Ma ais, H. C.; D eye , Lyne e
A icle
HSRC In es iga ion in o In e g oup Rela ions: The
p og amme and i s inancing
Sou h A ican Jou nal o Business Managemen
P o ided in Coope a ion wi h:
Uni e si y o S ellenbosch Business School (USB), Bell ille, Sou h A ica
Sugges ed Ci a ion: Ma ais, H. C.; D eye , Lyne e (1982) : HSRC In es iga ion in o In e g oup
Rela ions: The p og amme and i s inancing, Sou h A ican Jou nal o Business Managemen , ISSN
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13(3)
Table
5 Impac o in la ion
on
wo king capi al
equi emen s
Case I plus
Case I 1
S'1o
in la ion
Annual
cos
o
sales
R900
000
RI
03S
000
Deb o s a cos (90 days)
R22S
000 R
2S8
750
S ock
ca y
(120 days) R300000 R
34S
000
C edi o s' inance (30 days) R
7S
000
R
86
2SO
Pu chase
Pay
Sale
Collec
yedi o s
deb o s
I
0
30
60 90 120
ISO
180
210
The
wo king
capi al
equi emen
changes
as
ollows:
Case I
plus
Case I
lSOJo
in la ion
S ock ca y
R300
000
R34S
000
Plus
deb o s
R22S
000
R2S8
750
RS2S
000
R603
750
Less c edi o s R
7S
000
R
86
2SO
R4SOOOO
RS17
SOO
Annual inance cha ges
a
p ime
bank o e d a
a e
o
20% R 90000
RI03
SOO
Inc eased in e es cha ges as a esul
o
in la ion
R
13
SOO
Hence, 23,5 days educ ion in cash low cycle equi ed o ecoup
Rl3
SOO
addi ional inance cha ges.
Om
mee
a
e slui : V moe so g da elke sen wa u
beskikba e inansie ing kan e dien
'n
byd ae o u wins
)ewe , wan inansie ing
is
skaa s en duu . Finansie ing
weie
nie
om
oo yd e we k nie, di neem ook nie e lo
nie, di wo d nie deu akbonde behee nie en slaap nie
in
die nag nie. Daa om moe u di 24 uu pe dag ha d
laa we k.
HSRC
In es iga ion
in o
In e g oup
Rela ions:
The p og amme and
i s
inancing
H.C.
Ma ais and Lyne e D eye
Human Sciences Resea ch Council (HSRC), P i a e
Bag
X270,
P e o ia
0001,
Republic
o
Sou h A ica
In oduc ion
Economis s in pa icula
and
social scien is s in gene al a e
in i ed o pa icipa e in he
HSRC
In es iga ion in o In-
e g oup Rela ions. A budge independen
o
he usual
inancing
o
esea ch a uni e si ies
is
a ailable o esea ch
in o he mos p essing aspec s
o
he ela ionships be ween
he majo g oups in Sou h A ica.
This a icle p o ides in o ma ion
on
he backg ound
o
155
and managemen
o
he
HSRC
In es iga ion in o In-
e g oup Rela ions. A he same ime i
is
also an in i a-
ion o he esea ch communi y o pa icipa e in he p o-
g amme by applying o inancial assis ance.
Backg ound
Resea ch councils in mos indus ialized coun ies ini ia e
and suppo p oblem-o ien ed esea ch. In his way
esea ch can con ibu e owa ds a be e unde s anding
o
he na u e and p ocess
o
p essing social p oblems. The
Human Sciences Resea ch Council since
1980
also ad-
minis e s a budge speci ically p o ided o p oblem-
o ien ed esea ch.
By
hei e y na u e social p oblems a e mul idimen-
sional. The accen
is
he e o e placed on he co-ope a ion
o
as many esea che s as possible om di e en esea ch
o ganiza ions, as i
is
ob ious ha a single o ganiza ion
in Sou h A ica canno app oach a comp ehensi e p oblem
mul idisciplina ily, on i s own. The co-ope a i e app oach
also implies ha such a p oblem can be app oached om
di e en ideological, heo e ical and me hodological
pe spec i es simul aneously.
The i s esea ch p og ammes ha we e unde aken
wi hin his amewo k we e he
HSRC
In es iga ion in o
Spo unde he leade ship
o
P o . G
.J
.L. Schol z
o
he
Po che s oom Uni e si y o CHE, and he
HSRC
In-
es iga ion in o Educa ion unde he leade ship
o
P o .
J.P.
de Lange
o
he Rand A ikaans Uni e si y.
F om a su ey ha
was
conduc ed du ing
1980,
he ield
o
in e g oup ela ions eme ged as he single mos impo -
an a ea o esea ch
in
Sou h A ica
(see
HSRC Resea ch
Bulle in, 1981, 11(2), l - 3). Consequen ly he Resea ch
P io i ies Commi ee ep esen ing he majo esea ch
sec-
o s in Sou h A ica, ecommended o he HSRC ha a
b oad in es iga ion in o in e g oup ela ions
be
unde -
aken. This ecommenda ion
was
accep ed and du ing
1981
planning s a ed. The in es iga ion
was
hus solely ini ia ed
by he HSRC.
Resea ch
managemen
and
o ganiza ion
The HSRC In es iga ion in o In e g oup Rela ions
is
managed and con olled by a main commi ee. The main
commi ee consis s
o
expe s ep esen ing he sec o s ha
ha e a di ec in e es in in e g oup ela ions.
Fields and wo k commi ees
Because he esea ch a ea, in e g oup ela ions,
is
po en-
ially so as , ollowing guidelines a e necessa y o he
delinea ion
o
he in es iga ion:
The accen alls on he ela ions be ween he main
popula ion g oups
in
Sou h A ica like he A ikaans-
and English-speaking Whi es, u ban and homeland
Blacks, Colou eds, Indians and la ge immig an
g oups.
The basis on which he popula ion
is
analysed ( o
ex-
ample
in
e ms
o
in e es g oups),
will
be pa ly de e -
mined
by
he heo e ical s and
o
he esea che .
The esea ch
is
p oblem-o ien ed and hus ocuses
on
he mos opical aspec s
o
in e g oup ela ions.
The main commi ee di ided he a ea in o hi een ields:
Theo y and me hodology
His o ical aspec
156
Ju idical aspec
Social s uc u es
Religion
Adminis a i e aspec
Communica ion
Bibliog aphy and da abank
Geog aphic and demog aphic aspec s
Social psychological aspec
Economics and labou
Cons i u ion and poli ics
Race, e hnici y and cul u e
A wo k commi ee
was
appoin ed
in
each
o
hese ields.
An a emp was made o e lec in i s composi ion he di
-
e en poin s
o
depa u e in he s udy
o
in e g oup ela-
ions. The unc ions
o
he wo k commi ees include he
ollowing:
hema iza ion and ope a ionaliza ion
o
esea ch p o-
g ammes and p ojec s in he speci ic aspec
o
in-
e g oup ela ions;
s imula ion
o
esea ch in e es in he esea ch
p oposals;
e alua ion
o
esea ch epo s;
in eg a ion
o
esea ch epo s in o a comp ehensi e
epo .
In as uc u al assis ance o esea che s
Va ious in as uc u al se ices a e a ailable o he esea -
che s who pa icipa e by means
o
empi ical
o
heo e ical
p ojec s. This
is
o e and abo e he inancial assis ance
ha esea che s a e in i ed o apply o . The main se ices,
which
in
no
way
will
in luence he independence
o
pa -
icipa ing esea che s, a e:
a compu e ized bibliog aphic se ice;
assis ance in he designing
o
esea ch p ojec s and
s a is ical analyses;
access o coun y-wide ep esen a i e-samples
and
a
ieldwo k in as uc u e.
Financial suppo
The inancing
o
esea ch p ojec s will be based
on
he
egula ions in he Sou h A ican Plan
o
Resea ch in he
Human Sciences, pa . 3.5. Funds a e a ailable o he
ollowing expenses:
Sala ies
o
esea che s,
Cu en expenses,
Cos s in ol ed in esea ch consul a ions and
specialis s,
O e seas isi s and cong esses,
Ex ao dina y capi al equipmen .
Applica ions o inancial assis ance mus be made
o
he Sec e a ia
o
he
HSRC
In es iga ion in o In e g oup
Rela ions ia he ins i u ion o which he esea che
is
a -
ached. Applica ion o ms a e a ailable om he sec ion
o esea ch adminis a ion
o
uni e si ies and om he
Sec e a ia .
P og amme
Because
o
he adminis a ion in ol ed in an in es iga ion
o
his
size,
he ollowing p og amme
will
be ollowed:
The e u n da es o he submission
o
esea ch
ende s o empi ical as
well
as heo e ical p ojec s a e
30 June,
31
Oc obe and 1 Ma ch
o
each yea .
Tende s
ha will ely on he in as uc u al se ices
S.-A . Tydsk . Bed y sl.
1982,
13())
o
he HSRC mus be ecei ed by Ma ch
1,
1983.
The las da e o he submission
o
epo s
on
com.
ple ed esea ch con ac s
is
Augus
1,
1984.
Du ing he las qua e
o
1984 he wo k
commi ees
will
in eg a e he p ojec s done in hei
espec i e
ields
in o a wo k commi ee epo
o
be submi ed
be o e
Decembe 31, 1984.
The comp ehensi e epo
o
he main commi ee
will
be w i en du ing he i s qua e
o
1985.
The main commi ee epo
will
be handed
o
he
P esiden
o
he HSRC a he end
o
Ma ch
1985.
Resea ch opics
Du ing mee ings
o
he wo k commi ees a numbe o
p o-
blem a eas we e iden i ied o which esea ch hemes
we e
o mula ed. The wo k commi ees we e sa is ied ha
hese
hemes a e indica i e
o
he opics ha wa an
esea ch
a en ion o achie e a use ul and comp ehensi e
desc ip-
ion and explana ion
o
he na u e and dynamics o
in-
e g oup ela ions in Sou h A ica.
E e y epo ha lows om he esea ch and
is
adjudg-
ed o be
o
a sui able s anda d will be published
as
a
sepa a e epo o as pa
o
an
in eg a ed esea ch
epo .
The main commi ee will ake he inal decision
in
his
ega d.
The whole esea ch communi y
is
in i ed o
send
esea ch p oposals wi h accompanying budge s
o
he
Sec e a ia
o
he
HSRC
In es iga ion in o In e g oup
Rela ions o conside a ion. The hemes wi hin
which
esea ch p ojec s a e awai ed a e lis ed below. P oposals
on
opics ela ed
o
hose speci ied will also
be
conside ed.
Resea che s who ha e ecen ly comple ed p ojec s ha
i
in o he amewo k can he e o e submi hei epo s
and
apply o unds o adap hese o he needs o
he
p og amme.
In conclusion he a en ion mus be d awn o he
idea
behind his p oblem-o ien ed esea ch p og amme, ha
is
ha
he esea ch o be unde aken mus be aimed a
con-
ibu ing owa ds a be e unde s anding
o
he na u e
and
p ocesses
o
in e g oup ela ions in Sou h A ica.
The wo k commi ee: economics and labou
di ided
hei ield o esea ch in o economic esou ces, labou
and
economic change, wi h he oil owing hemes and p io i ies:
Delinea ion
o
he
ield
wi h he p esen si ua ion as poin
o
depa u e
1.
Access
o
and con ol
o
economic esou ces.
Access o land: dis ibu ion and le el
o
de elopmen .
Dis ibu ion
o
weal h.
Capi al: public and p i a e.
Dis ibu ion
o
and access o educa ion and aining
acili ies.
In o ma ion
on
economic sys ems.
Access o he labou ma ke (geog aphical and
occupa-
ional mobili y).
The dis ibu ion
o
economic powe .
2. Con lic in he labou sphe e.
The labou -capi al dicho omy.
The ela ionship employe -employee.
De eloping concilia ion mechanisms.
Con lic wi hin he labou mo emen and wi hin
managemen .
S.A . J. Bus. Mgm
198~
13(3)
Con lic be ween o ganized labou and he s a e.
Di e en ial pe cep ions
o
con lic (e.g.
by
manage-
men . labou . go e nmen ).
3.
P ocesses
o
economic change.
The u al-u ban gap.
U baniza ion.
Fi s and hi d wo ld economics.
De ining p io i ies
and
ade-o s
1.
Pe spec i es
o
economic jus ice as a con ibu o o
con lic .
2. The ole
o
economic expec a ions.
157
3.
Rela i e economic dep i a ion.
4. The po en ial e ec
o
economic g ow h.
5.
Employee pa icipa ion and he con ol
o
means
o
p oduc ion.
O he wo k commi ees sugges ed hemes which migh
also
be
o
in e es o esea che s
in
his ield. They a e
a ailable on eques om he Sec e a ia , In es iga ion in o
In e g oup Rela ions, Human Sciences Resea ch Council,
P i a e Bag X270,
PRETORIA
0001.
Tel. 21-8624 x
81
o
88.
Fu he de ails on any aspec s
o
he p og amme, and
applica ion o ms can
be
ob ained om he Di ec o
o
he in es iga ion a he same add ess.
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