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    Effective administration of university leadership in a selected institution in Durban
    (IATED Digital Library, 2015-11) Ngwane, Knowledge Siyabonga Vusamandla; Ngwane, C. N.
    University leadership and administration is a critical aspect as it is about the functioning of the entire institution. Effective and efficient administration of the university relies on the principal. Leading proponents encourage transformational leadership, moral stewardship, principal as an instructional leader, and principal as a communicator or community builder. Discovering effective leadership and administration mechanisms can help teach university decision and policy makers to implement leadership development which will lead to improved student achievement. The purpose of this article is to investigate the university senior leadership and its administration in order to improve efficiency and effectiveness holistically. The problem resulting to conducting of this study is the high level of both students and staff demonstrations annually in the selected university, these strikes end up affecting teaching, learning and research within the institution. The underlying question the study intends to address is: “Which factors hinder effective and efficient university administration?” Educational leadership changes from a managerial orientation to promote the significance of concentrating on the learning and teaching process and student success. Educational institution leaders’ competencies are always associated with continuous training and development they receive to make them better leaders. Hence, training and development in university leadership requires a systematic planning which will result to excellent institution education. In order to explain the phenomenon under study better, the Burns transformational theory founded by James MacGregor Burns will be utilised. The positivism paradigm is the philosophy adopted for this study. The survey will be conducted at the Durban University of Technology with the intention to address the question and the objective of the study. The questionnaires will be administered to 30 senior management members within the institution, including the Vice Chancellor and his Deputy, Deans, Directors and HODs.
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    Use of on-line web registration for efficient and effective students’ registration process : a case study of the Durban University Of Technology
    (IATED, 2016) Ngwane, Knowledge Siyabonga Vusamandla
    This paper looks at the use of on-line Web Registration for efficient and Effective students’ registration in a selected higher education institution. The research explored student usage on the online web registration offered at DUT. On-line web registration allows students to register on their own via computer interaction rather than interacting with institution service personnel. Institutions who introduced online web registration gained rapid acceptance and usage of services by prospective students. Online registration was adapted to incorporate the smooth and effective flow of institutions intake, in order to make sure that all students are catered for. With new requirements for online registration, authentication, authorisation and identity management, higher educational institution all over the world has rolled out online registration at much wider scale and with the necessary security measure in place to protect themselves against fraudulent activities. The literature review drew heavily on secondary data. The purpose of this study was to establish the use of online web registration by students at Durban University of Technology. The objective of the study was to determine whether online web registration is beneficial to the students. The web Single Sign-on (SSO) is one of the influential models for determining the web authentication. This study used quantitative research approach. Questionnaires were distributed to 400 students to collect data and the information regarding individual’s behaviours, attitudes and opinions. The study findings supported the conclusion that online web registration was the most efficient and effective way to facilitate smooth and hassle free registration process. It is hoped that the findings and recommendations of this research will assist other educational institutions to implement online web registration in the future.