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4. MIMI Results for Emalahleni Local 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 Emalahleni Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for Emalahleni Local Municipality in Construct A was 2, while the national average was 2. The municipality demonstrated scores of 1 and 2 in many areas. Additionally, Emalahleni scored 1 in areas like inclusive decision making for innovation and political support for innovation, human resources for innovation and staff incentives for innovation. These suggest the municipality shows some enabling conditions for fostering innovation, but there is little evidence of innovation being applied or ongoing.
Table 98. 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 Emalahleni Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Emalahleni was 3, while the national average score was 2. The municipality scored 3 in openness to new ideas, understanding of innovation processes, support for testing innovations, and for communication by management for innovation. A score of 4 was recorded for encouragement of learning.
Table 99. Construct b: Enablers of Innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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