Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs): Recent submissions
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Regulatory Risk Culture in the Financial Sector
(North-West University (South Africa), 2017)Research Question/Issue: It is mandatory for financial sector organisations to adhere to applicable regulatory requirements. Regulators identified poor financial industry risk culture practices as a key reason for the ... -
Banking on reputation: Crisis communication risk in a decentralised financial business model
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Decentralised business models increase the risk of inconsistent communication to stakeholders that may, especially during crises, negatively impact an organisation’s reputation. Due to inadequate academic literature on ... -
The risk culture of a public sector regulatory entity
(North-West University (South Africa), 2018)There is a scarcity of published information on risk culture in the public sector regulatory environment in South Africa. The public sector regulatory entity in this study was established by an Act of Parliament to safeguard ... -
Applying the basel committee on banking supervision risk culture guidelines: a credit risk investigation.
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2019-04)Significant investments to improve risk management practices could be wasted unless organisations establish and monitor sound risk cultures. Although the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) provides valuable risk ... -
Retail banking risk culture: a comparison of South African and Kenyan operations
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The 2008 global financial crisis prompted renewed interest by prudential regulators, consultants and academic researchers in organisational behaviour including attitudes of global financial institutions to risk-taking. ... -
Risk consideration during digital innovation at a commercial bank
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Banks must continually adjust their business models to include new digital technologies in response to rapidly changing customer needs, Fintech entrants, and competitors’ innovative offerings. Implementation of innovative ... -
Risk understanding in the South African payments industry: A comparative analysis
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Despite risk understanding being an important element of organisational risk culture, various aspects of risk understanding have yet to be explored. One such aspect is the extent to which organisations and regulators ... -
End-user understanding of automated process-related risk in a South African financial technology organisation
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)This qualitative study aimed to explore how end-users understand automation-related risks in a South African financial technology organisation. Research on human–automation interactions suggests that there are operational ... -
Senior management operational risk accountability at a South African bank
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)Effective operational risk management is required for all banking products, activities, processes, and systems, and is therefore critical to achieving objectives. Although banks record and monitor operational disruptions ... -
Simultaneous quantification of urinary oxidative stress markers in women using combined oral contraceptives
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)In physiological samples, it is difficult to measure the presence of free radicals. Therefore, secondary oxidative products excreted in urine after detoxification are quantified instead, as they are proportional to the ... -
Capital Flows, Monetary Policy and Economic Growth in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022-07)This study explored the nexus between capital flows, monetary policy, and economic growth in the Southern African Customs Union over the period 1990–2019. Specifically, it examined the trend and pattern of the respective ... -
Optimization of ethanol yield from cassava
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2024)The energy crisis and worldwide economic depression has highlighted the production of biofuels from agricultural materials as an important national policy. Cassava, a root plant indigenous to Africa, is not cultivated ... -
Examining the Oversight Role of the Republic of Botswana’s Parliament
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024)The study attempted to examine the oversight role and function of the Republic of Botswana Parliament. Concern regarding the role and function of Parliament in ensuring accountable Executive authority required scholarly ... -
A post qualitative inquiry into the disruptive effects of digital technology on death, meaning-making, and intergenerational memory and knowledge
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024)This study is a post qualitative inquiry into how our engagement with digital technologies have transformed the ways we experience death and mourning, the effects on our meaning-making practices and the intergenerational ... -
A comparative study of the experiences of recent humanities and engineering graduates living in Gauteng when entering the labour market for the first time
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024)It has been 30 years since South Africa’s democratic transition from apartheid; however, the economic transition has been slow, especially within the labour market. With many young people graduating, job opportunities have ... -
A participative management approach for the improvement of a safety culture in the forestry industry
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024)The forestry industry is one of the key contributing industries toward gross domestic product (GDP), as well as one of the most successful exporting industries in South Africa. Overall, the forestry industry has a significant ... -
South African law perspectives on the promotion of public value in local government
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2024)This study examines the extent to which South African local government law and policy instruments promote the so-called public value approach in local governance. To achieve this, this study reviews the theoretical framework ... -
Personhoods and meanings of adolescent masculinities in a North-West secondary school
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024-07)This thesis provides insight into what the data suggests can be understood as the stage of ‘becoming’ of five adolescent boys in their habitual spaces of learning and living as analysed through the theoretical lens of ... -
H&M's communication with stakeholders via social media in the wake of the 'monkey hoodie incident' - a corporate communication approach
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024-10)While corporate organisations have been using various strategies and platforms to facilitate two-way communication for a long time, the rise of social media has presented new opportunities and challenges. The nature of the ... -
An exploration of the role of private sector CSI in promoting good governance in public schools: a case study of three schools in Gauteng, South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024-07)The delegation of powers to foster a multistakeholder approach in the leadership and governance of public schools in South Africa was intended to address historical injustices. However, governance challenges persist, ...
