Organisational climate survey at the Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport .

Abstract

Abstract 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.