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The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30629 The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines Scheepers, Caren ichelp@gibs.co.za Maphalala, Jabulani UCTD Role of leaders in transformation Mining industry Mosh leading practice adoption system Mine safety Transforming organizations Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. Acting on behalf of the its executive council, the Chamber of Mines of South Africa conducted research into the impediments to improvements to health and safety in the mining industry. The study concluded that there was a need for a transformational change of the mining culture to embed health and safety as part and parcel of production. The study further concluded that the involvement of senior executives and underground mineworkers was critical to the success of the initiative. This was to ensure that the initiative does not end with the people who were running it in the mines.This study led to the implementation of the MOSH Leading Practice Adoption System which was intended to ensure that the culture of health and safety was embedded in the culture of the mining industry to an extend where mineworkers were perceived, and saw themselves, as part of the decision process specifically on health and safety.The leaders of the mining industry were critical in creating an environment that would ensure that impediments to the transformational initiative were removed as well as creating incentives for the change initiative.This research was conducted in 2012 with the objectives of establishing the role played by leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives with a specific focus on the MOSH Leading Practice Adoption System. To establish this qualitiative research was conducted with a group of underground mineworkers and mine officials who wer part of the transformational initiative.The findings of this research, supported the findings of a survey conducted early in the year that the transformational initiative did not achieve the intended results of transforming the behaviours and attitudes of underground mineworkers.Literature is sparse on transformational initiatives that are industry-wide as the MOSH Leading Practice Adoption System was. Based on Organisational Development and Transformation principles, recommendations are made on how an industry-wide initiative could be successfully implemented. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-09T07:17:53Z 2013-04-30 2013-09-09T07:17:53Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-23 Dissertation Maphalala, J 2012, The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30629 > F13/4/205/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30629 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02232013-142428/ © 2012 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 Role of leaders in transformation Mining industry Mosh leading practice adoption system Mine safety Transforming organizations The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines |
| title | The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines |
| title_full | The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines |
| title_fullStr | The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines |
| title_short | The role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in South African gold mines |
| title_sort | role of leaders in the effective implementation of transformational initiatives in south african gold mines |
| topic | UCTD Role of leaders in transformation Mining industry Mosh leading practice adoption system Mine safety Transforming organizations |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30629 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02232013-142428/ |