Faculty of Business Management Sciences and Economics ETDs: Recent submissions
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An evaluation of the effectiveness of adopting Corporate Social Responsibility as a business strategy to gain competitive advantage amongst Commercial Banks in Zimbabwe
(2018-10)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a hot topic in today’s business with varied and broad definition. Various CSR theories have been used to explain the concept as a strategic tool to gain competitive advantage ... -
An investigation of the effectiveness of donor funded micro finance programming in Zimbabwe
(, 2018-10-29)The study sought to investigate the effectiveness of donor funded micro finance programming implemented in Zimbabwe as an economic development tool to reduce poverty. An assessment of the effectiveness of microfinance ... -
Strategic planning practices: The antecedents and business perfomance outcomes in Zimbabwean Small to Medium Enterprises (SMES)
(2018-10)Despite Zimbabwe sharing with the rest of the world, the notion that SMEs are the impeccable engines to economic revival, growth and development, many of the nation`s SMEs are plagued with high failure rates, a phenomenon ... -
An investigation into strategies for transforming Dairibord Zimbabwe Pvt. Ltd. (DZPL) ice cream sticks production section into a lean six sigma profitable enterprise after a partial initial trial
(2018-10-29)The purpose of this research was determine the strategies that could be adopted to implement Lean Six Sigma at Dairibord Zimbabwe (DZPL) in the Ice cream sticks section. The research also sought to assess the initial trial ... -
A critical evaluation of SAP healthcare industry solution implementation as a source of competitive advantage: A case study of Chitungwiza General Hospital
(2018-05)Globally, SAP systems solutions are increasingly playing an important role transforming business processes. More important hospitals with their complex and varied operations have turned to the use of these enterprise ... -
Strategies for gaining and sustaining property management mandates in Zimbabwe's real estate industry
(, 2018)Real estate agents firms in Zimbabwe like Knight Frank Zimbabwe are losing property management mandates to subsidiary property investors’ in-house management teams, contrary to the trend worldwide, were most corporates ... -
Internal control processes and risk reduction in Harare's retail SMEs
(2016)Progressively in the past few years, there has been a problem of high Small to Medium Enterprise (SMEs) failure rate. Much of the studies conducted have put forth much effort on availability, accessibility and cost ... -
An investigation into the effect of foreign ownership on bank performance: The case of Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe Limited
(2018-01)Foreign bank entrants into developing economies and emerging markets are usually thought to improve the condition and performance of acquired institutions, and more generally to enhance local financial stability (Crystal, ... -
Providing effective financial support to SMEs in post inflationary Zimbabwe: A case study of microfinance institutions
(2017-11)The SME sector have for a long time failed to access financial services from the formal banking sector due to their lack of collateral. As a result, they have relied on Microfinance institutions (MFIs). In Zimbabwe, ... -
An assessment of the sustainability of the food security, protracted relief programe implemented by Non Governmental Organisations in Zimbabwe: A a case of Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (2005 - 2009)
(2017-12)The study focused on the assessment of the sustainability or persistence of positive effects of the Protracted Relief Programme (PRP) implemented by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society over the period January, 2005 and December, ... -
An assessment of the relevance of organisational communication to organisational effectiveness: The case of Unifreight (2005 - 2011)
(2018-05)This research study investigated the relevance of organizational communication on organizational effectiveness in Unifreight. The study came as a result of the poor performance of the company against other transport companies ... -
A critical analysis of corporate governance systems in charity organizations: A case of Christian Care
(2018-04)The study focused its attention on analyzing corporate governance systems in charity organizations through a case study of Christian Care over the period January 2007 to June 2012. The desire to carry out this study was ... -
An investigation of corporate governance practices within the paint manufacturing industry: A case of Absolute Paints (Pvt) Ltd (January 2010 - July 2012)
(2018-04)The research study was an investigation of corporate governance practices within the paint manufacturing industry. The study focused on Absolute Paints Private Limited over the period January 2010 to July 2012. Quite a ... -
An assessment of the extent to which the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has embraced technology to enhance performance: (January 2009 to June 2013)
(2018-01)This research focused on the assessment of the extent to which the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has embraced technology to enhance performance. The overall objective of the study was to assess the extent to which ... -
A study of collective bargaining processes and implications for the industrial relations climate in the energy sector of Zimbabwe : the case of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (January 2009 - January 2013)
(2018-04)The research sought to study the collective bargaining processes at ZESA and their implications for the industrial relations climate over the period January 2009 to January 2013. The study was driven by the fact that ... -
A critical evaluation of the performance management system used at Larfage Cement Zimbabwe (January 2009 to December 2010)
(2018-04)The study was an evaluation of the performance management system at Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe, to find whether the employees and management participate willingly and accept the performance management system as a tool which ... -
An evaluation of the contribution of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to customer satisfaction in the banking sector in Zimbabwe: A case study of MBCA Bank (2010 - 2013)
(2017-11)The intention of this study was to evaluate the contribution of ICT to customer satisfaction in the banking sector in Zimbabwe using a case study of MBCA bank and covering the period June 2010 to June 2013. MBCA bank has ... -
A study of the impact of the performance management systems on employee performance: A case study of OLAM Zimbabwe from 2006 - 2010
(2017-11)The purposes of the study seek to evaluate the effectiveness of performance management systems on employee performance at OLAM Zimbabwe from 2006 to 2010. Against this background the researcher developed the follows research ... -
A review of enterprise resource planning system implementation challenges at the Wattle Company Limited from 2006 to 2011
(2017-11)After spending five years of development and implementation of an Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) system The Wattle company declared the project a failure. Considerable sums of money and time were spent in trying to ... -
Impact of corporate governance and ethical practice on performance of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Holdings
(2017-11)Most publicized global corporate failures have been attributed to either absence of dereliction of efficient corporate governance. It therefore demands that an investigation into corporate governance impact on state owned ...
