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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of organisational culture on employee performance at Oshana Regional Council (ORC), Namibia. Mixed research methods were used to collect, analyse and interpret data from respondents and key informants. Participants of the study consisted of 103 employees of Oshana Regional Council. Questionnaires and face to face interviews were used to collect quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The Statistical Program for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 was used to compute the quantitative data while descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to better understand its meaning. To examine the association between employee performance and organisational culture at Oshana RC, methodological triangulation was utilized to strengthen the credibility and validity of the findings. The study found that a Hierarchical Culture is the dominant culture at Oshana Regional Council. It was the finding of this study that the Hierarchical Culture is relatively weak and ineffective in driving employee performance. It was also established that employee performance is positively influenced by organisational culture. The study concluded that a strong organisational culture can provide a number of benefits including organisational unity of purpose, behaviour control and it improves employee commitment. The study recommended that ORC managers should use leadership styles that are most suited to their situation in order to achieve high productivity and should periodically conduct cultural audits. Keywords: Organisational culture, employee performance, organisation, corporate, organisational performance. Title: An investigation into the effects of organisational culture on employee performance at the Oshana Regional Council, Namibia Author: Ashikoto Elly, Thomas Bhebhe International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD) Vol. 3, Issue 2, July 2022 - December 2022 Page No: 245-259 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 05-December-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7398151 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/An%20investigation%20into%20the%20effects-05122022-1.pdf, International Journal of Recent Research in Thesis and Dissertation (IJRRTD), Paper Publications, Website: www.paperpublications.org

Savings are current income not spent but kept for future use or the accumulation of financial and non-financial assets. They are mobilized by the financial sector, which allocates them for productive use in the economy. This paper sought to examine the impact of saving practices on the performance of the economy in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2015. A mixed research approach was used to establish the effect of saving practices on the performance of the economy. Both primary and secondary data were employed for analysis and testing of hypotheses. Hypothesis testing, correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to examine the impact of saving practices on the performance of the economy using some macroeconomic variables. Two hundred depositors randomly selected from various banking institutions from the ten provinces and 114 key informants were used in the investigation. Secondary data on gross domestic product (GDP), total deposits, total liabilities, gross capital formation and net exports were used in the examination of saving practices. The study found that savings were always below the average and the Zimbabwean majority across genders had a formal bank or mobile account. Predominantly, savings are used for transactional purposes, thus creating a wasteful economy. Apart from product/service broadening and deepening, there is a need for robust legal and policy frameworks that will promote a savings culture.

This study sought to explore the survival strategies undertaken by employees in non-remunerating organisations with specific focus on Chitungwiza Municipality whose workers continued reporting for work despite having spent two years without salaries. The study comprised a sample of fifty respondents who used self-completing questionnaires. The results revealed that Chitungwiza Municipality employees were undertaking various survival strategies during working hours, after work and during weekends such as piece jobs, informal trading, urban agriculture and tilling land in rural areas for those who have it. It was also noted that some employees who are breadwinners had involved other family members such as spouses and children who are ordinarily their dependents to help raise income for the family as informal traders of vegetables, second-hand clothes and other income generation initiatives. Illegal survival strategies such as pilferage and use of Chitungwiza Municipality resources including vehicles and tools for personal gain were also singled out. However, these survival and intervention entrepreneurial strategies are not enough to substitute the buying power of salaries. The study revealed that employees continued reporting for work with the hope that one day things will improve and they would earn their salaries including back pay which was running into thousands of United States dollars per individual by the time of this study. The other reasons for reporting for non- remunerating work were; to avoid disciplinary action by the employer, to avoid losing benefits such as accrued pension benefits and that the employees had no choice since other companies had closed down due to Zimbabwe's economic challenges and for that reason, finding alternative employment was not an option. It was also concluded that some of the employees reported for work to reduce stress because at work they meet friends and they socialise. The study recommended a holistic approach in addressing the issue of non-payment of salaries. Non-monetary assistance to alleviate the suffering of employees was also recommended. Keyterms: Survival strategies, Non-remunerating organisations, Local authorities.

The rapid emergence of for-profit health care organizations over the past few years poses critical questions on the ethics of health care delivery. The study explores the ethical implications of commodification of health care service as it relates to the healing relationship between the professionals and their patients. A cross-sectional study of for-profit health practitioners in Harare Metropolitan Province, Zimbabwe was done from a representative sample size which was randomly selected from the practitioners register. Respondents answered self-administered questionnaires and key informant interviews. Data was analyzed using Epi Info Version 7, to generate descriptive and inferential statistics. A significant proportion of for-profit medical practitioners are not practicing or adhering to good ethical practices but preferring alternatives which generate income. Medical ethics should be viewed as dynamic, situational and circumstantial. The study concludes that unregulated commodification of health care services, negatively affects the healing relationship between the professionals and their patients due to lack of trust which is the fundamental backbone of the relationship. The study recommends that regulators of medical practice, Health Professions Authority and Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, should regularly review the ethical conducts standards for practitioners since they are dynamic and not to rigidly codify ethics, as they prevent better human relations and adjustments.