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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)) by Title
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(University of Pretoria, 2008)The objective of this report was to gain a better understanding of the value that support networks provide to participants in the networks and to organisations that set up these networks. Used correctly, this understanding ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Employee engagement is a relatively new concept but given the clear link between an engaged workforce and high-performance organisations with a competitive advantage, it is of significant importance for business leaders ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The growing importance of managing employee relations and productivity in the platinum mining industry - one of South Africa s most significant employers - has made investigating employee engagement imperative, particularly ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The performance of a business has been showed to be related to the engagement levels of the employees who work in it. Understanding what levers can be used to influence the engagement levels of employees was the objective ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-10-04)The dominance of global markets has created a need for organisations to search for a new set of competences to enable them to survive into the future. Whether they operate in local or international markets, global challenges ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-19)This research identified the critical success factors in the growth of small businesses in South Africa against the theories of small business growth. The study applied both quantitative and qualitative research methodology ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-16)The objective of this research project was to determine the key variables that impede organisational learning in a high growth start-up business unit environment. The value of high growth business units or firms lies in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-16)The objective of this research project was to determine the key variables that impede organisational learning in a high growth start-up business unit environment. The value of high growth business units or firms lies in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The purpose of this qualitative research is to gain a deeper understanding of the knowledge attributes that influence how South African business leaders get things done. Knowledge is described as the social and emotional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-22)Globalisation has produced the knowledge economy, which is characterised by a world of work that requires and is dependent on intellectual capital or knowledge workers. Knowledge workers differ from their predecessors who ...
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Knowledge exchange in improving strategic flexibility in an inter-organisational strategic alliance (University of Pretoria, 2018)The financial environment within which organisations compete has fast become uncertain and dynamic due to rapid technological and operational changes. The challenges that organisations face today, and in the future, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Demand for knowledge workers has increased relative to the available supply. A further cause for concern is that the requirements for managing knowledge workers differ from those for managing lower qualified employees. Due ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This study investigated whether high quality Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) relationships between farmers and farm labourers reduce the level of militancy that labourers will adopt during labour strikes. The study was conducted ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012)Individuals who rely on mutual funds to accumulate wealth need advice on how best to select them (Ciccotello&Grant, 1996). The purpose of the study is to gain insight whether fund size and boutique or institutional fund ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The South African economy is experiencing a difficult economic period, characterised by low growth rates and high unemployment. The importance of Small and Medium Enterprises in unlocking economic growth and in creating ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)In a 1982 research by Bibeault, it was found that only 33% of the companies that embarked on a turnaround processes were successful. Kalwani, in his 2012 research found that 37% of the turned around companies managed to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Globalisation and the increased complexity of organisations creates the need for alternative leadership approaches that can harness the collective intellectual capital that exists within the dispersed employees of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Innovation remains a valued strategic lever for organisational growth and competitive advantage and leadership continues to be seen as vitally important in driving innovation however, there remains paucity on how leaders ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-03-07)"The literature suggests that the transition from self-leadership to leading others is a complex and challenging one for leaders, particularly the transition from engineer and technical professional to manager. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Compelled by the digital transformation revolution and the need for organisational agility in environments of high unpredictability, many organisations are striving to achieve organisational agility by adopting agile ...
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