Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Mtembu, Lithalethu
URN	etd-07282012-190110
Document Title	Examining the adequacy of the policy of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment to address the need for psychological empowerment among black people
Degree	MBA
Department	Gordon Institute of Business Science
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Dr M Adonisi Supervisor
Keywords	black economic empowerment psychological empowerment black people
Date	2012-03-08
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Much has been said and written about the reasons for the slow progress of the Black Economic Empowerment interventions in South Africa. This research paper aims to explore the meaning of empowerment in the South African context, with the objective of uncovering what real and holistic empowerment means given the particular history of the country. Apartheid, through its social re-engineering intervention, targeted the minds of both whites and blacks to send an unequivocal message to each racial group about their superiority and inferiority as a race, respectively. Suffice to say; to have a nation whose majority still harbours feelings of inferiority would not only impede the progress of BEE interventions but pose a serious restraint to economic growth. It requires directed and deliberate effort to reverse a habit or to renew a mind-set; to that end this research assesses whether the current BBBEE policy is an adequate antidote to the effects of Apartheid on the minds of blacks. This study concludes that psychological empowerment is a necessary condition for economic empowerment; indicating that the current BBBEE policy is less efficacious as it does not address the essence of psychological disempowerment. © 2011, 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 Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Mtembu, L 2011, Examining the adequacy of the policy of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment to address the need for psychological empowerment among black people, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07282012-190110/ > F/12/4/729/zw
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