D.Comm. / The objective of this study was to explore a group of key employees‟ experiences and perceptions at the Metropolitan Municipality of Tshwane of the service performance of the municipality they work for, as well as to develop a social science tool – a model – that could be used to help this institution play its role of delivering effective services to its residents in the country‟s democratic dispensation. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods in the form of a mixed method approach was used in this study. The existing quantitative instrument was buttressed by the empirically derived qualitative insights to form an instrument that was later distributed among employees of the Metro with a view to developing a “mixed model” of a high performance organisational culture for the institution involved. During the qualitative phase of this study interviews were conducted using a grounded theory approach. Two stakeholders and six members of staff were interviewed. The result of the interviews was a qualitatively derived pattern of interrelated concepts in the form of a “shared vision” model, consisting of rich descriptive data which were carefully analysed using a grounded theory methodology,i that is, the development of theory that is derived from an analysis of qualitative data. The computer-assisted data analysis tool, Atlas.ti, was also used to support the qualitative data analysis process. The qualitatively derived model displayed overall groundedness of between 1 and 4 and a density of between 1 and 13. To confirm the trustworthiness of the findings, member checking was done with the research participants. The second phase of the study was effected by distributing a questionnaire to 800 randomly selected Metro employees. Of the 800 questionnaires sent out, 474 were completed and returned, thus constituting a response rate of 59.25%. The returned questionnaires were deemed adequate for conducting a factor analysis. A first-level factor analysis was consequently conducted on intercorrelation matrices of the 14 theoretical dimensions. A second-level factor analysis on a sub-score intercorrelation i Glaser and Stauss (1967). iv matrix followed and resulted in three factors being extracted. Iterative item analyses then yielded acceptable metric properties for each dimension and a Cronbach alpha coefficient ranging between 0.703 and 0.964, which was deemed acceptable scale reliability for the model. To arrive at the desired model, the findings of the two phases of the “mixed method” approach were connected and interrelated such that data from the quantitative phase played a supportive role to data from the qualitative phase. The derived model consists of the inner core and the outer core. The elements of the outer core which were qualitatively derived by means of grounded theory provided a “thick description” of the discourse and gave the research participants a “voice” in the inquiry. The elements of the outer core were identified as good governance, clean and efficient administration, and community involvement. The elements of the inner core, on the other hand, were elicited through deductive reasoning and gave the model a quantitative grounding through the use of factor analysis. These elements included leadership, delivery processes and stakeholder satisfaction. The results of the two methods were thus integrated into a model called the New Empirical High Performance Organisational Culture Model (NEHPOM). To test Metro senior management‟s views of the model, a nominal group session was conducted. This session granted acceptance of the model, indicating, among other things, that the model would help to create synergy between governance, residents and leadership of the Metro.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1978 M35 / Master of Arts

Beneficiarii consularis were members of the military staffs attached to Roman provincial governors of the Principate, and are well attested epigraph!cally, both at provincial capitals and at outposts along major roads and frontiers of the Western military provinces. They were usually experienced legionaries approaching retirement. and were of senior principalis rank. Each legion in a province provided the governor with (probably) sixty men of this rank. The governor's staff (the officium consularis) assisted the governor in ail his duties, administrative, judicial and military, and the beneficiarii were employed in a variety of roles, appearing in the sources as arresting officers, messengers, servants to the governor and general assistants. To indicate their status as officiales of the governor, they carried a decorated lance-symbol when operating away from the officium. In Britain and the two German provinces they were evidently outposted, apparently for periods of six months at a time, along the roads linking the provincial capitals with the frontiers, with neighbouring provinces, and with Rome, in contrast with the other Western provinces where, for the most part, no such stationes are attested. The stationes have usually been regarded as police posts for the protection of the roads, but this seems unlikely. Although a few stationes fall outside the general pattern and can perhaps be associated with the control of imperial estates, the majority are to be linked with frontier defence. Since the main network of stationes, both in the Germanies and in the rest of Europe first appears in the 160's, they may be seen as a response to the Chattan and Marcomannic attacks. The evidence is consistent with the interpretation of the stationes as relays for the improvement of military communications, those on the frontiers perhaps having an additional role in the coordination of military intelligence-gathering.

M.A. (Public Management and Governance) / Local government in South Africa faces many challenges. It is argued that these challenges could be addressed through training and skills development among senior municipal officials. This study set out to investigate the training and skills development challenges for senior municipal officials in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. The study further argued that training and skills development have the potential to direct thinking, activity and resources for the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality to achieve its strategic outcomes, especially the pressing issue of service delivery. This study found that despite a large financial budget being allocated to training and skills development in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, the budget is not adequately spent. The reason behind this, amongst others, rests on insufficient information regarding training opportunities, the relevant units not completing their training application requirements on time and the lack of capacity to inculcate a culture of lifelong learning. It has been found that the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality lacks the relevant planning and skills development initiatives for training and developing its senior managers. Investing in training and skills development would result in a cadre of senior managers who possess the relevant competencies to turn the Municipality into a world class African space. Finally, this study would prove beneficial to both policy-makers and the Department of Human Resource Development in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in that it could improve the skills development deficit.

手稿本. / Thesis (M.A.)--香港中文大學. / Shou gao ben. / Thesis (M.A.)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue. / Chapter 一 --- 引論 / Chapter 二 --- 南京部院形成之過程 / Chapter 三 --- 兩京都院官吏員額與組織體系之比較 / Chapter 四 --- 兩京都部院之權力關係與人事遷調(上) / Chapter 五 --- 兩京都部院之權力關係與人事遷調(下) / Chapter 六 --- 結語 / Chapter 附一 --- 補明史南京七卿年表 / Chapter 附二 --- 洪武十三年以前中書省轄下之六部尚書年表 / 附御史大夫

陳贊永. / 論文(哲學碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院歷史學部, 1997. / 參考文獻: leaves 189-197. / Chen Zanyong. / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二章 --- 略論宋代的言官制度和宰相制度 --- p.5 / Chapter 第一節 --- 宋代言官制度略述 --- p.5 / Chapter 一. --- 言官的定義 --- p.5 / Chapter 二. --- 言官架構與職能 --- p.6 / Chapter (一) --- 御史台與諫 院 --- p.6 / Chapter (二) --- 給事中與中書舍人 --- p.10 / Chapter 第二節 --- 宋代宰相制度_ --- p.12 / Chapter 一. --- 元豐官制改革前的宰相制度 --- p.12 / Chapter 二. --- 元豐官制改革後的宰相制度 --- p.14 / Chapter 第三章 --- 皇權的重建一言官牽制宰相時期 --- p.17 / Chapter 第一節 --- 李綱與言官的關係 --- p.17 / Chapter 一. --- 李綱任相前的出身背景 --- p.17 / Chapter 二. --- 李綱與言官的合作和矛盾 --- p.20 / Chapter (一) --- 排僞楚運動及反李綱言官勢力的瓦解 --- p.20 / Chapter (二) --- 藩鎭政策及宋齊愈事件 --- p.23 / Chapter 三. --- 皇帝駐蹕地之爭 --- p.27 / Chapter 四. --- 李綱的失勢與言官之關係 --- p.30 / Chapter 第二節 --- 黃潛善、汪伯彥與言官的關係 --- p.34 / Chapter 一. --- 擁立集團的形成及其政治方針 --- p.34 / Chapter 二 . --- 汪、黃對言官的壓制 --- p.36 / Chapter 三. --- 金人的南犯與汪、黃罷相 --- p.40 / Chapter 第三節 --- 范宗尹與言官的關係 --- p.45 / Chapter 一. --- 范宗尹的政治背景 --- p.45 / Chapter 二 . --- 范宗尹任相時期與言官之關係 --- p.47 / Chapter 三. --- 藩鎭政策的失敗及范宗尹的下台 --- p.50 / Chapter 四. --- 高宗在范宗尹與言官間的主導角色 --- p.53 / Chapter 第四節 --- 小結 --- p.57 / Chapter 第四章 --- 政治集團的衝突---言官依附宰相時期 --- p.58 / Chapter 第一節 --- 呂頤浩與言官的關係 --- p.58 / Chapter 一. --- 呂頤浩的出身背景 --- p.58 / Chapter 二. --- 呂頤浩首次任相及高宗吳越之行 --- p.60 / Chapter 三. --- 呂頤浩再相及與秦檜的權力鬥爭 --- p.68 / Chapter 四. --- 呂頤浩的失勢與言官之關係 --- p.73 / Chapter 第二節 --- 張浚與言官的關係 --- p.82 / Chapter 一. --- 任相前的張浚 --- p.82 / Chapter 二. --- 張浚任相及與趙鼎的爭權 --- p.86 / Chapter 三. --- 張浚主戰路線的崩潰 --- p.91 / Chapter 四. --- 高宗和言官在張浚罷相事上所扮演的角色 --- p.93 / Chapter 第三節 --- 趙鼎與言官的關係 --- p.98 / Chapter 一. --- 任相前的趙鼎 --- p.98 / Chapter (一) --- 南宋初年在政壇上的浮沉 --- p.98 / Chapter (二) --- 趙鼎與朱勝非的權力鬥爭 --- p.100 / Chapter 二. --- 趙鼎的首度任相 --- p.102 / Chapter 三. --- 趙鼎的再相及其主守政策 --- p.105 / Chapter 四. --- 趙鼎集團的崩潰 --- p.111 / Chapter 第四節 --- 小結 --- p.118 / Chapter 第五章 --- 秦檜專政----宰相控制言官時期 --- p.119 / Chapter 第一節 --- 秦檜的出身背景及首度任相時與言官之關係 --- p.119 / Chapter 一 . --- 秦檜的出身背景 --- p.119 / Chapter 二 . --- 秦檜的首度任相 --- p.124 / Chapter 第二節 --- 秦檜的再相與言官之關係 --- p.127 / Chapter 一. --- 秦檜的再相到獨相 --- p.127 / Chapter 二 . --- 紹興八年和議的確立及言官的作用 --- p.129 / Chapter 三. --- 秦檜專政體制的確立及體制中的言官 --- p.135 / Chapter 四. --- 紹興十二年和議及收兵權運動中的言官 --- p.139 / Chapter 第三節 --- 小結 --- p.145 / Chapter 第六章 --- 總結 --- p.147 / 附表 / 建炎元年至紹興十二年言官一覽表 --- p.151 / 建炎元年至紹興十二年宰相一覽表 --- p.182 / 建炎元年至紹興十二年宰相、言官任免簡表 --- p.184 / 參考書目 --- p.189

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