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A needs assessment for a performance management training programme amongst commanders within the South African military health services

Thantsa, Grace (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Performance management entails processes and systems that ensure that organisational activities are geared to promote the achievement of organisational goals. Management of performance is one of the crucial ...
An assessment on managing workforce diversity in public sector organisations : the case of the Department of Local Government Western Cape (WC)

Van Der Berg-Ross, Ashlene (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines the perceptions of the staff of the Department of Local Government in the Western Cape (WC) regarding workforce diversity as part of diversity management. A literature review is ...
Sustainable housing development : a City of Cape Town project evaluation

Botha, Melissa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis reports on an evaluative study of the sustainability of housing development by the City of Cape Town with the Witsand, Atlantis, housing project as case study to empirically measure such ...
Sustaining administrative effectiveness after municipal elections through change management

Engelbrecht, Maria Magdalena (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Municipalities are vulnerable to a potential regime change every five years due to municipal elections. These elections leave a municipality susceptible to the instituting of a new political leadership ...
Assessing reasons for non-compliance to the requirements of the Employment Equity Act no. 55 of 1998 : case study of the dietetics department within Tygerberg Hospital

Bekwa, Noluvuyo Margaret (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The relevance of employment equity has been widely debated. This study is of the view that affirmative action is the core factor in realising compliance to and implementation of employment equity. The ...
The challenges of community development workers in the implementation of the Community Development Workers’ Programme in Makhado Local Municipality, Limpopo Province

Rikhotso, Rhandzavanhu Harris (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The community development workers’ programme (CDWP) is a strategic policy intervention by government to address challenges of service delivery to communities. The purpose of the CDWP is to facilitate ...
A fiscal decentralisation strategy for innovative local government financial management in Botswana

Kwada, Zachariah Daniel (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Decentralisation is a growing phenomenon worldwide. However, the detail of its implementation determines whether desired objectives are achieved or not. The thesis extensively interrogates this concept ...
An investigation into the effectiveness of corporate sustainability programmes and initiatives in the agricultural sector : the case of British American Tobacco Zimbabwe

Nyanyirai, Stanley (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years, a great deal of attention has been paid towards the notion of corporate sustainability, which has variously been defined as meaning the incorporation of social, environmental, economic, ...
Evaluating the credibility of the integrated development plan as a service delivery instrument in Randfontein local municipality

Dlulisa, Lungelwa (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research study was undertaken to explore one of the most significant plans in local government and is aimed at guiding future development within municipal areas. It seeks to evaluate the credibility ...
An evaluation of the impact of community participation and multi-organisational partnerships on the implementation of sector policing in the rural areas of the Limpopo Province

Baloyi, Nyiketani Jackson (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sector Policing is understood to be a relatively new community-based policing approach that finds its initial mandate in the National Instruction 3 of 2009, of the South African Police Service (SAPS). ...
Super sizing service delivery with a side order of innovation building a social franchising governance model to accelerate local government service delivery for ECD provisioning in partnerships beyond PPP's

Mseme, Laura (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is a rising groundswell of citizens globally questioning the equity, integrity and sustainability of the philosophies, values and institutions inherited from the 20th century. The continuum of civil ...
Transformation in the South African National Defence Force : with specific reference to gender equality

Monethi, Dineo Cecilia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Transformation is an inevitable consequence of human resource practices and includes the political imperatives, behavioural transformation and the turnaround change. Gender equality is a critical component ...
Evaluating the performance of the administration programme of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature

Borchard, Nathalia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent years scholars and researchers have been paying specific attention to the performance and results produced by government activities. This is seen as a direct consequence of trends in the public ...
“Nothing about us, without us” : an assessment of public participation in the delivery of RDP houses in the Elias Motswaledi Local Municipality

Mphahlele, Elias (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The pivotal role played by public participation in a social context is often undermined by change agents or administrators of government projects. The role of public participation is documented in Chapter ...
Youth development performance management in municipalities : a Nkangala District Municipality case study

Ngubeni, Steven Piet (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Like in many developing countries, youth development in South Africa is advancing towards becoming the central focus of government. The population figures illustrate a demographic dividend, or youth bulge ...
Analysis of interventions in support of small tourism businesses in the Eden District Municipality

Biljohn, Mareve (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Macro-economic policy interventions have been driven by the South African national government in order to create economic and trade opportunities for small businesses within the first economy. This ...
An assessment of private sector participation as a viable alternative for improved urban water provision in Zimbabwe : the case of Harare Municipality

Moyo, Pennia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study gives an analysis of urban water services provision in Zimbabwe in general. The case study of Harare Municipality was used to get an in-depth analysis of urban water provision in an urban set-up ...
Demand-driven programme provisioning at a public FET College in the Western Cape : case study of the West Coast FET College

Jooste-Mokgethi, Osma Thandiwe (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Democratic South African government inaugurated in 1994 identified the need for intermediate skills that are required to contribute to the growth of the economy and to reduce the high unemployment ...
A study of rural women farmers' access to markets in Chirumanzu

Kapungu, Sheila T. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigated the issues that rural smallholder women face in accessing markets in developing countries. Market access for rural smallholder farmers is increasingly being promoted as a means ...
Unearthing the determinants required for off-grid subsistence : a case study

Mentz, Matthew (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is based on the personal four-year journey of the researcher in an attempt to develop an off-grid, sustainable self-sufficient livelihood and habitation on a 1 000-square metre piece of rural ...

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