A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and
Management, University of Witwatersrand, in partial fulfillment of the
requirement for the degree of Master of Management (in the field of
Governance and Public Leadership).
October, 2016 / There is mounting evidence that the effective functioning of any organisation or
public sector is determined by the quality of leadership. The author of the research
investigated the challenge of leadership in the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and
Forestry. More than 70 percent of the Namibian population directly or indirectly
subsist on Agriculture for their livelihood. Agriculture remains the backbone of the
Namibian economy. Hence the relevance of great and strong leadership. Evidence
from the investigation, observes that communication, lack of policy enforcement,
co-ordination, change management, leadership styles and strategic alignment are
the major leadership challenges and thus cause lack of performance in the Ministry
of Agriculture, Water and Forestry.
The author observed pockets of excellence in the quality of leadership too. There
have been investments in the aspects of human development and policy
formulation, but there is more work that needs to be done in the aspects of sectoral
unification of strategies, enhanced sectoral co-ordination, policy enforcement and
to ensure effective communication between the public and private sector. There
are endless possibilities in improving agricultural production, productivity and
competitiveness in the sector if it adopts new economic values such as
collaboration and co-creation. There is a need to induct board members and senior
management in the legislative instruments such as acts, policies and strategies so
that the leadership team can subscribe to common policies with shared values and
meaning. Investing in capacity development will drive the sector to be a leaderful
sector that delivers public value; a sector that delivers to an extent where
stakeholder expectations are mate. The research findings show that great leaders
are those who have the ability to build strong teams, manage change, alter
organisational values, craft leaders across all levels of the organisation, inspire trust
and respect from the team, are able to create thinking environments in the
workplace and build strong sustainable organisations. / GR2018
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/23881 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Mwilima, Mushokabanji Immanuel |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (vi, 94 pages), application/pdf |
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