Objective: The primary objective is to determine the preferred organisational characteristics
and remuneration types for pharmacists and university students in South Africa.
The primary objective will be realised and supported by meeting the secondary objectives,
which are:
* What organisational characteristics and remuneration types exist in the literature that
could influence the employee’s perception of the organisation?
* How do these characteristics and remuneration types differ between students and
pharmacists?
* How do these characteristics and remuneration types differ between different age
groups?
* How do these characteristics and remuneration types differ between different levels
of experience?
Methods: The research of this study will be conducted by means of a comparative literature
review and a quantitative empirical study.
The literature review will discuss the staffing situation in the pharmacy as it is currently
experienced, as well as the aspects that might influence potential applicants in the future.
The empirical investigation will be done by analysing pharmacists currently employed by a
retail pharmacy chain organisation and the final-year pharmacy student class of a South
African university. Quantitative research will be conducted by way of an anonymous
questionnaire.
Part one will be used to determine the demographics of the study populations.
Part two will determine the current level of motivation as well as aspects pertaining to their
preferred organisational characteristics and will include the following: * To determine the current organisational characteristics sought after by the
pharmacists and pharmacy students in the study population; and
* To determine the most preferred remuneration types for the pharmacists and
pharmacy students in the study population.
Results: It was noted that many organisational characteristics could influence the employee
perceptions. From the analysed questionnaires, characteristics that include growth
opportunities inside the organisation, using your pharmaceutical skills, physical working
location, as well as manageable intensity of work were cited as the most important
characteristics.
The most important remuneration packages in the studied population were analysed to be:
* A basic plus benefit system was preferred
* A skills-based pay as the base of the remuneration package
* A performance-based incentive system where benefits are rewarded according to
merit
* Incentives calculated from amount of personal output and not by business unit or
organisational profit
* Share options were popular as an added benefit
It should be noted that the preferred remuneration packages do differ between students,
pharmacists, pharmacy managers, different age groups and experience groups and can be
personalised for each group.
Conclusion: This study highlighted preferred organisational characteristics and
remuneration types for retail pharmacists and final-year pharmacy students.
It is recommended that a more in-depth study of the preferred organisational characteristics
and remuneration types for retail pharmacists should be conducted. This study should also
include the cost implications of hiring the most suitable candidate for a position versus the
least suitable candidate. / MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11989 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Smit, Ruan |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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