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From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23248 From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business Cook, Jonathan upetd@up.ac.za Shongwe, Bambo UCTD Organisational change Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2008. South African business has seen a growing number of business leaders whose leadership capabilities were initially demonstrated in the political struggle against apartheid, later transition to leadership in the public sector, before venturing into business. The purpose of this research was to explore the mobility of leadership competencies which the studied leaders possess. This entailed an examination into how their leadership capabilities and political convictions developed or changed as they moved between the different spheres, how they influence the companies they lead, and finally what impact did moving between the political, public and private spheres have on the researched leaders themselves. Semi-structured interviews based on open-ended questions were conducted in order to gain insight into the respondents’ leadership aptitudes. This was validated by a quantitative measure of each skill’s importance in delivering objectives in each sector. The findings were as follows:<ul> <li> The researched leaders possess similar skills to those which are critical in delivering on company values, as suggested by the literature.</li> <li> Some skills which might have been developed in the struggle are valuable to industry and can be transferred between both the private sector and the public sector.</li> <li> Their personal values, rather than a political ideology, guided the researched leaders’ behaviour.</li> <li> The impact of moving between the spheres was seen to have a negative effect on the respondents due to different demands based on flexibility versus control, and internal focus versus external focus (as demonstrated by the Competing Values Framework of Leadership Roles)</li></ul> Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:49:13Z 2010-06-03 2013-09-06T14:49:13Z 2010-03-16 2008 2010-03-16 Dissertation Shongwe, B 2008, From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23248 > G10/87/mh http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23248 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-154736/ © 2008, 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 change From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business |
| title | From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business |
| title_full | From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business |
| title_fullStr | From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business |
| title_full_unstemmed | From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business |
| title_short | From barricades to boardroom : transition from struggle leadership to government and business |
| title_sort | from barricades to boardroom transition from struggle leadership to government and business |
| topic | UCTD Organisational change |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23248 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-154736/ |