Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this highly competitive market, organisations are placing a strong emphasis on leveraging its organisational learning (OL) activities to achieve a sustained advantage. Organisations are increasingly recognising the value of partnering with external education providers to implement customized executive education programmes that can address their unique business need. Coaching interventions are frequently incorporated in such learning initiatives to enhance the alignment of the learning and development practises with the organisational goals and to increase the level of learning transfer once the program has been completed. The best-practises of coaching interventions remain however several understudied. This study therefore investigated the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships on the effectiveness of coaching interventions within a customised executive programme.
Qualitative data was collected through a series of semi-structured interviews targeting coaches, organisational learning drivers and delegates to obtain multi-source feedback for enhanced validity of perceptions. The findings were subsequently subjected to thematic analysis resulting in the emergence of 7 core themes. The results emphasised the importance of aligning the interpretation of management, organisational learning drivers (OLDs), coaches and delegates regarding the goals of the organisation and the coaching initiative. A recurring theme across the datasets related to the importance of transparent, direct and open communication prior to the commencement of coaching. Furthermore, the advantages of group coaching highlighted in this study were supported by previous literature.
Another important contribution of this study pertained to evaluating and sustaining the mental and behavioural shifts delegates experienced during the coaching interventions. This highlighted the importance of soliciting management support, eliciting informal accountability and post-coaching interventions. As a result of combining multi-stakeholder perceptions, the findings of this study may contribute towards developing a best-practice model for coaching interventions in customised executive education (CEE) programmes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/97419 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Chen, Jeff Yu-Jen |
| Contributors | Van Coller-Peter, Salome, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xi, 133 pages |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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