Browsing Research Articles (School of Public Leadership) by Title
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A literature review on the potential of renewable electricity sources for mining operations in South Africa
(Energy Research Centre, 2016-05)South Africa has in recent years created considerable challenges in staying globally competitive. One reason for this is the increase in average electricity costs from 7% to 20% of total operational expenses since 2007. ... -
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Minding the gap between policy and practice amongst extension workers : lessons from KwaZulu Natal
(South African Society of Agricultural Extension, 2015)20 years into a post-apartheid South Africa, the National Development Plan (NDP) provides the contextual and institutional framework for all of governments activities. As a result, there is a call for extension to increasingly ... -
Monitoring, evaluation and accountability against corruption : a South African case study
(Lifescience Global, 2019)The article is an empirical effort to research and analyse the dialectical relationship between public sector monitoring and evaluation relations, structures and processes with corruption and accountability. The case study ... -
Moving towards integrated policy formulation and evaluation : the green economy model
(De Gruyter Open, 2016)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The mainstreaming of concepts related to the Green Economy, an action-oriented approach to reach sustainable development, has increased demands for integrated models that can shed light on the complex ... -
Multi-scale governance of sustainable natural resource use—challenges and opportunities for monitoring and institutional development at the national and global level
(MDPI, 2016)In a globalized economy, the use of natural resources is determined by the demand of modern production and consumption systems, and by infrastructure development. Sustainable natural resource use will require good governance ... -
Multi-stakeholder processes towards establishing water management agencies in South Africa
(Administratio Publica, 2009-01)The multi-stakeholder approach reflects some of the most frequently and fervently debated issues in discussions on governance, democracy, equity and justice in recent years. The term multi-stakeholder is used to include ... -
Network theory : the bricks and mortar of integrated public service systems (IPSSs)
(Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management, 2017-06)This article explores the feasibility of employing network theory, complexity science and integration elements in building a case for the topology, operability and sustainability of an integrated public service system ... -
A normative approach to organisational performance management (OPM) in municipalities
(ASSADPAM, 2013-03)The research on organisation performance management (OPM) in municipalities in South Africa was undertaken for the purpose of developing a perspective on the importance of its function and to argue for its inclusion in the ... -
Omgewingsregeerkunde, die menslike persoon en die sosiale orde : 'n hervertolking
(LitNet, 2019)Die teorie van omgewingsregeerkunde berus op kernaannames oor wat orde beteken en hoe mense besluite neem. Die dissipline van omgewingsregeerkunde maak egter toenemend van die moderne ekonomiese benadering van aansporings ... -
Operationalising performance management in local government : the use of the balanced scorecard
(AOSIS, 2018)Orientation: Local government forms that part of the public sector closest to citizens and therefore indispensable in its role of providing essential goods and services and developing the local area. Local government has ... -
Organisational innovation : some emerging environmental governance models in South Africa
(Unisa Press, 2007)In South Africa, like elsewhere in the world, the complexities of natural re- source management and the postmodern reality of a fragmented institutional landscape complicate efforts to develop effective institutions for ... -
Outcomes-based performance management through measuring indicators : collaborative governance for local economic development (LED) in South African municipalities
(Technium, 2020-07)Undoubtedly, there is a lag in the scholarships on performance outcomes of collaboration aimed at improving the system management and responsiveness to socio-economic issues in local government. Whilst most scholarships ... -
An overview of salient factors, relationships and values to support integrated energy-economic system dynamics modelling
(Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town, 2018)Integrated energy-economic modelling is needed to support the development of energy and climate policies. This study asserts that it is important to consider a system dynamics modelling approach that includes dynamics, ... -
Public trust and good governance : a comparative study of Brazil and South Africa
(African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA), 2017)The exploration of public trust towards a democratic government has taken different forms throughout history because it is a multi-dimensional and complicated process determined by actions, inactions, political, social and ... -
Public value generation : the outcome of an integrated public service system
(Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management, 2018-03)Public value (PV) refers to the tangible and non-tangible outputs and outcomes produced by an integrated public service system (IPSS), its purpose being the improvement of the quality of life of citizens. Generating PV ... -
The Regime Shifts Database : a framework for analyzing regime shifts in social-ecological systems
(Resilience Alliance, 2018)Regime shifts, i.e., large, persistent, and usually unexpected changes in ecosystems and social-ecological systems, can have major impacts on ecosystem services, and consequently, on human well-being. However, the vulnerability ... -
Rethinking the science–policy interface in South Africa : experiments in knowledge co-production
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2014)This article contributes to the increasingly significant discussion about the science–policy interface. The challenge therein is that such a discussion tends to revolve around two seemingly mutually exclusive approaches: ... -
Risks to birds traded for African traditional medicine : a quantitative assessment
(PLoS, 2014-08-27)Few regional or continent-wide assessments of bird use for traditional medicine have been attempted anywhere in the world. Africa has the highest known diversity of bird species used for this purpose. This study assesses ... -
So what is so unsustainable about the global economy?
(Health and Medical Publications Group (HMPG), 2012-03)In 1987 the World Commission on Environment and Development published Our Common Future. This report attempted to reconcile the ecological ‘limits to growth’, articulated by the northern green movement since the early ...
