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Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109655 Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role Myres, Hugh ichelp@gibs.co.za Heymans, Alexis UCTD Organisational scaling Role transition Business founder Growing pains Entrepreneurial mentorship Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025. Entrepreneurial start-up organisations that do manage to grow and scale, possess the opportunity to make a positive impact on the economy and the national competitiveness of a country. Job creation is a direct impact of organisational growth and as such, South Africa with a high unemployment rate, needs organisations to grow. Much of the growth and scaling ability of the organisation, rests on the business founder and their capabilities, highlighted by the transformation within their role as the organisation grows. This research seeks to contribute to the understanding of organisational scaling and the complexities that are congruent to the process of scaling, including the anticipation and preparation for scaling. The focus is pertinent to the founder’s role during this transition phase. A qualitative research design approach, with semi-structured interviews conducted with 10 participants that have founded South African organisations and were in the process of scaling or had scaled. The findings grouped as themes, revealed founder engagement with various activities during the scaling phase. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth 2026-04-21T08:46:29Z 2026-04-21T08:46:29Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109655 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Organisational scaling Role transition Business founder Growing pains Entrepreneurial mentorship Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role |
| title | Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role |
| title_full | Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role |
| title_fullStr | Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role |
| title_short | Transitions through organisational scaling phase: a founder’s role |
| title_sort | transitions through organisational scaling phase a founder s role |
| topic | UCTD Organisational scaling Role transition Business founder Growing pains Entrepreneurial mentorship |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109655 |