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School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA): Recent submissions
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2019-09)Prior research on South African municipalities reveals that there is a continuing decline in public participation at the local level often resulting in poor service delivery, tension between decision-makers and communities ...
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(Inderscience, 2019)In the last two decades, a worldwide consensus has emerged about the limits of what can be achieved by public sectors and the need to relieve the public sector of a number of functions that it could share with other role ...
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(Sage, 2019-11)We develop a conceptual framework that integrates and extends existing explanations of outsourcing’s effects on the government workforce and organizational performance. We then test our logic using 5 years of panel data ...
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(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2019-03)This article examines the major food security policies and strategies pursued by the member countries of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) economic bloc against the backdrop of their food trade, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study was undertaken as an attempt to analyse the efficacy of performance management training interventions in the public service. The National School of Government was used as a case study for its Managing Performance ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The rising demands of citizens have led many governments to a greater focus upon innovation, in order to effectively and efficiently respond to those demands. Upon recognising that the process of innovation warrants a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)City-regions have increased in many developed countries as the primary political and administrative units to drive development and growth at a sub-national level. The Gauteng Province has all the hallmarks of an ideal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The proposal to nationalise mines is a contentious issue in South Africa. There are those who argue for, while others against, the proposal. Furthermore, the role of government in this process is relatively unclear. The ...
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(Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 2019-05)Existing research reveals that there has been increasing community impatience related to basic municipal service delivery in developing countries, for example, South Africa. Many scholars have argued that the rise in service ...
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(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2019)In many developing countries, there is a continued decline in public participation at the local level which often results in poor service delivery and as a result, a rise in protests. South Africa has experienced a ...
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(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)This paper examines the institutional management of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) in Botswana. We analyse the often contested roles of the state and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ...
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(Sage, 2018-01)The article discusses the implications of South Africa-Brazil Russia India China-Southern African Development Community (BRIC-SADC) trade alliances on South Africa’s economic growth. The analysis follows the periods in ...
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(African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2018-09)Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems continue to be at the centre of and a reference point for effective public service performance management ethos. A clear distinction exists between performance measurement and ...
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(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2018-12)Towards the end of 2017, as has been the case every year, the Kwekwe City Council produced a budget outlining its various activities for the 2018 financial year. The unveiling of the 2018 budget was, among other things, ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2018-12)Effective human resource management and development have the ability to promote and sustain an organisation’s performance. In the health sector as in any other sector, service quality is closely linked to the human factor. ...
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(Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2018-12)The traditional performance, performance management and performance measurement discourses give an indication of the value of the relationship of these concepts with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in public administration. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This dissertation gives a review of progress made in the National Development Plan (NDP) on higher education institutions in South Africa. The NDP is a blueprint that aims to make South Africa a better, more vibrant and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)South Africa is a developmental state; therefore, various skills and capabilities are required to achieve the country’s developmental goals. Municipalities form the sphere of government that is closest to the citizens of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Public administration is concerned with the implementation of governmental policies to enhance efficient and effective service delivery to the public. Delivery of efficient and effective public services is not only the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study examines oversight and accountability in relation to good governance in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. It also explores the implementation of the separation of powers governance model since its inception ...
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