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4. MIMI Results for the Vhembe 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 Vhembe District Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for Vhembe in Construct A was 2, which aligns with the national average of 2. Despite the average, the munic- ipality demonstrated strengths in several areas. It achieved a score of 4 in community participation in innovation, the highest among all indicators. Additionally, Vhembe scored 3 in areas such as interdepartmental collaboration for innovation and inclusive decision-making for innovation. These suggest the municipality shows some enabling con- ditions for fostering innovation, although there are areas requiring improvement, particularly in financial and physical resources, external collaboration, and political support.
Table 332. 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 Vhembe District Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Vhembe 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 333. Construct b: Management support for innovation
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