Ronnie Lotriet

North-West University | NWU · Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, School of Business and Governance

In die digitale era bevind koerante regoor die wêreld hulself in ongekende waters en probeer inkomste vanuit aanlyn verkeer genereer. Sommige koerante, soos die Wallstreet Journal, het dié stap met merkwaardige sukses geneem, terwyl ander koerante jammerlik gefaal het. Die digitale era plaas ook geweldig druk op die koerantindustrie in Suid-Afrika....

Corporate strategies have been increasingly confronted with the need to measure and manage corporate reputation. Despite the importance associated with measuring and assessing reputational risk, the effectiveness of techniques that accomplish these tasks have not kept pace

The banking industry plays a significant role in both the financial system and economy as a whole. By 2012, the US banking system owned US $14.45 trillion in assets. However, the importance of the banking system stretches beyond its mere size. Numerous studies have indicated that the health of this sector has significant effects on overall economic...

Increasingly, in the last decade, largely due to perceived greater shareholder pressures for more profitable performance, compensation maximization has taken center stage in some segments of the banking industry. Banks need to establish board governance committees with explicit responsibilities to monitor corporate ethics and culture. This paper ai...

The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which strategic management process is utilized within the mining industry. Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ascertain that employees and other stakeholders are working toward commo...

The main objective of this research study is to investigate the extent to which business intelligence, competitive intelligence and marketing intelligence are used within the mining industry. Business intelligence, competitive intelligence and marketing intelligence are the management tools used to mine information to produce up-to-date intelligenc...

The main objective of this research study is to investigate the extent to which knowledge management is used within the mining industry. Knowledge management includes the identification and examination of available and required knowledge and the subsequent planning and control of actions to develop knowledge assets to accomplish organizational obje...

The objective of this study is to investigate the extent to which strategic management process is utilized within the mining industry. Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ascertain that employees and other stakeholders are working toward commo...

Business is expected to serve the common good of all stakeholders and have special legal interests with regard to upholding the values embedded in the constitution. Proper managerial ethics is becoming more of a concern within the context of business as the risks involved have grown in number, complexity, likelihood and significance. The extent of...

Organisations tend to incorporate the energy management roles by recruiting maintenance personnel and facility managers that are already under immense pressure to achieve their workload and targets. When energy efficiency knowledge exists, it very often resides with individuals rather than within the company, which has a direct impact on sustainabi...

The PUK Rugby Institute (PRI) was founded in 2000 and earmarked to be of strategic importance in the marketing of the university as well as in the role sport plays in the tertiary environment. It is imperative that the NWU rugby team(s) do well as the image of tertiary rugby has been substantially lifted as a result of the extensive media, and espe...

Although the debate on minimum wages is far from new it remains a controversial issue for all role players in South Africa, for instance with the research done by the government on the laying down/introduction of national minimum wages in 1994. Much research has already been done on the economic merits of certain aspects regarding minimum wages. Ho...

The productivity dimension of minimum wages Authorities in South Africa are currently investigating the issue of introducing a national minimum wage in the economy. “Business South Africa", as a representative of the private sector, also made proposals in this regard at the beginning of November 1995. The minimum wage debate is really not a new on...

The ethics of futures markets Formal futures markets were introduced in South Africa during the beginning of the 1990s. The aim of this article is to investigate the perception that futures markets amount to gambling practices and that they should as such not be tolerated within an economy. Evidence exists of futures markets being banned in countri...