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The automotive industry with its dealerships in South Africa, has the potential to contribute to domestic economic growth, create jobs and stimulate economic competition. However, the industry faces several challenges that affect its long-term viability, organisational outcome and sustainability. Employee exposure to psychological stress and insufficient job resources impact negatively on engagement and organisational outcome. This study examined the influence of job demands and job resources on employee work engagement and work engagement on the sustainability of car dealerships in South Africa. It identified a gap in the literature in the correlation between work engagement and its impact on organisational sustainability outcomes. Against this background, the primary objective of this study was to measure the effect of engagement on the sustainability of car dealerships in South Africa. A quantitative research paradigm was applied and a sample of sales and service employees working in dealerships in South Africa was drawn. An online survey was conducted and a total of 375 usable questionnaires were returned for statistical analysis. The validity of the scales was confirmed using Cronbach’s alpha values for the individual study variables. The validity of the scales was confirmed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The collected data were also subjected to several statistical analyses. These included descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlations, multiple regression analysis (MRA) and the analysis of variance (ANOVA). The majority of the respondents agreed regarding their experience of work engagement at the dealerships. The regression analyses showed that mental demands, social support and autonomy have significant positive influence on work engagement. A significant positive correlation was also identified between work engagement and sustainability. The results also showed that some of the demographic variables examined in this study had significant impact on the level of work engagement. In light of the findings of this study, several recommendations were made to increase the level of work engagement of employees and the sustainability of the dealerships in order to support the achievement of the company’s goals and visions.
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Car dealerships, job demands, job resources, mental demands, emotional demands, pace and amount of work, social support, autonomy, development resources, work engagement, Triple Bottom Line, sustainability, community engagement, pollution prevention, profitability, organisational outcome.
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The book outlines the grave issue of marine litter and presents a focused approach to addressing it in Vietnam through international collaboration, policy-making, and education. Marine litter is a significant global challenge affecting all marine environments. It stems from various human activities, with the consequences impacting ecosystems, marine life, and coastal communities economically and culturally. Global efforts are necessary to combat this issue, emphasizing prevention, reduction, and cleanup.
The German "Prevention, reduction and recycling of fishnets polluting Vietnamese coastal waters" supports projects to mitigate marine litter. One such initiative, the REVFIN project, targets the reduction of marine litter from fishing nets in Vietnamese waters, enhancing higher education, recycling, and creating circular economies. Recognizing that regional differences demand tailored solutions, the project advises on implementing recycling policies and frameworks, promoting sustainable practices suited to the local context.
The transition to a circular economy is essential to lessen marine litter by prioritizing the recycling of resources and sustainable waste management, which helps prevent the generation of marine litter. Adapting Western European solutions to Vietnam's unique environmental, cultural, and economic conditions is crucial for effectiveness. Learning from Europe's best practices in waste management and regulation could inspire Vietnamese solutions, fostering cooperation between government, businesses, and civil society.
This work serves as a foundation for developing strategies for managing and recycling fishing gear debris in Vietnam, combining European experiences with local objectives to empower Vietnamese stakeholders to make informed decisions for their marine ecosystems and future sustainability.
In this paper a new time-frequency transform based on the constant-Q transform, named as adaptive quality frequency transform (AQFT), is proposed. The AQFT is a non-uniform transform with logarithmically spaced center frequencies. The CQT offers a computational disadvantage due to the large number of samples needed to assure the quality and the desired resolution at the lower frequency range. The AQFT addresses this problem precisely and limits the number of samples required by a comparable frequency division. Finally, computer simulations are provided to illustrate the performance of the proposed algorithm. According to the simulation results, the accuracy and the processing time of the AQFT and of traditional time-frequency analysis methods such as the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), the Signal Derivate FFT (SD-FFT) and the wavelet packet transform (WPT) are contrasted.
Resilience has increasingly found its practice in urban development plans. In response to prepare cities and their residents for uncertainties, social resilience capacities are crucial characteristics of people when facing hazards. Since Greater Christchurch has been deeply suffering from a series of earthquakes in 2010/2011, an urban development strategy was established emphasising on the dimension of resilience. This study evaluates whether social resilience is being established through the strategy. Based on a qualitative content analysis, the Resilient Greater Christchurch urban development strategy was analysed under following indicators governance, diversity, social capital and social resilience capacities. It was found that social resilience is not explicitly classified in the Resilient Greater Christchurch strategy. Although people are identified to be at the core of creating resilience, governance structures appear to be deeply influenced by public sector organisations and agencies. Decision-making and empowerment capacities of residents seem undermined. Nevertheless, various projects propose and offer collaboration and gathering opportunities for people in order to strengthen and build social networks. The study has proven that the Resilient Greater Christchurch strategy serves as a social resilience driver whereas additional investigations are necessary to propound further findings.
Transport and mobility are continuously changing. Environmental impacts, particularly climate change processes, on the one hand, and development in society and technology, particularly digitalisation processes, on the other hand, are major challenges for sustainable and integrated planning and operation of transport and mobility.
Since sustainable improvements in technical operations and – even more importantly – in infrastructure take many years of analysis, planning, preparation and construction, these are often not the most effective options when it comes to short-term requirements concerning behavioural change.
The gap between the existing unsustainable transport system and future sustainable system exists because of many behavioural aspects, which are derived from misinformation, attitudes and lack of awareness. This is where mobility management comes into play. Mobility management uses ‘soft measures’ such as individual consultation, strategic communication and campaigns to achieve behavioural changes. This has been clearly proven by the evidence . The above-mentioned gap can therefore be filled, especially since mobility management seems to have started to become a stand-alone field of work.
However, significant differences concerning mobility management exist worldwide. Although the implementation of mobility management started in the USA in the 1980s, today, Europe appears to be the driver of developments in this area. The so-called SUNflower states in particular, Sweden, United Kingdom and The Netherlands (but also other countries), are pioneers in this field. Other parts of the world, especially South America and Southeast Asia, still suffer from inadequate transport systems and/or non-integrated planning processes. Without these elements, which are the necessary framework and basic requirement for any approach towards mobility management, mobility management simply does not exist in these places.
The positive experiences with mobility management, especially the fact that mobility management for companies (CMM) has become widely established, have however led to an increasing number of projects, initiatives and programmes, and – consequently – jobs in this field. It is an obvious fact that a field of work which aims to achieve behavioural changes within a technically driven world requires adequately specialised professionals for doing these jobs.
The project thesis ‘Near-practice Teaching in the Field of Mobility Management’ reflects on the existing educational opportunities for learning mobility management, their upcoming development and new didactic standards. During five years of research, the author found out that mobility management has become very dynamic, so that new study courses (and additional vocational opportunities) in mobility management, which do not yet exist, are highly important to implement. This also requires a change of didactic methods concerning examination, evaluation and practical interaction. Moreover, the strategic focus of mobility management must change from transport engineering, including merely a small element of communication, to a 50/50-share of each. This share means that there is a very high need for educational quality. The proposed study courses shall therefore be at the Master’s degree level.
Although a large volume of knowledge concerning education and jobs within mobility management was gained during the project, more research, especially evaluative and qualitative monitoring must follow for both the field of mobility management and the related educational opportunities.
: The breadth of material this book covers includes wide range of issues related to aquaculture production, including its development history, farming systems and technology aspects, seed production, feed and feeding, health management, genetics and selective breeding, climate change impacts, etc., with a focus on the Southeast Asian region of Thailand and Vietnam. The information within the textbook provides both first-hand knowledge and a systematic collection of information from the latest scientific sources on aquaculture. While this book has been written primarily to meet the needs of undergraduate and master students in the field of aquaculture, we hope that it will also be useful to a wider audience.
Creation of an agency presentation for Shout Advertising AB, focused on an animated shortfilm
(2007)
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The book is designed, to serve as a textbook for students in fisheries, mainly in aquaculture. The book covers: Meaning of environmental managemet, processes (management, main, support) and process maps, ISO 14001, EMAS, ISO 19011; legal framework in environmental protection; (internal) environmental audit; determination and evaluation of environmental aspects, creation of process and work instructions.
The integrated excercises are mostly skill oriented and will prepare the reader to act in coherence with the environmental management system of their (future) employers.
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Let's talk about talking
(2012)
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