Maintenance of low-income rental housing is a management function that
is a component of facilities, and property management. The program
studied here is supposed to be a community initiative targeting vulnerable
social ...
The purpose of this study is to analyse approaches of managers in development co-operation in facing challenges of complexity, change and the unknown. The research has been conducted as an explanatory case study on four ...
Secondary school principals have been faced with different challenges since the introduction of the new system of education that is in line with the South African democratic changes. The most demanding challenges faced by ...
Talent retention is an important aspect for South Africa in general. The shortage of talented individuals exacerbates the dearth that exists in the workplace today. Coupled with the shortage of talented employees are the ...
Librarians do not generally regard themselves as mangers even though their actual job
content negates this claim. In a survey study conducted on a group of middle
management librarians at the University of the Witwatersrand, ...
With the constant evolution in technology, organisations are exploring new and
innovative ways of gaining competitive advantage. The purpose of this study was to
determine the potential benefits and opportunities of Voice ...
In countries hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, as in South Africa, the care for AIDS orphans and children affected by AIDS will fall primarily on households and communities. However, with the increasing burden on the family system ...
South Africa has made huge strides in the policy process arena, more specifically
policy that is directed at addressing the injustices of its Apartheid past. These
gains have been predominantly in respect of policy ...
Innovation and therefore the management of innovation has increased in importance in
recent times, as the need to grow, change and remain sustainable becomes a larger
focus for organisations. In general, managers are ...
The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) is responsible for the management of
Water Resources in South Africa. Its intention is to manage the Water Resources
at local level along with the users or beneficiaries.
With that ...
The Ghana government introduction of the weija dam water supply programme to the Accra
Metropolis is faced with the problem of inability to expand the treatment plant and in particular,
water supply to Kasoa community. ...
Transformation is of paramount importance within the South African context. It
offers the potential to not only create a competitive edge for those
organisations that embrace change, but also offers the opportunity to ...
In religious circles where core-business is pastoral, management has not been considered important. Meanwhile, the clergy perform managerial functions combined with their pastoral roles. The problem is that little research ...
The evolution of the social work profession is of such a nature that more emphasis is put on soft skills like listening, communication, problem-solving, empathy, among others; hence their dependence on paper-based systems ...
Prior to the 1980’s, the historically staid and conservative legal profession had
not been compelled to react to a dynamic and changing business environment;
neither had it been subjected to any meaningful form of ...
Employee recruitment plays a key role in attracting workforce to organizations.
However, fulfilling recruitment objectives is never an easy task for many organizations
especially those in the public sector. The Ministry ...
South African electricity utilities are spending billions of rand on capital
expansion projects to address an aging electricity infrastructure where capacity
has been outpaced by the growth in the economy. This expenditure ...
The growing congestion and waiting experience of passengers at airports enforces airport management to find ways of upgrading the airport environment and find analytical and simulation models that will predict a variety ...
Owing to the constraints on traditional organisations, such as limited infrastructure
and resources, companies are forming alliances and joint ventures in order to
execute large, “fast track” projects, which they would ...
The study aimed to assess whether Nonprofit Organisations (NPOs) are
utilising any systems or techniques to manage and to evaluate their
programmes. The study further aimed to establish if there is a link between
organisations ...