Organisations are essentially social entities whose effectiveness depends on the contribution and affective commitment of people. Successful organisations do not develop by chance, but are rather the result of carefully planned interventions into their structure, leadership and management orientations, culture, processes and behaviours. Organisational behaviour: a contemporary South African perspective provides a solid and scientific foundation for understanding, predicting, evaluating and managing individual and group behaviour in organisations. Organisational behaviour explores the expectations that organisations and employees have of each other. It addresses contemporary issues related to business ethics, systems psychodynamics, engagement, performance excellence, changing communication technology, transformational and authentic leadership, diversity and globalisation. It contains encounters, discussion questions, practical exercises and case studies to stimulate self-study, debate and reflective thinking. Updated lecturer support material is also available. Organisational behaviour is aimed at aspiring as well as established managers and business owners, irrespective of their field.

How does psychological theory help you to understand, shape and influence work behaviour and relationships? How does workplace learning take place? How do you assess workplace values and attitudes? Introduction to Work Psychology 3e features the practical application of theory using relevant workplace examples. The textbook examines industrial and organisational psychology within the context of the South African business environment. Its strength lies in a sound balance between the discussion of psychology, industrial psychology and human resource management. The content is written in an accessible, academic style, with a focus on African perspectives, examples and indigenous knowledge systems. Each chapter includes learning objectives; boxed features that illustrate the theory within each chapter; self-assessment tasks for students to measure their progress, and a summary and reflection section that highlights the implications of the theory in practice. Introduction to Work Psychology 3e is suitable for first-year students of industrial psychology at universities, and first-year students of personnel management at universities of technology. The textbook is also very accessible and suitable for service courses, for example nursing.

This volume critically discusses the role empathy plays in different processes of understanding. More precisely, it clarifies empathy’s role in interpersonal understanding and appreciating works of literature and art.

This book overviews auditory development in nonhuman species and proposes a common time frame for human and nonhuman auditory development. It attempts to explain the mechanisms accounting for age-related change in several domains of auditory processing.

Published in 1925, this introduction provides an accessible account of language families in Africa. Covering the five families of African languages: the Sudan family, the Bantu family, the Hamitic family, the Bushman family and the Semitic family, it provides a detailed study of the languages, phonetics and linguistic content. The book will be of use to anyone interested in the history and development of human speech.

This book overviews auditory development in nonhuman species and proposes a common time frame for human and nonhuman auditory development. It attempts to explain the mechanisms accounting for age-related change in several domains of auditory processing.

Published in 1925, this introduction provides an accessible account of language families in Africa. Covering the five families of African languages: the Sudan family, the Bantu family, the Hamitic family, the Bushman family and the Semitic family, it provides a detailed study of the languages, phonetics and linguistic content. The book will be of use to anyone interested in the history and development of human speech.

Bis zum Beginn des Weltkrieges befassten sich die Wissenschaftler in England, die sich der Entwicklung der Verbrennungsmotoren ge widmet hatten, mit Forschungen und Versuchen an verhaltnismassig schweren, langsamlaufenden ortfesten Maschinen, einer Maschinenart, die, wie man heute erkennt, nur beschrankte Aussichten hat, weil sie fur wirklich grosse Leistungen kaum mit der neuzeitlichen Dampf turbine in Wettbewerb treten kann, wahrend im Bereich geringerer Leistungen ihr Arbeitsfeld taglich durch die fortschreitende Ausbreitung der Elektrizitat eingeengt wird. Kurze Zeit nach dem Beginn der Feindseligkeiten konnte man aber erkennen, dass der leichte fahrbare Schnellaufer-Verbrennungsmotor in der Anwendung fur Landverkehr, Luftfahrt und spater fur Tanks dazu bestimmt war, eine sehr wichtige, wenn nicht gar entscheidende Rolle bei der Fuhrung des Krieges zu spielen. Man bemuhte sich daher damals, alle wissenschaftlich Begabten, die verfugbar waren, fur die weitere Entwicklung der schnellaufenden Verbrennungsmaschine ein zusetzen. Unabhangige Wissenschaftler und Forscher und staatliche Institute, wie das Royal Aircraft Etablishment und das National Physical Laboratory wurden ersucht, ihr Augenmerk auf dieses Gebiet zu richten. Ihren Arbeiten wurde freigebig jede Erleichterung gewahrt; man forderte sie auf, mit den Fabrikanten zusammenzuarbeiten, alle einschlagigen mechanischen und thermodynamischen Fragen sorgfaltig theoretisch zu bearbeiten und Vorschlage zu machen, wie und nach welcher Richtung hin der Gesamtwirkungsgrad der leichten Kraft maschinen erhalten und verbessert werden konne."

Bis zum Beginn des Weltkrieges befasste sich die wissenschaftliche Arbeit in England auf dem Gebiet der Entwicklung der Verbrennungs motoren, mit Forschungen und Versuchen an verhaltnismassig schweren, langsamlaufenden ortfesten Maschinen, einer Maschinenart, die, wie man heute erkennt, nur beschrankte Aussichten hat, weil sie fur wirk lich grosse Leistungen kaum mit der neuzeitlichen Dampfturbine in Wettbewerb treten kann, wahrend im Bereich geringerer Leistungen ihr Arbeitsfeld taglich durch die fortschreitende Ausbreitung der Elektri zitat .eingeengt wird. Kurze Zeit nach dem Beginn der Feindseligkeiten konnte man aber erkennen, dass die leichte fahrbare Schnellaufer-Verbrennungsmaschine in ihrer Anwendung fur Landverkehr, Luftfahrt und spater fur Schlepper dazu bestimmt war, eine sehr wichtige, wenn nicht gar entscheidende Rolle bei der Fuhrung des Krieges zu spielen. Man bemuhte sich daher damals, die gesamte wissenschaftliche Begabung auf die weitere Ent }Vicklung der schnellaufenden Verbrennungsmaschine zu verwenden. Unabhangige Wissenschaftler und Forscher und staatliche Institute, wie das Royal Aircraft Etablishment und das National Physical Laboratory wurden ersucht, ihr Augenmerk auf diese Frage zu richten. Ihren Ar beiten wurde freigebig jede Erleichterung gewahrt; man forderte sie auf, mit den Fabrikanten zusammenzuarbeiten, alle einschlagigen mechanischen und thermodynamischen Fragen sorgfaltig theoretisch zu bearbeiten und Vorschlage zu machen, wie und nach welcher Richtung hin der Gesamtwirkungsgrad der leichten Kraftmaschinen erhalten und verbessert werden konne."

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The present dissertation aims at contributing to our understanding of the processes that determine epiphyte diversity in anthropogenic landscapes. At a dry forest site, epiphytic bryophytes responded sensitively to human disturbance, but vascular epiphytes did not. At a moist forest site, vascular epiphyte assemblages on isolated remnant trees were impoverished markedly and strongly biased to xerotolerant taxa. Field-experimental work at this site could show that this was related to 1) strongly increased mortality of established plants on isolated remnant trees following their isolation in clear-cuts, and 2) reduced and compositionally biased establishment on isolated trees. Evidence is presented to suggest that growth conditions (especially microclimate) are a more decisive predictor of epiphyte communities in disturbed habitats at these sites than dispersal constraints. The response of epiphyte communities to disturbance may further vary with mesoclimate.

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