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FEDERAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1924-1972; 92 Files; 12,65 MetresPapers of the Federal Council of Women [Federale Vroueraad] founded in Bloemfontein in 1919
JUNIOR RAPPORTRYERS Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE: 25 metres sorted; accretion not sortedCorrespondence, minutes etc. of the different corp
VAN DER MERWE, Paul Stefanus Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1966-1967; 1 File; *4,11 Metres.Private papers of P.S. van der Merwe, National Party MP Middelland SWA [1958-1977]
The implementation challenges of a performance management system at Standard Lesotho Bank
No full textDissertation (MBA (Business Administration))--University of the Free State, 2020Most organisations are committed to increasing shareholders’ value and remaining competitive by continuously improving profitability, providing excellent service to their clients and increasing efficiency in order to build sustainable businesses. It has been realised that in today’s business environment, organisations should have effective implementation of a performance management system in place, as this has been identified as one of the essential factors in ensuring that the businesses perform well by meeting their strategic goals and objectives. Therefore, this study was undertaken to identify and explore the challenges that may hinder the successful implementation of a performance management system at Standard Lesotho Bank. However, this study was not limited to identification of those factors, but also to making further contributions to the organisation and to those people interested in the topic. The research was conducted using the qualitative method in the form of a case study by means of interviews which were conducted at Standard Lesotho Bank. The researcher used these interviews to collect the primary source of data. He also used secondary data which was collected from other sources such as articles, journals and books. The researcher used the non-probability sampling method which is based on the researcher’s own judgement, experience and knowledge as well as convenience. The main research findings and recommendations from this study as detailed below could serve as guiding principles for organisations and other interested parties to help their businesses to benefit fully from the successful implementation of the performance management system in order to meet their strategic goals and objectives and to have sustainable, profitable and competitive businesses.
As a result, it has been found that successful implementation of the performance management system is of critical importance as it may help organisations to optimise performance, efficiency, and growth of their business.
The main research findings are as follows:
o Shortfall in commitment and support on the implementation of a performance system
o Ineffective communication and constructive feedback
o Critical success factors in the implementation of the performance system
o Insufficient competencies and a lack of skilled resources to run the system
o Deficiency in staff recognition and rewards based on the performance management system outcomes
o Inadequate staff training and awareness
o The link between a performance management system and a company’s strategy
o Organisational culture and change management
It has been emphasised that further research could be undertaken to validate the premise that the successful implementation of a performance management system would lead to sustainable, profitable and competitive businesses
Small ideas for big impacts: multifunctionality in the rural village of Verkykerskop
No full textNijkamp affirms the Utopians’ claim of an open and flexible future, where development could imply surprising steps towards something better. Castells questions admonishingly whether planning approaches are changeable in a world that has already changed. Following Davidoff’s indications of making urban life beautiful, exciting and creative, planners encounter “surprising steps” within the planning approaches of compact cities, new urbanism, new ruralism, smart growth, green urbanism, and so on. In responding to Castells’ “multidimensional change in the spatial dimension”, the imagination of planners is intercepted, angling them towards a multifunctional planning advent. This article reasons that a combination of the new urbanism, green urbanism and new ruralism may be a beneficial response to multifunctionality, especially as megatrends emphasise the need to abandon the pursuit of a predictable single future or outcome. It questions whether the reciprocal use of these planning approaches may induce multifunctional rural landscapes. The uniqueness of the inherently rural South African landscape also necessitates a rural emphasis in this article, questioning whether the reciprocal use of the three planning approaches in the recently planned rural village of Verkykerskop, acclaimed by the Charter for New Urbanism in 2012, generated multifunctional rural land use.Publisher's versio
Research methods for undergraduate delivery: evaluation of problem-based learning
No full textResearch methods are considered a complex and difficult subject to teach and there is limited data on innovative ways to teach it to undergraduate public health professionals. Although problem-based learning (PBL) is a common approach in various disciplines, little is published on its use in developing research skills within the South African context. This paper outlines the delivery of an undergraduate research methods course with an evaluation of the problem based learning approach with respect to student experience and competence.
A cross sectional descriptive case study was conducted among the students of Environmental Health within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Durban University of Technology. All students enrolled for 2015 were invited to participate. Questionnaires were administered after each section and at the end of the Research Methods course. Participants were required to recall how they experienced different sections of the course and to self-reflect on perceived competency post-delivery.
Participants reported that they benefitted from the PBL approach and indicated that independent learning helped to develop skills that they could transfer to their professional environment. They enjoyed group interactions and private consultations with the instructor, but expressed difficulty with the literature review, choosing and summarising relevant information and statistical concepts and terminology. The final proposal was a ‘light bulb’ moment and participants successfully converted their research problem into a proposal. Problem-based learning may be used as a successful strategy for skills development in research methods courses.Publisher's versio
VAN SCHALKWYK, JP Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1914-1922; 0.10 metreNotebook with signatures of rebels in prison in Kimberley (1914
Interobserver variation of prostate delineation on CT and MR by radiation oncologists, radiologists and urologists at the Universitas annex oncology department
No full textIntroduction and aim: In recent years advances in delivery of radiation to clinically localised prostate volume has enabled dose escalation and greater sparing of organs at risk. At our department a significant proportion of prostate cancer patients are treated with curative radiation therapy and targets are defined through manual delineation. In this study we evaluate and quantify the variation of prostate contouring between radiation oncologists, radiologists and urologists respectively on CT and MR images and we determine the regions of significant concordance in segmented contours.
Materials and methods: CT and MR image sets of 5 prostate cancer patients were presented separately for prostate delineation in a blinded and independent fashion to each subgroup of specialists from various hospitals and included 7 radiation oncologists, 6 radiologists and 3 urologists. Variations were first analysed visually. In house tools and dedicated software was developed to automatically analyse various metrics in terms of volumes, volume centroids, maximum volume ratios (MVR), apex/base locations & diameters, ratio of scan encompassing volume (SEC), ratio of scan common volume (SCV), mean values & coefficient of variations and also to calculate the concordance index for each patient & each subgroup of specialists.
Results: Significant differences were observed between the subgroups of specialists. The volumes were significantly larger on CT than the corresponding MR image sets in all cases. The average prostate volumes were 28,3cm3 larger on CT than on MRI for oncologists with the MVR of 2.24; followed by radiologists with the average prostate volume of 18,1cm3 larger on CT than on MRI with the MVR of 1.57 and lastly the urologists had an average volume of 16,8cm3 larger on CT than on MRI with the MVR of 1.51. Furthermore the p-value was significant for oncologists vs radiologists (p=0.02) and for oncologists vs urologists (p=0.01) with regards to the maximum volume ratios (MVR). Variations in base positions were small and the base contours drawn were within 5mm of the defined base location on both CT and MRI where as for the apex position, the variations were significant and the apex contours drawn were mainly >5mm in relation to defined apex and varied more for CT than MRI. The inter-scan variation was similar (2.22) in both CT and MRI for radiologists demonstrating that they were more homogenous compared to other specialists. For the oncologists the variation on CT (1.72) was less than for MRI (1.82) whereas for the urologists the variation on CT (1.75) was larger than for the MRI (1.69). The conformity index (CI) for all the patients for combined images (CT and MR) were 0.45+/-0.04 for urologists; 0.56+/-0.08 for oncologists and 0.58+/-0.05 for radiologists which corresponds to poor concordance. Volume centroids provided useful interpretation of three dimensional spread of prostate volumes and uncovered larger CT derived prostate volumes delineated by radiologists and oncologists compared to urologists.
Conclusion: Major discordances were observed between radiation oncologists, urologists and radiologists delineations and areas of disagreements were identified indicating that this step needs to be improved. MRI images proved to be critical when delineating the prostate and thus making use of such an imaging technique provides a useful contribution in overcoming this difficult delineation. The urologists produced the most comparable delineations, followed by the radiologists and lastly the oncologists. The radiologists were more homogenous compared to other specialists. A better training of radiation oncologists in prostate imaging and the collaboration between radiation oncologists, radiologists and urologists should decrease this variability and ensure consistency in the delineation within the department
DU PISANI, JA Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1961-1984; 46 filesResearcher - INCH; Department Head in History at P.U. for C.H.O. Political division of Afrikaners 1966-197
NATIONAL YOUTH LEAGUE NATAL Inventory of documents
No full textCOVERAGE 1953-1974; 41 Files; 1,00 Metres.Papers of the National Youth League Natal, founded in 1952