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4. MIMI Results for City of Ekurhuleni 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 City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Construct A was 3, while the national average was 2. The municipality scored 3 in all enabling areas. This suggests that the municipality shows some enabling conditions for fostering innovation and that innovation is understood and defined, but there is still room for improvement.
Table 50. 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 city of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Ekurhuleni was 3, 1 more than the national average score. The municipality scored 3 in openness to new ideas and 3 in understanding of innovation processes, 3 for support for testing innovations, and 3 for communication by management for innovation and encouragement of learning.
Table 51. Construct b: Enablers of Innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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