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4. MIMI Results for the City of uMhlathuze 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 uMhlathuze Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. As indicated, the average score for City of uMhlathuze in Construct A was 2, which aligns with the national average of 2. Despite the average, the municipality demonstrated strengths in several areas. It achieved a score of 3 in innovation linked to strategy, human resources for innovation, external collaboration, political support and community participation in innovation. Additionally, City of uMhlathuze scored 2 in areas such as processes for innovation, interdepartmental collaboration, idea take-up processes, accountability and transparency, and inclusive decision making for innovation. These suggest the municipality shows some enabling conditions for fostering innovation, although there are areas requiring improvement, particularly in financial and physical resources, staff incentives for innovation, and tools for managing knowledge.
Table 68. 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 uMhlathuze Local Municipality in comparison to the national average. The average score for City of uMhlathuze was 3, which is one point higher than the national average. The municipality scored 2 in understanding of innovation processes and support for testing innovations. A score of 3 was recorded for openness to new ideas, encouragement of learning and communication by management for innovation.
Table 69. Construct b: Management support for innovation
MUNICIPAL INNOVATION MATURITY INDEX (MIMI)
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