The study was conducted with a view to evaluate the performance of the University of Malawi's Polytechnic using the Balanced Scorecard model. The research employed a deductive approach and adopted a survey strategy. A closed questionnaire eliciting demographic characteristics and work related factors was sent to a sample of the Polytechnic stakeholders who were selected using a nonrandom purposive technique. The results indicated that the institution's performance was poor on all the perspectives of the balanced scorecard. However, the performance of the college based on output performance measures was rated as good. The results have also shown that the internal processes and innovation, and learning processes showed a strong correlation to performance measures.
Malawi is one of the landlocked countries within sub-Saharan Africa which faces serious challenges in managing her transport logistics. The provision of predictable, reliable and cost effective transport logistics is constrained due to deficiencies in road and rail infrastructure, inefficient port and transit border operations that contribute to very high transport cost. This study was undertaken to analyse the challenges facing the transport logistics industry in sub-Saharan Africa specifically Malawi. Data was solicited from a structured questionnaire that was circulated to purposely selected members from the population of the business community with expertise in transport logistics. Results from the study are also supported by literature and indicated tha t high transport cost, deficiencies in road and rail infrastructure, inefficient port and transit border delays pose serious challenges to transport logistics.
It is common knowledge that an organisation cannot operate in isolation without the critical roles that various stakeholders play in influencing organisational operations and ultimate corporate performance. Thus, stakeholders that are interdependent have to be rewarded based on their respective efforts in promoting and creating organisational wealth in different capacities. This study aimed at ascertaining the extent of corporate conscience phenomenon as on how body corporates in Malawi tackle and distribute wealth to their different stakeholders who are actively involved in the creation of such an organisational wealth. The study findings reveal that most business executives in Malawi recognise that being a body corporate with a conscience is a recipe for success of their current and future operations and the ultimate sustainable corporate performance. It is anticipated that the study results will improve the perception of business executives towards corporate conscience as well as transform the approaches in academic and business research programmes.
The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge of final year accountancy students on the elements of financial statements as contained in the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting. The study was exploratory in nature. It involved final year students on the accountancy programmes at colleges and universities in Malawi. The students were required to list the elements of financial statements. The results indicate that the majority of the students were not aware of the elements despite the fact that the financial reporting syllabi for the programmes incorporate the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting. It is recommended that financial reporting lecturers at the colleges and universities should adopt the principles based approach to teaching International Financial Reporting Standards. The accountancy students should also be encouraged to consider the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting as a foundation for their accounting studies and so endeavor to know its tenets.
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