- Title
- The role of strategic control in implementing an empowerment strategy in a selected higher education institution
- Creator
- Kolver, Willem Andreas Pieter
- Subject
- Education, Higher -- South Africa -- Management
- Subject
- Employee empowerment
- Subject
- Strategic planning
- Date Issued
- 2001
- Date
- 2001
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:10890
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/71
- Identifier
- Education, Higher -- South Africa -- Management
- Identifier
- Employee empowerment
- Identifier
- Strategic planning
- Description
- Higher education institutions in South Africa are under pressure on account of changes in their environment so those institutions which can adapt to the changes and continue to carry out their purposes will be the most successful. According to Wellins, Byham and Wilson (1991:21) the employee empowerment and energy that comes with a feeling of ownership, are necessary prerequisites for continuous improvement. When organisational values, leadership actions and human resources systems, for example, rewards, training, and organisational structures are focused on empowerment, continuous improvement actions result. These, in turn, could lead to competitive quality, increased productivity and improved customer service. This dissertation aims to assess what would be an appropriate strategic control model when implementing an empowerment strategy. To this end an empowerment process management model is presented, as well as an investigation into the most effective environment where empowerment can be implemented and the management style needed. Secondly, the characteristics of strategic control are considered and lastly, the particular circumstances of a tertiary education institution are discussed. The findings of this study are that the concept of strategic control and empowerment and the reality which exists at the selected higher education institution concur in certain instances, from the managers’ perspective. Further research to investigate the role of strategic control in implementing an empowerment strategy at the selected higher education institution when all role players are included, is recommended.
- Format
- xii, 136 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Port Elizabeth Technikon
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management, Business Administration
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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