Browsing Research Articles (School of Public Leadership) by Title
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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 ... -
Social capital and collaborative environmental governance
(The African Consortium of Public Administration (ACPA), 2013-06)To cope with the increasing complexities of environmental challenges, innovative models of governance that are capable of greater fl exibility, speed and adaptability have emerged. Following international trends, new ... -
Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems : organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches
(Resilience Alliance, 2018)The study of social-ecological systems (SES) has been significantly shaped by insights from research on complex adaptive systems (CAS). We offer a brief overview of the conceptual integration of CAS research and its ... -
Some insights about gender-based violence in the Gauteng City-Region (GCR)
(Science and Engineering Publishing Company (SEP), 2013-06)The article draws on a specific slice of data about gender-based violence from a recent Quality of Life (QoL) survey conducted amongst 16,729 respondents in Gauteng. While gender-based violence comes in multiple forms, the ... -
Sustainable development : the question of integration and coordination
(South African Association of Public Administration and Management, 2004-09)It could be argued that the quest for integration is at the core of sustainable development implementation issues. Although there is no simple answer to the integration challenge there is no doubt that organisational ... -
System dynamics modelling of the power sector in Mauritius
(De Gruyter Open, 2016)ENGLISH SUMMARY : A system dynamics model has been developed for the power sector of Mauritius, which captures a range of complex interactions between the economic, social and environmental aspects of the national economy, ... -
Think globally, act locally : policy implications of the climate change regime
(Administratio Publica, 2009-05)Climate change with its potential to disrupt all facets of life on earth is arguably the greatest environmental threat that humankind has faced to date. The debates on the best methods and means of dealing with the threat ... -
Towards connecting green economy with informal economy in South Africa : a review and way forward
(Elsevier, 2015-08)The informal economy is a vibrant and growing phenomenon, offering both opportunities and lessons on resilience and innovation. When considering global social, economic and environmental challenges, resilience and innovation ...
