South African management principles within a building supplies organisation

[摘要] The aim of this research Was to investigate the managementprinciples, key philosophies and culture of CASHBUILD LTD(Cashbulld). The Cashbuild Group is a leading wholesale andretail supplier of building materials in Southern Africa.The unique management style of Cashbuild has been widelypopularized over the past fifteen years. As demonstrated bylargest ever recorded sales of a South African business book,The Corporate crusaders, by Koopman, Nasser and Nel, apublication which popularized the Cashbuild story. Opinionamongst many South African academics in the management field,has held that Cashbuild is unique management approach canprovide an Afrocentric archotype for all South Africanorganisations currently attempting to adapt to fundamentalenvironmental shifts.The methodology takes the form of a qualitative case study.The Four World Business Sphere Model of Ronnie Lessem wasused as an analysis tool. In the spirit of an Afrocentricstyle this paper does not only focus on the tangible andobservable systems and structures of the organisation, butexplores the values of key individuals and the very spirit ofthat company.The chosen data sources include direct observation,relevant

[发布机构] University of the Witwatersrand