Doctoral Degrees (School of Public Leadership)
Recent Submissions
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Development of a normative framework for the management of an integrated public service system and public value generation with regard to municipalities in the Western Cape province
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : An Integrated Public Service System (IPSS) generating public value (PV) was designed to demonstrate the feasibility and implementability of a complementary system of governance, to counter the hierarchical ... -
Administrative reforms required for the successful implementation of the National Development Plan
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Challenges with the successful implementation of policies, strategies and plans have been identified as reasons for South Africa not reducing poverty, unemployment and inequality. The aim of this study ... -
An integrated conceptual diagnostic governance framework to address performance sustainability challenges of municipalities in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In South Africa, local government touches the lives of everybody, every day. Local government is regarded as the closest sphere of government to communities and represents all of government at this level. ... -
Methodological agility in the Anthropocene : an emergent, transformative transdisciplinary research approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The publication in 2002, by Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen, of the ushering in of the Anthropocene, with the inception of the Industrial Revolution in Europe and North-America in the 18th – 19th centuries, ... -
Stakeholder relationship management as a tool for municipal public value generation: a case study of five municipalities in the Western Cape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Municipalities is the sphere of government that works closely with communities and thereby directly interacts with and serves citizens. Enhancing public trust in government, improving public services and ... -
The influence of procurement practices on service delivery : an analysis of government legislation – service delivery relationships in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The question that remains unanswered among public procurement scholars is whether public procurement prescripts and their implementation hinder accelerated service delivery. The public’s perception is ... -
Improved network governance in regional and local economic development partnerships : a management strategy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Partnerships have been on the rise as a preferred governance approach in the field of regional and local economic development (R&LED) in South Africa. The researcher as a professional in this field, noted ... -
An analysis of the performance of state- owned enterprises in Namibia : case studies in the transport sector
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The classical view of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has typically been framed around dimensions of efficiency, productivity and administrative bureaucracy (Cuervo-Cazurra, Inkpen & Musacchio, 2014). A ... -
A case study analysis of human resource management systems in selected higher education institutions in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Human Resource Management (HRM) systems are a critical component of every organisation and encompass models, practices, orientations and other key elements, which impact on the efficiency and relevance ... -
Advancing resilience assessments : the social dimensions of electricity supply in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Electricity supply serves as a lifeline, is foundational to the effective functioning of modern society, and powers multiple layers of other critical infrastructure systems. In South Africa, Eskom, the ... -
Integrated sustainability transitions framework to guide governance of strategic electricity planning
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South Africa’s electricity sector is characterised by the unique social, political and economic legacy of apartheid, which still profoundly impacts decision making and the contemporary politics of ... -
Connecting the urban informal settlement to the city : a system dynamics approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-01)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Understanding increasing urbanisation and the proliferation of slums requires a holistic scrutiny of the metabolism of cities. However, existing urban metabolic analyses exclude a detailed grasp of how ... -
Public private partnership governance for developing road infrastructure in Uganda : a public sector perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Theory and practice promulgate public private partnerships (PPPs) as a new procurement option for unlocking public infrastructure investment gaps in both developed and emerging economies. However, the ... -
Essays on sectoral inflation persistence and threshold differentials in Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study empirically identifies various sector-specific threshold inflation levels in Ghana with annual and monthly data covering the period 1960 to 2017. The results of the assessment have been compiled ... -
Essays on foreign direct investment and firm economic activities in selected sub-Saharan African countries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In recent times, the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) into economies has been a major task embarked upon by many nations. Though much have been documented on the impact of foreign direct ... -
Essays on finance, productivity, market participation and welfare : the case of smallholder agricultural farmers in Ghana
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Access to finance plays a significant role in transforming or modernising the agricultural sector from subsistence to commercial farming; however, access to finance remains a challenge to smallholder ... -
The effectiveness of small enterprise cost-sharing and cooperative grant incentive schemes in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Over the years, policymakers and governments in both developed and developing countries have initiated a variety of enterprise support and incentive funding programmes with the view of assisting small ... -
Essays on finance and international trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Access to finance has been noted as a vital ingredient in promoting international trade activities of firms. This thesis is a collection of three essays that investigate the effect of financial access on ... -
The Dutch disease effects of remittances in Nigeria
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Remittances have been a major source of economic support for dependants of migrant workers in their home countries. Nigeria receives the largest amount of remittances in Africa and the third among developing ... -
Learning for change : youth and niche environments in food system transitions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The global food system exists in a state of increasing dysfunction for both people and planet. The need for a deep systemic transition of the food system is increasingly apparent, as is the need for ...
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