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Monitoring environmental complexities and changes:some lessons from small firms
(International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business; Inderscience Enterprises Ltd; http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalCODE=ijgsb, 2006)The process of gathering and interpreting pertinent information from the environment and introducing the results into the business planning process is referred to as environmental scanning. This paper investigates the ... -
New public management and the corporatisation of the public sector in peripheral capitalist countries
(Emerald Group Publications, www.emeraldinsight.com, 2006)Capitalist transformation of the public sector is global phenomenon that affects many countries. This paper seeks to examine recent public sector reforms introduced by the Government of Botswana to improve civil service ... -
Organisational conflict and its effects on organisational performance
(Academic Journals, www.academicjournals.org, 2009)The aim of this study was to find out the causes, types, effects and strategies on how to manage conflicts in organisations effectively to enhance organisational performance. Therefore, it is prime responsibility of ... -
Paradigm shift in managing career plateau in organisation : the best strategy to minimize employee intention to quit
(Academic Journals,http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM, http://www.academicjournals, 2009-06)In this era of globalisation career plateau in organisations needs to be managed effectively to minimize employee's intention to quit. Many employees find themselves in jobs that offer them limited mobility opportunities ... -
Perceived managerial problems in SMEs: evidence from Botswana
(Development and Learning in Organisations; Emerald Group Publishing Ltd; www.emeraldinsight.com/reprints, 2006)Although the discovery of mineral wealth (i.e. diamond) has propelled Botswana into the middle-income category, the country still faces the problem of economic diversification, employment creation, income distribution and ... -
PMS in the magistrates courts of Botswana: the unintended consequences of public service change
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org, 2011-07-04)This paper explores the implementation of public sector performance reforms in Botswana magistrate courts to improve service delivery. The authors argue that it is imperative for management to consider the possibility of ... -
Proactive marketing and financial management for Small and Medium Enterprises
(Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce (BIAC), 2006-05)Although the discovery of diamond has propelled Botswana from one of the poorest countries in 1966 to a middle-income developing nation, the country still faces the problems of economic diversification, employment creation, ... -
Problems and Prospects of Technology Transfer in Developing Economies: A Review
(Science Publications / ANSI Journals; http://www.ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=jas, 2002-03)Large-scale industrialisation policies and programs have proved themselves impractical to developing economies due largely to resource constraints. Small and Medium Industries (SMIs) play an important role in the transformation ... -
The relationship between information technology usage and the planning behavior of SMEs in developing economies
(Science Publications / ANSI Journals; http://www.ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=itj, 2002-06)The relationship between the degree of information technology usage, company size and its strategic planning practices has critical implications for sustainability of firm competitiveness. However the relationship has been ... -
A review of the literature on employee turnover
(Academic Journals, http://www.academicjournals.org/ajbm, 2007-06)“Employee turnover” as a term is widely used in business circles. Although several studies have been conducted on this topic, most of the researchers focus on the causes of employee turnover but little has been done on the ... -
Role of Information Communication Technologies adoption in SMEs: evidence from Botswana
(Academic Journals, www.academicjournals.org, 2009)The study tries to find out the driving forces for ICTs adoption, benefits, ICTs tools and barriers to ICTs adoption by SMEs.The methodology adopted for the study was a survey method whereby a conveneince random sampling ... -
The Role of Microcomputers in Small and Medium Enterprises: Are They Used in Strategic Decisions and Planning?
(Science Publications; ANSI Publications http://ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=jas, 2001)Although strategic planning and information technology are key concepts in management research, they have been widely used in relation to only large firms. Only few studies attempted to examine the perceptions of small ... -
Small business critical success/failure factors in developing countries: some evidences from Botswana
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, www.ansinet.org, 2004)Although the discovery of diamonds has propelled Botswana from one of poorest countries in 1966 to its current economic status as a middle-income country, the country still face the problem of economic diversification, ... -
Strategic motives for alliance in the travel sector of tourism
(Routledge, www.routledge.com, 2009)The purpose of this article is to evaluate the strategic motives for alliance formation among tourism businesses. Based on past work on motivation for strategic alliance formation, this article identifies a set of motives ... -
Total quality management and the planning behavior of SMEs in developing economies
(Emerald; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0954-478x.htm, 2002)Examines the relationship between TQM perceptions, planning behaviour, and firm size in SMEs in Ethiopia. Primary data were collected from 57 SMEs through a questionnaire. However, as the study is a preliminary investigation, ... -
Toward gender excellence in higher education in developing economies
(Science Publications / ANSI Journals; http://www.ansijournals.com/3/c4p.php?id=1&theme=3&jid=jas, 2002)The social and economic disadvantages faced by women, particularly in developing countries, has long promoted inquiry into gender stratification in the major socio-economic infrastructures. Higher education has increasingly ... -
Towards small business development through business incubation programmes: a review
(Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce (BIAC), 2004-11)The number of new indigenous business start-ups in Botswana has significantly increased during the past two decades. Unfortunately, the majority of them are not successful. Over 70% of new start-ups fail during their first ... -
Towards small business problem classification: a conceptual model
(Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce, 2005-11)Today's business environment is turbulent and requires firms, small or large, to be proactive and innovative rather than reactive and receptive if they are to survive and grow in it. Strategic awareness is a mental process ... -
Using the servqual model to evaluate the impact of the public service reforms in the provision of primary health care in Botswana
(Routledge, www.routledge.com, 2010-09)The health sector is pivotal to any national development initiative; hence, Botswana has taken seriously the principle of primary health care as contained in the the Alma-Ata declaration of 1978. As a demonstration of ...