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Oostenbrink, Johann Wilhelm. "Korporatiewe spiritualiteit en kleingroepleierskap / Johann Wilhelm Oostenbrink." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1441.
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Englund, Emil. "Folkberedskapens ombudsverksamhet : och korporatismens roll under beredskapstiden." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-9144.
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Uppsatsen undersöker Statens informationsstyrelses fyra sammanställningar av folkberedskapens orts- och länsombuds årliga rapporter 1941-1944. Syftet är att ta reda på mer om vilken roll icke-statliga organisationer hade för roll i det kulturella folkberedskapsarbetet på lokal nivå runt omkring i Sverige under beredskapstiden. Genom kvalitativ textanalys lyfter studien fram vilka kopplingar Folkberedskapen (SIS) hade till icke-statliga organisationer och vilken verksamhet av folkberedskapskaraktär dessa organisationer bedrev. Resultatet visar att de redan etablerade icke-statliga organisationerna hade en mycket omfattande och tämligen autonom roll i arbetet.
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Jendritzky, Tatjana. "Die korporative Gruppenbildung als Organisationsmodell fur Familienunternehmen /." Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2007. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=015427301&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Kaiser, Christian. "Korporatismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : eine politikfelderübergreifende Übersicht /." Marburg : Metropolis-Verl, 2006. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41021939s.
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Liebenberg, Marilie. "Verantwoordbare verslaggewing oor korporatiewe sosiale verantwoordelikheid aan gemeenskappe / M. Liebenberg." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4366.
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Langner, Carsta [Verfasser]. "Formierte Zivilgesellschaft : Zum Korporatismus in Deutschland 1945 und 1989 / Carsta Langner." Frankfurt am Main : Campus Verlag, 2018. http://www.campus.de/home/.
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Van, Wyk Louis Johannes. "Developing a corporate personality measuring instrument based on an established CSR framework / Louis Johannes van Wyk." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8531.
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The increasing amount of power and potentially negative impacts that corporations exert within society has become a growing concern for many people. In response to this and due to the changing role of business in society, more and more members of social groups, who are affected by corporate activities, are claiming their rights to be better informed of and more involved in corporate decision-making. Consequently, the need for companies worldwide to be more accountable for the ways in which they conduct their business has grown at a tremendous rate. Especially during the last decade, companies have globally been placed under increasing pressure from different stakeholder groups to demonstrate and prove their commitments to the idea of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In order to facilitate and guide these CSR-commitments, society has for many years already begun to implement various standards of behaviour/performance, which corporations need to achieve in order to be accepted as being part of the citizenry. However, despite an abundance of such standards in terms of CSR-related guidelines and codes, a clear need has been identified for the development of better measuring tools of CSR, in order to efficiently assess and monitor companies’ performance.
The Bench Marks is one of the most comprehensive sets of social and environmental criteria and business performance indicators available. It offers an ethical standard on which to base decisions about global corporate social responsibility. Consequently, the need arose from the Bench Marks Foundation - in collaboration with the Bench Marks Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility at the North-West University – to develop the current Bench Marks CSR Framework into a practical measuring instrument. This need has successfully been fulfilled through this research by means of two methods, namely a literature review and an empirical study. During the literature study, the concepts CSR and Corporate Personality were contextualised - particularly with the investigation of related concepts; as well as critically examined - specifically in terms of their theoretical measurement properties. During the empirical research, quantitative research techniques have been utilised which involved: the application of certain ‘theoretically recognised phases’ of measuring instrument development; as well as a survey in the form of a ‘preliminary measuring instrument’ (in questionnaire format) that was administered on a random sample respondents (n = 350), including the statistical analysis of the results. 189 Questionnaires were completed, which gave a response rate of 54%. The statistical analysis mainly served as an effective guideline for determining the best CSR items (in terms of reliability and validity) to be included in the final version of the instrument. Apart from measuring CSR performance in line with the Bench Marks, the instrument that has been developed by this study, can also be used as a measuring mechanism for Corporate Personality. This is achieved by assessing company behaviour in terms of the theoretical dimensions of CSR (economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic) and Sustainable Development (economic, social and environmental). In doing so, this instrument provides companies with a unique way of identifying their status of being true Corporate Citizens.Thesis (Ph.D. (Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012
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Pretorius, Rene. "Maatskaplike ontwikkelingsvennootskappe tussen die korporatiewe sektor, die staat en nie-winsgewende organisasies." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52922.
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Thesis (MSocialWork)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was the formulation of guidelines for the organising of developmental partnerships, of which the key components may be seen as: • the corporate sector; • the State; and • the non-profit or non-Governmental sector. A literature study was completed, focusing on the partnership strategy within the context of the social developmental approach. In-depth focus was placed on the elements of an effective developmental partnership, as well as the manner in which such a partnership should be organised. An empirical study was completed in order to investigate the nature of the developmental partnership strategy; the characteristics of an effective strategy; and the nature of the various and distinctive organisational components. Data was gathered from a study sample determined by means of purposive selection of developmental partnerships in the Western Cape. This sample comprised four (4) representatives each of the corporate sector, the State and the non-Governmental sector. Three (3) different self-administered questionnaires were used for data-gathering - one type of questionnaire for each of the sectors mentioned. The questionnaires were distributed amongst the twelve (12) respondents - thus, in total comprising four (4) distinctive developmental partnerships. The findings primarily relate to the following three aspects: • the nature of the developmental partnership strategy within the current social developmental context; • the requisite elements necessary for effective developmental partnerships; and • the organisation of these partnerships. Of the various findings, the following may be considered to be of primary significance. A developmental partnership is possible between all the parties, irrespective of the sector where they are involved. The partnerships are, however, increasingly being regulated by means of policy and are thus consequently becoming increasingly formal and institutionalized. All parties are active participants in the developmental partnerships, and contributions by each of the parties are usually made in the form of service provisions or service-producing activities. The parties, however, do attach value or importance to certain specific elements of the partnership - which in tum have a significant influence on determining the effectiveness of that partnership. It is on these principles that the organising of the developmental partnership is based. There are diverse reasons for the concluding of a developmental partnership which generally differ from one partner to the next. The partners in such a developmental partnership are selected according to specific criteria. Certain criteria are of greater significance for certain partners than for others. However, a key element does appear to be a sufficient degree of "cultural fit" between the partners. Certain mechanisms are utilized in order to promote this "fit". Despite the structure of the developmental partnership being adaptable and flexible, there appears to be a strong indication that the partnership is control-assured. The nature of this control is facilitative. The control varies amongst the partners, depending on the current nature of the partnership activities; the competencies of the partners; and the need for growth within the partnership in order to realise its objectives. A further finding concerns the need for clarity regarding the division of tasks or functions and for co-ordination within the partnership in order to ensure its effectiveness. Resources are contributed by the various partners, and thereby any resources, risks and benefits inherent to the partnership are shared amongst its members. The principle of exchange is an integral factor for the success of the partnership. It is this idea of exchange that provides the general framework within which it is determined what each of the partners contribute to the partnership, and what benefits they derive from the partnership. On the basis of these conclusions, as well as the findings made in the literature study, recommendations have been made focusing on the elements that will give rise to effective developmental partnerships and how they should be organised in order to promote the desired success.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie was om riglyne op te stel vir die organisering van ontwikkelingsvennootskappe. Die korporatiewe sektor, die Staat en die nie-winsgewende of nie-staatsektor is by hierdie unieke vennootskappe betrokke. Ten einde hierdie riglyne op te stel is 'n literatuurstudie gedoen oor die vennootskapstrategie binne die konteks van die maatskaplike ontwikkelingsbenadering. In die literatuurstudie is elemente van 'n effektiewe vennootskap, asook die wyse om so 'n vennootskap te organiseer, indringend ondersoek. 'n Empiriese ondersoek is ook gedoen om die aard van die vennootskapstrategie, die kenmerke van 'n effektiewe vennootskap en die aard van organiseringskomponente te bepaal. Die steekproef vir die ondersoek is bekom deur 'n doelbewuste seleksie van ontwikkelingsvennootskappe in die Wes-Kaap provinsie. Hiervolgens is vier (4) verteenwoordigers van die korporatiewe sektor, die Staat en die nie-staatsektor onderskeidelik by die studie betrek. Daar is gebruik gemaak van drie verskillende selfgeadministreerde vraelyste, een vir elke sektor onderskeidelik. Hierdie vraelyste is versprei na die twaalf respondente. Die twaalf respondente het bestaan uit vier verteenwoordigers van elk van die drie partye betrokke en het dus vier (4) verskillende ontwikkelingsvennootskappe behels. Die bevindings wat gemaak is, hou hoofsaaklik verband met die volgende drie aspekte: • die aard van die vennootskapstrategie binne die huidige maatskaplike ontwikkelingskonteks; • elemente noodsaaklik vir 'n effektiewe vennootskap; en • die organisering van 'n vennootskap. Die belangrikste bevindings was die volgende. 'n Vennootskap is moontlik tussen al die partye, ongeag die sektor waarby hulle betrokke is. Hierdie vennootskappe word toenemend deur beleid gerig, en gevolglik is dit toenemend formeel en geïnstitusionaliseerd. Al die partye is aktief betrokke by die vennootskappe. Bydraes word deur die vennote gelewer in die vorm van diensvoorsienings- of diensproduseringsaktiwiteite. Die vennote heg waarde aan sekere spesifieke elemente in die vennootskap. Hierdie elemente het 'n beduidende invloed op die bevordering van effektiwiteit. Die organisering van die vennootskap wentel om hierdie beginsels. Daar is verskillende redes vir die aangaan van die vennootskap. Hierdie redes kan verskil van vennoot tot vennoot. Vennote vir die vennootskap word volgens spesifieke kriteria geselekteer. Sekere kriteria is meer belangrik vir sommige vennote as vir ander. Wat veral belangrik is, is 'n bevredigende kulturele passing ("cultural fit") tussen die vennote. Sekere meganismes word benut om hierdie passing of verenigbaarheid te bevorder. Alhoewel die struktuur van die vennootskap aanpasbaar en buigsaam is, is daar egter 'n sterk aanduiding dat die vennootskapsbeheer verseker is. Die aard van die vennootskapsbeheer is fasiliterend. Die beheer wissel van vennoot tot vennoot, afhangende van die aard van die aktiwiteite, die bevoeghede van die vennote en die behoefte binne die vennootskap om te groei en sy doelwitte te bereik. 'n Verdere bevinding wat gemaak is, is dat duidelike werkverdeling en -koördinering in die vennootskap noodsaaklik is vir effektiewe samewerking. Die hulpbronne word bygedra deur die onderskeie vennote. Sodoende word hulpbronne, risiko's en voordele wat verbonde is aan die vennootskap tussen die vennote verdeel. Die beginsel van uitruiling is 'n sleutelfaktor vir die sukses van 'n vennootskap. Die idee van uitruiling verskaf die algehele raamwerk vir die analisering van wat partye bydra en voordele wat die vennote uit die vennootskap kry. Op grond van hierdie afleidings en gevolgtrekkings asook die bevindings gemaak in die literatuurondersoek is sekere aanbevelings gemaak. Die aanbevelings fokus op die elemente wat aanleiding sal gee tot 'n effektiewe vennootskap en hoe hierdie ontwikkelingsvennootskappe georganiseer moet word om effektief te wees.
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Sedlmeir, Johanna [Verfasser], and Julian [Akademischer Betreuer] Nida-Rümelin. "Individuelle und korporative Rechte und Pflichten / Johanna Sedlmeir ; Betreuer: Julian Nida-Rümelin." München : Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1236544331/34.
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Banafsche, Minou. "Das Recht der Leistungserbringung in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe zwischen Korporatismus und Wettbewerb /." Hamburg : Kovač, 2010. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-4228-0.htm.
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Dippenaar, Annelene. "Korporatiewe bestuur en die demografiese profiel van nie-uitvoerende maatskappydirekteure in Suid-Afrika." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/354.
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Van, Zyl Heidi. "Bestuur van 'n multikulturele werkerskorps binne 'n korporatiewe finansiële instelling / Heidi van Zyl." Thesis, North-West University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/148.
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Differences among people, and particularly cultural and racial differences, have
played an integral part in the development of South Africa as a nation. The
management of diversity and the challenges and problems it poses are one of the
most important issues facing South African managers.
Changes in the South African business environment are placing South African
business organisations under increasing pressure to move towards democratic, nonracial
and fully representative organisational structures. In an attempt to accelerate
this process, companies are embarking on affirmative action programs in order to
develop previously disadvantaged groups and to assimilate these groups into
existing organisational cultures.
This study will explore and investigate the efficiency and success of organisational
communication and the management of diversity.
Diversity and the management thereof have in recent years become the subject of
many heated debates. Although the South African workforce has always been
diverse, the largely homogeneous management and white-collar structures created
the perception of a homogeneous workforce. This led to corporate cultures in which
diversity and differences were virtually disregarded ( Dombai, 1998:105-115).
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Managing diversity at this level thus concerns the management of people irrespective
of race, gender, religion, disability and so on. But it is more than this, and this is
where the difference between managing diversity and multiculturalism is important.
Managing diversty requires situation adaptability and communication skills which
affirm the value of diverse people. It must be understood as a competence required
by employees in general and managers in particular, managing diversity is crucial for
the effective development of people.
At a time when intercultural contact is increasing and thrusts for employee equity
prevail, managing diversity requires individuals to look internally at their own attitudes
and behaviour rather than reinforcing power relations by means of simplistic
stereotypes based on negative views from the past.
Objectives of the study
Organisations can only function optimally if the human component is being used to its
fullest.
Against the background of this, the following will be attempted with this study:
To show that it is of the utmost importance that a multicultural workforce be
managed correctly.
To alert management to the differences in culture and how this influences
development.
To bring home the realisation that management is a skill that must be mastered.
To evaluate how diversity is experienced, how management is handling it and
what can be done to bridge the gap between different groups in the
organisation.
Conclusion
In our changing context we need the kind of leadership that changes and creates a
totally new kind of organisation, a leadership that thinks deeply about the kind of
organisation that must be created. Black culture in South Africa can very well offer
the perspective on how to implement this type of leadership, but our organisations
must be open to this way of thinking.
South African management of the past was closed and rigid. They consisted of
attitudes that did not take into consideration that workers experience different living
conditions to those in positions of power.
The cultural aspect is important in the management process since culture tends to
influence strategy, you cannot apply rigid western standard in an African milieu
(Broodryk, 1998:28-31).
To sum up using the immortal words of John F. Kennedy: "It is time for a new
generation of leadership to cope with new problems and their opportunities, for there
is a new world to be won".Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Sociology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2004.
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Melin, Carl. "Makten över trafikpolitiken korporatism, lobbying och opinionsbildning inför 1998 års transportpolitiska beslut : en bok från PISA-projektet /." Uppsala : [s.n.], 2000. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/47748948.html.
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Van, Dyk Louise Isabel. "Die ooreenstemming tussen korporatiewe identiteitsbestuur en belangegroepverhoudinge van die ABSA KKNK / L.I. van Dyk." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1256.
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In a bid to save the country's arts industry, arts festivals have sprung up in South Africa in the aftermath
of the collapse of the theatre culture and the dissolution of the provincial arts councils. Meanwhile, these
festivals have become indispensable for the preservation of the South African cultural heritage; indeed,
the arts industry revolves around the festivals. The arts festivals are therefore compelled to be
'businesses', and have to be managed accordingly as organisations in their own right. This implies that
the liaison function of an arts festival should be managed in the same way it is managed in the corporate
sector.
Each arts festival caters for more than just the art for which a platform is created, but offers a wide
variety of events and experiences to the stakeholders of the festival. The sponsors of arts festivals get
an opportunity for exposure to a particular target audience and to fulfil their corporate social
responsibilities. The journalists that ensure coverage in the mass media for the festival get an
opportunity to meet the arts and cultural needs of their readers, viewers and listeners.
The involvement of a Wide variety of events and experiences included by an arts festival implies that
stakeholders need to be managed by the festivals. The general research question of this study is: "What
is the concurrence between corporate identity management and stakeholder relationships of the Absa
KKNK?"
This question is answered from the stakeholder relationship theory as metatheoretical framework. The
Absa KKNK is used as the research unit because of the fact that it is the biggest Afrikaans arts festival in
South Africa, has been in existence for twelve years, and is still going from strength to strength.
An interpretative qualitative approach, gathering data through semi-structured interviews with the Absa
KKNK personnel corps and liaison staff of the festival's key stakeholder groups (the artists, the sponsors
and the media) was followed. The contents of the interviews were analysed qualitatively and further
results were obtained through comparative analyses between the corporate identity and image of the
festival as well as the corporate identity management and stakeholder relationships maintained by the
festival.
Overall, the corporate identity of the Absa KKNK is well managed, and this is reflected in the state of the
relationships of the Absa KKNK with its key stakeholder groups. Although there are certain weaknesses
in the management of corporate identity - such as the lack of a definite liaison strategy and less
significant weaknesses concerning the management of symbolic elements, communication elements and
behavioural elements - the role and importance of stakeholder groups for the success of the Absa KKNK
are recognised and dealt with by the management.
Recommendations concerning the corporate identity management and stakeholder relationships of the
festival can be summarised by referring to the unique characteristics of the Absa KKNK as non-profit arts
organisation, and these characteristics of the festival should be managed actively by the festival staff.
The individuality of the festival includes, in particular, the emotional nature of the relationship between
the festival and its stakeholders and the necessity of individualised attention to stakeholder groups.
The main contribution of this research is that a new field of research was investigated. Arts Management
in South Africa is not Widely researched and this growing industry can benefit from formal research.Thesis (M.A. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.
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Weber, Quirin. "Korporatismus statt Sozialismus : die Idee der berufsständischen Ordnung im schweizerischen Katholizismus während der Zwischenkriegszeit /." Freiburg : Schweiz : Universitätsverl, 1989. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355377721.
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Van, Rensburg Anguree Jansen. "Strategiese kommunikasiebestuur in korporatiewe sosiale betrokkenheidsprogramme van die Noordwes-Universiteit, Potchefstroomkampus / Anguree Jansen van Rensburg." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1380.
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Coetzee, Hendrik Christiaan. "Die ontwikkeling van 'n ekosistemiese program ter fasilitering van selfregulering by korporatiewe werkers / H.C. Coetzee." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1818.
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The aim of this study was to develop, evaluate and refine an ecosystemic program to facilitate self-regulation (SR) among corporate workers. A temporary program was developed with the aid of a literature review, based on the integration of the SR-theory with the principles of the ecosystem theory and program development. The program was presented over a period of three days at the Mabula nature reserve for a group of seven corporate employees in the broker industry. Each session took place in the form of a game drive, preceded by a group activity, a discussion of one of the three components of SR and followed by applicable examples out of nature. Data was analysed quantitatively and qualitatively.
Results show that although participants' goal management, self effectiveness (SE) and mindfulness improved after conclusion of the program, these changes were not statistically or practically meaningful. Possible explanations for this are detained in the nature of the program and the manner in which the program was implemented, as well as in the factors which could have negatively influenced the credibility and reliability of the program evaluation. The conclusion was made that the program had a greater impact on participants' insight of the theoretical under print of SR, rather than their SR skills and that the aspect of experiential learning is possibly not promoted enough. Nevertheless, the program is very promising and only a few changes are necessary to refine the temporary program.
Recommendations include that there should be more intensive emphasis on the practical facilitation of SR during the presentation of the program and that standardised instruments with a greater group of participants, including a control group, should be considered.Thesis (M.A. (Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.
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Huber, Alexander. "Die dänische Regierung im Spannungsfeld zwischen europäischen Interessen das Verhältnis Dänemarks zur Europäischen Union in der ersten Hälfte der 90er Jahre /." [S.l.] : Universität Konstanz , Fakultät für Verwaltungswissenschaft, 1998. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB8500739.
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Frick, Beatrice Liezel. "Verkennende studie van die menings van vroulike werknemers, van geselekteerde Suid-Afrikaanse maatskappye, jeens korporatiewe drag." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52048.
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Thesis (M Consumer Science)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Clothing is an important phenomenon within corporate and organisational culture and forms an integral part of the total corporate identity. It fulfills a symbolic purpose and serves as a reference. It is a way in which companies can change or modernise their image as it is conveyed to clients. Little research has been done on uniform types of clothing, even though it has been an important phenomenon in the subject area of Clothing for ages. South African companies offers unique opportunities for research within a multi-cultural environment and Consumer Science's distinctive multi-disciplinary approach makes it an ideal starting point for this type of study. Three environments are concerned with the phenomenon of corporate clothing, namely the employers and employees of organisations or companies, academia of educational establishments and the manufacturers of corporate clothing. The study concerned tried to investigate the phenomenon of corporate clothing within the South African corporate environment. This was firstly done by studying the available clothing literature and describing aspects which have direct or indirect relations to corporate clothing. Information and advice was obtained from experts to gain insight into the South African circumstances with relation to corporate clothing. Secondly, employees who wear corporate clothing were questioned as to their opinions on specific aspects with regards to corporate clothing. This was done by means of a questionnaire which was developed to determine if employees of selected South African companies see corporate clothing as representative of company image, culture and policy. The extent to which extent employees are involved in decision-making processes with regards to corporate clothing was also determined. Employees' opinions with regards to consumer requirements and the extent of satisfaction with corporate clothing was determined. The extent to which age and position within the company playa role in employees' opinions of corporate clothing were investigated according to the information obtained through the questionnaire. The above mentioned information was structured to give possible guidelines to companies with in the implimentation and development of corporate clothing within the existing organisational culture. This study did not focus on manufacturers of corporate clothing, but it is assumed that they can benefit from the findings of the study. The study will contribute to the building of theory in the subject area of Clothing and consequently also contribute to the academical field.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Korporatiewe kleredrag is 'n belangrike fenomeen binne die korporatiewe en organisatoriese kultuur en vorm 'n integrale deel van algehele korporatiewe identiteit. Dit vervul 'n simboliese rol en dien as 'n verwysingsmaatstaf. Dit is 'n manier waarop maatskappye hul beeld aan kliënte kan verander of moderniseer. Alhoewel uniforme drag reeds vir eeue 'n belangrike fenomeen in kleredrag is, is daar steeds min aandag in navorsing aan hierdie onderwerp geskenk. Suid- Afrikaanse maatskappye bied unieke geleenthede vir navorsing binne 'n multi-kulturele omgewing en Verbruikerswetenskap se eiesoortige multi-dissiplinêre benadering maak dit by uitstek geskik as vertrekpunt vir hierdie tipe studie. Drie omgewings het belang by die fenomeen van korporatiewe drag, naamlik die werkgewers en - nemers van organisasies of maatskappye, akademici van opvoedkundige instellings en die vervaardigers van korporatiewe drag. Die betrokke studie het gepoog om op 'n verkennende wyse ondersoek in te stel na die fenomeen van korporatiewe drag binne die Suid-Afrikaanse korporatiewe omgewing. Dit is gedoen deur eerstens beskikbare kledingliteratuur te bestudeer en sodoende aspekte te beskryf wat direk en indirek betrekking het op korporatiewe drag. Inligting en advies is vanaf kundiges ingewin om insig in dié verband in die Suid-Afrikaanse omstandighede te verkry. Tweedens is werknemers wat korporatiewe drag dra, se menings oor spesifieke aspekte met betrekking tot korporatiewe drag vasgestel. Vir hierdie doel is 'n vraelys ontwikkel om vas te stel of die werknemers van geselekteerde Suid-Afrikaanse maatskappye korporatiewe drag sien as verteenwoordigend van maatskappybeeld, -kultuur en -beleid. Daar is ook vasgestel in watter mate werknemers betrek word in besluitneming oor korporatiewe drag. Werknemers se menings oor verbruikersvereistes, die mate van tevredenheid met die korporatiewe drag is bepaal. Die mate waartoe ouderdom en posvlak 'n rol speel in werknemers se menings van korporatiewe drag is ook vasgestel met behulp van die inligting verkry uit die vraelyste. Bostaande inligting is gestruktureer om moontlike riglyne aan maatskappye te bied met betrekking tot die invoer of ontwikkeling van korporatiewe drag binne die bestaande organisatoriese kultuur. Daar is nie in hierdie studie gefokus op vervaardigers van korporatiewe drag nie, maar dit word aanvaar dat die groep wel sal kan baat vind by die bevindings. Die studie sal 'n bydrae lewer tot die opbou van teorie in die vakgebied van Kleding en gevolglik ook 'n bydrae tot die akademie lewer.
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Ulrika, Dagård. "Intresseorganisationernas tillträdesmöjligheter - En studie om SOU 2007 : 89 " Rovdjuren och deras förvaltning"." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2557.
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Uppsatsen undersöker intresseorganisationernas tillträdesmöjligheter i betänkandet SOU
2007:89 Rovdjuren och deras förvaltning. Tillträde ska inte förväxlas med reellt inflytande
men är en förutsättning för att organisationer ska kunna påverka politiskt beslutsfattande. De
berörda intresseorganisationernas tillträde studeras i betänkandets fem närvaroformer. Som
teoretisk utgångspunkt används pluralistisk och korporativ teori vilka appliceras på den
empiriska undersökningen som idealtyper. Det metodologiska tillvägagångsättet innebär att
utredningens processer spåras vilka sedan analyseras genom en kvalitativ textanalys och
motivanalys. Som grund för textanalysen och motivanalysen ligger dels det officiella
regelverket som reglerar intresseorganisationernas tillträdesmöjligheter och dels intervjuer
som är genomförda med företrädare för utredningen och representanter för utvalda
organisationer. Uppsatsen placeras i en vidare kontext genom relatering till tidigare forskning
om intresseorganisationers tillträdesmöjligheter i det svenska styrelseskicket. Resultatet visar
att ingen av teorierna/idealen enskilt förklarar intresseorganisationernas möjligheter till
tillträde avseende Rovdjuren och deras förvaltning. Teorierna/idealen hjälper till att förklara
organisationernas tillträde i de respektive närvaroformerna. Sammantaget erhåller dock det
korporativa idealet främst stöd.
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Kotze, Johannes Gideon. "Korporatiewe verwantskappe en die eliminering van dubbeltelling in die industriele sektor van die Johannesburgse effektebeurs (1984-85)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/65224.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 1986.INLEIDING: Maatskappye publiseer jaarliks finansiële state waarin o.a. items soos direkteursvergoeding, ouditfooie, belasting, ens. verskyn. Daar word op 'n gereelde basis by die Universiteit van Stellebosch Nagraadse Bestuurskool (USBS) navorsing gedoen om die tendense van hierdie en ander items te volg. Alhoewel items van belang en die gepaardgaande bedrae relatief maklik geïdentifiseer kan word in die finansiële state van elke maatskappy, onstaan die verskynsel "dubbeltelling" wanneer finansiële inligting van sommige maatskappye bestuur word.
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Le, Roux Tanya. "The contribution of South African corporate communication practitioners to organisational performance / T. Le Roux." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4759.
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Although public relations is seen as a function that contributes to the greater good of society and the performance of an organisation (ref. Grunig, 2006b:3; Grunig, Grunig & Dozier, 2002:xii), the function does not, for various reasons, always deliver on this promise (ref. Gray, 2004:26–27; Grunig et al., 2002:166, 169, 192; Steyn, 2000c:40; Tobin, 2004:56; Van Ruler, 1997:248, 263; 2004a:123). Practitioners and professional bodies from various countries have researched, and tried to overcome the variables negatively influencing practitioners, through various methods. However, no study has provided a comprehensive prioritised list of all the variables influencing practitioners' contribution to organisational performance. In addition none of these actions has led to a sustainable solution for the profession where a critical mass of practitioners can keep the promise of contributing to the greater good of society and the performance of the organisation.
In light of this problem, this study tries to understand how public relations practitioners can enhance their contribution to organisational performance, by examining the variables influencing practitioners in contributing to organisational performance.
The study is framed within the relational, reflective, two–way symmetrical and feminist paradigms, supported by the general excellence theory as meta–theory, and the relationship management and corporate communication role theories. The multidimensional paradigm was specifically selected to accommodate the complex research context (Grunig, 1989:18; 2006a; Valin, 2004).
From theory it was established that public relations contributes to organisational performance by assisting organisations to adapt to their changing environment by providing strategic information from the environment to the organisation that could reduce uncertainty in the organisation's strategic decision–making (Grunig et al., 2002:xi; Raupp & Van Ruler, 2006:18; Steyn, 2000c:27; Valin, 2004). Through this process the organisation's triple bottom line goals are aligned with the realities of the environment in which it operates (Moss et al., 2000:283; van Tonder & van Rheede van Oudtshoorn, 2006:149). This then creates long–term relationships with stakeholders that creates many benefits for the organisation (Grunig, 2006b:3, 6; Grunig et al., 2002:xi, 10, 11; Grunig & Haung, 2000:32; Hon & Grunig, 1999:7–9, 11; Phillips, 2006a:34, 35; 2006b:212). Within South Africa specifically, corporate communication practitioners perform the roles of strategist, manager and technician in order to complete the above tasks (Steyn, 2000b:1–42; 2000c:20–43). The research methodology followed to gather data to answer the General research question, is both exploratory and interpretive. The research started with a literature study, followed by semi–structured interviews with four purposefully selected practitioners and the chairpersons of the two professional bodies (PRISA and IABC) in order to verify the variables identified in literature, and possibly identify new variables pertaining to the South African environment. These variables, together with those identified in literature, were then used to construct a questionnaire completed by public relations practitioners active in the 1 319 top performing South African organisations as per South Africa's Top 300 National Companies List (Fletcher, 2007:1–330) and the Financial Mail Top 200 Companies List (Williams, 2005:1–168). A response rate of 19.9% was achieved.
The qualitative data was content analysed and the quantitative data analysed by means of Statistica (StatSoft Inc., 2007) and SPSS (SPSS Inc., 2007) data analysis software. In order to determine the relationships between the variables influencing practitioners, structural equation modelling, by means of AMOS (SPSS Inc., 2009) software, was used.
In essence it was found that practitioners should take ownership and manage the variables influencing their performance. Furthermore, 13 variables pertaining to the individual–, industry– and professional–levels were statistically verified as the most important variables influencing practitioners. Due to the specific relationship between these variables, it would seem that enhancing any of these 13 variables would enhance the practitioner's contribution to organisational performance.
The main contribution of the study is to add to the discussion on the how the profession can manage its contribution to organisational performance by categorising and empirically verifying a list of all variables influencing practitioners' performance and by suggesting a model indicating the relationship between the most important variables influencing practitioners.Thesis (Ph.D. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Schaumayer, Andreas Michael. "Japanische Wirtschaftsverbände im ICT-Sektor zwischen organisationaler Persistenz und Wandel eine empirische Analyse verbandlicher Organisationsstrukturen /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB11103958.
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Niechoj, Torsten. "Kollektive Akteure zwischen Wettbewerb und Steuerung : Effizienz und Effektivität von Verhandlungssystemen aus ökonomischer und politikwissenschaftlicher Sicht /." Marburg : Metropolis-Verl, 2003. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/364442921.pdf.
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Häge, Frank Michael. "Determinants of Government Size the Capacity for Partisan Policy under Political Constraints. /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB10806343.
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Du, Toit Pieter Gerhardus. "Die strafregtelike aanspreeklikheid van en straftoemeting aan regspersone / deur Pieter Gerhardus du Toit." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4821.
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Modern juristic persons often are powerful entities and they play an influential role in society. Their activities are often accompanied by serious transgressions that have a severely detrimental impact on human beings and their environment. The effective prosecution of juristic persons is therefore necessary. The juridical foundations of the liability of juristic persons are, however, one of the most controversial issues in criminal law theory.
Individualistic theories postulate that juristic persons are merely collections of individuals. The conduct and fault of individuals constituting a juristic person must therefore form the basis of the criminal liability of the juristic person. In the United States, for instance, the foundation for the criminal liability of corporations on federal level is vicarious liability. Another individualistic model (mostly associated with English common law jurisdictions) is the so–called doctrine of identification. Only the conduct of individuals who are regarded as the 'directing minds' of the organisation may be attributed to the organisation. These approaches deny the complex structures and decision making processes that exist especially in big corporate entities.
According to realistic theories juristic persons are entities which are not dependant on their composite members. Each juristic person has its own unique personality. The culture and ethos of a juristic person influence the conduct of individuals attached to it as well as the degree in which the juristic person abides by the law. The identity of a corporation can be established by investigating the internal structure thereof. The existence of monitoring mechanisms and educational programmes within the organization, as well as the degree to which the organisation condones or disapproves of unlawful conduct, are some of the factors which may be indicative of the corporate culture. This approach is a development of the late twentieth century and has recently been adopted in the legislation of some foreign legal systems, most notably Australia.
Section 332(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 provides the basis for the criminal liability of juristic persons in South Africa. In essence the conduct and fault of functionaries (and sometimes even outsiders) are attributed to the juristic person. In terms of the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act juristic persons may only be fined upon conviction. This approach reflects the individualistic view of corporate criminal liability. In this study recommendations are made for the purpose of improving the South African law in this regard so as to reflect a more realistic approach. The recommendations are based on an examination of realistic models proposed by legal and social theorists and legislation adopted by foreign countries which are based on these theories. It is also recommended that more sentencing options must be made available to bring about the restructuring of corporations which have committed crimes.Thesis (LL.D.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.
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Wiesner, Jens [Verfasser], Peter [Akademischer Betreuer] Rawert, and Birgit [Akademischer Betreuer] Weitemeyer. "Korporative Strukturen bei der Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts : Zu den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Satzungsänderungen durch Organbeschluss / Jens Wiesner ; Peter Rawert, Birgit Weitemeyer." Hamburg : Bucerius Law School Press, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1172968292/34.
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Kloppers, Elizabeth Maria. "Die beeld van NG Welsyn onder NG lidmate in die sinodale gebied Wes-Transvaal / E. M. Kloppers." Thesis, North-West University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/122.
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Every organization has a corporate image (beyond its control) which is mainly formed by its
corporate identity (which it can control). This means that organizations have to manage their
images. A positive image is particularly important for non-profit organizations, since these
organizations depend on the goodwill of their publics for their existence.
NG Welsyn is a well known welfare organization, famous for its bond with the Dutch
Reformed church. Its two main sources of income, namely the state and members of the
church have different opinions about the spending of funds. The state expects NG Welsyn to
play a role in transformation, while members of the church want their needs to be catered for
first. This, along with the decrease in funds from church members forced NG Welsyn to
research its image among Dutch Reformed church members.
In order to determine the image of NG Welsyn, an external public relations audit was formed
through the use of questionnaires, focus groups and semi-structured interviews.
Theoretical knowledge with regard to corporate image and identity as well as attitude
formation was used as theoretical framework within the context of strategic communication
management by non-profit organizations. The attitudes of church members on the elements
of corporate identity were researched to determine the organization's image.
The results show that the church members don't have a positive or negative image of NG
Welsyn, since they don't have enough information about the organization. There is currently
no relationship between the two parties. The main conclusion is that NG Welsyn can
improve its image by the strategic management of communication with important publics.Thesis (M.A. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
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Vermeulen, Jessica. "Deelnemende kommunikasie in die evaluasie van KSV-programme by twee maatskappye / J. Vermeulen." Thesis, North-West University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8959.
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In this study it is argued that organisations can contribute to development through their Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives (CSR). Therefore one should consider CSR programmes similar to development programmes and should be managed accordingly. When one communicates in a development context it happens within the extensive field of development communication. In this field the participatory approach to development communication is regarded as the normative approach. In view of this, this study argues that communication in CSR programmes should conform to the principles of the participatory approach.
Participatory evaluation is one of the elements of the participatory approach; therefore the evaluation of programmes should adhere to the principles of the participatory approach to contribute to sustainable development. For this reason this study is informed by the relevant principles of the participatory approach to evaluation: dialogue; participation; empowerment and diversity. These principles of participatory evaluation are rooted in the mentioned principles and they are: partnership; participation in evaluation; acknowledgement of local knowledge; empowerment and change.
The financial sector in South Africa is one of the largest financial contributors towards CSR. As a result, two financial organisations were chosen to be studied. The research question of this study is: What is the nature of the communication during evaluation of CSR programmes in the financial sector?
A qualitative approach is used in this study to obtain the relevant information. Qualitative content analysis, semi-structured interviews and focus groups were used as research methods.
The conclusion is made that none of the five programmes in this study use participatory evaluation to evaluate their CSR programmes. In two of the programmes a limited partnership is identified between the organisation and/or the program leader and the beneficiaries, while no partnership was found in the other three programmes. Limited participation from the beneficiaries of the two programmes during evaluation was observed; hence limited local knowledge is recognised in these two programmes. It was also found that only two programmes' beneficiaries are empowered through evaluation and only these two programmes changed according to the beneficiaries’ input.
These findings that were made through an empirical study indicate that in spite of the limited presence of some principles of participatory evaluation in two of the five programmes, neither of the organisations uses participatory evaluation methods to evaluate their CSR programmes.Thesis (MA (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
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Jonsson, Henrik. "Det korporativa samarbetet : En jämförande studie av Landsorganisationens och Svenskt Näringslivs hantering av frågan om arbetskraftsinvandring." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2205.
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Arbetskraftsinvandring har, under stora delar av 1900-talet, varit ett sätt för de svenska företagen att finna arbetskraft till den expansiva industrisektorn. Intresseorganisationerna på den svenska arbetsmarknaden, Landsorganisationen (LO) och Svenska Arbetsgivareföreningen (SAF), ansåg att arbetskraftsinvandring var en förutsättning för att trygga den svenska arbetsmarknaden. LO var trots detta kritiskt inställd till arbetskraftsinvandring, då organisationen ansåg att lönekonkurrens bland arbetskraften kunde uppstå. Dock lyckades organisationen komma överens med SAF om att arbetskraftsinvandrarna skulle omfattas av de svenska kollektivavtalen och på det sättet undveks en konflikt på arbetsmarknaden. Under 1970-talet upphörde arbetskraftsinvandringen till Sverige, vilket till stor del berodde på den ekonomiska nedgång som drabbade Sverige. Under de senaste åren har arbetsmarknadens parter återigen börjat diskutera arbetskraftsinvandring. Denna gång beror diskussionen om arbetskraftsinvandring på att den svenska befolkningen, inom några år, inte kommer att räcka till för att upprätthålla välfärden.
Syftet med uppsatsen är att analysera hur intresseorganisationerna LO och Svenskt Näringsliv har hanterat frågan om arbetskraftsinvandring. Vilka strategier har intresseorganisationerna använt sig av för att uppnå sina mål? Är intresseorganisationerna inriktade på samarbete eller konfrontation? Vilken roll spelar avvecklingen av de korporativa strukturerna?
uppsatsen görs en jämförande studie av intresseorganisationerna LO och Svenskt Näringsliv. Materialet som uppsatsens litteraturstudie bygger på, består bland annat av propositioner och SOU-rapporter. Detta material har kompletterats med material från de två intresseorganisationerna samt artiklar från Dagens Nyheter.
I uppsatsen utgår jag från korporativ teori och för att komplettera denna har jag valt att dels beskriva hur intresseorganisationer fungerar och varför människor väljer att gå samman kollektivt i intresseorganisationer, dels genom att jämföra korporativ teori med pluralistisk teori.
För LO är det viktigt att arbetskraftsinvandring från de nya EU-medlemsstaterna inte leder till lönedumpning eller arbetskraftsöverskott på den svenska arbetsmarknaden eller att den redan arbetslösa och sjukskrivna delen av befolkningen fastnar i sin tillvaro. Svenskt Näringsliv och dess medlemsföretag däremot anser att minst 100 000 människor under de senaste åren skulle kunna ha anställts om rätt kompetens hade funnits i landet och därför har arbetskraftsinvandringsfrågan blivit mycket viktig för organisationen.
För intresseorganisationerna LO och Svenskt Näringsliv har samarbetet under de senaste åren förändrats från ett generellt samarbete till att intresseorganisationerna istället väljer att samarbeta i de frågor de finner det möjligt att göra så. Detta har lett till att det har blivit viktigt för intresseorganisationerna att var för sig försöka påverka beslutsfattarna genom direktkontakter. I praktiken betyder detta att intresseorganisationerna har hållit sig fast vid delar av det korporativa samarbetet samtidig som både LO och Svenskt Näringsliv använder sig av pluralistisk påverkan för att utöva inflytande på beslutsfattarna.
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Du, Toit Maria Margrietha. "An evaluation of the co-operative business model within the context of the global reporting initiative / Maria Margrietha (Marné) du Toit." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8725.
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Milton Friedman’s theory of free market corporate responsibility, which states that the
maximizing of profits is the only social responsibility a law-abiding business has, is clearly a
concept of the past. A concept that is very relevant today, is the concept of sustainable
development, which may be defined as development that meets the needs of the present
world without forfeiting the ability of future generations to meet their personal needs. This
concept recognises that stakeholders and shareholders require forward-looking information to
attend to the economic, environmental and social aspects of a business’s activities. Previous
research has indicted that the financial performance of a business alone isn’t the sole reason
for its success. This demonstrates the change from a single-bottom-line management and
reporting approach to a triple-bottom-line management and reporting approach. The Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) developed a Sustainability Reporting Framework that is generally
considered the most widely used framework in terms of social responsibility reporting.
In this research project, the unique set of business principles and values of co-operatives were
analyzed and evaluated, and congruence were found between sustainable development and
co-operative governance. Co-operatives in their diverse forms support the fullest participation
in the economic and social development of people since they put people at the centre of their
business and not capital. The primary objective of this study was to determine the extent to
which the GRI guidelines, as a reporting framework, are feasible or applicable to cooperatives
as a business model.
In this research project, the abovementioned GRI guidelines are applied on a selected cooperative’s
activities. The empirical case study, based on the agricultural co-operative Agri-
Com, illustrated that the Level C Reporting Framework as per the GRI, can be used very
successfully in the co-operative business model. In the case of Agri-Com, it was found that even though it is a co-operative, its primary management and reporting focus remained
primarily on the financial aspects. It can therefore be recommended that in this instance, the
guidelines per the Level C Reporting Framework, be considered as a method to better
embrace the principles of the co-operative business model.Thesis (MCom (Management Accountancy))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
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Krause, Oliver. "Variabilität frühneuzeitlicher Staatlichkeit [Zusammenfassung]: Die niederländische 'Staats'-Formierung in der Statthalterosen Epoche (1650-1672) als interkontinentales Regiment." Franz Steiner Verlag, 2018. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A31176.
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Durch den Unabhängigkeitskrieg gegen die Spanier (1568–1648) etablierten die Niederländer eine souveräne politische Entität im europäischen Mächtegefüge. Im 17. Jahrhundert richteten die niederländischen Machteliten ihre Strategie auf die globale Beherrschung der maritimen Distributionswege aus. Ergebnis dieses Strebens war die Begründung eines interkontinentalen Regiments der Niederländer zwischen Südostasien und Europa, dessen Interessen in Südostasien von der Vereinigten Ostindischen Kompanie vertreten wurden. In der ersten Statthalterlosen Epoche (1650–1672) sah sich dieser umfassende Herrschaftsanspruch der Vereinigten Niederlande indes bereits der Konkurrenz Englands und Frankreichs ausgesetzt. Oliver Krause betrachtet die Herausbildung dieses interkontinentalen Regiments im Verlauf des 17. Jahrhunderts als spezifisch niederländische Variante der Staats-Formierung. Im Rahmen des von ihm entwickelten Erklärungsmodells arbeitet Krause insbesondere die Genese der politischen Semantik des niederländischen Begriffs Staat aus globaler Perspektive heraus, wie auch die situativen Herrschaftsstrategien der Machteliten und die Funktionen der Familien- und Handelsstützpunktnetzwerke. Der folgende Text
bietet einen zusammenfassenden Bericht der Dissertation von Oliver Krause.:INHALT
I PROBLEMSTELLUNG UND FORSCHUNGSANLIEGEN 13
II ÜBERBLICK ZUR FORSCHUNGSLAGE 37
III DER WEG DER NÖRDLICHEN NIEDERLANDEN IN DIE
UNABHÄNGIGKEIT 101
IV EXKURS: DIE SCHWEIZER GEMEINWESEN 171
V DER LANGE WEG ZUR UNABHÄNGIGKEIT 179
VI DIE STATTHALTERLOSE EPOCHE 237
VII GESCHICHTE DER VOC – STRUKTUR UND AUFBAU 309
VIII DAS HAAGSE BESOGNE – BINDEGLIED ZWISCHEN
IX DER NIEDERLÄNDISCHE STAAT
ANHANG 427
QUELLEN - UND LITERATURVERZEICHNIS 503
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Hindley, Adorita Tertia. "Integrated reporting compliance with the Global Reporting Initiative framework : an analysis of the South African mining industry / Adorita Tertia Hindley." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/8701.
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In this day and age sustainability is gaining increasing importance seeing as this is of utmost importance to stakeholders. Yet, very few people are aware of the true meaning of sustainability. Stakeholders, also being the users of the annual report, need to be aware of the impact a company has on the environment and the society as well as their financial performance in order, among others, to make informed decisions regarding investments.
For all financial years ending on or after 1 March 2010, all companies listed on the JSE have to report on sustainability (this is a JSE listing requirement). Yet, no statutory requirement for adherence to reporting standards relating to sustainability exists. This creates the risk that sustainability reports will omit negative impacts or be otherwise misleading, yet the company is still seen as adhering to listing and thus statutory requirements.
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) developed their Sustainability Reporting Framework in order to serve as a benchmark for measuring sustainability. This Framework includes the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (including basic principles and standard disclosures that need to be included in the report), Sector Supplements (including sector specific issues) as well as the Technical Protocol (which guides the entity in defining the content of the report). This is currently the only formal guideline available and is widely used around the world.
Given the importance of the mining industry in South Africa, this article considers the quality of integrated reporting of the South African mining industry. This is done by undertaking a quantitative, applied, descriptive methodology in order to answer the research questions. Thus compliance with the globally accepted GRI Sustainability Framework has been evaluated and analysed. Using a sample of 13 of the mining companies included in the JSE Top 40 companies, the results show that these companies use the GRI G3.1 Guidelines in producing their sustainability report and that adherence improves annually. Some companies, however, do not apply the Sector Supplements which was designed to include industry-specific impacts.Thesis (MCom (Management Accountancy))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013
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Le, Roux Karle. "The relationship between corporate communication efforts, client communication satisfaction and –relationship satisfaction, and client economic contribution within a financial services organisation / K. le Roux." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4856.
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After facing the economic recession, the South–African and global business sectors started
revaluating their human capital and the positions they represent within an organisation. Each
individual now had to prove that they contributed towards the organisation’s bottom line, as each
and every cent had to be counted and accounted for. Some functions within organisations could
easily prove their contribution towards the bottom line by providing production or sales outputs.
The public relations practitioners and the corporate communication efforts they offered, however,
faced a bleak future, as their contribution towards the tangible assets was very rarely recognised
(Kim, 2000:276).
The financial services sector however, in which an advisor’s contribution towards the
organisational bottom line is easily quantified, started to acknowledge the need for this sector to
improve upon its ‘softer’ intangible assets such as client communication and client relationships.
The sector believes that communication establishes relationships, and sound client relationships
is the only way to sell financial products and services, as people seldom entrust their life earnings
or financial dreams to strangers (Christiansen & DeVaney, 1998:7).
Public relations practitioners know how to use communication optimally in the quest for building
client relationships, and financial services need those skills in order to sell their products and
contribute towards the bottom line. These two functions could thus work together towards the
achievement of their goals - public relations to prove their bottom line contribution, and the
financial services sector towards improving client relationships.
These statements led to the general Research Question of this study: “What is the nature of the
relationship between (i) corporate communication efforts, (ii) client communication
satisfaction and (iii) client relationship satisfaction, and these concepts’ relationship to
(iv) client economic contribution, within a financial services organisation?”
This Research Question is answered from the systems theory as meta–theory with the support of
the strategic communication, excellence and relationship management theories, and Futurum
Financial Group (FFG) services as the financial services organisation for this study.
A qualitative and quantitative research approach was followed to establish the constructs, and the
relationships between the constructs.
The Financial Advisors and public relations practitioner in FFG have a good understanding of the
need for strategic communication efforts, and a relationship between their efforts and the client communication satisfaction and client relationship satisfaction could therefore be indicated. A
further relationship between the client communication satisfaction and client relationship
satisfaction and the client economic contribution was also established.
Recommendations to improve the situation within FFG included a better focus on database
administration, corporate communication consistency, Financial Advisor diligence, and providing
clients with more frequent updates regarding their financial situation. The greatest strengths were
client–advisor trust and corporate communication professionalism.
This study thus contributes to the argument that communication efforts add tangibly, by means of
client economic contribution, to the organisation’s bottom line, within the financial services
industry. The study furthermore provides some recommendations for the financial services
industry to improve their communication skills in order to build client relationships.Thesis (M.A. (Communication Studies))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Funke, Michael. "Regulating a Controversy : Inside Stakeholder Strategies and Regime Transition in the Self-Regulation of Swedish Advertising 1950–1971." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-260201.
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This thesis concerns the development of the self-regulation of advertising in Sweden from 1950 until 1971. Self-regulation was initiated in the 1930s due to a business desire to regulate fair competition in marketing, and while it initially was a minor operation, the 1950s and 1960s were characterized by extensive development. When self-regulation was overtaken by state policies in 1971, it included several interlocking systems, of which parts survived the introduction of the state regime. The thesis’ aim has been to analyze how the rapid regime transitions in the self-regulation regime can be understood. The existing literature identifies four major transitions that occurred during the studied time period. To understand them, the thesis has studied the policy processes leading up to these transitions. Focus has been on the business interest organizations that controlled the regime and their regulatory strategies. Theoretically, the analysis has departed from the hypothesis that tensions between these organizations, due to their members’ different market interests and varying levels of exposure to regulation and public badwill, to a significant degree informed their strategic choices as well as policy outcomes. The results show that the policy processes preceding the regime transitions were characterized by internal tensions, whereby organizations representing advertisers, and to a lesser degree media carriers, due to their members’ higher level of exposure to regulation and public badwill, successfully supported stronger market policing, while ad agencies, being less exposed, as well as a peak industry organization for the proliferation of marketing largely opposed such measures, preferring a more lenient regulation. However, due to increased exposure to regulation and bad will, the ad agencies finally abandoned their opposition and took the lead in regulatory innovation through the introduction of an extensive clearance program that survived the launch of the state regime, becoming a key component in the co-regulatory structure that followed.
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Meintjes, Jeanne. "Korporatiewe identiteit : teorie en praktiese toepassing." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/9764.
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Bedeker, F. R. "Mediamonitering in die bestuur van korporatiewe beeld." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6877.
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M.Comm.Die waarde van hierdie ondersoek hou verband met die bemarking van 'n onderneming en die handhawing van 'n mededingende voordeel deur die projektering van 'n positiewe beeld (Anon., 1995a:92; Bateman & Zeithaml, 1993:75; Caminiti, 1992:50; Kotler & Armstrong, 1991:240). Hierdie aspek neem toe in belangrikheid soos wat die besigheidsmilieu in Suid-Afrika verander, veral wat betref die toetrede van buitelandse maatskappye tot die Suid-Afrikaanse mark.
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Odendaal, Aletta. "Deelnemende bestuur en korporatiewe kultuur : onafhanklike konstrukte?" Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10119.
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M.A. (Industrial Psychology)Participative management is a growing trend worldwide and Is especially in South Africa driven by the spirit of democracy. Although South Africa has moved towards a democratic political dispensation, the establishment of democracy In the Workplace has been left behind. From Available literature It is clear that worker participation is a movement that has not developed systematically but has been influenced by diverse forms of Initiative from different countries. The diversity has led to general confusion in the discussion of worker participation In South Africa. In the said literature the concept of participation is approached on the assumption that the style of managing work relationships is conditioned by the culture of the organisation. On this basis an effective management style will be the most powerful Instrument at the disposal of management to steer South Africa away from the present abyss of Industrial conflict and low productivity.
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Nothnagel, Gerrit Johan. "Die rol van sin vir koherensie in korporatiewe avontuuropleiding." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1255.
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The goal of this study was to determine the influence of sense of coherence on the experiences of participants in a developmental corporate adventure training programme. The corporate adventure training programme was described from an experiential learning paradigm, while sense of coherence was described from a salutogenic paradigm.
The study was undertaken with 37 members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) from different seniority and position in the SAPS. In order to determine the participants' sense of coherence and their experiences in the corporate adventure training programme, one quantitative measuring instrument and one qualitative measuring instrument were used. The quantitative instrument used to determine the participants' sense of coherence, was the orientation to life questionnaire (OLQ). Five participants with the highest scores and five participants with the lowest scores on the orientation to life questionnaire were identified. These 10 participants were subjected to an interview, determining their experiences during the corporate adventure training programme.
The results of this study have shown that people with a higher score on the orientation to life questionnaire approached and experienced the programme differently to those with a lower score on the orientation to life questionnaire. Various hypotheses were formulated from the results of the study. These hypotheses were based on the participants' feedback, and included the fact that all participants experienced the corporate adventure training programme as an opportunity to relax away from work, therefore enhancing their psychological well-being. Relationships between the participants' experiences in the corporate adventure training programme and their scores achieved on the orientation to life questionnaire, was found. The environment influenced the experiences of the participants to a large extend, a finding that differed from findings suggested by previous research.Indust & Org Psychology
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Uys, Jacobus Johannes. "Korporatiewe sosiale verantwoordelikheid van ondernemings in die veranderende Suid-Afrika." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11623.
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Mans-Combrinck, M. "Die belangrikheid en rol van korporatiewe identiteit vir 'n motorvervaardiger." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11917.
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Pretorius, Teresa. "'n Ondersoek na die linguisties manipulerende strategieë in die vertaal van korporatiewe advertensies." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11417.
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Kloppers, Elizabeth Maria. "'n Model vir korporatiewe-sosialeverantwoordelikheidskommunikasie : 'n toepassing in die landbousektor / Elizabeth Maria Kloppers." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15338.
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In hierdie studie word betoog dat korporatiewe sosialeverantwoordelikheid (KSV) minstens twee funksies het: om tot volhoubare ontwikkeling by te dra; en om strategiese voordeel vir die maatskappy te skep. Doeltreffende kommunikasie word as noodsaaklik beskou om beide bogenoemde funksies te vervul. Gevolglik word betoog dat maatskappye oor (om strategiese voordeel te trek) en in (om tot volhoubare ontwikkeling by te dra) KSV behoort te kommunikeer. Daaruit volg dat ʼn model vir KSV-kommunikasie beide soorte KSV-kommunikasie moet insluit.
Die teoretiese veld van KSV-kommunikasie is tans ontoereikend en daarom word teorieë uit ander velde geraadpleeg om ʼn teoretiese begronding voor te stel. Daar word geredeneer dat kommunikasie oor KSV aan die uitgangspunte van drie kommunikasiebestuursbenaderings behoort te voldoen, aangesien hierdie benaderings dieselfde doelwitte as kommunikasie oor KSV nastreef. Die benaderings sluit in: simmetriese tweerigtingkommunikasie, die reflektiewe benadering asook strategiese kommunikasiebestuur. Betreffende kommunikasie in KSV word betoog dat hierdie vorm van kommunikasie aan die uitgangspunte van die deelnemende benadering tot ontwikkelingskommunikasie behoort te voldoen, aangesien dit volhoubare ontwikkeling as doelwit nastreef.
Op grond van ʼn literatuurstudie oor bogenoemde kommunikasiebenaderings, word ʼn teoretiese model vir KSV-kommunikasie in die huidige studie voorgestel. Die empiriese deel van die studie fokus op die landbousektor en die teoretiese KSV-kommunikasiemodel word in die landbousektor toegepas om vas te stel hoe nuttig dit is.
Hierdie studie stel voor dat ondersteuning aan opkomende boere die hooffokus van landboumaatskappye se KSV behoort te wees. Daar word gevolglik aanvaar dat landboumaatskappye met opkomende boere (as bevoordeeldes) in KSV behoort te kommunikeer, terwyl hulle met kommersiële boere (as kliënte, verskaffers en soms aandeelhouers) oor KSV behoort te kommunikeer.
Die huidige studie het twee landboumaatskappye – Senwes en NWK – se KSV-kommunikasie ondersoek. Die empiriese deel van die studie is kwalitatief benader en die navorsingsmetodes is semigestruktureerde onderhoude, fokusgroepe en kwalitatiewe inhoudsanalise. Kwalitatiewe inhoudsanalise is ook ingespan om die resultate te ontleed wat deur die ander navorsingsmetodes bekom is.
Daar is bevind dat kommunikasie tussen die betrokke werknemers van die landboumaatskappye en opkomende boere in KSV grootliks aan die uitgangspunte van die deelnemende benadering tot ontwikkelingskommunikasie voldoen. Die opkomende boere was oor die algemeen heel tevrede met kommunikasie soos dit tans geskied. Daarteenoor wil dit voorkom asof die landboumaatskappye so ver moontlik vermy om oor hulle KSV-inisiatiewe met kommersiële boere te kommunikeer. Geen van die kommersiële boere wat aan die studie deelgeneem het, was bewus van die maatskappye se betrokkenheid by ontwikkelende landbou nie, en was uiters negatief oor hierdie gebrek aan kommunikasie.
Uit die voorgestelde model vir KSV-kommunikasie blyk dat die kommunikasiekanale, aard van kommunikasie en kommunikasiebeginsels grootliks dieselfde is vir kommunikasie in en oor KSV. Die doelwitte van hierdie twee soorte KSV-kommunikasie stem gedeeltelik ooreen, maar dit kan ook uiteenlopend wees. Die integrasie van kommunikasie in en oor KSV in een model word egter bemoeilik deurdat die metateoretiese raamwerke wat die relevante basisteorieë vir die ondersoek onderlê, oënskynlik uiteenlopende beskouings oor die doel van kommunikasie huldig.PhD (Communication Studies), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Grundling, Natascha. "Personeel se persepsies van onderskeidelik die Noordwes-Universiteit en Potchefstroomkampus se korporatiewe handelsmerk en -bestuur / Natascha Grundling." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15892.
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Although every organisation disposes of a corporate identity, it is not a given that the organisation will also have a corporate brand. Corporate brands refer not only to the visual corporate identity elements such as the name, the logo and the corporate colours but also reflect the associations that the internal and external interest groups attach to the organisation.
The staff members of the organisation are regarded as the ambassadors of an organisation’s corporate brand which they should live and express in their work and actions. For that reason it is important that the corporate brand should be well established within the organisation itself.
The North-West University (NWU) was established in 2004 as the result of a merger between the former Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the University of the North-West. The North-West University consists of four business units, viz. the Institutional Office, the Mafikeng Campus, the Potchefstroom Campus and the Vaal Triangle Campus. Because of the diversity of the erstwhile institutions, there were several serious implications for the North-West University. One of these was the development and the subsequent suitable management model, given the distance between campuses, and the other would the design and establishment of a corporate brand for the institution, given the culture and background of the former institutions. The result has been the use of a hybrid model with regard to the over-arching corporate brand of the North-West University to the extent that each campus has developed its own separate corporate brand.
Although various studies have been done in the field about corporate brands, to date no study has been undertaken about the situation at the North-West University. Against this background it was possible to formulate the following general research question.
What are staff members’ perceptions of, respectively, the corporate brand and corporate brand management of the North-West University and the Potchefstroom Campus? For the purposes of this study semi-structured interviews were conducted with management of the Institutional Office and the Potchefstroom Campus directly involved in the application of the corporate brand. A quantitative electronic questionnaire was also sent to all academic, administrative and support staff members of the Potchefstroom Campus.
The study indicates that the management of the Institutional Office and of the Potchefstroom Campus in some instances hold differing views about the corporate brand of the North-West University and the Potchefstroom Campus. In contrast to this the study indicated that the staff members of the Potchefstroom Campus gave recognition to the fact that the Potchefstroom Campus had their own corporate brand, but that it is regarded as part of the over-arching corporate brand of the North-West University. The study also indicated that the North-West University and the Potchefstroom Campus corporate brands consisted of different components and that the management of corporate brand depended on the leadership of senior management, but that each staff member played a role in living and establishing the different corporate brands.MA (Communication Studies), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Landsberg, Tersia. "Verhoudingsbestuur met bestuurders van die landswye takke van SEESA : 'n gevallestudie / Tersia Landsberg." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15355.
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Strategiese korporatiewe kommunikasie en sterk verhoudings met werknemers kan in die vorm
van hoë werknemerbetrokkenheid bydra tot organisatoriese prestasie en uitnemendheid omdat
dit organisasies help om organisatoriese doelwitte te bereik. Dit word bereik deur
verhoudingsbestuur met strategiese belangegroepe in organisasies met ʼn simmetriese
wêreldbeskouing en tweerigtingkommunikasiemodel, in die korporatiewe
kommunikasiepraktisyn se rol as strategis. Sterk verhoudings met belangegroepe word
gekenmerk deur vertroue, wederkerige beheer, verhoudingsbevrediging en toewyding. Binne
die konteks van organisasies wat geografies wyd verspreid is, speel die bestuur van
organisatoriese kultuur en sentralisering/desentralisering ʼn rol in die mate waartoe hoë
werknemerbetrokkenheid gevestig kan word en uiteindelik kan bydra tot organisatoriese
uitnemendheid.
Om hierdie onderwerp te ondersoek in die nasionale organisasie SEESA, is daar semigestruktureerde
onderhoude gevoer met sleutelrolspelers in SEESA se kommunikasiebestuur
en ʼn kwalitatiewe inhoudsanalise gedoen van SEESA hoofkantoor se kommunikasie aktiwiteite.
Self-toegediende vraelyste is gebruik om bestuurders van landswye SEESA se takke se
persepsies oor verhoudingsbestuur vanaf die hoofkantoor te bepaal.
Hierdie studie het bevind dat die SEESA hoofkantoor daarin slaag om sterk verhoudings te
vestig met bestuurders van landswye takke en dat verhoudingsboustrategieë manifesteer op ʼn
informele wyse. Die uitkomste van sterk verhoudings is tot ʼn meerdere mate teenwoordig in
hierdie verhoudings, maar by gebrek aan ʼn formele kommunikasiestrategie kan die
korporatiewe kommunikasiefunksie nie optimaal bydra tot organisatoriese uitnemendheid nie.
Organisatoriese kultuur speel egter ʼn rol om tweerigtingkommunikasie te fasiliteer wanneer daar
geen formele verhoudingsboustrategieë implementeer word nie.MA (Communication Studies), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Du, Toit Michael Teshert. "Die instelling van 'n uitgebreide korporatistiese politieke ekonomie in Suid-Afrika." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25338.
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Text in Afrikaans with abstracts in Afrikaans, English and isiZuluIn sy haas om in die globale ekonomie geïntegreer te word, na baie jare van polities-ekonomiese isolasie – en dus volle lidmaatskap van die internasionale gemeenskap te verkry – het die na-apartheid staat die ekonomiese raamwerk van die vryemarkstelsel aanvaar, gebaseer op die beginsels van neo-liberale kapitalisme as sy normatiewe basis om die “nalatenskap van apartheid” aan te spreek. Die aanvaarding van die ekonomiese model van neo-liberale kapitalisme is egter problematies in soverre dit betekenisvol misluk het om na-apartheid Suid-Afrika se mees fundamentele moreel-polities-ekonomiese uitdaging, naamlik armoede, aan te spreek en te oorkom. Hierdie tesis bied ʼn alternatiewe ekonomiese model aan, naamlik uitgebreide korporatisme. Terwyl die neo-liberale ekonomiese model individuele belange beklemtoon (gebaseer op die filosofiese beginsel van outonomie in die ekonomiese sfeer), beklemtoon die korporatistiese model, daarenteen, kollektiewe belange (gebaseer op die filosofiese beginsel van kollektiewe eienaarskap en verantwoordelikheid). Die voorspraak vir uitgebreide korporatisme poog om die volgende aansprake te bewys: 1. Die vryemarkstelsel moet behoue bly, maar een of ander vorm van strategiese ingryping is nodig sodat bepaalde sosio-politieke en ekonomiese doelwitte bereik kan word. 2. Die huidige vorm van korporatisme in Suid-Afrika is “drieledigisme” (ʼn swak vorm van korporatisme). ʼn Uitgebreide korporatistiese politieke ekonomie kan teweeg gebring word deur die instelling van korporasies, die instelling van ʼn ekonomiese wetgewende gesagsliggaam, arbeidshowe en gesentraliseerde salarisonderhandelinge. 3. Uitgebreide korporatisme kan Suid-Afrika se sosio-ekonomiese probleme aanspreek. Transformasie kan bevorder word deur ʼn paradigmaverskuiwing weg van die liberale kapitalisme, ʼn magsverskuiwing weg van die wit kapitalistiese enklave en ʼn verspreidingsverskuiwing ten gunste van die swart verarmde laerklasse. 4. Alle ekonomiese sektore en private industrieë en bedrywe moet onder die beheer van korporasies gebring word. Die staat en arbeid moet vennote by private industrieë en bedrywe word. Op dieselfde wyse moet kapitaal ʼn vennoot by staatsondernemings word. In konklusie, die aanvaarding van uitgebreide korporatisme in Suid-Afrika sal verseker dat die staat, kapitaal en arbeid saamwerk en dat ekonomiese geregtigheid en harmonie sal seëvier.
In its haste to be integrated into the global economy, following many years of political-economic isolation – and thus assume full membership in the international community – the post-apartheid state adopted the economic framework of the free market system, based on the principles of neoliberal capitalism as its normative foundation for addressing the “legacy of apartheid”. The adoption of the economic model of neoliberal capitalism has, however, proved to be problematic insofar as it has failed significantly to address and thus overcome post-apartheid South Africa‟s most fundamental moral-political-economic challenge, namely poverty. This thesis offers an alternative economic model, namely extended corporatism. While the neoliberal economic model emphasises individual interest (based on the philosophical principle of autonomy in the economic sphere), the corporatist model, in contrast, emphasises collective interest (based on the philosophical principle of collective ownership and responsibility). The advocacy of extended corporativism is based on the following key claims: 1. The free market system must be retained, but some form of strategic intervention is necessary so that certain socio-political and economic results can be achieved. 2. The current form of corporatism in South Africa is in fact tripartism (a weak form of corporatism). An extended corporatist political economy can by brought about by the implementation of corporations, the establishment of an economic legislative body, labour courts and centralised wage bargaining. 3. Extended corporatism can address South Africa‟s socio-economic problems. Transformation can be promoted by a paradigm shift away from liberal capitalism, a power shift away from the white capitalist enclave and a distribution shift in favour of the black impoverished lower classes. 4. All economic sectors as well as private industries and businesses must be brought under the control of corporations. The state and labour must become partners in private industries and businesses. In the same way capital must become a partner in state enterprises. In conclusion, the adoption of extended corporatism in South Africa will ensure that state, capital and labour work together and that economic justice and harmony will prevail.
Ekuxhamezeleni kombuso owasungulwa emva kokuphela kobandlululo kuleli, ngenjongo yokuthi udidiyelwe emnothweni womhlaba, kulandela iminyaka eminingi ukhishwe inyumbazana kwezepolitiki nakwezomnotho – futhi ukuze uthathe indawo yawo njengelungu eligcwele lomphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe – waqoka ukwamukela nokusebenzisa uhlaka lwezomnotho lohlelo-kuhwebelana olukhululekile, olwakhelwe phezu kwemigomo yenqubo-mnotho ekhululekile yogombelakwesakhe, njengesisekelo-nkambiso sayo sokubhekana “nokhondolo lobandlululo”. Kodwa-ke, ukwamukelwa nokusetshenziswa kwemodeli yezomnotho yenqubo-mnotho ekhululekile yogombelakwesakhe, sekubonise ukuba yinkinga impela njengoba sekuhluleke kwancama ukunqoba inselele enkulukazi eNingizimu Afrika selokhu kwaphela ubandlululo, yokuqinisekisa ukubhekelelwa komuntu wonke, ephathelene nezepolitiki kanye nezomnotho, okuyinselele yobubha. Lo mbhalo wetisisi uhlinzeka ngemodeli yezomnotho ehlukile engasetshenziswa, futhi leyo modeli wubukopeletsheni obeluliwe (extended corporatism). Njengoba inqubo-mnotho ekhululekile yogombelakwesakhe igcizelela izidingo nezimfuno zomuntu ngamunye, (ezisekelwe phezu komgomo wefilosofi yokuzimela kwezomnotho), imodeli yobukopeletsheni ngakolunye uhlangothi yona igcizelela izidingo nezimfuno zabantu ngokuhlanganyela (ezisekelwe phezu komgomo wefilosofi yobunikazi obuhlanganyelwe kanye nesibopho esihlanganyelwe). Ukwesekwa kanye nokukhuthazwa kobukopeletsheni obeluliwe kusekelwe phezu kwalezi zitatimende ezisemqoka: 1. Uhlelo-kuhwebelana olukhululekile kumele lugcinwe, kodwa-ke kuyadingeka ukungenelela okuthile okukhethekile ukuze kuzuzwe imiphumela ethile yezenhlalo-politiki kanye nezomnotho. 2. Uhlobo lobukopeletsheni olukhona njengamanje kuleli, eqinisweni, luwubukopeletsheni obungunxantathu (obubandakanya isivumelwano phakathi kwabaqashi, izinyunyana zabasebenzi kanye nohulumeni), i-tripartism (okuwuhlobo lobukopeletsheni oluntekenteke kakhulu). Umnotho wezepolitiki oncike kubukopeletsheni obeluliwe ungalethwa ngokuqaliswa kokopeletsheni, nangokusungulwa kwenhlangano eshaya imithetho ephathelene nezomnotho, nezinkantolo zabasebenzi kanye nokuxoxisana ngamaholo okwenziwa esigcawini esisodwa esibandakanya zonke izinhlaka ezithintekayo. 3. Ubukopeletsheni obeluliwe bungazixazulula izinkinga zenhlalo-mnotho ezibhekene neNingizimu Afrika. Uguquko lungagqugquzeleka ngokuthi kuphunywe kwinqubo ekhululekile yomnotho wogombelakwesakhe, futhi kuphunywe ngaphansi kwenqubo yomnotho wogombelakwesakhe abamhlophe, kuguqukelwe emnothweni obhekelela abantu abamnyama abasemazingeni aphansi ababhuqabhuqwa wububha nenhlupheko. 4. Yonke imikhakha yomnotho kanjalo nezimboni namabhizinisi azimele kumele kufakwe ngaphansi kolawulo lokopeletsheni. Umbuso kanye nabasebenzi kumele babambisane nezimboni namabhizinisi. Ngendlela efanayo, ogombelakwesakhe nabo kumele babambisane namabhizinisi ombuso. Uma sengiphetha, ukwamukelwa nokusetshenziswa kobukopeletsheni obeluliwe eNingizimu Afrika kuyoqinisekisa ukuthi umbuso, ogombelakwesakhe kanye nabasebenzi basebenza ngokubambisana futhi kanjalo lokho kuyoletha ubulungiswa bezomnotho kanye nokuzwana.
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Van, Dyk Louise Isabel. "Participatory communication for social change and stakeholder relationships : challenges faced by social development NPOs and their corporate donors in South Africa / Louise Isabel van Dyk." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/12268.
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In recent years the ideas of good governance and the responsibility of corporate South Africa to contribute to the society in which they operate have become an undeniable part of organisational conception. Indeed, South Africa is considered to be a leader in the field of corporate governance internationally. Forming part of governance practices is Corporate Social Investment (CSI) whereby corporate organisations contribute to causes and societal groupings in need of financial and other assistance. Among these societal groupings that receive support from CSI activities are non-profit organisations (NPOs) that rely on funding from their corporate donors for survival. Based on the exchange of funding and a shared attempt at social development, a relationship between the two parties emerges. From the perspective of the stakeholder theory, corporate organisations, through their CSI activities, and NPOs are stakeholders of each other and a positive relationship between them could strengthen their individual and collective goals.
This study explored and described the relationship between corporate donors and recipient NPOs in order to understand the state of the relationship and to critically consider the way in which the relationship is defined, described and measured. First, the relationship was explored by means of partially structured interviews based on well-known relationship indicators where it appeared that the relationship is not only fraught with negative perceptions from both sides, but also where the relationship indicators used to explore the relationship were not entirely suited for the specific context of this relationship. The negative perceptions and inappropriate relationship indicators formed the basis of a theoretical inquiry of literature on CSI, stakeholder relationships and participatory development communication. Subsequently, the partially structured interviews and the literature review informed the design of two corresponding survey questionnaires that could test both findings quantitatively. The results of validity and reliability testing confirmed the qualitative finding that a contextualised measurement is suited for this relationship. A mix of existing and newly formulated items grouped in contextual elements and redefined relationship indicators was used to describe the relationship. A combined analysis of qualitative and quantitative results indicated that the relationship is not as negative as the qualitative research might have suggested (possibly a result of contextualised measurement); but that very specific relational challenges are present and it is suggested that these challenges need a realistic approach of which accurate description is a starting point.
The research contributes twofold with the first contribution being a clearer understanding of the relationship between corporate donors and recipient NPOs and the second being a set of redefined and contextualised relationship indicators with which to define and measure this relationship.PhD (Communication Studies), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Nell, Tarryn Mary. "Community perceptions of sustainable development : implications for an approach to closure mining / Tarryn Mary Nell." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/15962.
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The closure of a mine is an inevitable event in the lifecycle of a mining operation and one that can have massive environmental, social and economic consequences for mining communities in particular. The ultimate goal of mine closure should be sustainable development and, while adequate planning, risk assessment and goal setting influence the mine closure process, the relationships between stakeholders, especially those between mining companies and communities, lie at the heart of implementing sustainable closure.
Mining communities are affected by nearby mining operations and, although they can enjoy the economic benefits of the industry, they also bear the brunt of the negative social and environmental impacts. The focus on sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in addition to the increased power of communities in recent years has forced mining companies to consider the interests of this stakeholder group. The community‟s perceptions and expectations of sustainable development can, however, differ from those of the mining company and have an influence on the stakeholder engagement process.
The current study investigates the mining community of Kagiso‟s perceptions of sustainable development and the implications of these perceptions for the implementation of Mintails Mogale Gold Mine‟s approach to mine closure. Stakeholder engagement issues are brought to the fore and recommendations for improving the engagement between the mine and the community are proposed.M (Development and Management), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015
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Swart, Christelle. "A conceptual framework for social media brand communication in non- profit organisations in South Africa: An integrated communication perspective." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/24877.
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Text in English with abstracts in English, Afrikaans and isiZuluPropelled by increased competition with the private sector and other similar organisations, the non-profit sector increasingly faces challenges to create meaningful interactions with stakeholders which, among other benefits, allow for differentiation and the creation of favourable and lasting impressions of the corporate brand. The main research aim of this study was to propose possible elements for a conceptual framework for the integration of non-profit organisations’ social media brand communication. The point of departure was that the achievement of a favourable corporate brand in the non-profit sector could, inter alia, be realised by following an integrated communication approach when utilising social media to communicate with stakeholders. The study is different from prior studies because of its specific interdisciplinary focus on the corporate brand, social media and integrated communication (IC), and the fact that it is merged into one study. The research into the main contribution of the study was based on a thorough literature review focusing on the following objectives: to explore corporate branding and social media; and to describe elements that could constitute an integrated approach to social media brand communication. During the investigation into the topic, the social media focus of the study was framed on the basis of classical theoretical views, and the theory of and perspectives on human action, symbolic interaction and social presence. The absence of a single set of theoretical assumptions of social media necessitated an inductive reasoning process based on identified key elements of social media. Subsequent to the literature review, the empirical research gathered invaluable insights from communication professionals in South African non-profit organisations, and who are responsible for communication by means of social media. Finally, and following the measurement of the proposed elements, the objective of proposing possible elements for the integration of social media brand communication and presenting it in a conceptual framework was achieved. The conceptual framework was based on three foundational principles, namely a corporate brand focus and a philosophy of communication integration, underpinned by social media. The proposed conceptual framework should provide new insights into and contribute to the existing body of knowledge on organisational communication.
Toenemende mededinging in die privaatsektor en tussen ander soortgelyke organisasies, rig ‘n grotewordende uitdaging aan die niewinsgerigte sektor om betekenisvolle wisselwerking met belangegroepe te bewerkstellig, iets wat dit onder andere moontlik maak om te differensieer en om gunstige en blywende indrukke van die korporatiewe handelsmerk te skep. Die belangrikste navorsingsoogmerk van hierdie studie was om moontlike elemente aan die hand te doen vir ʼn konsepsuele raamwerk vir die integrasie van niewinsgerigte organisasies se kommunikasie in sosiale media. Die vertrekpunt was dat ʼn gunstige korporatiewe handelsmerk in die niewinsgerigte sektor onder andere gerealiseer kan word deur middel van ʼn geïntegreerde kommunikasiebenadering wanneer sosiale media gebruik word om met belanghebbendes te kommunikeer. Die studie verskil van vorige studies weens die spesifieke interdissiplinêre fokus op die korporatiewe handelsmerk, sosiale media en geïntegreerde kommunikasie, asook die feit dat dit in een studie geïntegreer is. Die navorsing vir hierdie studie se belangrikste bydrae was gegrond op ʼn deurtastende literatuuroorsig, toegespits daarop om die gebruik van korporatiewe handelsmerke en sosiale media te verken; en om elemente wat ʼn geïntegreerde benadering tot handelsmerkkommunikasie in sosiale media sou kon daarstel, te beskryf. Gedurende die ondersoek na die tema het die studie se sosialemediafokus gerus op klassieke teoretiese sienings en die teorie van en perspektiewe op menslike aksie, simboliese wisselwerking en sosiale teenwoordigheid. Die gebrek aan ʼn enkele stel teoretiese aannames van sosiale media het ʼn proses van induktiewe redenering, gegrond op geïdentifiseerde sleutelelemente van sosiale media, genoodsaak. Voortspruitend uit die literatuuroorsig het die empiriese navorsing uiters waardevolle insigte bekom van kommunikasiekundiges in Suid-Afrikaanse niewinsgerigte organisasies wat deur middel van sosiale media moet kommunikeer. Laastens en na afloop van die meting van die voorgestelde elemente is die oogmerk om moontlike elemente vir die integrasie van kommunikasie van ʼn handelsmerk in sosiale media en die aanbieding daarvan in ʼn konsepsuele raamwerk, bereik. Die konsepsuele raamwerk is op drie beginsels gegrond, naamlik ʼn fokus op die korporatiewe handelsmerk en ʼn filosofie van kommunikasieintegrasie, ondersteun deur sosiale media. Die voorgestelde konsepsuele raamwerk behoort nuwe insigte in en bydraes tot die bestaande kenniskorpus oor organisasiekommunikasie te bied.
Ngokugqugquzelwa ukwanda kokuncitisana kwemikhakha ezimele nezinye izinhlangano ezifanayo, umkhakha ongenzi inzuzo uyaqhubeka njalo nokubhekana nezinselelo zokwenza ukuthi ukuxhumana kahle nabanye ababambe iqhaza okuwukuthi, phakathi kokunye okungazuzwa, kuvumele ukwahlukaniswa kanye nokwakhiwa kwezimpawu zemifanekiso yenkampani ezikahle futhi eziyohlala isikhathi eside. Injongo enkulu yocwaningo lwalesi sifundo kwakuwukuhlongoza imikhakha engaseyenzeke yohlaka olungakapheleli lokuhlanganiswa kophawu lokuxhumana ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zezinhlangano ezingenzi inzuzo. Iphuzu elalisemqoka kwakuwukufeza umgomo wokuthi kwakhiwe uphawu olufanele lwenkampani emkhakheni ongayenzi inzuzo, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ufezeke ngokulandela indlela edidiyelwe yezokuxhumana uma kusetshenziswa izinkundla zokuxhumana ukuxoxisana nababambe iqhaza. Lesi sifundo sihlukile kwezinye esezike zenziwa ngaphambilini ngenxa yokuthi sigxile ngokukhethekile ekusetshenzisweni kophawu lwenkampani, izinkundla zokuxhumana kanye nezindlela zokuxhumana ezididiyelwe, i-integrated communication (i-IC), kanye nephuzu lokuthi kudidiyelwe kwaba ucwaningo olulodwa. Lolu cwaningo kulokho okusemqoka okuwumthelela walesi sifundo lwalugxile kakhulu ekubuyekezweni okujulile kwemibhalo kubhekwe kakhulu kulezi zinjongo ezilandelayo: ukuhlaziya uphawu lwenkampani nezinkundla zokuxhumana; nokuchaza amaphuzu angase akhombise indlela edidiyelwe ekuxhumaneni ngophawu lwezinkundla zokuxhumana. Ngesikhathi kuphenywa ngesihloko, ukugxila ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kulesi sifundo kwabalulwa esizindeni semibono yezinto ezingaphatheki, kanye nethiyori nemiqondo yokwenza komuntu, ukuxhumana ngezimpawu nokubakhona kwabantu basemphakathini. Ukungabibikho kweqoqo elilodwa lokucatshangelwa ngokwenzeka emiqondweni ngokwezinkundla zokuxhumana kwenza ukuthi kube nesidingo senqubo yokuqala ukucabanga ezinze emaphuzwini asemqoka ezinkundla zokuxhumana. Ukulandela ukubuyekezwa kwemibhalo, lolu cwaningo oluphethe ubufakazi obuphathekayo luqoqe ulwazi olusemqoka oluvela kosolwazi bezokuxhumana ezinhlanganweni ezingenzi nzuzo zaseNingizimu Afrika, futhi ezinomsebenzi wokuxhumana ngokusebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana. Ekugcineni, futhi ngokulandela izilinganiso zamaphuzu ahlongozwayo, yafezeka injongo yokuhlongoza okungase kube amaphuzu okudidiyela ukuxhumana ngokusebenzisa uphawu lwezinkundla zokuxhumana kanye nokuluveza njengohlaka lokusemqondweni. Uhlaka lokusemqondweni lwalugxile emigomeni eyisisekelo emithathu, okuwukugxila kuphawu lwenkampani nenzululwazi yokudidiyelwa kokuxhumana, nokusekelwe yizinkundla zokuxhumana. Uhlaka olusahlongozwa olungakapheleli kumele luhlinzeke ngemiqondo emisha futhi lube nomthelela esakhiweni solwazi esikhona ekuxhumaneni ngokwenhlangano.
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Botha, Monray Marsellus. "Employee participation and voice in companies : a legal perspective / Monray Marsellus Botha." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14902.
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Recently, South African company law underwent a dramatic overhaul through the
introduction of the Companies Act 71 of 2008. Central to company law is the promotion of
corporate governance: companies no longer are accountable to their shareholders only but
to society at large. Leaders should direct company strategy and operations with a view to
achieving the triple bottom-line (economic, social and environmental performance) and,
thus, should manage the business in a sustainable manner. An important question in
company law today: In whose interest should the company be managed?
Corporate governance needs to address the entire span of responsibilities to all
stakeholders of the company, such as customers, employees, shareholders, suppliers and
the community at large. The Companies Act aims to balance the rights and obligations of
shareholders and directors within companies and encourages the efficient and responsible
management of companies. The promotion of human rights is central in the application of
company law: it is extremely important given the significant role of enterprises within the
social and economic life of the nation.
The interests of various stakeholder groups in the context of the corporation as a “social
institution” should be enhanced and protected. Because corporations are a part of society
and the community they are required to be socially responsible and to be more
accountable to all stakeholders in the company. Although directors act in the best interests
of shareholders, collectively, they must also consider the interests of other stakeholders.
Sustainable relationships with all the relevant stakeholders are important. The advancement of social justice is important to corporations in that they should take into
account the Constitution, labour and company law legislation in dealing with social justice
issues.
Employees have become important stakeholders in companies and their needs should be
taken into account in a bigger corporate governance and social responsibility framework.
Consideration of the role of employees in corporations entails notice that the Constitution
grants every person a fundamental right to fair labour practices.
Social as well as political change became evident after South Africa's re-entry into the
world in the 1990s. Change to socio-economic conditions in a developing country is also
evident. These changes have a major influence on South African labour law. Like company
law, labour law, to a large extent, is codified. Like company law, no precise definition of
labour law exists. From the various definitions, labour law covers both the individual and
collective labour law and various role-players are involved. These role-players include trade
unions, employers/companies, employees, and the state. The various relationships
between these parties, ultimately, are what guides a certain outcome if there is a power
play between them.
In 1995 the South African labour market was transformed by the introduction of the
Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. The LRA remains the primary piece of labour legislation
that governs labour law in South Africa. The notion of industrial democracy and the
transformation of the workplace are central issues in South African labour law. The
constitutional change that have taken place in South Africa, by which the protection of
human rights and the democratisation of the workplace are advanced contributed to these
developments. Before the enactment of the LRA, employee participation and voice were
much-debated topics, locally and internationally. In considering employee participation, it
is essential to take due cognisance of both the labour and company law principles that are
pertinent: the need for workers to have a voice in the workplace and for employers to
manage their corporations. Employee participation and voice should be evident at different levels: from informationsharing
to consultation to joint decision-making. Corporations should enhance systems and
processes that facilitate employee participation and voice in decisions that affect
employees.
The primary research question under investigation is: What role should (and could)
employees play in corporate decision-making in South Africa? The main inquiry of the
thesis, therefore, is to explore the issue of granting a voice to employees in companies, in
particular, the role of employees in the decision-making processes of companies.
The thesis explores various options, including supervisory co-determination as well as
social co-determination, in order to find solutions that will facilitate the achievement of
employee participation and voice in companies in South Africa.LLD, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015