Change management in organisations : a case study analysis of the management of change processes in the civil service of Lesotho.
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2003
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This study is an evaluation of the implementation of change processes in the
Lesotho Civil Service, Ministry of the Public Service (MPS). A qualitative method
was used where an exploratory study was conducted by drawing a case study to
evaluate the change implementation process in the organisation.
In enabling the researcher to conduct a more focussed study, only five factors
that have an impact on the successful implementation of change were
considered. The factors were namely: forces for change; managing and leading
change; building the desired culture; resistance to change and errors common to
organisational change. The relevant information for the case study was obtained
mainly from interviews and questionnaires. The pattern matching technique was
performed on the case study, whereby the way change was implemented in the
Lesotho Civil service was compared to that suggested by the literature.
Fifty questionnaires were administered to fifty employees in the Ministry of the
Public Service. Finally an evaluation based on the responses of the respondents,
what actually happened and that which the literature suggests were evaluated
interdependently.
Based on this evaluation, it was found that, there were forces for change in the
organisation, but management did not communicate with the employees as to the
need for change and how it was to be implemented. Employees were never
involved or asked to participate in the planning process of the change.
Management in the organisation did not take all aspects into account when
planning for change as suggested by the literature and all these aspects need to
be improved upon by the leaders in the organisation.
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Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, Durban, 2003.
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Civil service--Lesotho., Organizational change--Management., Theses--Business administration.