This thesis is a study of a phenomenon in Swedish education: the RegionalDevelopment Centre (Regionalt utvecklingscentrum, RUC). Insetting up RUC, the Swedish state’s original intention was to enhancecollaboration between teacher education and training, research andschool development. RUC was specified in the appropriation directionsfor Swedish higher education institutions (HEIs) that trained teachers in1997–2010. The purpose of this thesis is to clarify and analyse differinginterpretations and implications of RUC as a phenomenon and conceptualisethe task of addressing them in a changing education-policy context.Empirical sources for the study are central government publicationsand interviews with RUC representatives at 22 HEIs. This empiricalmaterial has been modified and analysed in four stages: a survey of RUCas a phenomenon, construal of ‘ideal types’ of RUC, testing of the construedideal types as analytical tools, and application of the construedideal types as analytical tools to gain an ‘explanatory understanding’ ofRUC. Through analysis of needs, actors and value, five ideal types empiricallybased on transcribed interviews are construed: the receiveroriented,trust-creating, region-boosting, conceptualising and salesorientedtypes. A model shows how these ideal types can be mutuallyunderstood and conceptualised. Examples are given, based on this model,of specific interpretations and implications that may fit each idealtype. RUC’s legitimacy in 2012 still entails a marked emphasis on RUCas a receiver-oriented associate. Three aspects enhancing the likelihoodof RUC, in 2012, being deemed important to retain at an HEI appear tobe the HEI’s goodwill towards RUC, its dependence on remits from theSwedish National Board of Education and schools’ research needs. Focusingmore on RUC as the region-boosting partner would mean oncemore uniting RUC’s role in teacher education with school developmentand research, but on the basis of ‘common needs’ within the frameworkof a distinct growth policy.

Background and Aim The South African higher education sector has undergone numerous changes over the past years due to external factors such as globalisation, managerialism and neo-liberalism (Ntshoe, Higgs, Higgs&Wolhuter, 2008). Furthermore De Villiers and Steyn (2009) add that state funding of higher education in South Africa has been decreased to such an extent that higher education institutions (HEI’s) have been unable to parallel the increase in the number of students enrolled per year. As mentioned by Mouton (2010) universities in sub-Saharan Africa continue to operate under conditions which are seriously under-resourced, which poses significant challenges for the scholars concerned. The changes in the Higher Education Institutional environment have forced HEI’s to increase their level of output in terms of: enrollments, qualifications awarded, research output and institution size and number of disadvantaged students (De Villiers&Steyn, 2009) in order to remain competitive. The number of changes in performance outputs as well as the growing market for competitive higher education (HE) has greatly impacted the job demands of academics in South Africa. The environment in which academics in South Africa function now demands more of them than in previous years. For example the employment relationship has changed (i.e. teacher-driven to student-driven), altering the type of work that people do, when they work and how much they do (Barkhuizen, Rothmann&Van de Vijver, in press). Accordingly, it appears that the job demands of academics have escalated, whilst the levels of support and other resources have declined. The objective of this study was to investigate whether job demands and resources are significant predictors of dispositional employability of academics in South Africa. Method A cross–sectional research design was followed. The Job Characteristics Scale developed by Barkhuizen and Rothman (2005) and the Dispositional Measure of Employability (Fugate&Kinicki, 2008) were used as measures in this study. A total of 360 questionnaires were sent out to the sample, of which 158 completed questionnaires were received, but only 146 of these responses could be used for data analyses. This represents a 40.55% response rate. Results The results showed that there is a significant relationship between job demands and the change identity of the academics and that job demands do act as a predictor of the dispositional employability of academics in terms of their change identity. No significant relationship between the job resources and the dispositional employability of the academics were found, however all of the dimensions of DE had a positive relationship with job resources. A significant relationship between job demands and the ethnicity, home language, age, the respondent’s job level and the number of hours they work was found. However, no statistically significant differences were found within gender, qualifications, job categories, years in service and the number of years in current positions. According to the results the white ethnic group experiences higher job demands than the black ethic group. Furthermore respondents speaking either Afrikaans or English experience higher job demands then respondents speaking indigenous languages. In relation to this, the age group 50 to 59 experience higher job demands compared to that of the age group 20-29. Associate professors experience higher job demands than junior lecturers. No significant relationship between the academics’ perception of their job resources and their demographic characteristics was found. There are significant differences between the DE of the academics and their ethnicity, home language, job category, years in service and hours of work. No statistically significant differences were found within gender, age, qualifications, job level or years in the current position. The Black ethnic group indicates higher levels of resilience and motivation compared to the other ethnic groups, and indigenous languages have higher levels of resilience compared to the other two language groups. Academics that function as both researchers and lecturers have higher levels of career proactivity compared to the academics that function only as a researcher or lecturer. Respondents that have been in the industry for between zero to 10 years have a higher level of resilience compared to the respondents who have served for longer. The working hours of group four (between 31 to 40 hours) show higher levels of resilience compared to the other groups. / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / Human Resource Management

The emergence of open educational resources has gained popularity and acceptance in higher education institutions and beyond the basic education sector. This brought a persisting shift in depending on information communication technologies for tuition and research provision. Information technology artifact was not treated in isolation to user perspective. The study established how academics accept, feel, perceive, and what skills, opportunities, challenges exist to hinder the domestication. The study context had no uniform guidelines or tools and policy in place for the domestication of open educational resources. The study adopted the exploratory approach guided by the interpretivism paradigm. The study employed Domestication theory. This study conducted in an heterogenous single case study, which is the open distance e-learning (University of South Africa). That was done for an in-depth investigation by relying on multi-methods for data triangulation such as semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, document analysis, and actual artifact analysis. The total of participants were 52. The study found that most academics played a role in the domestication of open educational resources besides the minority who were unable. The experience and prior knowledge were found to be a factor hindering the domestication process. Open distance e-learning found to relevant space for open educational resources. Such institutions play a role in the adoption and development of open educational resources and mostly rely in information technology for tuition and research. Information technology infrastructure found to be an enabler and disabler in the domestication process. This study contribution to the world of knowledge is based on the theory and practice. Eight theoretical propositions were suggested. The study further contributed by extension of domestication theory as recommended two additional phases which are non-appropriation and dis-appropriation. The current proposed Domestication theory has five phases. Lastly, the study recommended the actual guidelines for adoption and development of open educational resources. This guideline can be adopted by higher education institutions by infusing them in policy development or for general guidance in actual adoption and developments.

O atual cenário das Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) privadas brasileiras, caracterizado por alta competitividade, pressupõe que o perfil do coordenador de curso, entendido neste processo como gestor universitário, deve ser adequado às novas demandas para a função. Este estudo buscou reconhecer se o conjunto de competências identificáveis nestes pode ser inerente ao exercício da função de coordenador de curso de IES privada, e, com vistas a garantir a visão sistêmica para atuação como gestor de curso, se estas competências estabelecem-se nos campos políticos, gerenciais, acadêmicos e institucionais, que contribuiriam para a sobrevivência deste curso no mercado. Foram pesquisados coordenadores de curso, cujas graduações alcançaram conceito máximo no ENADE (Exame Nacional de Desempenho de Estudantes). A metodologia utilizada consistiu na utilização de pesquisas bibliográfica e de campo. A pesquisa de campo considerou a aplicação de um protocolo de investigação proposto por Franco (2002), que busca identificar o coordenador ideal, precedido por instrumento confeccionado para identificar o perfil do coordenador, da IES e do curso. Foram realizados estudos com a finalidade de construir conhecimento contextualizado e relevante para contribuir, de forma crítica e responsável, para as políticas de capacitação e para a gestão de IES privadas brasileiras, com vistas à transformação do conhecimento em diferencial competitivo, e incentivar o processo de inovação e de transferência de conhecimento formalizado para a atividade da gestão acadêmica destas IES, auxiliando no desenvolvimento de uma cultura institucional condizente com o contexto da gestão do conhecimento. Foi refletida a singularidade desta função no atual processo de gestão acadêmica das IES privadas e as diferentes formas de investigar a fronteira acadêmico-administrativa nesta função. Os resultados deste estudo permitem uma análise crítica sobre a forma como os responsáveis pela coordenação de cursos privados de graduação vêm buscando atender às diversas demandas contemporâneas para a função. Embora as funções pesquisadas tenham sido consideradas de responsabilidade das coordenações de cursos pelos próprios coordenadores, uma vez que atingiram altos escores na maioria dos quesitos avaliados nas quatro funções pesquisadas, o que também expressaria alinhamento destes gestores às premissas de um coordenador-gestor, quando se compara os perfis destes profissionais às atividades por eles exercidas contemporaneamente, constata-se relativa incoerência. Mesmo reconhecendo-se que a construção de um coordenador ideal passe por toda esta gama de responsabilidades, o que nos remete a um perfil pronto e acabado, não foi possível reconhecer no profissional estudado, que experimenta resultados significativos nas avaliações tradicionais do ensino superior no curso que coordena, a expressão da essência de um profissional suficiente para esta função frente às atuais demandas. Reconhece-se a necessidade ainda contínua de manter a atitude de aprendiz deste coordenador, que busca a superação constante para alcançar a plenitude da liderança e gerência esperadas, e que possa dar atendimento às prováveis tendências e futuros direcionamentos do mercado do curso que atua. / The current scenario of private Brazilian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), characterized by its high competitive edge, assumes that the profile of the course coordinator, understood by this process as a university administrator, should be suitable to the new demands for such function. This study sought to recognize whether the set of identifiable skills in it can be inherent to the exercise of the course coordinators function at private HEIs, and in order to ensure a systemic vision to act as the course manager, if these skills are established in political, managerial, academic and institutional fields, which would contribute to the courses survival on the market. Course coordinators whose academic ranks reached maximal concept at ENADE (National Student Performance Examination) were surveyed. The methodology consisted in the use of both bibliographic research and fieldwork. The last one considered the adhibition of a research protocol proposed by Franco (2002), which seeks to identify the ideal coordinator, preceded by instrument made to identify a coordinator, a HEI and a course profile. Studies have been performed in order to build contextual and relevant knowledge to contribute critically and responsibly to the training policies and the management of Brazilian private institutions, with a view to transforming knowledge into competitive advantage, as well as encouraging the process of innovation and formalized knowledge transfer activity for the academic management of these HEIs, assisting in the development of a consistent institutional culture to the context of knowledge management. The uniqueness of this function in the current process of academic management of private HEIs and different ways to investigate the academic-administrative boundary have been reflected upon this function. The results of this study allow a critical analysis on how those responsible for coordinating private undergraduate courses have sought to meet the diverse contemporary demands for such function. Although the surveyed functions have been considered as a course coordination responsibility provided by the own coordinators, once achieved high scores on most variables evaluated in the four studied functions, which also would express an alignment of these managers to the premises of an manager-coordinator, when comparing these professional profiles to the activities performed contemporaneously by them, a relative incoherence appears. Even recognizing that the construction of an ideal coordinator go through all this range of responsibilities, which brings to a finished and ready profile, it could not be recognized in the professional study, experiencing significant results in traditional assessments of higher education in the course which they coordinate, the professional enough expression of the essence to forward this function to current demands. We recognize the unceasing need to further maintain this coordinators apprentice attitude, who constantly seeks to overcome in order to achieve the expected fullness of leadership and management, and who can give treatment to the likely future trends and directions of labor market from the respective courses.

Submitted by Sandra Pereira (srpereira@ufrrj.br) on 2017-02-14T16:07:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - I?da Vicente Cabral.pdf: 3870722 bytes, checksum: 5e6952c61ab99f39fcdf8cba849a6d1c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-14T16:07:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015 - I?da Vicente Cabral.pdf: 3870722 bytes, checksum: 5e6952c61ab99f39fcdf8cba849a6d1c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-15 / In the context of environmental crisis experienced by humanity, we highlight the progressive increase of the waste produced in recent decades, which is demanding changes in socioeconomic, cultural, legal, primarily environmental contexts. All the problems of waste generation becomes even more serious due to the ineffectiveness of treatment and final disposal of this waste, given that ways to manage these wastes can impact profoundly on the environment, contaminating soil, air, water. All the problems of waste generation becomes even more serious due to the ineffectiveness of treatment and final disposal of this waste, given that ways to manage these wastes can impact profoundly on the environment, contaminating soil, air, water. Thus, there is no way to think of ways to preserve and restore the environment regardless of the existence of waste management programs that allow the minimization of environmental impacts. In this context, the present study aimed to investigate the management of chemical waste in the Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology (DMFA) of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). And as specific objectives, seek to identify and quantify the situation of chemical waste generated in histology laboratories; propose and provide a guide for chemical waste management procedures in order to assist DMFA laboratories in a future implementation of a Chemical Waste Management Program (PGRQ). We used the case study method, where qualitative and quantitative data were collected, as well as observations in locus. The application of semi-structured questionnaires, with open and closed questions, was conducted from February 2015 to April 2015, and the record of the waste produced in laboratories, from November 2014 to March 2015. The survey results showed the need to prioritize actions aimed at proper management of chemical waste, so that UFRPE implement a chemical waste management Program, capable of treating the waste produced in its laboratories and thereby reducing environmental impacts generated by these. / No contexto de crise ambiental vivenciado pela humanidade, destacamos o aumento progressivo dos res?duos produzidos nas ?ltimas d?cadas, o qual tem demandando mudan?as nos assuntos socioecon?mico, cultural, legal e precipuamente, ambiental. Toda a problem?tica da gera??o de res?duos se torna ainda mais grave em raz?o da inefici?ncia dos tratamentos e disposi??o final adequada dos mesmos, tendo em vista que as formas de gerir estes res?duos podem impactar profundamente no meio ambiente, contaminando o solo, ar e recursos h?dricos. Deste modo, n?o h? como pensar em formas de preservar e recuperar o meio ambiente sem levar em considera??o a exist?ncia de programas de gerenciamento de res?duos que permitam a minimiza??o dos impactos ambientais. Neste contexto, a presente pesquisa teve por objetivo investigar a gest?o de res?duos qu?micos no Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal (DMFA) da Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE). E como objetivos espec?ficos, buscamos identificar e quantificar a situa??o dos res?duos qu?micos gerados nos laborat?rios de histologia; propor e disponibilizar um guia de procedimentos de gerenciamento de res?duos qu?micos, a fim de auxiliar os laborat?rios do DMFA em uma futura implanta??o de um Programa de Gerenciamento de Res?duos Qu?micos (PGRQ). Utilizamos o m?todo de estudo de caso, onde foram levantados dados qualitativos e quantitativos, assim como observa??es in l?cus. A aplica??o de question?rios semiestruturados, com quest?es abertas e fechadas, foi realizada no per?odo de fevereiro de 2015 a abril de 2015, e o registro dos res?duos produzidos nos laborat?rios, no per?odo de novembro de 2014 a mar?o de 2015. Os resultados da pesquisa apontaram para a necessidade de priorizar a??es voltadas para o gerenciamento adequado de res?duos qu?micos, de modo que a UFRPE implemente um Programa de Gerenciamento de Res?duo Qu?mico, capaz de garantir o tratamento dos res?duos produzidos em seus laborat?rios e com isso a redu??o dos impactos ambientais gerados por estes.

Baigiamajame magistro darbe nagrinėjami aukštojo mokslo internacionalizavimo būdai, teikiama nauda, motyvai ir aktualios problemos. Apžvelgiama pasaulio aukštojo mokslo rinka. Analizuojama skirtingų valstybių patirtis internacionalizuojant aukštojo mokslo studijas ir Europos aukštojo mokslo erdvė. Tarptautinio akademinio mobilumo vadybos priemonių programa sudaryta remiantis marketingo, strateginio valdymo ir edukologijos teorijų bei metodikų analize. Europos Sąjungos politika aukštajam mokslui sudaro palankias sąlygas Lietuvos universitetinių studijų internacionalizavimui. Kiekybiniais ir kokybiniais metodais įvertintas Lietuvos aukštojo mokslo tarptautiškumo lygis Europos Sąjungos narių kontekste, konkurencingumas pasaulyje ir mobilių studentų prioritetai. Magistro darbe nagrinėjamos studentų mobilumo tendencijos, nustatytas ir įvertintas ekonominių, socialinių veiksnių sąryšis su tarptautiniu aukštojo mokslo patrauklumu. Pagal egzistuojančius dėsningumus Lietuvos aukštojo mokslo institucijoms nustatytas siektinas tarptautiškumo lygis, įvertintas užsienio studentų skaičiumi. Nustatytos universitetinių studijų Lietuvoje internacionalizavimo kryptys ir galimybės. Išnagrinėjus teorinius ir praktinius akademinio mobilumo plėtojimo aspektus, pateikiamos baigiamojo magistro darbo išvados ir siūlymai Lietuvos universitetams. Darbą sudaro šios dalys: įvadas, probleminė dalis, teorinė dalis, analitinė dalis, programinė dalis, išvados ir siūlymai, literatūros sąrašas. / The master thesis gives the analysis of the ways, benefits and causes of internationalization of higher education and related problems. Global market of higher education surveys is given. Analysis of experience of studies’ internationalization in different countries and European Higher Education Area are made. International academic mobility management programme is made with reference to analysis of theories and methodologies of marketing, strategic management and educational science. European Union policy for higher education establishes favourable conditions for internationalization of studies in Lithuanian universities. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used for evaluation of internationality of higher education in Lithuania in the context of European Union members, global competitiveness, and priorities of mobile students. The trends of student mobility are analysed, the relation between economic, social factors and attractiveness of higher education is identified and evaluated in the master thesis. According to identified tendencies, the aimed level of internationality of higher education in Lithuania is measured in the number of foreign students. Directions and opportunities for studies’ internationalization and development in Lithuanian universities are identified. After the analysis of the theoretical and practical academic mobility development aspects, the conclusions of the master thesis are presented and suggestions for Lithuanian universities are offered... [to full text]

Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.

Internal marketing and internal communication are essential tools to align em-ployees’ mindsets with the necessary tasks which bring about employee satis-faction and organisational prosperity. Electronic newsletters serve as an internal marketing communication medium which can convey the necessary information to employees regarding the organisation’s goals and objectives. They also act as a medium to build relationships with employees and encourage improved service delivery and customer-oriented employee mindsets. Employees’ willingness to make use of electronic newsletters for the purpose of disseminating organisational information is an indication of employees’ acceptance of the organisational information and use thereof in performing organisational tasks successfully as the organisation intends. The purpose of the current study was to determine employees’ acceptance of electronic newsletters, as an internal marketing communication medium, in order to disseminate organisational information which contributes to the attainment of organisational goals, objectives and success. An empirical study was conducted to determine employees’ acceptance of elec-tronic newsletters by means of an adapted technology acceptance model, self-administered, e-mail survey disseminated to employees of a higher education institution. The study followed a quantitative research approach, utilising re-gression in the analysis of the data. Based on the research results, employees do accept the electronic newsletter for the dissemination of organisational information, albeit with suggestions on how it can be better utilised in future. / Business Management / M. Com (Business Management)

Submitted by Haroldo Costa Junior (haroldo.costa@aedb.br) on 2018-09-21T20:09:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 COSTA.2018.07.25.pdf: 1268658 bytes, checksum: 0f674acbfe218808595bccb3ae40bc9a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Pamella Benevides Gonçalves null (pamella@feg.unesp.br) on 2018-09-21T20:38:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 costajunior_h_me_guara.pdf: 1268658 bytes, checksum: 0f674acbfe218808595bccb3ae40bc9a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-21T20:38:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 costajunior_h_me_guara.pdf: 1268658 bytes, checksum: 0f674acbfe218808595bccb3ae40bc9a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-07-25 / A implantação do Balanced Scorecard (BSC) pode criar um diferencial competitivo em Instituição de Ensino Superior (IES). O estudo presente tem por objetivo a utilização de análise multicritério para realização de priorização das perspectivas do BSC em três instituições de ensino superior, administradas pela mesma Mantenedora. Levando-se em consideração que o BSC não possui medição de suas perspectivas em escala de importância, fato esse que pode atrapalhar os gestores durante a implantação, nesse trabalho é possível verificar a utilização do método AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process), na tomada de decisões com múltiplos critérios, o que permitiu a realização da priorização de perspectivas do BSC em cada uma das IES. Assim, as Instituições de Ensino poderão realizar a implantação do BSC de acordo com o grau de importância das perspectivas na visão de seus Diretores. Por meio dessa pesquisa, foi possível realizar uma análise com a utilização de duas importantes ferramentas: o BSC e o AHP na gestão das Instituições, o que permiti aos Diretores uma melhor condição na preparação e melhor monitoramento dos indicadores estratégicos. / The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) deployment can create a competitive differential in Higher Education Institution (HEI). The purpose of this study is to use a multicriteria analysis to prioritize the perspectives of BSC in three higher education institutions, managed by the same maintainer. Considering that the BSC does not have a measurement of its perspectives in scale of importance, which can hinder managers during implantation, in this work it is possible to verify the use of the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method of making decision with multiple criteria, which allowed the achievement of the prioritization of BSC perspectives in each HEI. Thus, the Educational Institutions may carry out the implementation of the BSC according to the degree of importance of the perspectives in the vision of its Principals. Through this research, it was possible to carry out an analysis with the use of two important tools: the BSC and the AHP in the management of the Institutions, which will allow the Principals a better condition in the preparation and better monitoring of the indicators strategic.