- Title
- An analysis on the skills development needs in the Supply Chain Management unit: a case-study of Eastern Cape Department of Education
- Creator
- Sidiya, Lukhanyo https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2273-6348
- Subject
- Grahamstown (South Africa)
- Subject
- Eastern Cape (South Africa)
- Subject
- South Africa History
- Date
- 2022-06
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/28850
- Identifier
- vital:75133
- Description
- Supply chain management is very important for any organisation in the world. More so, a government’s supply chain management has to function and perform efficiently for it to be able to accomplish its set goals. In order to achieve this, it needs to ensure that it is staffed with competent, objective and impartial people. However, lack of skills among supply chain management personnel has been recognised as a major obstruction in ensuring that there effective and efficient functioning of supply chain management processes in South Africa. Therefore, there is need to explore the skills development needs in the supply chain management of a public institution. Incidentally, this research explored the skills development needs in the supply chain management unit of the Eastern Cape Department of Education. The study employed a qualitative approach, as such its research design was the case study research design and the interpretivist paradigm. The study made use of qualitative data. To collect the qualitative data semi-structured interviews were utilised. The selection of participants from the Eastern Cape Department of Education was done using purposive sampling. The data collected through fieldwork were analysed using thematic analysis. The standout themes from the data were the essential skills in SCM at the organisation (hard and soft skills), ensuring skills development, skills development needs and challenges, role if skills development in the organisation and strategies used to skills development. Based on the findings, it is suggested that strategies used for skills audit be reviewed so that more advanced skills that can address skills needs challenges immediately, when change occurs as well as meeting future skills needs. The study also recommends improved communication and information dissemination regarding skills development. The study also suggested for the organisation to invest more resources to ensure training of SCM unit personnel.
- Description
- Thesis (MPA) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (xiii, 117 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management and Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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