Practices in operating a small business in a host community: a social capital perspective of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurship within the South African business context

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Tinashe Tsungai Raphael Ndoro ◽  
Lynette Louw ◽  
MacDonald Kanyangale
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Small Business ◽  
South African ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Chinese Immigrant ◽  
The South ◽  
Immigrant Entrepreneurship ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Social Capital Perspective

The Impact of Quality Standards on the Business Performance of Small, Medium and Micro-Sized Enterprises in Kwazulu-Natal: Selected Cases in the Durban Metropolitan Area

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phindile B. Chili ◽  
Noluthando S. Matsiliza
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Small Business ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
The South ◽  
Quality Management Systems ◽  
Small Business Performance

In the last decade, scholars showed an interest in alluding to compliance as a necessity to support small business performance in the last decades. Over the years, organisations have been frequently criticised for failing to comply with the quality standards such as the South African National Standards (SANS) 9001/ISO 9001 require effective implementation of Quality Management Systems and SANS 342, which provides specifications for diesel fuel products. Quality standards matrix adopted by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is frequently used as a set of detailed specifications, requirements, various guidelines and characteristics to assure that the product, service or process is fit for purpose. Even though public and semi-autonomous institutions understand the value of subscribing and complying with quality standards, there is still a gap in the literature regarding the enforcement and compliance of quality standards in small business practices. There is a relationship between the adoption of quality standards and business excellence. Government can tap on the competitiveness of small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) and address their challenges and barriers that limit SMMEs to acquisition and compliance of statutory quality management systems.

scholarly journals The effect of ethical values on transformational leadership and ethical climate in organisations

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Engelbrecht ◽  
A. S. Van Aswegen ◽  
C. C. Theron
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
South African ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
The South ◽  
Business Context ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Positive Effect

Ethical leaders are ultimately responsible for developing a strong and sustainable ethical climate in organisations. Ethical values and the ability to influence followers to internalise these values have become prerequisites for effective leadership in modern organisations. Although ethics, leadership, and values have received much attention, there has been little coordinated effort to integrate transformational leadership with ethical climate and ethical values. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a theoretical model to explain the structural relationships between these variables in the South African business context. The results revealed that altruism influences transformational leadership positively, and that transformational leadership in turn has a positive effect on ethical climate. Some support was also found for the proposition that integrity moderates the effect of transformational leadership on ethical climate.

scholarly journals Street Food Vending and Hygiene Practices and Implications for Consumers

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kok
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
South African ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
The South ◽  
Employment Creation ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Street Food ◽  
Hygiene Practices ◽  
African Context

Street food vending has and is becoming globally a convenient and in most cases an essential service. Lifestyle changes and socio economic factors creates very little space for consumers to look at other alternatives one of which would be to prepare one’s own meal. Street food therefore becomes an easy and economic means to acquire prepared food. Safe hygiene practices should become integral to the vendor as the product will be consumed by people of all ages and many may be vulnerable to poor quality food. The street food vendor in turn relies on this service as a means of employment and income generation. The competition between vendors is increased and the pressure to cut corners becomes a reality and one significant corner is appropriate hygiene practices. The practice of appropriate hygiene practices is also as a result of total ignorance of many vendors and the nature of the food that they prepare. The paper explores lessons from various countries in respect of dealing with ensuring good hygiene practices of street food vendors and its usefulness to the South African perspective. One such initiative is the programme launched by the India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority and the National Association of Street Vendors of India. South African street food industry is rapidly increasing in size and proportion. Several studies have been undertaken to look at this operation from various perspectives including hygiene practices and small business. Employment creation has become a national imperative of the country and small business development is seen as a significant component to employment creation. This paper sets out to establish the global practices in street food vending from a hygiene perspective and its relevance to the South African context.

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