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Communication style inventory: validation and investigation of relationships with leadership styles in the South African manufacturing industry
(North-West University, 2019)Interpersonal communication is a major organisational concern to the relevant stakeholders within the South African manufacturing environment. Leadership's communication has a significant impact on an organisation. The ... -
Community expectations and perceptions of municipal service delivery : a case study in the Emfuleni local area
(North-West University, 2012)The lack of service delivery by South African municipalities has received much attention in recent years. In South Africa, service quality within local government is perceived as being generally poor. According to the South ... -
Community food projects as tool for promoting sustainable development at Sedibeng district municipality
(North-West University, 2006)The total number of households in Sedibeng District Municipality is estimated at 224 307. Sedibeng District Municipality experience high level of unemployment and poverty (51% of the people of Sedibeng District Municipality ... -
Community participation in South African tourism products: A case study of Molemane Eye Nature Reserve
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Although the government established various policies and strategies to improve community participation in the tourism industry, generally, communities often do not have necessary resources and power to fully participate ... -
Community participation in waste minimization : the case of Emfuleni Local Municipality
(North-West University, 2009)The purpose of this research is to understand factors contributing to successes and challenges in community participation especially in waste minimization initiatives; in order to inform policies and contribute to improve ... -
Community participation through the ward system : a case study in ward 28, Maluti-A-Phofung municipality
(North-West University, 2003)The study basically deals with community participation for development purposes at grassroots level through the utilisation of the Ward System. The main purpose of the study was to establish reasons for non-participation ... -
Community perceptions of mining : the rural South African experience
(North-West University, 2011)Globally private companies and multi–nationals, including mining companies, have recently, in the current and post financial crises environment, seen their public image badly scarred, fermenting a negative image towards ... -
Community perceptions of sustainable development : implications for an approach to closure mining
(2015)The closure of a mine is an inevitable event in the lifecycle of a mining operation and one that can have massive environmental, social and economic consequences for mining communities in particular. The ultimate goal of ... -
A community relations model for the tourism industry
(North-West University, 2010)The primary goal of this study was to construct and test a Community Relations Model (CRM) that may be implemented by policy makers, tourism planners, tourism managers and tourism developers as they develop tourism policies ... -
Community response to annual flooding and Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) : the case of Oshakati Town
(2015)Disaster risk Reduction (DRR) is well known and practiced in many nations. Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR) is a sub-component of DRR which is slowly being practiced in most at risk communities. However, ... -
Community-based tourism for sustainability : the entrepreneurial skills of the rural women in Southern Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)This study identified the entrepreneurship skills of the female entrepreneurs involved in community-based cultural tourism ventures in Southern Africa by examining their experiences in the development of the ventures. It ... -
Company value : working capital and the cash conversion cycle investigated
(North-West University, 2008)The primary objective of any corporation should be shareholder wealth maximisation. A firm's working capital policies have an effect on the firm's expected future returns and the risk associated with the returns, which ... -
A comparability adjustment transfer pricing model
(North-West University, 2006)The birth of democracy in South Africa on 27 April 1994 brought about irrevocable change. Markets opened up, economic activity and trade accelerated resulting in the South African economy being catapulted into the global ... -
A comparative analysis of ARCH and GARCH type models before and after the removal of outliers
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A comparative analysis of brand perceptions amongst selected stakeholders : the case of King Price Insurance
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Brand personality and brand archetypes are thought to influence customers’ loyalty, feelings, perceptions, and attitudes, all of which aid in building and maintaining a strong relationship between brand and customer (Mark ... -
A comparative analysis of business owner's perceptions of the creation of an enabling developmental environment in the Sedibeng Municipal region
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)Local Economic Development (LED) is a concept that is synonymous with the improvement of living standards for people in local communities. The development of a local region is mostly influenced by the way in which the ... -
Comparative analysis of conflict dynamics within private and public sector organizations
(North-West University, 2004)In South Africa, private and public sector organizations have been experiencing conflict at an increasing rate during the past few decades and especially the last ten years. The prominence and high level with which conflict ... -
A comparative analysis of corporate social responsibility in the strategic planning of South African and Australian Companies
(North-West University (South Africa), 2015)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has assumed a place in the forefront of every stakeholder's thinking. Particularly the recent global financial crisis has led to a resounding debate among the corporate sectors about ... -
A comparative analysis of port selection in Southern Africa
(North-West University, 2018)In 2015, the estimated volume of world seaborne trade accounted for over 80 per cent of total world merchandise trade. In addition, containerised cargo has increased more than tenfold since 1985 (UNCTAD, 2016:6-7). Even ... -
A comparative analysis of tax incentives for investors in SMEs between South Africa and selected G20 countries
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)In the present economic climate in South Africa, sustained growth in terms of job creation and company expansion is essential. Small businesses in South Africa have the ability to play a big part in the nation’s economic ...