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Research Outputs (Public Administration and Management): Recent submissions

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Governmental relations in the management of the Cederberg Wilderness Area : some organisational aspects

Smith, Frank (Unisa Press, 2002)

The realisation of the goals of any public institution is dependent upon a proper organisational structure and sound governmental relations. Although the former has characteristics of the closed model of organisation, ...
Developments in labour relations in South Africa : ten years of democracy (1994-2004)

Ferreira, G.M. (Unisa Press, 2005)

South Africa's labour legislation framework, promulgated during the past decade (1994-2004), is regarded as some of the most comprehensive in the world. It has done much to redress the imbalances of the past. With four ...
Attitude of personnel at South African Air force bases towards a framework for the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) in the South African Air Force : an empirical view

Oschman, J.J.; Ströh, E.C.; Auriacombe, C. J. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009-11-10)

The purpose of this article is to discuss the attitude of personnel at the eight South African (SA) Air Force bases towards the nature and scope of a Total Quality Management (TQM) framework, which was developed for the ...
Defining the concept of civic interest in post-apartheid South Africa : a question of administrative philosophy in the making

Hanyane, B. (Unisa Press, 2005)

The article seeks to engage readers in questioning the realisation of civic interest in practice, as well as reviewing the academic implications of the concept in theoretical terms. The relevance of this phenomenon in a ...
Managing people in the twenty-first century : integrative public human resource management in sub-Saharan Africa

Van der Westhuizen, E.J. (Unisa Press, 2005)

The past decades have witnessed dramatic social and political changes on the African continent. These changes have been evident in many countries, ranging from the end of apartheid in South Africa to presidential and ...
Higher order goals as masks : a philosophical reflection on expenditure budgeting

Pauw, J.C. (Unisa Press, 2004)

Expenditures in a public budget are typically arranged as a hierarchical tree of goals where lower level goals are understood as means to higher order ends. This goal hierarchy is used in strategic planning and to ...
Personnel motivation : strategies to stimulate employees to increase performance

Ströh, E.C. (Unisa Press, 2001)

Personnel motivation is a key factor in getting employees to increase performance The question, however, is what managers can do to motivate employees to such a level that performance will indeed increase. An attempt is ...
Globalisation and international compatibility - a challenge to learning within the context of application

Wessels, J.S. (Unisa Press, 2002)

The contexts of institutions for higher education are in flux with consequent learning challenges. One of these challenges is that of globalisation and the need for international compatibility. Another challenge is ...
Equal employment opportunities: a conceptual puzzle

Wessels, J.S. (Unisa Press, 2005)

Various concepts are used in official and academic discourses on affirmative action in general and the transformation of the South African public service in particular. If what is meant by the different words is not ...
Criteria for assessing learning material for distance education

Wessels, J.S. (Unisa Press, 2001)

This article proposes eight broad criteria fos assessing learning material for distance eduation institutions such as the University of South Africa (Unisa) where learning material in print format is the main teaching ...
The challenges of knowledge production by researchers in Public Administration, a South African perspective

Wessels, J.S. (Unisa Press, 2005)

This article reflects on the challenges of knowledge production by researchers in South African Public Administration. It tries to establish whether published Public Administration research findings indeed address the ...
Assessing learning material for distance education : a case study

Wessels, J.S. (Unisa Press, 2001)

The question that directs this article is `How appropriate is the new study material in this case study as means of tuition within a new learning paradigm?' In order to determine the appropriateness of learning material ...
The role of higher education in developing and retaining the best managers for the public service: a South African perspective.

Wessels, J.S.; van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (Unisa Press, 2007)

The challenge facing a country from the so-called south, such as South Africa, is to secure the highest quality of leadership for the economy in general and for the public service in particular. The question that ...

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