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Total quality management (TQM) in the public sector : a case of local government in South Africa

- Lutabingwa, Jesse, Auriacombe, Christelle

Authors: Lutabingwa, Jesse , Auriacombe, Christelle
Date: 2009
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , uj:31652 , Citation: Lutabingwa, J. & Auriacombe, C. 2009. Total quality management (TQM) in the public sector : a case of local government in South Africa.
Description: Abstract: While Total Quality Management (TQM) has been used successfully in the private sector, its successful application in the local government sector is still debatable. There are world-wide cases where TQM has been used in the public sector, but its application in the South African local government sector is relatively new. The purpose of this article is to examine the extent to which TQM can be applied at the local government level in South Africa. TQM can assist institutions to improve better service to their communities and their own employees. The article argues that TQM has relevance in the local government sector in South Africa, after an assessment of two case studies, one drawn from a local government and another from an organised local government association.
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The “authentic subjective experience” of memory in Alzheimer’s disease

- Haj, Mohamad El, Moustafa, Ahmed A., Roche, Jean, Pasquier, Florence, Kapogiannis, Dimitrios, Gallouj, Karim, Antoine, Pascal

Authors: Haj, Mohamad El , Moustafa, Ahmed A. , Roche, Jean , Pasquier, Florence , Kapogiannis, Dimitrios , Gallouj, Karim , Antoine, Pascal
Date: 2020
Subjects: Alzheimer’s disease , Sutobiographical memory , Consciousnes
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , uj:38331 , Haj, M.E., et al. 2020: The “authentic subjective experience” of memory in Alzheimer’s disease. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2020-0123
Description: Abstract: , Mostresearchhasmainlyfocusedonthedecline of the subjective experience in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, few attempts have been made to evaluate whether subjective experience may be maintained in AD. In this narrative review, we attempt to provide a positive view, according to which patients with AD can enjoy, to some extent, subjective experience during memory retrieval. Memory and expression diﬃculties (e.g., aphasia) limit the ability of patients with AD to describe their memories, resulting in a little speciﬁcity of reported memories. However, according to the “authentic subjectiveexperience”view,weproposeinthisstudythatthe ability to mentally relive these memories could be preserved in the patients. By proposing the authentic subjective experience view, we attempt to provide an alternative view to the general consideration that the patients suﬀer a diminished subjective experience. This view can contribute to a larger clinical framework that gives a positive meaning to the subjective experience of patients with AD. Furthermore, several clinical and empirical implications can be drawn from the authentic subjective experience view, including the possibility to evaluate behavioral correlates of the subjective experience in AD.
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The puzzle of public contracts : to what extent are they governed by Public and Private Law

- Legodi, Ramarobele Joseph

Authors: Legodi, Ramarobele Joseph
Date: 2019
Language: English
Type: Masters (Thesis)
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , uj:34839
Description: Abstract: The objective of this study was to observe the inconsistencies that are brought about in the application of both public and private law principles to a dispute emanating from a public contract. There are two arguments considered by courts which are, the “purely contractual approach” being an approach that only applies contract law principles to the exclusion of public law and, “public law approach” being an approach that only applies public and administrative law principles to the exclusion of private law. To date, these two approaches contrast one another in application and have left the question unsatisfactorily answered whether public or private law regulates the contractual relationship between the parties to the contract. , LL.M. (Commercial Law)
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Stochastic dynamic modelling of Empty Rail Wagon redistribution management in South Africa

- Mutyavavire, Robert Pokote

Authors: Mutyavavire, Robert Pokote
Date: 2019
Language: English
Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , uj:38933
Description: Abstract: Rail freight transport offers a more sustainable bulk transportation service relative to competing surface transportation modes. Transport deregulation policies and rapidly evolving supply chain demands are exerting unprecedented competitive pressure in the freight transport industry. Agile service designs and optimised operational frameworks are required. Rail freight transport has lost a significant portion of the freight industry market share. There is urgent need to improve rail service efficiency and competitiveness. For the rail industry studied, available captive demand is frequently not adequately satisfied. The probability of further market share loss is real. Time, efficiency and responsiveness are important modal choice factors in freight transportation. Rail wagons constitute the primary materials handling resources. Rail freight handling capacity may be determined by the wagon fleet size and operator ability to meet aggregate empty wagon demand timeously and reliably. Empty wagon re-distribution management is a critical problem in rail freight operations... , Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering)
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Search for High-Mass Resonances Decaying to τν in p p Collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector

- The ATLAS Collaboration

Authors: The ATLAS Collaboration
Date: 2018
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , uj:31166 , Citation: The ATLAS Collaboration. 2018. Search for High-Mass Resonances Decaying to τν in p p Collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS Detector.
Description: Abstract: A search for high-mass resonances decaying to τν using proton–proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV produced by the Large Hadron Collider is presented. Only τ-lepton decays with hadrons in the final state are considered. The data were recorded with the ATLAS detector and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 36.1 fb−1. No statistically significant excess above the standard model expectation is observed; model-independent upper limits are set on the visible τν production cross section. Heavy W t bosons with masses less than 3.7 TeV in the sequential standard model and masses less than 2.2–3.8 TeV depending on the coupling in the non-universal G(221) model are excluded at the 95% credibility level.
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