Professeur de l'enseignement supérieur, Directeur du Laboratoire de recherche: Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion, Université Hassan I, Settat, Maroc
The innovation paradigm has a broad base that can hold a plethora of areas. A set of instruments are set up for the benefit of regional innovation policies: the upgrading of human resources, development of infrastructure and the establishment of regional marketing.
The last international financial crisis has revealed that the internal audit is the cornerstone of the control of activities and monitoring their performance. This work will investigate on the existence of a correlation between internal audit and performance in a public administration. In this way, we begin by defining the two concepts: audit and internal audit, and bring these two disciplines to the public organization. Then, we will study the concept of performance, and how the audit will contribute to its realization. Thus, we will analyze the practical case of the Regional Investment Center. We will try to apply the theoretical approach and especially responding to the question: How internal audit contributes to the performance and governance?
In a context of increased competitiveness, territories highlight their potential and promote their achievements. Territorial marketing is the best tool, it's based on a territorial intelligence, analysis of opportunities and the adoption of segmentation and proper positioning to recruit the best investors. In Morocco, in the case of SettaPark Chaouia Ouardigha region is a strong example of devlopment of Settat city.
Companies tend increasingly to turn to the improvement steps in order to boost their performance and thus enhance their competitiveness. In times of crisis, the use of such steps is no longer a choice, but is an obligation. In this context, Lean Six Sigma is uncontested today a vector of business development through various objective tools, and also by the involvement of various company stakeholders. In Africa, the Lean Six Sigma seems like an opportunity to seize and operate. Is it then a management instrument submitted to the fad after the massive craze, or he is a real performance improvement tool for African business and thus responding to a actual need? This article aims to shed light on the reality of the practice of Lean Six Sigma by African companies through the assessment of lessons learned in the field, culminating in the end a synthesis on issues and deployment prospects of this approach in the context of sustainable development.