scholarly journals USING FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS AS A PROBLEM-SOLVING GUIDELINE WHEN IMPLEMENTING SPC IN A SOUTH AFRICAN CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Logan-Lee Miché Appollis ◽  
Wynand A Van Dyk ◽  
Stephen Matope
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
South African ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Chemical Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Company

scholarly journals Analysis of Rural-Based Pre-Service Teachers Spatial-Visualisation Skills in Problem Solving in Vector Calculus Using MATLAB

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Godfred Amevor ◽  
Anass Bayaga ◽  
Michael J. Bosse
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
South African ◽  
Mathematical Problem ◽  
Interdisciplinary Studies ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Vector Calculus ◽  
Rural Settings ◽  
Second Year ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Method Approach

In science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for instance, interdisciplinary studies have noted positive correlation between spatial-visualization (SV skills) and mathematical problem solving. The majority of these studies sharing a link between SV skills and problem solving were contextualized in urban settings and only a few in rural settings. This investigation analyses how rural-based pre-service teachers apply their SV skills in problem-solving in a South African university, in the context of vector calculus. One hundred rural-based pre-service teachers in a second year vector calculus class at University of Zululand (UNIZULU) were randomly selected into control and experimental groups. MATLAB was used as a dynamic visual tool to analyse how research participants applied their SV skills. A mixed method approach was employed in data collection (quantitative and qualitative). Our findings revealed that the rural-based pre-service teachers’ SV skills correlate with their problem-solving skills in vector calculus.

scholarly journals Web-Based Implementation of E-Marketing to Support Product Marketing of Chemical Manufacturing Company

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Riswan Efendi Tarigan ◽  
Kartika Sari Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Marketing Plan ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Chemical Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Product Marketing ◽  
Descriptive Method

Currently, many company’s marketing strategies are limited only to face-to-face communication, telephone, facsimile, company portfolio, and product brochures. However, those marketing strategies are well- known to have limited impacts. Therefore, the presence of e-marketing as one of the marketing strategies would be appropriate to cover the weaknesses and to solve a number of the marketing problems. The purpose of this study is to discuss matters related to marketing, such    as, proposing a marketing plan using website, expanding marketing segment, and introducing existing  products for a chemical manufacturing company. The adopted research method is a descriptive method where the study is directly performed on the research object to acquire necessary data. The collected data are further analyzed using the Porter’s Five Force and SWOT analysis. Fi- nally, the work provides a number of recommendations for implementing e-marketing strategies to support the company business.

Leading Creative Problem Solving

2021 ◽  
pp. 110-132
Author(s):  
Crystal Yolande Herborn ◽  
Frances Scholtz
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
South African ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Dispositional Mindfulness ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Mindfulness Intervention ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
Ict Industry ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores the potential of mindfulness as a tool to assist us to think creatively when attempting to solve a problem. The study was conducted within an organisational setting and aimed to explore the impact of a mindfulness intervention on the creativity of leaders. A mixed methods research strategy was implemented, and an intrinsic case study employed in the study. The sample consisted of fourteen leaders of an organisation within the South African ICT industry. The data was collected using interviews, MAAS (mindfulness awareness attention scale) questionnaires, alternate uses tasks, and a creative problem-solving exercise. The findings highlighted that exposure to a brief mindfulness intervention seems to have positively impacted the dispositional mindfulness of leaders, as well as appear to have positively impacted their ability to creatively solve a problem. Participants highlighted the notion of pausing, reflecting, and resetting when dealing with daily challenges, which resulted in the PRR model being constructed.

TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND COPING WITH STRESS AMONG BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN HAEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 777-782
Author(s):  
Ntombizodwa L. Khechane ◽  
Kelvin Mwaba
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
South African ◽  
Treatment Adherence ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Adherence Behavior ◽  
Coping With Stress ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Interdialytic Weight Gain ◽  
Social Support Seeking

Chronic illness is often experienced as stressful both physically and psychologically. The purpose of this study was to investigate how haemodialysis patients cope with treatment-related stress and to establish whether or not coping is related to treatment adherence. Subjects were a convenience sample of 50 black patients undergoing haemodialysis at a South African hospital. Data on coping were collected using the Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI) while treatment adherence was measured by interdialytic weight gain (IWG). The results showed that avoidance and social-support seeking were the most used coping strategies while problem solving was used least. The latter was the only coping strategy significantly associated with treatment adherence. It was concluded that intervention oriented toward problem solving may be helpful in enhancement of adherence behavior.

A Case Study in the Installation of Wi-Fi Networks in a Chemical Manufacturing Unit in India

2009 ◽  
pp. 464-471
Author(s):  
Bhargav Bhatt
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networking ◽  
Chemical Environment ◽  
Physical Network ◽  
Chemical Manufacturing ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
The Way

This chapter describes a case study in installation of a Wi-Fi network in a chemical manufacturing company. This project, carried out in India, was meant to connect the various dispersed manufacturing units of the organization as well as its administrative offices. Initial studies indicated that a physical network was not appropriate due to the local corrosive chemical environment; Ultra InfoTech was invited to install Wi-Fi network within the complex. This chapter reports on how the project progressed, the lessons learnt and the way to approach this kind of work in future in terms of wireless networking.

scholarly journals The cultural context of development: language as a means for thinking and problem-solving

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azwihangwisi Muthivhi
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
South African ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Concept Development ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Classroom Learning

The present study, located in the socio-cultural tradition of research in developmental psychology, uses experimental tasks, adapted from the groundbreaking Lurian study (Luria, 1979, 1976) to investigate South African children’s acquisition and development of thinking and concepts – involving classification and generalisation, and how these concepts are linked to the specific cultural context of their manifestation.The paper provides new ways of understanding possible causes of contemporary problems that children encounter during classroom learning by examining the developmental roots of the specific modes of thinking and concept development in their concrete learning and developmental settings and specific tradition of learning within their schooling.

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