Doctoral Degrees (School of Public Leadership)
Recent Submissions
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Turi kumwe (we are together) : a transdisciplinary exploration of the Burundian specialty coffee sector and its sustainability challenges
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Coffee is considered as a pioneering example of sustainable production and trade amongst tropical commodities because of its rich history of alternative trading practices and movements. The most common ...
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A framework for factoring citizen perceptions in local public service value systems to improve service quality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Essential services are considered a fundamental human right, which determines the quality of life for citizens. A citizen’s ability to exercise this right should guide public service prioritisation ...
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An assessment of the relevance of environmental management accounting for sustainability in Zimbabwe’s extractive industries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) has taken centre stage in companies with high environmental impacts, as literature reveals. The aim of this study was to assess current and potential relevance ...
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Collaborative governance: a holistic approach to managing the methamphetamine problem in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Public institutions in South Africa are increasingly required to respond effectively to serious societal problems. The year-on-year increase in the abuse of methamphetamine over the last decade in the ...
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The role of the developmental state in Northern Ethiopia’s Raya Valley Groundwater Irrigation Project: an institutional economics perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING : Ekonome, politici en burokrate aanvaar nie meer die konvensionele mening dat die vryemark (neoliberale) ontwikkelingsmodel die enigste model is wat minder ontwikkelde ekonomieë kan transformeer en ...
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The potential value of the Realist Evaluation Method in programme impact evaluations in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In the context of the development of a coherent country-driven monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system in the South African public sector underpinned by the policy outlining the Government-Wide Monitoring ...
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Innovation capability and adoption of innovation in Namibia's road freight transport industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Freight transport costs and prices in Namibia are among the highest in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Yet, the country’s road transport development agenda is premised on ...
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An investigation of the effects of school leadership on learners’ achievements in the Oshikoto Region: Education Directorate
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: School principals play a proactive role in the performance of teachers and learners. The type of leadership a school principal is using is an important factor that determines the way in which the school ...
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Human resource development in local government: a management perspective.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Municipalities are the sphere of government that is the closest to communities. The rapid transformation of municipalities has placed renewed emphasis on the employees in municipalities to be capacitated ...
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An innovation systems approach to sustainability transitions: analysing socio-cognitive institutions in Austrian and South African cases
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Choosing new socio-economic pathways for sustainable development requires one direction of economic development to be selected above another. This dissertation discovers which factors within innovation ...
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Human resource development in local government: a management perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Municipalities are the sphere of government that is the closest to communities. The rapid transformation of municipalities has placed renewed emphasis on the employees in municipalities to be capacitated ...
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A mining perspective on the potential of renewable electricity sources for operations in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The economic situation in South Africa has in recent years presented considerable challenges for mining corporations to stay globally competitive. One of the challenges has been the increase in average ...
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Impediments to meaningful and effective public participation in local government budgeting in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Challenges facing the municipalities in the Western Cape have been identified as multifaceted impetuses that require a comprehensive action plan. Government at national, provincial and local sphere in South ...
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A performance management model for supporting improved local government service delivery : a case study of the Joe Gqabi District Municipality
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please see full text for abstract
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The impact of emotional intelligence on public leadership performance in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The practice of public service leadership, crucial for public governance and institutional performance, is viewed as the “weakest link” in the public service system (Kramer, 2008). In pursuit of understanding ...
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An institutional capacity model of municipalities in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Local government occupies a special place in the architecture of state in South Africa and there is an increasing realisation that the performance of local government is critical in respect of poverty ...
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Closing the strategy execution gap in the public sector : a conceptual model
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The importance of strategy execution to achieve organisational objectives is increasingly recognised. However, successful execution seems to remain problematic, not only in government, but also in the ...
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Building corporate resilience : based on a case study of Spier Holding's search for a lower carbon future
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A study of the sustainability journey of Spier Holdings, a well known wine and leisure business in South Africa, offers a unique opportunity for interrogating corporate drivers for a lower carbon future. ...
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Socioeconomic implications of global oil depletion for South Africa : vulnerabilities, impacts and transition to sustainability
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Oil is the quintessential resource in the modern industrial economy. It accounts for a third of world primary energy, fuels 95% of global transport systems, sustains a highly mechanised agribusiness and ...
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Etnisiteit en groepsverteenwoordiging in die staatkunde : 'n vergelykende studie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1981-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this dissertation is the development of an operational analytical model to illustrate the possibility of successfully resolving or managing conflict in plural societies by effectively ...
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Effective decision-making within a large local authority
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1994-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Decision-making, the process of choosing between alternatives, is the single most important function within any organisation whether it be in the private or public sector. Local government is located ...
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Die bestuur van diversiteit in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organisation development is an emerging behavioural science discipline. Its goals are to make organisations more effective and to develop individual potential. For this reason organisation development ...
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Aspekte van organisasie-kultuur in die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The integration of the three former defence forces, four homeland forces and the one self-defence unit into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) drastically changed the race composition of ...
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Local government decentralised reforms in South Africa : a comparative perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: All the countries in the world at one or another stage undergo reform or transformation primarily for political reasons and/or to adapt to the challenges and demands placed on the national governments ...
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Developing a performance measurement system for policing : South African Police Service
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Although terms such as input, output, outcomes, productivity, quality, efficiency and effectiveness represent measures of performance, they also measure different aspects of performance. The question ...
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Managing the South African National Defence Force towards productivity : a human resource management perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The end of apartheid, April 1994 brought the dawn of a new era and the integration of the seven armed forces into the South Afiican National Defence Force. For the first time in the history of South ...
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Impact of commodity markets on economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Commodity issues have assumed renewed importance in debates about the attainment of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals for Sub-Saharan Africa and objectives of the New Partnership for Africa’s ...
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A NEPAD leadership development strategy : the SADC case
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The overall aim of this study is to shape the future of the SADC through the New Partnerships for Africa’s Development leadership development strategy (NEPAD LDS), including a social responsiveness ...
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Technology assessment of renewable energy sustainability in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Technology assessment has changed in nature over the last four decades. It changed from an analytical tool for technology evaluation, which depends heavily on quantitative and qualitative modelling ...
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Establishing viable and sustainable rural economic development programmes in a competitive global economy : analysis of marula commercialisation in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The historical significance of the socio-political changes in South Africa since 1994 cannot be disputed. The challenge is to place the redress agenda within a macro-framework geared to promote competitiveness ...
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