CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR WOMEN DEVELOPMENT AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK
Date
2014-01-21
Authors
MOTHOBI, MASHADI ELAINE
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Abstract
Women in development, women for development and women empowerment are phenomena which the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank use to define and implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) around the world. This study seeks to explore the implementation of women development as a change management intervention in the case of the South Africa Reserve Bank (the Bank). The researcher uses qualitative methods of interview and documents evidence to investigate mechanisms which the Bank uses to implement change management interventions for women development. The Bank faces challenges with regard to the upward mobility of women into senior positions, notwithstanding the implementation of a women leadership development programme. To explore this further, the researcher presents women development as a teleological change intervention, the best practices underlying the intervention and the change management framework that would explain where the challenges lie.
The findings revealed that a women development intervention cannot be implemented unless it incorporates the underlying best practices for implementation. The findings also revealed that even if the latter were to be in place, organisations would not be able to implement the practices without an integrated change management framework. However, this view assumes that the intervention is an integral component of organisational strategy. The study proves that the appointment of women in senior positions within organisations is not unique to the Bank.
The study recommends that the women development intervention approach should adopt best practice principles and these should be implemented using a robust change management framework. As a result, the study concludes that the Bank could explore and use the opportunity
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to become a trendsetter, a hub and a benchmark of women development in the central banking environment.
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MM (P&DM) thesis
Keywords
Change management, Women, Development of women