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4. MIMI Results for the City of Mbombela 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 City of Mbombela Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for Mbombela Local Municipality Construct A was 2, while the national average was 2. The municipality demonstrated a score of 1 and 2 in almost all areas. Additionally, the City of Tshwane scored 1 in human resources for innovation, staff incentives for innovation, and accountability and transparency to support innovation. These suggest the municipality shows some enabling conditions for fostering innovation, but there is little evidence of innovation being applied or ongoing.
Table 56. 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 Mbombela Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for Mbombela was 2, while the national average score was also 2. The municipality scored 2 in openness to new ideas, understanding of innovation processes, support for testing innovations, and 2 for communication by management for innovation. A score of 3 was recorded for encouragement of learning.
Table 57. Construct b: Enablers of Innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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