Strategic Leadership in the Department of Labour in Gauteng
Date
2013-10-14
Authors
Maseko, Siyabonga Joseph
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Abstract
The Labour Market Information and Statistics business unit of the Gauteng
provincial office of the Department of Labour experiences challenges due to the
lack of strategic leadership. This research was aimed at exploring these challenges
in the execution of the Gauteng Department of Labour’s provincial office merger
with regard to the implementation of the Labour Market Information and Statistics
business unit. Using a qualitative approach and qualitative interviews, the factors
that lead to the lack of strategic leadership in the Labour Market Information and
Statistics business unit were investigated.
The findings reveal that the merger of the former North and South Labour Market
Information and Statistics business unit of the Gauteng Province affected the
functioning of the business unit. This was found to be as a result of the lack of an
updated strategy of the business unit. These results in managers in the unit not to
being able to play their strategic leadership role, as planning, communication and
strategic understanding affected the implementation of the unit’s strategy
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MM (P&DM) thesis
Keywords
Leadership, Leadership in government