Case Study on the Analysis of Organisational Culture and the Impact of External Enviornment on Organisation

Title: Report on the analysis of the structure and culture of Thanda Forestry Company (TFC) in the context of its external environment and the challenges that this will have on TFC in the next 5 years.

TABLE OF CONTENT

| Contents | Pages |

1). | Business profile of Thanda Forestry Company (TFC) . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |

2). | Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |

3). | Analysis of External environment and factors influencing TFC . . . . . | 1 |

4). | Analysis of internal environment, including the culture and the . . . .structure of the organisation | 4 |

5). | Evaluation of the appropriateness of TFC culture and structure for . .the external challenges that TFC phases | 6 |

6). | Recommended changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 6 |

7). | Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 7 |

8). | References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 8 |

9). | Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 9-11 |

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1. BUSINESS PROFILE OF THANDA FORESTRY COMPANY (TFC)

TFC is a forestry parastatal which manages 175 000 hectors of State-owned commercial plantations. The Group consists of two main operating subsidiaries: Matanda Forests (“MF”) operating in South Africa’s 3 provinces (Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal), and Florestais Mozambucus (“FM”) located in the Manica province of Mozambique. TFC was established in 1990 and has a total of 3000 employees with three main offices, two in South Africa and one in Mozambique....