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4. MIMI Results for the John Taolo Gaetsewe 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 John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in Construct A was 2, which aligns with the national average of 2. Despite the average, the municipality demonstrated strengths in several areas. It achieved a score of 5 in innovation linked to strategy, the highest among all indicators. Additionally, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality scored 3 in areas such as process for innovation, financial resources for innovation, and inter-departmental collaboration for innovation. These suggest the municipality shows some enabling conditions for fostering innovation, although there are areas requiring improvement, particularly in physical resources for innovation, human resources for innovation, staff incentives for innovation, external collaboration and partnership for innovation, tool for managing knowledge, idea take up process.
Table 146. 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 John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality was 2, which aligns with the national average. The municipality scored 2 in openness to new ideas, encouragement of learning, and understanding of innovation processes, support for testing innovations, and communication by management for innovation.
Table 147. Construct b: Management support for innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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