The professional services business sector's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic

dc.contributor.advisorSutherland, Margieen
dc.contributor.emailupetd@up.ac.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateAcott, Helenen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T15:42:29Z
dc.date.available2010-06-22en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T15:42:29Z
dc.date.created2007-04-06en
dc.date.issued2010-06-22en
dc.date.submitted2010-03-30en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractAny company operating in the developing world must view Aids as a threat and have response mechanisms in place (Rosen, Simon, Vincent, MacLeod, Fox and Thea, 2003). The objective of this research was to discover how South African professional services companies are responding to HIV/Aids. The research further sought to confirm whether the response of the professional services sector can be considered ‘rational’ or ‘reasonable.’ Twenty interviews were undertaken across professional services companies to understand how the sector is responding to HIV/Aids from the perspective of their employee base, client base and surrounding communities. The findings showed that most professional services companies have neither felt nor measured the impact of HIV/Aids on their business. Most companies have implemented some sort of measure to respond to HIV/Aids internally, even if only a policy to safeguard them. Some companies view HIV/Aids as an opportunity, in that it enables the provision of additional products and services to clients. More than half of the companies interviewed are contributing to HIV/Aids causes outside of their workplace. As a result of this study, a model has been developed to classify companies according to their response to HIV/Aids. Based on the classification, companies surveyed fell into one of 4 types: shrew, responsible, uninformed or saviour. Twelve companies fell within the ‘shrew’ category, indicating a primarily rational response to HIV/Aids.en
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dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en
dc.identifier.citationAcott, H 2006, The professional services business sector’s response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23609 >en
dc.identifier.otherG10/212/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03302010-113514/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/23609
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2006 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectProfessional service firms and aidsen
dc.titleThe professional services business sector's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemicen
dc.typeDissertationen

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