Cheung, Wing Ying. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 58-62). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Assessor Training Strategy --- p.1 / Overview of behavioral observation training --- p.3 / Overview of frame-of-reference training --- p.4 / Combination training strategies --- p.6 / Perceived Purpose of the Assessment --- p.8 / Interaction with Training Strategy --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.12 / Participants --- p.12 / Experimental Design & Procedure --- p.12 / Assessor training strategy --- p.13 / Behavioral observation training --- p.13 / Frame-of-reference training --- p.14 / Combination training (BOT & FOR) --- p.15 / No-training --- p.17 / Perceived purpose of the assessment --- p.17 / Personnel selection instruction --- p.17 / Developmental feedback instruction --- p.21 / Research-purpose instruction --- p.18 / Manipulation Checks --- p.18 / Competencies and Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scale --- p.18 / Hypothetical Assessee Performance --- p.19 / Expert Panel --- p.19 / Independent Variables --- p.20 / Dependent Variables --- p.20 / Inter-rater reliability --- p.20 / Correlation accuracy --- p.21 / Deviation accuracy --- p.21 / Proposed Covariate --- p.21 / Analysis --- p.22 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.25 / Effect of Gender of Assessor (Participant) --- p.25 / Expert Ratings --- p.26 / Mean Correlation Accuracy and Deviation Accuracy --- p.26 / Inter-rater Reliability --- p.27 / Correlation Accuracy --- p.28 / Deviation Accuracy --- p.30 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Discussion --- p.32 / Summary of Results --- p.32 / Limitations and Future Directions --- p.37 / Implications and Conclusion --- p.41 / Appendices --- p.43 / References --- p.58

Skogsfastighetsmarknaden var tidigare reglerad så att priserna på fastigheterna inte alltid kunnats anse som marknadsvärden. När marknaden sedan avreglerades under början av 1990-talet steg fastighetspriserna kraftigt. Utvecklingen var intressant då den faktor som tidigare varit den starkast prispåverkande faktorn, virket och värdet av detta, inte alltid följde samma utveckling som fastighetspriserna vilket lett till ett gap.Detta gap har i forskningen kommit att kallats den icke-monetära nyttan, en del som inte genererade några pengar likt skogen. Tidigare forskning har fastställt att denna nytta kan bestå av äganderätt-, affektions-, natur- och rekreationsvärden samt att dessa nyttor varierar kraftigt mellan olika köpare, och hur de värderar dem. Hur en värderare då ska fastställa ett marknadsvärde när en sådan stor del av värdet utgörs av en kraftigt varierande faktor är väldigt intressant.Denna studie har därför utrett hur värderare tar hänsyn till dessa icke-monetära nyttor i sin bedömning av marknadsvärde på skogsfastigheter. Detta har gjorts genom en kvalitativ ansats där värderare fick delta i öppna intervjuer och resonera kring dessa nyttor.Resultatet visar att värderare låter i stor del ortsprisjämförelser utvisa vad sådana nyttor är värda i närområdet. De som inte kan utvisas i ovannämnda material, fick bestämmas på den öppna marknaden mellan köpare och säljare. Viss speciell hänsyn togs till fastighetens läge och jakt, men dessa värden fås ofta fram av jämförelsematerialet.Studien har visat att det är andra faktorer som de undersökta tror påverkat prisutvecklingen mer, nämligen förväntansvärde på fortsatt värdeutveckling samt viljan att investera i en historiskt sett säker investering. Att använda sig av begreppet "icke-monetär nytta" har visat sig vara svårt, och författarna föreslår att kalla dessa mjuka värden istället. Detta för att minska behovet av att kvantifiera dessa, och istället rikta energin på att förbättra databaserna för ortsprismaterial för att säkerställa att värderingen av skogsfastigheter är korrekt och adekvat. / The market for forest properties was previously regulated, which meant that the price of a property could not be considered as a market value. When the market was deregulated in the early 1990's, the market prices rose rapidly. This development was very interesting, as the previously most important factor affecting the prices, the timber value, did not always have the same development as the property prices, which led to a gap.This gap has been called non-monetary value in previous research, which unlike the timber does not contribute any revenue. Previous research has determined that this value may consist of owning-, sentimental-, natural and recreational values, and that these values varies significantly among different buyers, and how they individually value them. How can an appraiser determine a market value, when such a large part of the value consists of a highly variable factor is very interesting.This study has investigated how the appraiser takes into account these non-monetary values in their assessment of the market value on a forest property. This has been done through a qualitative approach in which appraisers were allowed to participate in interviews and discuss these values openly.The result shows that appraisers let a large part of these values be estimated by comparison of sales in the vicinity. Those who cannot be estimated in the above mentioned comparison, were let to be determined on the open market between buyers and sellers. Some consideration was given to the property's location and hunting rights, but the value of them were often included in the comparison material.The study has shown that there are other factors that the informants believe have affected the price development more, namely the expectation value of the continued increase in property prices and the willingness to invest in a historically safe investment. Making use out of the concept of "non-monetary values" has proven to be difficult, and the authors suggest that they should be called soft values instead. This is to reduce the need to quantify them, and instead focus energy on improving databases for sales comparisons to ensure that the valuation of forest properties is correct and adequate.

Residential property not only provides in the basic needs of a person, but is also an indicator of an individual's wealth. The buying and selling of immovable property is complicated and the average person relies on the services of estate agents and banks. The research problem was formulated as follows: Property valuers and estate agents with access to the same information sources determine different market values for the same property. The research problem was researched by means of a literature study and empirical study. The methodology used by property valuers was described in the literature study. How estate agents determine the value of property was researched by means of an empirical study. From the literature study a model was proposed to determine the value of residential property. The information gathered in the empirical study was compared with this model to provide an answer to the research problem. OPSOMMING Residensiële eiendom voorsien nie net in een van die mees basiese behoeftes van 'n mens nie, maar is ook een van die grootste aanduiders van 'n individu se welvaart. Die koop en verkoop van onroerende eiendom is 'n ingewikkelde en die deursnee persoon maak daarom van eiendomsagente en banke gebruik. Die navorsingsprobleem is as volg geformuleer: Eiendomswaardeerders en eiendoms¬agente met toegang tot dieselfde inligtingsbronne bepaal verskillende waardes vir die¬selfde eiendom. Die navorsingsprobleem is deur middel van ʼn literatuurstudie en ʼn empiriese ondersoek nagevors. Die werksaamhede en metodologie wat eiendomswaardeerders gebruik, is aan die hand van die literatuurstudie beskryf. Hoe eiendomsagente te werk gaan om die waarde van eiendom te bepaal is deur middel van ʼn empiriese ondersoek nagevors. Uit die literatuurstudie is daar ʼn model voorgestel vir die bepaling van die waarde van residensiële eiendom. Die inligting wat met die empiriese ondersoek versamel is, is met die model vergelyk om antwoorde op die navorsingsprobleem te verskaf. / Public Administration / M. Tech. (Real Estate)

Residential property not only provides in the basic needs of a person, but is also an indicator of an individual's wealth. The buying and selling of immovable property is complicated and the average person relies on the services of estate agents and banks. The research problem was formulated as follows: Property valuers and estate agents with access to the same information sources determine different market values for the same property. The research problem was researched by means of a literature study and empirical study. The methodology used by property valuers was described in the literature study. How estate agents determine the value of property was researched by means of an empirical study. From the literature study a model was proposed to determine the value of residential property. The information gathered in the empirical study was compared with this model to provide an answer to the research problem. OPSOMMING Residensiële eiendom voorsien nie net in een van die mees basiese behoeftes van 'n mens nie, maar is ook een van die grootste aanduiders van 'n individu se welvaart. Die koop en verkoop van onroerende eiendom is 'n ingewikkelde en die deursnee persoon maak daarom van eiendomsagente en banke gebruik. Die navorsingsprobleem is as volg geformuleer: Eiendomswaardeerders en eiendoms¬agente met toegang tot dieselfde inligtingsbronne bepaal verskillende waardes vir die¬selfde eiendom. Die navorsingsprobleem is deur middel van ʼn literatuurstudie en ʼn empiriese ondersoek nagevors. Die werksaamhede en metodologie wat eiendomswaardeerders gebruik, is aan die hand van die literatuurstudie beskryf. Hoe eiendomsagente te werk gaan om die waarde van eiendom te bepaal is deur middel van ʼn empiriese ondersoek nagevors. Uit die literatuurstudie is daar ʼn model voorgestel vir die bepaling van die waarde van residensiële eiendom. Die inligting wat met die empiriese ondersoek versamel is, is met die model vergelyk om antwoorde op die navorsingsprobleem te verskaf. / Public Administration and Management / M. Tech. (Real Estate)

South Africa is currently facing a severe shortage of trained and competent social workers. Case loads have reached proportions of such magnitude that social workers in the field are battling to meet the needs of the people they serve, while still maintaining high ethical and professional standards. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the field of social work has currently redirected a major part of the focus of the profession on meeting the needs of child-headed households, to find and train foster parents for these children and generally to assist the poorest of the poor to access various grants applicable to their circumstances. This redirection appears also to have changed the emphasis regarding social work training requirements. Whereas in the past the newly qualified social worker was able to acquire additional skills in the workplace, under the guidance of experienced social workers, today it would seem that the demands of the work place are such that the social worker needs to take on significant responsibilities on entering the field. At the same time the Department of Social Services in South Africa is encouraging universities to increase the intake of social work students, in an attempt to meet this rising need for personnel trained to meet the current requirements of the clients of social work services. This exploratory research will focus on the applicability of UNISA (University of South Africa) social work training to these current requirements of social work by tapping into three different frames of reference: 1) The experiences and perceptions of the final year social work student in their placement setting, and particularly on whether they have felt their UNISA training equipped them for the work they are required to do. 2) The way the UNISA student is perceived by the practice setting personnel (contact person), and whether they meet the requirements of the field setting. 3) Input from the UNISA appointed supervisors responsible for the final year social work students' professional development in the field.The person-centred approach and the developmental approach have been briefly discussed in relation to social work in South Africa in the literature review and form the backdrop to this research, guiding the researcher in the exploration of the perceptions of the three different types of respondents. Post-modern theory is also at the root of the researcher's attempt to find fit between the different perceptions and the implications for social work training at a distance learning institute in South Africa today. / Social Work / M. A. (Mental Health)

South Africa is currently facing a severe shortage of trained and competent social workers. Case loads have reached proportions of such magnitude that social workers in the field are battling to meet the needs of the people they serve, while still maintaining high ethical and professional standards. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the field of social work has currently redirected a major part of the focus of the profession on meeting the needs of child-headed households, to find and train foster parents for these children and generally to assist the poorest of the poor to access various grants applicable to their circumstances. This redirection appears also to have changed the emphasis regarding social work training requirements. Whereas in the past the newly qualified social worker was able to acquire additional skills in the workplace, under the guidance of experienced social workers, today it would seem that the demands of the work place are such that the social worker needs to take on significant responsibilities on entering the field. At the same time the Department of Social Services in South Africa is encouraging universities to increase the intake of social work students, in an attempt to meet this rising need for personnel trained to meet the current requirements of the clients of social work services. This exploratory research will focus on the applicability of UNISA (University of South Africa) social work training to these current requirements of social work by tapping into three different frames of reference: 1) The experiences and perceptions of the final year social work student in their placement setting, and particularly on whether they have felt their UNISA training equipped them for the work they are required to do. 2) The way the UNISA student is perceived by the practice setting personnel (contact person), and whether they meet the requirements of the field setting. 3) Input from the UNISA appointed supervisors responsible for the final year social work students' professional development in the field.The person-centred approach and the developmental approach have been briefly discussed in relation to social work in South Africa in the literature review and form the backdrop to this research, guiding the researcher in the exploration of the perceptions of the three different types of respondents. Post-modern theory is also at the root of the researcher's attempt to find fit between the different perceptions and the implications for social work training at a distance learning institute in South Africa today. / Social Work / M. A. (Mental Health)