- Title
- An analysis of restructuring and work design used by manufacturing organisations in response to changing global forces
- Creator
- Kapp, Ashley
- Subject
- Organizational change -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2004
- Date
- 2004
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MTech (Business Administration)
- Identifier
- vital:10867
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/145
- Identifier
- Organizational change -- South Africa
- Description
- Due to the continual increase in competitive pressure from international organisations, it has become necessary to assess the degree of transformational change within South African organisations to overcome the effect of global forces. Transformation was investigated in terms of organizational restructuring and the various work designs that are utilised by organisations to deal with the effect of global forces. To examine the main problem, three sub-problems were identified. The first sub-problem that had been identified dealt with the extent of which global forces impacted on the business environment. It was investigated by evaluating various economic, technological and sociopolitical forces. From the results it may be concluded that global forces have a large impact on the local business environment. The second sub-problem looked at the degree to which work designs assisted organisations to manage the effect of global forces. It was evident that the flexible types of work designs were more readily utilised to optimise productivity and employee moral. Finally, the third sub-problem investigated the various structures that organisations could adopt to deal with the effect of global forces. Organisational structures were analysed in terms of customer orientation, fulfilment of company objectives and the types of structures that are used within organisations. The results showed that 75% of the sample population believed that their organisational structures co-ordinated all activities within their organisations. Feedback on the type of structures that were used by organisations revealed that various types are being used.
- Format
- xix, 168 leaves ; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- Port Elizabeth Technikon
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management, Business Administration
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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