Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. / Iscor Mining is facing key challenges due to the intensification of
international market competition, deteriorating commodity prices
and escalating input costs. Its parastatal history and protected
environment during the years of isolation, was not a conducive
environment for the development of a high performance
organisation.
Iscor management recognised this challenge and embarked on
a programme to kick-start improvement on all its operating units.
This programme delivered on expectations, but signs of
weaknesses in the organisation's ability to sustain the
improvements were starting to emerge.
The potential for further improvements were shown to be far
more than anticipated, however the organisation was limited by
cultural and leadership issues in its ability to turn the identified
performance improvement potential into business results and
shareholder value.
The existing organisational capabilities were evaluated for its
potential to unlock the identified value against a chosen
management model, and the areas of biggest concerns
identified were in leadership behaviour, business process design
and organisation culture.
The biggest gaps in organisational capabilities were shown to
exist in areas of leadership, core business process design and
organisational culture issues. Thirteen actions for change is
proposed to close the identified gaps.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/51675 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Myburgh, Ras |
| Contributors | Denton, M., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic & 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 | 98 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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