Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 229-243).

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No abstract available. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.

Mémoire (M.P.M.O.)--Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1990. / "Maîtrise en gestion des petites et moyennes organisations" CaQCU Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-10T14:23:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-08-26. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-12-10T14:29:55Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000854682.pdf: 500865 bytes, checksum: 827685707a7b1288c18e1e9d92b55750 (MD5) / O contexto mundial de mudanças políticas, econômicas, tecnológicas e sociais influencia diretamente nas características do trabalho, sobretudo nos modos de organização e gestão, trazendo consequências muitas vezes danosas aos trabalhadores. Sendo assim, cada vez mais se tornam necessários os estudos de questões relativas ao trabalho, tanto no que tange às suas contribuições com o desenvolvimento da sociedade, como os agravos que podem incorrer, entre outros, em problemas à saúde dos trabalhadores, sendo necessário compreender também a inserção e relação dos trabalhadores com seu trabalho. Para investigar estes aspectos no que tange ao trabalho no serviço público, foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa, de base teórico-metodológica na Psicologia Sócio-histórica, com o objetivo de conhecer significados de trabalho para servidores públicos técnico-administrativos de instituição de ensino superior. Os participantes da pesquisa são servidores de quatro unidades universitárias do câmpus de Botucatu. A coleta de dados foi realizada em duas etapas: a primeira com levantamento das características sociodemográficas da população e a segunda com aplicação de questionário elaborado pela pesquisadora, o qual foi respondido por 150 trabalhadores. Os entrevistados apresentaram uma concepção positiva do trabalho, em geral, e da posição de servidor público, em particular. Destacam-se como significados de ser servidor público satisfação, responsabilidade social, estabilidade, contribuição com a instituição para alcance de seus objetivos e aspectos de relacionamento no trabalho. Tais resultados sugerem diferença na posição destes servidores públicos comparando-se à situação geral dos trabalhadores no contexto sócio-econômico atual, podendo favorecer a preservação da saúde no trabalho. Indica-se a continuidade de estudo que aprofunde no conhecimento dos sentidos do trabalho para... / The global context of political, economic, technological, and social changes affects directly work characteristics, mainly models of organization and management, and it brings consequences often harmful to workers. Therefore, studies about questions related to work are frequently required, in relation either with its contributions for societal development or with dangers leading to problems in workers' health, among other issues. It is also necessary to understand the presentation and relationship of workers in their work environment. In order to investigate these aspects related to work in public service, a quantitative and qualitative research was performed based on theoretical method approach in socio-historical Psychology. Its purpose was to know meanings of work for public administrative and technical employees of a higher education institution. The participants of this research are employees from four university units of Botucatu campus. Data collection was performed in two stages: the first one with collection of social and demographic characteristics of subjects, and the second one with questionnaire designed by the researcher, which was answered by 150 workers. Interviewed subjects had a positive concept of work, in overall and positive concept of public staff occupation, in particular. Meanings of being a public employee are described as satisfaction, social responsibility, work stability, contribution for the institution to achieve their goals, and aspects of work relationship. Such results suggest difference in the occupation of those public workers compared with the general situation of workers in the current social and economic context. It may benefit the preservation health at work. A following study deepening the knowledge of meanings of work for public employees is expected

Orientador: Maria Dionisia do Amaral Dias / Banca: Sueli Terezinha Ferrero Martin / Banca: Márcia Hespanhol Bernardo / Resumo: O contexto mundial de mudanças políticas, econômicas, tecnológicas e sociais influencia diretamente nas características do trabalho, sobretudo nos modos de organização e gestão, trazendo consequências muitas vezes danosas aos trabalhadores. Sendo assim, cada vez mais se tornam necessários os estudos de questões relativas ao trabalho, tanto no que tange às suas contribuições com o desenvolvimento da sociedade, como os agravos que podem incorrer, entre outros, em problemas à saúde dos trabalhadores, sendo necessário compreender também a inserção e relação dos trabalhadores com seu trabalho. Para investigar estes aspectos no que tange ao trabalho no serviço público, foi realizada uma pesquisa quantitativa e qualitativa, de base teórico-metodológica na Psicologia Sócio-histórica, com o objetivo de conhecer significados de trabalho para servidores públicos técnico-administrativos de instituição de ensino superior. Os participantes da pesquisa são servidores de quatro unidades universitárias do câmpus de Botucatu. A coleta de dados foi realizada em duas etapas: a primeira com levantamento das características sociodemográficas da população e a segunda com aplicação de questionário elaborado pela pesquisadora, o qual foi respondido por 150 trabalhadores. Os entrevistados apresentaram uma concepção positiva do trabalho, em geral, e da posição de servidor público, em particular. Destacam-se como significados de ser servidor público satisfação, responsabilidade social, estabilidade, contribuição com a instituição para alcance de seus objetivos e aspectos de relacionamento no trabalho. Tais resultados sugerem diferença na posição destes servidores públicos comparando-se à situação geral dos trabalhadores no contexto sócio-econômico atual, podendo favorecer a preservação da saúde no trabalho. Indica-se a continuidade de estudo que aprofunde no conhecimento dos sentidos do trabalho para... / Abstract: The global context of political, economic, technological, and social changes affects directly work characteristics, mainly models of organization and management, and it brings consequences often harmful to workers. Therefore, studies about questions related to work are frequently required, in relation either with its contributions for societal development or with dangers leading to problems in workers' health, among other issues. It is also necessary to understand the presentation and relationship of workers in their work environment. In order to investigate these aspects related to work in public service, a quantitative and qualitative research was performed based on theoretical method approach in socio-historical Psychology. Its purpose was to know meanings of work for public administrative and technical employees of a higher education institution. The participants of this research are employees from four university units of Botucatu campus. Data collection was performed in two stages: the first one with collection of social and demographic characteristics of subjects, and the second one with questionnaire designed by the researcher, which was answered by 150 workers. Interviewed subjects had a positive concept of work, in overall and positive concept of public staff occupation, in particular. Meanings of being a public employee are described as satisfaction, social responsibility, work stability, contribution for the institution to achieve their goals, and aspects of work relationship. Such results suggest difference in the occupation of those public workers compared with the general situation of workers in the current social and economic context. It may benefit the preservation health at work. A following study deepening the knowledge of meanings of work for public employees is expected / Mestre

Masters in Public Administration - MPA / The aim of the study was to investigate why it was deemed necessary to train and localise the public and private sectors by the Swaziland government. The efforts began shortly before Swaziland attained independence in 1968. Many of the initiative to localisation started in pre-colonial Swaziland in 1966 leading to independence. The study also examined the drawbacks to training and localisation and how these were overcome. Swaziland inherited and was strongly dependent upon a strongly entrenched cadre of top-level public service and private administrators who were expatriates. The study also examined how far localisation has gone to date. / South Africa

Magister Administrationis - MAdmin / Training and development is an important issue in South African Local Government. These are related concepts. However, more emphasis is placed on training in this research report. Several authors argued that the majority of South African workers need new or significantly expanded skills to keep up with the demands of their jobs. Employee training and development (T&D) is seen as a key factor in meeting the employer’s strategic, business and operational goals. Others mentioned that the people who work in the public sector must constantly strive to act in a way that will lead to improvement of the quality of service delivery by public institutions. They also mentioned that training is aimed at the practical application of knowledge as well as the development of specific behavior patterns, attitudes and motives with a view to realizing goals (Carrell et al., 1999). The population increase leads to the expansion of organizations and their responsibilities. The changing constitutional and political dispensation of South Africa demands certain amendments and changes to be made by organizations. Increased pollution and shortage of natural resources demand certain strategies. The shortage of trained manpower causes higher demand to be made on the available manpower. All these shows needs and demands for training and development. Cloete and Mokgoro (1995:91) argued that the new government would have to rely heavily on the public service to implement new policy and facilitate development. They added that the council should develop broad guidelines for public sector training. Further these would relate to current and future human resource needs for the public service. In addition, such a policy would set standards for trainers and training programs (Cloete and Mokgoro, 1995). Training and development needs are examined in this research report to see how the Helderberg Municipality (Western Cape) has conducted its training. The study aims to identify the key obstacles for effective training. Some authors suggest that the simplest method of conducting a training survey is to go around asking managers and supervisors what they think are the training priorities in their department. The result obtained may be subjective but as long as the surveys are analyzed carefully, they would prove a useful starting point for analysis. The literature also suggests that the management and supervisors must feel involved from the beginning. This study focuses on the Helderberg Municipality. The researcher relied on the literature to gain more information about training and development, especially in the South African situation. Some interviews were conducted in the Helderberg Municipality. The study is based on both qualitative and quantitative methods. This researcher used the qualitative methods because she considered them as useful and that they would give her a wider scope. By contrast, the quantitative method would be useful hence figures are also provided. Some interviews were conducted with the Training Manager of the Helderberg Municipality. The study could help the Helderberg Municipality to rectify its weaknesses and deal with their current challenges of training and development. Policy makers and consultants could use the results of this study to formulate policies for municipalities. Lastly, students could also benefit from this study by using it as a source of reference. / South Africa