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The need for workplace democracy within the context of South Africa's developing political democracy.
(1998)
This research undertakes a theoretical investigation of concepts related to industrial democracy and examines the need for workplace democracy within South Africa's dynamic contemporary context. It looks at the history of ...
In search for a new social welfare system : is the basic income grant the appropriate policy framework for developing societies?
(2005)
This paper critically discusses the Basic Income Grant debate in South Africa. It briefly looks
at the theoretical framework on poverty as a background. Then it goes on to three major
theories that help build a coherent ...
Trade union survival strategies under globalization : a case study of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the Pietermaritzurg Hullett Aluminium branch in the KwaZulu-Natal region.
(2002)
There is an ongoing discourse among theorists on the real effect that globalisation has had on trade unions in different countries. Some trade unions in other parts of the world have experienced a massive decline in their ...
Competitiveness and social redress at the Monte Vista Hollywood, and Sugar Mill casinos in KwaZulu Natal.
(2001)
Organisations in South Africa are facing many local and global pressures for
reconfiguration through various interventions that encourage global integration and
competitiveness, and simultaneously aim to promote social ...
A pilot investigation of the potential impact of implementing the National Qualifications Framework in industry as perceived by organisations, unions and industry training boards.
(1997)
South Africa is facing increasing competition as it becomes a more active
participant in the "global village". The current South African skills base is
inadequate and existing education and training structures are doing ...
Skills and technological innovation for global competitiveness : a case study of Portnet's Durban Harbour (PDH)
(2001)
There has been a global move towards involving people in process of change by developing
organizations technologically, providing skills training and building capacity in all sectors of
society, in spheres of government, ...
Unlocking careers through metaphors in South Africa.
(2008)
This qualitative , critical-interpretivist study critically explored the career metaphors produced by a South African sample, by adapting the theoretical, methodological and analytical framework of a study conducted by ...
Globalisation and consumption of material and symbolic goods by black Africans Zulu-English speakers in DMA : clothing and its power of symbolisation within popular culture.
(2005)
This dissertation is an attempt to shed light on the impact that global cultural consumption has had in the transformation of perceptions of material and symbolic consumption in everyday life among urban black African ...
Challenges facing informal sector micro-enterprises in Newlands West : the case of female owned home-based dress-making enterprises.
(2007)
This study seeks to investigate the challenges facing informal sector micro-enterprises in Newlands
West, using the case study of female owned home-based dress making enterprises in the South West
of Durban. The ...