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Teacher union representation has been in existence for a long time, but the extent to which teacher unions represents teachers at school level remains uncertain. The study was guided by the following specific objectives; (1) To examine the goals of teacher unions (2) To investigate how teacher...

Retrenchment of the Public Service was part of the restructuring that took place during the Public Services Reform Programme (PSRP) of 1993. Among others, the aims of government through the PSRP were: to restructure to make the Public Service leaner through a targeted retrenchment programme so...

The education that teachers receive at the start of their profession is not enough to last them a lifetime. The world is fast changing. Along with the change, the curriculum and teaching methods change too. Therefore, the knowledge and skills that the teachers may have acquired during their...

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the main impediments to the institutionalization of the Annual Performance Appraisal System in the Zambian Public Service. Institutionalization of reform programmes such as performance appraisal has proved to be a daunting and challenging...

This dissertation looks at the constraints to effective planning and implementation of workers’ education programmes in Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT).The purpose of the study was to identify constraints to effective planning and implementation of workers’ education in ZNUT and suggest...

In order to improve service delivery, the Zambian Government embarked on a programme to reform its public service in 1993. The implementation of the reforms has been going on for the last thirteen years. It is therefore expected that the implementation of the public service reforms has resulted...

Relevance has always been a concern of social work but recently there has been a rekindling of this concern as evidenced in the programme for 'social animation', 'indigenous leadership', 'client participation', and 'social indicators'. In the western world this concern has developed in relation...

This Practical Attachment Report (PAR) provides a detailed account of the attachee's observations, experiences and contributions made at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS)'s Child Labour Unit (CLU) of the Ministry's Department of Labour. The attachment, which was carried out...