Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of executive coaching has become known over the last 20 years.
Executive coaching is a service that is provided to managers and leaders
within organisations in order to help them to make changes that will lead to
increased personal and organisational performance. Coaching helps leaders
to function better in the business world by helping them to see beyond their
own mindsets; helping them to learn new skills; and helping them to
overcome deeply ingrained habits and behaviours that may be restricting their
further success. Coaching is not targeted specifically at executives that are
experiencing performance problems, but at any manager or leader that wants
to learn or change in some way, or simply wants to further increase their
performance.
The need for executive coaching has arisen due to the speed at which the
world is developing and hence because of constant change. Globalisation,
technology, mass production and increased levels of democracy have lead to
a highly competitive business world. The leader and manager of today have
to be highly efficient and deal with a much broader range of tasks than ever
before while being highly advanced in the areas of personal and interpersonal
skills.
These same changes that have affected the world have lead to changing
social norms where people have the need to partiCipate and be heard. The
traditional management approaches to business whereby leaders commanded
their employees to execute their ideas, is no longer an efficient practise as
business is just too complex to centralise decision making. The concept of
organisational empowerment which became know in the late 1980's has to do
with the top leaders of organisations sharing their power and authority with
those lower down in the organisation. Empowerment is seen as the key to
sustainable organisational success, however it is complex to implement, takes
considerable time and needs dedication, focus and drive from top leaders to
be successful. Top leaders however will need to transform their own styles,
habits and skills in order to successfully empower their organisations.
Executive coaching is seen as the best method to help leaders and managers
to empower their organisations by assisting them to change their leadership
styles, learn better personal skills and to properly plan and execute changes
that need to be made within the organisation. The use of executive coaching
will also teach executives how to coach all those within their organisations,
which will further help change the organisation from a traditional culture to a
culture of collaboration and support. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die konsep van bestuursafrigting het in die afgelope 20 jaar bekend geword.
Bestuursafrigting is 'n diens wat gelewer word aan bestuurders en leiers binne
'n organisasie om hulle te help om veranderinge te maak wat sal lei tot
verhoogde persoonlike en organisatoriese prestasie. Afrigting help leiers om
beter te presteer in die besigheidswereld deur verby hul eie gedagte
raamwerk te kyk, nuwe vaardighede aan te leer en om diep ingewortelde
gewoontes en gedrag te oorkom wat sukses verhinder. Afrigting is nie net
gefokus op uitvoerende amptenare wat prestasie probleme ervaar nie, maar
op enige bestuurder of leier wat wil leer of verander, of prestasie wil verbeter.
Die behoefte vir bestuursafrigting het ontstaan as gevolg van die tempo
waarmee die wereld voortdurend verander. Globalisering, tegnologie, massa
produksie en verhoogde vlakke van demokrasie het gelei na 'n hoogs
kompeterende besigheidswereld. Die hedendaagse leier en bestuurder moet
hoogs effektief wees, meer take kan verrig as ooit tevore en ook nog hoogs
gevorderd wees in terme van interpersoonlike vaardighede.
Hierdie veranderinge het ook gelei na veranderende sosiale norme waar
mense meer betrokke wil wees deur insette te lewer. Die tradisionele
benadering tot besigheid, waar leiers opdragte gee aan werknemers om hulle
idees uit te voer, is nie meer effektief in die huidige komplekse samelewing
nie. Die idee van organisatoriese bemagtiging, wat in die laat 1980's bekend
geword het, het te make met die verspreiding van mag van die senior bestuur
in die organisasie na laer vlakke. Bemagtiging is die sleutel tot volhoubare
organisatoriese sukses maar, dit is moeilik om te implementeer, het baie tyd
en toewyding nodig en benodig fokus van die top leiers om suksesvol te
wees. Daarom moet top bestuurders hul eie styl, gewoontes en vaardighede
transformeer om bemagtiging suksesvol te implementeer in hul organisasies.
Bestuursafrigting word gesien as die beste metode om leiers en bestuurders
te help om hul werknemers te bemagtig deur hulle te help om hulle leierskapstyle
te verander, beter persoonlike vaardighede aan te leer en om beter
organisatoriese beplanning en uitvoering te fasiliteer. Die gebruik van
bestuursafrigting leer bestuurders hoe om ander te mentor wat die
tradisionele kultuur van bestuur vervang met een van samewerking en
ondersteuning.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/50519 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | De Beer, Paul Andrew |
| Contributors | Coetzee, S. F., 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 | 112 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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