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Transforming a publishing division into a scholarly press a feasibility study of the Africa Institute of South Africa /Le Roux, Elizabeth Henriette. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.I.S. (Publishing) -- University of Pretoria, 2007.
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Transforming a publishing division into a scholarly press : a feasibility study of the Africa Institute of South AfricaLe Roux, Elizabeth Henriette 06 August 2007 (has links)
Based on informal discussions with a range of scholars across the African continent, it was felt that there was a need for a scholarly publisher located in Africa, focusing on African content, and targeting an African audience. It had also been expressed by a number of researchers, and was of wider potential interest – given the author’s institutional situation and context at the time, as well as management imperatives – that the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA) could use its existing capacity and strengths in the area of African studies, specifically from a social science and development perspective, and its networks on the African continent, to form a possible institutional base for such a press, through the expansion of its publishing division. But there was no certainty as to whether this was in fact a viable business idea. Thus, this study carries out a feasibility study, to investigate and evaluate whether a scholarly press focusing on African material would be viable in the current South African, continental and international context. The study takes the form of a literature survey, questionnaire-based empirical survey, and business planning exercise. The key research question that is investigated is: Given the limitations of and challenges currently facing the South African (and wider African) scholarly publishing industry, could a scholarly publisher working according to the above vision be viably set up, and how could this be achieved? Broad support is found for the notion of a new scholarly publisher, and a business plan is developed to show how such a press could be set up, working within certain constraints and assumptions. / Dissertation (MIS)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Information Science / MIS / Unrestricted
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The usefulness of the annual report for public entities in South Africa with specific reference to the Africa Institute of South AfricaMoloi, Makgala Alina 06 1900 (has links)
Public entities are faced with the problem of increasing the interest of
stakeholders in their annual reports. The aim of this study was to identify the
stakeholders of AISA who use the annual report, to investigate their
perceptions of the AISA annual report and to determine whether it is used for
decision making or accountability purposes.
Data was collected by using questionnaires sent to a representative sample of
the stakeholders and minutes of meetings and audio recordings of the
interrogation of the annual report by the parliamentary accountability and
oversight body over DST.
The study found that the AISA stakeholders use the annual report for
accountability purposes and not for decision making and it has a small
readership as it is read mainly by internal stakeholders.
The study recommends that public entities need to do much to inform the
stakeholders of the availability of their annual reports. / Business Management / M. Com. (Accounting)
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The usefulness of the annual report for public entities in South Africa with specific reference to the Africa Institute of South AfricaMoloi, Makgala Alina 06 1900 (has links)
Public entities are faced with the problem of increasing the interest of
stakeholders in their annual reports. The aim of this study was to identify the
stakeholders of AISA who use the annual report, to investigate their
perceptions of the AISA annual report and to determine whether it is used for
decision making or accountability purposes.
Data was collected by using questionnaires sent to a representative sample of
the stakeholders and minutes of meetings and audio recordings of the
interrogation of the annual report by the parliamentary accountability and
oversight body over DST.
The study found that the AISA stakeholders use the annual report for
accountability purposes and not for decision making and it has a small
readership as it is read mainly by internal stakeholders.
The study recommends that public entities need to do much to inform the
stakeholders of the availability of their annual reports. / Business Management / M. Com. (Accounting)
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