Thesis (MBA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research assesses the current organisational culture as well as the future preferred
organisational culture of a business unit in a large information and communications technology
company. In this study the researcher also assesses the management skills and competencies in
comparison with the preferred future culture of the organisation. The research is based on the
competing values framework of assessing organisational culture.
The data was collected using the two instruments, namely the organisational culture assessment
instrument and the management skills assessment instrument. These tools are questionnaires,
which enabled the researcher to undertake a survey in a business unit. A sample of eight leaders
and 72 associates was used to complete the questionnaires. The organisational culture
assessment instrument was used to assess and profile the current culture of the organisation as
well as the future preferred culture of the organisation. The management skills assessment
instrument was used to evaluate the skills and competencies of the leaders in the business unit
and the data was statistically analysed to compare the current skills of the leaders to that of the
preferred future culture.
The research revealed that the skills and competencies of the business unit strongly match the
current culture of the organisation, and not the preferred culture. Through these findings, the
research established which skills and competencies need to be developed in order to achieve the
preferred culture. The research is significant in that it also proved the validity of the theory of
competing values and this will contribute to the scholars in the culture and change management
studies.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/8573 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Khabeng, Kagiso Ivan |
| Contributors | Sonn, J. P., University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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