Thesis ( MPA.) --University of Limpopo, 2015 / The aim of the study is to evaluate the implementation of the strategic planning and
management in Waterberg District municipalities and to identify any constraints that
might be affecting the implementation of strategic planning and management which is
the basis for poor service delivery, which in turn, causes service delivery protests by
members of the public against municipalities, and in order to provide policy
recommendations.
Therefore, the approach to the research is qualitative because the study solicited for
views and opinions of respondents, in this case, public officials, politicians and
members of the public. The secondary data aspect included the reviewing of
documents of different municipalities in terms of planning and their own management
styles. The quantitative approach is also applied in this study to validate the municipal
performance score cards which is a content analysis.
Data were collected through questionnaires and interviews. The findings reflected the
key issues with regard to the impact of the implementation of strategic planning and
management in municipalities in the Waterberg district Limpopo Province. The study
revealed appropriate opportunities for possible interventions to improve the
implementation of strategic planning and management. The general conclusion as
revealed by the study is that the municipal strategic plans are not successfully
implemented and not properly managed. The audit opinions awarded to the
municipalities bear reference to the matter. The study provided recommendations for
municipalities to improve on the implementation of strategic planning and
management. For instance, strategic plans need to be aligned with other municipal
plans and the plans of other government spheres, namely, the provincial and national
spheres of government; it is imperative that skilled personnel be appointed, the staff
and councillors of a municipality must be trained and retained in order to ensure a
high level of service provision; municipal capacity building should be a core element
of a broader performance management strategy and all stakeholders of the municipalities should be capacitated and trained in terms of policy formulation so that they understand what is expected of them in terms of policy analysis, formulation and
policy evaluation
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ul/oai:ulspace.ul.ac.za:10386/1213 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Mabuela, F.M. |
| Contributors | Mtapuri, O. |
| Publisher | University of Limpopo |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 124 leaves |
| Relation | pdf version |
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