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Pepin, Guylaine. "Impact d'un programme d'intervention multifactoriel sur l'athérosclérose." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0019/MQ55872.pdf.
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Creissen, Terry. "The impact of the Leadership Programme for Serving Heads." Thesis, n.p, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Buthelezi, Nonhlanhla Bongiwe Charity. "The impact of the land restitution programme on poverty." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09152008-130602.
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Nnyanzi, Lawrence A. "The National Child Measurement Programme : its value and impact." Thesis, Teesside University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10149/301632.
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Rising rates of obesity among children have become one of the most pressing issues in modern public health. Childhood obesity threatens both the mental and physical well-being of children. Attempts to halt the rise in obesity take many forms, but one of them is the recent implementation of a programme of measurement of primary children at reception and in year 6, with results being fed back to parents. This National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) is controversial and has been criticised in some quarters as unethical, in being a form of screening programme with no clear or effective interventions available for those detected as having a problem. Study aims and objectives The main aim of the study was to explore the relationship between weight status and children’s mental wellbeing, especially in the context of the NCMP. Within this overall aim, key specific objectives of the study were: i) to investigate the association between weight status of 10-11 year old school children and their mental well-being; ii) to assess the impact on the mental wellbeing of children, of participating in the NCMP; and iii) to collect information about parents’/guardians’ and children’s reaction to the NCMP, with particular interest in identifying whether parents/guardians and their children found the feedback useful in moving towards the adoption of a healthy lifestyle. Methods The study was undertaken in primary schools in the catchment area of Gateshead Primary Care Trust (PCT). The overall study used a mixed methods study design. The study involved administering a questionnaire prior to NCMP measurement to a total sample of 264 children, sampled using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. One-to-one semi-structured interviews were also conducted post measurement with 21 children purposively sub-sampled from the larger group, and with 16 parents/guardians. Results Prior to measurement, most children misclassified their weight status. About 1 in 10 children who were of ideal weight perceived themselves as overweight. Over three quarters of overweight children perceived themselves to be of ideal weight. There was no significant relationship between any of the indicators of mental wellbeing and actual weight status of children. However, there was very strong evidence for a Preface xxv significant relationship between perceived weight status and mental wellbeing among children. Seven major themes emerged from the post measurement interview data, but perhaps the most intriguing was the cycle of emotional reaction of families to the NCMP and weight feedback. Discussion The reactions of parents/guardians whose children are indicated to have weight problems follow a sequence of behaviours ranging from shock, disgust with the programme, through denial and self-blame to acceptance, worry and help seeking. Reasons for these responses relate in many cases to the way the weight problem is portrayed to the parents. While health authorities are keen to portray this problem as a medical one, parents/guardians see it as social one. The roots of overeating and lack of exercise are seen as lying in the complex social and cultural milieu in which this sample of people live. Consequently, associating this problem in feedback letters with dangerous diseases like cancer, and advising parents to visit GPs to resolve child weight issues, seems inappropriate to the recipients and causes controversy and anger. Conclusion The NCMP’s routine feedback could potentially induce families into the state of readiness to change lifestyle behaviours; however, given the reactions described in this study, it seems critical to avoid placing blame on individuals but rather to acknowledge the influence of the environment surrounding families and to provide non-medical support aimed at bringing families on board to support interventions for combating child weight problems.
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James, Mlungiseleli Shakespeare. "Impact study of Impala Platinum Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme : Marula Chrome Project." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95585.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.The mining industry has had a significant role to play in addressing socio-economic development (SED) issues, such as the high levels of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. For South Africa to be able to eradicate poverty and illiteracy, a collaborative partnership between the government, the mining industry and local mining communities is critical. The Minister of Mineral Resources, Shabangu (2012), has encouraged the mining industry to ensure that corporate social responsibility (CSR) investments make a significant impact on the communities in which the mining companies operate and to stop making CSR a mere exercise in ticking off a scorecard. The Mining Charter states that the mining industry must promote employment and advance social and economic welfare of mining community and the major sending areas. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the impact of the Impala Platinum (Implats) CSR programme, Marula Chrome Project, on the Marula community. The challenges that Implats and the Marula community experienced during the implementation of the project were explored. If the project was to be successful, the key success factors had to be identified. The Marula Chrome Project was commissioned in 2010. The Project created 69 job opportunities during its construction period, and 35 permanent jobs after its completion. A number of SED issues were addressed by the project through skills development and training. The community leaders attended an intensive business principles course, covering the basic principles of mining, business skills and corporate governance. The employees of the project also were empowered with relevant operational and management skills. The project had, by the time of the report, paid out dividends to the value of R20 million to the communities. Two community halls had been built with the amount of R4 million. The dividends were distributed to the six Marula communities, who spent the money obtained in this way for addressing such SED problems as infrastructure, education and enterprise development. This project is one of the few examples of CSR initiatives in South Africa. The researcher hopes that other local mining communities can learn what made this project successful. The findings of the projects show that the community and Implats have managed the challenges faced during the project and have focused on the important issues. Collaborative partnership and leadership is one of the key success factors highlighted. Kinnear and Miles (2009) agree that partnerships and local coordination between the mining industry, the government and the community are vital. Positive outcomes can be achieved by means of community‐driven initiatives. According to CSR scholars such as Muthuri (2012), CSR is a potent force for social change and poverty alleviation. The lack of CSR impact evaluation tools required addressing by Implats and the mining industry. The mining industry and the Department of Mineral Resources should work together on developing an evaluation tool by means of which to measure CSR initiatives. Doing so would assist the mining industry CSR investments to add value and to contribute to the eradication of poverty and illiteracy in the local communities.
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Těžká, Štěpána. "Vliv komunitárního programu Grundtvig na fungování institucí dalšího vzdělávání dospělých v ČR a na jimi poskytované služby." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-196524.
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The thesis evaluates the impact of the Grundtvig programme on Czech further education institutions in the medium term. The first part presents the concept of further education as a soft factor of regional development and also the applied research methods. The next section presents the Czech and European lifelong learning strategies and the programme is shown as a part of the Lifelong Learning Programme and as one of the financial instruments of the EU. The main part of the paper presents the analysis of the use of the Grundtvig programme by the Czech institutions and the impacts on them assessed by a questionnaire survey among supported institutions. The work identified a major impact on the organizations in the area of know-how transfer from abroad, while in the area of networking or creation of innovative outputs identified impacts were minimal.
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Chicheke, Aaron. "An impact evaluation of a retail business skills training programme." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10266.
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Includes bibliographical references.The South African retail industry is growing significantly and increasingly becoming an important contributor to the country's economic growth. The industry grew by 5.9 percent in 2011, in terms of sales, compared to 3.6 percent decline in 2009. According to figures provided by the Statistics South Africa (StatsSA), the industry contributed six percent to the entire South African economy and 23 percent towards total employment in the country. Despite the growing significance of the industry in the South African economy, the industry is still marred with chronic challenges of poor education and skills shortages. Major players in the industry indicated that these challenges are the main impediments to potential higher growth.
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Fiadeiro, Henrique Manuel Ribeiro. "Erasmus experience : the impact on employability and development of skills." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14804.
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Mestrado em Gestão de Recursos HumanosO programa Erasmus é um programa de mobilidade entre estudantes de diferentes países que tem aumentado a cada ano. Este programa proporciona aos estudantes intercâmbios em países diferentes que lhes proporcionam uma experiencia diferente tanto ao nível pessoal como profissional. Esta dissertação tem como objetivo analisar algumas das vantagens deste programa, nomeadamente ao nível da aprendizagem e enriquecimento de competências e o impacto que o programa pode ter ao nível da empregabilidade relativamente aos estudantes que o experienciaram. Para a elaboração desta dissertação, foi usado como amostra um grupo de 118 estudantes que tiveram uma experiencia Erasmus em países diversos. Este grupo foi submetido a um questionário que procura analisar as perceções que os mesmos têm ao nível do seu desenvolvimento de determinadas competências e ao nível das perspetivas de empregabilidade antes e apos o intercâmbio. Os Resultados permitem-nos concluir que uma experiência Erasmus provoca nos estudantes um impacto positivo relativamente à perceção no desenvolvimento de competências e perspetiva de empregabilidade no seu futuro, sendo estes os tópicos desenvolvidos em detalhe nesta dissertação.
The Erasmus Programme is a mobility programme between students from different countries that is increasing year by year. This Programme gives the students exchange experiences abroad which allows them to have a different personal and professional experience. This dissertation has the goal of analysing some of the advantages of these exchanges, especially regarding the improvement of competences and the impact on their future employability. Regarding the literature review and the facts already discovered, we used a sample of 118 students who already did Erasmus. This group of students filled a questionnaire which had as its main goal, to analyse the perceptions they have regarding the development of competences and perspectives of employability before and after their exchange. The results allow us to conclude that an Erasmus experience has a positive impact on the students, regarding the perception they have about the development of competences and perspectives of employability in their future, and these are the topics analysed during this dissertation.
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Ducharme, Claire. "Impact d'un programme d'auto-administration des médicaments en gériatrie active." Sherbrooke : Université de Sherbrooke, 2000.
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Cross, Jane. "Participant narratives on the impact of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.426262.
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Ducharme, Claire. "Impact d'un programme d'auto-administration des médicaments en gériatrie active." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 2000. http://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/2248.
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Alors que l'observance est essentielle au succès d'un traitement médical, elle fait souvent défaut. L'inobservance médicamenteuse touche plus particulièrement les personnes âgées, plus exposées à cause de la polypharmacie, des effets indésirables médicamenteux et des problèmes cognitifs. Cette recherche évalue l'impact d'un programme d'auto-administration des médicaments en gériatrie active sur l'observance médicamenteuse, les connaissances médicamenteuses et l'efficacité personnelle des personnes âgées à domicile. Les données ont été recueillies lors d'une étude longitudinale courte de type quasi expérimental. L'échantillon se compose de 50 personnes âgées, dont 25 appartiennent au groupe expérimental et 25 au groupe témoin. Les sujets des deux groupes sont appariés. L'intervention consiste en un programme au cours duquel les patients apprennent progressivement à s'administrer eux-mêmes leurs médicaments lors d'une hospitalisation en gériatrie active. Le groupe expérimental bénéficie également d'une rencontre d'information avec une pharmacienne. L'observance médicamenteuse, les connaissances médicamenteuses et l'efficacité personnelle sont mesurées à deux moments, soit avant le début du programme et environ un mois après le congé de l'hôpital."--Résumé abrégé par UMI.
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Ramsey, Duncan James. "The impact of a staff development programme to encourage reflective teaching." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275058.
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Booth, Nichola. "The impact of parental involvement in a home-based ABA programme." Thesis, Ulster University, 2016. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.766967.
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As the prevalence rate of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) continues to increase, more and more interest is being given to training the parents of children diagnosed with the disability so that they can become effective parent therapists. This thesis investigated different parent training options, focusing on a variety of skills. The aim was to understand which contingencies are relevant for effective parent training and generalisation of acquired skills. In Study 1 a questionnaire was cascaded to parents of individuals in Northern Ireland with an ASD diagnosis to understand the services and support provided following the diagnosis and to determine which services, if any, were lacking. Results showed that parents in Northern Ireland desired effective behavioural help which was not forthcoming from statutory services. From these findings Study 2 investigated the impact of a four-week intensive parent training course in the principles of behaviour analysis and strategies derived from these principles for teaching new skills and changing behaviour. Results showed that all participants, when compared to baseline data, had an increase in their understanding of behavioural principles. Lessons from Study 2 informed the design of Study 3. This time the training intensity was reduced to 10 1-hour session or 5 2-hour sessions to determine whether attendance was more consistent than was observed in Study 2. Both training events augmented the findings of those in Study 2, with all participants increasing their understanding of key behavioural principles while attendance at both events was consistent. Studies 4 and 5 examined the effectiveness of a one-day training event that focused on one behavioural technology to teach new skills. Results from Study 4 showed that all participants were able to break a skill down into the specific components and from understanding of the task analysis procedure could teach new skills. Data from Study 5 showed that traditional methods of educating adults may not be the most effective. Three conditions were used to teach parents to identify mistakes in the Discrete Trial Teaching method. The superior condition included an Animation, devised specifically for explaining Discrete Trial Teaching. The other two conditions, a PowerPoint presentation and Text were not as effective. Collectively, the findings in this thesis pave the way for effective training for families living with autism and they offer suggestions for innovative ways in how we teach behaviour analysis.
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Musonzo, Charity Priscilla. "Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Programme - impact on income of smallholder farmers." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29044.
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Agriculture is the single most important sector in Malawi due to its contribution to the economy ranging from employment creation, contribution to GDP growth to source of foreign exchange earnings. These significant contributions have necessitated the Government of Malawi to develop strategies and policies such as the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), whose main aim is to increase household incomes and reduce food insecurity and ultimately reduce poverty. It is nine years since the introduction of FISP but its results remain mixed. Using the 2009/10 Integrated Household Survey Phase 3 (IHS3) dataset, a logistic regression in a multivariate data analysis approach was used to investigate the impact of FISP on income levels and food security of rural smallholder farmers in Malawi. The analysis showed that about 82 percent of smallholder farmers live in rural areas, about 75 percent of them were males, 71 percent were married, 70 percent did not go to school and 69 percent benefited from FISP. In farming, 68 percent of these smallholder farmers had less than 1 hectare of farms, 70 percent of them had labour force of less than 5 people, 51 percent of them harvest less than 5 bags of 50kgs of maize of which 92 percent sell most of their harvested maize and 89 percent of them receive less than MK5, 000 from sales. In addition, about 99 percent of these smallholder farmers were food insecure as they save less than 1 bag of 50kgs after harvest. Only 1 percent of these smallholder farmers receive remittances and 21 percent had other income generating activities (IGAs). Demographic and socio-economic factors have no impact on these farmers capability to increase income levels and enhance their food security. There is also no statistically significant difference between FISP beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in terms of capabilities of increasing incomes and enhancing food security. It is, therefore, concluded that FISP had no significant impact on the abilities of these smallholder farmers to increase their incomes and enhancing their food security. Hence, FISP did not prove to be the best food security and poverty alleviation tool in Malawi.
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Peter, Ntombentle Cordelia. "Assessment of the impact of Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme 2002-2007." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/190.
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The study sought to assess the impact of the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme (MURP) in Buffalo City Municipality from an analytical perspective of policy making, policy implementation, strategies and results of the programme. The aim was to analyse and evaluate the policy and implementation framework underpinning the MURP within the auspices of the national Urban Renewal Programme (URP). During the course of the study, literature was reviewed with the aim of contextualizing the study, especially given the ‘controversies’ associated with urban renewal interventions globally. As far as implementation is concerned, the institutional mechanisms, the cooperative government imperatives and the community perspectives are highlighted and reported on. Lastly, the study also proposed different policy and implementation options, as well as an implementation model. This model is advocated as an option for local government consideration with the aim of resolving the urban renewal problematique.
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Kunda, Richard. "The Outcomes and Impact of a Postgraduate Physiotherapy Master's Programme on Research and Clinical Practice in Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5526.
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Philosophiae Doctor - PhDThe past decade has seen a growth in Physiotherapy schools offering postgraduate programmes in South Africa. The Republic of South Africa assists other African countries like Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia in upgrading the education of diploma-trained physiotherapists (DTPs) to Bacherlor of Science (Honours) (BSc (Hons) and Master's Degrees respectively. The three institutions offering Physiotherapy training in Cape Town make it the largest training locality for Physiotherapy in South Africa. The University of Cape Town (UCT), University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Stellenbosch University are situated within a twenty kilometre radius from each other. These schools have taken a leading role in the postgraduate training of their own PTs, and those from other developing countries. In 2007, for example, about 20% of postgraduate students in Cape Town Physiotherapy schools were from other African countries. The Department of Physiotherapy at UWC in particular has been upgrading DTPs from other African countries to BSc (Hons) and Master's degrees for the last twenty years. However, compared to the wealth of educational literature on other healthcare professions, literature on the evaluation of postgraduate Physiotherapy programmes is scarce. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes and impact of the UWC postgraduate Physiotherapy BSc (Hons) and Master's programme on clinical practice and research in East and Southern Africa. The dissertation used an explorative and descriptive theory-based evaluation approach using qualitative research methodology. The steps involved in the research process determined the choice and use of the qualitative methodology. The use of qualitative methods was undertaken to provide a comprehensive analysis of the research problem. The study had three main phases. Initially, administrative document reviews and in-depth interviews with UWC postgraduate Master's programme designers (PDs) were conducted to help develop and test the programme theory and measuring instruments (interview guides). Secondly, postgraduates were interviewed to establish and test the implementation process theory, as well as investigate perceived programme outcomes. Then focus group discussions with postgraduate students of UWC, and individual interviews with workplace supervisors of the UWC postgraduates were undertaken to investigate the perceived outcomes and impact of the UWC Master's programme. A variety of methods appropriate for the different steps or stages of the programme were employed, to ensure this evaluation exercise becomes an integrated function in which data are continuously collected and used for decision-making and programme improvement. Multiple types of data were collected to inform each phase. The researcher used purposive sampling technique to constitute the sample. The sampling technique yielded three official documents, three (3) PDs and two (2) implementers, 27 UWC postgraduates, seven (7) workplace supervisors and 30 students of UWC postgraduates. Data was collected via document analyses, in-depth interviews, telephonic in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. Qualitative data analysis occurred concurrently with data collection. Atlas Ti software version 10 was used to assist with data management. The UWC postgraduates reported acquiring knowledge of manual therapy, better management of musculo-skeletal conditions and enhanced clinical reasoning. Participants also reported career growth, pursuit of higher degrees such as PhDs, promotions, job changes from physiotherapy clinicians to educators, involvement in research and the introduction of BSc programmes in their respective countries. The current study demonstrates that the primary objective of the UWC BSc (Hons) and Master's programmes such as increasing access to physiotherapy training in Africa and empowering DTPs with research skills and knowledge of community-based rehabilitation was being realised. However, many postgraduate participants in all countries emphasised the need to include basic sciences, clinical practice and specialisation in the UWC BSc (Hons) and Master's programmes respectively. Furthermore, the participants reported that the programmes did not have much impact on management of conditions other than musculo-skeletal. On the other hand, the employers that participated in the current study identified that the UWC programmes had a positive impact on Physiotherapy education in their respective countries, producing a total of five Physiotherapy degree programmes between the year 2000 and 2014. Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia reported introducing two, one, one and two BSc Physiotherapy programmes respectively. The study also revealed moderate research activity among UWC postgraduates, a challenge most employers attributed to institutional research agendas, high patient work-load and personal strengths of postgraduate students. The students of UWC graduates who participated in the current study reported acquiring new assessment skills for musculo-skeletal conditions, enhanced treatment techniques for musculoskeletal conditions and use of evidence to guide their clinical practice. The participants also reported reduced hospital visits among patients with musculo-skeletal conditions and relatively short treatment durations. However, in all universities but one, students indicated that most lecturers had difficulty applying basic sciences during lectures. The participants also reported a lack of specialist lecturers in areas other than musculo-skeletal. This thesis focused on evaluation of the outcomes and impact of postgraduate BSc (Hons) and Master's programmes in Physiotherapy for DTPs in SADC and East Africa. While the thesis has highlighted many achievements, it has also identified training needs of DTPs that require attention. First, we recommend that the curriculum be reviewed to incorporate clinical practice and more theoretical content in the BSc (Hons) programme and that the UWC special BSc (Hons) programme be considered an RPL project to ensure the visible (documented) and nonvisible (undocumented) knowledge claimed by applicants are subjected to a form of assessment through the UWC RPL process, thus enabling the university to identify the knowledge gap that requires bridging among DTPs seeking admission to the degree programme. Second, we recommend a review of the Master's degree by coursework programme to include more theoretical and clinical practice components that would allow for specialisation.
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Legoabe, Reginald Sethole. "An Impact Assessment of the DBSA/ SALGA ICT Internship Programme: A Case Study." Thesis, North-West University (South Africa), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71530.
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The aim of this descriptive and evaluative research study is to assess the impact achieved by the DBSA/ SALGA ICT Internship Programme, a national local government internship programme that was undertaken by South African Local Government Association (SALGA) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) Development Fund in partnership with the South African Communication Forum (SACF), Department of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) and SIEMENS Ltd Training Institute.A supply-side internship programme in nature, its strategic objectives were to train and equip young South Africans with ICT skills, give youth learners workplace experience in the ICT functional area within their respective municipalities, create employment opportunities for youth and economic development for local municipalities in alleviation of scarce-critical ICT skills to capacitate the local government sector.Forty (x40) learners from Further Education and Training (FET) Colleges were recruited from various rural municipalities to undertake ICT training with SIEMENS Training Institute and given workplace experiential learning with fifteen x15 host municipalities under the banner of the South African Local Government Association. This descriptive and evaluative study is undertaken in a case study format with particular interest in the retention levels of graduate learners endowed with scarce skills in the context of the skills challenges facing the local government sector. The study also focuses on unique challenges and interventional measures that could be undertaken by designers of public education and training programmes to ensure efficiency of internship programmes and optimal benefit of publicly-funded internship programmes to youth learners. This research study not only has internal validity in terms of the operational delivery of internship programmes but also external contextual importance for publicly-funded learning and placement programmes within the larger human resources development (HRD) domain and local government sector. In the process of conducting the study, stratified random sampling is utilised due to the multi-stakeholder nature of the programme. A stratified survey sample comprising fifty percent (50%) of the total survey population of forty (40) former ICT learners who participated in the internship programme is selected whilst a sample of sixty percent (60%) of the fifteen (15) host municipalities who participated in the programme is also selected using stratified random sampling. The findings of the study indicate that participation in the DBSA/ SALGA ICT Internship Programme has positively promoted the employability of former ICT learners. All ICT learner respondents confirmed current employment within the ICT functional area. Research findings indicate that the local government sector has derived short term retention and benefit from the programme but has not been able to retain the skills of the majority of former ICT learners in the long term. Although most of the former ICT learners have since migrated out of the local government sector, most former learners are still employed in the ICT field within the public sector and to some extent in the private sector of the South African economy. The study found out that most learners were able to assimilate and find employment within their host municipalities or were able to find ICT-related employment soon after graduation. The research findings of this impact assessment study indicate that the DBSA/ SALGA ICT Internship Programme has positively transformed young inexperienced graduates into responsible young adults through the development of key life skills and work experiences to enable them to successfully navigate the path between the classroom and the challenging world of work.Mini-dissertation submitted in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the North-West University Yunibesiti Ya Bokone-Bophirima Noordwest-Universiteit Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) Human Resource Management (HRM) North-West University (NWU) Graduate School of Business & Government
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Mkandawire, Sandra. "An Impact Evaluation of the Chrysalis Academy Programme focusing on the contribution of its Outdoor Component." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30940.
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This evaluation is an impact evaluation of the Chrysalis Academy (CA) Programme. The CA programme is geared to help youth in the Western Cape develop the skills and resilience needed to transcend the prevailing poverty, inequality, unemployment and crime in their communities. Chrysalis offers a 3-month residential and 5 year After-Care programme for NEET youth aged 18-25 that includes life and vocational skills training as well as counselling and community service. The programme also includes a 2-week outdoor/wilderness component that is deemed crucial to the success of the programme. The evaluation sought to respond to two overarching groups of questions. The first group of questions assessed the long-term impact of the programme with regards to education, employment, crime, drugs as well as family and community relationships. Considering that the outdoor component is regarded as the most crucial component of the programme, the second group of evaluation questions was geared to understand the causal mechanism of the CA outdoor component to assess whether it is consistent with the logic model of successful outdoor programmes and to understand the outcomes that can be expected from this phase. A quasi-experimental impact evaluation design was used to respond to the impact evaluation questions. A database of 14,614 past applicants from the Western Cape formed the basis of a sampling frame from which a random sample of 300 past applicants who received the programme and those not selected into the programme between 2014 and 2016 was drawn. Face-to-face interviews were scheduled with 35 contacted programme recipients and 35 contacted non-selected applicants and interviews were conducted using a structured questionnaire. A final sample of 32 programme applicants and 33 non-selected applicants was analyzed. Differences in the average outcome attainment between past participants versus non-participants were then assessed after Propensity Score Weighting was used to balance the treatment and control group on key variables related to the probability of being selected into the programme. To assess the causal mechanism of the outdoor component, in-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with some success and non-success case graduates of the CA programme to assess their experience of the outdoor component and the outcomes that presented as a result. The findings of the evaluation show that the CA programme does not have long-term impact as those who did not receive the programme also attained similar positive outcomes. However, there is a possibility of short-term outcomes attainment from the outdoor component as its causal mechanism is similar to that of successful outdoor programmes. Moreover, participants, regardless of their long-term outcomes, are able to achieve the short-term outcomes expected from the outdoor component. Based on the results, CA should assess how the effect of the outdoor component and possibly other phases of the programme, can be sustained for long periods, possibly by intensifying the After-Care programme. CA should also assess the assumptions around outcomes attainment such as labor market favorability and financial sufficiency and assess how these can be addressed within the scope of the programme.
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Ganz, Véronic. "Impact des stages chez des jeunes du programme d'insertion professionnelle au secondaire." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ61754.pdf.
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Omran, Mohammed Moustafa A. "The impact of Egypt's economic reform programme on the stock market performance." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/384.
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The objective of this thesis is to highlight the Egyptian experiment concerning its economic reform programme, and to determine whether this programme has affected Egypt's stock market performance. Using 18 years of data, which covered the period 1980/8 1 to 1997/98 and incorporates time periods prior to and after adopting the economic reform programme, the thesis empirically investigates three main issues. Firstly, there is an examination of whether the Egyptian government succeeded in implementing its economic reform programme by looking to the main economic indicators: nominal interest rates, real interest rates, the inflation rate, exchange rate stability, the real GDP growth rate, per capita income and the budget deficit in Egypt after 1991, and comparing them with the same indicators prior to this period. Secondly, the thesis considers the changes in Egypt's stock market after the introduction of the economic reform programme by measuring the changes in four main dimensions: market activity, market size, market liquidity and market concentration. Thirdly, and this is the main part of the thesis, the research concentrates on examining the impact of Egypt's economic reform programme on its stock market performance. For the first two issues, several logistic regressions are performed to determine whether the data prior to 1991 can be separated from the data relating to the period after 1991. The results from this analysis indicate clearly that both type of data series witnessed dramatic changes after 1991. As to the third issue, cointegration analysis is used to model the relationship between economic reform programme variables and the stock market performance variables within an error correction model form. Generally speaking, the results from this analysis demonstrate that economic variables have an impact upon various features of market activity, market size, market liquidity and market concentration. An important observation in this thesis is that Egypt still needs to accelerate its rate of growth, as it was the only independent variable, which did not show any significant change or significant impact upon the stock market performance variables.
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Mohamed, Abdul Halim. "The impact of the Malaysian Smart Schools' Training Programme (SSTP) : teachers' perspectives." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429817.
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Ganz, Véronic. "Impact des stages chez des jeunes du programme d'insertion professionnelle au secondaire." Sherbrooke : Université de Sherbrooke, 2001.
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Genest, Lise. "Impact d'un programme d'information sur le testament biologique auprès des personnes âgées." Mémoire, Université de Sherbrooke, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/9301.
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Cette recherche s'adresse à tous ceux et celles pour qui l'humanisation des soins se situe au coeur de leurs préoccupations professionnelles et personnelles. Le présent mémoire concerne le testament biologique, un document nouveau, controversé, qui touche aux décisions en matière de soins et traitements à la fin de la vie. Le testament biologique sera abordé sous l'angle du changement des attitudes suscité par un programme d'information sur ses différents aspects, et ce, auprès d'un groupe de personnes âgées. Le lecteur trouvera, dans les pages qui suivent, des pistes de réflexion et d'information sur ce précieux document ainsi qu'une incitation à poursuivre les activités de sensibilisation déjà amorcées. Pour l'auteure de cette recherche, le testament biologique représente un moyen de se protéger contre une technologie médicale devenue parfois abusive et de remettre au malade le pouvoir de décider LUI-MEME comment il veut être traité à la fin de sa vie.
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Lopez, J. "Impact of an online EdD programme on personal development and professional practices." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2017. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3009510/.
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A professional doctorate in education degree (EdD) is a degree where students contextualize professional knowledge into a “theoretical academic framework” (Quality Assurance Agency, 2015, p. 8). This study’s context is a 100% online EdD programme in the United Kingdom (UK) comprised of students throughout the world. Because online EdD programmes are relatively new, limited knowledge exists about the online EdD phenomenon from the students’ perspectives. In effect, the student voice about the online EdD is nearly absent in the literature but should be considered. How to fulfil the primary aim of the programme, to interrelate theory and professional practice and evoke social change (Costley, 2014), also has received limited attention. Two main aims of this study are: (1) To investigate the impacts of the online EdD learning experiences and outcomes on the participants’ personal and professional development through a phenomenologically-informed lens; and (2) To advance the student voice about learning experiences in online EdD programmes. This thesis is phenomenologically-informed, which enabled an in-depth investigation and a “Textural-Structural Description” (Moustakas, 1994, p. 121). The methods to collect data were interviews and document collection, which offered response triangulation and further analysis. The study results indicated that the participants experienced emotional and social challenges (e.g., cultural and linguistic disconnections and incremental disorienting dilemmas) that the transnational higher education (TNHE) virtual learning environment (VLE) sometimes exacerbated. Five of the eight participants’ stories contained evidence of each transformative learning stage (explored further in section 4.6) (Mezirow, 1991). The majority of the participants applied new knowledge from the online EdD programme to their professional contexts to effectuate social change, which is discussed in Chapters IV-V. This study draws attention to the online EdD phenomenon and furthers the discourse about the impacts of the online EdD on students’ personal and professional development.
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Mkiva, Sisanda Michelle. "The impact of a customised management development programme on a selected organisation." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/3019.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019This study assessed the impact of a customised management development programme on the senior staff in the Cape Town branch of a logistics organisation. The study analysed the staff’s development and determined the challenges that the senior staff and middle managers were facing after the organisation had gone through a number of management changes. The organisation was committed to creating a learning culture. Thus, the organisation had embarked on a clear strategic direction to enhance the leadership skills of the mid-level managers in the business. From an impact and cost-effectiveness point of view, the focus was on the middle management to start creating a learning culture in the organisation. To gather data, this qualitative study used a questionnaire with open-ended questions sent to the middle managers of the logistics organisation. This gave the researcher the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon and to ask for clarification. The sample size used was 30 middle managers. The study found that the customisation of the management development programme aimed at the middle managers played a pivotal role in retaining staff and in increasing the performance of both the employees and the organisation. The findings showed the employees felt they could relate to operational goals and efficiencies much better after the focused intervention. The employees realised that they are an esteemed resource of the organisation, and that the success or failure of the organisation relies on the performance of the management staff of the organisation. Furthermore, in order to get employees to perform optimally and to improve their performance, they required the right tools, equipment and working environment.
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St-Pierre, Maxime. "Impact d'un programme de réadaptation sur la condition physique de patients coronariens." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/30431.
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Au Canada, les maladies cardiovasculaires (MCV) représentent la 2e cause de mortalité après le cancer. En 2008, du nombre total de mortalités liées aux MCV, 54 % étaient attribuables aux maladies coronariennes. Plusieurs programmes de réadaptation cardiaque ont été développés et leurs impacts sur la santé globale des patients sont indiscutables. Il semble également qu’une bonne condition physique soit associée à un meilleur pronostic chez les patients coronariens. Cette étude avait pour objectif d’évaluer l’impact du programme de phase 1 de Cardi-O-Forme sur la condition physique des patients coronariens. L’échantillon était composé de 23 patients coronariens ayant complété le programme de phase 1 de Cardi-O-Forme. Les données du programme ont été recueillies dans le dossier médical des sujets au service des archives du CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. Chaque sujet avait préalablement complété les 8 à 12 semaines prévues à l’intervention. Les données anthropométriques et la condition physique des participants ont été mesurés au début et à la fin de la phase 1 du programme de Cardi-O-Forme. Bien que le poids corporel des participants soit demeuré stable, on note une diminution significative de la circonférence de taille après le programme d’intervention. La capacité cardiorespiratoire des participants a augmenté de façon significative entre le début et la fin du programme. Les résultats de la présente étude démontrent que le programme de phase 1 de Cardi-O-Forme permet d’améliorer la condition physique des participants. Par conséquent, nous pouvons supposer que le programme est efficace et qu’il permet d’améliorer le pronostic des participants.In Canada, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the second cause of mortality close behind cancer. Considering all CVD mortality in 2008, 54 % were caused by coronary heart disease (CHD). For many years, many cardiac rehabilitation programs have been developed and their impact on health is well recognized. Also, it seems that an increased in cardiorespiratory fitness could be associated with a better cardiovascular risk factors. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of a regional cardiac rehabilitation program (named as Cardi-O-Forme) on exercise capacity in patients with CHD. A total of 23 subjects with a clinical diagnosis of CHD were included in this study. Patients enrolled in the Cardi-O-Forme program trained for 8 to 12 weeks. Data were collected at the Chicoutimi hospital. Anthropometric parameters, lipids profile and physical fitness were collected before and after the completion of the Cardi-O-Forme program. Waist circumference was significantly decreased after the Cardi-O-Forme program. Cardiorespiratory fitness was also significantly improved after the cardiac rehabilitation program. Results of the present study demonstrate that exercise training in Cardi-OForme program significantly improved exercise capacity. As improvement in exercise capacity is associated with a decreased in predicted mortality, we hypothesised that the Cardi-O-Forme program may improve the prognostic of the patients.
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Muuka, Nkombo. "The impact of Zambia's 1983-1993 structural adjustment programme on business strategy." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/20050.
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As Zambia entered the 1980s with its economy continuing to weaken further at every turn, it eventually dawned on policy makers and implementers that the buoyant copper years of the previous decade and half may never come back. Although the country had stand-by-agreements (SBAs) with the IMF from as far back as 1973, there was still hope in the decade that followed that the copper-led problems were transitory. By 1983 these hopes could no longer be sustained, as the country's growth engine -copper - assumed impossible-to-ignore sputtering levels. In came the structural adjustment programme (SAP), whose inevitability and necessity this study completely identifies with. Among the major objectives of Zambia's SAP have been and continue to be: diversification away from copper by promoting non-copper, non-traditional exports; reduction or elimination of balance of payments (BOP) deficits; switching production from non-tradables to tradables and, ultimately, resumption of higher rates of economic performance. Reduction in the level of inflation, reduction in government budget deficits, and reduction in the level of unemployment have also occupied the front rank in the country's recovery efforts. This study - from a Business Policy background by a management scholar - has looked at the impact of Zambia's 1983-93 SAP on manufacturing sector business strategy. It uses as its main contribution, results of an empirical study of the impact of SAP on 43 manufacturing firms in Zambia. At the macro-level, the fundamental causes of Zambia's structural crisis are found to be quite diverse and complex. Some causes are rooted in history, some in nature, some in the external environment, and yet others in wrong domestic policies. Structural rigidities in the economy are found to be largely un-altered despite a 10-year attempt at adjustment. The economy is also plagued by what we have called here the 4-D Syndrome - that is Debt, Drought, Dependence on primary exports and imported raw materials, and Disease.
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Ngxata, Thabile. "The impact of the Mdantsane urban renewal programme on socio-economic development." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12593.
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Urban Renewal which originates in the concept of Local Economic Development (LED) has in recent years gained much global acceptance as a strategy to improve certain areas that are poorly developed in order to improve the quality of lives of the local residents. South Africa have adopted the Urban Renewal approach and ever since, a number of national centres have been targeted for urban renewal activities. The Buffalo City Municipality (BCMM) implemented the Mdanstane Urban Renewal Programme (MURP) which is essentially the case study of this research. Despite the government instituting the Integrated Development Planning (IDP), Buffalo City still remains one of South Africa’s poorest metropolitan areas, with a relatively high unemployment and crime rate compared to other metropolitan cities in the country (Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality,2012). The study, therefore, sought to empirically analyse the effectiveness of the URP as an initiative of Integrated Development Planning (IDP) particularly on how it has addressed socio-economic pathologies such as poverty and inequality rampant in the area of study. The Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme was used to monitor and evaluate the impact it had on the communities and the municipality. The study used a mixed methods or triangulation approach as both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used in determining the effect of the MURP on local development as well as in exploring the different perceptions and challenges facing the programme. The data that was gathered was analysed both quantitatively using frequency tables and graphs, and qualitatively based on the key themes that emerged. The research established that whilst the MURP has scored some gains in refurbishing the area of study, there are still various challenges inherent in the MURP such as its non-inclusiveness, lack of transparency, accountability and the lack of real benefits accruing in the local communities. Thus, this research recognised a need for a more inclusive and pro-poor urban development framework that promotes local citizen participation, accountability, sustainability and equity in resource distribution and allocation, in order to improve the livehoods of the local people in Mdantsane.
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Mafu, Nozipho. "The socio-economic impact of a food production programme: Qamata irrigation scheme." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7772.
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Irrigation Schemes were introduce to be hub for food production and provision of job opportunities for rural communities. The idea also focused on provision of water in most dry areas but with potential soil for production. The introduction of government food security program came as means to achieve these objectives by subsidizing farmers with inputs and mechanical operations so as to reduce cost of production. This paper analyses the social and economic impact of massive food program in changing the lives of communities at Qamata Irrigation scheme. The data were collected from households who were beneficiaries of massive food program at Qamata Irrigation scheme and analysed using a descriptive statistics. The results show that socio-economic factors which include storage facilities, access to markets channels, land acquisition and size, change in income limit the ability of farmers to produce and sell productively, since they cannot store their produce for better market prices and are also limited in terms of available market. They are forced to sell at local village level on credit or have their produce loss in poor storage facilities. Qamata irrigation scheme had limited access to formal markets and market information.
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Satumba, Takunda. "Evaluating the impact of social grants and the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) on poverty reduction in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5271.
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Magister Commercii - MComGiven that poverty has remained one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa, an in-depth understanding of the poverty reduction measures implemented by government is necessary. It is important to understand the efficacy of these social protection programmes as huge amounts of government spending is allocated towards it. This paper analyses the impact of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) and social grants as some of the social protection measures implemented by the South African government. Literature reviewed in this paper reveals that these anti-poverty measures have contributed significantly towards the reduction of poverty levels in South Africa. The study analyses each social protection measure and uses the Income and Expenditure Survey data (2010/11) and EPWP phase 1 national data to analyse social grants and EPWP respectively. The income decomposition technique is used to analyse household income and the results of the impact of social grants on poverty are presented using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke indices. However, only the results of the prevalence of poverty (headcount) are explained in this study. The results show that social grants have significantly reduced poverty levels in areas with high poverty rates such as the Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces, amongst the African population, in female-headed households, and in rural areas. For EPWP, an estimate of the impact on poverty is done by assessing the number of poor participants who were involved in the programme. Also, the duration of the project is determined and the results indicate that most projects were short lived and did not ensure a consistent provision of income for the participants. Furthermore, the Ordinary Least Squares regression model is used to analyse how expenditure allocation for the programme affects work opportunities produced. Such an investigation is done based on the different sectors in which projects are implemented as well as provincial distributions.
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Signoretta, Paola E. "Sustainable development in marginal regions of the European Union : an evaluation of the Integrated Mediterranean Programme Calabria, Italy." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318294.
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Mamburu, David Nyadzani. "The evaluarion of the impact of a community empowerment programme on rural communities." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2000. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03122007-133235.
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Adeyanju, Oludamilola Adetomi. "Evaluating the impact of a family planning programme on women's outcomes in Nigeria." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22433/.
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Nearly 80% of women in reproductive age (15-49), in Nigeria do not use modern contraceptives and despite the implementation of several family planning (FP) programmes, uptake and use of modern contraception in Nigeria remains constrained by a limited access and weak service delivery especially among the poorest. In 2009, the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) was introduced in 6 Nigerian cities. The programme aimed at increasing the use of modern contraceptive in the programme areas. This thesis attempts to evaluate and measure the impact of the NURHI on modern contraceptive use in Nigeria between 2009 and 2014. We use data collected before and after the programme and the Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey(NDHS). We start the analysis by briefly describing our data and then assess the impact of the NURHI programme on two outcomes of interest. We also assess the effects of the programme on three key groups of women in both outcome of interests using a reflexive comparison approach. We then proceed to assessing the changes in modern contraceptive use in programme participants and the contribution of compositional changes to those trends. We use a binary variable adaptation of the Oaxaca decomposition method (Fairlie) and evaluate the contribution of socioeconomic and other individual factors to the changes in contraceptive use over time and finally we apply the difference-in difference (DID) estimation method to evaluate the causal effects of the programme of modern contraceptive use in Nigeria. Results show an increase in modern contraceptive use in the programme areas over time. Our reflexive analysis result also reveal that there is an impact of the programme on the outcomes of interest that we measure in certain groups of women. Our decomposition analysis also show that while wealth and education are important determining factors of modern contraceptive use pre-programme, their contribution post-programme reduces substantially. Pre-programme it is mainly women with higher education who use modern contraception because of greater autonomy, financial ability, social interaction and access to FP services however the programme appears to help close the socioeconomic gaps in modern contraceptive use over time. In particular, the NURHI reduces the strength of the link between contraceptive use, and education and wealth, and increases women's empowerment and decision-making regarding contraception. Our impact analysis also show that even after account for other family planning and education programmes in Nigeria, the NURHI programme had a positive impact on the changes that we observe in modern contraceptive use in Nigeria. Overall, our findings suggest that the introduction of the programme is positively correlated to the changes in modern contraceptive in Nigeria and findings has certain implications for policy and programme makers in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan especiallyinregardstothefuture designing and implementation of family planning health programmes in the region.
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Vilane, Nomcebo Serrah. "Assessing the impact of the Municipal Financial Minimum Competency Programme on expenditure management." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77897.
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Municipal expenditure management is critical for leveraging the overall effective performance of the Department of Local Government. This research assessed the impact of the municipal financial minimum competency programme on expenditure managementin five local municipalities in the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality (Bojanala Platinum). These five local municipalities are: Moretele, Madibeng, Moses Kotane, Kgetlengrivier and Rustenburg. The study, which was based on the quantitative research approach, was conducted by using the prescribed financial ratios of the National Treasury (2014) to assess the impact of the municipal financial minimum competency programme on expenditure management in the five local municipalities in Bojanala Platinum. The research findings demonstrated some of the local municipalities striving to bring the ratios for their capital expenditure to total expenditure within the prescribed National Treasury’s (2014:1) norm of 10%–20%. Such quests were found to be accompanied by initiatives to control the ratios on the capital expenditure budget implementation indicator, as well as the operating expenditure budget implementation indicator within the National Treasury’s (2014:1) norm of 95%–100%. Findings further indicated significant efforts being made by some of the local municipalities to manage their current ratios. However, despite these improvements, it became evident that, even after the implementation of the municipal minimum competency programmes, most of the local municipalities are still grappling with the challenge of managing irregular, fruitless, wasteful and unauthorised expenditures. Higher rates of irregular, fruitless, wasteful and unauthorised expenditures were found to be exacerbated by poor budget implementation, resulting in either overspending or underspending. This view was echoed by signs of improvement in local municipalities, such as the Rustenburg Local Municipality, not being easily discernible – even after the implementation of the municipal minimum competency programmes. Incidents of over or underspending were still fully prevalent. Combined with the increasing difficulties of managing and maintaining the appropriate liquidity position, these situations affected the efficiency of municipal expenditure management and budget implementation. The analysis of the Auditor-General’s reports of the financial years 2007/2008, 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 for all the local municipalities in Bojanala Platinum District attributed to some of the causes of the challenges in deficient internal control systems, inaccuracy of budgeting, poor governance, lack of leadership, oversight, poor working capital management and poor records management. These internal conditions have obviously affected the extent to which the implementation of the municipal minimum competency requirements in the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality has impacted on the improvement of the municipal expenditure management. To discern new strategies through which the implementation of the municipal minimum competency requirements in the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality can be improved, it is argued that the North West Provincial Treasury should consider developing effective internal control systems, as well as a centralised Bojanala Platinum District Municipality procurement system. These systems should be accompanied by the enforcement of the principles of good governance, so as to curtail corruption and unethical practices. Furthermore, the North West Provincial Treasury should emphasise the need for the municipal officials’ working capital management skills and competencies for upholding financial ethics, training and development. These skills sets should be accompanied by the development of the skills and competencies critical for edifying effective budget development and implementation. Future research can opt to explore the constraints involved in the implementation of the municipal minimum competency programmes.Dissertation (MAdmin)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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Du, Preez H. (Hannelie). "The impact of a Corporate Wellness Programme on employee wellness, motivation and absenteeism." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30567.
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In today's world of work, change can be seen as a given. For companies to not only survive but to thrive, they need resilient and healthy employees. Healthy employees can deal more effectively with stress, which result from increases in work overloads, work pressure and job insecurity. They are more productive, deliver higher work output, and cope better with higher work demands. Studies show that people, who maintain a healthy lifestyle through regular exercise and healthy eating, have much fewer weight-related medical expenses, and are thus generally in better health. Poor health, on the other hand, results in higher absence from work, lower productivity and lower morale. This has a snowball effect in organisations, because the absence of unhealthy employees exacerbates the stress and work overload of those employees who are present at work and, in turn, negatively impact their morale. The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of a physical wellness programme (referred to as a Corporate Wellness Programme or CWP) on employee absenteeism and motivation within a specific company. The evaluation was conducted using a mixed method approach. It was performed on the pilot study of the CWP. Hundred and thirteen people participated on a voluntary basis. The programme ran over six months (December 2008 to May 2009). A health risk assessment (HRA) includes glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol tests and a body mass index (BMI) and was conducted on all the participants before they embarked on the programme, as well as after completing the programme. The pre- and post-tests of the health risk assessment were statistically compared to evaluate whether participation in the programme affected the physical health of the participants. After the programme, focus group discussions were held with a sample of 36 of the 113 participants to assess their experience of the programme. Absenteeism data were used as an indirect measure to determine the impact of the programme on absenteeism. The results from the health risk assessments indicated that the systolic blood pressure and cholesterol levels were significantly lower after the programme. From the focus group discussions it appeared that participants reported less absenteeism from work due to illness. They further reported an improvement in their mood, attitude toward work, sleeping patterns, eating habits and sense of overall wellbeing during participation in the programme. Based on the results of health risk assessments, it seems if the CWP had some positive impact on employee state of wellness. Copyright 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Du Preez, H 2010, The impact of a Corporate Wellness Programme on employee wellness, motivation and absenteeism, MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02222012-115232 / > C12/4/191/gmDissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Pillay, Vasanti. "Evaluation of the impact of the integrated food and nutrition programme in Kungwini." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29007.
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The poor in South Africa encounter many obstacles that impact negatively on their wellbeing. These include high rates of unemployment and a lack of financial and material resources. The poor living in informal settlements dwell in conditions that have an adverse impact on family health, due to malnutrition and food insecurity. Post 1994, many poverty alleviation programmes, including the Integrated Food and Nutrition Programme (IFNP) sought to improve the lives of the poor. The objective of the IFNP was to address poverty in Kungwini by increasing household food and income to enable poor households to attain a better standard of living. The purpose of this research is to evaluate whether the IFNP had achieved its objective to reduce poverty in Kungwini and whether programme implementation was effective. Social development, a process of planned social change to promote the well-being of the population, including economic development, formed the theoretical base for the research study. Social development aims to link the promotion of human welfare and economic development, and to make development socially relevant. Policies and programmes such as the IFNP aim to enhance people’s welfare and contribute to economic development. The literature study included the impact of global and national poverty on poor households in terms of poverty levels and unemployment. Gender discrimination and the social marginalization of vulnerable groups which include children, the youth, the aged and the disabled poor, social justice for the poor and the gap between the formal and informal sectors informed the research process. The crucial need for collaborative partnerships to address poverty issues is stressed, including the involvement of the poor in policy processes that impact on their wellbeing and the importance of reviewing policy implementation processes through regular programme evaluation. Poverty challenges include skills development for employment; food security; and policy reforms to ensure effective service delivery. Appropriate skills development should be identified in consultation with the poor. It is imperative that policy makers are equipped with adequate policy development skills to develop stakeholder participation. Efficient communication between relevant departments and community organisations will maintain the collaborative partnership. Public policy implementation and project management remain inter-dependent processes. Public poverty policies are based on the specific Department’s focus. Consequently, fragmented services are rendered by various public sectors, targeting the similar beneficiaries. The IFNP is evaluated against essential policy requirements to create an enabling service delivery environment and programme coordination. This includes good governance, transparency, public participation, and sustainable policy implementation. Achieving a balance between effective service delivery; adequate resources, and efficient monitoring and evaluation processes highlight the principles of successful poverty policies. Evaluation research with a combined qualitative and quantitative research approach was utilized to gather data to evaluate the impact of the IFNP to reduce poverty in Kungwini. The collective case study design was used for the qualitative research and data was collected through focus group interviews. A questionnaire was the data collection method for the quantitative research. The research results indicated that the IFNP’s objective to address poverty in Kungwini required interactive participation from relevant departments and community organisations. The collaborative partnership is essential to address poverty effectively. Research findings include the need to equip the poor with relevant skills for the job market, or to develop their own businesses. Youth mentoring is essential to enable the youth to pursue future goals. Small scale farmers should be trained with improved farming methods. Access to financial institutions and trading markets would improve the economic circumstances of the informal sector. Collaborative partnerships with a range of stakeholders, including the poor, would ensure effective service delivery through shared responsibilities. Service delivery should be based on achievable goals and effective communication strategies. Public policy developers require adequate policy development knowledge and policy implementation skills to ensure cost-effective policy processes. The research recommendations indicate that the Integrated Model is more cost effective than the Organizational Model to reduce poverty as it includes stakeholder involvement in policy development and policy advocacy. Maintaining communication between relevant departments and community organizations remain key policy requirements. Ensuring personnel training in practical project management skills is an essential policy necessity. Appropriate skills development should be identified in consultation with the poor. Efficient communication between relevant departments and community organizations will maintain the collaborative partnership. Policy implementation processes should be regularly reviewed to address policy constraints. Personnel training include policy and practical project management skills to ensure transparency and cost-effective service delivery. Addressing policy constraints through alternative policy options will ensure programmes are on track to achieve policy goals and objectives.Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Miles, Jean. "The impact of a career development programme on career maturity and academic motivation." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/143.
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The present study addresses the problems experienced by South African youth in making effective, informed career decisions. The goal of this study was to determine the effect of a career intervention programme on the career maturity and academic motivation of Grade 11 learners at Alphendale High School. Furthermore, the relationship between career maturity and academic motivation was explored. Using a pre-post test quasi-xperimental design it could be demonstrated that different dimensions of the learners’ career maturity and their academic motivation improved subsequent to the career intervention programme and therefore underscored the value of a career intervention programme.
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Mbana, Phiwe Thando Vuyo. "A social work study on the impact of legislation on the practice of Employee Assistance Programmes in the South African mining industry." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05062009-153805.
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Omodara, G. (Gbotemi). "Impact of antenna type on mimo performance in mobile terminals." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2014. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201405291583.
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Nowadays, wireless device users engage in various forms of wireless applications and services. Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system technology, which involves multiple uses of antennas at both the transmitter and the receiver side of wireless channel, can be used to improve the wireless channel capacity without any need for extra spectrum in the rich scattering environment. The MIMO technology is regarded as a fundamental component for this new emerging wireless communication Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. However, as a result of short distance between the antennas in the small mobile terminals, the total antenna efficiency gets reduced and the mutual coupling that exists between the MIMO antenna elements also becomes very high which lead to high Envelope Correlation Coefficient (ECC). This Master’s thesis aims to study the impact of antenna type on the ECC for a two antenna system in a typical mobile terminal sized device (ground plane) by using different configurations of antenna placement. The mobile antennas are to operate in LTE band 3 (from 1.710 GHz to 1.880 GHz) and LTE band 20 (from 0.791GHz to GHz 0.862 GHz).
This thesis has been addressed by first introducing the fundamental theory of antennas. It is followed with description of effect on ground plane due to different mobile antenna structures and as a last part on the basics of LTE and LTE-Advanced components, focusing on the concept of multiple antennas design on mobile terminal. In this thesis, three types of antenna structures have been considered: Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA), monopole and loop antennas. The designs and simulations of the antenna structures have been performed using CST Microwave studio software.
The two antenna systems showed better performance when one antenna is located at the bottom of the ground plane with feed at the corner and the second antenna is placed perpendicularly at the top with feed positioned on the same side of the ground plane as the bottom antenna. ECC values of less than 0.2 in LTE band 3 and less than 0.49 in LTE band 20 were obtained. The study shows that good efficiency and low ECC (low mutual coupling) can be achieved from the placement of the MIMO antennas on the ground plane. In consideration to future work, the results in this thesis can serve as helpful information in multi-antenna designs for mobile terminals.
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Prinsloo, Jané. "The impact of a Go MAD training programme on students' self-regulation / Jané Prinsloo." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2316.
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Phiri, Fletcher Mngongonda. "The impact of an HIV/AIDS education intervention programme in primary schools in Malawi." Thesis, Keele University, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602807.
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Background: AIDS is the leading cause of preventable death in Malawi. Increasingly young people of primary school age are becoming infected with HIV due to a lack of basic knowledge about the disease and its prevention, compounded by socio-historical factors such as cultural norms about sex and the social position of girls and women. Education is considered therefore a key prevention strategy. This study investigated whether a specially designed AIDS education, delivered by specifically trained teachers, with active involvement and participation of adults and peers, would improve pupils' understanding of AIDS and help them to adopt positive attitudes towards sex and sexual practices and behaviours. Methods: Two rural and two urban primary schools were selected to be control or intervention schools. Teachers were recruited and specially trained. Pupils from classes 6, 7 and 8 participated. Parents and the wider community of the intervention schools were involved. Knowledge, attitudes, and self-reports of adopting protective sexual behaviours were tested pre- and post-intervention. Additional data was collected in interviews. Attendances at HIV clinic were monitored, and data were collected on marriage and pregnancy rates. Results: 366 pupils completed the study. The mean scores for all study groups significantly improved in the course of the study (p
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Davis, Lauren (Lauren Jodi). "An impact assessment of a current inpatient alcohol rehabilitation programme in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53265.
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Assignment (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the South African context, research on the impact of alcohol rehabilitation is particularly limited. This study aimed at describing the impact of the alcohol rehabilitation programme offered at Neuro Clinic D, Stikland Hospital. Outcome was assessed at 12-15 months with the objective of exploring the perceptions and experiences of the ex-patients to ascertain whether there has been an improvement in psychological well-being and positive lifestyle changes. The study was motivated by a request made by the staff at Neuro Clinic D; as such an investigation has never been conducted. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used to gather data from 44 out of the 166 ex-patients admitted to Neuro Clinic D between January and June 2002. The relationships between the rate of relapse and age, gender, marital status, employment status, previous rehabilitation, health problems, police contact, aftercare attendance, participation in the 3- or 4- week programme and other medication/substance abuse were explored. While no statistically significant relationships were found between any of the variables, some evidence of interaction emerged with regards to the relationships between relapse status and participation in the 3- or 4-week programme, aftercare attendance, employment and marital status. The qualitative analysis revealed four central themes, namely coping mechanisms; responses to specific components of the programme; confounding factors and the impact of the programme. An integration of the quantitative and qualitative data supports the conclusion that while there was a low rate of consistent abstinence, the respondents reported an overall post-treatment improvement in psychological well-being and positive lifestyle changes.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Navorsing op die impak van alcohol rehabilitasie is besonder beperk in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. Hierdie studie het ten doelom die impak van die alcohol rehabilitasie program, gebied deur Neuro Kliniek D, Stikland Hospitaal, te beskryf. Die uitkoms is bepaal na 12-15 maande deur die persepsies en envaringe van eks-pasiente te ondersoek om sodoende vas te stelof daar verbetering was in sielkundige welstand en of positiewe leefstyle veranderinge aangegaan is. Die betrokke studie is gemotiveer deur 'n versoek gerig deur die personeel van Neuro Kliniek D, aangesien so 'n ondersoek nog nooit vantevore gedoen is nie. Beide kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe metodologieë is gebruik om data in te samel van 44 die 166 eks-pasiente toegelaat tot Neuro Kliniek D tussen Januarie en Junie 2002. Die korrelasie/verhouding tussen die terugvalkoers en ouderdom, geslag, huwelikstatus, werkstatus, vonge rehabilitasie, gesondheidsprobleme, polisie kontak, nasorg bywoning, deelname in die 3- of 4-week program en ander medikasie/substans misbruik is ondersoek. Terwyl geen statisties beduidende verhoudinge gevind is tussen enige van die veranderlikes nie, is daar wel aanduidings van interaksie met betrekking tot die verhouding tussen terugvalstatus en deelname aan die 3- of 4- week program, nasorg bywoning, werkstatus en huwelikstatus. Die kwalitatiewe analise het 4 sentrale temas onthul, naamlik, hanteringsmeganismes; response tot spesifieke komponente van die program; verydelende faktore en die impak van die program. 'n Integrasie van die kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe data steun die gevolgtrekking dat alhoewel daar 'n lae voorkoms was van volgehoue onthouding, die respondente wel 'n algemene verbetering in sielkundige welstand en postiewe leefstyle veranderinge na behandeling gerapporteer het.
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Vander, Weele Kenneth D. "Micro-finance impact assessment and methodology : evidence from a Christian development programme in Honduras." Thesis, Open University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.412403.
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Schneider, Sue. "The impact of assessment on an English as a Foreign Language academic reading programme." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340780.
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Abu, Alghaib Ola. "Impact of the Palestinian National Cash Transfer Programme on persons with disabilities' independent living." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2018. https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/67654/.
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This thesis aims to contribute to current policy and academic debates on the impact of cash transfers, as an essential pillar of social protection policy, on persons with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries. It is one of the first studies to specifically explore cash transfer schemes' potential contribution to persons with disabilities’ independent living, pursuant to Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A qualitative country case study approach, with both descriptive and explanatory purposes, was adopted. Multiple lines of evidence were used to examine the Palestinian National Cash Transfer Programme, combining collection and analysis of primary and secondary data through document study, expert interviews, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews. This thesis draws on the transformative social protection framework, emphasising the aim of enhancing the rights and social status of the marginalised, thereby reducing their economic and social vulnerability. It argues that social protection for persons with disabilities should adopt a ‘transformative’ approach to support equity, social justice, and empowerment. The necessary components of an inclusive social protection policy are suggested, transcending the traditional medical or charitable conceptualisations of persons with disabilities. The thesis highlights the complexity of addressing disability through cash transfer programmes, especially when political, structural, and resource factors are also influential. The main argument is that ad hoc responses to persons with disabilities’ needs in cash transfer programmes are insufficient to deliver a sustainable and positive impact on their wellbeing and independent living. The evidence suggests that policy interventions to address persons with disabilities’ independent living rights must focus on institutional, social, and political structures, rather than just income. Cash transfers are one policy solution to partially enhance persons with disabilities’ autonomy and life choices. However, social protection interventions should extend beyond poverty alleviation social transfers, with broader services than cash. Adopting wide-ranging measures should assure persons with disabilities of equal access to support and mainstream social services, promote their independence, and reduce social exclusion.
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McCartney, Jane Alison. "Experiential learning in an undergraduate BPHARM programme: impact of an intervention on academic achievement." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/19037.
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The extended role of today’s pharmacist with the emphasis on patient-focused care has highlighted the need for increased exposure of undergraduate pharmacy students to experiential learning in patient-centred environments, and additional skills development in therapeutics, problem solving and clinical decision making. At the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), final year pharmacy students complete a university-coordinated, hospital-based, structured experiential learning programme (ELP) for the exit-level module, Pharmacology4. However, the students consistently experience difficulties in the application of pharmacological knowledge during the transition from lecture-based learning to the patient-focused clinical setting. The student population at the NMMU is diverse, with varied cultural, ethnic, language and secondary level education backgrounds, as well as different learning preferences and approaches. The extent to which these factors affect academic achievement in the experiential learning environment is unknown. Central research question The central research question for this study was therefore, “What would be the effect of an intervention aimed at supporting undergraduate pharmacy students during clinical placements, on academic achievement in, and student attitudes towards, experiential learning programmes (ELP)?” In order to explore the research question, several factors which may influence academic achievement in ELPs were investigated, namely: academic achievement (pre-university, in the BPharm programme and, in pharmacology); the admission route into the BPharm programme and the subsequent rate of academic progression; English reading comprehension ability; learning styles; problem solving ability; the extent to which students are prepared for application of knowledge in the ELP, in terms of assessment methods used prior to the final year and previous pharmacy work-based experience. In addition, the students’ lived experience of the ELP was explored, and the need for, and nature of, an intervention was determined. The research was based in a pragmatic paradigm, using an advanced mixed methods approach. An intervention-based, two-phase, quasi-experimental design was employed with an initial exploratory Preliminary Phase (in 2013) preceding the larger experimental framework (Phases One and Two, in 2014 and 2015 respectively). The research design was primarily quantitative, with pre- and post- testing conducted before and after the ELP. The ELP was completed by the comparator cohort in Phase One and the experimental cohort in Phase Two. Supplementary qualitative data was collected before, during and after the ELP. The intervention, in the form of supplementary academic support sessions, was developed from the qualitative data using an iterative approach, and implemented during the ELP in Phase Two. Attitudes and expectations of the students towards the hospital-based ELP were generally positive and realistic. Areas of concern included the difficulties experienced in the application and integration of pharmacological knowledge, both in the clinical setting and the clinical case study-based assessments; students feeling overwhelmed, inadequate and inferior in the clinical environment, compounded by an absence of clinical pharmacists as role models; and feeling unprepared for patient-focused care. The qualitative data strongly supported the need for supplementary academic support sessions. The intervention was developed and implemented in Phase Two, using patient case-based, active learning strategies. The majority of students (91.0%; n = 104) reported improved case analysis skills. A statistically significant (p = .030, Cohen’s d = 0.34) improvement was noted in the summative Pharmacology4 assessment marks obtained by the experimental cohort post-intervention, although of small practical significance. Predictors of academic achievement in the ELP were found to be language, specifically English reading comprehension skills, academic achievement in the BPharm programme and pharmacology, the university admission score, the rate of academic progression, and problem solving ability. Previous pharmacy-based work experience and assessment questions requiring application of knowledge were also found to influence achievement in the ELP. The need for an intervention in the form of supplementary academic support sessions was confirmed. The intervention was subsequently developed and successfully implemented, with student-reported self-perceived improvements in patient case analysis skills. These positive findings were supported by quantitative data which showed a statistically significant improvement in academic achievement in the ELP. Several predictors of academic achievement in the ELP were identified, and invaluable insight was gained into the nature of the difficulties experienced by pharmacy students in the transition from lecture-based learning to experiential learning in patient-focused environments.
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Naicker, Ravindran. "Collaboration between business schools and organisations to maximise the impact of the MBA programme." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22808.
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Despite numerous successes and appreciable advantages of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, the reputation of the MBA has deteriorated in the eyes of businesses, as its relevance has been questioned and businesses often fail to see students applying acquired skills practically back at work.While previous research has focussed on the experience and opinions of MBA students themselves, this research sought insights of businesses and business schools, specifically considering the value of collaborative relationships for strengthening the MBA’s impact.This research aimed to understand how collaboration can improve the impact of the MBA, first by affirming the successes of the MBA, confirming its importance to business and then exploring current challenges. Previous initiatives have been unsuccessful in reviving the MBA’s ailing reputation, as they were isolated initiatives, lacking the support and involvement of other MBA stakeholders.This research, therefore, investigated the requirements for a collaborative relationship to be willingly entered into and sustained, looking particularly at in-house programmes which were successful in encouraging collaboration and involvement of stakeholders.From the research findings, the Collaborative Impact Model was designed to set out how a collaborative relationship can be established and maintained, optimising the impact of the MBA while also minimising its many challenges.Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Osuafor, Chikelue Eprhaim. "An investigation of the impact of an empowerment programme in a Cape Town township." University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5198.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)The concept of empowerment has become a mantra in the development discourse as a result of the redefinition of development to entail building the capacity of the people to effect change in their lives. This study is an attempt to provide insight into the impact of empowerment activity of Zonkee Community Development Centre on the participants. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research method the study illuminated on the aim and objectives of the study. The World Bank empowerment framework guided the collection of data and the data was analysed in relation to the study aim and objectives. The study findings indicate that Zonkee Community Development Centre through its activity endowed and increased different resource base of the participants and subsequently their individual growth and development. More importantly, the resources they were endowed with aided their ability to make choices and decisions that reflect their value and interest. Furthermore, the findings of the study shows that access to resources which include material and development of sense of self is indispensable for empowerment to take place. In other words power over resources without power within will fall short of bringing about requisite empowerment experience. Nevertheless, the findings point to the complexity of empowerment and unpredictability of empowerment outcomes with regards to choice making. The findings of the study in its entirety indicate that empowerment efforts by civil society group have the potential to diminish sense of powerlessness and enhance capacity of the poor to control their lives.
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Callaghan, Mary. "The impact of the academy schools programme on the secondary education of one community." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2417/.
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This thesis explores the Academy Schools Programme introduced by the Labour Government in 2000 as part of its drive to raise educational standards in English inner cities. It examines the philosophies of that programme and traces their roots of in the 19th Century philosophies, traditions and policies of the English education system. The study focuses on one community in the North of England and the post war history of education in that community culminating in the opening of an Academy school (Northtown Academy) in September 2006. It traces the development of Northtown Academy from an insider perspective between 2002 and 2006 and moves to an analysis of the Academy between 2006 and 2010 through a study of its policy documents and associated media reports. The study is unusual in that so far most research on the Academy Programme has focused on issues concerning such things as sponsorship, finance, exclusions and curriculum/faith concerns. The historical aspect of the research is based on extensive reading of mainly secondary sources as well as government and local government publications. It looks at whose voices dominated in the development of the Academy Programme and whose voices went unheard. The transition to an Academy is examined in detail with a description of the internal voices of the school seeking to use the Academy process to regenerate a community. The research then traces the tensions between this agenda and the school improvement agenda of the sponsors of the new Academy. It describes the key players promoting the faith sponsorship of the school and contends that their voices are much less in the public domain than policy makers of the past. The main conclusion of the thesis is that Northtown Academy was a missed opportunity to promote a dynamic, democratic model of community regeneration and raises questions about the extent to which working class state education continues to be influenced by assumptions that have been inherited from the past.
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Nkonki, Pamela. "The impact of the expanded public works programme on poverty in Amathole district municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020762.
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The study aimed at analysis the South African government’s attempt to reduce poverty through alleviation and reduction of unemployment. The study analyses this using Ngqushwa Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The introduction of labour intensive projects of government in infrastructural development, under auspices of the Department of Public Works, has brought a relief in addressing unemployment and poverty in the country. While the provision of these short-term based jobs is life-saving, the question is whether or not these projects (EPWP) will provide a sustainable solution to unemployment and poverty with the skills and information they provide to the employees. To achieve this aim the study used both qualitative and quantitative research methodology. First, a literature review on the Expanded Public Works Programme was done. Secondly, policy review on poverty and conservation was done. A small sample size of sixteen people was selected using purposive sampling, targeting ten beneficiaries of EPWP, three Municipal managers and three Departmental managers that were involved in EPWP. Firstly, I wanted to know how many people participated in the EPWP initiatives in the Amathole District Municipality between 2008 and 2012. Secondly, what training was provided to people that were temporarily employed on the EPWP projects and what recruitment tools were used to recruit EPWP employees. Thirdly, to find out how many were able to find permanent employment after the EPWP projects in Amathole District Municipality communities were completed. Fourthly, has the EPWP benefited the poorest of the targeted areas and redressing racial imbalances? It is clear that EPWP is appreciated by some of the beneficiaries who do not have better school qualifications as they make significant, short-term contribution to their livelihoods and, than those who have better qualifications especially the youth, who claimed that this programme is partly wasting their time as they were looking for permanent jobs, and in South Africa age restriction is one of the problems that the people were facing when looking for a job. The study proposes that the government should make a physical relief on poverty and employment reduction by making this programme a permanent job.