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Investigating the impact of brand reputation on brand architecture strategies : a study on a South African automotive companyWaddington, Andrew John January 2012 (has links)
The brand architecture of an organisation has become increasingly important to global management and marketing professionals, as it deals with structures and designs of brands which are constantly influenced by a changing environment. The market realities and changes brands face continuously impact the reputation of the brand, which is critical to sustain competitive advantage. The primary purpose of the study was to investigate the impact brand reputation has on brand architecture strategies, and an automotive company was chosen as the focus of the research. This research aims to help managers, marketers and brand owners make informative decisions regarding the brand architecture of a company. A quantitative content analysis methodology was used along with a webpage keyword counting application (WebWords). The application was used based on the principles outlined by Corporate Brand and Reputation Analysis (COBRA), which uses a four step progressive filtering process in filtering traditional and consumer generated media. The results from WebWords were then aligned to the brand architecture strategies from the brand relationship spectrum (BRS) to gain insight as to which of the strategies from the BRS were most vulnerable to reputational damage. The study found that the branded house and sub-brand strategies were most vulnerable to reputational damage based on the number reputational hits received. The connection between the master brand and the sub-brands could cause both brands to be affected should any reputational issues arise.
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Implementation of Enterprise Content Management System in Western Cape Government, South AfricaMohlala, Popopo Design 07 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system at Western Cape Government (WCG), South Africa. The study evaluated the state of the implementation in order to establish whether the system met information and records management requirements and objectives. A
probability sampling was used on a total population of 51 respondents and participants. The data were triangulated using multi-methods, whereby both qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted in a sequential manner. A structured online survey questionnaire, online interviews, and document analysis were used to collect data, which were descriptively analysed.
The study revealed that although the WCG has embarked on digitisation projects,
which culminated in the department-wide implementation of ECM, the system was not evaluated regularly and consistently. This resulted in an inability to capture the lessons learnt – as well as a failure to realise the full benefits of implementing the system. The findings also showed that ECM implementation at WCG encountered some challenges – for example, inadequate training provided to staff, lack of adequate technology infrastructure, and poor technical support with regard to
systems for managing digital records – that impacted on the system’s efficiency.
Some of the recommendations of the study are that WCG should consider conducting regular ECM reviews to determine whether the system performs as required in terms of bringing about expected benefits, such as easy retrieval of digitally stored content.
Departments should also ensure that there is an alignment among various digital applications for the purpose of creating a single enterprise platform that promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing. A study of ECM implementation in other provinces would enable a comparison of how the system performs elsewhere,
including how it could be used as a viable option for organisations to promote digitisation. / Information Science / M. Inf. (Information Science)
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The role of discipline in school and classroom management : a case studyDzivhani, Makwarela David 11 1900 (has links)
The following research question motivated this study:
How can effective discipline in school and classroom management be maintained?
To answer this, a school was selected which had excellent discipline as demonstrated by its good matriculation results. Discipline in this school was researched by means of a qualitative approach. Phenomenological interviews and focus group interviews were conducted, transcribed and analysed. This was complemented by observation.
Findings indicated that aspects of school system (including school and classroom policy, the role of the standard tutor and of bodies such as the school governing body and the learners' representative council as well as the specific disciplinary actions used) are important in maintaining discipline at school. The discipline, dedication, motivation and teamwork of educators as role models for children are also significant. Moreover, the learners themselves as well as the cooperation and involvement of their parents play a vital role in maintaining discipline. / Educational Leadership and Management / M.A. (Educational Management)
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Die bestuur van diversiteit in die Suid-Afrikaanse PolisiediensFourie, Marius (Mattheus Hermanus Wessels) 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organisation development is an emerging behavioural science discipline. Its goals
are to make organisations more effective and to develop individual potential. For this
reason organisation development provides a set of methodologies to bring about
organisational change and improvement systematically. The techniques introduced
by organisation development adhere to a set frame of values.
This research proposes that organisation development, as an evolving discipline,
can depend on the management of diversity as a tool for change under certain
conditions. Organisations are faced with the problem of surviving a fiercely
competitive world. This they have to do with a workforce that is becoming
increasingly diverse. Diversity as highlighted in this study, is a complex
phenomenon. It does not entail only race and ethnicity as is sometimes believed,
but also incorporates aspects like cultural differences and individual preferences.
The traditional view of diversity has been assimilation, where race and other
differences were standardised in a type of melting pot. In real life groups want to
retain their individuality and this is being increased by today's non-hierarchical,
collaborate and flexible management styles. The challenge is therefore to
acknowledge differences and then to get the same and even more productivity from
a diverse workforce as had been the case with the homogeneous workforce. This
must be done without artificial programmes, standards or barriers. The limited data
strongly suggest that efforts to manage diversity, as undertaken by leading
organisations, have been fairly successful in improving performance regarding
productivity, absenteeism and turnover. If diversity is ignored or improperly
managed, it could become a detractor from performance. On the other hand, if
diversity is managed well, organisations will be able to make diversity an asset to
performance.
This research shows that the management of diversity can and should be used to
change organisation culture and to promote satisfactory performance. In this regard
the monoculture of the South African Police Services is described as an example of
an organisation culture that hampers the personal growth of its members and thus
leads to ineffectiveness. This study identifies the main characteristics of the so-called police culture that
prevents the organisations performance from being effective. It does so in the light
of recent quantitative and qualitative research. Out of this a framework is developed
that can be used to implement the management of diversity. The study also
proposes proposals to utilise the management of diversity as an organisational
development technique. For this purpose a measurement instrument is developed.
The dissertation concludes with an exposition of strategies that the South African
Police Service can implement on individual, group and organisation level, to manage
diversity effectively. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Organisasie-ontwikkeling, 'n ontluikende gedragswetenskaplike dissipline, het as
doelwit die verhoging van organisasies se effektiwiteit en die ontwikkeling van
individue se potensiaal. Om dié rede maak organisasie-ontwikkeling voorsiening vir
'n stel metodologieë gerig op die stelselmatige teweegbring van organisatoriese
verandering en verbetering. Die tegnieke wat deur organisasie-ontwikkeling
toegepas word, is op 'n vaste waardestelsel gefundeer.
Hierdie navorsing doen aan die hand dat organisasie-ontwikkeling, as 'n jong
dissipline, onder sekere omstandighede kan reken op die bestuur van diversiteit as
'n instrument vir verandering. Organisasies kom te staan voor die probleem van
oorlewing in 'n hoogs mededingende wêreld en kan dit slegs aandurf met die
beskikbare menslike hulpbronne van 'n toenemend diverse aard. Diversiteit, soos in
hierdie studie toegelig, is 'n komplekse verskynsel wat nie slegs, soos dikwels
aanvaar, ras en etnisiteit behels nie, maar ook aspekte soos kulturele verskille en
individuele voorkeure insluit. Die tradisionele siening van diversiteit was een van
assimilasie waar ras en ander verskille in 'n tipe smeltkroes gestandaardiseer is. In
die werklike lewe wil groepe hul individualiteit behou, 'n beginsel wat bevorder word
deur die hedendaagse nie-hiërargiese, samewerkende en buigsame bestuurstyle.
Die uitdaging is dus om, met erkenning van die verskille, met die diverse arbeidsmag
selfs hoër produktiwiteit te behaal as met 'n homogene arbeidsmag. Dit moet
sonder kunsmatige programme, standaarde of hindernisse bewerkstellig word. Die
beperkte data laat deurlopend blyk dat die diversiteitsbestuurspogings, soos deur
vooraanstaande organisasies aangewend, in 'n mate geslaag het om verbeteringe in
produktiwiteit, werksafwesigheid en arbeidsomset teweeg te bring. Indien
geïgnoreer of swak bestuur, kan diversiteit nadelig op produktiwiteit inwerk, soos die
teendeel ook waar is, naamlik dat diversiteit, wanneer goed bestuur, tot voordeel van
produktiwiteit kan wees.
Hierdie navorsing toon dat die bestuur van diversiteit kan en behoort gebruik te word
om organisasiekultuur te verander en om bevredigende werkverrigting te bevorder.
In hierdie verband word die monokultuur van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens
beskryf as 'n voorbeeld van 'n organisasiekultuur wat die persoonlike groei van lede strem en so tot oneffektiwiteit aanleiding gee. Aan die hand van resente kwantitatiewe
en kwalitatiewe navorsing identifiseer hierdie studie die hoofkenmerke van die
sogenaamde polisiekultuur wat belemmerend inwerk op effektiewe werkverrigting.
Hieruit word 'n raamwerk ontwikkel wat gebruik kan word vir die implementering van
diversiteitsbestuur. Die studie doen ook voorstelle aan die hand om die bestuur van
diversiteit as Organisasie-Ontwikkelingstegniek te optimaliseer. Vir die doeleindes
word 'n meetinstument ontwikkel. Die proefskrif sluit af met 'n uiteensetting van
strategieë wat die SA Polisiediens vir die effektiewe bestuur van diversiteit op
individuele, groeps, organisasie en interorganisatoriese vlakke kan implementeer.
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Die effek van personeelplasing op dienslewering in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens : Area Oos-Metropool : KaapstadClark, Edward William 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The General Elections of 27 April 1994 lead the country to a new democracy which caused
changes in the political-, social- and constitutional domain in South Africa. This brought about
new winds of change in the Public Sector too. The South African Police Service (SAPS) is
also identified as a component of the Public Sector and this lead to an investigation of service
delivery standards which are rendered to local communities by the SAPS. The hypothesis is
that personal placement in the SAPS can have an effect on the organisation's service delivery
standards.
Various concepts were investigated and defined. Methodological considerations and research
methods were applied as guidelines to the underlying principles, for possible answers to the
research problem. A theoretical base was established as foundation of a practical
investigation. Recruitment, selection and personnel placement are discussed with various
references to current legislation includes aspects such as affirmative action and the
implications it could have on service delivery. A final practical investigation included the
distribution of questionnaires to police members and members of the public in the policing
areas under discussion. The answers were processed where upon recommendations were
made for the improvement of service delivery in the SAPS.
Research was completed in the East Metropole, Cape Town to establish what effect personal
placement could have on service delivery in the South African Police Service. The specific
policing area (referring to the Area East Metropole) is used as a practical case study as if
appears that currently personal placement within the SAPS could be implemented more
effectively in order to enhance service delivery to all communities in the East Metropole. Due
to personal shortages within the SAPS, these communities encounter problems such as
increases in crime on a daily basis. The research process was encouraged by problems
experienced by members of the SAPS and the public. Although the research outcome cannot
be ruled as a success or failure, it was an attempt to focus on the effect that crime have on
the lives of members of the SAPS and communities within the Area East Metropole. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Algemene Verkiesing op 27 April 1994 het die land gelei na 'n nuwe demokrasie wat tot
'n totale verandering op die politieke-, sosiale- en konstitusionele terrein in Suid-Afrika gevolg
het. Dit het die geleentheid geskep vir veelvuldige veranderinge in die Openbare Sektor.
Hieronder is die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD) ook geïdentifiseer en dit het gelei tot
'n ondersoek in die dienslewering standaarde wat die SAPD aan plaaslike gemeenskappe
verskaf. Die hipotese is dat personeelplasing in die SAPD 'n effek kan hê op die organisasie
se dienslewering standaard.
Verskeie konsepte is ondersoek en gedefinieer. Metodologiese oorwegings en
navorsingsmetodes is as riglyne toegepas om 'n moontlike antwoord te vind op die
navorsingsprobleem. 'n Teoretiese basis is geskep as fondasie vir 'n praktiese ondersoek.
Werwing, keuring en personeelplasing word bespreek met verskeie verwysing na huidige
wetgewing op aspekte soos regstellende aksie en die impak wat dit op dienslewering kan hê.
'n Finale praktiese ondersoek het die verspreiding van vraelyste onder polisiebeamptes en
lede van plaaslike gemeenskappe in die polisiërings area onder bespreking, ingesluit. Die
antwoorde is verwerk, waarna aanbevelings gemaak is tot die verbetering van dienslewering
in die SAPO.
Navorsing is voltooi in die Area Oos-Metropool, Kaapstad om te bepaal watter effek
personeelplasing op dienslewering in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens kon hê. Hierdie
spesifieke polisiëringsgebied (verwysend na die Area Oos-Metropool) word as 'n praktiese
gevalle studie aangewend aangesien dit wil voorkom dat personeelplasing in die SAPD tans
meer effektief geïmplementeer kan word ten einde dienslewering te verbeter aan alle
gemeenskappe in die Oos-Metropool. As gevolg van personeel tekorte binne die SAPD
ondervind hierdie gemeenskappe 'n toename in misdaad op 'n daaglikse basis. Die
navorsingsproses is aangemoedig deur probleme wat deur lede van die SAPD en publiek
ondervind word. Alhoewel die navorsingsuitkoms nie as 'n sukses of mislukking uitgeskakel
kan word nie, was dit 'n poging om te fokus op die effek wat misdaad op die lewens van die
lede van die SAPD en gemeenskappe in die Area Oos-Metropool het.
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The value of using rapid rural appraisal techniques to generate and record indigenous knowledge : the case of indigenous vegetables in UgandaHart, Tim George Balne 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent decades increasing attention has been paid to the idea of sustainable development
and in particular to sustainable agricultural practices. Studies in the seventies, eighties and
nineties indicated that many resource-poor farmers were practising low external input
sustainable practices by virtue of their resource-poor status. Despite this status these farmers
were developing sustainable practises that enabled them to survive even the harshest
conditions. It was believed that an understanding of their local practices and associated
knowledge, called indigenous technical knowledge by conventional scientists, could provide
agricultural development workers with a greater understanding of how to achieve sustainable
agricultural development. This awareness would ensure the optimal and sustainable use of
local livelihood sources. Following this interest a number of complementary research methods
were developed to generate and record indigenous knowledge. Many of these methods fall
within the participatory research paradigm of the Social Sciences. Using one of the earlier
complementary methods, Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), this study considers its value as a
method to collect indigenous knowledge about the local cultivation and use of indigenous
vegetables in a parish in Uganda. The basic RRA tools are described and the position of RRA
within the participatory research paradigm is discussed, indicating that the method probably
has a lower-middle of the road position when placed on a continuum of participation. In this
study the use of the method enabled the generation of information relating to the context in
which agriculture was practised in the parish; specifically the production and use of plants
known as indigenous vegetables. At the same time the tools enabled a broad understanding
of indigenous knowledge regarding the production, associated practises and beliefs, as well
as the use of indigenous vegetables in the parish. This information included technical and
socio-cultural information indicating that indigenous knowledge is not only about technical
knowledge. In recent years debate has emerged with regard to the value, use and misuse of
indigenous knowledge. The debate has questioned the ability of various participatory
complementary methods to accurately generate and record this knowledge. One of the main
concerns is that most of these methods, like those associated with the quantitative and
qualitative paradigms, tend to have inherent biases which detract from their value. Reflection on the use of RRA in the Ugandan study indicated that it was subject to a number of
contextual constraints, namely: the assumption and treatment of indigenous knowledge as a
stock of knowledge which can neatly conform to scientific categorisation; the unawareness of
the powerladen interactions in which knowledge is generated; the consequences of local
power struggles on the generation of knowledge; the significance that the presence of
researchers during the knowledge generating process has on the resultant knowledge; the
relevance of the time, timing and location where knowledge is generated; and the effect that
local social differences, such as gender, age, wealth, class, etc. have on who has access to
what sort of knowledge. More recently developed and refined methods such as Participatory
Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Participatory Technology Development (PTD) include some tools
and strategies that overcome some of these constraints. However, these methods are often
subject to similar constraints, given the context in which they are used. In the final analysis,
the use of the RRA method in Uganda is considered to be a useful tool for collecting
contextual data and indigenous knowledge given the circumstances in which it was used.
These circumstances included financial constraints, a lack of skills in the complementary
methods within the research team, insufficient time and other resources. These hindrances
are common in many agricultural development contexts. Based on the results of the study it is
recommended that where circumstances permit it, participatory methods such as PRA and
PTD should be used. However, users must remain aware that these methods can suffer from
some contextual constraints if they are not used with care and if this use is not regularly
reflected upon. Despite a number of shortcomings, the use of the RRA method indicated that
it is a suitable method in certain contexts. It also indicated that indigenous knowledge is
extremely important for agricultural development, but that care must be taken as to how it is
generated, understood, recorded and subsequently used. The data generated by means of
the RRA method enabled some preliminary reflections on the current understanding of
indigenous knowledge. These were reflections on the following: it is a system of knowledge; it
originates in and is exclusive to a particular location; it has the ability to include knowledge
developed in other locations; and it is deeply entwined within the context in which it is
developed. In conclusion a number of possible areas for future research on indigenous
knowledge and participatory methods are identified which will allow us to develop a deeper
understanding of the value of participatory methods and the significance of indigenous
knowledge. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gedurende die afgelope dekades is verhoogde aandag geskenk aan die idee van volhoubare
ontwikkeling en spesifiek aan volhoubare landboupraktyke. Studies gedurende die sewentigs,
tagtigs en negentigs wys daarop dat verskeie hulpbronbeperkte boere lae eksterne inset,
volhoubare praktyke be-oefen het na aanleiding van hulle hulpbronbeperkte status.
Nieteenstaande hierdie boere se stand van sake het hulle nietemin standhoudende praktyke
ontwikkel wat hulle in staat gestel het om selfs die moeilikste omstandighede te oorleef. Daar
was geglo dat deur van hulle plaaslike praktyke en die daarmee saamgaande kennis, bekend
as Inheemse Tegniese Kennis onder konvensionele wetenskaplikes, te begryp, dit landbouontwikkelingswerkers
kan voorsien van ‘n beter begrip rakende, hoe om standhoudende
landbou-ontwikkeling te bereik. Hierdie bewustheid sal die optimale en volhoubare gebruik
van plaaslike lewens- en huishoudingsbronne verseker. As gevolg van hierdie belangstelling
is ‘n hele aantal komplimenterende navorsingsmetodes ontwikkel om inheemse kennis in te
win en op te teken. Verskeie van hierdie metodes val binne die deelnemende navorsingsparadigma
van die Geesteswetenskappe. Deur gebruik te maak van een van die vroeëre
aanvullende metodes, Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA), lê die waarde van RRA daarin dat dit ‘n
metode is om inheemse kennis in te samel rakende die plaaslike verbouïng en gebruik van
inheemse groentes in ‘n wyk in Uganda. Die basiese RRA tegnieke word omskryf asook die
posisie van RRA binne die deelnemende navorsings paradigma en dan word daar aangedui
dat die metode heel moontlik ‘n lae-middelposisie het wanneer dit geplaas word in terme van
‘n kontinuüm van deelname. In hierdie studie het die metode dit moontlik gemaak om inligting
in te win wat verband hou met die konteks waarbinne landbou be-oefen is in die wyk;
spesifiek wat produksie en die gebruik van plante, bekend as inheemse groentes, aanbetref.
Terselfdertyd het die tegnieke ‘n breër begrip daargestel van inheemse kennis rakende die
produksie, daarmee saamgaande praktyke en plaaslike menings, sowel as die gebruik van
inheemse groentes in die wyk. Hierdie inligting het ingesluit die tegniese en sosio-kulturele
inligting en aangedui dat inheemse kennis nie net oor tegniese kennis handel nie. In die pas
afgelope jare het die debat ontstaan rakende die waarde, gebruik en misbruik van inheemse
kennis. Die debat het die vermoë van die verskeie deelnemende komplimentêre metodes om
akkuraat hierdie kennis in te win en op te skryf, bevraagteken. Een van die hoof bekommernisse is dat die meeste van hierdie metodes, soos die verbonde aan kwalitatiewe
en kwantitatiewe paradigmas, daarna neig om inherent bevooroordeeld te wees wat hulle
van hul waarde laat verminder. ‘n Refleksie op die gebruik van RRA in die Uganda-studie
wys daarop dat dit onderhewig was aan ‘n aantal kontekstuele beperkings naamlik: die
aanname en hantering van inheemse kennis as ‘n inventaris van kennis wat netjies
omgeskakel kan word in wetenskaplike katagorisering; onbewustheid van die magsonewewigtigheid
interaksies waarbinne kennis ingewin word; die gevolge van plaaslike
magstryde op die insameling van kennis; die effek wat die teenwoordigheid van navorsers
tydens die proses van kennis insameling het op die resultaatgewende kennis, die relevansie
van tyd, tydsberekening en plek waar kennis ingewin word; en die effek wat plaaslike sosiale
verskille, soos geslag, ouderdom, rykdom, klas, ens. het op wie toegang het tot watter soort
van kennis. Meer onlangs ontwikkelde en verfynde metodes soos Participatory Rural
Appraisal (PRA) en Participtory Technology Development (PTD) sluit van die tegnieke en
strategieë in wat sommige van hierdie beperkings oorkom. Maar sommige van hierdie
metodes is gereëld onderworpe aan soortgelyke beperkings, gegewe die konteks waarbinne
dit gebruik word. In die finale analise is die gebruik van die RRA metode in Uganda beskou
as ‘n bruikbare tegniek vir die insameling van kontekstuele data en inheemse kennis, gegewe
die omstandighede waarbinne dit gebruik is. Hierdie omstandighede sluit in, finansiele
beperkings, ‘n gebrek aan vaardigheid met die komplimentêre metodes binne die
navorsingspan, onvoldoende tyd en ander bronne. Hierdie hindernisse is algemeen in
verskeie landbouontwikkelingskontekste. Gebasseer op die resultate van die studie word
aanbeveel dat waar omstandighede hul daartoe leen, deelnemende metodes soos PRA en
PTD, gebruik moet word. Maar gebruikers moet daarvan bewus bly dat hierdie metodes kan
ly aan kontekstuele tekortkomings indien hulle nie met sorg gebruik word en daar nie gereeld
oor die gebruik daarvan gereflekteer word nie. Ten spyte van ‘n aantal tekortkomminge het
die gebruik van die RRA metode aangewys dat dit ‘n toespaslike metode binne ‘n sekere
konteks is. Dit het ook aangewys dat inheemse kennis uiters belangrik is vir
landbouontwikkeling, maar dat sorg gedra moet word rakende hoe dit ingewin, verstaan,
opgeskryf en daarna gebruik word. Die data wat ingewin is deur middel van die RRA metode
het voorlopige refleksies moontlik gemaak rakende die huidige begrip van inheemse kennis.
Hierdie was refleksies op die volgende: dit is ‘n stelsel van kennis, dit ontstaan in en is
eksklusief aan ‘n spesifieke gebied, dit het die vermoë om kennis in te sluit wat in ander
gebiede ontwikkel is, en dit is diep ingeweef in die konteks waarbinne dit ontwikkel is. Ten
slotte ‘n hele aantal moontlike areas vir toekomstige navorsing rakende inheemse kennis en deelnemende metodes is geidentifiseer wat ons in staat sal stel om ‘n beter begrip te
ontwikkel van die waarde van deelnemende metodes en die belangrikheid van inheemse
kennis.
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Organisational and industrial practice in the steel industry : a sociology of science studySedumedi, Boitshoko Kaelo 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study investigated the nature of a steel production process in South Africa.
The Iron and Steel Corporation of South Africa (Iscor) was analysed within various
theoretical approaches within the sociology of science and technology.
Iscor follows the production processes that are based on a particular paradigm
practiced throughout the world by steel-making organisations. The study aims to
unlock this paradigm by using specific theoretical (ANT, SCOT and SSR) and
disciplinary (MOT) approaches. Each approach provides a unique analytical
dimension to the study: the influence of various human and non-human actors, the
influence of social pressures, the historical evolution of the current practices and
the management of risk.
The study explores how Iscor adheres to mainstream scientific work. Hence there
is a focus on endogeneous approaches - "processes of technological change and
their outcomes are part of what has to be explained and understood" (Rip et ai,
1995). It is also noted that the technologies are derived from practical experiences
and processes of scientific research.
There is an ongoing attempt to formulate an understanding between technical and
social content of steel-making processes because automated plant machinery
continue to replace manual labour. Finally, the study investigates how dominant
steel-making technologies within lscor's Vanderbijlpark (VP) and Saldanah Bay
(SB) plants have evolved to achieve a position of stability. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie het oorsake van die staal produksie proses in Suid Afrika geondersoek.
Die Yster en Staal Korperasie van Suid Afrika (Yskor) was geanaliseer binne die
verskillende teoretiese benaderings in die sosiologie van wetenskap en tegnologie.
Yskor volg 'n produksie wat gebaseer is op 'n spesifieke paradigm wat deur alle
staal vervaardigde organisasie wereld wyd gepraktiseer word. Die studie beoog
om hierdie paradigm te ontbloot, deur spesifieke teoretiese (ANT, SCOT and SSR)
en disiplinere (MOT) benaderings te gebruik. Elk van hierdie benaderings sal 'n
unieke analiese demensie voortbring aan die studie: die invloed van verskillende
menslike en nie-menslike aspekte, die invloed van sosiale druk, die
geskiedkundige evolusie van die huidige praktyke en die bestuur van risikos.
Die studie ondersoek hoe Yskor riglyne volg in die wetenskaplike veld. AI te mits is
daar 'n mikpunt op endogeniese benadering - "tegnologiese prosese verandering
en die resultate wat deel vorm van hoe die proses verduidelik word en
verstandbaar moet wees" (Rip et al, 1995). Dis is dus duidelik dat die tegnologie
verkry word deur praktiese ondervinding en wetenskappe navorsing prosese.
Daar is voortdurend pogings om die verwantskap tussen tegniese en die sosiale
inhoud van die staal vervaardigings prosese te formuleer, deurdat auto-matiese
mashienerie all deurgans oorneem van werkers. Laastens die studie ondersoek
hoe die dominante staal vervaardigde tegnologie binne in Yskor Vanderbijlpark
(VP) en Saldanha Baai (SB) verander het om 'n stabiele stands poort te verkry.
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A study of supervisor job satisfaction of a mainland Chinese bank in Hong KongLee, Shu-ho., 李樹豪. January 1996 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration
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The importance of project management in management contractingLee, Chun-shing, Joseph., 李鎮承. January 1987 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Surveying / Master / Master of Science
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A critical appraisal of the marketing strategy of a Hong Kong retail group: with particular reference to storepositioningMok, Yin-mung, Glenda., 莫燕夢. January 1994 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration
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