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Browsing Business Management by Issue Date
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Palliam, Ralph
(University of Pretoria, 1997)
English: The study "Strategic issues in purchasing management for manufacturing
enterprise" considers the premise that manufacturing enterprises are facing
increased competition and are operating in a dynamic environment. ...
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Hall, J.H. (John Henry)
(School of Accounting Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1998)
The development and growth of listed firms during the past few decades has caused an ever-widening gap between ownership and management. The agency theory addresses this relationship between owners (shareholders) and the ...
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Van Wyk, Rene; Boshoff, A.B.; Owen, J.H.
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1999)
Reports on part of a joint research programme, conducted to examine the values, motives and work experiences of highly educated individuals in professional occupations. Illustrates with tables.
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Van Wyk, Rene; Boshoff, A.B.; Bester, C.L.
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1999-06)
A review of the relevant literature indicates that a study of the relationships between Type A behaviour and personal as well as organizational variables is necessary. Information was gathered from 375 professionals on a ...
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Van Wyk, Rene; Boshoff, A.B.
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2000-06)
This paper is a follow-up of a previous study on the correlates of Type A Behaviour among professional workers in South Africa. In the previous study, data were analysed for a joint group of 375 pharmacists and accountants. ...
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Venter, Freddie
(University of Pretoria, 2001)
It is an accepted practice in any business organisation that the opportunities and threats facing organisations must be examined and plans drawn up to take advantage of the opportunities and to deal effectively with the ...
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Nieman, Gideon
(Emerald, 2001)
Gives an overview of the contents of entrepreneurship and small enterprise training in general as well as the specific objectives of these interventions in the South African situation. Briefly covers the problems found and ...
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Visser, Dorothea
(University of Pretoria, 2002)
Everywhere in the world, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are becoming the pillars of economic growth and development. New venture start-ups are a vital contributing factor for any economy as well as to the tourism ...
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Malan, Danie
(University of Pretoria, 2002)
If an organisation does not seek to make monetary profit, what does it do and why does it
exist? A not-for-profit organisation, or non-profit organisation, exists to provide value to
a particular constituency and, ...
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Mntonintshi, Unathi
(University of Pretoria, 2003)
Please read the abstract in the dissertation
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Van Wyk, Rene; Boshoff, A.B.; Bester, C.L.
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2003-03)
The relationship between Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations (Robinson, Stimpson, Huefner & Hunt, 1991) and different biographic/demographic, personality and work related variables were investigated. The sample consists ...
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Koornhof, Carolina
(University of Pretoria, 2003-04-30)
Recent research has shown that flexibility is an essential characteristic of successful enterprises in a highly competitive and rapidly changing business environment. Management and accountants should not only understand ...
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Mienie, Hendrik Oostewald
(University of Pretoria, 2003-07-15)
The realisation that management today is increasingly about managing intangible resources is beginning to dawn on business managers and academics alike. Intellectual capital has been identified as the key intangible resource ...
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Pretorius, Marius; Van Vuuren, Jurie Jansen
(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2003-09)
This paper discussed the role of an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and start-up culture to enhance economic development. It investigates the proposition that the South African culture is conducive to EO. Secondly, this ...
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Maepa, Alfred Nchaupe
(University of Pretoria, 2003-10)
McDonald (1999:513) defines marketing planning as simply a logical sequence and
a series of activities to the setting of marketing objectives and the formulation of
plans. This management report proposed a strategic ...
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Pretorius, Marius; Shaw, Gordon
(Juta, 2004-06)
This article focuses on the position that South African commercial banks adopt when evaluating an application for finance of new business ventures. The role and importance of the business plan in the decision-making process ...
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Van Wyk, Rene; Boshoff, A.B.
(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2004-06)
This study investigates discrimant ability of the Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations Scale of 365 individuals practicing in two mutually exclusive professions (pharmacists N = 200 and accountants N = 175) on the profiles ...
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Pretorius, Marius; Nieman, Gideon; Van Vuuren, Jurie Jansen
(Emerald, 2005)
PURPOSE : This paper focuses on the comparison of two models for entrepreneurial education
with the aim of potential integration. At this juncture when entrepreneurial development is seen as the core contributor to enhance ...
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Vogel, Adolf Johan
(University of Pretoria, 2005)
Over the years, a number of studies have identified the failure of expatriate ƒ{ the early termination of an international assignment ƒ{ as a major problem for multinational enterprises (MNE). MNEs in, for example the USA, ...
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Coetzee, Salidor Christoffel
(University of Pretoria, 2005)
South Africa is experiencing difficult times on the economic front after the political transition in
1994. The country's average annual economic growth rate (GOP) declined from more than 5o/o
in the 1960's to less than ...