Strategic information systems planning (SISP) remains a primary concern for manyorganisations. It is reportedly a top concern of not only the Information Systems (IS)executives but also of many chief executives. Recently, calls have been madefor betterunderstanding of strategic planning in...

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: "Strategy is when you are out of ammunition but keep on firing so that the enemy won't know". (Mintzberg, 2005, 13)Business Connexion (Pry) Ltd (BCX) is a leading black empowered ICT company with a proud 25-year track record. BeX is an integrator of competitive, innovative...

It is well understood that the modern business environment has become a very complex and uncertain arena. The only way that the modern organization can survive under these circumstances, is by “crafting” a strategy that will differentiate itself from its competitors. The process of strategy...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Business strategy provides direction to Sasol Polymers PP and deserves the attention of all levels in the organization. Strategic management can be defined as an explicit guide that allows the organization to specify objectives, formulate plans to achieve these objectives and...

This study reports research about innovation and change in the professional practice of the staff at the Library and Information Service (LIS) staff at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, in Western Australia. The historical context of the study is Australian higher education and university...

The study was conducted to determine the key obstacles to strategy implementation at the Social Security Commission. The objective was to establish various factors that inhibit successful strategy implementation and explore alternative approaches that could be adopted to facilitate effective...

The main thrust of this study was to decide if certain strategies exist that havesignificant impact on profit in a lodging establishment. In reviewing the literature it didnot contain any conceptual plan for operating a lodging facility completely. However,as noted in the literature review,...

It has been argued for many years that if applied effectively, information can be avaluable organisational resource; indeed, many contend that it is the lifeblood of theorganisation. This view is supported by the academic literature, which identifies awide range of factors that influence...

"Malaysian department stores under-performed', preliminary desk research says."Department stores need to monitor the consumers and use merchandising as acompetitive tool", practitioners and academicians advise. Within this parameter, the thesis examined the relationship between consumers,...