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A guideline framework for transformation to a LED approach in local government : the Frances Baard districtRossouw-Brink, Milinda 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / LED is the encouragement of a greater degree of local economic governance as an integral
component of the pursuits of local community goals. It is about a systemic approach that
manages community governance in such a way to achieve shared community goals and
objectives. The intent to promote LED has become an established feature in the Frances Baard
district, but certain constraints such as resource and skills constraints, lack of communication and
lack of guidance from the other spheres of government, hinder the delivery of LED at Local
Government level. LED is immersed in a line function environment that institutionally cannot
support or sustain it, unless broader institutional reform takes place to bring the LED Approach
into the mainstream of municipal and community decision making in terms of locating LED higher
up in the municipal hierarchy. There is confusion between the roles and responsibilities of the
Frances Baard District and local municipalities in terms of who should facilitate and guide the
economic development in the municipal area. The assessment of these difficulties and confusions
in terms of the institutional operations in the Frances Baard Local Government will identify and
develop important operational guidelines for the district and local municipalities to overcome
these shortcomings that occur within their organisations.
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The perceptions/views of nursing students, nurse educators and unit supervisors on accompaniment of nursing students in the clinical settingLekhuleni, Esther Masamo 02 1900 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to describe the perceptions/views of student nurses, nurse educators
and unit supervisors on accompaniment of student nurses in clinical settings of the Northern Province
of the RSA A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey was used in this study to describe the
perceptions/views of student nurses, nurse educators and unit supervisors on apcompaniment of
student nurses in clinical settings. Data was collected during February and March 200 I when student
nurses, nurse educators and unit supervisors in the Northern Province completed questionnaires.
The study revealed positive and negative perceptions regarding accompaniment of student nurses in
clinical settings, including that:
• accompaniment in the clinical settings enhanced student nurses' clinical learning experiences
• the presence of nurse educators in the clinical settings improved student nurses'
accompaniment
• facilitators played an important role in the accompaniment of student nurses
• accompaniment enhances correlation of theory and practice / Health Studies / MA (Advanced Nursing Sciences)
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Grade 1 teachers' involvement in school-based curriculum development in the Northern ProvinceLumadi, Mutendwahothe Walter 06 1900 (has links)
Summaries in English and Afrikaans / The bright future of education in South Africa, as in every developed and developing
country such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, France and many others,
depends greatly on grade 1 teachers' involvement in School-Based Curriculum
Development (SBCD). The fallacy that grade 1 teachers can be operated effectively by
remote control should be abandoned from the school curriculum. Success will always be
elusive task if grade 1 teachers are excluded from curriculum decision-making, because
their proximity to learners in the learning situation is a source of valuable information for
curriculum developers, a source which is currently overlooked. This warrants a paradigm
shift in teacher training programmes. A situation analysis in our democratic country
necessitates problem-centred teacher training which will equip the future generation of
teacher trainees and prospective grade 1 teachers with relevant professional skills,
precipitated by our country.
The bone of contention in this study revolves around the kind of teaching and learning
problems experienced by grade 1 teachers involved in SBCD in the Northern Province. It
is apparent from the thesis that grade 1 teachers' involvement in curriculum decisionmaking
is limited to a certain extent because members of the top structure of curriculum
planners are reluctant to quit their 'ivory towers' to perceive the real situation of the
noble profession of teaching. A profound problem in South Africa in general and the
Northern Province in particular is that there is a serious lack of consultation and
negotiations with grade 1 teachers, and the implications thereof are detrimental to SBCD.
The measure in which the grade 1 teachers are involved in participation and decisionmaking
is a determinant of the success or failure of the innovation project. It is thus
noteworthy to point out that the grade 1 teacher must be fully supported by his or her
academic seniors, to become actively involved in curriculum activities.
The overriding aim of this study, an exploratory investigation of the identified teaching
and learning problems by grade 1 teachers in terms of SBCD in the Northern Province
emanated from this need. It should also be pointed out that our world is characterised by
the rapid tempo at which knowledge becomes out-dated and is replaced by new ideas and
concepts. The twentieth century has become known as the information era. This has
necessitated a change of emphasis in education; instead of the transfer of knowledge, the
grade I teacher must rather be taught how to acquire knowledge on his or her own and
be provided with instruments necessary for exploiting knowledge.
The method of analysis began with in a literature review, with a viewpoint to provide
guidelines for grade I teachers' involvement in SBCD. After an introductory orientation
provided in chapter 1, the theories of SBCD and Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) were
examined in chapter 2. Qualitative research as a strategy to address problems in SBCD
was dealt with in chapter 3 by means of identifying the research instruments to be utilised
for data collection techniques and analysis. Furthermore, in this chapter, the researcher
elaborated on the types of qualitative methods, characteristics and outcomes of qualitative
research, phases of data collection and analysis strategies and qualitative research as a
remedy in SBCD problems. In chapter 4, the researcher elaborated on research
instruments, findings and data analysis. Findings were based on the implementation of
research instruments and literature review. It is in this chapter that the theories of SBCD
and OBE in chapter 2 and qualitative research as a strategy to address SBCD problems in
chapter 3 have been synthesised.
In the ensuing chapter 5, guidelines which could serve as a framework for grade I
teachers' involvement in SBCD were provided. It is strongly believed that these
guidelines will be useful for both Pre-service Teacher Education and Training (PRESET)
and In-service Teacher Education and Training (INSET) to keep pace with the changes
taking place in the South African society. Teacher training should thus ensure that teacher
trainees and prospective grade I teachers are sufficiently skilled to cope with the
tremendous escalation of challenges in SBCD. In fact, grade I teachers should be trained
to teach learners who must fulfill their vocational mandate some time in the near future.
The youth must be empowered for the future, which covers the period from the time they
enter school. These guidelines make it imperative for the trainers of prospective teachers
to predict the future realistically and to train grade I teachers in accordance with the
principle of constancy and change. Future education requires individuals who will know
how to apply principles, norms and values and how to design new methods for effective
instruction and learning.
The final chapter focused on the background to the problem, the methodology of the
investigation and conclusions. The study also highlighted recommendations for the
improvement of teaching practice and teacher training and the implications thereof. The
researcher summed up the study by proposing areas of concern for future research. / Die suksesvolle ontwikkeling en toekoms van onderwys in Suid-Afrika, soos in elke
ontwikkelde en ontwikkelende land, insluitend die Verenigde State van Amerika, die
Verenigde Koninkryk, Frankryk en vele ander, hang hoofsaaklik af van die
betrokkenheid van graad 1-onderwysers by Skoolgebaseerde Kurrikulumontwikkeling
(SBKO) . Dit geld ook vir die Noordelike Provinsie waar hierdie studie gedoen is. Die
aanname dat graad 1-onderwysers effektief kan deelneem aan die skoolkurrikulum deur
middel van afstandsdeelname, moet laat vaar word. Indien die onderwysers uitgesluit
word van die besluitnemingsproses in kurrikulumontwikkeling sal die kanse op sukses
bemoelik word. Hulle deelname aan en betrokkenheid by die leersituasie kan dien as 'n
bron van inligting vir kurrikulumontwikkelaars. Tans word hierdie bron van inligting nie
in aanmerking geneem nie. Hierdie hipotese vereis 'n paradigmaskuif in die
onderwysersopleidingsprogramme. 'n Situasie-analise in die Noordelike Provinsie het
getoon dat 'n probleemgerigte onderwysersopleidingsprogram nodig is om die
toekomstige generasie van onderwysers (veral graad 1-onderwysers) toe te rus met die
relevante professionele vaardighede wat so dringend in ons land benodig word.
Die kernpunte in hierdie studie handel oor die tipe kennisoordrag- en leerprobleme wat
graad 1-onderwysers ondervind m hulle betrokkenheid m Skoolgebaseerde
Kurrikulumontwikkeling in die Noordelike Provinsie, en in watter mate dit aangespreek
word m kurrikulumontwikkeling. Bevindings m hierdie studie toon dat
onderwyserbetrokkenheid beperk word deur die topstruktuur van die
kurrikulumbeplanners wat onwillig is om hulle ivoortorings te verlaat en sodoende nie
die werklike situasie in die onderwysberoep in aanmerking neem nie. 'n Groot probleem
in Suid-Afrika in die algemeen, en in die Noordelike Provinsie in die besonder, is die
emstige gebrek aan konsultasie en onderhandeling met graad 1-onderwysers en die
negatiewe impak hiervan op kurrikulumontwikkeling. Die mate waarin hierdie
onderwysers betrokke is, is bepalend vir die sukses of die mislukking van die
innoverende projek. Dit is gevolglik noodsaaklik om daarop te wys dat die graad 1-
onderwyser ten voile ondersteun moet word deur sy/haar akaderniese seniors ten einde
aktiefbetrokke te kan wees by sodanige kurrikulumaktiwiteite.
Die hoofdoel van hierdie studie is dan ook 'n ondersoek na die geldentifiseerde
kennisoordrag- en leerprobleme van graad l-onde111Jysers in die Noordelike Provinsie in
voorafgenoemde verband. Ons leef in 'n snel veranderende wereld waarin kennis vinnig
verouder raak en met nuwe idees en konsepte vervang word, die sogenaarnde inforrnasieera.
Dit noodsaak 'n verandering in die onderwys, waar die onderwyser geleer moet word
om eerstens self kennis te verkry asook dat die instrumente wat no dig is om die kennis te
eksploiteer, verskafword, eerder as om net op kennisoordrag te let.
Analise as ondersoekmetode is in die literatuuroorsig gebruik met die doel om riglyne vir
graad 1-onderwysersbetrokkenheid te verskaf. Na die inleidende orienteringspostulaat in
Hoofstuk 1, Is die teoriee van Skoolgebaseerde kurrikulumontwikkeling en
Uitkomsgebaseerde Onde111Jys (UGO) m Hoofstuk 2 ondersoek. In Hoofstuk 3 is
kwalitatiwe navorsing as strategie om probleme met Skoolgebaseerde
Kurrikulumontwikkeling uit te wys, aangespreek. Dit is bereik deur die identifisering van
die navorsingsinstrumente wat gebruik is vir data-insameling en analise. In die hoofstuk
bespreek die navorser die tipes kwalitatiewe metodes; die eienskappe en gevolge van
kwalitatiewe navorsmg; die fases van dataversarneling asook analisestrategiee en
kwalitatiewe navorsmg as instrumente in die uitskakeling van Skoolgebaseerde
Kurrikulumontwikkeling-probleme. In Hoofstuk 4 word verder uitgebrei oor
navorsingsinstrurnente, bevindings en data- analise. In die hoofstuk word die teoriee van
SBKO en UGO soos bespreek in Hoofstuk 2 en kwalitatiewe navorsing as strategie om
SBKO probleme aan te spreek, gesintetiseer.
In Hoofstuk 5 word riglyne verskaf wat kan dien as raarnwerk VIr graad londe111Jyserbetrokkenheid
in SBKO. Die verrnoede bestaan dat hierdie riglyne bruikbaar
sal wees vir beide Voordiensopleiding en Indiensopleiding om sodoende in pas te wees
met die veranderinge wat m die gemeenskap se leefwereld plaasvind.
Onderwysersopleiding behoort dus te verseker dat onderwysers wat opgelei word, en
veral graad 1-onderwysers, toegerus word om met die toename in uitdagings in SBKO te
kan byhou. In werklikheid behoort graad 1-onderwysers sodanig opgelei te word dat
hulle leerders kan onderrig en toerus om in die toekoms hulle beroepe te kan beoefen. Die
jeug moet bemagtig word vir die toekoms vanaf die oomblik dat hulle die skoolsisteem
binnegaan. Hierdie riglyne maak dit noodsaaklik vir die opleiers van voomemende
onderwysers om die toekoms korrek te voorspel en om die graad 1-onderwysers op te lei
in die beginsels van konsekwentheid en verandering. Toekomstige onderrig vereis
individue wat sal weet hoe om beginsels, nonne en waardes toe te pas en hoe om nuwe
onderrigmetodes vir effektiewe leer te ontwerp.
Die finale hoofstuk fokus op die agtergrond van die probleem, die metodologie van die
ondersoek en gevolgtrekkings. Die studie benadruk die aanbevelings vir die verbetering
van onderwyspraktyk en onderwysersopleiding en die implikasies daarvan. Die navorser
som dan ook die studie op deur areas van belang vir toekomstige navorsing voor te stel. / D. Ed. (Didactics and Curriculum Studies)
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Exploring mathematics learners’ problem-solving skills in circle geometry in South African schools : (a case study of a high school in the Northern Cape Province)Abakah, Fitzgerald 26 May 2021 (has links)
This study examined “problem solving skills in circle geometry concepts in Euclidean Geometry. This study was necessitated by learners’ inability to perform well with regards to Euclidean Geometry in general and Circle Geometry in particular. The use of naturalistic observation case study research (NOCSR) study was employed as the research design for the study. The intervention used for the study was the teaching of circle geometry with Polya problem solving instructional approach coupled with social constructivist instructional approach. A High School in the Northern Cape Province was used for the study. 61 mathematics learners (grade 11) in the school served as participants for the first year of the study, while 45 mathematics learners, also in grade 11, served as participants for the second year of the study. Data was collected for two consecutive years: 2018 and 2019. All learners who served as participants for the study did so willingly without been coerced in any way. Parental consent of all participants were also obtained.
The following data were collected for each year of the research intervention: classroom teaching proceedings’ video recordings, photograph of learners class exercises (CE), field notes and the end-of-the- Intervention Test (EIT). Direct interpretations, categorical aggregation and a problem solving rubric were used for the analysis of data. Performance analysis and solution appraisal were also used to analyse some of the collected data. It emerged from the study that the research intervention evoked learners’ desire and interest to learn circle geometry. Also, the research intervention improved the study participants’ performance and problem solving skills in circle geometry concepts. Hence, it is recommended from this study that there is the need for South African schools to adopt the instructional approach for the intervention: Polya problem solving instructional approach coupled with social constructivist instructional approach, for the teaching and learning of Euclidean geometry concepts. / Mathematics Education / M. Sc. (Mathematics Education)
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Water services education and training needs of councillors in the Local Government Development Agenda (LGDA)Tsibani, Fumene George 04 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study describes and analyses the water governance and developmental water services education and training needs of councillors in water services authorities (WSAs) in the Northern Cape Province in order to enable them to fulfil their responsibilities as required by the legislative framework in the new dispensation in South Africa. The new South African Constitution ushered in a new legislative framework, which recognises that developmental water supply, sanitation facilities as basic services are local government matters, and that they are in the functional area of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence. The Water Services Act No. 108 of 1997 and a number of Acts of Parliament thereafter, which are a spine for a local government developmental agenda (LGDA) in South Africa, give effect to this determination. Collectively, these Acts and policies have set the LGDA or modernisation of local government for change and marked a departure from the selection, recruitment and deployment of councillors without minimum engineering and technical skills in water and infrastructure planning and development portfolios.
This invariably imposes new leadership responsibilities upon a range of hydropolitical councillors in WSAs, and creates the need for a redefined model of representation on the part of councillors from ―resemblance to public capability, accountability, responsibility and responsiveness‖ (Sartori 1968: 465). With the current calibre and breed of councillors in water portfolios and infrastructure planning and development, it appears that the country is facing a leadership crisis that can strike at the very roots of the democratic values of the LGDA system. Without effective, innovative, creative and committed leadership, all anti-poverty strategies may just plug in superficial solutions rather than tackle the root of the problem, namely governance crises in WSAs. Accordingly, 'good enough governance' or radical restructuring of the recruitment, selection and deployment policy in the current water crisis in the Northern Cape should act as a "decontaminator or antiseptic in a germ-infested area" (Cloete 2006:6-19). To extend the analogy further in terms of good enough water governance, the selection, recruitment and deployment of appropriately qualified representatives in bulk water infrastructure planning and development may lead to long-term hydropolitical adaptive capacity to respond proactively to water scarcity in the Northern Cape whereby a discernible set of water governance values and principles will benefit all citizens. Using mixed methods, the researcher found that comparative literature evidence clearly underscores the importance of effective leadership by competent and skilled councillors in water portfolios. It is also significant that academic and independent studies have ignored the oversight role of councillors in water governance. The debates only focus on officials who do not have executive powers under the new LGDA and its administration system. Yet, the current water crisis, extreme weather conditions, climate changes, and protests against poor service delivery provide an opportunity to rethink water governance. The dissertation argues that councillors in water portfolios should have minimum engineering and technical qualifications and that they need to be empowered to be adaptive and apply modern technology solutions. Any reform effort is doomed if this aspect is not addressed sufficiently well in the water sector, as it has been established in this dissertation that there is a clear link between effective leadership and excellent water governance and management.
The study is not intended to be prescriptive nor can it claim to be exhaustive, as the researcher continually discovered. In many instances, it may introduce water governance complexities under a LGDA administration and political management system that are unwarranted – and misplaced idealism is always a problem. Thus, for water services to remain a viable "instrument of humanity" especially at a municipal level, it is concluded that more effective competency-based water councillor education and training (CBWCE&T) programmes are required to equip current and future councillors with the water governance skills and intellectual competencies to address the complex challenges they face. The essence of the CBWCE&T is that developmental water services need to engage in a broader governance agenda integrated with other basic services and mutually reinforcing areas of social adaptive capacity to water scarcity under the LGDA.
Researchers in the water sector have neglected the hydropolitical role of councillors in determining water governance and the use of water for socioeconomic and developmental outcomes now subsumed under various poverty eradication policies. The unique contribution of this dissertation is that it focuses on this critical role of councillors and the skills they need to execute water governance institutional oversight role. The researcher makes recommendations for enriching the hydropolitical sociology of local government studies, to match the skills requirements, given the complexity of the LGDA and the numerous challenges for councillors in WSAs in the Northern Cape. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie beskryf en ontleed die waterregerings- en ontwikkelingswaterdienste onderwys- en opleidingsbehoeftes van raadslede betrokke by waterdienste owerhede (WSAs) in die Noord-Kaap provinsie wat hulle in staat sal stel om hulle verantwoordelikhede na te kom soos vereis deur die wetlike raamwerk van die nuwe bedeling in Suid-Afrika. Die nuwe Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet het 'n wetlike raamwerk ingelei wat ontwikkelingswatervoorsiening en sanitasie geriewe, synde basiese dienste, erken as plaaslike owerheidsaangeleenthede; dit funksioneer ook terselfdertyd ingevolge 'n soortgelyke wetlike bevoegdheid op nasionale en provinsiale vlak. Die Wet op Waterdiensteverskaffing, Nr 108 van 1997, asook verskeie daaropvolgende wette deur die Parlement vorm die ruggraat van die plaaslike owerheidsontwikkelingsagenda (LGDA), of te wel, die modernisasie van plaaslike owerheid, in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie wette en beleide het gesamentlik die LGDA bepaal en die afskeid toenemend gekenmerk van 'n seleksie, rekrutering, en aanwending van raadslede wat sonder minimum ingenieurs- en tegniese vaardighede in water- en infrastruktuurbeplanning en -ontwikkeling hul portefeuljes beoefen. Hierdie verwikkelings plaas sonder uitsondering nuwe leierskapsverantwoordelikhede op 'n spektrum van hidropolitieke raadslede in WSAs. Dit skep ook die behoefte aan 'n hergedefinieerde model vir verteenwoordiging deur raadslede wat volgens Sartori (1968: 465) verander van "ooreenkoms na openbare vermoë, aanspreeklikheid en reagerend". Die huidige stoffasie en soort raadslede wat water protefeuljes beklee en die infrastruktuurbeplanning en ontwikkeling laat die gedagte ontstaan dat die land 'n leierskapskrisis tegemoet gaan wat die demokratiese waardes onderliggend tot die LGDA stelsel kan ondergrawe. Sonder doeltreffende, vernuwende, skeppende en toegewyde leierskap mag die teen-armoede strategieë kunsmatige oplossings bied eerder as om die wortel van die probleem aan te durf, naamllik die regeringskrisisse in WSAs. Gevolglik moet 'goeie regering' wat neerkom op radikale herstukturering van die beleid van rekrutering, seleksie, en aanwending in die huidige waterkrisis in die Noord-Kaap geaktiveer word om te dien as 'n "ontsmetter of antiseptiese middel in 'n kiem-besmette gebied" (Cloete 2006: 6-19).
Om die analogie van 'goeie waterregering; verder te neem, kan gesê word dat die seleksie, rekrutering en aanwending van toepaslik gekwalifiseerde verteenwoordigers in massa waterinfrastruktuur- beplanning en -ontwikkeling mag lei tot 'n langtermyn hidropolitieke aanpassingsvermoë om proaktief te reageer op waterskaarsheid in die Noord-Kaap waardeur 'n onderskeidende stel waterregering waardes en beginsels alle burgers sal bevoordeel. Met die gebruik van gemengde metodes het die navorser bevind dat getuienis afkomstig van vergelykende literatuuroorsigte duidelik die belangrikheid van doeltreffende leierskap deur bevoegde en vaardige raadslede in water portefeuljes onderstreep. Dit is ook betekenisvol dat akademiese en onafhanklike studies die oorsigrol van raadslede in waterregering geïgnoreer het. Die debat konsentreer slegs op amptenare wat nie uitvoerende magte binne die LGDA en die administrasie het nie. Tog is dit duidelik dat die huidige waterkrisis, uiterste weerstoestande, klimaatsverandering, en proteste teen swak dienslewering geleentheid bied tot 'n herbedink van waterregering. Die proefskrif voer aan dat raadslede oor minimum ingenieurs- en tegniese kwalifikasies moet beskik en dat hulle bemagtig word om aanpassend te wees en moderne tegnologiese oplossings kan toepas. Enige hervorming sal tot mislukking gedoem wees indien hierdie aspekte nie voldoende in die water sektor aangespreek word nie. Dit is vasgestel in die proefskrif dat daar 'n duidelike skakel is tussen doeltreffende leierskap en uitmuntende waterregering en –bestuur.
Soos voortdurend ontdek is in die verloop van die navorsing, is die studie nie voorskriftelik, en ook nie uitputtend nie. In vele opsigte bied die studie kompleksiteite aan in waterregering binne 'n LGDA administrasie en politieke bestuurstelsel wat verregaande is; en misplaaste idealisme is altyd 'n probleem. Daarom, vir waterdienste om 'n lewensvatbare 'instrument van menslikheid' te bly veral op die munisipale vlak, is die gevolgtrekking dat meer doeltreffende, bevoegdheidsgebaseerde waterraadslid onderwys en opleiding programme (CBWCE&T) vereis word. Hierdie programme het die oogmerk om huidige en toekomstige raadslede toe te rus met waterregeringsvaardighede en intellektuele bevoegdhede om die komplekse uitdagings wat hulle in die gesig staar, die hoof te bied. Die essensie van die CBWCE&T program behels dat, volgens die LGDA, ontwikkelingswaterdienste sal koppel met die breër regeringsagenda wat ander basiese dienste integreer met die uitdaging van waterskaarsheid deur sosiale aanpassingsvermoëns wat onderlinge ondersteuning vir die verskillende dienste aanbied. Navorsers in water sektor het die hidropolitieke rol van raadslede verwaarloos deur nóg aandag te gee aan hoe raadslede inhoud aan waterregering gee, nóg die gebruik van water vir sosio-ekonomiese en ontwikkelingsdoeleindes soos dit tans ingesluit in verskeie armoede-uitwissingsbeleide, te beklemtoon. Die besondere bydrae van die proefskrif is die beklemtoning van hierdie kritieke rol van raadslede en van die vaardighede wat hulle benodig om 'n institusionele oorsigrol in waterregering te vervul. Die navorser maak aanbevelings vir die verryking van die hidropolitieke sosiologie van plaaslike regeringstudie, om die vaardigheidsvereistes te ontmoet in die lig van die LGDA kompleksiteite en die talle uitdagings in WSAs in die Noord-Kaap.
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The scientific calculation of the required human resources for maintenance in the engineering department at Sishen iron ore mineSchreuder, Hugo Amos Lambrechts 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2007. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Human resources budgeting at Sishen mine had been done, for as long as the
researcher has been employed at the mine, according to history as well as according
to the demands of the financial situation. Consequently, human resources shortages
have been corrected by external labour which is often more expensive than internal
labour.
During the annual budgeting period when top management applies pressure to cut
costs, the operations budget is easy to defend. With the help of Excel spreadsheets
or maintenance management systems, maintenance managers can present strong
arguments for not cutting the operations budget. Budget deficits are then easily
corrected by means of negative adjustments to the human resources budget.
This research will explore the issue of whether a tool exists to calculate the human
resources budget scientifically. A target was set to develop a tool or model for human
resources budgeting or to investigate whether such a tool does not already exist.
A literature survey was done to determine world best practices regarding the
calculation of human resources budgeting. The literature studied guided the
researcher to a computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) and it was
found that Sishen already has one of the best (SAP) in place. Sishen even has a
process (Routine Work Management or RWM) in place which helps to get all
maintenance information into SAP to make the necessary information available for
effective maintenance. It was further found that SAP, which has been used by the
mine for several years, can already provide the human resources requirements for
any future period.
The RWM process which helps to get information in and out of SAP has been in use
for some time already. Unfortunately the process was poorly executed and the
information is not reliable. This statement is supported by the internal (Kirstein, 2006)
and external (Aurea, 2006) audits done at the mine during 2006. The external audit
was done by Aurco (2006). The author concluded that Sishen has a tool but not a
strategy to utilise RWM successfully.
One of the reasons why RWM was poorly executed was the fact that there is a lack
of support from the people in the workplace. These individuals claim that they were
not consulted when RWM was introduced at the mine and as a result they did not
buy in. A proper change management process was not followed and the employees
suspected that RWM was implemented to play policeman or to measure how much
spare time they have and reduce the workforce accordingly, as in the case of the
Prometheus project. Consequently they admit to manipulating RWM's measured
outcomes, ignoring it or deliberately undermining it. They added that RWM is easy to
manipulate and perceived it as a farce by many of the participants,
A decision was taken to use the Kotter change management process to run a project
to get RWM to the required level. Kotter's eight steps for successful large-scale
change can be utilised with great success to achieve the required changes.
After a brainstorming session and from the recommendations of the two audits a list
of ideas was compiled. These ideas should help to get RWM to a level where human
resources requirements can be drawn from SAP for any period in the future.
Although the research was aimed at getting human resources budgeting from SAP, it
will also have other advantages. The ratio between planned and unplanned
maintenance will be better because RWM will ensure better maintenance / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Mannekragbegroting op Sishen-myn is, vir solank die navorser deel is van die myn,
gedoen volgens die behoeftes van die verlede asook volgens wat deur die finansiele
situasie toegelaat is. Gevolglik het dit dikwels gebeur dat die tekorte aan mannekrag
aangevul is met huurarbeid wat dikwels duurder is as eie mannekrag.
Tydens die begrotingsrondte kan die geld wat aangevra word vir die instandhouding
van die toerusting goed beveg word omdat die instandhoudingspersoneel waterdigte
argumente kan aanvoer oor hoe die begroting bereken is. Begrotingstekorte word
gevolglik maklik reggestel met negatiewe aanpassings op die mannekragbegroting.
Hierdie studie gaan die bestaan ondersoek van 'n gereedskapstuk of model om die
mannekragbegroting wetenskaplik te kan bereken. Daar is 'n doelwit gestel om 'n
model te ontwikkel vir mannekragberekening of om vas te stel of daar nie reeds iets
bestaan nie.
'n Literatuurstudie is gedoen om vas te stel wat wereldwye beste standaarde ten
opsigte van mannekragberekening is. Dit het die navorser gelei na gerekenariseerde
instandhoudingsbestuurstelsels (CMMS) en daar is bevind dat Sishen reeds een van
die beste stelsels gebruik (SAP). Sishen het selfs 'n proses ("Routine Work
Management" of RWM) om alle instandhoudingsinligting in SAP te kry sodat die
regte inligting weer beskikbaar kan wees vir effektiewe instandhouding. Daar is
verder bevind dat SAP, wat reeds vir verskeie jare in gebruik is, enige tydperk in die
toekoms se mannekragbehoeftes kan bepaal.
Die RWM-proses wat moet help om inligting in en uit SAP te kry, is ook reeds
geruime tyd in gebruik, maar ten spyte daarvan word die proses afgewater en is die
inligting nie betroubaar nie. Hierdie stelling is bewys deur middel van twee ouditte
wat in 2006 op RWM gedoen is. Die een audit was 'n interne audit terwyl die ander
deur die maatskappy Aurea gedoen is. Die afleiding kon dus gemaak word dat daar
wel 'n gereedskapstuk is, maar dat geen strategie bestaan om dit effektief te gebruik
nie.
Een van die redes waarom RWM as 'n afgewaterde proses beskryf kan word, is 'n
gebrek aan ondersteuning deur die mense in die werksplek. Die mense beweer dat
hulle nie geken is ten tye van die bekendstelling van RWM nie en hulle het dus nie
ingekoop nie. Die afleiding is gemaak dat daar nie goeie veranderingsbestuur
toegepas is toe RWM aan die myn bekendgestel is nie. Die werknemers het vermoed
dat RWM ingestel is om hulle te polisieer of te bepaal hoeveel vrye tyd hulle het en
die werksmag dienooreenkomstig af te skaal, soos in die geval van die Prometheusprojek.
Gevolglik het hulle erken dat hulle die RWM se uitkomste gemanipuleer het,
dit geignoreer het, of doelbewus ondermyn het. Hulle het bygevoeg dat RWM maklik
gemanipuleer kan word en dat baie dit as 'n klug beskou.
Daar is besluit om die Kotter-model te gebruik om 'n projek te loods om RWM op die
vereiste standaard te kry. Dit word as die geskikste model beskou om die nodige
veranderingsbestuur toe te pas.
'n Lys van idees is opgestel na aanleiding van 'n dinkskrumsessie met die
werknemers asook van voorstelle wat in die twee ouditverslae gemaak is. Herdie
idees moet RWM in plek kry sodat mannekragbehoeftes vir enige tydperk in die
toekoms vanuit SAP verkry kan word.
Alhoewel die navorsing daarop gemik was om mannekragbegroting vanuit SAP te
bekom, hou dit ook 'n ander voordeel in, naamlik 'n beter verhouding van beplande
tot onbeplande instandhouding omdat goeie RWM-prosedures beter instandhouding
en gevolglik beter beskikbaarheid gaan verseker.
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Douglas Wynkelder : 'n strategiese perspektiefBadenhorst, Johannes Urbanus 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This mini-study project examines the strategic position of the Douglas Wine
Cellar in context with the dynamics in the wine industry. For success in the
future it suggests that producers, manufactures and marketing strategies will
have to focus on doing the same things differently as well as doing different
things, with the emphasis on improving productivity, increasing quality focus
and generating value-added products aimed at meeting market requirements.
The greater focus on productivity in agriculture should include wider use of
effective farming practices, more effective use of capital equipment, more
effective implementation of Research & Development results, product
differentiation and brand building as well as the development of distribution
channels with the ability to deliver these products in a cost effective and
timely manner.
There is no single "Superhighway". Routes are complex and discontinuous
with an ever increasing pace of change. Today we live and work in a
technology rich society. Rapid advancements in all industries are occurring
daily. To survive and prosper, Douglas Wine Cellar must commit to a
continual processof advancement and improvement of strategies to fulfill the
vision of GWKLtd.
THE VISION OF GWK IS TO BE A SUSTAINABLE AGRI-BUSINESS OF
EXCELLENCE / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie werkstuk is onderneem ten einde die strategiese posisie van Douglas
Wynkelder in die konteks van die wynindustrie dinamika te ondersoek.
Sukses in die toekoms hang daarvan af of produsente, vervaardigers en
bemarkingstrategië daarop fokus om dieselfde dinge verskillend te doen sowel
as om nuwe stelsels te implementeer, met die klem op produktiwiteit,
verhoogde kwaliteit en die generering van waardetoegevoegde produkte wat
aan die markbehoeftesvoldoen.
Die groter fokus op produktiwiteit in die landbou behoort die algemene
verbruik van effektiewe boerderypraktyke, effektiewe kapitaalspandering,
effektiewe implementering van navorsings- & ontwikkelingsresultate,
produkdifferensiasie en handelsmerk-uitbouing in te sluit, asook die
ontwikkeling van distribusiekanale met die vermoë om produkte koste effektief
en tydig aan die mark te lewer.
Daar bestaan geen enkele "super hoofweg" nie. Roetes is kompleks en nie
volhoubaar nie, met ewigdurende veranderings. Vandag lewe en werk ons in
'n tegnologies-ontwikkelde samelewing. Vinnige vooruitgang in alle industrië
is aan die orde van die dag. Om te oorleef en welvaart te skep moet Douglas
Wynkelder die pad betree van voortdurende vordering en verbetering van
strategië, om sodoende aan die visie van GWK Bpk te voldoen.
DIE VISIE VAN GWK IS OM IN VOLHOUBARE LANDBOUBESIGHEID
VAN UITNEMENDHEID TE WEES
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'n Studentgesentreerde opleidingsraamwerk vir kliniese verpleegpraktisyns in Noord-Kaapse plattelandse gemeenskappe.Van der Walt, Stephanie 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD (Education))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / During the past twelve years of democracy health care services in South Africa have been
influenced by political, social and economic change. As a result of the transformation of health
care services and the change of political policy, the focus on primary health care increased.
During the early stages of the transformation of health care services stakeholders realized that in
order to provide an extensive health care service specialized training is required. Various
educational institutions provided formal and informal programmes in order to meet the new
challenges of the nursing profession. Although minimum requirements of the content and clinical
practice have been established by the nursing council, the mode of presentation, costs, duration
and type of qualification awarded to clinical nursing practitioners differed substantially.
Uniformity in terms of programme content was lacking, neither were any scientifically founded
attempts made to establish whether these programmes fulfilled the needs of the student in the
rural community. Although a variety of training programmes exist the number of trained clinical
nursing practitioners is still inadequate. In addition training is focused on the urban community.
The objective of the research was to determine the opinion of the rural nurse on clinical nursing
education, and to develop a training framework based on their input which would meet their
needs. This research was conducted from an explanatory-descriptive paradigm. The case study
was used as research design.
A literature study on the development of primary health care both internationally and nationally
was done. The literature study revealed the development of training programmes for clinical
nurses. Chapter three of the literature study is dedicated to the theoretical aspects of the design of
a student centered training framework for the adult student.
A student centered training framework has created from data gathered via questionnaires
completed by clinical nurses and semi-structured interviews with semi-qualified nurses. Semistructured
interviews have also been conducted with the supervisors of nurses working in clinics
and community health centres in the Northern Cape.
The conclusion that respondents showed a positive attitude towards training in clinical nursing
was encouraging. The majority of respondents indicated that they would welcome an additional
qualification which will improve their knowledge and would result in better patient care. The
respondents highlighted staff shortages, financial constraints and family responsibility as the
main obstacles towards these qualifications. During the research it became clear that no formal
training is currently available in Kimberley. This is as a result of the absence of mentors. Although the respondents have limited access to computers they indicated that they would prefer
computer supported training in conjunction with physical contact sessions.
The research indicated that no formal policy on the training of clinical nurses exists in the rural
Northern Cape. In the absence of a training framework the research further contributed towards
the development of a student centered training framework for clinical nurses in rural Northern
Cape. The research succeeded in highlighting the necessity for formal policy on the training of
clinical nurses in rural Northern Cape.
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The implementation of educational media by biology teachers in the Thohoyandou area14 August 2012 (has links)
M.Ed. / Teaching and learning activity is characterised by effective communication. Teaching and learning as communication is successful when the learner has taken in new information with understanding. Effective teaching cannot take place unless effective communication takes place. On the other hand effective communication depends on media that are used in the teaching-learning activity (Heinich, et al, 1989: 13). In the teaching and learning of biology, educational media are important. The study of biology is a practical venture that requires the use of media e.g. realia, models, pictures and chemicals. Biology needs to be learnt through active participation, experience, observation and investigation by both the learner and the educator. This is not possible without the . use of media. In real life, the learner's senses are stimulated by media such as real objects, pictures, radio, television, books, etc. In the teaching of biology, the learner's senses must be equally stimulated. It is therefore necessary that the biology teacher be continuously reminded of the Chinese proverb which says, " I hear, and I forget; I see and I remember. I do, and I understand" (Dwyer, 1993: 194).
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Driekopseiland and the 'rain's magic power': history and landscape in a new interpretation of a Northern Cape rock engraving.Morris, David Roger Neacalbánn McIntyre January 2002 (has links)
The rock engraving site of Driekopseiland, west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape is distinctively situated on glaciated basement rock in the bed of the Riet River, and has a wealth of over 3500 engravings, preponderantly geometric images. Most other sites in the region have greater proportions of, or are dominated by, animal imagery. In early interpretations, it was often considered that ethnicity was the principal factor in this variabilty. From the 1960s the focus shifted more to establishing a quantative definition of the site, and an emperical understanding of it within the emerging cultural and environmental history of the region.
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