For several years, the number of South Africans starting new business enterprises, has declined. According to the findings of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, in 2003, South Africa ranked 22nd out of 31 countries for new entrepreneurial activities. One of the greatest challenges for South...

Managers of contemporary organizations are continually examining modern management techniques with a view to adopting best management practices and thus gain competitive advantage. The danger is that managers will adopt a functional stance and consider only narrowly defined management techniques...