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The development of universities of technology in the higher education landscape in South Africa
(2010)To face the challenges of the 21st century, institutions need to address problems experienced by the modern world. The nature of modern work is changing and continually increasing, with knowledge, information and education. ... -
Digital and interactive content production as part of Lesotho Strategic Development : a brief study on Lesotho working towards national colloboration for updated civil register and voter register in the spirit of improved service delivery
(IEEE, 2014-10)Some say that the world is getting smaller, but I believe with those who say it is not. It just feels smaller, because modern technology helps overcome the distances. To be part of the modern world, with its advantages and ... -
Digital and interactive content production as part of Lesotho strategic development - A brief study on Lesotho working towards National colloboration for updated civil register and voter register in the spirit of improved service delivery
(IEEE, 2014)Some say that the world is getting smaller, but I believe with those who say it is not. It just feels smaller, because modern technology helps overcome the distances. To be part of the modern world, with its advantages and ... -
Disaster risk management in local government : a case study of Foreman and Kennedy Road informal settlements, eThekwini Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
(2011)Disasters have inflicted a heavy cost on human, materials and physical resources, and degradation to the environment. Furthermore, disasters have negative physical impacts (which include casualities and property damage) ... -
Distribution tactics for success in turbulent versus stable environments: A complexity theory approach
(AOSIS OpenJournalshttp://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.112, 2013)This article proposes that the external environment influences the choice of distribution tactics. Since businesses and markets are complex adaptive systems, using complexity theory to understand such environments is ... -
Dividing the spoils? mining and tourism in South Africa
(MCSER PublishingDoi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n2p87, 2014-01)This article looks at the mining and tourism sectors through the prisms of a society still attempting to redress the evils of the apartheid past. In so doing, it provides a typology of the dominant characteristics active ... -
Dividing the spoils? Mining and tourism in South Africa
(MCSER Publishinghttp://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/1963/1962, 2014-01)This article looks at the mining and tourism sectors through the prisms of a society still attempting to redress the evils of the apartheid past. In so doing, it provides a typology of the dominant characteristics active ... -
The ecology of teaching : efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness of teaching and learning of tourism in township high schools
(Kamla-Raj Publishers, 2014)The present paper explores the underpinnings that drive efficiency, efficacy and effectiveness in teaching and learning of tourism in some few township high schools. The variables scrutinized have been elicited through the ... -
The economic impact of tourism on the local community of Bergville
(2012-08-17)Tourism is playing an increasingly important role in the local national economy. The outstanding beauty of the northern Drakensberg is a prime tourist attraction in KwaZulu-Natal, attracting a regular flow of tourists ... -
The economic impacts of tourism on the local community of Bergville, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2015-10)Tourism is playing an increasingly important role in the local and national economy. The outstanding beauty of the northern Drakensberg is a prime tourist attraction in KwaZulu-Natal, attracting a regular flow of tourists ... -
Economic inequality as a source of interpersonal violence : Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa
(SAJEMShttp://sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/782/499, 2015)This article examines whether the close association of income inequality and violence identified for high income countries applies also to sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular, to South Africa. Cross sectional analysis ... -
The effect of organizational change on productivity : a case study of a safety glass manufacturing division within the PG Group
(2005)The research problem investigates to what extent the introduction of change has affected employee motivation and job satisfaction with reference to organizational productivity. -
The effect that a quality management system has on small, medium and micro enterprises in the Durban Metropolitan area of KwaZulu-Natal
(2011)Quality management has not been developed and marketed well in South African based small, medium and micro enterprises (SMME‟s). The focus of SMME‟s has been on product price. In order to improve small business initiatives ... -
The effectiveness of an induction programme for newly appointed staff at Coastal KZN FET College
(2012-10-16)The research project focussed on the effectiveness of an induction programme for newly appointed staff at Coastal KZN FET College in Kwa-Zulu Natal. The main aim of the study was to investigate the perceptions of educators ... -
The effectiveness of computer-aided teaching on the quality of learning data handling in mathematics in grade seven
(2011)The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of computer-aided teaching on the quality of learning data handling in mathematics in grade seven. The rationale for this study was based on the information ... -
The effectiveness of computer-aided teaching on the quality of learning geometric concepts by grade 7 learners at a selected primary school in KwaZulu-Natal
(2013-06-05)The emphasis of geometry is of such significance that the current National Curriculum Statement has included the learning of two-and three-dimensional shape from grade R. However it is observed that teachers rely on ... -
The effectiveness of contracting bursary students to the Department of Health (KwaZulu-Natal) as a specialist skills retention strategy
(2006)Imbalance in the health workforce is a major challenge for health policy-makers, since human resources are the most important of the health systems input (Sanders & Lloyd) Several developed nations are increasingly relying ... -
The effectiveness of the ISO 9001:2000 quality management standard on performance and customer satisfaction at a selected organisation
(2010)Over the years, organisations have been criticised for implementing the ISO 9000 Quality Management Standards purely as a marketing strategy without any commitment to improving quality and customer satisfaction. This ... -
The effectiveness of the lean enterprise strategy in the electrical pre-payment manufacturing industry in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)
(2009)Competition is increasing as trading borders continue to widen in this global marketplace. As a result, South African organisations need to improve their efficiencies. The primary objective of the study was to examine the ... -
The effects of consumer ethnocentrism on the establishment of a consideration set of convenience products
(2014-05-20)The establishment of choice set from which consumers identify their preferred product and/brand choices arouses some interest among researchers, specifically within the context of international marketing. This curiosity ...