Transformation management in a welfare organisation

• Main Author: Venter, Hendrik Jacobus
• Other Authors: Engelbrecht, Lambert K. (Lambert Karel), 1961-
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Management; Transformation; Welfare organisation; Multicultural; Diversity and transitional management; 658.406096822; Reengineering (Management) > South Africa > Gauteng; Social work administration > South Africa > Gauteng; Human services > South Africa > Gauteng > Management; Organizational change > South Africa > Gauteng; Corporate reorganizations > South Africa > Gauteng; Public welfare administration > South Africa > Gauteng; Community health services > South Africa > Gauteng > Business management; Community health services > South Africa > Gauteng > Administration; Gauteng (South Africa) > Social policy
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/772

The research study focuses on transformation management in a welfare organisation and is aimed at developing a framework for a prospective model for management of a transformation process in a welfare organisation. The research was directed by two components, the nature, and the management of transformation, and was initiated with a literature study on these two concepts. The research study is limited to the Gauteng area, and only child and family welfare organisations which were already active participants of a transformation process were targeted. Data collection process was initiated by means of a structured interview schedule, completed by managers/senior social workers/ Board chairpersons (the target group). Results of the study indicate that a majority of the twenty targeted organisations had undergone an unstructured transformation process. A structured, well formulated, and planned transformation management process was required as a guideline, with a view to developing a prospective model for the management of a transformation process in a welfare organisation. Results and conclusions drawn from this study can be generalised in the broader spectrum of welfare organisations for the management of a transformation process. Further research is needed to develop the required model. === Social Work === M. Diac. (Social Work)