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https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/77
2024-03-29T06:16:43ZSponsored or Autogestive Materialisation of Space: Urban Informality in Harare, Zimbabwe
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5957
Title: Sponsored or Autogestive Materialisation of Space: Urban Informality in Harare, Zimbabwe
Authors: Langtone Maunganidze; Gabriel Faimau
Abstract: Urban spaces have been centres of social struggles and transformation the world over. With reference to selected urban informal settlements in Zimbabwe, the present article draws inspiration from Henry Lefebvre’s (1991) “autogestion” thesis and examines the extent to which urban spaces have been appropriated and materialised in order to cope with the emerging urban poly-crises, particularly a shortage of land for residential purposes in Harare. The study on which this article is based sought to establish the extent to which both the genesis and the persistence of informal settlements exemplified either a sponsored or the agential appropriation and materialisation of urban spaces. The article observes that what seemed to be “anarchistic” tendencies of informality and irregularity were actually the product of a systematic appropriation and materialisation by various actors for both economic and political expedience.2023-07-14T00:00:00ZLangtone MaunganidzeGabriel FaimauPrecipitants of the ineffective labor act enforcement in Zimbabwe
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5824
Title: Precipitants of the ineffective labor act enforcement in Zimbabwe
Authors: Pilot Ndhlovu; Provilence Ndhlovu
Abstract: The research sought to establish precipitants of ineffective labor act enforcement in the Gokwe area in Zimbabwe. A quantitative approach was used in this study. A survey study design was utilized through the use of a structured questionnaire. The stratified sampling method was used to select 80 participants. What emerged as major precipitants of ineffective labor act enforcement in the country, were lack of education, the legal cost involved, lack of representation, contradictions between Labor Officers and Designated Agents, and the bias of labor act enforcers as well as the distance traveled to seek labor justice. To ensure workers are more conscious of their rights, there should be a rollout of labor act educational campaigns in the country to inform employees and employers of their rights and their boundaries. The Government should remove application costs paid by the winning party at the labor court. To reduce the distance, the government should revisit the labor act, particularly on the issue of designated agents to grant labor officers some power within the jurisdictions of the designated agents to stimulate labor act enforcement and good practices. The dispute resolution system should be less expensive.2023-07-08T00:00:00ZPilot NdhlovuProvilence NdhlovuEmployees’ reactance and survival strategies in an underperforming Zimbabwean parastatal
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5711
Title: Employees’ reactance and survival strategies in an underperforming Zimbabwean parastatal
Authors: Peter Sibanda; Emmanuel Mavenga; Langtone Maunganidze; Farai Ncube
Abstract: This research is an analysis of employees’ survival strategies in an under-performing Zimbabwean
parastatal. It argues that employees’ survival strategies may evidence failure of an organisation to
accommodate changing realities under conditions of distress. The prevailing economic conditions in
Zimbabwe may discourage employees from switching jobs even though they are not paid by their
employer so that they pursue compensatory actions to survive. This study is based on qualitative
research conducted among employees in a Zimbabwean parastatal, which has been struck in perennial
performance challenges resulting in its failure to consistently fulfil its obligations to employees as
evidenced by delays in salary payments, acute shortages of tools and poor labour relations in general.
Employees have resultantly resorted to alternative survival means, such as theft, fabricating leave,
moonlighting, including refusal to leave company’s accommodation facilities. They perceive that
management is ignorant of their plights, and their interests in formal collective job actions are eroded
as they seem to be flogging a dead horse. These employees’ survival strategies are believed to drain
the entity’s depreciating resources, with the further milking likely to have ruinous consequences. Most
of these strategies are pursued in subtle and unobservable ways to evade immediate management
action.2014-11-28T00:00:00ZPeter SibandaEmmanuel MavengaLangtone MaunganidzeFarai NcubeThe competitive advantages of organisations in Zimbabwe’s hospitality industry: A case of two organisations
https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5710
Title: The competitive advantages of organisations in Zimbabwe’s hospitality industry: A case of two organisations
Authors: Farai Ncube; Peter Sibanda; Langtone Maunganidze
Abstract: The Zimbabwe economy has recently been plagued by various forms of industrial fragility characterized by unprecedented hyper-inflation, low levels of investment and under capitalization in many sectors particularly the hospitality industry following the hotly contested land reform program in 2000 and series of disputed parliamentary elections that followed. However the situation has improved following the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) in February, 2009 and the adoption of multi-currency system to arrest the shortage of foreign currency and restore stability inboth productive and consumption sectors of the economy. One such sector has been the hospitality industry, which represents one of the fastest growing sectors in the country. Since then there has been an improvement in performance in the sector as evidenced by increased Food Covers, Average Room Rates, and Average Spent per Cover and Revenue per Available Room.This article uses the Co-evolution Theory to explore the determinants of competitive advantage in the hospitality sector in Zimbabwe specifically focusing on two groups of hotels from which we selected one per group herein labeled hotels A and B. The research design was predominantly qualitative and data was collected using interviews and questionnaires distributed to 100 participants selected by stratified availability sampling. Themajor findings indicated that while service delivery, hotel location, hotel capacity, hotel products and pricing and infrastructural capabilities were considered generic drivers to competitive edge, people issues particularly employee engagement, were central to the equation. The article recommends for more focus on swift service delivery, massive training, good customer care, recapitalisation, IT focus, product differentiation and the provision of flexible rates to sustain competitive advantage. Thus the paper strongly challenges companies in the hospitality industry in Zimbabwe to take note of the potential the industry has in determining the future of the country as a major revenue centre and equally equip managers with arsenals to ensure a competitive edge for enhancing the shareholder wealth.2013-01-01T00:00:00ZFarai NcubePeter SibandaLangtone Maunganidze