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Browsing Research Articles (Business Management) by Issue Date
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(School of Accounting Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1998)The development and growth of listed firms during the past few decades has caused an ever-widening gap between ownership and management. The agency theory addresses this relationship between owners (shareholders) and the ...
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(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1999)Reports on part of a joint research programme, conducted to examine the values, motives and work experiences of highly educated individuals in professional occupations. Illustrates with tables.
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(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 1999-06)A review of the relevant literature indicates that a study of the relationships between Type A behaviour and personal as well as organizational variables is necessary. Information was gathered from 375 professionals on a ...
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(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2000-06)This paper is a follow-up of a previous study on the correlates of Type A Behaviour among professional workers in South Africa. In the previous study, data were analysed for a joint group of 375 pharmacists and accountants. ...
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(Emerald, 2001)Gives an overview of the contents of entrepreneurship and small enterprise training in general as well as the specific objectives of these interventions in the South African situation. Briefly covers the problems found and ...
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(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2003-03)The relationship between Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations (Robinson, Stimpson, Huefner & Hunt, 1991) and different biographic/demographic, personality and work related variables were investigated. The sample consists ...
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(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2003-09)This paper discussed the role of an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and start-up culture to enhance economic development. It investigates the proposition that the South African culture is conducive to EO. Secondly, this ...
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(Juta, 2004-06)This article focuses on the position that South African commercial banks adopt when evaluating an application for finance of new business ventures. The role and importance of the business plan in the decision-making process ...
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(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2004-06)This study investigates discrimant ability of the Entrepreneurial Attitude Orientations Scale of 365 individuals practicing in two mutually exclusive professions (pharmacists N = 200 and accountants N = 175) on the profiles ...
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(Emerald, 2005)PURPOSE : This paper focuses on the comparison of two models for entrepreneurial education with the aim of potential integration. At this juncture when entrepreneurial development is seen as the core contributor to enhance ...
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(Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2005-02)SMME (small, medium and micro-enterprise) development has been identified by the South African government as a priority in creating jobs. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor reports low entrepreneurial activity and suggests ...
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(Juta, 2005-03)The environment in which a business operates is not static. Intensifying global competition and rapid technological progress put pressure on business to change. Better quality and service and lower costs are no longer ...
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(Juta, 2005-06)The future is uncertain, but management needs to determine and also be informed about possible change trends. This research, however, reports on empirical results of the views of South African HRM practitioners to identify ...
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(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences University of Pretoria, 2005-09)A generally accepted definition of an entrepreneur is an individual with the ability to realise a specific vision from virtually anything, a definite human creative action. A differentiating factor defining the true ...
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(School of Management, Tshwane University of Technology, 2006)Growth is essential for any business to ensure survival and long term profitability. For the purposes of this study long term SME success is argued from a positive growth perspective. Crijns identified four key success ...
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(School of Management, Tshwane University of Technology, 2006)This study reports on the use of simulation as approach to management education. After reporting the literature, the change in skills levels of participants in an entrepreneurship and business management simulation is ...
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(Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 2006)Increasing numbers of people are searching for meaning and spiritual significance in the workplace. Research in the field of psychiatry has consistently shown a sense of meaning in one's life to be an important correlate ...
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(Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences University of Pretoria, 2006-03)This paper fills the gap in the research undertaken into the entrepreneurial orientation of franchisees. The study identifies entrepreneurial orientation within a defined franchise system, using the entrepreneurial character ...
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(College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa, 2006-04)This paper reports on decision-making cognitions just before and during the start-up decision within the entrepreneurial process. It uses empirical results based on responses collected through questionnaires from ...
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(College of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africa, 2006-08)Complementing the service vision in organisations leads to the development of best practice initiatives, often adopted by innovative firms in competitive industries and environments. Such initiatives are regarded as pivotal ...
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