interventions for diversity management in a new company - lessons from KwaZulu Natal

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Date
2007
Authors
Mersham, Gary
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Department of Communication Science, University of the Free State
Abstract
This article explores a South African/Australian corporate joint venture whose corporate culture is bi-national, multiracial and multi-ethnic in character, synthesising a variety of elements including modern first world corporate culture, traditional cultures, and the emerging culture of the “new” South Africa. It is based on a project carried out for Ticor SA, a mineral sands mining and processing facility, sixty percent owned by Kumba Resources Ltd, a publicly listed South African company, and forty percent owned by Ticor Ltd, a publicly listed Australian company and manager of the project. This study employs a case study / participant observer methodology and a theoretical methodology. The author was actively involved in the strategic planning and workshop interventions.
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Intercultural business communication, Diversity management, Organisational culture, Ticor Ltd., Kumba Resources Ltd.
Citation
Mersham, G. (2007). Communication interventions for diversity management in a new company - lessons from KwaZulu Natal. Communitas, 12, 69-91.