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An integrated service excellence model for military test and evaluation facilities
(Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch, 2011)
The purpose of this article is to introduce an Integrated Service Excellence Model (ISEM) for empowering the leadership core of the capital-intensive military test and evaluation facilities to provide strategic military ...
A monitoring and evaluation system utilisation model for support to South African municipalities
(Sabinet, 2013)
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Section 154), stipulates that national and provincial government must support and strengthen the capacity of municipalities to operationalise their constitutional ...
Political oversight of municipal projects: an empirical investigation
(ASSADPAM (Associaton of Southern African Schools & Departments of Public Administration and Management), 2015)
One of the key tenets of a democracy is legislative oversight over executive authorities. The
aims of such oversight are to foster accountable, efficient, responsible, ethical, and
transparent governance. However, recent ...
Towards a typology of models in public administration and management as field of scientific inquiry
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
Models are often the envisioned outcome of research endeavours in Public Administration and Management (PAM). Especially post-graduate studies intend to construct models as “ideal type” interventions to improve policy, ...
Section 139 interventions in South African local government, 1994-2015
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)
Recent trends point to the fact that national and provincial government
interventions in the local sphere of government in South Africa have become
more commonplace. These trends can be seen, within the broader context ...
Samewerkende regering en munisipale dienslewering: realiteite en uitdagings
(SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2012)
Hierdie artikel ontleed die stelsel van samewerkende regering in Suid-Afrika met spesifieke verwysing na die mate van ondersteuning aan munisipaliteite om dienslewering te verbeter. Die plaaslike sfeer van regering gaan ...
Self-help governance and state dysfunction: Exploratory perspectives on the South African State and Civil Society
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This article explores the phenomenon of self-help governance initiatives that manifest in the context of state dysfunction in South Africa. It is argued that the inability of dysfunctional states to render adequate public ...
Towards a typology of government interventionism in municipalities
(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2016)
Although significant progress has been made since democratisation in 1994, much still needs to be done before all local, district and metropolitan municipalities in South Africa are fully functional, sustainable, and ...
Ascertaining South Africa's public service senior management competence domains from a developmental state landscape
(ASSADPAM, 2013)
Adopting the philosophy of a developmental state proved to have a distinct attractiveness for nations around the world, seeing that it offers rapid economic growth and global recognition. Appreciating the fact that such ...
Public administration and transdisciplinarity: a modalistic approach toward knowledge co-construction
(SAGE, 2014)
As an applied social science discipline, Public Administration is a highly diverse field of scientific enquiry that is evolving rapidly. With the emergence of the so-called Mode 2 of knowledge production, the realization ...