Abel Gaiya Bücher

Focusing on the intersection of economic growth and employment, this essay evaluates South Africa's National Development Plan (NDP) in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8. It explores how trade and industrialization can support the NDP's vision for inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The analysis delves into the effectiveness of the NDP's synthetic triad alongside the country's trade and industrial policies, assessing their collective impact on fostering decent work and enhancing economic opportunities for all citizens.

Entrepreneurs are celebrated figures in both ancient and modern societies for their crucial role in driving development and innovation. This essay explores their impact on societal progress and their ability to create products that meet various needs and desires, highlighting the significance of entrepreneurship in shaping economic landscapes. The analysis is grounded in the context of business management and corporate governance, reflecting on the enduring value of entrepreneurial contributions to society.

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Personnel and Organisation, grade: 60, Monash University, South Africa Campus, course: Bachelor of Business Science - Management, language: English, abstract: The continuous nature of change is becoming more predominant as an idea but, nonetheless, change is still habitually experienced as disruptive and related to fear of uncertainty, loss of security and resistance. Thus, it is characterized as a probable drawback to the organization's persistence. Consequently, planned change is required to smoothen the process of change and thus, multiple theories and models of planned change have emerged to tackle the issue. The aim of this paper is to examine and critically analyze planned change, its theories, and its practices. A brief description of planned change will first be given, followed by a literature review under which criticisms of planned change will be presented. This is followed by explanations of three models of planned change: Lewin's three-step model, action research model, and the positive model.