Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Bielefeld, 2007. / Academy publication. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 452-476).

Zugl.: Siegen, Univ., Diss., 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-323)

Thesis (DTech( Human Resource Management))--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 2001 / Through this research it is shown that the involvement of human resource management in the transforming local government, which currently functions at a low level in the local authority sector, will become an ever increasing necessity in South Africa. Local authorities could either accept circumstances as they are, or accept the responsibility to change them. In this research the researcher accepted the responsibility to make a contribution towards a possible change by focusing on the contribution that the human resource manager, in more specifically local authorities in South Africa could make in this regard. The change that is envisaged and is being brought about in the South African local government sector with specific reference to the service delivery of the provision, management and control of local government, has led to the establishment of: • human resource management and comprehensive management functions; • participative involvement; • a requirement of new, additional techniques of human resource management for local authorities; and • an essential requirement for increasing employee, councillor and public involvement within local government. The outcome of the abovementioned is an incisive need of improving human resource management and sound labour relations. In order to obtain the aforementioned objectives, qualitative research was used. 5 With this study the research has endeavoured to determine: • why the involvement of human resource management in the transforming local authority sector is important; • what the nature of human resource involvement within local authorities is; • what the role, functions, involvement and methods of human resource managers in the transforming local government entails; and • how the human resource involvement within local authorities can be arranged and what the characteristics of the human resource manager should be.

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The problem identified in this study is that of a rapidly growing urbanisation process in the world in general and in Africa in particular. The national states in South Africa will not escape this process. The purpose of this study was to contribute to a better understanding of this phenomenon as it is developing in one of the national states, namely Lebowa. To achieve this, a thorough description of the extent of urbanisation, internationally and within the study area, as well as of the underlying causes of urbanisation, was necessary. Urbanisation can only be understood in its historical context. During the past century, Africa has experienced a low level but an increasing rate of urbanisation. A high urban population growth rate is projected for Lebowa in the next four decades. This will place a tremendous pressure on the resources of the country and on the planning capability of the Government. The development of urban places in Lebowa focuses on the simultaneous stimulation of many smaller places, distributing capital, manpower and services among the eighteen proclaimed townships. Some of these towns lack an economic basis and were, instead, created incidental to ideological motives. The provision of the social and physical infrastructure in Lebowa is at present largely founded on the guidelines for urban development, which has particular economic co sequences for urbanisation. This research makes two main contributions to the study of urbanisation in the national states in general and in Lebowa in particular. Firstly, a new classification regarding the definition of urbanisation in Lebowa is proposed which is a more realistic approach in an Africa context. It mainly distinguishes between the urban and semi-urban population on the one hand and the rural population on the other hand, paying particular attention to the identification of the semi-urban population. This classification indicates that the process of urbanisation in Lebowa has already reached an advanced stage and that it can be expected that this process will accelerate towards the end of the century. Secondly, it is argued that the present policy of developing many smaller urban places should be replaced by a co-ordinated urbanisation strategy, concentrating on the development of a few selected larger towns. Such a policy would provide lebowa with a framework for the development of an urban structure which will be capable of absorbing the projected urban explosion. The implementation of a policy directed at the promotion of healthy urban development in Lebowa will need political commitment and adoption of a population programme to bring the existing high population growth rate into line with the economic capacity of the country. Urbanisation should not only be promoted in lebowa but also in the whole Northern Transvaal region. because of the interdependence of different areas in the region. This will require the development of an urbanisation strategy which will have to be linked to a national urbanisation strategy for South Africa. / Thesis (DCom)--University of Pretoria, 1982. / gm2014 / Economics / unrestricted

The retention of employees, especially talented ones, is a topic that is mainly discussed between HR practitioners, but is also a cause for conversation around the boardroom table. Researchers have recommended numerous policies and best practices that should be implemented to reduce employee turnover and improve employee morale. This study was conducted to find if a relationship exists between numerous independent variables and retention rate. A quantitative study was conducted via a self-administered survey questionnaire that was sent to 6 802 HR managers, owners, senior managers and executives. Constructs identified in the literature were used to design the questionnaire survey, and data were analysed from 247 completed survey questionnaires. A positive relationship exists when HR reports to senior management and where HR has the autonomy to spend on training. The presence of an HR department, the existence of retention strategies, and the involvement of senior managers in the implementation and management of retention strategies, does not have an influence on a high retention rate. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / lmgibs2014 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / MBA / Unrestricted

The main objective of this thesis is to present concepts and knowledge involved in manpower planning, health manpower planning, hospital manpower planning, and the development of manpower and staffing guidelines in hospitals. Along with this objective, it was felt necessary that this thesis offer a good review of approaches or techniques used in manpower planning, health manpower planning, and the development of manpower and staffing guidelines in hospitals. It was also felt that to receive the proper attention, a list of criteria or functions that are necessary to develop such guidelines be given. All of the foregoing was accomplished through a review of the literature and case studies which the author has found helpful. It is the main conclusion of this thesis that both manpower and health manpower planning have received wide respect and recognition. Hospital manpower planning for the development of staffing guidelines in hospitals has not been so fortunate. This type of planning is still in the embryo or infancy stage. Although it has not received the attention as manpower or health manpower planning, recognition for the importance of developing staffing guidelines is growing rapidly. / Medicine, Faculty of / Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of / Graduate

This study examines Canada's aging trend, the factors influencing the elderly's withdrawal from the labour force, and the implications of the two trends for planners and policy makers. Canada's population is aging. The absolute and relative number of people 65 and over is projected to increase well into the twenty-first century. Over this same period of time the elderly, defined as those persons 65 and over, are expected to reduce their participation in the labour force. With a greater proportion of elderly in the population and fewer of them working the costs and burdens involved with supporting this segment of the population will increase. It is important, therefore, that planners and policy makers understand why the population is aging, why the elderly are withdrawing from the labour force, and what the possible economic and social implications of these trends are. Based on explanatory models of the elderly's labour force participation constructed mainly by researchers in the United States, a .multiple regression analysis is conducted which attempts to evaluate those variables included in an explanatory equation which accounts for the variance in the elderly's labour force participation rate in Canada. Cross-section analyses are conducted for three years—1961, 1971, and 1976—with data derived principally from Statistics Canada census sources and aggregated at the provincial level. In contrast to studies originating in the United States, the results obtained in this study found pension benefits were not the most significant factor in explaining the decline in the elderly’s labour force participation in Canada. Both the unemployment rate and the occupation chosen by an elderly labour force participant consistently proved to be more significant factors in accounting for the variance in the elderly's labour force participation rate in Canada. The economic and social implications of a society which is aging and one in which an increasing number of elderly are choosing not to work are discussed. The two areas in which future planners and policy makers will face the most pressing problems in terms of funding and program delivery are the public pension and health care services. There will be a number of other areas affected by the increased incidence of elderly retired persons in the population. It is important, therefore, that research be conducted today, at all levels, into the various impacts a large proportionate increase in non-working elderly will have on Canadian society in the future. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

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