This study assessed the predictive validity of four independent factors (Rotter Locus of Control Scale, Safety Locus of Control, Organizational Attribution Style Questionnaire, and Rosenburg Self-Esteem Scale) in the establishment of a measure of safety consciousness in predicting on-the-job injuries and the filing of workers' compensation claims. A 125-item questionnaire was designed and administered to assess participants' disposition on each of the four psychological dimensions, demographic data and on-the-job injury information.

M.Phil. / The mining industry in South Africa is in a process of transformation, which can be ascribed to various influences. First and foremost is the process of the conversion of mineral rights, employment equity and black economic empowerment. The ethnic distribution of mining employees at the time of the study reflected that Managers were predominantly white, the majority of Shift bosses were white and Miners were predominantly black. Central to the transformation process is maintaining and improving production output in a safe manner. Leadership in addition also impacts on health and safety in the workplace and the process to transform the organisation to world- class status commences with leadership. Transforming health and safety in the organisation to world-class status is a leadership imperative. The fatality rates in South African mines are continuously being addressed not only through initiatives from the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, but also through the various mining houses. The introduction of the Mine Health and Safety Act and Regulations 29 of 1996 made a profound impact on health and safety management on South African Mines. The introduction of blasting certificate holders replaced the scheduled person (contract miner). Various mining houses grasped the opportunity and trained their own miners from previously disadvantaged communities. This also assisted in achieving transformation objectives. The fatalities on platinum mines in South Africa since 1995 have remained constant up to 2007 although a slight decrease is reported. Nevertheless, injuries and fatalities in South African mines are attracting negative attention from society and the investment community. This is not in the interest of the mining industry. Research indicates that unsafe behaviour contributes 87% and more to incidents and injuries (including fatalities) on mines. The study of behaviour as a contributing factor in organisational safety is a relatively young science since the first reported studies in the 1980's. Research in this domain strives to develop an understanding of behaviour as a contributing factor in organisational safety.

L’objectif de la thèse est d’effectuer l’analyse de sensibilité paramétrique du logiciel Phast de modélisation de la dispersion atmosphérique de gaz toxiques et/ou inflammables. La technique a consisté à coupler Phast et l’outil d’analyse de sensibilité SimLab, ce qui permet d’exécuter automatiquement un grand nombre de simulations en faisant varier l’ensemble des paramètres du modèle de façon simultanée. La méthode d’analyse de sensibilité globale choisie, E-FAST, est basée sur l’analyse de la variance des sorties du modèle pour le calcul des indices de sensibilité. Nous avons étudié des scénarios de rejet continus pour six produits différents (monoxyde d’azote, ammoniac, chlore, azote, n-hexane et fluorure d’hydrogène), sélectionnés pour couvrir une large gamme de caractéristiques physiques et de conditions de stockage. L’analyse du modèle de dispersion de Phast, Unified Dispersion Model, a été séparée en deux étapes : étape de « screening » avec pour but de comparer l’influence de l’ensemble des paramètres puis étude de l’influence globale des paramètres de modélisation, autres que les paramètres météo et du terme source, sur une plage large de valeurs. Pour chaque produit, nous avons décomposé les scénarios de base en sous-scénarios correspondant à des conditions de rejet différentes. Ce travail a notamment permis de classifier les paramètres du modèle selon leur degré d’influence sur la variabilité de différentes sorties et d’effectuer une analyse comparative par produit indiquant, pour des conditions de rejet données, quels paramètres sont les plus influents sur les sorties. Une étude complémentaire a consisté à effectuer une analyse de sensibilité locale de ces paramètres autour de leur valeur par défaut. / We have undertaken a parametric sensitivity analysis of the Phast software tool’s models for atmospheric dispersion of toxic and/or inflammable gases. We have coupled Phast with the sensitivity analysis tool SimLab, and have automated the execution of a large number of simulations while varying simultaneously selected model parameters. The global sensitivity analysis method used, E-FAST, is based on analysis of the variance of model outputs, and allows us to estimate sensitivity indices. We have studied continuous release scenarios for six different products (nitric oxide, ammonia, chlorine, nitrogen, n-hexane and hydrogen fluoride), which were chosen to cover a wide range of physical characteristics and storage conditions. Our analysis of Phast’s Unified Dispersion Model comprises two phases: a screening phase which allows the sensitivity of a wide range of parameters to be compared, followed by a phase focusing on the sensitivity of internal model parameters (excluding weather and source term variables), over a wide input range. For each product, we have broken down base-case scenarios into a number of sub-scenarios corresponding to different release conditions. This work has allowed us to rank model parameters according to their influence on the variability of a number of model outputs. It also includes a per-product comparative analysis indicating, for each release condition studied, which parameters have the most influence on the outputs. In the final part of the work, we have analyzed the local sensitivity of these parameters in a narrow range around their default values.

The topic of this thesis is Innovation Management in the Chosen Organization. The aim of this work was to evaluate the actual state of innovation management, to identify possible weaknesses of this and to propose changes which can improve the present state. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the theoretical part there is a literary review of term connected with the topic of the thesis. There are descriptions of the terms like innovation, innovation management or innovation process. The practical part begins with the introduction of chosen organization. Then there is described a current state of innovation management in detail. The analysis of actual state of innovation management is based mainly on information obtained in interviews with the director of company and other staff. After that part, there are given some recommendations to improve current situation.

published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Despite concerns regarding working conditions in Scottish lap-dancing venues being raised in the 2006 report published by the then Scottish Executive’s Adult Entertainment Working Group, women’s experiences of working inside these venues remains under-researched. This thesis provides an up-to-date snapshot of working conditions in the Scottish lap-dancing industry. The study utilised in-depth, semi-structured interviews with dancers which benefitted from the researcher’s involvement in the industry. The inclusion of women’s voices led to the conclusion that wider cultural and economic changes are impacting negatively upon working experiences in venues by adversely altering the dynamics of supply and demand. This means power is felt to be partially shifting from workers to owners, and to a lesser extent, customers. Participants suggest that venues have changed from being enjoyable working environments where money could be made relatively easily to ones where the work embodies the characteristics of precarious labour where competition is rife and projected income is far less certain. A feminist and Foucoudian analysis assists in understanding and explaining these changes. The thesis suggests that simply improving working conditions for women may prove ineffective in the facilitation of a more satisfactory workplace, due to the overriding desire for profit held by both dancers and owners in an industry which has become less financially lucrative. Ultimately, the thesis reveals and explains how shifts outside the lap-dancing venues have affected dancers negatively in different ways, affecting relationships inside the venue, and the actual experience of carrying out the labour. This thesis argues that these shifts have been assisted by the provision of State policy that fails to recognise lap-dancing as a form of labour and is not concerned with dancers safety at work.

A grandes rasgos, la Tesis se estructura en dos Partes claramente diferenciadas, pero interrelacionadas de tal suerte que se complementan y dan unidad al objeto de la investigación realizada. La primera Parte que lleva por título "El proceso constructivo: regulación jurídica" se subdivide en tres Capítulos. En el primer Capítulo procedo a justificar la necesidad de un marco normativo regulador del proceso constructivo de la edificación, a través de la diferenciación entre los conceptos y fases del proceso constructivo y proceso de edificación, para pasar a continuación a efectuar un análisis somero de la regulación del proceso constructivo en Francia y en el Reino Unido, que nos van a permitir detectar algunas de las soluciones propuestas por las legislaciones de ambos Estados y la finalizo con la descripción evolutiva que en España ha tenido lugar éste sector, para concluir con un estudio de las propuestas y estrategias comunitarias en dicho ámbito.En el segundo Capítulo analizo el concepto de responsabilidad civil en la construcción, su tratamiento tanto desde el punto de vista doctrinal como jurisprudencial e incorporo los posibles cambios que se contemplaron en el proyecto de Ley de reforma de CC de 1994 y que no fructificó debido al cambio de legislatura acaecido en 1996.El tercer Capítulo referido a la Ley de Ordenación de la Edificación, facilita la comprensión de las posibles soluciones que se deberían implantar y favorece su crítica, en cuanto refleja la desvinculación normativa en lo que se refiere a la edificación. Se conforma de un primer apartado en el que desarrollo el proceso de evolución de la Ley; y un segundo en el que realizo un estudio de la misma a partir de las diferentes fases del proceso de edificación, analizando los agentes intervinientes, sus funciones y actividades en cada una de las fases; ámbito de responsabilidad y garantías que propone la Ley, así como la necesidad del aseguramiento de la calidad. La segunda Parte titulada "Interacción de la legislación sectorial en el proceso constructivo de la edificación" se subdivide, al igual que la primera Parte, en tres Capítulos que, de manera respectiva, analizan la legislación sectorial correspondiente al proceso constructivo en materia de colegios profesionales, de residuos, y de seguridad y salud. En el cuarto Capítulo relativo a los colegios profesionales reflejo los cambios que ha supuesto el desarrollo del mercado interior y la libre competencia; asimismo expongo una futura función de los colegios profesionales que, como garantes de sus asociados, deberán tener como objetivo principal la de conseguir que sus profesionales sean técnicos competentesEn el quinto Capítulo presento la situación actual en España en materia de residuos, tras la transposición de las respectivas directivas comunitarias y subrayo el papel precursor de Cataluña en el desarrollo de sus competencias respecto de los residuos en la construcción. Además, significo la necesidad de una estructura de ordenada económica de rotación en la gestión de residuos en la construcción.En el sexto Capítulo señalo la recepción en el Derecho español de las tendencias europeas, el reconocimiento y la regulación de los diversos agentes que se han ido integrando y participando en el proceso edificatorio respecto de la seguridad y salud. De forma complementaria, se evidencia la carencia de educación en la cultura del riesgo.Finalmente, en relación con algunos aspectos concretos de la Tesis y al objeto de clarificar o ilustrar determinadas cuestiones, he considerado conveniente incluir tres Anexos. El primero de ellos lo compone el Catálogo Europeo de residuos (escombros de construcción y demolición); desde el contenido del segundo anexo se puede proceder a un estudio comparativo y esquemático de los diversos proyectos de LOE y el tercero tiene por objeto poner en relación el paralelismo existente entre las tres normas de sistema de gestión (UNE-EN ISO 9000:1994, sobre sistemas de calidad; UNE 77-801:1994, sobre sistemas de gestión medioambiental; UNE-EX 81-900:1996, sobre sistemas de gestión de la prevención de riesgos laborales).

Thesis (M.T.S.C.)--Miami University, Dept. of English, 2004. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 31).

Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Statistics from mining accidents expose that the potential for injury or death to employees from occupational accidents is relatively high. This study attempts to contribute to the on-going efforts to improve occupational safety in the mining industry by creating a model capable of predicting the continuous risk of occupational accidents occurring. Model inputs include the time of day, time into shift, temperatures, humidity, rainfall and production rate. The approach includes using an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to identify patterns between the input attributes and to predict the continuous risk of accidents occurring. As a predecessor to the development of the model, a comprehensive literature study was conducted. The objectives of the study were to understand occupational safety, explore various forecasting techniques and identify contributing factors that influence the occurrence of accidents and in so doing recognise any gaps in the current knowledge. Another objective was to quantify the contributing factors identified, as well as detect the sensitivity amongst these factors and in so doing deliver a groundwork for the present model. After the literature was studied, the model design and construction was performed as well as the model training and validation. The training and validation took the form of a case study with data from a platinum mine near Rustenburg in South Africa. The data was split into three sections, namely, underground, engineering and other. Then the model was trained and validated separately for the three sections on a yearly basis. This resulted in meaningful correlation between the predicted continuous risk and actual accidents as well as the majority of the actual accidents only occurring while the continuous risk was estimated to be above 80%. However, the underground section has so many accidents, that the risk is permanently very high. Yet, the engineering and other sections produced results useful for managerial decisions. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Mynbou ongeluk statistieke dui aan dat die potensiaal vir besering of dood as gevolg van beroepsongelukke relatief hoog is. Die studie poog om by te dra tot die voortdurende verbetering van beroepsveiligheid in die mynbedryf deur middel van ’n model wat die risiko van beroepsongelukke voorspel. Die model vereis die tyd, tyd verstreke in die skof, temperatuur, humiditeit, reënval en produksie tydens die ongeluk as inset. Die benadering tot hierdie model maak gebruik van ’n Kunsmatige Neurale Netwerk (KNN) om patrone tussen die insette te erken en om die risiko van ’n voorval te beraam. As ’n voorloper tot die model ontwikkeling, is ’n omvattende literatuurstudie onderneem. Die doelwitte van die literatuur studie was om beroepsveiligheid beter te verstaan, verskeie voorspellings tegnieke te ondersoek en kennis van bydraende faktore wat lei tot voorvalle te ondersoek. Nog ’n doelwit sluit die kwantifisering in van geidentifiseerde bydraende faktore, asook die opsporing van die sensitiwiteit tussen hierdie faktore en hierdeur ’n fondasie vir die voorgestelde model te skep. Na afloop van die literatuurstudie is die model ontwikkel, opgelei en gevalideer. Die opleiding en validasie is deur middel van ’n gevallestudie in ’n platinummyn naby Rustenburg in Suid Afrika gedoen. Die data is verdeel in drie afdelings, d.i. ondergronds, ingenieurswese en ander. Die model is vir elke afdeling apart opgelei en gevalideer op ’n jaarlikse basis. Hierdie het gelei tot ’n betekenisvolle korrelasie tussen die voorspelde risiko en die werklike ongelukke met die meerderheid van die werklike ongevalle wat voorgekom het terwyl die risiko 80% oorskry het. In die ondergrondse afdeling is so baie voorvalle waarneem dat die risiko permanent hoog is. Die ander afdelings het wel resultate verskaf wat sinvol gebruik kan word in bestuursbesluite.

Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research focused on the knowledge of occupational safety by hospital managers towards HIV and other blood borne pathogens transmission in Abakaliki region in eastern Nigeria. These pathogens are easily transmissible by needle sticks and other occupational accidents. It is important to identify factors that pre-expose hospital cleaners to occupational risk exposure that can lead to the transmission of HIV, HBV and HCV. The research was conducted in 10 different hospitals. A total of 90 questionnaires were administered to the hospital cleaners that volunteered to participate in the research and 68 questionnaires were returned representing 75.6% of the total questionnaires. The mean age and standard deviation of the respondents in this study was 38.6 + or – 5.4 years. The researcher conducted a semi-structured interview with all the 10 hospital managers involved with the study and the interviews showed there was a need for an organised training on hospital work and occupational hazards, risk exposures and precautions. The questionnaires showed the knowledge of hospital cleaners on occupational safety and it was observed the majority of the hospital cleaners were not aware of post exposure prophylaxis for HIV. The workers relatively had good practices put in place to prevent HIV, HBV and HCV transmission but majority of them had not received HBV vaccine due to lack of awareness and availability. There was a significant positive correlation between the knowledge of the health workers and HIV transmission and the practice put in place by health workers to prevent HIV transmission (P<0.05). This implies as the knowledge of the health workers about HIV transmission increases, the practice put in place by health workers to prevent HIV transmission and Hepatitis B&C increases. Therefore there is need for continuous training on blood borne pathogens transmission such as HIV transmission in the hospitals and its routes of transmission. There is need for awareness creation for HBV vaccine and Post exposure prophylaxis for HIV exposure. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Nie beskikbaar / jfl201601