- Title
- An investigation to determine the readiness of management at selected manufacturing organisations in the Buffalo City area to manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic
- Creator
- Meintjes, Samuel David
- Subject
- AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- South Africa
- Subject
- HIV infections -- Economic aspects -- South Africa
- Subject
- Labor productivity
- Subject
- Production management
- Date Issued
- 2002
- Date
- 2002
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:10906
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/108
- Identifier
- AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- South Africa
- Identifier
- HIV infections -- Economic aspects -- South Africa
- Identifier
- Labor productivity
- Identifier
- Production management
- Description
- The present study was conducted to determine the readiness of management at selected manufacturing organisation in the Buffalo City area to manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The study was conducted in the Buffalo City area on manufacturing organisations with a workforce greater than 250. The main aims of the present study were: · To provide an overview of relevant literature concerning theoretical key issues related to the management of HIV/AIDS in the workplace. · To assess the readiness of Buffalo City organisations in managing HIV/AIDS in the workplace, and to identify areas of improvement. · In the light of the findings, make further recommendations to manufacturing organisations to further improve their workplace policy, education and awareness programmes; and the accommodation of HIV-infected employees in the workplace. Another objective of the study was to provide additional research as a tool to assist organisations in managing HIV/AIDS in the workplace and to assist in fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Buffalo City area. The research process entailed: the selection of a test sample of manufacturing organisations in the Buffalo City area, and selecting an appropriate Human Resource manager or representative from these organisations to complete a structured questionnaire. The research tool used in the study was a questionnaire, which was used to extract relevant information on the demographics, policies, education and the accommodation of HIV/AIDS affected and infected employees in the workplace. The results revealed the following: · 73 percent of the selected manufacturing organisations in the Buffalo City have an HIV/AIDS policy in place; · 87 percent of the organisation indicated that their management are committed to the development and implementation of a HIV/AIDS policy; · management and supervisors in these organisations have not been adequately trained to manage the impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace; · organisations in the Buffalo City area need to collaborate and share information; and · that very few organisations benchmark against best practices. Future research on HIV/AIDS policy can explore the effective implementation of HIV/AIDS policies in these organisations as well as the effective management of HIV/AIDS in the workplace.
- Format
- ix, 134 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Port Elizabeth Technikon
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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