The South African mining industry has been a male dominated environment for a very long time. With changes in government policy and legislation, discriminatory laws forbidding women to work underground have been repealed and the mining industry have since been trying to accommodate women. Unfortunately there is an imbalance to this general trend of increase shown by the consistently low numbers of female employees within the mining industry. It was far-fetched for management to perceive that women can ever play a role in the underground mining industry. Unfortunately the perceptions of management is having an enormous impact on the attitudes of the rest of the employees in this industry. This leads to discrimination in the mining industry that will make it difficult for the women seeking financial stability. The whole mining industry should learn to adapt to this idea of women in mining. Employing women in the mine is a challenge of the mindset of viewing mining as a men's world. The objective of this research was to determine the experience of women in the platinum mining industry in South Africa as well as the impact that women entering the mining industry could have on the mines in terms of the working conditions, harassment, physiological aspects, ergonomics, physical strength, discrimination etc. The research method for this article consists of a brief literature review and an empirical study. A qualitative design has been used on an availability sample (N = 14) females in the platinum mining industry. The qualitative research makes it possible to determine the subjective experience of women working in the platinum mining industry. The literature focused on previous research on the experience of women entering the mining industry as an employee. vii The outcome of this research was that the male worker attitude and discrimination have an enormous impact on women that are entering the mining industry. One of the more difficult hurdles to overcome is the harassment that women need to deal with The women are also facing a huge challenge in terms of their physical strength not being adequate in order to perform up to a minimum of eight hours per day in the harsh working conditions including the ergonomics of the mining industry. Most of the women are entering the mining industry for financial reasons in order to survive in the South f i c a n Economic environment of today. After a hard day performing these physical activities they need to face their responsibilities at home in order to manage a work-home life balance. Management need to start seeking solutions to make the mining industry a more women free environment for example focussing on facilities for women. The fact that women were appointed into the mining environment covering traditionally male sectors, also speaks to a commitment to changing the face of the mining industry. Recommendations for future research were made. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

The South African mining industry has been a male dominated environment for a very long time. With changes in government policy and legislation, discriminatory laws forbidding women to work underground have been repealed and the mining industry have since been trying to accommodate women. Unfortunately there is an imbalance to this general trend of increase shown by the consistently low numbers of female employees within the mining industry. It was far-fetched for management to perceive that women can ever play a role in the underground mining industry. Unfortunately the perceptions of management is having an enormous impact on the attitudes of the rest of the employees in this industry. This leads to discrimination in the mining industry that will make it difficult for the women seeking financial stability. The whole mining industry should learn to adapt to this idea of women in mining. Employing women in the mine is a challenge of the mindset of viewing mining as a men's world. The objective of this research was to determine the experience of women in the platinum mining industry in South Africa as well as the impact that women entering the mining industry could have on the mines in terms of the working conditions, harassment, physiological aspects, ergonomics, physical strength, discrimination etc. The research method for this article consists of a brief literature review and an empirical study. A qualitative design has been used on an availability sample (N = 14) females in the platinum mining industry. The qualitative research makes it possible to determine the subjective experience of women working in the platinum mining industry. The literature focused on previous research on the experience of women entering the mining industry as an employee. vii The outcome of this research was that the male worker attitude and discrimination have an enormous impact on women that are entering the mining industry. One of the more difficult hurdles to overcome is the harassment that women need to deal with The women are also facing a huge challenge in terms of their physical strength not being adequate in order to perform up to a minimum of eight hours per day in the harsh working conditions including the ergonomics of the mining industry. Most of the women are entering the mining industry for financial reasons in order to survive in the South f i c a n Economic environment of today. After a hard day performing these physical activities they need to face their responsibilities at home in order to manage a work-home life balance. Management need to start seeking solutions to make the mining industry a more women free environment for example focussing on facilities for women. The fact that women were appointed into the mining environment covering traditionally male sectors, also speaks to a commitment to changing the face of the mining industry. Recommendations for future research were made. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.

Risker är något som ständigt finns närvarande i IT-projekt, både positiva och negativa risker. Syftet med denna studie är därav att undersöka hur projektledare i IT-branschen arbetar med risker och möjligheter samt hur arbetet upplevs. Studien genomfördes efter en kvalitativ ansats och med hjälp av en tematisk analys utformades fyra huvudteman: (1) Ta risker på allvar, (2) Förståelsens innebörd: förstår du mig nu?, (3) Oanade möjligheter och (4) Tio nyanser av lärdomar. Tidigare forskning och studiens resultat visar på att riskarbete ska göras noggrant och regelbundet. Då risker är en stor del av ett projekt bör detta arbete tas på allvar. Till skillnad från risker är möjligheter något som endast ett fåtal arbetar aktivt med. Störst fokus ligger på att analysera och hantera risker, inte möjligheter. En av slutsatserna som denna studie därav resulterat i är att riskarbete är ett viktigt arbete som behöver noggrannhet, tid, kommunikation, transparens, reflektion och kontinuitet för att bli så bra som möjligt. Arbetet med möjligheter kan däremot utvecklas avsevärt. Studiens deltagare blev även ombedda att dela med sig av en viktig lärdom vid arbetet med risker. Detta resulterade förvånande nog i tio olika svar vilket visar på att den enade synen som först antogs finnas, gällande arbetet med risker i IT-projekt, inte är helt enad. Det finns liknande nyanser i lärdomarna men själva lärdomarna i sig är olika. En slutsats som kan dras av detta är att arbetet med risker är liknande, både i teorin och i praktiken, men att erfarenheter och olika synsätt påverkar vad respektive projektledare anser vara den viktigaste lärdomen inom riskarbete. / The work with risk and risk factors are something that must be taken seriously in IT-projects. The work must be done carefully and regularly throughout the whole project, otherwise the consequences will affect the project in a negative way. But a project risk doesn´t always have to be something negative. Possibilities in IT-projects are still an unknown way of work. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine how project managers in IT work with risks and possibilities and how their experiences where with this work. The study was conducted using a qualitative approach and with the help of thematic analysis, four themes were created; (1) Take risks seroiusly, (2) The meaning of understanding: do you understand me now?, (3) Unimagined possibilities och (4) Ten nuances of lessons leatned. Working with risks where something that all project managers did. They thought that their work with project risks is the key to implementing a successful project. But the result of this study also shows that working with possibilities where something that just a minority of the participants did. Both research and the result of this study highlights that some of the keys to a successful work with project risks are; precision, time, communication, transparency, reflection and continuity. Even though this was something every participant agreed on, the idea on what was the most important thing to do in the work with project risk where different among them all. That result shows that the work with project risks might, at the first sight, be equal but when you dig deeper there are differences. The project manager must therefore find a way to communicate and identify the project risks so everyone working in the project have a united way of identifying the project and the project risks.

Name of the thesis: Occurence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among physiotherapists Objective: The objective of this thesis is to determine the prevalence of work-related muskoloskeletaldisorders among physiotherapists in Czech Republic in the past 12 months, based on data acquired from a random sample of physiotherapists. Methods: The acquisition od data was done via self filled questionnaire which was inspired by WRMDs prevalence questionnaire from Kuwait made in 2010 and a WRMDs prevalence questionnaire from Nigeria made in 2008. Both previously mentioned questionnaires were based on the Standardized Scandinavian Musculoskeletal Questionnarie. In the questionnaire, closed, semi-closed and open questions were used. The questionnaire could bef illed in its printed form or electronically, depending on respondents' preferences. The sample comprised of 110 respondents. The data obtained from the questionnaire was processed via SPSS statistical program and charts made in Microsoft Excel 2007. Findings: The data obtained from the questionnaire revealed that the prevalence of WRMDs samong physiotherapists in Czech Republic in the past 12 month swas 65,5%. The body area with the highest prevalence of pain was cervical spine (41.8%). Respondents ranging from 20-30 years of age reported higher...

Constructive-technological project of sporting and relaxation centre in Všechovice includes technical report, study, mechanical assembly,technological prescriptions, inspection and test plan, principles governing the organization of construction, the economic balance ceilings, safety and risk work, calculation and construction budget, financial and schedule.