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4. MIMI Results for the beaufort West Municipality
4.1 Construct A: Enablers of innovation
This section presents results for Construct A of MIMI: Municipal Enablers for Innovation. Table 2 displays the scores for Construct A for the Beaufort West Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for Beaufort West in Construct A was 2, which aligns with the national average of 2. Despite the average, the mu- nicipality demonstrated strengths in several areas. It achieved a score of 4 in human resources for innovation, the highest among all indicators. Additionally, Amathole scored 3 in areas such as innovation linked to strategy, innovation linked to performance and idea take-up processes. These suggest the municipality shows some enabling conditions for fostering innovation, although there are areas requiring improvement, particularly in financial and physical resources, external col- laboration, and political support.
Table 8. Construct A: Enablers of innovation
4.2 Construct b: Management support for innovation
This section presents results for Construct B of MIMI: Management Support for Innovation. Table 3 displays the scores for Construct B for the Beaufort West Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Beaufort West was 2, which is the same as the national average. The municipality scored 2 in openness to new ideas, encouragement of learning, understanding of innovation processes, support for testing innovations, and. A score of 3 was recorded for communication by management for innovation.
Table 9. Construct b: Management support for innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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