Determinants for Crafting a Winning Organisational Strategy for the South African Manufacturing Sector: Perspectives from Shop Floor Employees

This research seeks to explore the phenomena on the crafting of executive strategy, and in particular how they affect the performance of organisations and related issues of employee retention and motivation. The study was conducted within the South African manufacturing industry. A quantitative expl...

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Main Authors: Gamede, Vangeli Wiseman, van der Westhuizen, Thea
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Competitive advantage
COVID-19
Employees
Knowledge management
Leadership
Manufacturing
Motivation
Strategy
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Summary:This research seeks to explore the phenomena on the crafting of executive strategy, and in particular how they affect the performance of organisations and related issues of employee retention and motivation. The study was conducted within the South African manufacturing industry. A quantitative exploratory approach was taken from a positivist perspective. Findings indicated that Labour perceives poor levels of knowledge management occurring within their direct line of leadership, and expressed the view that executive strategy is not communicated through to Labour's bottom-line. Conversely, Labour perceives that their input to enhance knowledge management within their organisations is not put into action by executives. It was recommended that future research should expand the sample size and sites to gather more indepth understanding of the issues stemming from these research findings.
ISSN:2048-8963
2048-8971
DOI:10.34190/EKM.20.251