Organisational climate survey at the Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport .
Date
2014-08-13
Authors
Selemela, Selebaleng Elaine.
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Abstract
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Thi s study inves t igates ef fec t s of reconf igurat i on on the
employees of Gauteng Provinc ial Depar tment of Roads &
Transpor t (GPDRT) , in South Af r i ca.
The resear ch took place to es tabl i sh the opinions of employees
of GPDRT about thei r opinion, knowledge and under s tanding on
how they think they were af fec ted b y the reconf igurat ion that
s tar ted in 2009.
Qual i tat i ve resear ch was under taken and twent y interv iews
were conduc ted wi th empl oyees who were in the employ of
GPDRT before res t ruc tur ing in 2009.
The resul ts of the resear ch indi cate that there i s a wide
mi sunders tanding about the v i sion and the bus iness case f or
change f or GPDRT employees . The resul t s fur ther indi cate that
there i s job insecur i t y, uncer tainty, conf us ion and a general
lac k of commi tment by employees as a resul t of the
reconf igurat ion.
The research recommends that GPDRT make col laborat i ve
ef f or ts and conduc t an organi sat ional cl imate sur vey
immediatel y to c reate a basel ine. The survey has to be
conduc ted by an independent body.
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MM 2013
Keywords
Organizational change,Public administration.