The new world of work is characterised by increased globalisation, digitalisation and virtualisation, as well as the continuous emergence of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR or Industry 4.0) technologies. These aspects have irrevocably transformed the world of work, placing increased emphasis on HR professionals to be effective change agents. The role of HR professionals is likely to become more pronounced in the future. Given the numerous challenges South Africa faces within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the aim of this book is to provide a South Africa perspective on human resource management (HRM) within the new world of work.

National and international crime has increased since the 1990s, posing especially serious problems for South Africans. This not only includes criminal and civil crime, but also organsational losses, mostly due to theft and pilferage. This has led to a demand for private security services, which opened up a lucrative market, both nationally and internationally. In maintaining or increasing their market share private security companies must focus on methods of enhancing their efficiency on operational level. This investigation centers on operational work teams and its potential for enhancing the operational success of the company under investigation. One of the major role players in the South African market was investigated and the study reports on the findings relating to their operational work teams in the Bloemfontein area. Multicultural aspects also had to be considered, due to the culturally diverse nature of the South African workforce.

In the face of international crime and terrorism, private security together with public policing and the military is playing a crucial role. The domain of private security is a fairly neglected field of study, especially in South Africa, making this investigation a substantial contribution. With the focus on the impact of organisational culture on the levels of service delivery in South Africa's largest security company, Group4 Securicor (G4S), a model is proposed for aligning organisational culture with levels of service excellence within the company. Data was collected by means of a structured questionnaire with a preceding pilot study. The Competing Values Framework (CVF) and the Baldrige criteria served respectively as guideline for the development of the culture and quality sections of the questionnaire. Although organisational culture and service excellence are well-researched topics, no other investigation applies these aspects to the private security industry. The results show that organisational cultural impacts on service excellence in G4S.