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| Namitech: in the IS security war zone |
| William Wilsnagh, Business Unit Director of Technology Services at NamITech, reflected on a rather alarming incident that had just occurred at one of NamITech's clients. A virus had hit the the client's network, resulting in downtime of a full day. Th |
| NANDO'S INTERNATIONAL: FLYING HIGH WITH A GLOBAL CHICKEN BRAND |
| Josi McKenzie, Marketing Director of fast food chain, Nando's International, considered the development of Nando's International since she had joined the company in June 1992, when there were 12 stores in South Africa, and international exposure was l |
| Nedcor incentive scheme |
| Nedcor Chairman, Chris Liebenberg, was facing an avalanche of press criticism over an incentive scheme that the organisation had introduced for top executives. Since the end of April 2000, when details of the scheme were released in Nedcor's annual re |
| NEDCOR TREASURIES INTEGRATION: GOOD FORTUNE OR GOOD PROCESS? |
| It was July 2003. Dr Izak Botha, head of the merger and integration committee of banking group, Nedcor (Nedcor M&R), finished reading the report that the treasury integration steering committee had produced on the integration of the group's treasury o |
| Netflorist: Maintaining Momentum |
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| Netflorist: Maintaining Momentum |
| Netflorist managing director Ryan Bacher’s wife always gets flowers for Valentine’s Day. His mother always gets some for Mother’s Day. But neither sees him for days around those periods. His head is buried in flowers and gifts, and his mind is r |
| NetFlorist: maintaining momentum |
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| New balance South Africa: outrunning the opposition |
| Since 2000, manufacturer of high-performance sports footwear and apparel, New Balance SA, had grown its market share substantially. Now, in 2006, the general manager of New Balance South Africa, Gary van Rooyen, considered the company's future directi |
| Nihilent and Strate: from knowledge transfer to transformation |
| It was the beginning of March 2003. Monica Singer, CEO of STRATE, the organisation that did electronic settlement of all equity trades in South Africa, was planning the way forward for the balanced scorecard driven knowledge management intervention th |
| NOTE ON ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEMS |
| Enterprise systems, better known as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, are a mystery to many. What differentiates an ERP from a traditional information system? This introductory note provides an understanding of enterprise systems. In additio |
| Office of the banking adjudicator: walking the tightrope |
| External changes in the banking environment, coupled with an increasing number of consumer complaints, prompted the need for new systems within the office of the banking adjudicator. Neville Melville, who was appointed as the Banking Adjudicator in Ma |
| OLD GIRLS' MEETING |
| The case tells of the inaugural meeting of the new Executive committee of the Old Girls Association of a renown secondary school. As the members tell their experiences in trying to harmonize professional and family life, the president wonders: How had |
| Pamodzi Investment Holdings: To List or Not to List? |
| In January 2008, the black-owned Pamodzi Investment Holdings (PIH) was at a crossroads, as its chief executive officer (CEO), Ndaba Ntsele, sat down with his board to discuss how to finance the growth of the business. Ntsele and co-director, Solly Sit |
| PC INDUSTRY'S NEXT ONE BILLION CUSTOMERS: EXPLORING THE GROWTH AVENUES |
| The global PC industry was looking for new avenues for growth as its traditional markets matured. Penetration levels in the US PC market as well as other European nations were as high as 60%. The industry behemoths like Dell, Microsoft, IBM and Hewlet |
| PERSONNEL POLICIES AT PARAGON MERCHANT BANK PLC (PART I) |
| This is the first of a two-case series. The case is useful for a Strategy course or a HR Management course. The main objective of Part I is to examine the fit between the HR strategy and the business strategy. The objective of Part II is to get partic |
| PERSONNEL POLICIES AT PARAGON MERCHANT BANK PLC (PART II) |
| This is the second of a two-case series. The case is useful for a Strategy course or a HR Management course. The main objective of Part I is to examine the fit between the HR strategy and the business strategy. The objective of Part II is to get parti |
| Pesto Pesticides (Pty) Ltd |
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| Pick n Pay: Changing its Environmental Footprint |
| Pick n Pay’s initial steps to address environmental issues in the 1980s culminated in 2007 with the launch of its Sustainable Development Vision and Action Plan. Although the plan commits the organisation to a number of environmentally-friendly goal |
| PICK 'N PAY EXTORTION CRISIS: PRODUCT TAMPERER CONFRONTS CONSUMER FRIEND (PART A) |
| This is the first of a two-case series (304-587-1 and 304-588-1). Part (A) is set on the morning of 13 May 2003, when Sean Summers, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pick 'n Pay, one of South Africa's largest supermarket chains, received a registered p |
| PICK 'N PAY EXTORTION CRISIS: PRODUCT TAMPERER CONFRONTS CONSUMER FRIEND (PART B) |
| This is the second of a two-case series (304-587-1 and 304-588-1). Part (A) is set on the morning of 13 May 2003, when Sean Summers, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pick 'n Pay, one of South Africa's largest supermarket chains, received a registered |
| PICK 'N PAY - REKINDLING COMPANY VALUES |
| This case study discusses a rekindling of a company's values within a retailing company that has grown from 4 stores and 50 employees in 1967 to some 265 stores and around 28,000 staff in 1998. These values, such as supremacy of the customer, are base |
| Polecat: poised for growth |
| It was October 2007, and a perfect early summer's day in Cape Town. In his small loft office, Michael Meltzer, founder of Zacron Industries CC trading as Polecat, which manufactured and marketed a patented clasp and claw device used in shopfitting as |
| Polecat: Poised for Growth |
| It was October 2007, and a perfect early summer’s day in Cape Town. In his small loft office, Michael Meltzer, founder of Zacron Industries CC trading as Polecat, which manufactured and marketed a patented clasp and claw device used in shopfitting a |
| Pravin Gordhan: master juggler |
| Pravin Gordhan, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Services (SARS), had managed to improve tax collection substantially over his six years of office, whilst also managing to keep changing the institution internally. He was proud of the leadersh |
| Pravin Gordhan: Master Juggler |
| The 2006 tax year was a record one for Pravin Gordhan, commissioner of the South African Revenue Services (SARS). By March 2007, he had already outstripped Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s revised tax collection target by R3 billion. And, at the las |
| PRETORIA PORTLAND CEMENT: ENGINEERING HR (PART A) |
| This is the first of a two-case series (404-108-1 and 404-109-1). In February 2000, the Kambuku team of Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) got together in the Kambuku 'war room' to plan the way forward for the project. Most of them were engineers by profe |
| Pruhealth PLD: a healthy explansion for Discovery? |
| It was June 2006 and Shaun Matisonn, Chief Executive Officer of PruHealth plc, a 50/50 joint venture formed in late 2004 between Discovery Holdings in South Africa and Prudential plc in the United Kingdom, was about to relocate his office from Johanne |
| Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) |
| This is a background note on public private partnerships (PPPs) in South Africa. The note defines and explains PPPs as an alternative service delivery option for the public sector, highlighting the legislation that governs PPPs and the project cycle. |
| Quadrem: e-procurement for the mining industry |
| By 2003, Quadrem, a global e-marketplace that facilitated electronic transactions between buyers and suppliers from the mining, metals and minerals industry, was in its third year of operation. While some of the regions such as North America, Australa |
| Raphael Davies and Arthur Barke |
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