Abstract The research study examined the level of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards date rape among university students. Hundred and fifty (150) university students participated and the sample population was drawn from the Midlands State University using convenience sampling. The research study adopted a quantitative approach. A questionnaire used to assess the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards date rape was developed from the College Date Rape Attitude and Behaviour Sur...
ABSTRACT This research was a case study of Turnall Holdings Limited which sought to establish the prevalence of financial stress and examine its effect on workplace performance of employees. The study was motivated by the fact that some employees are extrinsically motivated whilst others are not, yet the employer was trying to combat the current corporate financial constraints through eliminating all employee financial benefits. As such, Turnall employees were found to be facing financial dif...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the effectiveness of the coping strategies to reduce food insecurity in the face of climate change, in Chireya ward 5 in Gokwe North Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. Using information from 64 participants that included 64 respondents mixed research approach was used, the research design was a case study that included residents, organizations A to C. The research made use of three data mining instruments which were Focus Group Interviews (FGDs), semi structured inter...
ABSTRACT The research was on the impact of bookkeeping on the survival and growth of small and medium enterprises .The study was motivated by the fact that new players enter the field each year and almost the same number leave. A similar trend has been like that from 2010 to 2013 at the Mutare Green Market complex. An in-depth review of the literature related to the aforementioned factors under study was carried out. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were used in gathering informa...
ABSTRACT The collapse of two local banks namely Capital and Interfin which lead to NSSA losing out significant volumes of money has probed a lot of questions to the entity’s major shareholders. The most frequently asked question was whether management is giving adequate attention to audit recommendations. This initiated the researcher to conduct a research to investigate the impacts of management’s non-implementation of audit recommendations to risks. The study prompted answers on sub-res...
ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to examine how entrepreneurship has impacted the livelihoods of students at tertiary institutions. In particular it looks at the student entrepreneurial activities at the Midlands State University (Gweru Campus). The researcher focuses on how the university has promoted entrepreneurship around the campus. She also explores the impact of student petty trading as an entrepreneurial activity on the students’ livelihoods as well as the challenges they face. ...
ABSTRACT This research seeks to examine the impact of capital structure on bank’s financial performance in Zimbabwe. The study employed a sample size of ten banks over the period 2013-2017. In conducting this research, the researcher used a mixed approach that was both qualitative and quantitative. Data was collected through audited financial statements and interviews. Quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis were used that was descriptive statistics, correlation, regression te...
ABSTRACT The key calling of any parastatal in Zimbabwe is to pursue public interests, parastatals are tasked with the duty to provide services that benefit the public in the long-term. In the 21st century Zimbabwean parastatals have been the country ‘s bane, draining the fiscus while failing to perform the functions for which there were set out to do.in 2013 the Auditor General Mildred Chiri outlined that parastatals operate in red, continuously bleeding the fiscus and in most instances fai...
ABSTRACT The study was to determine the effectiveness of line extension strategies on brand sales performance with reference to Unilever Zimbabwe Harare branch. The research was centered on Unilever‟s most recent line extensions for its Lifebuoy and Vaseline brands. The objective of the study was to establish the impact of introducing a new flavor or variant on brand sales, to determine the effectiveness of new formulation on repeat purchases and to measure the effect of new packaging on br...
ABSTRACT The years 2000 to 2009 saw a lot of Zimbabweans from all walks of life experience a period of economic hardships. Many Zimbabwean parents out-migrated into neighboring countries and overseas in search of greener pastures, leaving their adolescent-children behind in their home country. The study sought to explore the impact of parental migration on the psychological well-being of adolescents at Mkoba 3 High School and Budiriro B College aged between thirteen and sixteen years with one...
ABSTRACT The practical experience of work related learning motivated this research to be conducted by the researcher after some observations through the period of 2013 at attachment. The main purpose was to analyse the impact of cost cutting on profitability of Freight World. The profits of Freight World continue to fall down even after implementing cost cutting. Freight World has to establish ways and means to revive its current profit levels as they are in danger zone. Literature was revie...
ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of irrigation farming in transforming rural livelihoods. The research’s case study was Nyamaropa Irrigation Scheme located in Ward 12 of Nyanga District, south east of the district. Qualitative methodology was used during the study, and two types of data gathering instruments that are questionnaires and interviews, were used to obtain a sample of one hundred irrigators, forty-nine non-irrigators and one AGRITEX officer. A total of one hundred questionn...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between individual aptitude tests score results and actual job performance, as measured in selected Harare companies. The rationale for the study was based on the observation that some people who do well on the job but have not necessarily passed psychometric tests, also experience has shown that candidates fail psychometric test when they have excellent reference letters from previous employers. The significance of this study wa...
ABSTRACT The study was based on the impact of merchandise assortment on customer retention, the case study being Village Spar. The researcher was inspired to carry out a study on this topic, because she saw firsthand the benefits that lay with good merchandising strategies. However environmental influences have since seen the Village Spar facing challenges that have affected assortment size. Statement of the problem is given. The objectives that were governing the study were, to find out the ...
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