The City of Johannesburg is facing the simultaneous challenges of an increased generation of solid waste in the City, unemployment and the running out of land to dispose the waste. Of the solid waste that is generated, 50% is recyclable while only 10% is recycled (SOER, 2003: 69). Solid waste recycling is mainly performed through private sector initiatives in the City of Johannesburg. Consequently, there is no proper coordination with government initiatives. In order for South Africa to increase and sustain economic growth that would decrease unemployment, there should be a culture of entrepreneurship (Mass, G & Herrington M, 2006:7). Solid waste buy-back centres assist in addressing the challenges of dealing with the increased generation of solid waste and the scarcity of land for disposal. These centres also reduce the challenges of unemployment through promoting entrepreneurs to operate solid waste recycling businesses. Developed economies have managed to increase the rate of solid waste recycling to 60%. The problems associated with solid waste have been reduced by promoting recycling through a combination of legislation and setting-up of agencies to deal with solid waste recycling. South Africa has legislation and stated programmes to deal with solid waste recycling. Nevertheless, there has been complexity with implementing recycling. This is the result of a lack of co-ordination between the role-players involved in the value chain of solid waste recycling. In order for the City of Johannesburg to increase the recycling of solid waste from 10% to optimal rates of between 50% and 60%, there should be co-ordination of programmes amongst all the role players. In addition, there should also be skills provision to existing and potential entrepreneurs operating the solid waste buy-back centres. All spheres of government should promote solid waste recycling business to potential entrepreneurs and the public in order to recycle 40% of the recyclable solid waste that is not being recycled. The establishment of a solid waste buy-back centre in the City of Johannesburg is economically viable with some buy-back centre realising a net-profit of least R5 000 and some more than R30 000 per month. In order for the solid waste buy-back centre to realise a net-profit of more than R30 000 per month, there must be more than 40 tons of recyclable solid waste received by the buy-back centre per month. This study has indicated that solid waste buy-back centres rely on the economies of scale. This means that the more recyclable solid waste is received and sold by the solid waste buy-back centres, the more profitable it becomes. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2009.

People, processes and teams form the basis of organisational success. Therefore the understanding and prediction of people and their behaviour- both individual and in a team - is a critical management activity. Behaviour of people are influenced by internal factors such as personality, abilities and skills, perception, beliefs and motives as well as by external factors from the environment in which the individual operates. Understanding these forces and their influence on the individual is paramount if one is to understand how to canalise these behaviours to achieve any given organisational goal. Another concept important to understand, is that of organisational culture which is regarded as beliefs, values and learned ways of coping with experience. Organisational culture develops during the course of an organisation's history, and has become a more and more important concept in organisations, due to its strategic nature and impact on business. The culture of an organisation can be influenced and changed naturally over time, or by using deliberate, carefully designed cultural change interventions. The maturity of an organisation's HSEC systems and processes and related improvement in performance, is related to the prevailing HSEC culture evident in the organisation. It is evident that as an organisation moves from a reactive safety culture to an interdependent safety culture, so does the HSEC performance and lagging indicators of the organisation increase. Behaviour-based safety processes endeavour to influence the individual employee's behaviour in order to improve the safety performance of an organisation. The benefits of behaviour-based safety programs are numerous and lead to reduced injuries and improved levels of safe behaviour amongst employees. Metalloys has selected behaviour-based safety as one of the tools to entrench a culture of zero harm in the organisation and to establish an empowered and enabled workforce. The effectiveness of this approach was assessed during this study The empirical research conducted for this study revealed that both the average response rate per construct and the responses per question within the various constructs reflect a positive response to the elements tested. It is evident from the results that a large proportion of the employees are of the opinion that communication processes are effectively established, employees are involved on a personal level, that there is sufficient supervisor support and that leadership exhibits visible leadership in the organisation. These are all constructs testing the elements required to effectively establish the culture of the organisation. In addition, a large proportion of the employees felt that HSEC systems are well entrenched and that facilities and equipment are of such a standard, as to ensure the safety of employees and that these are maintained at high levels. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2010

The Master’s thesis deals with creating of business plan for starting and running a barber shop. The thesis starts with theoretical knowledge, which I use for following analysis of the market and creating a business plan. Business plan contains information about company, strategies and financial plan.

The purpose of this study was to observe and analyze the factors that lead to a child's increase in responding to a previously neutral stimulus after observing another child's behavior and consequences in the same setting. The effects of five video presentations on rate of button-pressing responses were observed across four students. Rates of button-pressing behavior on an FR3 schedule of reinforcement were collected for each student using a computer and a metal apparatus with two flat push buttons. Each student completed two baseline phases to establish neutrality of stimuli, and viewed a total of five video presentations. Each video segment contained a model engaging in button pressing and receiving tokens under various social and nonsocial conditions, which would potentially serve as reinforcers. Rates of responding were recorded immediately after each video presentation. Three of the four students' rates of responding increased and surpassed their levels of responding during baseline sessions. From these results, it was concluded that neutral stimuli can acquire reinforcing properties for children through an observational learning procedure. It is suggested that observational learning (the presentation of a model engaging in a specific behavior) might be considered and establishing operation to temporarily increase the value of a reinforcer.

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Legal Proceeding of Establishing and Disputing Parentage The topic of this thesis is the legal proceedings of establishing or disputing parentage. The aim of the thesis is to provide complex description and analysis of current framework of the proceedings for establishing or disputing parentage in relation to the substantive measures, point out problematic areas and weak spots of the legislation and provide possible solutions de lege ferenda. The text is divided into eight chapters. First chapter deals with the term "parentage" from various perspectives - biological, social, legal and the link between them, mainly with the case law of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights in mind. Second chapter provides the historical evolution of the legal framework for establishing and disputing parentage, going all the way back to the ancient Rome, Austrian Civil Code, the Family Law Code and the Family Code, to the present, where the civil law underwent re-codification and the whole area of family law has been included within the new Civil Code. The third chapter is devoted to the analysis of the substantive measures regarding the establishing and disputing of parentage as described in the Civil Code, because the substantive measures and procedural measures are closely...

The immediate and subsequent effects of different durations of response restriction were evaluated in a multiple schedule design. Response restriction components of 15, 30, and 60 minutes were conducted between 15 minute alone components. Levels of responding subsequent to the termination of response restriction procedures were compared to free operant levels prior to the implementation of response restriction. Responding during response restriction components reduced to near zero levels. Subsequent levels of responding were similar to or exceeded free operant baseline levels. Results are discussed in terms of potential operant mechanisms responsible for levels of responding subsequent to response restriction.

The goal of this diploma thesis is to provide a comprehensive overview of main activities that precede creation of an enterprise and to verify viability of a specific business plan. The theoretical part focuses on the definition of basic terms, analysis of legal environment concerning undertakings in the Czech Republic, business plan and event management itself. The practical part contains description of a specific business case for establishing an enterprise focused on event management. It also includes a company name choice, legal form of newly established enterprise and a thorough business plan.

The economic crisis in the last few years has made that companies begin to seek fornew market opportunities where they can establish their businesses. Due to the lackof information and data, Colombia is not well known for Swedish textile companies.For this reason, in this market analysis, it is intended to give a clear understanding ofthe current situation in the Colombian market. Colombia is an emerging country withmany opportunities within the textile sector and some new approaches in the last fewyears have facilitated companies to establish in Colombia. The initiatives fromdifferent state and private organizations, has done it easier for doing business.Based on the data that have been collected from different international organizationsources, has showed that some factors are important to be considered by theSwedish textile companies when launching in a new market. One of the positivefactors in the Colombian market is the increase in the demand for the retail textilesector. Increase in the income level is also attractive for companies because peoplewill be more able to spend in textile products, and the stability that the country isfacing are some positive factors; people will be able to spend money in otherexpenses.The new free trade agreement is an advantage for Swedish companies if they decideto expand to the Colombian market. Since they don’t have barriers for trade, it willmake it easier for trading between Colombia and Sweden. But because this newagreement has been signed last year, the results will be visible after some years ofrelationship.The textile sector in Colombia has had an increase in the sales and the consumptionof textile; many international retail companies has established their business in theColombian market since this market is becoming even more attractive in LatinAmerica. However, it is important to determine which target group is going to befocused on, because there are different social classes in Colombia, and depending ofthe target group the demand could be different.All the mentioned above and more important factors are covered in this thesis work.There is not a direct answer for our thesis work, however we believe that theinformation provided here, will be truly helpful to get a general idea of the currentsituation in the retail textile sector in the Colombian market. / <p>Abstract: The aim with this thesis work is to make a market analyze for Swedish textile</p><p>companies that are planning to expand their businesses to Colombia. There are</p><p>some factors and barriers that need to be considered when expanding to new</p><p>markets, for this reason, in this thesis particular factors are analyzed.</p><p>The new free trade agreement between Colombia and EU will make it easier for</p><p>Swedish textile companies to establish in Colombia and import or export from both</p><p>countries. Since one of us is from Colombia we know that there are absence of</p><p>Swedish textile companies in Colombia, and there is a need for variation in the textile</p><p>sector. This new free trade agreement will make this possible.</p><p>Sources of information that have been used are based principally from literature and</p><p>Internet. To be able to make the market analyze, there are factors that were</p><p>considered for example Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and statistics on</p><p>unemployment rate. In order to access the different statistics needed, it has been</p><p>used different sources and International organizations web pages such as EU and</p><p>OECD, which have been helpful to write this thesis and make it faster to find the</p><p>information required.</p><p>The analyzes has been made by comparing different statistics from Colombia with</p><p>Sweden, to see if there is opportunities for Swedish companies to establish</p><p>themselves in this new market. Our conclusion is that there are good opportunities</p><p>for Swedish textile companies to establish their business in Colombia because of the</p><p>increasing demand in the textile sector in the country and the increased income level</p><p>amongst the population.</p><p>Program: Bachelor of Science with a Major in Industrial Engineering – International Business Engineering</p>

The diploma thesis "How to establish a company" focuses on pre-school education. Specifically, on the establishment of a fictitious company day care at a planned business center comprised of office buildings and an ambulance station. Primary purpose of this study is to summarize the activities and difficulties that are associated with the foundation of a successful project. The study describes business strategy, competitive advantage, business vision and mission and legislative issues relating to operation of a company day care. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. In the first, theoretical part, we focus on description of terms associated with starting a business, entrepreneurs, and legal environment in the Czech Republic. The second, practical and analytical, part consists of detailed project of establishment of a company day care and also outlines problems arising in this area. These are hidden discrimination against women and the lack of capacity in public nurseries. The final financial plan evaluates feasibility of the project and assesses whether the investment is the right choice.