Browsing by Subject "Globalisation"
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A Case for Transnational Law in Contemporary Times
(PER/PELJ, 2020)When Jessup first wrote about transnational law about 60 years ago, scholarship on globalisation had not started yet. It seems though that transnational law, as we understand it, is as closely related to and has been ... -
First-time international assignments : the South African employee experience
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Global mobility of employees has become commonplace in a globalised economy. Many multinational organisations send employees on international assignments to gain a competitive advantage. These assignments hold great benefit ... -
Food and consumption patterns of selected communities in South Africa and Cameroon
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)In the past, African countries consumed indigenous food, void of chemicals and grown naturally. These foods strengthened the body and made the individual strong and healthy. In recent times, however, there has been a global ... -
The formation and transformation of identity in the novel and film of Great expectations by Charles Dickens
(North-West University, 2008)The research done in this study was motivated by the notion that individuals (or societies) create their own reality through the specific space they occupy at a certain moment in time. This concept of reality implies an ... -
Ghana, cocoa, colonialism and globalisation: Introducing historiography.
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)The recently implemented curriculum for secondary History in South African schools - as set out in the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS, 2011) - presents no explicit statement of the view of history ... -
Hominisation and humanisation: a perspective from the sociology of technics
(Department of Philosophy, University of Pretoria, 2006)This essay will present a few challenges to a new Humanism from the perspective of the sociology of technics. For this purpose Humanism will be described as an effort to intervene in the process of human formation or ... -
How to make sense of the past – salient issues of Metahistory
(2007)This aerticle provides an overview of current issues in metahistoty. Basic categories of historical thinking, such as memory and historical culture, or historical consciousness, are outlined and contextualised in the ... -
Imago Dei and its significance for pastoral leadership effectiveness in a global society
(North-West University, 2008)In recent years, Pastoral leadership has been in crisis as a result of globalisation and its far reaching effects. Added to this is the stereotypical, social image of the word 'pastor' and what it takes to be considered ... -
The importance of being multilingual / Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
(Vanderbijlpark : North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2013-02-06)In this lecture I want to focus on the importance of being multilingual. To start with, I will briefly explore the reality that today the majority of people across the world are multilingual. . This phenomenon is driven ... -
The integration of the South African floriculture industry into the global market
(North-West University, 2004)As a result of globalisation, firms across both developed and developing countries are experiencing increased competition. Globalisation has both positive and negative consequences for firms, and the net effect may depend ...