This study mainly focused on defining and determining the appropriateness of noncorporate governance principles for Local Government. The target, local government organisation, which was chosen for this study, was the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipal (CTMM). The principles, which were identified to be the most appropriate for this study, were accountability, integrity and disclosure as defined by the King II Report. These principles were separately measured and based on the underlying sub components, which defines these principles. The appropriateness and level of understanding of accountability was measured through the use of sub components, which focussed on a manager’s responsibility, as well as delegations received, guided by the code of conduct of the CTMM. Integrity was measured by fairness, respect for others in the organisation, by showing adequate compassion and by being an honest person. Disclosure on the other hand was measured by the status of information, which can and should be disclosed, whistle blowing policy and protection of whistle blowers, the openness of the CTMM towards their management and workforce and finally the handling of fraud by management. The method followed with this study was to approach managers and deputy managers from the CTMM in order to obtain first hand experience regarding non-financial corporate governance principles within the CTMM by means of a qualitative survey. Results from the questionnaire and the subsequent empirical analysis indicate that the CTMM do currently apply some of these principles to specific levels of satisfaction. The viewpoint of managers and deputy managers within the CTMM reflected by the Weaver “best combination” analysis that the appropriateness and the interaction of the sub components are related and important in measuring non-financial corporate governance at Local Government. These and other detailed findings are reflected in chapters four and five for further reference. In conclusion it is important to note that the findings indicate that non-financial corporate governance principles is indeed appropriate at local government. / Mr. J. Bredenkamp
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:6882 |
| Date | 06 May 2008 |
| Creators | Wehmeyer, Matthys Petrus |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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