Theses and dissertations (Management Sciences)
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Item An evaluation on the impact of new capital requirements introduced under the Basel III regulations on banks' lending rates and loan growth : a case study of the eThekwini region and surrounding areas(2020-05) Moodley, Kresénta; Singh, Suren; Isheloke, Byelongo EliseeThe aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of new capital requirements introduced under the Basel III regulations on banks’ lending rates and loan growth. It further analyses how the regulation impacts positively and negatively on the banks’ lending rate. The study was conducted to discover how the Basel III framework affects the banking industry’s loan growth in KwaZulu-Natal. The rationale for this study was based on the information that this financial regulation has led to a substantial decrease in the loan growth of the banking sector. Little research, if any, has been done on this particular topic. Therefore, there was a need to conduct research of this magnitude in order to eliminate the issues related to new capital requirements. A qualitative approach was followed as the dissertation that required this method. The theme of this study focused on credit, interest rates and the cost of credit within the banking industry while the actual research was conducted amongst professionals with 15 to 20 years of experience within the banking industry. Interviews were conducted as part of attempts to gather data in studying the phenomenon. The objective of this study is to identify the difficulties faced by the bank in order to assist in granting a client with a credit facility being in line with the Basel III accord requirements. A further objective is to establish how the Basel III accord has affected the loan growth over the past three to five years in the banking industry and to investigate how the increased cost of credit due to the implementation of the Basel III accord affected the banks and its consumers over the past three to five years. Semi-structured interviews with open ended questions were used to gather data. Due to the type of professionals being interviewed namely; credit managers, business credit managers as well as credit analysts, a total of 10 interviews were conducted. The interviews were recorded and transferred verbatim. The study evaluated the impact that the new Basel III regulation requirements have on the loan growth within the financial industry. Major findings of the research were that banks have become stricter with credit lending; the loan growth has decreased over the past five years, after the Basel III Accord. Due to this being a government regulation, banks have now shifted their focus on promoting non-credit products to increase profitability. This research contributes to the body of knowledge in the financial field of study and helps to bridge the gap on the topic. It is hoped that future research on banking scoring models, Basel III and bank employees’ rapport, as well as on interest rates trends examination would be highlighted as recommended in this study.Item An investigation into the level of socio-economic empowerment of women by identifying their lingerie buying behaviour in the Durban area(2001) Heurtebis, Solene; Mason, Roger BruceThe purpose of this investigation is to define the level of socio-economic empowerment of South African women by identifying their lingerie buying behaviour in the Durban area. This research set out to establish if there are relationships between the following three variables: * The level of emancipation of women - If they are high or low In socio-economic emancipation according to criteria identified in the literature review * Their buying motivations - When buying lingerie, do they consider it as a pleasurable and enjoyable experience or a task to complete? * The type of shops they patronise - Shops with a high level of service or self-service shops In order to reach this aim, the literature review provided information about the evolution of women since the beginning of the 1960's, about the evolution of South African women, especially since the end of the Apartheid system, and finally, about the influence of these evolutionary changes on fashion and on the lingerie field in particular. The purpose was to emphasise the link that exists between the level of empowerment of women and their fashion buying habits. Thus, it has been established that women do not only buy to please the members of their family, but also to affirm their personal identity. Moreover, four categories of women were identified according to their level of emancipation; that is, whether they are career oriented (plan to work or career women) or whether they are home ivpreventItem The perceived quality of service in public clinics of Scottsville and Sobantu in the Pietermaritzburg area(2015) Gumede, Peggy Pinky; Dlamini, Bongani InnocentThe challenges facing the South African public health systems, especially public clinics seem to be increasing. These Primary Health Centres are having to deliver service under difficult circumstances thereby making the “offering” of the service being perceived as poor. The way in which these centres operate is mainly hampered by infrastucture and resource allocation which is seen as sufficient to render appropriate service to the “black communities”. To the eyes of an outsider, this particular service is seen as ideal, yet the people for whom it is meant, do not fully benefit from it. Prior to 1994, South Africans were faced with poor health facilities; with the democratic elections, they thought the delivery of essential services was going to change for the better. In the White Paper for Transformation of the Health System in South Africa, one of the objectives states that various implementation strategies were to be designed to meet the basic needs of all people, given the limited resources available, but this does not seem to be the case. Research has shown a huge discrepancy in the delivery of service between rural and urban areas. Some of the findings are that one nurse will attend to a huge number of patients without any assistance, either from the doctor or other nurses. The literature review contained in this research indicates that there is still a gap between how the service delivery should be made available to the public and how it is currently administered or managed. This research, which is driven by a passion and love for good public service delivery assesses the perceived quality of service in the public clinics of Sobantu and Scottsville. Interviews were conducted within employees of both the clinics and the patients being served by these two clinics to assess the perceived quality of service received in these clinics