- Title
- Challenges in the implementation of affirmative action policy at a municipality
- Creator
- Baqo, Zukelwa
- Subject
- Affirmative action programs -- Law and legislation -- South Africa
- Subject
- Affirmative action programs -- Government policy -- South Africa
- Date
- 2012-01
- Type
- Master's Thesis
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/26368
- Identifier
- vital:65295
- Description
- A survey of 50 employees was conducted to identify challenges in the implementation of affirmative action, as well as intervention that have been implemented to escalate its implementation at Nkonkobe Municipality in the Eastern Cape. A closed questionnaire containing 26 items was used to collect date form respondents. The results of the study were analysed and interpreted using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, that is, Chi square test to measure association between demographic responses to each of the variables. Results indicated that lack of top management commitment to transformation, poor perception about affirmative action by managers about affirmative action, failure to link affirmative action to business strategy and poor representation of relevant stakeholders in the Employment Equity committee, are the fundamental factors that contribute to the sluggish implementation of affirmative action at Nkonkobe Municipality. Findings also revealed that successful implementation of affirmative action also depend on capacitating managers with the skills necessary to implement plans effectively, commitment of top management to making transformation a strategies priority, as well as investment in training and development is necessary to assist beneficiaries to catch up with those employees that have has a better education.
- Description
- Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2012
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (xi, 105 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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