This paper introduces a unified model for organizational change that is designed to help change analysts think through the decision-making process. Most organizational leaders do not manage change effectively because they fail to acquire the minimum amount of information necessary to make a...

Road and highway infrastructure provides the backbone for a nation’s economic growth. The versatile dispersion of population in Australia and its resource boom, coupled with improved living standards and growing societal expectations, calls for continuing development and improvement of road...

With the growing importance of sustainability assessment in the construction industry, many green building rating schemes have been adopted in the building sector of Australia. However, there is an abnormal delay in the similar adoption in the infrastructure sector. This prolonged delay in...

Research found that today’s organisations are increasingly aware of the potential barriers and perceived challenges associated with the successful delivery of change — including cultural and sub-cultural indifferences; financial constraints; restricted timelines; insufficient senior...

South Africa has high levels of social need which are steadily growing. While the thirdsector is large and contributes substantially to social service provision, it together withgovernment is seemingly incapable of providing adequate social services, particularlyin the more poverty-stricken...

The study was conducted to establish whether there is a need at the Medical Research Council for a formal CI function to be implemented. The objective of the investigation was to establish whether the CI techniques and methods, which are traditionally applied in the commercial industry, could be...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Municipalities in South Africa, especially rural ones, have been struggling to deliver servicesto communities to the extent that government placed those worse-off under ProjectConsolidate. The implementation of Project Consolidate indicate that the capability ofmunicipalities to...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Venture capital is a major source of funding for the entrepreneurial community and usually focuses on the early stage, more risk orientated business endeavours. This study explores and identifies the investment criteria used by South African venture capitalists in their venture...

Consuming milk that has not been pasteurized is a risk behavior for foodborne illness that some people are actively seeking. For educational purposes, it is important to better understand what factors motivate a person to make certain decisions in order to understand their behavior. This study...

This qualitative research explores the problem-solving process of public schoolprincipals. Drawing on in-depth interviews with successful principals, three distinctelements influencing the process were discovered. First, principals often engage in apractice the author identifies as policy...