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4. MIMI Results for the Joe Gqabi District 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 Joe Gqabi District Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for Joe Gqabi in Construct A was 2, which aligns with the national average of 2. The municipality achieved a score of 3 in tools for managing knowledge. Additionally, Joe Gqabi scored 2 in areas such as innovation linked to strategy, innovation linked to performance, processes for innovation, financial and physical resources for innovation, staff incentives for innovation, interdepartmental collaboration, external collaboration and partnerships, idea take up processes, accountability and transparency to support innovation, inclusive decision-making for innovation, political support for innovation and community participation in innovation. These suggest the municipality shows some enabling conditions for fostering innovation, although there are areas requiring improvement, particularly in financial and physical resources, external collaboration, and political support.
Table 140. 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 Con- struct B for the Joe Gqabi District Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Joe Gqabi 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 communication by management for innovation.
Table 141. Construct b: Management support for innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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