Manpower planners within South African companies have very few, if any, decision support tools at their disposal to assist them in the formulation of their manpower strategies. Such quantitative tools as do exist are mathematically too sophisticated to be easily understood and implemented by...

Qualitative research is frequently utilized in family business research. Reporting on qualitative research findings typically involves summarizing themes or approaches, or tabulating the frequency of mentions for topics, phrases or words. Correspondence analysis is a method that is seldom used...

The role of quantitative methods in business decision making has been a subject of much discussion in the literature. Most of this discussion has emanated from developed countries. In this paper, the current practice in a developing country is examined, as well as the desires and perceptions of...