Developing a long-term strategy for a selected small transport entrepreneur
- Authors: Burgins, David Christopher
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning , Transportation and state -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Finance
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8714 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/929 , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning , Transportation and state -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Finance
- Description: South Africa, recognised as a developing economy, is encouraging its citizens to be entrepreneurs through various initiatives and assistance, with a bias towards the previously disadvantage people. This encouragement, from the government, has been taken advantage of by numerous citizens to the detriment of themselves, especially in the transport industry. Kazderich Pro Trans, a small transport entrepreneur, has founded itself based on the notion that businesses will utilize its services frequently based on the preferential treatment, to previously disadvantaged communities. The stakeholders in the transport industry, however is firstly geared towards maintaining their market share in a fiercely competitive industry with arguably an introspective view of the preferential treatment governmental policies. The purpose of this is to research the transport industry and accurately identify the environment the transport businesses operate in, with a view of analysing competencies that attract and retain business. This paper negates the government policy to a minor external environmental factor and argues that the company (Kazderich Pro Trans) should operate on the same principals as its competitors in the transport industry. The important issue being discussed in this research, the long term strategy, is to make small transport entrepreneurs realise that researching and planning their business are more important than starting it. The attraction and retention of clients is the basis of a successful transport business and the analyses of the questionnaire employed are used as guidance in developing the long term strategy.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Burgins, David Christopher
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning , Transportation and state -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Finance
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8714 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/929 , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning , Transportation and state -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Finance
- Description: South Africa, recognised as a developing economy, is encouraging its citizens to be entrepreneurs through various initiatives and assistance, with a bias towards the previously disadvantage people. This encouragement, from the government, has been taken advantage of by numerous citizens to the detriment of themselves, especially in the transport industry. Kazderich Pro Trans, a small transport entrepreneur, has founded itself based on the notion that businesses will utilize its services frequently based on the preferential treatment, to previously disadvantaged communities. The stakeholders in the transport industry, however is firstly geared towards maintaining their market share in a fiercely competitive industry with arguably an introspective view of the preferential treatment governmental policies. The purpose of this is to research the transport industry and accurately identify the environment the transport businesses operate in, with a view of analysing competencies that attract and retain business. This paper negates the government policy to a minor external environmental factor and argues that the company (Kazderich Pro Trans) should operate on the same principals as its competitors in the transport industry. The important issue being discussed in this research, the long term strategy, is to make small transport entrepreneurs realise that researching and planning their business are more important than starting it. The attraction and retention of clients is the basis of a successful transport business and the analyses of the questionnaire employed are used as guidance in developing the long term strategy.
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- Date Issued: 2008
Development of an integration model for the transport operators in the Nelson Mandela Bay area
- Authors: Pienaar, Jacques Ludolph
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Urban transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8722 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/900 , Urban transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning
- Description: This research paper focuses on developing a model for the integration of the transport operators in the Nelson Mandela Bay area. The motivation for this integration is the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Public Transport Plan, which has set the goal of developing a new public transport system for the Metropolitan area. This system will integrate the different modes of transport into a single, seamless and scheduled service which will adhere to contractually enforced levels of quality, reliability and safety. In order to achieve this vision, the current bus and taxi operators will need to be unified into a viable and operational entity structure which will provide the required services to the public. The main research problem has therefore been identified as follows: How can the bus and taxi operators in Nelson Mandela Bay be integrated into a single entity, or small number of entities, in order to provide a viable, efficient and sustainable public transport service? This research paper sought to address this problem by conducting a case study of the Nelson Mandela Bay project, which took place over the course of a one year period. The author served as the project manager on the team that was responsible for developing the integration model. Additional research included a study visit to the cities of Bogota and Pereira in Colombia, which have implemented similar transport models, as well as a secondary study focusing on generic organisational integration strategies in existing literature. This paper is fundamentally a qualitative study. In this light, the research data was analysed according to the quasi-judicial method, which was deemed most suitable to the case study format adopted. The findings of the analysis were evaluated, and based on the resultant conclusions, a final integration model was recommended. The fact that this study is based on an actual project that has real world implications and consequences makes the result very relevant, and as such it will serve as a valuable addition to the body of knowledge which can be of assistance to other cities or project teams facing similar challenges in South Africa or even internationally.
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- Date Issued: 2008
- Authors: Pienaar, Jacques Ludolph
- Date: 2008
- Subjects: Urban transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8722 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/900 , Urban transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Transportation -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- Planning
- Description: This research paper focuses on developing a model for the integration of the transport operators in the Nelson Mandela Bay area. The motivation for this integration is the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Public Transport Plan, which has set the goal of developing a new public transport system for the Metropolitan area. This system will integrate the different modes of transport into a single, seamless and scheduled service which will adhere to contractually enforced levels of quality, reliability and safety. In order to achieve this vision, the current bus and taxi operators will need to be unified into a viable and operational entity structure which will provide the required services to the public. The main research problem has therefore been identified as follows: How can the bus and taxi operators in Nelson Mandela Bay be integrated into a single entity, or small number of entities, in order to provide a viable, efficient and sustainable public transport service? This research paper sought to address this problem by conducting a case study of the Nelson Mandela Bay project, which took place over the course of a one year period. The author served as the project manager on the team that was responsible for developing the integration model. Additional research included a study visit to the cities of Bogota and Pereira in Colombia, which have implemented similar transport models, as well as a secondary study focusing on generic organisational integration strategies in existing literature. This paper is fundamentally a qualitative study. In this light, the research data was analysed according to the quasi-judicial method, which was deemed most suitable to the case study format adopted. The findings of the analysis were evaluated, and based on the resultant conclusions, a final integration model was recommended. The fact that this study is based on an actual project that has real world implications and consequences makes the result very relevant, and as such it will serve as a valuable addition to the body of knowledge which can be of assistance to other cities or project teams facing similar challenges in South Africa or even internationally.
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- Date Issued: 2008
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