The marginal and low-income groups face a number of obstacles in their quest to
secure housing finance to improve their living conditions. South Africa has a sophisticated and effective finance system. However, it appears ...
One of the major problems facing SMME’s in the South African clothing industry is the surge of clothing imported particularly from China, which negatively impacts on the ability of local firms to survive in business. Despite ...
The purpose of this study was to determine the core competencies of Sappi Forest
Product division as a basis for establishing future developments. The literature focused
on the resource-based view where the analysis ...
The research problem investigates to what extent the introduction of change has affected employee motivation and job satisfaction with reference to organizational productivity.
This study encompasses the triangulation of research methods in order to determine the impact of a piece rate incentive scheme on employee output within the South African context. The existing body of knowledge tends to ...
Project Management is the wave of the future. This discipline and its evolution continues to be one of the principal means by which operational and strategic changes are managed in the enterprise. The importance of Project ...
The South African nursery industry has faced many challenges over the last ten years.
Excess in both demand and supply occur in any given year. The cost of maintaining a plant beyond its ideal ‘sell-by-date’ erodes ...
The challenges of the 21st century have influenced the transportation of growing cargo volumes at ports that intercept major shipping routes along the coastline of Southern Africa (McCan, 2003:32-34). In view of these ...
The purpose of this study is to assess the job satisfaction of employees at
selective IT SMEs in Durban and to ascertain if the personal characteristics of
gender, age, race, and tenure influenced job satisfaction. ...
In 2005, Masonite (Africa) Ltd embarked on a level 1 learnership program, in line with the National Skills Development Strategy. Within a few months, it became apparent that there was a need to investigate the job satisfaction ...
There is a lack of commitment and participation in productivity initiatives at shop floor level in South Africa and companies are faced with competitive challenges of promoting innovativeness relating to productivity ...
Project managers are faced with the challenge of matching skills to a task rather than merely assigning people to a job. If these skills are not readily available, the project may not be able to be executed with the desired ...
The research assesses employee readiness at eThekwini Electricity to form part of the
Regional Electricity Distributor, which had been legislated by Government. The premise of the study is to investigate, identify and ...
The study examines the supply chain management, within the business unit of EraBeier(Pty) Ltd. This business is situated in Pinetown South Africa. The concept of supply chain management is examined in terms of quality of ...
This study is aimed at understanding the potential organisational performance management systems that could be used by municipalities and hence the topic "Selecting an appropriate organisational performance management ...
The South African automotive leather export sewing industry was established in about 1991, when domestic firms were exposed to international markets. The industry’s success was largely attributed to the relatively cheap ...
The purpose of this study is to identify the training needs of leather technicians with the aim of supporting corporate competitive advantage within their company. Identifying competencies is an essential first step towards ...