In 2001 the first Human Resource Development Strategy of South Africa (HRDSA) was implemented. The lack of institutional arrangements, structures, procedures, processes and capacity and the location of the HRDSA, 2001, at both the then Departments of Education and Labour, severely hampered the implementation and effective functioning of the Strategy. This study aims to find solutions to the main implementation difficulties experienced with the HRDSA, 2001, in order to ensure increased performance regarding the strategic priorities of the revised HRDSA, 2010 – 2030. An empirical study was conducted to determine potential challenges pertaining to the implementation of the revised HRDSA. Interviews were conducted with senior officials and experts at relevant national departments and with the Gauteng Provincial Government and social partners and relevant stakeholders, including organised labour and organised business. Questionnaires distributed among human resource development (HRD) practitioners addressed matters pertaining to possible solutions with regard to the appropriate location of the HRDSA, challenges in implementing the HRDSA, capacity needs, appropriate governance structures, political support and budgetary constraints. Best practice for the implementation of a national HRD strategy in a number of countries is outlined and discussed with a view to benchmarking the HRDSA and learning from the mistakes made by them in the implementation of their national HRD strategies. Based on these lessons learnt by those countries, and valuable information gathered through the results obtained from the questionnaires and interviews, recommendations are made to support the successful implementation of the revised HRDSA. The recommendations are focused on the effective, efficient, economic and sustainable implementation of the revised HRDSA commitments, strategic priorities, strategic objectives, programmes and projects to improve social and economic growth, as well as HRD, human development (HD) and accelerated quality service delivery in South Africa. / Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

In 2001 the first Human Resource Development Strategy of South Africa (HRDSA) was implemented. The lack of institutional arrangements, structures, procedures, processes and capacity and the location of the HRDSA, 2001, at both the then Departments of Education and Labour, severely hampered the implementation and effective functioning of the Strategy. This study aims to find solutions to the main implementation difficulties experienced with the HRDSA, 2001, in order to ensure increased performance regarding the strategic priorities of the revised HRDSA, 2010 – 2030. An empirical study was conducted to determine potential challenges pertaining to the implementation of the revised HRDSA. Interviews were conducted with senior officials and experts at relevant national departments and with the Gauteng Provincial Government and social partners and relevant stakeholders, including organised labour and organised business. Questionnaires distributed among human resource development (HRD) practitioners addressed matters pertaining to possible solutions with regard to the appropriate location of the HRDSA, challenges in implementing the HRDSA, capacity needs, appropriate governance structures, political support and budgetary constraints. Best practice for the implementation of a national HRD strategy in a number of countries is outlined and discussed with a view to benchmarking the HRDSA and learning from the mistakes made by them in the implementation of their national HRD strategies. Based on these lessons learnt by those countries, and valuable information gathered through the results obtained from the questionnaires and interviews, recommendations are made to support the successful implementation of the revised HRDSA. The recommendations are focused on the effective, efficient, economic and sustainable implementation of the revised HRDSA commitments, strategic priorities, strategic objectives, programmes and projects to improve social and economic growth, as well as HRD, human development (HD) and accelerated quality service delivery in South Africa. / Thesis (M. Development and Management)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T14:27:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 1359260 bytes, checksum: 188b5379196be769cb728eca388cb212 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-04-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research addresses the constitutional programmatic rules and microcredit, that is, working with themes related to the science of law and to the economic science. After describing the theoretical aspects related to the institutes belonging to the two areas of knowledge, formulates the central problem of search: objectives of reducing social inequality (economic development) and promotion the general welfare (human development), provided for respectively, in sections III and IV of article 3º of the Federal Constitution of 1988 can be achieved, even partially, by state policy of microcredit? The hypothesis of the provisional response is in the affirmative sense, however, according to the hypothetical-deductive method of Karl Popper, one must test the provisional response to conclude that its refutation or corroboration. Thus, it proceeds to empirical research, in the context the Municipal Program of Support to Small Businesses - Empreender/JP. Were conducted interviews with program participants with the aim to investigate the presence of results that could be identified as elements of realization of cited constitutional rules. The results of analysis revealed that the Empreender/JP achieves the objectives of income distribution and promotion of welfare and, on that basis, can realize, even partially, the sections III and IV of article 3º of the Federal Constitution of 1988. By the inductive effect, it may extend even provisionally, the conclusions reached in the context of Empreender/JP to the other microcredit programs oriented. This research may serve as a theoretical basis for the decisions of policymakers, who, by opting for the microcredit program, would be taking steps to combat poverty, social marginalization and unemployment, and also could be contributing to the rescue of human dignity. / Esta pesquisa aborda as normas constitucionais programáticas e o microcrédito, ou seja, trabalha com temas relacionados à ciência jurídica e à ciência econômica. Após descrever os aspectos teóricos relativos aos institutos pertencentes às duas áreas de conhecimento, formula-se o problema central da pesquisa: os objetivos de redução da desigualdade social (desenvolvimento econômico) e promoção do bem estar geral (desenvolvimento humano), previstos, respectivamente, nos incisos III e IV do artigo 3º da Constituição Federal de 1988 podem ser alcançados, mesmo que parcialmente, pela política estatal de microcrédito? A hipótese de resposta provisória é no sentido afirmativo, porém, segundo o método hipotético dedutivo de Karl Popper, deve-se testar a resposta provisória para concluir-se pela sua refutação ou corroboração. Dessa forma, parte-se para a pesquisa empírica, no âmbito do Programa Municipal de Apoio aos Pequenos Negócios - Empreender/JP. Realizouse entrevistas com participantes do programa no intuito de averiguar a presença de resultados que pudessem ser identificados como elementos de concretização das normas constitucionais citadas. O resultado das análises revelou que o Empreender/JP atinge os objetivos de distribuição de renda e promoção de bem estar e, em função disso, consegue concretizar, ainda que parcialmente, os incisos III e IV do artigo 3º da Constituição Federal de 1988. Pelo efeito indutivo, pode-se estender, ainda que provisoriamente, as conclusões alcançadas no âmbito do Empreender/JP a outros programas de microcrédito orientado. Esta pesquisa poderá servir de fundamentação teórica para as decisões dos formuladores de políticas públicas, que, ao optarem pela política de microcrédito, estariam dando passos no sentido de combater a pobreza, a marginalização social e o desemprego e, ainda, estariam contribuindo para o resgate de dignidade da pessoa humana.

This diploma thesis deals with inequalities within the Word economic development. The development is conceived in the context of world systems theory for the proper evaluation of this development. The question, whether there is a convergence or divergence across countries and groups of countries is an important question of contemporary studies of globalization. While proponents of modernization theory tend to say that countries converge, adherents of world systems theory mostly think the opposite. Another contribution of this work is the evaluation of economic development not based only on the production capabilities and growth. The approach is more complex and includes the development of the society as a whole. Therefore, Human development index was used for analysis and the researched period was set to 1980-2014 due to data availability. The analysis deals not only with inequalities between the parts of the world system, but partially also with inequalities within these parts. The theoretical part consists of discussion of the existing studies of world systems and economic development and explains the necessary terms and context. Practical part is made of own regionalization of the world into three parts of the world system (core, semiperiphery and periphery) based on criteria chosen according to...