Motlhabane, Goodwill Mothomogolo(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Current land use conflicts between the Basarwa (Bushmen) and the Botswana Government over access to the Moremi Game Reserve and the use of resources found in it, provide opportunities and challenges for all the stakeholders ...
Mosupyoe, Sebilaro Sybil Lebogang Ntshole(University of Pretoria, 2022)
Small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) engage in branding as an afterthought or informally. Brand building and development are the foundations of successful businesses. Brand building establishes awareness about a ...
Mushunje, Martha; De Beer, Estelle(South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2021-12)
The purpose of the research study was to
determine the quality of the services provided
at Community Information Centres
(CIC) in Zimbabwe. The research is premised
on Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry's
(1998) Gaps ...
Mbhele, Senelisiwe; De Beer, Estelle(University of Johannesburg, 2021-12)
Internal communication is a prerequisite for organisational success as it underpins organisational
effectiveness. Previous research (Albrecht, 2010; Andrew & Sofian, 2012; Hayase, 2009; Mamdoo,
2012; Markos & Sridevi, ...
In South Africa, as in many countries, organisations are required by law to communicate with their customers in plain language. Plain language could also be viewed as a business requirement due to the central role that it ...
Steenkamp, Hilke; Rensburg, Ronel S.(University of the Free State, 2019-10-10)
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is increasingly used by communication professionals, not only to bolster the image and reputation of organisations, but as a means to facilitate stakeholder engagement. Recent literature ...
The quality of products and services has become imperative to the day-to-day running
of organisations. Services offered to customers need to be prompt and reliable to
increase customer’s commitments to its utilisation ...
Van den Heever, Juran; Rensburg, Ronel S.(University of the Free State, 2018)
The main objective of the research reported in this article was to investigate whether a proposed online reputation management framework can be implemented for an NPO to effect stakeholder engagement in social media content ...
This article is the result of qualitative research conducted on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication disseminated by two financial institutions, FNB and Capitec, on their social networking sites (SNSs). ...
The National Development Plan (NDP) is South Africa’s most recent economic plan. Its goal is to reduce poverty and inequality by the year 2030. The uniqueness of the NDP lies in its focus on harnessing the energies of all ...
The concept of corporate reputation has received considerable attention in the last
few decades from both researchers and company executives alike, amid indications
that having a good corporate reputation ultimately ...
Community engagement is at the heart of this study and the main objective is to help organisations in the Middle East like Spinneys Dubai to build on their CSR strategy to impact community development more effectively by ...
D'Oliveira, Eden Arlene(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The importance of the South African wine industry has grown due to increased access to global markets and its growing contribution to the GDP. The sector contributed R36 billion (1.2%) to the GDP in 2018 and continues to ...
Taljaard, Adriaan Louis(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Challenges in the socio-economic system often demand an original approach for leadership to find new solutions to existing and often recurring problems. Communicative leadership, with its focus on interaction, dialogue, ...
The role of a positive communication climate to increase employee engagement levels has not been sufficiently researched, with only a limited number of studies showing the direct relationship between communication climate ...
Financial services are not easily accessible to people in remote rural areas. In a contemporary business environment, financial institutions close bank branches in remote areas due to the cost associated with sustaining ...
Mmutle, Tsietsi Jeffrey(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Communication and governance are as ancient as human civilisation across a number of African countries – the concepts date back to the era of chieftaincies and the kingdom rule, which seemingly, dominated how communities ...
Mkombe, Tsitsi Sekesayi(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The main purpose of this research was to investigate the communicative decision-making that takes place within the relationship between corporate donors and Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) recipients. An extensive ...
Van den Heever, Juran Jurgens(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The primary purpose of this study is to investigate whether a proposed online reputation management framework can be implemented for an NPO to determine whether content and conversations on social media have an influence ...
Letlatsa, Relebohile Magdalene Matsepo(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The main purpose of this research was to establish how institutions of higher learning
(IHLs) in Lesotho can enhance the implementation of their strategic plans by engaging
stakeholders in the communication planning and ...