Managerial strategies to promote interorganisational and multisectoral collaboration in the South African public sector: a case study approach

The South African Qualification Authority Act (58/1995) requires that the facilitators of the education and training programme for nursing students implement teaching strategies that facilitate critical reflective thinking and lifelong learning. This article seeks to report fourth-year nursing students' experiences regarding the use of a case study approach as a learning opportunity. Much has been documented about the case study as an effective strategy to facilitate learning.A purposive convenience sampling method was used to select 24 nursing students in a South African university. Descriptive naïve sketches were used to collect data. The results were analysed using the content data analysis method (Burns & Grove 2003). Measures to ensure the trustworthiness of the study were taken in accordance with Lincoln and Guba's (1985) principles. Ethical standards for research were observed in order to maintain the integrity of the research.The research findings suggest that the case study as a learning opportunity is effective in facilitating learning, as indicated by the following three categories: increase in critical thinking skills, increased theory and practice integration and increased growth in presentation skills. These categories were conceptualised using the relevant literature in order to describe research-based recommendations regarding the use of a case study approach as a learning opportunity. It is recommended that facilitators involved in the nursing education programme make use of a case study approach as a learning opportunity at all levels of the nursing education programme.OpsommingDie Suid Afrikaanse Qualification Authority Act (58/1995) vereis dat die fasiliteerders van die onderrig en opleiding program vir verpleegkunde studente onderrig strategië implimenteer wat kritiese reflektiewe denke en lewenslange leer fasiliteer. Die dokument poog om 4de jaar verpleegkunde studente se leerervaring in verband met gevalle-studie benadering te rapporteer. Baie is al gedokumenteer oor die kern van die gevalle-studie as ’n effektiewe strategie om leer te fasiliteer.Die doelgerigte gerieflikheids monster metode was gebruik om 24 verpleegkunde studente in ’n Suid Afrikaanse universiteit te kies. Deskriptiewe, naïve sketse was gebruik om inligting te versamel. Resultate was ge-analiseer deur middel van die inhoud data analiese metode (Burns & Grove 2003). Mates om die vertrouens-waardigheid van die studie te verseker was gevolg volgens Lincoln en Guba (1985) se beginsels. Etiese standaarde vir navorsing was waargeneem om die integriteit van die navorsing te verseker.Navorsings bevindinge dui daarop dat die gevalle-studie as leer geleentheid effektief was in die fasilitering van leer, soos aangedui deur die volgende drie kategorië: vermeerdering van kritiese denke vaardighede; vermeerderde teorie en praktyk integrasie en vermeerderde groei in aanbiedings vaardighede. Hierdie kategorië was gekonseptualiseer deur die gebruik van toepaslike literatuur sodat navorsings-gebaseerde aanbevelinge in verband met gevalle-studie benadering as leer geleentheid beskryf kon word. Dit word aanbeveel dat fasiliteerders betrokke by die verpleeg onderrig program gebruik maak van gevalle-studie benadering op alle vlakke van die verpleeg program.

Download Full-text

Investigating the influence of a leadership development programme within the Danish public sector

Tidsskrift for Professionsstudier ◽

10.7146/tfp.v12i23.96756 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (23) ◽

pp. 62-70

Author(s):

Roddy Walker

Keyword(s):

Leadership Development ◽

Public Sector ◽

Development Programme ◽

Educational Practices ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Study Approach

The article outlines the approach taken in an ongoing PhD study, investigating organisational influences of a diploma programme in leadership offered to employees within the Danish public sector. The intention is to considerthe implications of wider societal conditions and organisational contexts, rather than solely focusing on events taking place on-site in the development programme. By undertaking a multi- sited ethnography and adopting a case study approach, individual trajectories of participation through the programme become traceable, training focus on individual leaders’ iterative movement between the organisational and educational practices, and the manner in which they translate between these contexts.

Download Full-text

Diversity management in a South African university: A case study

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology ◽

10.4102/sajip.v24i2.648 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. B. Strydom ◽

R. Erwee

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Diversity Management ◽

Status Quo ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Study Approach ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

Residential University ◽

The Status ◽

The University

To establish the perception of employees regarding diversity management at South Africa's largest residential university, the questionnaires of Gardenswartz & Rowe (1993) was adapted and a case study approach with a sample of 25 employees was used. The diversity audit measured the sample's perceptions on symptoms of diversity related problems; openness to change of the university; the status quo regarding diversity management; organisational barriers to diversity; the valuing of diversity; and the management of diversity by managers or supervisors. It was found that a high number of symptoms of diversity-related problems are perceived and that respondents believed that the university is relatively unresponsive to the need to change. The university was believed to be in a mono cultural stage of development and barriers to developing into a multicultural organisation were identified. Respondents did report a very positive attitude towards diversity but perceived that certain procedures are not supportive.<p> Opsomming <br>Die vraelyste van Gardenswartz en Rowe (1993) en 'n gevalstudiebenadering is benut om die persepsies van 'n steekproef van 25 personeellede aangaande die bestuur van diversiteit in 'n Suid Afrikaanse universiteit te ondersoek. Die diversiteitsaudit meet die steekproef se waameming van simptome van diversiteitsverwante probleme, die bereidwilligheid van die universiteit om te verander, die huidige stand van diversiteitsbestuur, organisatoriese hindemisse, die waarde wat aan diversiteitsbestuur geheg word, en die bestuur van diversiteit deur bestuurders en toesighouers. Die resultate toon dat 'n beduidende aantal simptome van diversiteitsverwante probleme gei'dentinseer word en dat die respondente meen dat die universiteit relatief min bewustheid vir die nodigheid van verandering toon. Respondente meen dat die universiteit in 'n monokulturele fase van onfrwikkeling is en hindemisse in die ontplooїng na 'n multikulturele organisasie is bespeur. Respondente toon aan dat positiewe houdings ten opsigte van diversiteit voorkom maar dat bestaande prosedures hierdie houdings nie ondersteun nie.

Download Full-text

Infrastructure development within a regulated environment: Concerns for regulators

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences ◽

10.4102/jef.v7i4.385 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 569-586 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zaakirah Ismail ◽

Patrick Mabuza ◽

Kaveshin Pillay ◽

Siyavuya Xolo

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

South African ◽

Policy Recommendations ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Study Approach ◽

Pipeline Project ◽

Procurement Method ◽

Selection Of

Poor delivery of infrastructure leads to inefficient pricing of these assets, which is passed through to consumers. Inefficient pricing is caused by a poor selection of a funding and financing method as well as project overruns. This article used a case-study approach to investigate if South African (SA) infrastructure projects were executed efficiently. It was found that the procurement method was not a reason for inefficient infrastructure delivery. Further, SA projects overran significantly by between 5 and 58%. The case of Transnet’s pipeline project was highlighted. Two case studies (Gautrain and e-tolls) are presented to highlight issues around funding. It was found that the user-pays mechanism of funding is efficient only if there is complete transparency and communication between the user of the infrastructure and other stakeholders. Given the findings, this paper ends with policy recommendations for regulators of utilities that will ensure that consumers are protected.

Download Full-text

Tornadoes in South Africa: An Overview with a Case Study

10.20944/preprints201811.0547.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Offoro Kimambo

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Heat Waves ◽

Warning System ◽

Study Data ◽

Study Analysis ◽

Case Study Approach ◽

Case Study Analysis ◽

Study Approach

This paper contributes to the understating of tornadoes in South Africa using case study analysis. In South Africa tornadoes are the recurring phenomenon (the climatology) but they have received less attention. Damages from storms itself (tornadoes inclusive) are significant in South Africa relative to other weather-related disasters for example floods, heat waves, and droughts. Case study approach was adopted in the current study. Data were in the courtesy of the following, National Oceanic and Administration (NOOA), National Centers for Environmental Protections (NCEP), Eumetsat, and South African weather Service. The aim of the study was to provide an overview of the occurrence of tornadoes in South Africa using a case study. From the case study analysis, the tornadoes at Klerksdorp on March 4, 2007, was associated with the cold frontal systems and the cut-ff low (extratropical circulation) which were the dominant weather systems of the day. Case study approach may be the best way to study events of these nature for a more informed decision, for example, issuing an early warning system.  Case studies, for example, involving interaction between extratropical and tropical circulation may be also more informative.

Download Full-text

Article Title: “Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector – a Case Study of the South African Revenue Service as a Government Agency”

Politeia ◽

10.25159/2663-6689/6949 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Everisto Benyera

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

South African ◽

Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽

Government Agency ◽

The South ◽

Article Title ◽

The Public ◽

University Of Pretoria

Politeia 35 (2) 2016: 21–51, #2368 https://doi.org/10.25159/0256-8845/2368 When this article was originally published, the first author’s details were omitted. The author details on the article have now been corrected to read as follows: Aidan Connolly University of Pretoria [email protected] Jurie van Vuuren University of Pretoria [email protected]

Download Full-text