The challenging nature of business today requires exceptional leadership skills.
However these leadership skills are a scarce commodity and companies need to
develop leadership to ensure a pipeline of leadership talent that can cope with the
challenges facing business. This task however is quite daunting as there are many
methods but few certainties about what works and what does not. Thus many
organizations struggle to find the right strategy to bridge the leadership gap. This
research report examines the best practices that exist in developing a leadership
development strategy, recommends a model for leadership development and
investigates the leadership development strategy of a manufacturing organization in
South Africa. The findings indicate that the strategy implemented by the case
organization is effective and thus can be used as an example to other organizations
also trying to implement a leadership development strategy. Challenges include
fostering a learning organization climate and implementing metrics to measure the
success of the strategy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/77 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Munsamy, Sandra |
| Publisher | University of South Africa |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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