Browsing Doctoral Degrees (School of Public Leadership) by Title
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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 ... -
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 ... -
An analysis of the evolving military futures debate : explaining alternative military futures for the South African National Defence Force
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Twenty-first century armed forces increasingly have to operate amidst unprecedented uncertainty and complexity cascading onto the military domain. Not only are their roles and implicitly their whole ... -
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 ... -
Anti-corruption strategies in the South African public sector : perspectives on the contributions of complexity thinking and ICTs
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)Among the multitude of problems that contemporary South Africa is faced with, is corruption. Corruption in contemporary South Africa has spread to a systemic level, as evidenced through national and international ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Beleidstelselanalise van militêre opleiding in die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2003-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: POLICY SYSTEM ANALYSIS OF MILITARY TRAINING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL DEFENCE FORCE Borders in a global economy market exist only to determine the sovereignty of nations. Modern military interventions ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Child poverty and the performance of the child support grant in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the cruelest legacies of the apartheid era in South Africa was that it created a situation in which a very large proportion of children in the African and Coloured populations live in households ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Complexity and leadership : conceptual and competency implications
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Globalisation, rapid changes in technology, and demographic trends are all important factors that contribute to conditions that require adaptive capacity in military organisations. The context of a ... -
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 ... -
Critical analysis of the post-apartheid South African Government's discourse on infromation and communication technologies (ICTs), poverty and development
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-12)This study comprises a discursive analysis of the underlying assumptions, rhetorical devices and the latent agendas masked within: (i) the burgeoning international ICT, poverty and development literature; (ii) the policy ... -
A critical assessment of institutions, roles and leverage in public policymaking : Ethiopia, 1974-2004
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005-03)This dissertation critically assesses and analyzes the institutional and political settings of public policymaking in Ethiopia in a space of three decades, from circa 1974. Based on data and/or information generated ... -
Critical perspectives on post-apartheid housing praxis through the developmental statecraft looking glass
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The principal question this study aims to answer is why and how a left-of-centre government not hobbled by heavy external leverage, with developmental state precedents, potentially positive macroeconomic ... -
Critical success factors for public-private partnerships in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a popular instrument for public service delivery. It is important that public managers will be able to recognize when a PPP would be an appropriate service delivery ...
