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The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23470 The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses Taylor, Terence ichelp@gibs.co.za Mvulane, Martin UCTD Business enterprises Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The global workforce is stressed. Only one in seven employees. There is an emergence of an employee that seeks greater meaning and personal development, this has put employers under pressure to meet these expectations. The employer’s search for value and the individual’s search for a greater meaning has created a disconnect. Consequently, there’s a growing movement premised on the positive psychology paradigm which argues that individuals and organisations should focus their people development efforts on maximising individual’s strengths instead of fixing weaknesses. The research report presents the findings of an empirical study in the use of Strengths-Based Development practices in large South African businesses collected through a web-based survey. The study found that Strengths-Based Development practices are underutilised South Africa. The most important predictors of Strengths-Based Development practices are Human Resource practices, organisational design and positive psychological orientation. Immediate Bosses were found to have positively impacted the use of SBD practices. The implementation of SBD practices has had a positive impact on desirable business outcomes. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T15:25:27Z 2010-06-19 2013-09-06T15:25:27Z 2008-04-04 2010-06-19 2010-03-25 Dissertation Mvulane, M 2007, The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23470 > G10/176/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23470 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-150254/ © 2007 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 Business enterprises The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses |
| title | The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses |
| title_full | The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses |
| title_fullStr | The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses |
| title_short | The use of strengths-based development practices in large South African businesses |
| title_sort | use of strengths based development practices in large south african businesses |
| topic | UCTD Business enterprises |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23470 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03252010-150254/ |