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"From The Worst To The Best": An Exploratory Qualitative Study Of The Process Of Social Change At A South African Secondary School

Berendien Van Aswegen, Willem Schurink
SA Journal of Human Resource Management | Vol 1, No 3 | a21 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhrm.v1i3.21 | © 2003 Berendien Van Aswegen, Willem Schurink | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 05 November 2003 | Published: 05 November 2003

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Berendien Van Aswegen, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
Willem Schurink, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa

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Abstract

The primary aim of the study is to describe an initiative to effect organisational change at a previously disadvantaged school in South Africa’s Gauteng Province. Qualitative methods were used to collect and analyse data on the social process of change in the school. Essays of role players in the change process on their experiences led to important insights. This exploratory study points to a process that was effective in bringing about change at a school and holds promise for constructing a theoretical model of how change could be effected in ineffective schools.

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Die primêre doel van die studie is die beskrywing van ’n organisatoriese verandering by ’n voorheen benadeelde skool in Suid-Afrika se Gauteng Provinsie. Kwalitatiewe metodes is gebruik om data oor die sosiale proses te genereer en te analiseer. Opstelle van betrokkenes by die veranderingsproses oor hulle ervarings het tot belangrike insigte gelei. Hierdie verkennende studie dui op ’n proses wat suksesvol gewerk het om verandering te weeg te bring en hou belofte in vir die ontwikkeling van ’n teoretiese model van hoe verandering in oneffektiewe skole bewerkstellig kan word.


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Process Of Social Change

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