The nature of alignment/fit between business strategy and maintenance strategy in industries in South Africa

dc.contributor.emailichelp@gibs.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateMateko, Nevushoma Sunungukoen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-06T18:10:08Z
dc.date.available2011-05-23en
dc.date.available2013-09-06T18:10:08Z
dc.date.created2010-11-10en
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.date.submitted2011-05-15en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractMaintenance has traditionally been viewed as an unavoidable part of the manufacturing function. It is often identified as an opportunity to wantonly reduce costs, whenever the need to reduce manufacturing cost arises. Its potential to contribute to an organisation’s competitive advantage and business sustainability, has not received significant attention, and consequently formulation and execution of maintenance strategies have been poor, inconsistent or unfocused. Alignment of business strategy and maintenance strategy should help an organization to achieve or improve upon its business performance. Likewise, maintenance performance measures should be linked to an organization’s strategy, in order to provide useful information for making effective decisions. This fit or alignment, can only be achieved when maintenance is viewed as a critical business function, integrated with other business functions in support of business strategy. The impact of alignment between maintenance strategy and business strategy - on business strategy - is studied empirically in this thesis. The results confirm that alignment between maintenance and business strategy is strongly positively correlated with business performance. Copyrighten
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dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en
dc.identifier.citationMateko, NS 2010, The nature of alignment/fit between business strategy and maintenance strategy in industries in South Africa, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24695 >en
dc.identifier.otherF11/232/agen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05152011-104026/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/24695
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
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dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.subjectProspectorsen
dc.subjectAnalysersen
dc.subjectAlignmenten
dc.subjectMaintenance strategyen
dc.subjectDefendersen
dc.subjectBusiness strategyen
dc.titleThe nature of alignment/fit between business strategy and maintenance strategy in industries in South Africaen
dc.typeDissertationen

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