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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of History, 1968. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Sydney, 2009. / Includes graphs and tables. Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science to the School of Geosciences in the Faculty of Sciences. Title from title screen (viewed May 5, 2009) Degree awarded 2009; thesis submitted 2008. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

Mémoire (M.P.M.O.)--Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1989. / Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Texte remanié de: Thèse--Lettres--Paris I, 1984. / Bibliogr. p. 540-542 . Index.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Dept. of Zoology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-119)

La problématique porte sur la façon dont les ports en général et le Terminal à conteneurs du Port de Beyrouth au Liban, en particulier, pourraient améliorer leur gestion et optimiser le fonctionnement de leurs opérations au quotidien. Nous avons également introduit la théorie de la structuration de Giddens qui est une théorie du social et des rapports sociaux, pour voir dans quelle mesure certains de ses principes pourraient être bénéfiques à notre étude.Le thème de la gestion d’un terminal à conteneurs et les failles qui résident dans sa gestion et qui nuisent à ses performances est un sujet qui n’a pas été traité en profondeur auparavant. Notre immersion dans cet environnement, à savoir le Terminal à conteneurs du Port de Beyrouth durant un an nous a permis de comprendre la véritable nature de ces problèmes ainsi que leurs sources.Notre présence sur le terrain nous a donné l'occasion de conduire une série d’entretiens avec les chefs de département afin de comprendre les lacunes et les obstacles auxquels ils font face et être en mesure de proposer des solutions adaptées à leurs problèmes par le biais de cette thèse.Nos entretiens avec les chefs de département ont eu pour but de recueillir pour chaque département une description du fonctionnement quotidien des opérations, les principaux problèmes et défis les plus récurrents auxquels ils font face afin de trouver les manières de les contrer.Cette thèse a pour but de dresser une liste de recommandations par département afin d’améliorer leur performance dans le futur et d’augmenter ainsi la performance globale du Terminal à conteneurs du Port de Beyrouth. / The problematic covers the way ports in general and the container terminal of the port of Beirut in Lebanon, in particular, manage and optimize the flow of their daily operations.We also included the theory of structuration of Giddens which is a social theory and a theory of social relations, to see how some of its principles could be valuable to our study.The subject of the management of a container terminal and the flaws that reside in its management and that affect its performance is an issue that has not been discussed in depth before. Our deep dive in the container terminal of Beirut port for a year has allowed us to understand the true nature of its problems and their sources.Our presence on the ground gave us the opportunity to conduct a series of meetings with heads of departments in order to understand the gaps and obstacles they face and be able to suggest solutions to their problems through this thesis.Our interviews with heads of departments were aimed at gathering for each department a description of the daily running of operations, the most recurrent problems and challenges they face and come up with possible ways to counter them.This thesis aimed to develop a list of recommendations by department in order to improve each department’s performance in the future and thereby increase the overall performance of the Beirut container terminal.

Recently, researchers have shown enormous interest in the informal sector due to extensive poverty and rising unemployment trend in the South African economy. These problems have worsened in the Port Elizabeth economy, as most entrepreneurs have scaled down their operations or liquidated their businesses due to a structural decline in the manufacturing sector and periodic recessions in the national economy. Undoubtedly, the informal sector has become a reasonable economic alternative as far as income accumulation and employment generation. The present study shows that the informal sector is characterised mainly by self-employment and also the income from this sector has also improved the standard of living of most sampled households in New Brighton and KwaMagxaki. The aim of this thesis, then, is to evaluate the nature, extent, meaning and influence of the informal sector in the Port Elizabeth Black economy. However, this can only be achieved once the informal sector is placed within the appropriate theoretical framework. This is done by comparing and contrasting the different conceptualisations of the informal sector in the literature. In conclusion, the thesis combines the different conceptualisations of the informal sector in the literature with the empirical evidence from the Port Elizabeth townships' informal sector. The important findings of the study are: The informal sector is mainly characterised by distributive activities than productive activities. Women comprised 62% of the informal sector. Economically-active members of the economy are in the informal sector. Education levels in this sector are relatively low. The informal sector is characterised by one-man businesses with few employees who are also family members. There was no trace of migrants in the informal sector. The informal sector is characterised by linkages. Informal income alleviates conditions of poverty. Policies have to implemented for the development of the informal sector. Twenty-three percent of the households in New Brighton were in the informal sector and only 6% in KwaMagxaki. Although, this study focuses in Port Elizabeth, it is the intention that the results presented will provide a broad overview of what the informal sector is.

Since the dispensation of the democracy in 1994, the South African labour market has been inclusive to the race that previously was excluded in certain positions in the private sector. Black professionals, managers and senior managers have since increased in the market and they became in demand due to the introduction of the Equity laws by the government of South Africa. The purpose of this study was to investigate the reason why black professionals do not stay or develop loyalty with the private sector organisation that employ them within the Nelson Mandela Bay region. Factors that could affect the reason to stay or not with these private organisations were identified and researched. These factors are, Employment Equity, Career Development, Diversity Management, Trust, Transformation and Management Style. Literature review on the views of scholars about these factors was done. A questionnaire to investigate these factors was distributed to black professionals that still work for the private organisations in the Nelson Mandela Metro and to the ones that opted not to stay. Interviews were also conducted with the professionals that are specialists in the field of human resources. The following are the main findings of the study. Racial prejudice towards black professionals is evident in these organisations. There is lack of equity and affirmative action is not implemented properly, which assists in the decision not to stay with these organisations. Career development is determined by race, meaning those who are developed are chosen by their race. The lack of career development is also perpetuated by the lack of proper strategies and the respondents feel that these strategies need to be reviewed. The lack of career development also contributes to the decision whether to stay or not. Trust between the black professionals and their superiors is not a problem. The black professionals are happy with how their superiors support them and how they reward them. Racial discrimination plays a role in the superior’s ability to manage diversity and this also contributes in the decisions whether to stay or not with private organisations. The lack of the diversity management influenced by racial prejudice, gives enough reasons to the black professionals to leave the organisations. Lack of transformation is evident. It seems that black professionals are only given manager or senior manager positions only to comply with the laws of the country. The respondents seemed to be happy with the management style of their superiors.

Public relations play an intricate role in communication development strategies within sport, especially netball. The objective of the research is to create a communication campaign incorporated in a public relations programme in aid of the development of netball in Port Elizabeth schools. The significance of the research is to create an understanding of the challenges faced by the learners to participate in netball and to develop the sport. The development of players at a young age is not up to standard when compared to countries where netball is already a professional sport. There is a lack of communication between the different stakeholders, namely the players, coaches and external publics. Qualitative research methods were implemented where primary and secondary data was used to conduct the research. Focus groups were utilised to gather primary data from netball players and coaches. These interviews proved that communication gaps do exist between the different stakeholders of school and netball. An introduction about netball will be discussed. Literature about public relations and communication will be presented. The research methodology will be presenting the research design and research methods used to conduct the research. Characteristics of the schools used in the interviews will be discussed. The research analysis, findings and discussions will present a guideline to be implemented by schools to enhance communication and therefore help develop netball. The research will then be concluded and summarised. Limitations to the study will be discussed as well as recommendations for further study on the topic. Communication plays an important role when trying to build mutual beneficial relationships between the various stakeholders. The results in this research bring to the conclusion that effective communication is needed to enhance and develop netball to ultimately become a professional sport.