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An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26525 An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises Beaty, David ichelp@gibs.co.za Moodley, Nalini UCTD Organizational leadership Transformation Culture Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The main goal of a change process is to improve the ability of an organization. People are likely to facilitate, implement, and manage change effectively in order to improve organizations effectiveness therefore good leadership is vital to the success of any change initiative. Understanding how different cultures evaluate change is vital at South Africa's State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) as more SOEs are contracting foreign companies and adopting globally competitive technologies based on their expertise in order to meet the delivery of services and infrastructure. The main objective of this study was to determine how different cultures evaluate transformation in SOEs in South Africa and to verify whether these factors are influenced by demographics. A quantitative research strategy was utilised to investigate the factors influencing the transformation process. A survey was developed and utilised to gather data regarding the transformation process. The data was statistically analysed in order to support or reject the research propositions. The findings of the research indicated that the one cultural value that affected the transformation process within the organization was long-term/short-term orientation. The results further indicated that the degree of inequality within the SOE was affected by age; long-term orientation was affected by gender and nationality; femininity was affected by gender and job level. Finally, the results indicated that a relationship does exist between transformation within an organization and the organizations leadership. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-07T06:26:13Z 2012-09-27 2013-09-07T06:26:13Z 2012-03-08 2012-09-27 2012-07-21 Dissertation Moodley, N 2011, An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26525 > F/12/4/726/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26525 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07212012-195228/ © 2011 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 Organizational leadership Transformation Culture An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises |
| title | An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises |
| title_full | An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises |
| title_fullStr | An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises |
| title_short | An exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises |
| title_sort | exploratory study of how different cultures evaluate transformation at state owned enterprises |
| topic | UCTD Organizational leadership Transformation Culture |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26525 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07212012-195228/ |