments to enable local government to achieve its constitutionally mandated developmental ... Read more
The experiences of people with disabilities during their integration and retention into employment in South Africa

Author: McKinney, Emma Louise Date: 2013 The aim of this thesis is to identify the employment integration and retention experiences of people with disabilities in South Africa. The objectives of the study are to examine factors that influence these experiences. These factors include ... Read more
Factors relating to and impacting eGovernment readiness in South Africa : a case of the Western Cape Government

Author: Noruwana, Nimrod Date: 2015 Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become increasingly important in enabling governments to deliver services to their citizens. Developing countries have limited understanding of what needs to be in place for governments ... Read more
Governing regional telecommunication networks in a developing region: the SADC case

Author: Calandro, Enrico Simone Date: 2015 One of the political and economic responses to globalisation and the associated rise of multilateral trade agreements is the integration of national markets and their governance within regions. As developing economies have become increasingly ... Read more
The impact of action strategies on entrepreneurial success of emerging

Author: Basardien, Fawzy Date: 2011 Research in the field of financial management of start-up SMEs in South Africa has suggested that many of these businesses could benefit from the implementation of rudimentary financial management practices such as improved access to finance ... Read more
Independent power projects in Africa : balancing development and investment outcomes

Author: Gratwick, Katharine Nawaal Date: 2007 In the early 1990s, a new model emerged for the provision of electricity generation across developing regions. The model involved private sector participation in the form of independent power projects (IPP). Driving this change in business ... Read more
An inquiry into the nature of effective dialogue and discourse and peacebuilding through leadership

Author: Mwagiru, Nyambura Date: 2016 The research study and findings presented in this work underscore the necessity to design and develop effective strategies for inter-paradigm dialogue and discourse for peacebuilding. The study argues that adoption and application of appropriate ... Read more
A macroeconometric analysis of South Africa’s post-liberalisation capital inflow components

Author: Gossel, Sean J Date: 2011 In common with emerging countries in Asia and Latin America, South Africa received substantial capital inflows following socio-political and financial liberalisation in the mid-1990s. However, unlike many other emerging countries, the bulk ... Read more
A model of the diffusion of management science in South African business

Author: Wright, David Shawe Date: 1976 This thesis presents a model of the process of diffusion of Management Science activity in South African business. A preliminary model is derived from available literature describing Management Science diffusion in the United States and Europe. ... Read more
Monetary policy and economic performance - evidence from selected African countries

Author: Fiador, Vera Ogeh Lassey Date: 2016 The main aim of this dissertation is to broaden the understanding of the monetary policy transmission mechanism as it operates in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ultimate goal is to aid in the appropriate design and implementation of monetary policy ... Read more
Power sector reform in Africa : the paradox of hybrid markets

Author: Malgas, Isaac Date: 2009 For many countries in Africa, power sectors in are characterised by insufficient generation capacity. Due to poor financial and operational performances, many state-owned utilities have had inadequate financial reserves to invest in additional ... Read more
Strategy and financial performance of South African industrial companies

Author: Andrews, Grenville Stafford Date: 1979 This thesis analyses the impact of strategy on the financial performance and risk of industrial firms quoted on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange over the period 1970 - 1976. This is the first study investigating the impact of strategy on ... Read more
Stress management and organisation development : effects of transcendental meditation on psychological, physiological, and organisational variables at the worksite

Author: Broome, John Richard Napier Date: 1995 This study evaluated the effectiveness of a stress reduction intervention (SRI) offered to employees at one worksite where 80 were employed. 41 Volunteers (aged 21-65) participated in Transcendental Meditation (TM), and 18 (aged 19-46) in ... Read more
Synthetic industrial diamond : a technological outlook

Author: Japp, Stephen Glen Date: 1997 Synthetic diamonds are successfully substituting for natural diamonds in the area of industrial application. Synthetic diamonds increased their market share from 10% in 1960 to 50% in 1968 and to 90% in 1994. The success of synthetic diamonds ... Read more
Women's knowledge systems and their potential contribution to leadership and socio-political transformation

Author: Mwagiru, Njeri Date: 2016 At a theoretical and practical level of inquiry, the research presented in this thesis explores the potential of women's contributions to epistemology and knowledge for enhanced leadership, organisational performance and sustainable processes ... Read more

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