DISSERTATION

THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN ENHANCING THE BUSINESS STRATEGIES: THE

PERSPECTIVE OF EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS OF HWANGE COLLIERY
COMPANY

NAME OF STUDENT: PRINCILA NGORORA

STUDENT NUMBER: R1710D3593999
 INTRODUCTION
• Organizations look for managers who can manage successfully and
competently.
• It is generally believed that leadership is a key element of
organizational performance.
• Organizations are increasing their dependence on Employee
participation because their achievement depends on the firm’s ability
to harness Employee talents and knowledge. In order to remain
competitive these Companies must develop Employees and encourage
their creativity.
 INTRODUCTION CONTINUED
• Persuading Employees to intentionally settle on choices that improve
the organization is the most significant piece of strategic leadership.
• Strategy is defined as the general style an Organization will follow to
accomplish its aims.

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 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
• Hwange Colliery Company is a coal mining company in Hwange a
town in Zimbabwe.
• The Company has about 2000 Employees, managers included.
• The Company has been in existence since 1894 and mining of coal
started in 1903.

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 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
• To explore the role of leadership in improving the business strategies
at Hwange Colliery Company
• To examine how leadership has an effect on the way business
strategies work at Hwange Colliery Company, and to come up with
conclusions
• To come up with conclusions and recommendations on the role of
leadership in enhancing the business strategies at Hwange Colliery
Company.
 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• To what extent do we craft leadership strategies that, act as enablers of
our business strategies
• To what extent do we effectively translate into practice, learn from our
performance and revisit our strategy framework.
 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
• There has been changes downwards in the successes of the Company.
Managing Directors have been changing frequently.
• No-one has ever done a research on leadership at Hwange Colliery
Company.
• Managing Directors have been changing frequently making continuity
of leadership difficult.
• Professionals have also been resigning leading to disruption in flow of
production.
• With the above points in mind was therefore the need to undertake the
study.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
• Leadership is considered the most important factor that inspire
Employee innovative behaviour and performance as well as
achievement of a business.
• There are 8 Leadership Theories and these are Great Man Theories,
Trait Theories, Situational Theories, Participative Theories,
Transactional Leadership Theories, Transformational Leadership
Theories, Behavioural Leadership Theories and Contingency Theories.
• Of importance in this study are the Transactional Leadership Theories
and Transformational Leadership Theories as they have a bearing in
Business Strategies
 METHODOLOGY
• The study is an experimental field study.
• Qualitative and quantitative research will be used.
• Data will be collected from 220 Employees and 80 Managers who will be randomly sampled.
• Data collection will be through questionnaires, phone interviews and face to face.
• Data analysis will be through graphs, tables and categorization.

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 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION
• A Gatekeeper letter was given to the Acting Managing Director for
Hwange Colliery Company seeking permission to carry out the
research in his Company.
• Permission to carry out the study was granted by the Acting Managing
Director of Hwange Colliery Company in writing.
• An informed consent form was completed and approved by the Unicaf
University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) after the minor
revision was made as requested.
• Confidentiality will be maintained throughout the study.
 LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBLE
PROBLEMS
• The dissertation will be carried out during COVID-19 lockdown in the
Country.
• Hwange Colliery Company has closed some Sections in the
Departments and shifts have been reduced from 3 to one to ensure
minimal Employees and Managers are on duty at any given time.
• This will pose problems for face to face interviews as the numbers will
be reduced on shifts. Employees might not give their input freely for
fear of victimization.
• Managers might be biased towards the welfare of the Company and
might not give the needed input as asked.
 DISCUSSION AND DATA ANALYSIS
• Response rate of 94% of Managers and 91% of Employees showed
that they were willing to take part in the study.
• There is gender inequality among Hwange Colliery Company as only
20% of the selected population for Managers were female and 80%
were males.
• 90% of the selected population of Employees were males and 10% of
them were females.
• The age distribution of participants shows that there are more
Employees and Managers at Hwange Colliery Company who are
between the ages of 40-50 years.
• This might be because there is loyalty among these Employees and
Managers considering the past which was lucrative.
 FIGURE 4 EMPLOYEES PER DEPARTMENT WHO PARTICIPATED

Number of Employees per Department who participated

50
50
45
40 40
40
35
NUMBER

30
25
20
15
10 10 10 10
10
5 5 5 5
5 1 2 2 2 1 2

DEPARTMENTS
FIGURE 3 MANAGERS PER DEPARTMENT WHO PARTICIPATED

Number of Managers per Department who participated

10 10 10
10
8
NUMBERS 8

6 5 5 5
4
4 3 3
2 2 2 2 2
2 1 1

DEPARTMENTS
 TABLE 1 INTERVIEW SUCCESS RATE

Study/Unit Interview Scheduled Interview Conducted Success Rate %

Managers 80 75 94%

Employees 220 200 91%

 TABLE 3 GENDER DISTRIBUTION FOR MANAGERS

Gender Figure Percentage

Male 60 80%

Female 15 20%

Total 75 100%
 TABLE 4 GENDER DISTRIBUTION FOR EMPLOYEES

Gender Figure Percentage

Male 180 90%

Female 20 10%

Total 200 100%

 TABLE 5 DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICIPANTS ACCORDING TO AGE

Age in years Figure Percentage

20-30 10 3.6%

30-40 85 30.9%

40-50 160 58.2%

50-59 20 7.3%

Total 275 100%

 DATA PRESENTATION ACCORDING TO
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
• Managers and Employees at Hwange Colliery Company realize the
importance of leadership in improving business strategies as seen by
many trying to define leadership and its importance.
• What was emphasized was the fact that feedback and communication
was lacking between the Managers and Employees.
• Many professionals have since left for greener pastures taking their
expertise with them.
• Machinery is old and is always on breakdown
• There is need for Organizational change.
 DATA PRESENTATION ACCORDING TO
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
• Employees and Managers felt that there are too many Contractors as
compared to doing our own work to save money.
• Dissemination of strategies that are formulated every year is essential
for business strategies to succeed.

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 CONCLUSIONS
• The research topic was the role of leadership in enhancing the business
strategies the perspective of Employees and Managers of Hwange
Colliery Company.
• This topic was ideal for the Company under study in order to turn
around its fortunes.
• The significance of the study was discussed.
• Data was collected and analyzed using tables and graphs.
 RECOMMENDATIONS
• Transactional and Transformational Leadership need to be reinforced
at Hwange Colliery Company to improve business strategies.
• As mentioned by some Managers and Employees the Company needs
to buy new equipment and machinery.
• Benchmarking with Companies that are thriving is essential.

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 LIMITATIONS
• Time frame for preparation and completion the Dissertation was short.
• Most interviews had to be done on the phone because the Country was
on lockdown.
• The research topic was the first of its kind for Hwange Colliery
Company therefore there was no other research to check from but l
was able to get input from journals.
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