Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Management and Entrepreneurship)

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    Beyond legislation: A case study of Transformation in a South African higher education institution
    (University of the Western Cape, 2024) Corner, Laurence Benedict; Bayat, Abdullah
    This research is about transformation in the Higher Education (HE) context with focus on a Higher Education Institution (HEI), the University of the Western Cape, officially labelled as a Historically Disadvantaged Institution (HDI) in Cape Town, Western Cape in South Africa. The researcher employs a Decoloniality lens to investigate the transformation of the UWC. The researcher first investigates a range of interviewees' lived experiences and then engages a small group of selected UWC participants in Participatory Learning Activities (PLA) to understand the participants' perceptions regarding transformation and to provide a platform for exploring transformation at UWC. The current approaches in the literature about transformation lean towards an intellectual discourse that offers many definitions of transformation which means that transformation in South African HEIs is whatever each HEI decides. This compounds the question of why HEIs are failing in their transformation approaches. The literature further critiques HEIs for failing to implement appropriate visionary and impactful transformation strategies and debates the merits of the dominant foundation of legislative compliance, specifically regarding the Employment Equity Act of South Africa.
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    Employing developmental mentorship to enhance the livelihoods and entrepreneurial capabilities of waste pickers
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Sambo, Mogamat Adeel; Bayat, Abdullah
    Waste pickers are individuals who collect waste from household and commercial bins as well as at landfills. The vast majority are unskilled with a low-level of education. Waste pickers find themselves in poverty for various reasons associated with the South African economy and their life trajectories, including a lack of skills. The consequence of this is that these individuals are unable to find secure employment in the formal economy. The income they obtain is from the recyclable items that they collect, which are then sold to buy back centres or parties who are interested in buying their valorised items.
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    Ethico-political leadership in public organizations in Zimbabwe
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Mabwe, Nosheni; Bayat, Abdullah
    The study investigated the ethico-political leadership in two Zimbabwean State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Since Zimbabwe attained its independence in 1980, the citizens have witnessed an alarming rate of unethical activities within public organisations. Reports of dishonest behaviour such as embezzlement, bribery, self-serving interest, no answerability, and dishonesty of managers in public organisations are widespread. A case study research design was engaged to encompass an in-depth description of the experience of managers in the two public organisations. A qualitative research approach was used because it allows for a systematic approach to describe life experiences and meaning.
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    The financial sustainability challenges of an energy efficient intervention project in a low-income earning urban community: lessons from the Kuyasa clean development mechanism (cdm)
    (Universty of the Western Cape, 2024) Maphosa, Thembinkosi; Bayat, Abdullah
    This research study explores using a mixed method approach the energy-efficient intervention project situated in the Kuyasa low-income community, Khayelitsha, in Cape Town. The renewable energy-efficiency project was an initiative that utilized renewable energy sources and minimized energy consumption through efficient technologies and practices. I constructed an IntegratedParticipatory Sustainable Framework. This theoretical study framework drew on the theories of sustainability, systems theory, energy transition and access, and community empowerment and participation. The implications of the theoretical framework are that for a renewable energy-efficiency project to be sustainable, it must have (a) a guaranteed revenue stream, (b) a repayment plan, (c) a contribution mechanism, and (d) an empowerment plan that takes into consideration community complexities. The study investigated the Renewable Energy Efficiency Technologies (REETs) energy-saving interventions that aimed to address South Africa’s electricity challenge, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), add value to Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses, change consumer behaviour and attitudes towards energy-efficient technologies, create employment, and to alleviate poverty.