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Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/24437 Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies Raina, Rajinder upetd@up.ac.za Rassool, Mohammed Naim UCTD Board of directors Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The role of boards in strategic goal setting and, in particular, the level of board involvement in strategic goal setting has not been extensively researched, primarily because of the difficulty of gaining access to empirical data. Therefore, boards of directors of companies listed on the Alternative Exchange (AltX) of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) were targeted for this research by means of a survey questionnaire administered via email. The aim of the research was firstly to understand the level of board involvement in strategic goal setting, secondly to establish the common strategic goals set by AltX companies and how often these goals are reviewed, thirdly to determine whether there is a relationship between independent variables such as organisational size, board size and number of non-executive directors and the level of board involvement, and finally to determine whether the level of board involvement varies between executive and non-executive directors. The research found that the level of board involvement was at mid-level being ‘sometimes involved’ while the board’s involvement is significantly lower in strategic goal formation processes. The most common goal was found to be EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) with Cost being the strategic goal most frequently reviewed. No statistically significant correlation was established between the independent variables and the level of board involvement in strategic goal setting. Finally, non-executive directors prefer to take on more of an ‘agency’ role by not becoming involved in ‘prescribing’ strategy. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T17:34:42Z 2010-07-08 2013-09-06T17:34:42Z 2010-04-11 2010-07-08 2010-05-07 Dissertation Rassool, MN 2009, Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24437 > G10/358/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24437 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05072010-134814/ © 2009 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 Board of directors Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies |
| title | Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies |
| title_full | Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies |
| title_fullStr | Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies |
| title_short | Role of boards in strategic goal setting on South African Alt-X listed companies |
| title_sort | role of boards in strategic goal setting on south african alt x listed companies |
| topic | UCTD Board of directors |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24437 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05072010-134814/ |