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Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN)
Thesis (MPhil (Philosophy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.
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| author | Mbele, Zuko |
| author2 | Botha, Daniel F. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/2009 Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN) Mbele, Zuko Botha, Daniel F. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Philosophy. Human variability Organisational culture Organisational structure Mergers Dissertations -- Philosophy Theses -- Philosophy Information Science Thesis (MPhil (Philosophy))--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. The merger of organisations has been extensively utilised in many industries. This has occurred globally and locally. Some mergers have become successful while others have failed to achieve their goals. The failure of mergers could be attributed to insufficient attention to certain organisational elements. When institutions merged, they become vulnerable to diversity and conflict. They also experience human variability. Organisational mergers present challenges that could be associated with humanity. This could be precipitated by various beliefs, values and norms. Conflict and diversity could be reduced by implementing certain organisational elements. This study is based on the developments of structure and culture as remedial organisational elements to reduce instability in merged institutions. These elements serve as mechanisms in dealing with the repercussions of the merger. The special focus of this study is higher education mergers. The primary objective is to gain an insight into the ramification and the impact of the merger. This includes the effectiveness of the newly designed internal processes. In accomplishing this, the study has applied a cultural and structural model to merged institutions. It has also examined various types of culture and structural literature theory extensively. From this it has discovered that these elements play a crucial role in reducing organisational conflict in mergers. It has also been found that merger consequences are less severe in organisations with similar backgrounds. Masters 2008-05-09T07:17:34Z 2010-06-01T08:38:44Z 2008-05-09T07:17:34Z 2010-06-01T08:38:44Z 2008-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2009 en University of Stellenbosch 597833 bytes application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Human variability Organisational culture Organisational structure Mergers Dissertations -- Philosophy Theses -- Philosophy Information Science Mbele, Zuko Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN) |
| title | Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN) |
| title_full | Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN) |
| title_fullStr | Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN) |
| title_short | Organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the Merged Faculty of Education of the University of Kwazulu Natal (UKZN) |
| title_sort | organisational culture and structure as mechanisms for the reduction of human behavioural variability at the merged faculty of education of the university of kwazulu natal ukzn |
| topic | Human variability Organisational culture Organisational structure Mergers Dissertations -- Philosophy Theses -- Philosophy Information Science |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2009 |
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