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4. MIMI Results for the Msunduzi 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 the Msunduzi Local District Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for Msunduzi Local Municipality in Construct A was 1, which is below the national average of 2. The municipality achieved the score of 1 in several indicators except innovation linked to strategy and performance, staff incentives for innovation, tools for managing knowledge, and accountability and transparency to support innovation where a score of 2 was achieved. These suggest the municipality require improvement across several areas, especially where they achieved lower than the national average to foster innovation.
Table 224. 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 Msunduzi Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Msunduzi Local Municipality 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 225. Construct b: Management support for innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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