Over three decades the conditions under which teachers work have always been short of lending themselves to high quality education. Most of the present teachers in the townships do not have high quality education because the government at that time allocated minimal funds for the education of...

The high failure rates of SMEs, due to lack of managerial skills, motivated the lecturers of the Department Marketing & Retail, CEMS, Unisa to initiate training workshops at municipalities in their region. The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) skills development community engagement project SME...

This study sought to determine the factors that contribute to the failure of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in meeting supplier performance standards. Suppliers are faced with the challenge of SMEs failing to meet supplier performance standards because they rely on these providers of...

Substantial evidence shows that strategic marketing planning leads to increased small business performance, yet most small business owners do not draw up a plan for their businesses. This paper presents the results of a secondary research survey on strategic marketing planning of SMEs in South...