- Title
- Maintaining a sustainable workforce in a South African information technology institution
- Creator
- Pieterse, Darren
- Subject
- Labor supply -- South Africa -- Evaluation
- Subject
- Sustainability -- South Africa Organizational change -- South Africa Diversity in the workplace -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/43210
- Identifier
- vital:36760
- Description
- Sustainability is a popular topic in most businesses today. Researchers show that, despite sustainability being a relevant business practice, there is no known research on the sustainability of workforces in the information technology (IT) industry in South Africa. This treatise is, therefore, the first known study investigating the importance of a sustainable workforce, and the implications of a workforce not being sustainable, in a South African IT institution. Secondary data was gathered and presented in the form of a literature review. Additionally, the ‘triple bottom line’ framework was discussed, together with the Stakeholder Theory, as they both relate to sustainability. The literature further discusses the seven determinants of sustainable workforces, namely; organisational culture, innovation, retention of skills, income and rewards, generational influences, sustainable workforces, and leadership. A qualitative study was conducted, by interviewing 11 participants. The research philosophy followed was interpretive and, considering the time constraints and limited resources, a cross-sectional time horizon was used. The participants of the study were employees from an IT institution in South Africa. The primary data gather was presented in the form of tables in order to present the distribution of answers, whilst a word cloud was used to highlight the common threads in answers from respondents. The treatise was concluded with managerial recommendations for IT institutions in SA to increase and manage the sustainability of their workforce. Some of the recommendations made included employers getting closer to their employees by being more engaging to determine their levels of happiness. Another recommendation made was that leaders in the organisation should be innovative, and create an innovative culture, understand why employees come to work, and practice sustainable leadership.
- Format
- xi, 88 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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