{"id":{"repo_id":"uwtsd","oai_identifier":"oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:2211"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uwtsd/oai:repository.uwtsd.ac.uk:2211","repository":{"repo_id":"uwtsd","name":"University of Wales Trinity Saint David","base_url":"https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/cgi/oai2"},"display":{"title":"Politics, power, and decision-making in faith-based organisational change","abstract":"The South England Conference is a faith-based membership-driven organisation. They are part of a large Christian denomination and are integral to serving the European division. Yet, there has been a sharp decline in growth in recent years. Successive leaders have tried to address the issue but have failed so far. Considering the uniqueness of this organisation, this study has investigated the extent to which political drivers impacted decision-making within the organisation. When exploring the political themes surrounding decision-making, this paper adopted a qualitative approach, using networked thematic analysis. The ‘cultural web’ tool was used as a framework for this study. They interviewed members of the board of trustees both past and present and found political drivers were significant and pervasive. Consequently, it has had a negative impact on the organisation. This paper proceeded to make recommendations on how they could reduce the negative impact of political behaviour and improve the quality of the organisation's decision-making capabilities.","abstract_html":"The South England Conference is a faith-based membership-driven organisation. They are part of a large Christian denomination and are integral to serving the European division. Yet, there has been a sharp decline in growth in recent years. Successive leaders have tried to address the issue but have failed so far. Considering the uniqueness of this organisation, this study has investigated the extent to which political drivers impacted decision-making within the organisation. When exploring the political themes surrounding decision-making, this paper adopted a qualitative approach, using networked thematic analysis. The ‘cultural web’ tool was used as a framework for this study. They interviewed members of the board of trustees both past and present and found political drivers were significant and pervasive. Consequently, it has had a negative impact on the organisation. This paper proceeded to make recommendations on how they could reduce the negative impact of political behaviour and improve the quality of the organisation's decision-making capabilities.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["McKenzie-Cook, Max"],"institution":"University of Wales Trinity Saint David","degree_name":"mba","degree_level":"masters","degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2022,"date_issued":"2022-08","date_published":"2022-08","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:52:56Z","subjects":["HD28 Rheoli. Rheoli Diwydiannol"],"languages":[],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.grantnumber","label":"Dc Identifier Grantnumber","values":["UWTSD"],"render_values":[{"text":"UWTSD","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://doi.org/10.82227/repository.uwtsd.ac.uk.00002211","outbound_label":"DOI","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.doi"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.sponsor","label":"Sponsor","values":["University of Wales Trinity Saint David"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["McKenzie-Cook, Max"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2022-08-02"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2022-08"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.commercial","label":"Dc Publisher Commercial","values":["University of Wales Trinity Saint David"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.department","label":"Dc Publisher Department","values":["Traethodau Meistr","Institute of Management and Health: Business, Finance and Management"]},{"key":"dc:publisher.institution","label":"Dc Publisher Institution","values":["University of Wales Trinity Saint David"]},{"key":"dc:relation.isreferencedby","label":"Dc Relation Isreferencedby","values":["https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2211/"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Gosodiad"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationlevel","label":"Dc Type Qualificationlevel","values":["masters"]},{"key":"dc:type.qualificationname","label":"Dc Type Qualificationname","values":["mba"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["HD28 Rheoli. Rheoli Diwydiannol"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.doi","label":"DOI","values":["10.82227/repository.uwtsd.ac.uk.00002211"]},{"key":"dc:identifier.grantnumber","label":"Dc Identifier Grantnumber","values":["UWTSD"]},{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2211/1/McKenzie-Cook%2C%20Max%20%282022%29%20MBA%20Politics%2C%20power%20and%20decision-making%20in%20Faith-based%20organisational%20change.pdf"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["The South England Conference is a faith-based membership-driven organisation. They are part of a large Christian denomination and are integral to serving the European division. Yet, there has been a sharp decline in growth in recent years. Successive leaders have tried to address the issue but have failed so far. Considering the uniqueness of this organisation, this study has investigated the extent to which political drivers impacted decision-making within the organisation. When exploring the political themes surrounding decision-making, this paper adopted a qualitative approach, using networked thematic analysis. The ‘cultural web’ tool was used as a framework for this study. They interviewed members of the board of trustees both past and present and found political drivers were significant and pervasive. Consequently, it has had a negative impact on the organisation. This paper proceeded to make recommendations on how they could reduce the negative impact of political behaviour and improve the quality of the organisation's decision-making capabilities."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["text"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Politics, power, and decision-making in faith-based organisational change"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.sponsor":["University of Wales Trinity Saint David"],"dc:creator":["McKenzie-Cook, Max"],"dc:date":["2022-08-02"],"dc:date.issued":["2022-08"],"dc:description.abstract":["The South England Conference is a faith-based membership-driven organisation. They are part of a large Christian denomination and are integral to serving the European division. Yet, there has been a sharp decline in growth in recent years. Successive leaders have tried to address the issue but have failed so far. Considering the uniqueness of this organisation, this study has investigated the extent to which political drivers impacted decision-making within the organisation. When exploring the political themes surrounding decision-making, this paper adopted a qualitative approach, using networked thematic analysis. The ‘cultural web’ tool was used as a framework for this study. They interviewed members of the board of trustees both past and present and found political drivers were significant and pervasive. Consequently, it has had a negative impact on the organisation. This paper proceeded to make recommendations on how they could reduce the negative impact of political behaviour and improve the quality of the organisation's decision-making capabilities."],"dc:format":["text"],"dc:identifier.doi":["10.82227/repository.uwtsd.ac.uk.00002211"],"dc:identifier.grantnumber":["UWTSD"],"dc:identifier.uri":["https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2211/1/McKenzie-Cook%2C%20Max%20%282022%29%20MBA%20Politics%2C%20power%20and%20decision-making%20in%20Faith-based%20organisational%20change.pdf"],"dc:publisher.commercial":["University of Wales Trinity Saint David"],"dc:publisher.department":["Traethodau Meistr","Institute of Management and Health: Business, Finance and Management"],"dc:publisher.institution":["University of Wales Trinity Saint David"],"dc:relation.isreferencedby":["https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2211/"],"dc:subject":["HD28 Rheoli. Rheoli Diwydiannol"],"dc:title":["Politics, power, and decision-making in faith-based organisational change"],"dc:type":["Gosodiad"],"dc:type.qualificationlevel":["masters"],"dc:type.qualificationname":["mba"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:52:56Z"}