Owing to past injustices, the South African higher education sector is characterised by inequalities of resource allocation and of learning opportunities. Through the National Qualification Framework (NQF), recognition of prior learning (RPL) was established to address the previous inequalities in higher education and training. RPL can be used as a mechanism to offer non-traditional learners such as workers, adult learners, and community workers access to learning programmes in Library and Information Science (LIS) schools. It can also be used for up-skilling within LIS sector, to enable staff to migrate from paraprofessional to professional roles. LIS schools could possibly use this approach to offer experienced but unqualified library workers opportunities for progressive professional development and career growth. Despite it being a national policy and its obvious benefits, very little is known about RPL implementation in LIS schools in South Africa. This study was conducted to investigate the nature of RPL implementation in LIS schools in South Africa and make recommendations for effective and efficient RPL practice in these schools. The study used the questionnaire as the main data collection tool. In addition, document analysis was used to validate the collected data. The results of the study indicated that there were islands of good RPL practice in LIS schools in South Africa specifically with regard to the aspect of RPL assessment process. However, certain weaknesses were identified in other aspects of RPL implementation in LIS schools including the policy environment, training of personnel conducting RPL assessment and the quality management systems. Among other things, the study recommends that RPL quality management system (QMS) should ideally be driven by the head/chair of the school/department. Furthermore, an integrated student management system should be used to monitor the progression of RPL candidates through the formal academic system post RPL. / Information Science / D. Litt et. Phil. (Information Science)

Owing to past injustices, the South African higher education sector is characterised by inequalities of resource allocation and of learning opportunities. Through the National Qualification Framework (NQF), recognition of prior learning (RPL) was established to address the previous inequalities in higher education and training. RPL can be used as a mechanism to offer non-traditional learners such as workers, adult learners, and community workers access to learning programmes in Library and Information Science (LIS) schools. It can also be used for up-skilling within LIS sector, to enable staff to migrate from paraprofessional to professional roles. LIS schools could possibly use this approach to offer experienced but unqualified library workers opportunities for progressive professional development and career growth. Despite it being a national policy and its obvious benefits, very little is known about RPL implementation in LIS schools in South Africa. This study was conducted to investigate the nature of RPL implementation in LIS schools in South Africa and make recommendations for effective and efficient RPL practice in these schools. The study used the questionnaire as the main data collection tool. In addition, document analysis was used to validate the collected data. The results of the study indicated that there were islands of good RPL practice in LIS schools in South Africa specifically with regard to the aspect of RPL assessment process. However, certain weaknesses were identified in other aspects of RPL implementation in LIS schools including the policy environment, training of personnel conducting RPL assessment and the quality management systems. Among other things, the study recommends that RPL quality management system (QMS) should ideally be driven by the head/chair of the school/department. Furthermore, an integrated student management system should be used to monitor the progression of RPL candidates through the formal academic system post RPL. / Information Science / D. Litt. et Phil. (Information Science)

This dissertation asserts that the tortuous relationship Spanish American literature had with cosmopolitanism since the Wars of Independence reached a turning point towards the end of the second half of the twentieth century. While the literary production of the nineteenth and most of the twentieth century was centred on the Spanish American nation and the continent, contemporary literature has become increasingly deterritorialized, and has begun to present narrative worlds and discuss issues that transcend this circumscribed universe. The discerning of this articulation of global issues in contemporary literature – which I contend is predicated on the concept of cosmopolitanism – is the primary objective of this investigation. The five novels examined here are Elena Poniatowska’s La “Flor de Lis” (1988), Mario Vargas Llosa’s El Paraíso en la otra esquina (2003) and El sueño del celta (2010), and Jorge Volpi’s El fin de la locura (2003) and No será la Tierra (2006). This study aims to describe and assess an evolving perspective on the treatment of cosmopolitanism in Spanish America. I trace the shift from the previous generations’ main preoccupation with aesthetic cosmopolitanism, which sought to engage Latin American literary discourse with the Western canon, to what I identify as the current political implication of the concept. To this end, I show that whereas mid-twentieth century authors displaced cosmopolitanism in favour of more politically expedient concepts, authors now plot it in their novels as a means of discussing issues of identity and citizenship in an increasingly globalized world.

The thesis deals with the use of tribodiagnostics in predictive maintenance in corporate practice. It is generally dealt with maintenance, then tribodiagnostics in the company Škoda Auto a.s. Used offline and online diagnostic tools are described. Emphasis is placed on verifying the functionality of the newly purchased online filter unit. The experimental part is focused on detailed analysis of the above, including comparison of measurement results offline and online diagnostics. There is also an economic evaluation of savings obtained by operation the online filter unit. In conclusion, the tribodiagnostics recommendations are given for Škoda Auto a.s.

This diploma thesis is focused on marketing mix of a concrete company, which is operating in international environment. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The theoretical part describes basic concepts related to the topic. The analalytical part of the thesis focuses on the business environment of company Dieffenbacher CZ, assuming its future expansion to Russian market, while the results obtained are further summarized in SWOT analysis. The practical part offers proposals and recommendations from the perstective of marketing mix for successful entry of a selected engineering company to Russian market based on the findings from the complied analyses and theoretical concepts.

The master´s thesis is focused on technology of injection plastics. The specified part is guard cover of mobile phone. The first part of thesis is focused on description of technology with priority on construction of form. The second part of thesis includes calculations of parameters, which are needed for production, along with techno-economic evaluation of selected construction design.

Thermoplastic injection technology is widely used in all sectors of consumer electronics and automotive industry. The biggest advantage of this manufacturing technology is a high degree of automatization and good reproducibility of the manufacturing process. Another advantage is the possibility of recycling of the gating scrap and defective products. The main task of this work is to calculate the necessary parameters for the injection process, which takes place at the designed injection form. Next part is technical design which includes choice of standard parts of injection mold and idividual semi-finished parts for mold. Thesis continues with selecting the type of injection press based on calculated parameters of the injection process. Thesis is finished by technical-economic evaluation.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att öka kunskapen kring organisationers och kringliggande aktörers förmåga att stärka den digitala motståndskraften i digitala leveranskedjor genom införande av ett omfattande regelverk. Uppsatsen beskriver hur tillkommande regelverk med höga krav på informationssäkerhet inom de digitala leveranskedjorna påverkar en enskild organisation. Uppsatsen beskriver även implikationerna ur ett övergripande systemperspektiv. Utifrån införandet av Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) beskrivs både potentiella hinder som riskerar hämma Sveriges digitala motståndskraft och de möjliggörande åtgärder som leder till att Sveriges digitala motståndskraft stärks. Uppsatsen identifierar genom en fallstudie ett antal hinder som enskilda organisationer bör beakta, men som även har stora beroenden till andra kringliggande aktörer och systemet i sin helhet. Uppsatsen beskriver att det kan uppstå följdeffekter som lätt leder till oönskade effekter. Komplexitetshöjningen genom tillkommande regelverk kräver medvetna handlingar av ett stort antal aktörer för att undvika att hinder blir alltför hämmande och därmed hindrande för Sveriges digitala motståndskraft. Speciellt mindre leverantörers situation lyfts som problematisk i sammanhanget. Uppsatsen identifierar behovet av en holistisk inställning som nödvändig för att kunna skapa utrymme för medvetna handlingar. Komplexitetshöjningen som tillkommande regelverk innebär behöver hanteras både internt inom en enskild organisation och genom externa samarbeten. Uppsatsen beskriver att identifierade möjliggörande åtgärder inte enbart bör värderas utifrån direkta effekter, utan även utifrån mer långsiktiga indirekta effekter och resurspåverkan i systemet. Först då finns det förutsättningar att genom medvetna handlingar uppnå positiv effekt och därmed stärka Sveriges digitala motståndskraft.

Comme son titre l'indique, ce mémoire traite de la légitimité du recours à l'action déclaratoire en droit international privé québécois. L'action déclaratoire, qu'elle soit introduite par déclaration ou par requête, a pour but de faire prononcer un tribunal sur l'existence ou l'inexistence de droits et obligations des parties. Bien que très ancienne, l'action déclaratoire n'était que peu utilisée au Québec jusqu'à l'avènement en 1966 de la requête en jugement déclaratoire dans notre Code de procédure civile. Aujourd'hui, cette action est largement utilisée en droit public dans le cadre du pouvoir de surveillance et de contrôle de la Cour supérieure, mais aussi dans le contexte du droit international privé comme une stratégie de défense, ou parfois d'attaque, dans le cadre d'un litige international. Fondamentalement, la finalité de cette action est d'offrir un mécanisme de protection judiciaire des droits d'un individu lorsque les autres recours ne sont pas disponibles ou accessibles, et de permettre un recours efficace hors du cadre traditionnel de la procédure ordinaire. Dès lors, il semble contestable d'utiliser en droit international privé l'action en jugement déclaratoire pour bloquer les procédures ordinaires autrement applicables. L'objet de cette étude est ainsi de démontrer que bien que le recours à l'action déclaratoire soit légitime en droit international privé, son utilisation actuelle à des fins stratégiques en présence, ou en prévision, d'une action ordinaire intentée dans une autre juridiction, paraît difficilement justifiable. Ainsi, la première partie de ce mémoire est consacrée à l'étude de la légitimité de l'action déclaratoire en droit international privé québécois, et la seconde partie s'intéresse aux effets d'une requête en jugement déclaratoire étrangère sur la procédure internationale au Québec. / As its title indicates, this thesis deals with the legitimacy of the recourse to the declaratory action in Quebec private international law. The purpose of the declaratory action, whether it is introduced by declaration or on motion, is to allow the court to rule on the existence or the inexistence of rights and obligations of the parties. Although very old, the declaratory action was seldom used in Quebec until the advent in 1966 of the declaratory judgment on motion in our Code of civil procedure. Today, this action is largely used in public law as a means by which the Superior Court exercise its jurisdiction, but also in the context of private international law as a strategy of defence, or sometimes of attack, in an international procedure. Basically, the aim of this action is to offer a legal mechanism of protection of an individual's rights when other recourses are not available or accessible, and to allow an effective recourse out of the traditional framework of the ordinary procedure. Consequently, it seems contestable to use the declaratory judgment on motion to block the differently applicable ordinary procedures in private international law. The object of this study is thus to show that although recourse to the declaratory action is legitimate in private international law, its strategic current use, in forecast or present ordinary proceedings brought in another jurisdiction, appears not easily justifiable. Thus, the first part of this thesis is devoted to the study of legitimacy of the declaratory action in Quebec private international law, and the second part deals with the effects of a foreign declaratory judgment on motion on the international procedure in Quebec.

Comme son titre l'indique, ce mémoire traite de la légitimité du recours à l'action déclaratoire en droit international privé québécois. L'action déclaratoire, qu'elle soit introduite par déclaration ou par requête, a pour but de faire prononcer un tribunal sur l'existence ou l'inexistence de droits et obligations des parties. Bien que très ancienne, l'action déclaratoire n'était que peu utilisée au Québec jusqu'à l'avènement en 1966 de la requête en jugement déclaratoire dans notre Code de procédure civile. Aujourd'hui, cette action est largement utilisée en droit public dans le cadre du pouvoir de surveillance et de contrôle de la Cour supérieure, mais aussi dans le contexte du droit international privé comme une stratégie de défense, ou parfois d'attaque, dans le cadre d'un litige international. Fondamentalement, la finalité de cette action est d'offrir un mécanisme de protection judiciaire des droits d'un individu lorsque les autres recours ne sont pas disponibles ou accessibles, et de permettre un recours efficace hors du cadre traditionnel de la procédure ordinaire. Dès lors, il semble contestable d'utiliser en droit international privé l'action en jugement déclaratoire pour bloquer les procédures ordinaires autrement applicables. L'objet de cette étude est ainsi de démontrer que bien que le recours à l'action déclaratoire soit légitime en droit international privé, son utilisation actuelle à des fins stratégiques en présence, ou en prévision, d'une action ordinaire intentée dans une autre juridiction, paraît difficilement justifiable. Ainsi, la première partie de ce mémoire est consacrée à l'étude de la légitimité de l'action déclaratoire en droit international privé québécois, et la seconde partie s'intéresse aux effets d'une requête en jugement déclaratoire étrangère sur la procédure internationale au Québec. / As its title indicates, this thesis deals with the legitimacy of the recourse to the declaratory action in Quebec private international law. The purpose of the declaratory action, whether it is introduced by declaration or on motion, is to allow the court to rule on the existence or the inexistence of rights and obligations of the parties. Although very old, the declaratory action was seldom used in Quebec until the advent in 1966 of the declaratory judgment on motion in our Code of civil procedure. Today, this action is largely used in public law as a means by which the Superior Court exercise its jurisdiction, but also in the context of private international law as a strategy of defence, or sometimes of attack, in an international procedure. Basically, the aim of this action is to offer a legal mechanism of protection of an individual's rights when other recourses are not available or accessible, and to allow an effective recourse out of the traditional framework of the ordinary procedure. Consequently, it seems contestable to use the declaratory judgment on motion to block the differently applicable ordinary procedures in private international law. The object of this study is thus to show that although recourse to the declaratory action is legitimate in private international law, its strategic current use, in forecast or present ordinary proceedings brought in another jurisdiction, appears not easily justifiable. Thus, the first part of this thesis is devoted to the study of legitimacy of the declaratory action in Quebec private international law, and the second part deals with the effects of a foreign declaratory judgment on motion on the international procedure in Quebec.