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Possibility of a Novel Caliber of Leadership in the 21st Century: A Post-colonial Perspective
Ntokozo Mthembu * mthemnc@unisa.ac.za * ORCID: 0000-0003-4059-1215 * ResearcherID: T-8365-2017
University of South Africa, School of Social Science, Department of Sociology, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
Open Journal for Sociological Studies, 2019, 3(2), 67-78 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojss.0302.04067m
Online Published Date: 17 December 2019
LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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KEY WORDS: Batho-pele, control, novel, morals, leader, leadership, South Africa.
ABSTRACT:
The dawn of 1990s, social change in South Africa has provided a series of opportunities such as to redress the past narrow cultural perspective in all related structures such as private and government institutions including the sphere of learning. The adoption of the Batho-pele moral standard as a guiding philosophy was perceived as a progressive step towards redressing apartheid oriented leadership style in administration of service delivery and related activities. Nevertheless, literature review and observable traditional management fundamentals such as the Black African workers – proletarised and vulnerable, and European, whites – management – possession of resources and advantaged remain the mainstay of the practice. Furthermore, these limitations are exacerbated by the high rate of corruption of which tends to suggest the decay of moral standards. In conclusion, this article recommends the deployment of leadership knowledgeable of multicultural leadership style that recognizes all diverse cultural values in the country like South Africa.
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Ntokozo Mthembu, P.O. Box 392, UNISA, 0003, SOUTH AFRICA. E-mail: mthemnc@unisa.ac.za.
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