A research report submitted to the Faculty of Management,
University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Management (in the field of
Public and Development Management / In South Africa's rapidly shifting socio-economic and political
environment, many non-governmental organistions are in crisis, with
donors, clients and government demanding that they change to meet
the new development agenda. Although this requires careful
planning and strategy- making,the three cases studied have shown
that planning for change leads to tensions between need to retain the
democratic and participatory ethos of the organisation, and the need
to become more management and product oriented. In addition, the
change planning in these organisations is often vague and and
unfocused, with many different ideas and approaches for dealing
with change, but few realistic plans to implement it.
The research outlines an approach to planning that encompasses both
of the NOD ideals by separating planning from strategy-making. As
part of a learning environment, planning and strategy-making are
participative activities that enable strategy to emerge at all levels of
the organisation, while the planning process becomes action-focused
and operational. / Andrew Chakane 2019
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/26455 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Ward, Sarah Jane |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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