This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000–2007...

The results of the quality revolution have been mixed. Global competition has elevated the most successful companies, in terms of providing goods and services, but even then initiatives such as total quality, business process re-engineering and Six Sigma have been heralded as the solution, only...

This book offers a comprehensive approach to organizational excellence based on the author’s vast experience in managing excellence at highly innovative and dynamic organizations. It integrates various approaches into a consistent view of achieving excellence in the context of dynamic...

Theoretical Foundations and Concepts for Lean Six Sigma, Corporate Culture, National Culture, Leadership Style and Corporate Success -- Development of an Overall Hypothesized Model -- Introduction and Implementation of Structural Equation Modeling with Partial Least Squares (PLS) to Test the...