Marius Ungerer

• MComm, MBA, DComm
• Professor (Full) at Stellenbosch University

Purpose of the study: The aim of the study is to develop an integrated intelligence measurement framework for top management to navigate 4IR. Leadership behaviour originates from cognitive processes, highlighting the significance of a general mental capability, involving the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend comp...

BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic transformation driven by technological advancement has become more significant in scale, scope, and complexity, so much so that the term fourth industrial revolution (4IR) has been ascribed to this era. The velocity, breadth and depth, and systems impact of the 4IR is unlike anything humankind has experienced. Thus, how sh...

Ungerer, M., & Schlechter, A.F. (July, 2022). The relationship between leadership, management innovation and organisational performance. Conference paper accepted for presentation and publication in the conference proceedings at TAKE 2022 Theory and Applications in the Knowledge Economy, Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal.

A work-in-progress paper titled: "The conceptualisation and measurement of management-innovation in an emerging economy" was accepted and presented at the annual IBC conference in September 2021. The submissions presents a proposed research subject for a current PhD study, post- submission minor revisions to the research scope and methodology was m...

People from a variety of backgrounds become executive coaches, lured by the promise of flexible work hours, a more balanced lifestyle, and a reprieve from corporate politics. While anecdotal evidence suggests that it is not easy to make a living purely as an executive coach, research on the topic – which would be more conclusive – is sparse. The em...

This study was conducted to assess the replicability and efficacy of several key success factors as identified in reward-based crowdfunding literature though a South African based case study.

The adoption of so-called online technologies in emerging consumer markets continues to attract research attention, as they are often considered important to the development of these markets. Against this background, the current study aims to contribute to understanding technology acceptance in emerging markets by investigating the behavioural inte...

How entrepreneurs think about and do strategy (with case studies). Chapter 9 from our book "Navigating Strategic Possibilities", prescribed for the Strategy module at the University of Stellenbosch Business School.

Inadequate information sharing and ineffective monitoring are obstacles to strategy execution in an organisation. Performance dashboards are an information system tool used to translate theorganisation’s strategy into objectives, metrics, initiatives, and tasks for each group and individual in the organisation; however, many organisations have been...

One of the long-running debates within the research dealing with developing countries’ situations, has been the extent to which management theories and practices rooted in the developed countries’ perspectives can be applied by organisations in the developing countries. To contribute to this debate, this study aimed to discover new insights that co...

Leading teams to bring about new technologies successfully during fast-changing times can be challenging. In the current era, people are more connected than before and able to access knowledge, networks, equipment and services themselves without corporate structures and management permission. Industrial age management practices appear inadequate fo...

Background: The executive coaching industry is growing internationally and in South Africa. As is typical of small businesses, many struggle to survive. Factors contributing to small business success have been researched, but research in the context of the executive coaching industry in South Africa is sparse. Aim: The aim of this study was to inv...

Title Cipla-Medpro acquisition: the pre- and post-merger story. Learning outcomes The learning outcomes are as follows: to develop a deeper understanding of the pre- and post-merger factors that should be considered in an M&A transaction; to develop an appreciation of the human capital and organisation cultural aspects involved in cross-country...

Family businesses struggle to be sustainable over multiple generations. In fact, most family businesses do not survive past the second generation. The main aim of this article is to present a conceptual framework which could be used to assist family business enterprises to become sustainable over multi-generations. The study’s focus is on the chall...

The Steinhoff saga, possibly the biggest case of corporate fraud in South African business history, has dominated financial and general news since the company’s share price collapsed on 5 December 2017. This mini case offers an academic perspective on the Steinhoff case, relying on information in the public domain, which is limited in depth and sco...

82 The fast-changing interdependent global context and the accompanying need to teach capabilities required in the global marketplace led to the implementation of international global modules for business management students. The study explored students' perceptions about their learning experiences on international modules to BRIC (Brazil, Russia,...

Chapter 4 from our book, "Navigating Strategic Possibilities". Prescribed for MBA Strategy module at University of Stellenbosch Business School.

Although much has been written about value in coopetition initiatives, the dynamics of value creation and appropriation remain poorly articulated. This paper explores the types of value and the dynamics of value creation and appropriation when competitors cooperate.The research provides some suggestions towards semantic clarity and introduces new d...

Strategy disclosure through integrated reporting relates to a firm’s transparency and accountability in dealing with stakeholders. This study is a follow-up study on the 2010 strategy disclosure fi ndings reported by Ungerer (2013), and the study aims to create comparative views and to further evaluate the feasibility of measuring strategy disclosu...

Firms that are both sustainable and able to grow rapidly are an important stimulus to any economy and essential for increasing employment opportunities. Theory and case studies describing high growth firms in the developed economies are vast. However, much less is known about high firm growth firms within developing economies. By identifying profit...

Opportunities for entrepreneurial entry into the craft-distilling product and market domains of the agricultural sector are presented in this study. Although the craft spirits industry in South Africa is currently in its infancy, the study is able to investigate potential entrepreneurial opportunities for such activities in the farming areas of the...

Although the differences between developed and developing countries have been extensively studied in the context of globalization strategies, few studies have so far been conducted on the relationship between country development status and the possession by countries of a favorable (or unfavorable) product country image (PCI). Moreover, the results...

Against the changing paradigm towards a progressively digitalised economy and increasingly digitally infused society, South Africa is reported to lag behind in terms of its digital readiness. Contrary to the national performance, the business sector has taken a leading role in unlocking the opportunities posed by the digital economy. The intention...

Against this changing paradigm towards a progressively digitalised economy and an increasingly digitally infused society, South Africa is reported to lag behind in terms of its digital readiness. According to the 2014 Global IT Report4 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), South Africa was rated in the 70th position (out of 148 countries). This relati...

Title – Sun International: can a blue ocean strategy change the future fortunes of this South African leisure group? Subject area – Tourism & Hospitality Study level/applicability – Post graduate Case overview – The South African-based Sun International Group (SI) develops, operates and manages hotels, resorts and casinos. In its mission stateme...

This study explores the key success factors for business success of companies in the Namibian Tertiary Industry. There is a dearth of scholarly research on key success factors for business success from a developing country perspective. Considering the differing operating contexts between the developed and developing countries, exploring the key suc...

the King II Report on Corporate Governance recommended that organisations should produce a sustainability report some time during the reporting cycle (IOD 2009: 13). The latest version, King III, places the emphasis on integrated reporting (Roberts 2009: 14). Integrated reporting entails the publishing of both the sustainability report and the annu...

Tourism and its “midwife”, aviation, are transnational sectors exposed to global uncertainties. This scenario-building exercise considers a specific subset of these uncertainties, namely the impact of the evolving global climate change regime on long-haul tourism (LHT), with a 2050 horizon. The basic problematique is that unconstrained growth in av...

this study explores the role of middle managers in executing organisational strategies in the local government sector. the study adopted a qualitative research method, using a local authority council (lAc) in namibia as a case study. interview information from 10 middle managers, selected using purposive sampling, forms the basis of this research....

The main objective of this paper is to introduce alternative ways for leaders in organisations to think about the way they execute their strategy-making processes. Strategic conversations are positioned as an alternative and/or complementary process to traditional formal strategising processes. Strategic conversations focus on unlocking the collect...

One of the basic assumptions associated with the theoretical model as described in this article is that an organisation (a system) can acquire capabilities through intentional strategic and operational initiatives. This intentional capability-building process also implies that the organisation intends to use these capabilities in a constructive way...

One of the basic assumptions associated with the theoretical model as described in this article is that an organization (a system) can acquire capabilities through intentional strategic and operational initiatives. This intentional capability-building process also implies that the organisation intends to use these capabilities in a constructive way...

Thesis (D.Comm.(Industrial psychology))--Rand Afrikaans University, 2004. Includes bibliographical references.

Skripsie (MCom)--RAU, 1987. Includes bibliographical references.