Browsing Business Studies Staff Publications by Title
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A Search for Constructs
(MaCoTra Publications, 2011)This article is a derivative of my doctoral thesis at the University of South Africa’s (UNISA) School of Business Leadership (SBL) from 2001 to 2003. The electronic version of the thesis is available on the Unisa Institutional ... -
Selected Best-Practice Cases
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited are predominantly Western. ... -
Service Delivery of Non-Governmental Organisations in Zimbabwe: Challenges and Strategies
(Faculty of Commerce, University of Zimbabwe, 2013)Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Zimbabwe face a number of organisational and management challenges that impact negatively on the delivery of their services. Those NGOs that seem to be doing well have ... -
Strategic Management Process
(2011-01-24)Wheelen and Hunger (2002) say that strategic management is a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of an organization. It includes environmental scanning (both external and internal) ... -
Survival strategies of small firms located in a Marshallian Industrial District: A case study of Zimbabwe's furniture manufacturing industry
(University of Zimbabwe, Faculty of Commerce, 2013-09)The growth and survival of Zimbabwe's small firms located in geographical clusters have been largely shaped by historical developments in the 'informal sector'. In spite of the plethora of problems that they face, these ... -
A Synthesis of Challenges and Themes From Four Zimbabwean Companies
(MaCotra, 2010)In the study, a longitudinal multiple case design was used to capture the experiences (in transformation) of four Zimbabwean companies spanning from 1980 when Zimbabwe attained its independence to 2000. This article ... -
A Synthesis of Zimbabwean-relevant Literature from 1980 to 2000
(MaCoTra Publications, 2011)A number of scholars (e.g. Ferreira 1997, Clegg & Birch 1998, Secretan 1999, Beer & Nohria 2000, Mbigi 2000) share great concern over the limited in-depth examination and understanding of challenges related to organisational ... -
A Teaching/Learning Case History of CROP in Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited were predominantly Western. ... -
A Teaching/Learning Case History of FINANCE in Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited were predominantly Western. ... -
A Teaching/Learning Case History of LEISURE in Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)An intensive literature search on transformation, change management and leadership revealed that the transformation theory arena has been driven by case studies. However, the case studies cited were predominantly Western. ... -
“Think Manager, Think Male”: Does It Apply to Zimbabwe ?
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)Over the last two decades in which empirical studies on gender and leadership styles have been undertaken, the findings have consistently confirmed that people’s perceptions have not changed from using leadership traits, ... -
Three strategic-making tasks of an organisation
(2011-01-24)Management’s mission of what the organization is trying to do and to become over the long-term is referred to as the organization’s mission. A mission statement specifies what activities the organization intends to pursue ... -
Usability of Eisenhardt’s Process in the Emerging Economy of Zimbabwe
(MaCotra, 2010)My intensive literature search on the application of Eisenhardt’s (1989) eight steps of building theory from case study research revealed that no-one had tried out the process in Africa. Further evidence suggested that ...
