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SECTION A: [40 marks) Read the following Research Abstract and answer the questions that follow The paper discusses the initiatives that public sector workers employ as a means of survival in an organisation where management has failed to address their immediate concerns. The study which was qualitative in nature was based on the experience of a public enterprise in a selected southern African country. The company has a staff establishment of 350. A total of 80 employees were selected for the study ensuring that each level has an equal chance of being represented. Data gathering comprised the use of closed questionnaires and structured interviews for primary data. Data was analysed using simple descriptive statistics. Findings reveal that the company, which has been experiencing various performance problems for over a decade, has suffered the consequence of delays in employees' salary payments, acute shortages of tools or resources to do their work, poor labour relations and the increasing costs of living that warrant the need to generate an extra income to sustain an average family among others. Resultantly, employees have ended up giving secondary priority to the organisation, opting to use company resources to satisfy personal goals and survive. The survival strategies adopted by employees drain the entity's depreciating resources. Whilst employees use these strategies in subtle and unobservable ways to evade immediate management artion it ie armed here that mananement met act not only to address organisation, opting to use company resources to satisfy personal goals and survive. The survival strategies adopted by employees drain the entity's depreciating resources. Whilst employees use these strategies in subtle and unobservable ways to evade immediate management action, it is argued here that management must act not only to address employees' immediate concerns and priorities, but also create a lasting solution towards building a performance culture that also promotes a professional work ethic among employees. The paper provides a relatively new dimension to understanding employee survival in the public sector, at the same time informing management of the consequence of not objectively responding to employee concerns. Question 1. a). Provide propose a suitable research title for the study. (5 marks) b). Discuss the research problem. (10 marks) SECTION A: [40 marks) Read the following Research Abstract and answer the questions that follow The paper discusses the initiatives that public sector workers employ as a means of survival in an organisation where management has failed to address their immediate concerns. The study which was qualitative in nature was based on the experience of a public enterprise in a selected southern African country. The company has a staff establishment of 350. A total of 80 employees were selected for the study ensuring that each level has an equal chance of being represented. Data gathering comprised the use of closed questionnaires and structured interviews for primary data. Data was analysed using simple descriptive statistics. Findings reveal that the company, which has been experiencing various performance problems for over a decade, has suffered the consequence of delays in employees' salary payments, acute shortages of tools or resources to do their work, poor labour relations and the increasing costs of living that warrant the need to generate an extra income to sustain an average family among others. Resultantly, employees have ended up giving secondary priority to the organisation, opting to use company resources to satisfy personal goals and survive. The survival strategies adopted by employees drain the entity's depreciating resources. Whilst employees use these strategies in subtle and unobservable ways to evade immediate management artion it ie armed here that mananement met act not only to address organisation, opting to use company resources to satisfy personal goals and survive. The survival strategies adopted by employees drain the entity's depreciating resources. Whilst employees use these strategies in subtle and unobservable ways to evade immediate management action, it is argued here that management must act not only to address employees' immediate concerns and priorities, but also create a lasting solution towards building a performance culture that also promotes a professional work ethic among employees. The paper provides a relatively new dimension to understanding employee survival in the public sector, at the same time informing management of the consequence of not objectively responding to employee concerns. Question 1. a). Provide propose a suitable research title for the study. (5 marks) b). Discuss the research problem. (10 marks)