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    Perceived barriers to digitalization by small-scale farmers Gauteng Province
    (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2022) Choguya, Donald
    Digitalization in the fourth industrial revolution era has transformed many industries across the board. However, there are some that have been affected more than the others as depicted in the digital vortex. Lagging is the agricultural sector. This study was a quantitative research study that utilized a sample of 40 small-scale farmers to be representative of the Gauteng Province small-scale farmers. The research related the perceived barriers to digitalization and its impact to the agricultural activities of small-scale farmers in Gauteng Province. The data was analysed using the multiple regression analysis and correlation coefficient. Analysis of the results showed a massive gap between small-scale farmers and commercial farmers on the adoption of digitalization. Further analysis indicated that small-scale farmers were less likely to be impacted by digitalization to adopt technological utilization. It was also found that small-scale farmers were contributors to food production. Finally, it was also discovered that small-scale farmers were less established to adapt and adopt to digitalization in their agricultural activities due to various barriers. The recommendations were that there was need to do more research to find ways to bridge the gap to digitalization between small-scale farmers in Gauteng Province and commercial farmers. So that small-scale farmers in Gauteng Province especially the small-scale farmers in rural areas could also be exposed to the digitalization of operations to enable them to improve production
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    The barriers to digital transformation in the Wits School of Oral Sciences
    (University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, 2023) Dandawa, Donald; Ochara, Nixon M.
    Owing to changes in technology industries are going through digital transformation but in some instances, the digital transformation endeavours fail. This study focused on Wits School of Oral Health Sciences (WSOHS) with a view to understanding the barriers to digital transformation and proposing strategies for circumventing the barriers. The study used a combination of stakeholder theory and the status quo bias theory as the lens. Using quantitative research methods, stratified random sampling was used to select participants who included employees which added up to 245 and 218 student population. A total of 168 participants eventually took part in the research by completing a questionnaire. The responses where then analysed using SPSS, Various statistics which includes frequencies, measures of central tendency and dispersion as well as unadjusted ordinal logistic regression were calculated, and the study found out that lack of connection to strategy and execution and lack of collaboration across departments where the two major reasons why digital transformation was failing. The possible strategies that can be employed to make digital transformation a success include aligning on the why of digital transformation as well as preparing and dealing with culture change. Results of the unadjusted ordinal logistic regression analysis on factors associated with enabling digital transformation were that students, impact of digital transformation, extent of barriers, and intentions impact were significantly associated with digital transformation at the 5% significance level. The conclusion drawn from the study is that there is a multiplicity of factors that impeded digital transformation and that multipronged strategies need to be used to make sure that digital transformation initiatives succeed.