The South African economy desperately requires an injection from small manufacturing
enterprises that are productive and highly organized - hence the need to identify suitable
productivity measurement approaches for use in these enterprises.
The following research question was formulated:
Which productivity approach( es) is (are) generally most suitable for small
manufacturing enterprises in the steel and engineering industry of South Africa?
The following directions of research were identified:
(1) A literature search revealed 12 productivity measurement approaches. The theory of
each is discussed in detail.
(2) An empirical search was performed to establish the requirements of industry.
This process is fully discussed.
The results of both the literature and empirical searches were used to develop a list of
criteria. These criteria were compared with each of the approaches, and only three were
found to conform to these requirements.
The results of this comparison provided the answer to the research question. / Department of Business Management / M.Com (Business Management)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/17853 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Webber, Anthony Edwin |
| Contributors | Ghyoot, V. G. (Valmond George) 1951-, Krüger, L. P. (Louis Petrus) 1960- |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (193, x leaves) |
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