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Ponte Academic Journal
Jun 2021, Volume 77, Issue 6

MANAGING CHANGE IN A COMPLEX, COMPETITIVE, CHANGING HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA

Author(s): Jeremiah Madzimure

J. Ponte - Jun 2021 - Volume 77 - Issue 6
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2021.6.7



Abstract:
It is evident that, managing change in a complex, competitive, changing higher education environment in South Africa requires skilled leadership and management. For that reason, the purpose of this article is to evaluate how the change within the university would be managed. Increasing participation of management and students’ structures in higher education is a critical strategy for managing change in a complex and competitive higher education environment. South African higher education institutions are facing the on-going challenges of change to equitability society. This article clarified that, the changing nature of the academic workplace needs human resource managers, specialists, and academics to move their attention. Unwarrantable work and demographic changes are the two relevant concepts which will affect the future of work. As institutes remain to seek liveliness to uphold the university’s competitive gain and managements document rules to agree to liveliness through modifications in employment regulations, it will meaningfully escalate dangerous employment.
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