Published Article / The current master's degree qualification in Diagnostic Radiography at the Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) is research based and does seemingly not address the need for training in the specialisation fields of Diagnostic Radiography sufficiently. To address this problem, a needs assessment was conducted amongst qualified diagnostic radiographers in Bloemfontein and Kimberley by means of quantitative questionnaires, qualitative interviews and a focus group discussion. The main aim of the needs assessment was to determine the need for a postgraduate qualification for radiographers in the specialised fields. The possible structure of such a program and the preferred mode of delivery were also investigated. The results of the study emphasised the need for a structured postgraduate learning programme in the specialisation fields in Diagnostic Radiography in the region. Responding to this validated need for a structured postgraduate qualification at the CUT, the current master's degree was revised to accommodate the results of the study and it was proposed to the Professional Board for Radiography and Clinical Technology for approval.

Recruitment processes includes evaluation of candidates qualifications and employers have the opportunity to found recruitment decisions on candidate personal suitability. What falls under the term personal suitability though, has during the years been a bit unclear. The first purpose of this study is therefor to examine the evaluation of qualifications, the term personal suitability and also employer’s possibilities to use the term in a non-discriminatory way in a recruitment process, this through the legal dogmatic method. The second and third purposes are further to put the evaluation of qualifications and the concept personal suitability in a social context and observe possible risks associated to the recruitment process from a genus perspective. Those purposes and questions are answered through the socio-legal method. The study is a literature study and it is limited to only concern direct discrimination because of gender. The result shows that employers can use the term personal suitability in recruitment processes if the candidate’s educational qualifications and work- and profession experience are equivalent. The employer has to be able show reasons for the decision though, explain why the personal suitability’s were needed and how they are connected to the actual work to make sure that the decision does not constitutes discrimination because of gender. The result also shows several risks associated to the evaluation of qualifications and the term personal suitability. The risks might be caused by the social norms society creates, norms that further creates expectations about how women and men are or should be as employees, leaders and colleagues. These social norms create risks if they affect references, interviewers, employers and recruiters to the extent that one gender becomes mistreated. Social norms are created all over and will most likely continue to exist. They may also be one reason why our labour market is gender segregated and why women in general are given less favorable opportunities and possibilities. The study shows that it is of importance that references, interviewers, employers and recruiters don’t get affected and perceive jobseekers personal suitability based on out-dated and discriminatory norms.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 18-21, 2004 / Town & Country Resort, San Diego, California / Based on a fourty year experience in Telemetry, acquired on the European Space Program, IN-SNEC company (Zodiac group) has designed a versatile, modular and customable telemetry system for Airbus A380 aircraft program. This Aircraft Telemetry System (TMA-2000) comes with a large set of acquisition boards allowing numerous digital and analog inputs. The major innovation of this system lies in its modularity which allows the user to configure his acquisition chain in function of his monitoring needs and the use of an Ethernet link for its configuration as well as for telemetry output data flow.

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 23-26, 2000 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / Understanding the horsepower demands that electrical and hydraulic systems place on an aircraft engine is critical since this directly effects engine performance. The current methods of measuring horsepower have been mainly limited to lower rpm engines and are not suitable for higher rpm jet engines. L-3 Telemetry East has developed instrumentation for the F-22 instrumentation group that is capable of measuring horsepower loads on engine shafts that are rotating at up to 18000RPM. This paper describes the operation of this system.

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjami ikimokyklinės įstaigos vadovo vadybinės kompetencijos, kurios yra svarbios vadovaujant ir valdant ikimokyklinės įstaigos veiklą. Magistrinio darbo tikslas: išanalizuoti šiuolaikinės ikimokyklinės įstaigos vadovo vadybines kompetencijas, tikslus užtikrinant sėkmingą veiklą ir ugdymo kokybę. Teorinėje baigiamojo darbo dalyje aptariami ikimokyklinės įstaigos vadovas kaip vadybininkas, kaip lyderis, išryškinamos pagrindinės vadybinės kompetencijos - švietimo politikos išmanymas ir mokyklos strategijos kūrimas, strateginio plano rengimas bei jo įgyvendinimas, ugdymo proceso valdymas, žmogiškųjų išteklių valdymas bei turto ir lėšų valdymas - kurių pagrindų formuojama ikimokyklinės įstaigos veikla. Pagrindžiama ikimokyklinės įstaigos vadovo vadybinių kompetencijų svarba koordinuojant ugdymo įstaigą, vadovo vadybinių kompetencijų svarba siejama su personalo tobulinimu, kvalifikacijos kėlimu. Tiriamojoje šio darbo dalyje nagrinėjama ikimokyklinių įstaigų vadovų ir ikimokyklinių įstaigų pedagogų požiūris į vadovų vadybines kompetencijas, vadovų funkcijas, analizuojami vadovų ir pedagogų samprotavimai bei atsakymai, analizuojama, kaip bendruomenė dalyvauja visos ikimokyklinės įstaigos veikloje, jos valdyme. Pateikiama ikimokyklinės įstaigos vadovo ir pedagogų nuomonė dėl personalo tobulinimo, kuris tenkintų vadovo ir pedagogo poreikius ir darytų pozityvią įtaką visos ikimokyklinės įstaigos veiklai. / Competence in management of preschool institution‘s executives is researched in master’s degree final work, issue, which is crucial to manage and administer preschool institution‘s activities. Aim of master‘s final work: to analyze competence in management of modern executives of preschool institutions and goals of executives to secure successful activities and quality of education. In the theoretical part of this final work, executives of preschool institutions role as a manager, as a leader is discussed, main competences in management are pointed- knowledge of education politics and development of school strategy, planning and realization of strategy plan, management of educational process, management of human resources, finance and assets management- on the grounds of that, activities of preschool institutions are formed. In coordination process of educational institutions, importance of competence in management of executives of preschool institutions is reasoned, importance of competence in management of executives is associated with development of personnel and rise of qualification. In the exploratory part of final work, it is shown approach of executives and educators of preschool institutions to competences in management of executives, office of executives are analyzed, executives and educators reasoning and responses are analyzed, also how society participates in all activities of preschool institutions, management of activities. Opinion about personnel... [to full text]

Magistro darbe suformuluota, kas yra pedagogų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemos aktualijos. Darbe atskleistos Šiaulių bendrojo lavinimo mokyklose dirbančių pedagogų nuomonės apie kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemą: dabartinės situacijos vertinimas; lūkesčiai; kylantys sunkumai. Tyrimo tikslui pasiekti, duomenys analizuojami dviem metodais: kiekybiniu (statistinių duomenų analizė), kokybiniu (anketoje esančių atvirų klausimų analizė). Analizuojamas ugdomosios veiklos tikslingumas, veiksmingumas, rezultatyvumas; bendravimas, bendradarbiavimas, veikla institucijos bendruomenėje bei asmeninis profesinis tobulėjimas. Taip pat analizuojami praktikoje naudojami kvalifikacijos tobulinimo metodai, motyvacija. Tyrime dalyvavo Šiaulių miesto bendrojo lavinimo mokyklų pedagogai (N=192). Tyrimo ataskaitoje patvirtinama, jog pedagogų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemoje būtina pertvarka. Kyla finansiniai, vietos, laiko, metodų naudojimo ir kt. sunkumai. Norint optimizuoti pedagogų darbo veiklą ir gauti teigiamus rezultatus, būtina kaita. Bendrojo lavinimo mokyklose, pedagogų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemos pertvarka sudarytų sąlygas pagerinti mokytojų darbo efektyvumą ir rezultatyvumą bei visą švietimo plėtotės kokybę. / This Master’s work reveals topicalities of the schoolteachers’ qualification improvement system. In this work the opinions of Šiauliai general education school schoolteachers about qualification improvement system are provided: assessment of current situation, expectations, difficulties. In order to achieve the aim, data has been analyzed in two methods: quantitative analysis (analysis of statistical data) and qualitative analysis (analysis of open questions in questionnaire). Expedience of educational activity, effectiveness, usefulness, communication, collaboration, activity in institution community and personal professional development has been analyzed. Motivation and qualification improvement methods that are used in practice, has been also analyzed in this work. Schoolteachers of Šiauliai city general education schools participated in the research (N=192). The findings of the research confirm the need to reform the schoolteachers' qualification improvement system. Financial, place, time, methods' usage and other difficulties arise. In order to optimize the activity of schoolteachers and to achieve positive results, the turnover is necessary. Reform of schoolteachers’ qualification improvement system at general education schools would create conditions to improve effectiveness and usefulness of teachers’ work and quality of overall education system development.

Every day, salespeople span boundaries, coordinate internal and external expertise, leverage social capital, mobilize the tangible and intangible resources of their firm, and try to create value for all stakeholders. Recognizing the important roles of salespeople, Evans et al. (2012) and Lassk et al. (2012) call for more research on the usage of skills, knowledge, people, strategies, expertise, and other resources of salespeople to produce the desired outcomes. Responding to their calls, this study specifically focuses on how salespeople utilize their available and finite resources across four types of customers (new customers, short term customers, long term customers, and win-back customers) to identify and qualify new sales opportunities during the prospecting stage. The dissertation focuses on seven types of resources (capturing both internal and firm related resources) available for salespeople: (1) firm tangible, (2) firm intangible, (3) firm market based, (4) present resources, (5) skills, (6) knowledge, and (7) accumulated successes. The study further explores the moderating roles of organizational identification, competitive intensity, and customer dependence on the relationship between resources utilized and performance during the prospecting stage. The resource utilization scale is developed and tested for robustness. Next, using a final dataset of 346 responses from salespeople, the results reveal that salespeople adaptively utilized various resources across new customers, short-term customers, long-term customers, and win-back (lost) customers. Overall, performance during prospecting stage are more strongly influenced by utilization of internal resources (presence, knowledge, skills and success) than firm related factors. Further, successful prospecting performance requires the usage of skills and knowledge resources with new customers, only skills resources with short-term and long-term customers, but present resources, knowledge, and firm tangible resources with win-back customers. In addition, organizational identification and competitive intensity moderate the relationship between resource utilization and prospecting performance for all customer types, whereas customer dependence is an important moderator for long-term customers. The paper makes several contributions to key areas such as resource allocations in the context of personal selling, and how firms can strategically enhance the performance of their salespeople. Theoretically, the study develops resource utilization scale, and empirically tests its effects on prospecting performance. From a managerial stand point, this dissertation offers additional insights into the effectiveness of each type of resources to plan for selective development of resources, as well as focused sales training.

Qualification Upgrading and Improvement of Qualification Abstract The purpose of my thesis is to analyse general legal regulation of improvement of qualification and upgrading of qualification of employees, not only from the perspective of labour law, but also within wider context, i.e. the care of human resources or tax impacts, due to reach a complexity of this analysis. This thesis consists of seven chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of vocational development of employees, especially questions relating to improvement of qualification, upgrading of qualification and qualification agreement. Opening part serves as an introductory part defining the reason for my research, the goals of this paper and representing its structure. Chapter One characterises the care of human resources in the view of constitutional-law and labour-law regulation. The chapter is subdivided into three parts based on approach to extent of the term "the care of employees" - narrower concept, broader concept and historical concept. Chapter Two narrows idea of the care of employees into the scope of vocational development of employees. The chapter is composed of six parts. Part One explores the relevant Czech legal regulation and also mentions European Union law. Part Two describes a substance of the term...

This diploma thesis deals with the functioning of the labor market in the Czech Republic its status, development and related concept of lifelong learning and effective use of human capital. The introductory chapters focus on the theoretical definitions of the terms dealing with the concept of lifelong learning and offer a summary of current labor market situation including some statistics. The following part is specifically devoted to defining the National system of occupations and National system of qualifications. These systems are currently being put into practice to increase the effect of the labor market functions and to fulfill the vision of efficient use of human capital. With these systems is also connected to the European system of qualifications which is described in the following chapter. The final sections deal with the functioning of already established processes including the stage of completion. In these chapters I evaluated the effect of the real market and assessed the development of their implementation. Here I took into an account the role of educational and employment agencies and their impact on the successful fulfillment of the meaning of the whole project. This chapter is an analysis of subsequent developments and the effect on the entire market. It also includes a model of the Czech labor market, assuming successful incorporation of both systems and their functions in society.

This study has sought to investigate the expressions of content and purpose of the swedish upper secondary school based on three distinct categories. These being Qualification, Socialisation and Subjectification. The questions asked are What expressions do these three categories take as well as What consequences do these expressions have for civics teachers? Critical discourse analysis was leveraged to study the curriculum of 2011 and commentary thereof, as well as the syllabi for the Civics subject and the relevant commentary material thereof. The results show that a great deal of the studied material centers around qualification as an aspect, although the other two are still very much present. In addition to this the presentation of students as individuals in the larger society, as part of these expressions belonging to the categories, overall took on a particularly passive tone, where students were urged to be flexible and adaptable to outside influences rather than become sources of influence themselves. These findings resulted in several questions being raised to civics teachers about how to approach teaching their subject in regards to these particular trends, if they ought to encourage students to the passive mentality, for example.