M. Ed. / There is no official management plan whereby former technical colleges in South Africa could be managed and operated strategically and efficiently. No distinction will be made between state and state aided colleges in future. The Act on Further Education and Training (Act 98 of 1998) only acknowledges two colleges of this nature for further education and training (FET), they are public and private institutions. Technical colleges will merge and continue to exist as public colleges for FET. A public college for FET will accordingly be forced to deliver proof of its physical, financial and human resources, to be declared a public college for FET. In this study, management areas were researched whereby a management plan could strategically and efficiently be developed and implemented at a college for FET. The purpose of such a management plan is to place a clear perspective on the management areas, ie. all the interested structures of a college whereby aspects of the organisational activities at a college, as well as the delivery of efficient educational and training services, can be attained. A thorough and comprehensive literary study of relevant and related literature was attempted to provide a solid theoretical foundation for the study. The result of this literary study gives a clear perspective on management areas of a management plan. Therefore such a management plan cannot only be developed but also implemented at a college for FET. A further empirical research, in the form of a questionnaire, in support of the literary study, was executed in order to determine to which extent, a college management will address managerial aspects as well as the development and applications thereof. Hypothesis was specifically directed at the context and aim of the research in order to establish not only the statistical significance of analysing the differences but also the interpretations thereof. It has been established that a management plan can be planned, developed and implemented according to a model at a public college for FET. This model poses as interaction between the management areas, levels and structures of the strategic, tactical and operational plans. The management plan is a professional and meaningful plan that sheds light on the mission, goals, objectives, priorities, policy and resources of the college, to ensure the involvement of staff members. The main objective is the understanding and aspirations of all concerned, to implement the mission and values of the college.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:8972 |
| Date | 08 August 2012 |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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