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The influence of a leader’s perceived organisational politics on employee behaviours and the moderating effect of cultural intelligencePienaar, Stephanus De Wet January 2017 (has links)
Modern day workforces are governed by political environments which are a precursor to the formation of perceptions that are generated by employees regarding their leader’s political activities. These perceptions include the views that leaders more often than not indulge in self-seeking political behaviour. Employees who are forced to deal with these politically charged environments often find that their perceptions dictate their respective behaviours as their ethical beliefs and values are continuously challenged by leaders who abuse their authority in an attempt to promote personal gain. South Africa is known for its diverse workforce and tense political environments and cultural intelligence is an aspect that could well enhance the employee / employer relationship. It is felt that a leader’s cultural intelligence could be instrumental in moderating employee perceptions of organisational politics and their respective behaviours. It is against this backdrop that an empirical study was formulated by making use of a hypothetical model for the purposes of extrapolating evidential data required to draw conclusions and make recommendations to leadership regarding the impact that perceptions of organisational politics might have on employee behaviours and to test whether or not cultural intelligence has a moderating effect on these relations.
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The impact of leadership on organisational politicsRobb, Charles A January 2011 (has links)
Today‘s workforce consists of employees with diverse personalities, cultural backgrounds, nationalities, needs and wants, thus creating new challenges for today‘s leaders. One of the primary functions of leadership is the management of employee perceptions that influence organisational outcomes. Among these perceptions the perception of politics is an influential type of organisational phenomenon. There is no denying the fact that leadership greatly affects the performance of organisations. According to DuBrin (2010:8), an overview of research on managerial succession conducted over a 20 year period provides support that leadership has an impact on organisational performance. The analysis of the research found that leaders might be responsible for somewhere between 15 per cent and 45 per cent of a firm‘s performance. From the above mentioned research, it can be seen that the importance of leadership cannot be underestimated when regulating the effect of politics in the working environment and to achieve the company goals and objectives. Part of the challenge today‘s leaders face is to help employees to see the different perspectives of political actions as a positive force, rather than seeing these as negative processes that cause internal competition for resources, recognition and promotions. Company politics does not have to be about back stabbing, internal rivalry, manipulation for power and lack of trust. With the development of proper skills and personal and organisational goals, positive organisational politics provides the real foundation for competitive advantage to benefit the employee as well as the organisation. The main purpose of this research paper is to identify the influence of leadership on organisational politics. The first step was to complete a literature study on the iii selected factors which contribute to organisational politics. The factors selected were those of job ambiguity, scarcity of resources, personality, uncertainty and fairness. The literature study also includes the outcomes of organisational politics. These outcomes include job satisfaction, job performance, turnover intention and job stress. An empirical study was then used to analyse the views of staff in various departments. These questions were based on the selected factors mentioned in the previous paragraph. This involved the staff completing questionnaires. Based on the findings of the literature study and the empirical study, the last step is to make recommendations to the selected company on managing the perceptions of organisational politics. Recommendations are also made as to what leadership styles would best fit different situations
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Government, globalisation and business : the case of South AfricaWillson, Marion 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This case study examines the implications of globalisation for business-government
relations in South Africa since 1990. The study proposes that business, bolstered by
globalisation, is increasingly gaining influence in the policy process of South Africa.
The unfolding era of neo-liberalism has ushered in an enormous surge in the power of
capital and a decline in the organization and influence of labour. This surge in relative
power has allowed the South African business community, to impose its own
discipline on government and to narrow the sphere of public decisions. Fear ofloss of
competitiveness, in attracting capital, both domestic and international, has forced
government to make their policies increasingly capital-friendly rather than responding
to popular will or broad social interest.
The study establishes the features of globalisation and South Africa's position within
this process through an analysis of the relationship between the ANC and business
that developed in South Africa between 1990 and 1994, and later facilitated the
ANC's acceptance of a neo-liberal macroeconomic strategy in 1996. By analysing;
firstly, the influence of business within the policy-making process since 1996, and
secondly, the influence of business in the outcomes of government's black economic
empowerment strategy, the study shows that business has attempted to optimise its
position vis-a-vis the currents of globalisation.
The study concludes that the working partnership between business and government,
established in terms of the BEE strategy is based on the mutual need of each other, as
both government and business face the brutal capriciousness of foreign investment,
the major challenge posed by globalisation. The South African business community is
however in a unique position with respect to South Africa's ongoing transformation.
Within the post-apartheid context, and South Africa's reconfigured power equation
between government and business, globalisation would appear to give corporate
South Africa added leverage over its rival social partners in the tug-of-war over the
terms of development. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie gevalle-studie bestudeer die implikasies van globalisasie vir besigheidregering
verhoudings in Suid-Afrika vanaf 1990. Die studie stel voor dat besigheid,
aangehelp deur globalisasie, toenemend invloed verkry in die beleidsproses in Suid-
Afrika. Die nuwe era van neo-liberalisme het 'n groot toevloei in die mag van kapitaal
binne gesien en 'n afname in die organisasie en invloed van arbeid. Die beweging van
relatiewe mag het die Suid-Afrikaanse besigheids-gemeenskap toegelaat om sy eie
dissipline op die regering op te lê, en om die sfeer van openbare besluite te vernou.
Die vrees van verlies van mededinging in die aantrekking van kapitaal, beide plaaslik
en internasionaal, het die regering gedwing om hul beleide toenemend kapitaalvriendelik
te maak, eerder as om te reageer op populêre wilskrag of breë sosiale
belang.
Die studie bevestig die kenmerke van globalisasie sowel as Suid-Afrika se posisie in
hierdie proses. Dit word bepaal deur 'n analise van die verhouding tussen die ANC en
ondernemings wat tussen 1990 en 1994 in Suid-Afrika ontwikkel het en later deur die
ANC se aanvaarding van 'n neo-liberale makro-ekonomies strategie in 1996,
gefasiliteer is. Deur eerste die invloed van besigheid binne die beleidmakings-proses
vanaf 1996 te analiseer en tweedens te kyk na die invloed van besigheid in die
uitkoms van die regering se swart ekonomiese bemagtings strategie (BEE) wys die
studie dat besigheid probeer het om sy posisie deur die vloei van globalisasie te
optimiseer. Die studie sluit af met die erkende vennootskap tussen besighede en die
regering. Hierdie vernootskap is gevestig op die terme van die BEE strategie, wat
gebasseer is op wedersydse belang, want beide die regering en besighede staar die
brutale wispelturigheid van buitelandse belegging in die gesig. Hierdie groot
uitdaging word deur globalisasie voortgebring. Die Suid-Afrikaanse besigheidsgemeentskap
is in 'n unieke posisie, in die sin van Suid-Afrika se voortgaande
transformasie. Binne die post-apartheid konteks en Suid-Afrika se hergestruktueerde
mags verhouding tussen die regering en besighede, wil dit voorkom asof globalisasie
die besigheids-sfeer van Suid-Afrika 'n toename van mag oor sy mededingende
sosiale vennote te gee, in die konflik oor die terme van ontwikkeling.
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Kwazulu Natal's institutional environment : its impact on development imperatives.Barnes, Justin Raymond. January 1995 (has links)
The study of development in the 1960s and early 1970s was characterised by major struggles between competing ideological positions . Writings were dominated by attempts at getting the ideologies right , hence the proliferation ofNeo-Marxist and Neo-Classical discourses. The vociferous debates between development theorists such as Andre Gunder Frank (1966), Paul Baran (1962), W.W. Rostow (1963) and their followers) were indicative of this period. A fundamental shift occurred in the late 1970s, however, when the focus of development studies shifted to the more technical issue of how to get prices right. World Bank and International Monetary Fund intervention in state affairs were a characteristic of this fundamental shift, with the now notorious Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) of the 1980s being a direct result of this movement. The whole terrain of development studies has once again, however, undergone reconstruction, with the emergence of an entirely new strain of development-oriented thought in the 1990s. The key development problem being identified by social scientists at present is the institutional context in which development takes place. It has finally emerged that this issue surpasses those debates concerning ideology and monetary issues. Development protagonists now acknowledge that they can no longer look at development without considering the institutional environment in which it is to take place. Irrespective of ideology and price factors, then, it has finally been realised that development is highly contingent upon the establishment of a sound development-oriented institutional environment. Although the international development arena has experienced this fundamental shift, very little research has been done , thus far, on the dynamics of KwaZulu Natal 's institutional environment. As such very little is known about its efficacy in supporting or initiating development programmes in the province. If one considers the enormity of the development task in KwaZulu Natal this is an extremely unsatisfactory situation. KwaZulu Natal undoubtedly needs a sound institutional environment that supports development, thus making a study of how the province's institutional environment impacts on development imperatives an extremely important endeavour. It is hoped that this dissertation helps in some small way to fill the research void that is clearly apparent in KwaZulu Natal. It needs to be iterated right at the outset, however, that this dissertation is not meant to be an extensive, all encompassing critique of KwaZulu Natal's institutional environment. It is rather an exploration of those important issues pertaining to its institutional environment that impact so dramatically on development imperatives in the province. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sci.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1995.
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