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  • Opportunities under the Clean Development Mechanism and Barriers to Investment. 
    Beck, Nigel Darnley (2011-03-18)
    The need to reduce the global carbon footprint and mitigate the adverse effects of global warming led to the Kyoto Protocol, an international action plan set up under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...
  • The Order of Customer Acquisition of Financial Services in South Africa 
    NGWENYA, Mthunzi Abednigo (2012-11-20)
    Acquisition pattern analysis (APA) of nancial services is a fairly new eld with most of the empirical research having been conducted in developed economies, and few research in developing economies. These studies looked ...
  • Organisational challenges in the formulation process of a Mineral Resource Management Systems Strategy in South Africa 
    Andersen, Donovan Cedric (2011-11-22)
    A case study conducted on the challenges encountered during the formulation process of a systems strategy to facilitate an organisational change within the mining environment. With the economic climate of 2009 many ...
  • Organisational Cultural Conditions and Creativity and Innovation in the South African Media Industry 
    Crwys-Williams, Geraint (2012-02-13)
    Many organisations turn to innovation as a potential source of quick additional profits, or in the hope that the sudden surge of creative focus will deliver to the business a powerful new element of competitive advantage ...
  • ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EDUCATION DISTRICT IN CURRICULUM DELIVERY 
    Sadie, Stephen (2011-10-20)
    The district plays a key role in the education system. It is one of the few places that can drive systemic reform in schools, yet even the legislation is silent on the powers of the district. Not only have districts been ...
  • ORGANISATIONAL STORYTELLING 
    du Preez, Anché (2011-04-05)
    Literature suggested that little documented and published research had been done on the role of storytelling within management development (Greco 1996, McKenna 1999, Jardi and Pounder 2001). The purpose of this research ...
  • THE ORIGINS OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOLS ACT 
    Bembe, Nomfundo Patience (2011-11-22)
    This research investigated the emergence on of financial provisions in the South Africa Schools Act (SASA). This was motivated by the need to understand key issues that helped to shape education policies in postapartheid South ...
  • Outsourcing of Facilities 
    Schilder, Peter A. (2011-06-10)
    Outsourcing is widely regarded as a powerful business process that can be employed to streamline an organisation’s operations. This study explores the outsourcing of Facilities Management in the South African Private ...
  • OUTSOURCING WITHIN THE SOUTH 
    McCosh, John (2011-05-13)
    As a result of increased competition, an increasingly business environment causing fluctuating hotel occupancies, South African hotels have had to rely more on outsourcing activities to remain competitive. The aim of ...
  • OVERSIGHT AND SUPPORT ROLES OF LIMPOPO PROVINCIAL TREASURY 
    Raphesu, Mosibudi Patricia (2011-04-19)
    The state has a developmental mandate to the citizens of the country. This development is achieved through, among others, the allocation and distribution of resources in specific areas of developmental need. This allocation ...
  • THE OVERSIGHT ROLE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEES WITH REFERENCE TO THE GAUTENG PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE 
    MAKONDO, TINYIKO (2011-04-19)
    Parliamentary oversight is fundamental for executive accountability in the utilisation of public resources. Public Accounts Committees within parliament play a crucial role in ensuring effective accountability in this ...
  • OWNER-MANAGER STRATEGIES 
    Poulos, Nicolette (2011-06-08)
    In recent years small businesses have contributed to countries economies through increased production and turnover. Growth in small businesses can play a key role in adding value for the economy because growth stimulates ...
  • THE PARADOX OF INDIVIDUALISM IN HIERARCHICAL ORGANISATIONS 
    Steeneveldt, Llewellyn Jude (2011-10-20)
    Despite the rise of second wave organisational structures, organisational hierarchies have proven to be resilient and adaptive to change. Given this restrictive reality, grid-group cultural theory suggests that individualists ...
  • PARENTS’ PREFERRED ATTRIBUTES 
    Mendes, Hugo (2011-05-17)
    The business model of education – which treats parents as customers – has been adopted in order to perform a detailed study of parents’ preferences within the context of School Effectiveness Research. In t h i s study, ...
  • THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS IN MALAWI 
    Machado, Francis (2012-11-14)
    This is a report on the participation of women in parliamentary politics in Malawi as told by themselves and stakeholders that are involved in efforts to bring equal representation to parliamentary politics and decision ...
  • Passenger service quality expectations as perceived by long haul airline managers in South Africa 
    Lambert, Adam (2012-11-20)
    The elements of the service quality mix are an important consideration for airlines in deciding on the level of service provision offered by their airline. This study aimed to determine passenger expectations of service ...
  • The Path to Legitimacy and the 
    Gallagher, Christina (2011-04-12)
    For almost a century, informal traders and the local government in Johannesburg have debated policies regulating the informal sector. Initial policies severely restricted the sector by imposing strict criteria for operating ...
  • Perceived Barriers to Consumer 
    Thornton, Philip (2011-04-19)
    Internationally, mobile banking usage is growing, in South Africa the adoption of mobile banking has been slow. The research considers the perceived barriers users face when considering mobile banking, by using the Sarker ...
  • Perceived benefits and limitations of the SAP system implementation in local government in South Africa 
    Mutapiri, Pedzisai (2011-05-30)
    In order to continuously remain competitive in today‟s information age and global economy, many organisations world-wide have implemented expensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The difficulties, challenges ...
  • PERCEIVED BENEFITS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 
    Monareng, Geraldine Makole (2011-05-19)
    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been found to have different meanings to different communities in different countries. The perception of the benefits derived by various stakeholder groups remains a contentious ...

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