Turning a Deteriorating Company into a Viable Asset: The Case of Munali Nickel Mine.
Mutale David*. Dr. Rob Shah**.
*Research Student. **Supervisor
*School of Business ** School of Business
Abstract
Results and Discussion
Conclusions and
Recommendations
Methodology
• Research Design
• Case study
• Case Study Approach
• Qualitative: Explanatory - Literature review, Interviews, Interviews and field
observations.
• Research Demographic
• Asiamah and Mensah (2017) described research population/demography as a
group of individuals having one or more characteristics of interest whose
research findings are attributed to the population either by linking them to
specific or all the participants.
• The research population comprised of senior, middle and lower management
members of staff as well as a few senior citizens around the mine area. See
Table below for a detailed distribution of the population.
Introduction
• Figure 1. Resettlement Action Plan
• Population in Research Area
• Figure 2. Bridge Development
• 300 individuals approximately.
• Sampling Technique and Sample Size
• Purposive Sampling
• 1 Organisation (Munali Nickel Mine) with 91 individuals interviewed.
Acknowledgements
• Qualitative Analysis done using Microsoft Excel.
• Figure 3. Research Procedure
Investigation of The Causes of Inefficiencies in Performance
• Failure to manage creditors
• Failure to manage the Supply Chain
• Expensive mining method
Investigation of Systems Put in Place to Manage Resources
• Failure to manage the Supply Chain
Investigation of The Effectiveness of Adopted Organization Structure
Strategies That can Improve Performance
Munali Nickel Mine Risks
• Erratic water supply
• Price hedging
• Chinese market demand
• Legal cases
Senior Managers’ Perspective
• 60% believed Munali Nickel Mine was deteriorated and it’s largely due to
current management being a replacement of the redundant team.
Middle Managers’ Perspective
• Lack of long-term plans as indicated by short term inventory cover. Also lack
of investment in the human resource.
• Figure 3. above shows the research process of collecting data that used
three methods down to a point of data analysis
Junior Managers’ Perspective
• High staff turnover rates due to unhappy employees
I extend my sincere gratitude to the following people for their relentless energy
to ensuring that I succeeded in delivering my research project.
• Dr. Rob Shah, my Thesis teacher
• Eduardo Shavez, my student advisor
• Dr. Nicholas Odongo, my Research Methods teacher
To my wife, Mukuka Mutale and son Theodore Bupe Mutale, thank you for
sacrificing the time I was supposed to spend with you. This qualification is yours
to celebrate.
Over and above all, glory and honour belongs to The Lord God Almighty, the
author and finisher of this work..
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