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Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/44917 Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions Olivier, Johan ichelp@gibs.co.za Naiker, Zuriel UCTD Insurance Decision making Organizational behavior Qualitative research Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The need for this research stemmed from the lack of a practical understanding and framework on how organisational adaptation really works. Research thus far has been largely practitioner orientated and focussed on the theoretical constructs of adaptation. The report explores how and why organisations adapt in an effort to remain relevant, sustainable and profitable. The research investigated the components of organisational adaptation, their constructs and the individual theories behind them. Based on a comprehensive review of literature, the de jure model (Figure 7) of organisational adaptation was developed around the concepts and theories extracted from this review. This conceptual model was tested through in depth interviews with 12 C-level executives from the short-term insurance industry to assess its validity. Emerging from the research findings, the de facto model of organisational adaptation (Figure 11) provides a practical illustration of organisational adaptation and an integrated view of its components. The model validated elements of the literature and provided new insights in this area of research. In addition, it is a practical framework that can be used by organisations across all levels of hierarchy to encourage robust, comprehensive decision making and drive the adaptive process zkgibs2015 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Unrestricted 2015-04-28T08:05:12Z 2015-04-28T08:05:12Z 2015-03-24 2014 Mini Dissertation Naiker, Z. (2014). Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions (MBA mini-dissertation).Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria. Retrieved from http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/1818 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44917 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Insurance Decision making Organizational behavior Qualitative research Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions |
| title | Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions |
| title_full | Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions |
| title_fullStr | Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions |
| title_short | Organisational adaptation: the factors considered by executives in the short-term insurance industry when making decisions |
| title_sort | organisational adaptation the factors considered by executives in the short term insurance industry when making decisions |
| topic | UCTD Insurance Decision making Organizational behavior Qualitative research |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44917 |