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Acceptance of co-operative education practice by the academic staff at Technikon South Africa

Groenewald, Thomas; Strumpfer, Deo; Lessing, B. C. (Barend Christiaan) (Unisa Press, 2001)

Technikons advocate the practice of co-operative education, which is an educational strategy that integrates learning through productive work with the theoretical curriculum. However, only 35% of theTechnikon SA programmes ...
Contribution of co-operative education in the growing of talent in South Africa : a qualitative phenomenological exploration

Groenewald, Thomas; Schurink, Willem (University of Johannesburg, 2003)

Organisational talent is internationally regarded a key success factor in a competitive world and is continuously challenged. In South Africa, the Apartheid heritage further presents major challenges regarding developmental ...
Growing talented people through cooperative education : a phenomenological exploration

Groenewald, Thomas (Unisa Press, 2003-11-06)

Internationally, talent is regarded a key success factor for global competitiveness. However, organizational talent is challenged by continuous change. The Apartheid heritage in South Africa further presents major challenges ...
Electronic document management : a human resource management case study

Groenewald, Thomas (SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2004)

This case study serve as exemplar regarding what can go wrong with the implementation of an electronic document management system. Knowledge agility and knowledge as capital, is outlined against the backdrop of the information ...
The stages of users concern when adopting new technology

Harris, Elaine; Stanz, Karel; Zaaiman, Jannie; Groenewald, Thomas (University of Johannesburg, 2004)

The aim of this study is to determine whether users move through stages of concern when adopting technology and whether certain demographical characteristics; age, the department the employees operate in and the length of ...
A phenomenological research design illustrated

Groenewald, Thomas (International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2004-04)

This article distills the core principles of a phenomenological research design and, by means of a specific study, illustrates the phenomenological methodology. After a brief overview of the developments of phenomenology, ...
Case study regarding the implementation of an innovative experimental learning portfolio in human resource management

Groenewald, Thomas; Bushney, Melanie; Odendaal, Aletta; Pieters, Melanie (Unisa Press, 2004-06-30)

Challenged by the obligation to introduce a work-integrated learning component into the National Diploma in Human Resource management (HRM), on the one hand, and faced with a restraining national curriculum that does not ...
Distance Experiential Education Practices

Unknown author (Unisa Press, 2005)

Sharing and cross-pollination of traditional university-type and former technikon-type 'work-integrated learning' practices. A collection of peer reviewed articles.
Leadership competencies in a manufacturing environment

Mollo, S.M.; Stanz, Karel; Groenewald, Thomas (University of Johannesburg, 2005)

Against the backdrop of a literature review on leadership approaches, models and theories, the aim of this study was the identification of shortcomings regarding leadership competencies within a particular manufacturer. ...
Mergers and change management at the micro level : a case study

Kilfoil, Wendy R.; Groenewald, Thomas (2005)

The transformation of the South African higher education landscape resulted in, among other things, the merger of three distance education institutions: Unisa, VUDEC and TSA. The macro level of the merger will no doubt be ...
Work-integrated learning at a comprehensive higher education institution

Groenewald, Thomas; Thulukanam, Megan (Unisa Press, 2005)

Prior to the first democratic elections in South Africa, in 1994, education was questioned. Volumes of discussion documents, green and white papers, and bills preceded the final report of the National Commission on Higher ...
When students learn from experience in the occupational field

Groenewald, Thomas (Unisa Press, 2007)

This research was prompted by my concern over the lack of uniformity in the terminology used to discuss student learning in the relevant occupational fields. The literature review was originally an attempt to give a ...
Lessons derived from a work‐integrated learning monitoring pilot at a distance higher education institution

Groenewald, Thomas (Unisa Press, 2009)

The objective of this paper is to share the learning derived from an action research pilot project on the monitoring of work‐integrated learning. The South African higher education imperatives are outlined and perspectives ...
Semantic and metaphoric reflection on the training of decentralized staff responsible for supporting students in terms of work-integrated learning : a distance education university scenario

Groenewald, Thomas; Le Roux, Mia (Asia‐Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2009-10)

This article provides both a current and a historical perspective, as well as describing the journey of a distance education institution. It contains a synopsis of the imperatives pertaining to work-integrated learning ...
Quality imperatives versus funding: A case of filial cannibalism in South African Higher Education?

Groenewald, Thomas (15th Annual IEASA Conference, 2011-09-03)

Filial cannibalism involves the killing and eating of one's young. This presentation will give attendees an overview of the former binary higher education system in South Africa; the differentiated funding; the cooperative ...

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