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Critical overview of performing people the Kumba WayPiater, Margaretha 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Kumba Resources is one of the largest South African-domiciled mining groups. After
completing an extensive and hard-hitting re-engineering drive Kumba Resources
engaged in making its operations more efficient and to create growth opportunities to
realise its vision:
UT0 outperform the mining and minerals sector in creating value to all stakeholders
through exceptional people and superior processes".
The vehicle used in Kumba to achieve its vision is the Kumba Way. The Kumba Way
is built on foundational values of Integrity, Respect, Accountability, Fairness and
Caring. The motivational values, People make it happen,We do it together, Let's
do it and We do it better every time create the energy and commitment to
continuously improve performance
The Kumba Way is a process that aims to achieve world-class performance
throughout the organisation. It will create value for all shareholders and a strong
competitive advantage by focusing on three areas:
• The organisation-wide acceptance and internalisation of a common vision and set
of values, creating an open, positive and trusting environment.
• The establishment of governance processes, which provide the framework and
tools to challenge and measure the performance of all employees.
• Operational excellence, which involves identifying best practices across and
beyond the organisation and institutionalising them.
The People Performance Process, a governance process with target setting, is the
driver for performance within Kumba Resources. The process was designed on best
practices identified within the organisation as well as those proven in high-performing
organisations worldwide.
Leading organisations, well aware of the crucial role workers play in their
organisations' productivity and, ultimately, in its profitability, make every effort to
continually elicit optimum performance, from their employees. They do so by identifying and reinforcing successful behaviours while flagging and
correcting unproductive performance.
The People performance Process developed by Kumba consists of the following
elements:
• Inputs to the process are cascaded targets, generic and jobs specific outputs as
well as the way the organisation values are lived.
• Individual performance contracting was developed to ensure a clear
understanding of what level of performance is required as well as what behaviour
is expected in achieving the outputs.
• Continuous observation and feedback focuses on creating the mindset within
Kumba to ensure that feedback on performance is a continuous process and not
restricted to only twice a year formal feedback.
• Measuring performance implies measuring the objective achievement as set out
in the performance contract as well as living the motivational values that will be
measured with a 360-degree questionnaire.
• Peer comparison is part of the process to ensure equity and fairness by making
use of ranking of employees and considering the impact of uncontrollable on
performance.
• The formal performance feedback affords managers the opportunity to recap on
the continual feedback given but most important it facilitates focusing on increasing
performance in the future.
• Measuring and auditing of the process ensures fair and equitable application and
achievement of process objectives.
• Consequence management implies that positive and negative consequences are
linked to the level of performance as well as the way the motivational values are
lived.
A blended learning approach was followed consisting of E-Iearning providing
"intellectually get it" and workshops support "emotionally get it".
Change management was seen as a cornerstone for the implementation of the
process. Line management need to take ownership of the process and therefore
cooperation and buy-in are essential. A pilot implementation of the process was completed involving all top and senior
managers within Kumba and already vast positive movements are evident. Kumba
has not yet completed implementation in terms of the execution of the process
across the organisation, but the continuous focus on changing mindsets and
behaviours together with performance improvements will assist Kumba to become
the high-performing organisation it aspires to become. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Kumba Resources is een van die grootste Suid-Afrikaans gevestigde mynbou
groepe. Na voltooing van 'n omvangryke en kragtige "re-engineering" fokus Kumba
Resources op die verhoging van effektiwiteite in hul bestaande bedrywe sowel as op
die identifisering van groei geleenthede ten einde hul visie te verwenslik:
"Om die mynbou en mineraal sektor te uitprestreer ten einde waarde te ontsluit vir
alle belanghebbendes deur uitsonderlike mense en superieur prosesse".
Die voertuig wat Kumba gebruik om sy visie te verwenslik is die "Kumba Way". Die
"Kumba Way" is gefundeer op die waardes van Integriteit, Respek,
Aanspreeklikheid, Billikheid en Omgee. Die motiverende waardes "Mense laat dit
gebeur, Ons doen dit saam, Kom ons doen dit saam en Ons doen dit beter elke
keer" skep die energie en verbintenis tot deurlopende verbetering.
Die "Kumba Way" het ten doelom wêreldklas prestasie reg deur die organisasie te
bereik. Dit skep waarde vir alle deelhebbers en 'n sterk mededingende voordeel
deur op die volgende drie areas te fokus:
• Die organisasie-wye aanvaarding en internalisering van 'n gemene visie en
waardes ten einde 'n oop, positiewe en vertrouens-wekkende omgewing te skep.
• Die daarstelling van leidende prosesse as raamwerk en gereedskap om prestasie
van alle werknemers te daag en te meet.
• Die bereiking van bedryfsuitmuntendheid deur die identifisering van beste praktyke
binne en buite die organisasie asook die institusionalisering daarvan.
Die mens prestasie proses is tesame met doelwitstelling 'n leidende proses wat
prestasie binne Kumba aandryf. Die proses is gefundeer op beste praktyke
geidentifiseer binne die organisasie sowel as in hoë presterende organisasies
wêreldwyd. Leier organisasies is deeglik bewus van die rol wat werkernemers speel
in die produktiwiteit binne hulorganisasie en uiteindelike die winsgewendheid, en
doen dus alles moontlik om optimale prestasie van werknemers te bewerkstellig.
Ten einde dit te verwesenlik is dit nodig om suksesvolle gedrag en prestasie te
versterk en onproduktiewe gedrag en prestasie waar te neem en reg te stel. Die mens prestasie proses wat deur Kumba ontwikkel is bestaan uit die volgende
elemente:
• Insette tot die proses word verkry van doelwitstelling, generiese en spesifieke
posuitsette en organisasie-waardes.
• Individuele prestasie kontraktering het ten doelom 'n duidelike begrip van die
vlak van prestasie en die besondere gedrag wat vereis word om doelwitbereiking
te verseker.
• Deurlopende observering en terugvoer het ten doelom 'n ingesteldheid te
ontwikkel dat prestasie en gedrag terugvoer deurlopend moet geskied en nie net
formeel twee maal per jaar nie.
• Meting van prestasie impliseer die meting van doelwitbereiking soos
ooreengekom in die prestasiekontrak sowel as die leef van. die motiverende
waardes wat deur middel van 'n 360-grade vraelys gemeet word.
• Portuur vergelyking is deel van die proses om gelykheid en billikheid in die
proses te verseker deur gebruik te maak van rangorde plasing en inagneming van
die inpak van onbeheerbare aspekte op prestasie.
• Formele prestasie terugvoering gee bestuurders die geleentheid om die
deurlopende terugvoer saam te vat, maar die belangrikste is om te fokus op die
verbetering van toekomstige prestasie.
• Meting en ouditering van die proses is nodig om die billike en eenvormige
toepassing van die proses sowel as die bereiking van proses doelwitte te verseker.
• Gevolgbestuur impliseer dat positiewe en negatiewe gevolge met die vlak van
prestasie verbind word, sowel as die wyse waarop die waardes gelewe word.
'n Gemengde benadering tot opleiding is gevolg bestaande uit elektroniese leer om
'n begrip vir die proses te ontwikkel en werkwinkels om die vaardigheid van
toepassing, te ontwikkel.
Veranderingsbestuur is gesien as een van die hoekstene vir implementering van die
proses. Lynbestuur moet eienaarskap van die proses aanvaar en daarvoor is hulle
insette en inkoop essensieel.Die toets-implementering van die proses is gedoen op die top- en seniorbestuursvlak
binne Kumba en 'n beduidende positiewe verandering is reeds bewerkstelling.
Kumba het egter nog nie bereik wat nodig is om die hoë presterende organisasie te
wees wat dit aspireer om te wees nie, en daarom is 'n deurlopende fokus op die
verandering van ingesteldheid en gedrag tesame met 'n verhoging in prestasie nodig.
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Progressive change management keys towards organisational effectivenessEngelbrecht, David Johannes 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / Organisations find themselves in a challenging and changing environment. The
focus of the study is to use the Marden diagnostic model of change management
as a guide to transform organisations in order to meet competitive challenges of
changing market conditions.
The first half of the study underlines the need for organisations to stay in a mode
of constant change. It explains the systems approach to organisational change
that is prescribed by the Marden diagnostic model of change. The change
process is initiated by focusing the organisation on a new strategy that will be the
route map towards future prosperity. Various diagnostic tools are explored to
discover the current position of the organisation. Intervention strategies are
recommended to mobilize the organisation to move closer to the strategic vision.
The latter half of the study deals with skills to manage the change process.
These skills include consultation, leadership, teamwork, managing conflict,
communication and negotiation. The study concludes with a practical framework
that can be used by management to measure the success of the change
process, and maintain momentum throughout the organisation.
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The integration of emotional intelligence with leadership development : a literature reviewScheurkogel, Rene 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organizations are changing rapidly and within organizations, teamwork is
increasing and interpersonal relationships are becoming more important. The
role of leaders is also changing and emotional and interpersonal competencies
are becoming the skills needed for leaders to fulfill the demands of the current
workplace. Emotional intelligence is one of the few remaining areas in an
organization that can be developed to make a significant impact on the bottom
line.
In this work, the concept of emotional intelligence as defined in the literature is
explored. There is also an overview of the vast body of literature available on
leadership, and what is very clear, is the sparse research available on the role
that emotional competence plays as being an essential tool in the kit of the
effective leader. The question about the impact that emotional intelligence and
competence can have on the enhancement and development of leadership and
organizational processes is then explored. The conclusion drawn is that
emotional intelligence will in actual fact enhance leadership and interpersonal
skills which will enable a leader to build an emotionally enhanced organization.
Suggestions for future research is that empirical research is indicated to explore
the assumptions made and conclusions drawn based on this literature review
regarding the role that emotional intelligence plays in leadership development
and effectiveness. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Organisasies gaan huidiglik deur snelle verandering. Spanwerk is besig om toe
te neem en interpersoonlike verhoudings raak meer en meer belangrik binne
organisasies. Die rol van leiers is ook besig om te verander en emosionele en
interpersoonlike vaardighede raak toenemend die vaardighede wat deur leiers
benodig word om aan die eise van die huidige werkplek te voldoen. Emosionele
intelligensie is een van die min areas wat oorbly binne organisasies wat nog
ontgin en ontwikkel kan word ten einde 'n beduidende impak te maak op
winsgewendheid.
Die konsep van emosionele intelligensie soos gedefinieer in die literatuur, is in
die werk ekploreer. 'n Oorsig van die magdom literatuur beskikbaar oor leierskap
is ook gedoen. Wat duidelik blyk uit die literatuur oorsig, is die geringe literatuur
beskikbaar oor die rol wat emosionele vaardighede speel as een van essensiële
vaardighede van leierskap. Die vraag oor die impak van emosionele intelligensie
en vaardighede op leierskap en die mate waartoe dit leierskap en die effek
daarvan op organisatoriese prosesse kan verbeter, is ondersoek. Die
gevolgtrekking waartoe gekom is, is dat emosionele intelligensie inderdaad
leierskap en interpersoonlike vaardighede sal verbeter wat die leier sal toerus om
'n emosioneel gevorderde organisasie te bou. Voorstelle vir toekomstige
navorsing is om empiriese navorsing te doen ten einde die aannames gemaak
en gevolgtrekkings waartoe gekom is in hierdie literatuuroorsig ten opsigte van
die rol wat emosionele intelligensie speel by leierskapsontwikkeling en -
effektiwiteit te toets.
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Validating the business alignment questionnaire that measures organisational functioningPelser, Casper Jan Hendrik 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study project was aimed to evaluate a questionnaire designed by AB
Reynolds and adapted by Mario Denton that is used to determine the funtionality
of an organisation. The object was to determine how reliable the instrument is
and if it was testing the necessary areas/processes.
As the purpose·ofmost instruments is to help management determine the current
position of an organisation , the management itself, the management of the
employees and the workplace, it was important to validate a questionnaire by
statistically analysing all the processes/factors used in the questionnaire as well
as the questions.
Although it was found that the twenty-one (21) organisational processes is used
in the questionnaire is of major importance to all organisations, the statistical
analyses reduced the processes to eight (8) namely:
1. Performance management, development, appraisal, reward and
recognition
2. Effective leadership
3. Vision and mission
4. Strategy and structure
5. Communication
6. Competitor analyses
7. Customer needs
8. Core competencies
The three hundred and fifty one (351) questions were also reduced to one
hundred and thirty four. The validated revised questionnaire can now be used to determine an
organisations health and is a two phased technique designed to assist
organisational effectiveness. It will give management a foundation to use in
strategic planning as it spells out the weaknesses and strengths of an
organisation and also indicate area/processes of concern that will need attention.
The revised questionnaire is therefore an information gathering instrument that
measures the employees perception of the organisation and focuses on all facets
of organisational functioning. It is a tool for continuous organisational
development and improvement and will help an organisation in correcting the
weaknesses identified.
The questionnaire is therefore a management tool. It can be highly effective and
can be used by all organisations to improve their competitiveness and ensure
their survival. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die projek was daarop gemik om 'n vraelys, opgestel deur AB Reynolds en
aangepas deur Mario Denton wat die funktionaliteit van 'n organisasie toets, te
evalueer. Die doelwit was om vas te stel hoe betroubaar die instrument is en of
dit die nodige areas/prosesse toets.
Aangesien die doel van die instrument is om bestuur te help om die huidige
possisie van organisasie, bestuur self, die bestuur van werknemers en die
werksplek te toets, is dit noodsaaklik om so 'n vraelys te valideer deur al die
prosesse/faktore in die vraelys, sowel as die vrae statisties te ontleed.
Alhoewel daar gevind is dat al die een en twintig (21) organisatoriese prosesse,
soos in die vraelys gebruik, van kardinale belang vir organisasies is ,het die
statistiese analise dit na die volgende agt (8) prosesse verminder:
1. Prestasie bestuur, ontwikkeling, beoordeling, vergoeding en erkenning
2. Effektiewe leierskap
3. Visie en missie
4. Strategie en struktuur
5. Kommunikasie
6. Analise van mededingers
7. Behoeftes van kliênte
8. Kern vaardighede
Die drie honderd een en vyftig (351) vrae is ook verminder na een honderd vier
en dertig vrae.
Die gevalideerde vraelys kan nou aangewend word om die gesondheid van 'n
organisasie te toets en is 'n tegniek wat uit twee fases bestaan wat behulpsaam kan wees om organisatoriese effektiwiteit te bevorder. Dit sal aan bestuur 'n
wegspringpunt verleen in strategiese beplanning aangesien dit die vermoëns en
gebreke van 'n organisasie uitwys, asook die swak areas/prosesse wat aandag
verg. Die gekorrigeerde vraelys is daarom 'n informasie insamelings instrument
wat werknemers se persepsie aangaande die organisasie meet en fokus op alle
fasette van organisatoriese funksionering. Dit is dus 'n instrument om
organisatoriese ontwikkeling en verbetering voortdurend toe te pas, en help 'n
organisasie om swakhede wat geidentifiseer is, reg te stel.
Die vraelys is dus 'n bestuursinstrument wat effektief deur alle organisasies
aangewend kan word om mededingend te word om sodoende hulle voortbestaan
te verseker.
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Low cost intelligent automation (LCIA) and process analysis methodology with implementation examples at the company 'Festool GmbH Deutschland'Kreisel, Bjorn 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This document describes the different possibilities of Low Cost Intelligent
Automation (LCIA)and process analysis for companies in the processing
industry. These techniques can be used in production and assembly to reach
a higher productivity and to maintain the company's competitiveness.
Productivity is very important for any company, because it influences the
profit.
LCIA means using cheap solutions to automate processes in assembly and
production. Cheaper machines payoff much faster. This is important,
because life cycles are becoming shorter and shorter. With LCIA more
manual processes can be automated. This is an advantage especially in
countries with high labour costs.
Process analysis helps to optimise processes in a company. To reach this
goal it is essential to analyse processes systematically. This helps to gather
detailed information about manufacturing defects and where they originated
from. With these information it is much easier to eliminate the source of
error and to reduce the number of defective products. Less errors in a
production process lead to higher quality and productivity.
The company "Festool GmbH Deutschland" serves as an example for using
the described methods. The presented examples for LCIA are simple
solutions to automate manual processes in the assembly division. The
process of a fully automated machine serves as an example to illustrate the
different aspects of a process analysis in this company.
The methodologies presented in this document can be used to achieve
improvements especially in productivity. Therefore any company coming
from a labour intensive industry should think about integrating LCIA and
process analysis into their continuous improvement strategy. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie dokument beskryf die verskillende moontlikhede van Lae Koste
Intellegente Automasie (LKIA)en die proses analise vir maatskappye in die
vervaardiging industrie. Hierdie metodes kan gebruik word in produksie en
montering om hoër produktiwiteit te verkry sowel as die maatskapy se
mededingendheid te handhaaf. Produktiwiteit is baie belangrik vir enige
maatskappy, want dit beïnvloed die winsgewindheid. LKIA beteken die
gebruik van goedkoop oplossings om prosesse te automatiseer in montering
en produksie. Goedkoper masjiene word vinniger afbetaal. Dit is belangrik,
want die lewenssiklus van beide produkte en masjiene word al korter. Met
LKIA kan meer handprosesse ge-automatiseer word. Dit is 'n voordeel veral
in lande met hoë arbeidskostes. Proses analise help om die prosesse in 'n
maatskappy te optimiseer. Om hierdie doel te bereik is dit belangrik om
prosesse sistematies te analiseer. Bogenoemde help om gedetaileerde
informasie in te samel rondom vervaardigings defekte sowel as die oorsprong
daarvan. Met hierdie informasie is dit makliker om die oorsprong van foute
uit te skakel en om die getal foutiewe produkte te verminder. Minder foute
tydens die vervaardigings proses ly tot 'n hoër kwaliteit en produktiwiteit.
Die maatskappy "Festool GmbH Deutschland" dien as 'n voorbeeld vir die
gebruik van die beskryfde metodes. Die voorgestelde voorbeelde vir LKIA is
eenvoudige oplossings om die handprosesse in die monterings afdeling te
outomatiseer. Die proses van 'n ten volle ge-automatiseerde masjien, dien as
'n voorbeeld om die verskillende aspekte van proses analise in hierdie
maatskappy te illustreer.
Die metodologie wat gebruik is in die dokument, kan gebruik word om
verbeteringe veral in produktiwiteit te bewerkstellig. Dus kan enige firma in
'n arbeidsintensiewe industrie gebruik maak van die integrasie van LKIA en
proses analise in sy deurlopende verbeterings strategie.
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Results-based leadership : the core of organisational energy and successWilliams, Brian Kenneth 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This mini-thesis examines the relationships between results-based leadership and the
success of organisations through the maintenance of high levels of energy. In Chapter
1 the concept of energy is introduced by focusing on the relationship between
globalisation, through increased competition and concurrent adaptation, and the need
for high energy levels in organisations.
Chapter 2 has a twofold focus. Firstly, a model for the creation of energised
organisations is developed through examining the interrelationships between people,
energy and systems, developing an understanding of the requirements of energy,
describing systems as open entities, investigating the impact and efficiency of systems
and discussing the need for organisational energy. The second part of the chapter
investigates the relationship between energy levels and organisational success.
Section " emphasises the conceptual development of leadership. Chapter 3 focuses
on the conceptual history of leadership, some popular myths around the concept, and
four theoretical approaches that are critical to modern-day understanding of
leadership. It argues that leadership determines, or strongly influences, the strategy,
direction and success of organisations, institutions and companies. The process of
leadership is affected by three distinct variables: leaders themselves, the employees
reporting to them, and the situation. The interaction between these variables
determines the leadership behaviour and the reactions of subordinates through
commitment, job satisfaction and performance. In this, leadership becomes a function
of these three variables. The debate in Chapter 4 concentrates, firstly, on the dichotomous relationship between
leaders and managers. Leaders have a role to play in the charting of the longer-term
horizon of the organisation in which they set vision, mission and direction through
effective communication and subtle motivation. Managers have a shorter-term horizon
in which they define the vision, mission, goals and values of leadership into shorterterm
strategy and implementation interventions. They draw the road map that follows
the compass direction of leadership. Secondly, Chapter 4 argues that transformational
leadership is paradoxical in nature. Transformational leaders have to build
organisations that embrace paradox, i.e. organisations that manage the uncertainty of
change in their environments. Their role is one of being change agents. The argument,
thirdly, claims that leadership is results-based. Here the argument is for a framework of
leadership that is output-driven, i.e. that has a goal orientation towards organisational
output and success.
Chapter 5 focuses on the conclusions of the research project. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie minitesis ondersoek die verband tussen uitsetgedrewe leierskap en
organisatoriese sukses deur die handhawing van hoë energievlakke. In Hoofstuk 1
word die konsep van energie ingelei deur 'n fokus op die verband tussen globalisering,
as gevolg van toenemende kompetisie en konkurrente aanpassings, en die
noodsaaklikheid van hoë energievlakke in organisasies.
Hoofstuk 2 het 'n tweeledige fokus. Eerstens word 'n energiemodel ontwikkel deur die
ontleding van die verband tussen mense, energie en stelsels, die ontwikkeling van 'n
begrip vir die vereistes van energie, die beskrywing van stelsels as oop entiteite, 'n
ondersoek van die impak en effektiwiteit van stelsels, en die verduideliking van die
noodsaaklikheid van energie. Die tweede deel van die hoofstuk ondersoek die
verband tussen energievlakke en organisatoriese sukses.
Afdeling II beklemtoon die konsepsuele ontwikkeling van leierskap. Hoofstuk 3 fokus
op die konsepsuele geskiedenis van leierskap, 'n aantal mites rondom leierskap en
vier teoretiese benaderinge wat kritiek vir die hedendaagse begrip van leierskap is.
Daar word aangevoer dat leierskap die strategie, rigting en sukses van organisasies
bepaal of sterk beïnvloed. Die leierskapproses word deur drie aspekte geaffekteer:
leiers self, die werknemers wat aan hulle rapporteer, en die situasie waarbinne dit
plaasvind. Die interaksie tussen hierdie aspekte bepaal die gedrag van leiers en die
reaksie van werknemers deur toegewydheid, werkstevredenheid en prestasie.
Hierdeur word leierskap 'n funksie van die drie aspekte. Die debat in Hoofstuk 4 konsentreer, eerstens, op die tweedelige verhouding tussen
leiers en bestuurders. Leiers speel 'n rol in die kartering van die langtermynhorison
van die organisasie deur die bepaling van visie, missie en rigting deur effektiewe
kommunikasie en subtiele motivering. Bestuurders het 'n kortertermynhorison
waarbinne hulle die visie, missie, doelstellinge en waardes in strategie en
implementering omskep. Hulle teken die kaart wat die kompasrigting van leierskap
navolg. In Hoofstuk 4 word tweedens aangevoer dat transformasieleierskap
paradoksaal van aard is. Transformasieleiers moet organisasies bou wat paradokse
aanvaar, d.i. organisasies wat die onsekerheid van omgewingsverandering kan
bestuur. Hulle moet ook die rol van transformasieagente speel. Derdens word
aangevoer dat leierskap uitsetgedrewe is. Hier word geargumenteer vir 'n
leierskapraamwerk wat uitsetgedrewe is, wat doelmatig op organisatoriese uitset en
sukses gemik is.
Hoofstuk 5 fokus op die samevatting van die bevindinge van die navorsingsprojek.
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Shared values : the road to reconstruction and successSiegruhn, R. 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Governments and organisations focus their efforts and resources on physical
production factors and the skills of their employees. However, in order to focus
the resources and skills of an organisation on a specific outcome there needs to
be a common and binding set of values.
Many empowerment efforts in South Africa have not succeeded and the reasons
cited for their failures, concomitantly, have been based on physical production
factors and lack of skills.
This study will investigate whether a misalignment of values may be the real
problem of which the physical production factors and skills were mere symptoms.
The Mckinsey 7s Model will be used to structure the analysis and to determine
whether the reconstruction, development and empowerment organisations, both
successful and unsuccessful, had shared values.
The result was that the reconstruction, development and empowerment
organisations that were successful had shared values and that the
reconstruction, development and empowerment organisations, that were
unsuccessful did not have shared values. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Regerings en privaat organisasies fokus hulle insette op fisiese produksie faktore
en die vaardighede van hul werknemers. Om die insette en aksies van 'n
organisasie te fokus op 'n spesifieke uitkoms, moet daar 'n gedeelde en
samebindende stel waardes wees.
Verskeie bemagtigingspogings in Suid-Afrika was nie suksesvol nie. Die redes
wat vir hierdie mislukkings aangevoer word, is gebaseer op die fisiese insette en
die gebrek aan vaardigheid van die deelnemers.
Die navorsing in hierdie studie is daarop gemik om te bepaal of die gebrek aan
gedeelde waardes nie dalk die werklike probleem is nie, en dat die fisiese
produksie faktore en vaardigheidsvlakke slegs simptome hiervan is.
Die Mckinsey 7s model sal aangewend word om struktuur aan die studie te
verleen. Die Mckinsey 7s model sal ook aangewend word om te bepaal of die
heropbou-, ontwikkelings- en bemagtigings organisasies, beide suksesvol en
onsuksesvol, gedeelde waardes gehad het al dan nie.
Die resultate van die studie het daarop gedui dat al die heropbou-, ontwikkelings en
bemagtigings organisasies, wat gedeelde waardes gehad het suksevol was en al die heropbou-, ontwikkelings- en bemagtigings organisasies, wat
onsuksesvol was nie gedeelde waardes gehad het nie.
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The beehive of organisational excellence : entrenching workplace practices that lead to high performanceAbrahams, M. F. 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For the past two decades or so we have been witnessing the dawn of the information age.
The technological revolution that typifies this era is proceeding at a rate unparalleled by
the advances of previous eras. This technological advancement has spawned what is
called the New Economy, where the currency is information and the watchword is speed.
The New Economy is global, knowledge-driven, and highly competitive. It has forever
changed the competitive landscapes of many industries, combined others into new
industries, and has even created entirely new industries.
The New Economy poses many new challenges for organisations that strive for
excellence. Amongst other things, globalisation and rapid advances in technology are
constantly raising performance level benchmarks on all fronts. This means that
organisations striving for excellence have to be stable yet agile, lean, responsive,
innovative, efficient, customer-focused, and profitable. In addition, the pressure on
organisations to democratise the workplace brings its own challenges.
One such approach for organising for excellence is the Beehive model where minimum
levels of performance have to be attained in each of seven interdependent areas: strategy,
structures, people capacity, business disciplines, stakeholder commitment, pay and
incentives, and change leadership. Taken out of context, these practices will not produce
the desired improvements in performance. They need to be treated as a system where the
practices fit with and support each other. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vir ongeveer die afgelope twee dekades ervaar ons die aanbreek van die informasie
tydperk. Die tegnologiese revolusie, wat 'n kenmerk is van hierdie era, gaan voort met 'n
tempo ongeewenaard met die vooruitgang van vorige eras. Hierdie tegnologiese
vooruitgang het voortgebring wat die Nuwe Ekonomie genoem word, waar die
geldeenheid informasie en die wagwoord spoed is. Die Nuwe Ekonomie is wereldwyd,
kennis aangedrewe, en hoogs kompeterend. Dit het die kompeterende landskappe van
baie industriee vir ewig verander, ander in nuwe industriee kombineer en selfs geheel en
al nuwe industriee geskep.
Die Nuwe Ekonomie lewer vele nuwe uitdagings op vir organisasies wat na
uitmuntenheid streef. Om maar een te noem veroorsaak globalisasie en vinnige
vooruitgang in tegnologie 'n konstante styging in prestasie vlak hoogtemerke reg deur die
industrie. Dit beteken dat organisasies wat na uitmuntenheid streef stabiel, tog ook
behendig, reagerend, vernuwend, effektief, klient gefokus en winsgewend moet wees.
Daarmee saam bring die druk op organisasies om by die werkplek te demokratiseer sy eie
uitdagings.
Een so benadering vir organisering vir uitmuntendheid is die Beehive model waar
minimum vlakke van prestasie in elke sewe interafhanklike areas behaal moet word:
strategie, strukture, menslike kapasiteit, besigheids dissipline, insethouer toegewydheid,
betaling en prestasielone, en oorgangsleiding. Uit konteks sal hierdie praktyke nie die
gewensde verbeterings in prestasie behaal nie. Dit moet as 'n sisteem behandel word
waar die praktyke mekaar pas en ondersteun.
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Assessing and improving the organisational performance of process engineering at Sasol Technology using the Burke-Litwin modelStrydom, Johan 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / Some digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Change management is a field of study that is becoming increasingly more important
as the rate of change in organisations increases and technology develops. The
number of change initiatives within organisations is increasing daily, but unfortunately
the success rate is decreasing. There are various reasons for this, but two significant
reasons are organisations looking for quick fixes, and change not being properly
planned.
Organisation development is a field within change management that addresses both
these problems. The field is anchored in the action research methodology, ensuring
that chanqe is properly planned. The other strength of organisation development lies
in the systems approach that is followed. A systems approach ensures that a proper
understanding of the organisation is developed before corrective interventions are
proposed.
This study project makes use of the Burke-Litwin model as part of an organisation
development process to identify problem areas in the Sasol Technology Process
Engineering functional department. After the identification of the problem areas,
interventions are planned to address these issues.
A literature study on the field of organisation development is presented in Chapter 2.
This study begins with a review of the origins and development of organisation
development, including the role of the change process and systems thinking. The
study further evaluates various organisation development models and uses the information to evaluate the Burke-Litwin model. Finally the study presents the
organisation development process that is followed in the Sasol Technology Process
Engineering department and how it impacts on this study project.
Chapter 3 supplies information on the organisation that is studied and places the
organisation in context with its environment. This chapter also presents the results of
the diagnostic phase and draws conclusions from these results. The results are
interpreted for the overall organisation, but also for different categories within the
organisation. The conclusions from this chapter form the identified problem areas
that are one of the objectives of the study project.
Interventions to address the problem areas identified in Chapter 3 are planned and
developed in Chapter 4. To place the interventions in context, a short literature
review on intervention theory is presented. The results of the development process is
a plan of interventions that can be implemented for the overall organisation, as well
as for the two geographic environments that the organisation functions in.
Chapter 5 of the study project presents a summary of the study, as well as
conclusions that are made by the author, and recommendations on the completion of
the organisation development process. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Veranderingsbestuur is 'n veld wat al hoe meer relevant raak soos die pas van
verandering toeneem en tegnologie ontwikkel. Die aantal veranderingsbestuur
initiatiewe binne organisasies neem daagliks toe, maar die suksessyfer is ongelukkig
aanhoudend besig om te daal. Daar is veskeie redes vir die veskynsel, maar twee
beduidende redes is gekoppel aan die feit dat organisasies kitsoplossings soek, en
dat die verandering nie deeglik beplan word nie.
Organisasieontwikkeling is 'n veld binne veranderingsbestuur wat beide die probleme
aanspreek. Die veld is stewig geanker in die aksie-navorsingsmetodologie wat
verseker dat die verandering deeglik beplan word. Organisasieontwikkeling se ander
sterk punt is dat dit die sisteembenadering volg. 'n Sisteembenadering verseker dat
'n deeglike begrip van die organisasie ontwikkel word voordat intervensies voorgestel
word.
Hierdie studieprojek maak gebruik van die Burke-Litwin model as deel van 'n
organisasieontwikkelingsproses om probleemareas in die Sasol Tegnologie
Prosesingenieurs funksionele departement te identifiseer. Nadat die probleemareas
geïdentifiseer is word intervensies beplan om die probleme aan te spreek.
'n Literatuurstudie oor die veld van organisasieontwikkeling word in Hoofstuk 2
aangebied. Die studie begin met 'n oorsig oor die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van
organisasieontwikkeling, wat die rol van veranderingsproses en sisteemdenke insluit.
Die studie gaan verder deur verskeie organisasieontwikkelingsmodelle te evalueer en die inligting te gebruik om die Burke-Litwin model te evalueer. Die studie sluit af
met 'n oorsig oor die organisasieontwikkelingsproses wat gevolg word en hoe dit die
studieprojek raak.
Hoofstuk 3 verskaf inligting oor die organisasie wat bestudeer word en plaas die
organisasie in konteks met die omgewing waarbinne dit bedryf. Die hoofstuk sluit ook
die resultate van die diagnostiese fase in en bied die gevolgtrekkings wat gemaak
word aan. Die resultate word vir die organisasie in geheel aangebied, maar ook vir
verskillende kategorieë binne die organisasie. Die gevolgtrekkings wat bereik word
vorm die geïdentifiseerde probleemareas wat een van die oogmerke van die
studieprojek is.
Hoofstuk 4 bied die intervensies aan wat ontwikkel en beplan is om die
probleemareas van Hoofstuk 3 aan te spreek. 'n Kort literatuurstudie oor die teorie
van intervensies word aangebied om die intervensies in konteks te plaas. Die
resultaat van die ontwikkelingsproses is 'n plan vir intervensies wat geïmplimenteer
kan word vir die algehele organisasie, maar ook vir die twee geografiese omgewings
waarbinne die organisasie funksioneer.
Hoofstuk 5 veskaf 'n opsomming van die studieprojek, asook die gevolgtrekkings van
die skrywer aangaande die studieprojek en aanbevelings oor die voltooiing van die
organisasieontwikkelingsproses.
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Delivering peak performance through focused career managementHako, Vuyani Wellington 03 1900 (has links)
Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Wealth today cannot be merely measured by material acquisition but also by depth
of knowledge, wisdom and understanding. This knowledge, wisdom and
understanding lie in the human capital of the organisation. The dynamic nature of
business today demands a constant renewal in the aspirations of the employee.
Therefore, the performance of the employee in any organisation becomes the most
important component. If an organisation is to gain competitive advantage, it must
understand how people think, feel and act and then utilize that understanding to
increase human performance.
The study argues that one of the important feelings that must be understood in
order to increase people effectiveness in an organisation is career management.
Career management is investing in the minds of the people. The minds of the
people are the source of wealth. Developing people to improve their knowledge,
skills and capabilities is fundamental to the overall performance of an organisation.
Career management helps identify specific talents and behaviours an individual
must bring to the job. Career management also brings prosperity and job
satisfaction to the individual. Career management as a system to capitalize on the
employee's talents and potential should begin with a strong emphasis on personal
empowerment and the elimination of self-directed negativity.
Against this background, the study looks very deeply into the importance of self
management. Further, the organisation itself needs to understand that peak performance is not an event but the life of the business. Whenever the results are
announced the competitor listens to establish ways of doing the best. To keep up
with the spirit of competitive advantage and gaining peak performance all the time,
the organisation must constantly devise means to engage the emotional
commitment of the employee. Such means must include career management
strategies as also an attempt for employee retention. The organisation must
position itself to be a facilitator of career coaching. As a facilitator of career
coaching the organisation is able to plan the career success and happiness of the
employee. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Vandag se rykdom kan nie net slegs deur middel van materiële geskat word nie
maar asook deur diepsinningheid van wetenskap, wysheid en begrip. Hierdie
kennis, wysheid en verstand rus in die menslike kapitaal van die organisasie. Die
dinamiese soort van besighede deesdae verlang 'n gedurige hernuwing in die
strewe van die werknemer. Daarom is dit die prestasie van die werknemer in enige
organisasie wat die mees belangrikste komponent is. As die organisasie 'n
mededingende voordeel wil bereik,moet die organisasie verstaan hoe mense dink, voel
en optree,dan daardie verstand aanwend om menslike vermoëte verbeter.
Die studie dui aan dat een van die belangrikste gevoelenswaardes wat begryp
moet word om mense se vermoë te verbeter in 'n organisasie, is loopbaanbestuur.
Loopbaanbestuur belê in die mense se verstandelike vermoë omdat dit 'n bron van
rykdom is. Ontwikkeling van mense om hulle kennis, vermoë en bekwaamhede te
verbeter is die grondbeginsel tot die totale prestering van die organisasie.
Loopbaanbestuur help om spesifieke talente en houdings te identifiseer wat 'n
individu aan die werk moet bring. Loopbaanbestuur bring asook voorspoed en
werksbevrediging aan die individu. Loopbaanbestuur as 'n stelsel wat kapitaliseer
op die werknemers se talent en potensiaal moet begin met 'n sterk klem op
selfbestuur en die verwydering van persoonlike negatiewe. Teen hierdie
agtergrond, kyk die studie baie diep na die belangrikheid van selfbestuur. Verder,
behoort die organisasie te begryp dat topprestasies nie 'n gebeurtenis is nie, maar
die siel van die besigheid is. Wanneer die uitslae aangekondig word, luister die mededinge en doen sy beste om aan nuwe maniere te dink om sy beste voor te lê.
Om by te bly met die mededingende voordeel en om die hoë prestasie te bereik
teen alle tye moet die organisasie aanhoudelik met metodes voorendag kom sodat
die werknemer emosioneel verbind is tot die organisasie. Sulke middelweë moet
loopbaan beheer strategies insluit asook 'n poging om werknemer te behou. Die
organisasie moet homself so plaas dat hy 'n fasiliteerder van loopbaan afrigting is.
Deur as fasiliteerder van loopbaan afrigting op te tree word dit moontlik om
loopbaansukses en gelukkigheid van die werknemer te bewerkstellig.
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