The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that medium-sized South African companies
consider important in the acquisition of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.
Through an extensive literature ...
The purpose of this research was to uncover how IT organisations respond in the context of climate change as a result of their traditionl data center approaches, as illustrated by EDS' UK operation in a case study. The ...
This study looks at the nature of the selection and admissions policies in place in the faculty of humanities at the University of the Witwatersrand. Data was collected qualitatively using semi-structured interviews and ...
Investors always try to protect their investments under different market conditions
(Schinasi and Smith 2000) by finding trends and predicting the future of the
market. Investors use different investment strategies. Value ...
Historical research has found a larger than expected premium between equity returns and bond returns. This large premium in observed returns is much larger than the expected premium derived from risk/return equilibrium ...
This report investigated the linkages between three important components of the financial
market in South Africa, namely equity risk premium, inflation and market volatility. While
research has revealed strong relationships ...
News media executives are facing many challenges and their future success depends on their ability to understand the ideological consequences of these challenges. The changing pattern (through technology, capital, ownership, ...
In recent years, the cellular industry has seen a massive growth in terms of
providing cell phone services to people in different parts of the world including
South Africa. This technology has made the world a smaller ...
ADSL is an important broadband technology for South Africa that has the ability to
have a significant positive impact on the socio-economic environment of the country.
As ADSL uses existing network infrastructure, it ...
In accordance with the principles of redress and affirmative action, the postapartheid
South African government has identified the need for transformation of
the arts and culture dispensation. The ongoing exploitation ...
The discipline of executive coaching in South Africa has emerged as a growing leadership development trend over the past 15 years. Organisations, whilst investing in executive coaching as a developmental tool, have begun ...
The combination of highly mobile talent workers and the turbulent economy places more responsibility on organisations to be proactive in managing their human capital through an effective talent management system. The ability ...
In 2003, a decision was taken by African Heads of State and Government to establish
the Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), a voluntary initiative, which had as goal to enable
member states to assess and assist each other in ...
Early in the new millennium, the post-apartheid South African government invested in the emerging biotechnology and health biotechnology sector to start addressing the country’s health and development challenges. The ...
In light of the electricity supply constraint that South Africa is facing, electricity
distribution utilities are looking towards residential demand response (DR) as a
demand side management solution. The estimation of ...
Performance appraisal is one element of the performance management process which
involves different measurements throughout the organization. But it is the element that
is most important if organisations are to take full ...
Investment promotion agencies (IPAs) around the world are competing to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to their countries. The competition is especially rife in developing countries and the same holds true for South ...
Managers in firms across the country are faced with the challenge of making key
decisions regarding the justification and/or approval of IT investment on hardware
and software assets, along with the associated professional ...
The Constitutional imperative for cooperation within government is
especially critical in the environmental sector, since cross-cutting
mandates for environmental management require coherent and integrated
governance. ...
Marketing performance measurement is a burning platform for both the academics and practitioners. Marketing spend is seen as rising with no means for marketers to quantify the returns. Marketing performance measurement is ...