An investigation into the effectiveness of teambuilding in the whole school development department of a non governmental organisation (NGO) in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, KwaZulu-Natal.
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2003
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Abstract
This research investigates the effectiveness of teambuilding in the whole
School Development Department of an NGO based in the Valley of a
Thousand Hills, KwaZuluNatal.
My personal view is that teamwork is essential to the effective functioning of
people in organisations. As I am the manager of the Whole School
Development Department, I initiated a teambuilding programme at the
beginning of 2002. My gut feeling is that teambuilding is the most important
tool that can bring a team together in pursuit of common goals. By embarking
on this research, I would be able to explore the perceptions of team members
in respect of the effectiveness of teambuilding.
From the outset it was believed that a case study approach would be most
appropriate. This approach allowed the manager (researcher) to freely
observe and interact with the subjects of the research. During the research,
data was collected and analysed on an ongoing basis. Due to the nature of
the research and the size of the population (eleven members in the team) the
researcher was able to focus on the entire population.
Results obtained revealed that the manager and team members were
committed and dedicated to make teambuilding work. All the participants had
a large say in how it would be run and all wanted the team to be as good as it
could be.
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Thesis (M.Ed.) - University of Natal, Durban, 2003.
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Total quality management in education., School management and organization--KwaZulu-Natal., Teams in the workplace--Evaluation., Theses--Education.