University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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The impact of mining activities on local people and environment: A case study of Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation operations in Chiadzwa, Marange
(2018-10)Mining is indispensable to the economic development of countries endowed with mineral resources. At the same time the effects the mining activities on the local people and the environment have also been wide spread in ... -
Dimensions influencing the performance of District Health Executives (DHES) in Mashonaland East Province
(2018-10)The District Health Executives are performing their work below expectation. The objectives of the study were to: find out the role of supervision on the work performance of DHEs; establish the influence of management ... -
The Ndebele state
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The 1896-97 Southern Rhodesia war reconsidered
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An analysis of the benefits of employee engagement on organisational performance: A case for companies in the commercial sector in Harare
(, 2018-10)In a challenging economic environment coupled with globalisation and increasing competitive market forces, organisations are looking for critical strategies to get ahead. The challenge for managers is offering something ... -
An evaluation of the effectiveness of adopting Corporate Social Responsibility as a business strategy to gain competitive advantage amongst Commercial Banks in Zimbabwe
(2018-10)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a hot topic in today’s business with varied and broad definition. Various CSR theories have been used to explain the concept as a strategic tool to gain competitive advantage ... -
An investigation of the effectiveness of donor funded micro finance programming in Zimbabwe
(, 2018-10-29)The study sought to investigate the effectiveness of donor funded micro finance programming implemented in Zimbabwe as an economic development tool to reduce poverty. An assessment of the effectiveness of microfinance ... -
Strategic planning practices: The antecedents and business perfomance outcomes in Zimbabwean Small to Medium Enterprises (SMES)
(2018-10)Despite Zimbabwe sharing with the rest of the world, the notion that SMEs are the impeccable engines to economic revival, growth and development, many of the nation`s SMEs are plagued with high failure rates, a phenomenon ... -
An investigation into strategies for transforming Dairibord Zimbabwe Pvt. Ltd. (DZPL) ice cream sticks production section into a lean six sigma profitable enterprise after a partial initial trial
(2018-10-29)The purpose of this research was determine the strategies that could be adopted to implement Lean Six Sigma at Dairibord Zimbabwe (DZPL) in the Ice cream sticks section. The research also sought to assess the initial trial ... -
The strategic relevance of sanctions as a democratizing tool in the third world in an emerging multi-polar world: A case study of Zimbabwe
(2016-04)The increasing use of sanctions as a democratisation tool has elicited many questions regarding their strategic relevance and effectiveness in an emerging multi-polar world. The rise of China, India, Brazil, resurgence of ... -
An assessment of the role of spatial planning in the promotion of small and medium enterprises in small urban centres: Case of Shamva and Mazowe districts
(2016-10)This study examined the role of spatial planning in the promotion of small and medium enterprises (commonly abbreviated SMEs) in small urban centres. Specifically the study intended to (i) Assess the role of spatial planning ... -
The link between Zimbabwe’s foreign policy and selected public media (The Herald And The Sunday Mail) 1980–2014
(2016)The rationale for this study lies in the continued existence of a knowledge gap in contemporary international relations literature pertaining to the link between foreign policy and the media particularly the link between ... -
Capital structure and the financial performance of listed firms on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
(2017-06)The main objective of this study was to investigate the impact of capital structure on financial performance of firms listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. Total leverage to asset ratio, short term leverage to asset ratio ... -
An analysis of the impact of external actors in an internal armed conflict: The case study of Syria (2013 - 2015)
(2017)This study aims to analyse the impact of external intervention in the ongoing Syrian conflict. The hypothesis of the research is that external intervention aggravates internal conflicts. Journals, reports, newspapers, ... -
A critical evaluation of SAP healthcare industry solution implementation as a source of competitive advantage: A case study of Chitungwiza General Hospital
(2018-05)Globally, SAP systems solutions are increasingly playing an important role transforming business processes. More important hospitals with their complex and varied operations have turned to the use of these enterprise ... -
Strategies for gaining and sustaining property management mandates in Zimbabwe's real estate industry
(, 2018)Real estate agents firms in Zimbabwe like Knight Frank Zimbabwe are losing property management mandates to subsidiary property investors’ in-house management teams, contrary to the trend worldwide, were most corporates ... -
Internal control processes and risk reduction in Harare's retail SMEs
(2016)Progressively in the past few years, there has been a problem of high Small to Medium Enterprise (SMEs) failure rate. Much of the studies conducted have put forth much effort on availability, accessibility and cost ...
