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4. MIMI Results for the Cape Winelands 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 Cape Winelands District Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for Cape Winelands in Construct A was 2, which aligns with the national average of 2. The municipality scored 2 in several areas and notably scored 1 in more than 5 categories. This suggests that innovation may be defined within the municipality, but there is little evidence of it being applied.
Table 26. 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 Cape Winelands District Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Cape Winelands was 2, the same as the national average. The municipality scored 2 in openness to new ideas, 1 for understanding of innovation processes, 2 for support for testing innovations, and communication by management for innovation. A score of 2 was recorded for encouragement of learning.
Table 27. Construct b: Enablers of Innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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