CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.4 Study Limitations and Areas for Further Research
During the course of the study the researcher encountered some challenges that could compromise the quality of this research. Some of the respondents could not give positions on the organogram that were responsible for the poor performance of ZINWA.
This could have been due to fear of victimization. Although ZINWA was a typical case of a firm in the public sector of Zimbabwe, it could have been ideal if other two cases each in different sectors such as energy and transport were included to get a broader picture of the public sector of Zimbabwe.
Considering the findings and limitations of this study, the researcher proposes some areas for further research in order to fully understand the application of the RBV theory of the firm in public companies such as ZINWA. There is a need to asses the resource valuation systems in public enterprises. This is to ascertain how these companies valuate their resources. Evaluation of performance management systems being used in public companies would provide an assessment of resource utilization of by these companies.
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