ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Excessive shrinkage threatens the viability of retailers, especially grocery retailersbecause they operate on low profit margins.One possibility is for retailers to dismiss employees who are perceived to beresponsible for excessive shrinkage, but South African law generally...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globally the mining and minerals market is experiencing a decline. With this decline, focus is turning to Africa as an unexplored mineral wealth. In terms of global exploration expenditure, Africa is said to be experiencing the highest percentage growth of any other regional...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The business format, franchising, can be defined as "the granting of a licence for a predetermined financial return by a franchising company (franchisor) to its franchisees. The grant entitles them to make use of a complete business package, including training, support and the...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since packaging materials comprise a substantial percentage, namely 35% of the entire inputcost on a fruit farm, the four largest fruit producers in the Western Cape decided in 1988 toerect their own corrugated cardboard plant at Worcester, namely A P L Cartons.The driving...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A Document Management System (DMS) can help businesses speed-up as well asreduce the number of mundane and repetitive tasks relating to documents. These benefits can assist management cut costs, reduce errors, automate frequently performed tasks as well as store information...

In 2008, retail banking in South Africa is a highly competitive industry with extensive customer bases that expect increasingly more from their banking experience. The retail bank with an appropriate strategic differentiator will gain a sustainable competitive advantage in the changing retail...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is an investigation and study into the impact of emotional intelligence (EQ) on the leadership qualities and competencies of the management team of the T-Systems South-Africa’s Systems Integration (SI) department.The Information and Communication...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of the study was to identify the ideal positioning strategy for the South African Apple and Pear industry to successfully compete as a supplier against Chile in the European retail environment. The hypothesis of the study states that the ideal positioning strategy for...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: RHI Refractories believe that the process of outsourcing certain activities of a companies’ value chain goes hand in hand with a complete new way of how management think and do things. The process of outsource the refractory activity of a company’s value chain is not just a...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an illustrious initiative that most companies takeadvantage of in order to position themselves for competitive advantage in the businessworld. Other companies view it as an opportunity to contribute towards the development ofthe society...