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Browsing Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) by Subject "Management"
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(Cambridge University Press, 2017-09)Africa is an increasingly important business context, yet we still know very little about it. We review the challenges and opportunities that firms in Africa face and propose that these can serve as the basis for extending ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-04-21)The focus of software process improvement is on enhancing product quality and productivity to increase business competitiveness and profitability. The Capability Maturity Model Integration or CMMI® remains the dominant ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-05-28)Globalisation has increased competition; hence organisations are required to look within, at their capabilities to create a competitive advantage. The purpose of the study is to firstly investigate the association between ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-04-21)Prior research on branding has emphasised the choices companies have between product and corporate branding and what drives these choices. B2B markets are expected to differ from individual consumers in the value they place ...
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(Emerald, 2017)PURPOSE : Business, society and academic literature all show an increase in the demand for greater accountability. Although accountability is deemed to be central to performance in the workplace, it is an ever-expanding, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)In managing organisations for peak performance, managers have to deal with the strategic paradox of either exploiting their current resources, skills and competencies, or exploring and finding new alternatives. Managers ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)South African gold mining companies fail to meet employment equity targets at management level. The research aimed at establishing the level of Blacks in junior, middle and senior management positions in South African gold ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-04-21)Pay-for-performance or performance related pay is a system whereby compensation or rewards is linked to the achievement of targets and goals. The question that is asked: is pay-for-performance aiding in getting employees ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-19)The growing importance of emerging markets in the global economy leads many multinationals (MNEs) to explore and expand into them. Saturation and slow growth in home markets, coupled with rising incomes in emerging markets, ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-03-31)PURPOSE : In heavy industries like mining, where safety is paramount, organisations need a well-functioning system of accountability. Yet to whom employees perceive they are accountable differs at varying hierarchical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The need for this research stems from the need for organisations to develop, nurture and grow managers into leadership positions and identifying the factors that positively contribute to this growth within organisational ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-21)Managers are frequently offered conflicting advice to increase the organisation‟s ability to meet its goals; grant employees autonomy, which may lead to self-management and empowerment or alternatively, exercise control ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)In managing organisations for optimal performance, managers are faced with the dilemma of either positioning their employees to compete or collaborate internally within the organisation. Internal competition can motivate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-14)In South Africa the second economy continues to be marginalised in certain areas. This marginalisation exacerbates disparities in wealth. These ills have to be reduced for South Africa to prosper. A key driver for poverty ...
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(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2013)Managers are frequently offered conflicting advice as to how to increase organisational success. One of these complex dilemmas is whether to grant employees autonomy, which may lead to self-management and empowerment or ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-05-31)Brouthers, Andriessen,&Nicolaes (1998, p. 130) state that “…little research exists that examines strategic management practices in small firms”. The purpose of this study is to explore the strategic management practices ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-02)bstract The concept of sustainability is associated with numerous evaluation approaches making various claims. To their credit, the evaluation approaches contributed to the evolution of the concept from a rather vague ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)In the South African business environment, there is a lack of both engineers and managers. This creates a compounded problem whereby many engineers find themselves transitioning from a technical position to general management. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The number of managers that continue to fail at effectively transitioning to senior levels of leadership still remains unacceptably high, and ultimately impacts company’s abilities to develop succession plans and build ...
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