A critical analysis of the process of transformation of the city planning function in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

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dc.contributor.advisor Oranje, Mark en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Homann, Desiree en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-06T18:27:42Z
dc.date.available 2006-01-24 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-06T18:27:42Z
dc.date.created 2005-08-23 en
dc.date.issued 2007-01-24 en
dc.date.submitted 2006-01-24 en
dc.description Dissertation (M (Town and Regional Planning))--University of Pretoria, 2007. en
dc.description.abstract The study is a participant observer study of the transformation of the city planning function of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM) from 5 December 2000 to 30 June 2002. The study is rendered in the form of a narrative told in the first person. The focus of the story is on how power and the aspiration to power influenced the actions of the people in the employ of the municipality and the relations between them during the study period. In this regard the story draws heavily on the work of Bent Flyvbjerg (1998, 2001). A number of recurring themes or golden threads are identified and highlighted through the narrative. These threads are analysed in more detail in the final chapter of the study. They are: -- The influence of power and the prevalence of different types of power; -- The role played by communication during the transformation; -- The lack of regard for people that characterised the process; and -- The inherent resistance to change displayed by the organization. The study unlocks opportunities for further study. It could form the basis of a comparative study with other cases of organizational change, particularly those related to restructuring in the other South African metropolitan municipalities. Furthermore, the struggle for recognition of the City Planning function within the new Tshwane organizational structure could be further investigated against the backdrop of the broader search for a new role and identity for the planning profession. en
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dc.description.department Town and Regional Planning en
dc.identifier.citation Homann, D 2005, A critical analysis of the process of transformation of the city planning function in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, M dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24797 > en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01242006-100854/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24797
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject Change management en
dc.subject Organizational theory en
dc.subject Local government (sa) en
dc.subject Town and regional planning en
dc.subject Narrative en
dc.subject City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (CTMM) en
dc.subject Communication power and rationality en
dc.subject Case study en
dc.subject History en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title A critical analysis of the process of transformation of the city planning function in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality en
dc.type Dissertation en


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