FOSTERING A POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT: CULTIVATING EMPLOYEE

MORALE TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AT THE NAMIBIA PRESS AGENCY IN

2023

PROPOSAL

Student name: Josephina Tutaleni Simeon

Student number: 24424948

REM 372

To be submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the following qualification:

Advanced Diploma in Management

SAQA ID: 117865 (NQF LEVEL 7) 120 CREDITS

Lecturer: Dr Susan van Zweel

School of Administration and Management (SOAAM)

Date of submission: 15 April 2024

DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY

I, Josephina T. Simeon (student number 24424948) declare that:

1. this assignment, except where otherwise indicated, is my original work.

2. this assignment has not been submitted for any examination at any other university or
institution of higher learning.

3. this assignment does not contain any other persons’ data, pictures, graphs, or any
other information unless it has been specifically acknowledged as being sourced from
other persons.

4. this assignment does not contain other persons’ writing unless specifically
acknowledged as being sourced from other researchers.

4.1) where other written sources have been quoted, then their words have been
paraphrased, but the general information attributed to them has been fully referenced.

4.2) where their exact words have been used, their writing has been placed inside
quotation marks and referenced.

5. this assignment does not contain texts, graphics or tables copied and pasted from the
internet or scholarly works unless specifically acknowledged and the source being
detailed in the reference section.

6. the similarity percentage on Turn-it-in for this mini research report assignment
is______ %

Signature ______JT Simeon______

Date___15 April_2024____________
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction to the study
1.2 Background to the study
1.3 Problem statement
1.3.1 Main problem statement
1.3.2 Sub problems
1.4 Research questions
1.4.1 Main research question
1.4.2 Specific research questions
1.5 Rationale for the study and objectives
1.6 Summary

2. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5 Gap(s) in the literature
2.6 Summary

3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction to the methodology
3.2 Study design
3.3 Study setting
3.4 Study sample
3.5 Data collection tool
3.6 Data collection process
3.7 Data management
3.8 Data analysis
3.9 Ethical considerations
3.10 Summary

REFERENCES
ANNEXURE A: CONSENT FORM
ANNEXURE B: COPY OF THE DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction to the study

1.2 Background to the study

1.3 Problem statement

1.3.1 Main problem

1.3.2 Sub problems

1.4 Research questions

1.4.1 Main research question

1.4.2 Specific research questions

1.5 Rationale for the study and objectives

1.6 Summary

2. LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5 Gap(s) in the literature

2.6 Summary
3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction to the methodology

3.2 Study design

3.3 Study setting

3.4 Study sample

3.5 Data collection tool

3.6 Data collection process

3.7 Data management

3.8 Data analysis

3.9 Ethical considerations

3.10 Summary

REFERENCES

CONSENT FORM

COPY OF THE DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT