The GCC is known for the gas and oil that made them the wealthiest worldwide. The economies of these countries depend on gas and oil extraction activities. GCC countries usually are concerned about achieving economic diversification by setting the programs and policies for stimulating investment in different sectors. Entrepreneurship and SMEs in GCC need to learn from the developed countries and attain experiences that succeeded in accelerating Entrepreneurship and SMEs evolving their Ecosystems. The best feature of the GCC entrepreneurial ecosystem is its connection to the oil-based market, where GCC entrepreneurs benefit from numerous opportunities and assistance from their governments. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments encourage entrepreneurs and provide funding to help them conduct business locally and in foreign markets. The physical and service infrastructure, on the other hand, is the best feature of their Ecosystem. Thus, the current talk discusses the actual situation of the Ecosystem and how this will influence nurturing entrepreneurship."

This study focused on the perspectives of educators on leaderships’ handling of conflict in schools in the Phoenix Circuit.  The purpose of this study was to investigate secondary and primary school educators’ perspectives of prevailing leadership styles when resolving conflicts within the school context. Conflict management by leadership is important as it reflects on the type of leadership skills used in an institution. The role of a leader in an organization is vital as it impacts significantly on the institution at large. A leader is accountable for everything that transpires at the institution. In light of the aforementioned, the school principal should be seen as a fundamental agent of transformation, creating a space for deliberation and dialogue. School leaders need to work closely with their educators, hence there needs to be collaboration amongst them. Inappropriate leadership styles have a tremendous impact on the culture of teaching and learning and the performance of learners. Moreover, the morale of educators is affected. The researcher conducted the study in the Phoenix Circuit as this area had many documented cases of unresolved conflict (SADTU Member Welfare Case File 2014). The members (SADTU Member Case File 2014) put forward a motion that within Phoenix, there were conflicts between leaders and educators in various schools that required urgent intervention from the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) Phoenix Branch. Owing to the many unresolved cases of conflict in the Phoenix Circuit from 2013, the researcher found that this warranted investigation. The members (SADTU Member Case Files 2014) stated that cases of unresolved conflict in schools was a cause for concern as there were grievances from educators regarding conflict management at their schools. SADTU is the largest teacher union in South Africa, representing 70% of the teaching force. Hence the researcher purposively selected SADTU and furthermore, the researcher is an executive member of the Phoenix Branch of SADTU.

Business environment of the manufacturing organizations has become increasingly complex, dynamic and uncertain as a consequence of the various constraints. Thus, manufacturing industries are urged to increase their flexibilities to keep their competitiveness in the market. The affirmation of intrapreneurship has become one of the essential facts that in achieving higher adaptability and competitiveness in the growth. This research studied the role of intrapreneurship and how that can be developed for organizational revitalization. This study investigates a holistic view of the concept of intrapreneurship and focus on purpose, influences, dimensions, and contribution related to the small and medium scale manufacturing industry. Qualitative approach and narrative strategy were used on collecting data from echelons in manufacturing industry. Sixteen respondents were purposively selected from ISO certified manufacturing organizations and conducted two interviews with each.  NVivo 12 software used to organize the data in the analysis and derive themes based on research questions who what and why intrapreneurship is imperatively important in the development of manufacturing industries. The study explored a model of growth stimulation between intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship enabling the three areas, development of entrepreneurial management system, development of echelons intrapreneurship skills and socioeconomic growth of Small & Medium scale manufacturing industry.