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All levels of the school system promote and practice teachers’ continuous professional development to ensure they meet the diverse needs of students in Antigua and Barbuda. Using a qualitative approach, this study sought to determine which approach suits the individual needs of educators in Antigua and Barbuda and examined participants’ perspectives on conventional and bespoke teacher professional development. In the research context, there is an issue of teachers’ inability to integrate ICT tools and lack the ability to incorporate strategies, skills, and knowledge acquired during teacher professional development into their practices. Transformational learning theory provides the theoretical framework…

  The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has been challenged to fully realise the advantages of the university’s learning management system. NUST implemented the Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment (Moodle) in 2011; however, students’ performance levels have not increased as anticipated. The theoretical framework that underpinned this study included Khan’s Octagonal Framework, the Orbital E-Education Framework and The Community of Inquiry Theory. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effective use of Moodle as a learning management at NUST. Within the context of a pragmatic research paradigm, this study used a sequential explanatory study…

The goal of this study was to use Zambia as a case study to investigate the adoption of risk management integration, or RMI for short in this paper. The study took into account both financial institutions (FI) and non-financial institutions (NFI) when comparing the parameters relevant to the scope of the RMI. The research problem was that while all businesses are getting increasingly exposed to high risk, they are not responding proportionately by increasing their RMI. Despite the fact that many studies on the benefits of RMI in organisations have been published, this has persisted. There is a gap between what…

South Africa has difficulty in addressing unemployment, poverty and shortage of skills in critical areas (Mzagwa, 2016). According to Ferreira and Rossouw (2016) the National Development Plan (NDP): vision 2030 has identified small and medium business sector as key to reducing these challenges. Leboea (2017) posits that in spite of the efforts to support the small business sector, rural entrepreneurship still struggle to make significant contribution to economic development and growth. The purpose of this study was to determine the role entrepreneurship education and training could play in sustaining small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in rural areas.  …

Entrepreneurship contributes to economy growth of nations. Countries that enhance entrepreneurship, there is job creation and increase in productivity. The study aimed at identifying youth entrepreneurship initiatives as a strategy for economic growth in Blantyre city since there is high youth unemployment, low productivity, low entrepreneurship, slow economic growth and increase in poverty. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Theory, guided the study.This study targeted three different groups of respondents thus young entrepreneurs aged between 20 and 35 years, universities which serve as a support for students willing to become entrepreneurs or those who already own a business while studying and…

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a socially responsive practice adopted by businesses that benefit the community. It demonstrates a gesture of responsibility to the people and the environment. CSR is a “self-regulating business model”. The modern CSR is premised on Carroll’s pyramid of CSR developed in 1996. The concept is relatively new in Uganda. Implementation of CSR presents fears and challenges to companies. The main objective of this study was to understand Corporate Social Responsibility practices in Uganda.  The study adopted the mixed-methods approach. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were employed…

The focus of this research is to investigate the how to improve the operation of MSMEs in Botswana. Although a high performing African country, Botswana is plagued by chronic unemployment particularly amongst its youth. The purpose of the integrated model is to provide a method for MSMEs to self evaluate and this identify areas within their operations which can be improved. The model is derived from four (4) key areas Finance and Capital, Teamwork, Business Environment and Productivity. Each of these factors are derived from development theories established in the second half of the 20th…

The study examined how reward programs affect Ghana Revenue Authority employees’ work behavior. Incentives are needed to model employee conduct that improves these companies’ bottom lines. Employees who create payment structures to promote ideas like fair wages or trade should be fairly paid. This study sought to comprehend employee benefits and how they compare to those of rivals. Again, how equitable is the reward system of the organization in terms of comparators and referents; how helpful are the incentive system to the employer-employee relationship; what kinds of incentives do employees want; and ultimately, does the reward system accurately…

The qualitative case study investigated the integration of Sustainable Development (SD) principles in business practices in three (3) major trade effluent-generating industries.  The investigation focused on various management levels for the industry based in the Francistown region in Botswana to recommend solutions for improvement to the industry and the government.  The selected industries for the study are the major trade effluent-generating industries in the Francistown region in Botswana.  These industries have consistently failed to comply with the discharge requirements for trade effluent quality for over 20 years posing a pollution threat.  Twenty-eight out of thirty (28/30) research participants…

The research study assessed the principal’s perspectives on leadership styles in implementing the Universal Basic Education (UBE) program in South-South, Nigeria. A total of five research questions guided the direction of the study. Conducted a literature review to ascertain previous researchers’ findings, and several gaps that affected the smooth implementation of the UBE program were identified that further justified the study’s need.  The study used an interpretive/constructivist qualitative research approach, phenomenological research design, and semi-structured face-to-face interviews to gather primary data from a purposive sample of 33 public junior secondary school principals in South-South, Nigeria.