Current Issue : October-December Volume : 2021 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 5 Articles
The paper focuses on developing a competency model for middle class managers at Weaverly Clothing Company in Zimbabwe. A mixed approach and case study design were used in this study. The targeted population of 30 managers was used with a sample of 25 middle managers. Methods: An open and closed ended questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. Findings: A competency model for middle class managers at Weaverly Clothing Company is a key tool that contributes to employee performance. A competency model with a set of eight competencies was developed and the elements are as follows: financial competences; leadership competences; communication competences; technical competency; strategic competences; team building competences; professional competencies; and networking competences. Challenges: Middle class managers at Weaverly Clothing Company faces some challenges and these are: inability to network with others; lack of interpersonal competences; lack of technical competences and lack of strategic competences and lack of leadership competences. Recommendations: Weaverly Clothing Manufacturing Company must add value either through merit compensation or promotion opportunities. Without the organization valuing the competencies, employees and supervisors will not pay the appropriate attention to competency development; there is also a need for an integrated approach to leadership and management selection and development use the developed competency model for middle class managers in order to reduce training costs, reduce staff turnover or increase employee productivity, enhance performance, and as well invest in the competencies of individuals working in the organization in order to increase performance....
In clinical laboratory, monitoring customers’ satisfaction is required by laboratory quality standards, such as ISO15189:2012 and ISO17025:2017. However, there is no reliable and valid scale to measure clinical laboratory customers’ satisfaction in DRC. This study aims to develop a theoretical and operational instrument for measuring customer satisfaction with clinical laboratory services. In order to develop a reliable and valid measurement tool, the general methodological approach recommended by Churchill was followed. The developed questionnaire was checked for reliability and validity using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to determine whether the hypothesis of the conceptual framework is acceptable in measuring customer satisfaction. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) results showed a three-dimensionality of Customer.....................
In the 40 years of China’s reform and opening up, the jewelry market has changed from a traditional market to a fashion market that reflects individual aesthetics. People’s demand for jewelry is not only a decorative effect, but also a jewel to reflect their aesthetic relationship. The future of contemporary art jewelry will gradually occupy its share in the jewelry market. From the international jewelry market to the Chinese jewelry market, the economic volume is changing, the consumption of traditional jewelry is decreasing, and contemporary art jewelry is gradually becoming the object of consumption. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence the consumption of contemporary art jewelry, which is equivalent to doing a good job in premarket research for the development of marketing strategy research. This study studies the factors influencing the consumption of contemporary art jewelry through quantitative research methods. The main variables are products, consumers, and advertising. In this study, 423 questionnaires were obtained from the citizens of Beijing, China, and the results were analyzed by SPSS one-way analysis of variance, weight analysis, and fundamental analysis. The research results show that consumers, products, and advertising have a relatively important impact on contemporary art jewelry consumption....
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, is China’s largest Yi ethnic community and one of the country’s concentrated contiguous areas of deep poverty. On February 11, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the poor people in the hinterland of Daliang Mountain and discussed with local officials and people on targeted poverty alleviation measures. In November 2020, the last seven state-level poverty- stricken counties in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture announced the elimination of poverty, thus eliminating all poverty-stricken counties in Sichuan Province. This is a historic moment for Liangshan Prefecture, a historic moment for Sichuan Province, and also a historic moment for China’s poverty alleviation. In this paper, the combination of Yi’s handmade embroidery and fast fashion clothing is of great practical significance to help Liangshan consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation....
The development of competency models in the sales management profession using the grounded approach in the retail entities in Zimbabwe indicates that sales manager’s competence are key to of retail entities gaining the competitive advantage. With models of marketing evolving to respond to the open market, there are variations in the competency requirements and functions in which people must play for future success, resulting in the emergence of new kinds of sales professionals. Sales managers play a critical role in retail entities in conveying customer value addition, and the way they fulfill this role is directly influenced by sales managers, the most critical element in a productive sales force. The purpose of this research was to synthesize sales manager competency based on the grounded approach in the retail entities in Zimbabwe that can assist in improving, team, individuals and retail entities performance, and generate an acclaimed uses of the competency model that could serve as a guide for human resources management (HRM) initiatives to increase levels of sales force effectiveness. The study is premised on grounded theory which is molded by symbolic interactionism when entering a research setting and any research topic to get familiar with the specific behaviour at the symbolic and interactional levels. Finally, the paper will offer recommendation to the retail entities in Zimbabwe in a way, it can address the challenges of developing a competency model for sales managers based on the grounded approach in the retail entities in Zimbabwe....
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