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Readiness assessment of cloud-computing adoption within a provincial government of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Cloud computing, as a shifting paradigm, is expanding its “bandwagon effect” across industries worldwide. This is due to the several advantages of cloud computing that have been revealed by the public sectors (empirical ...
Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a governance tool to reduce application duplication study of a duplication: a case South African Provincial Government
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
The aim of this study is to investigate why the implementation of Enterprise Architecture (EA)in the Provincial Government of the Western Cape (PGWC)adopted in 2006,failed to be ineffective to address application duplication.
Using a system dynamic approach to understanding the socialisation process of IT graduates
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This study analyses the process that an IT refurbishing organisation used to socialise 15 IT graduates to the norms of the working world. In addition, 5 IT industry and 2 governmental agency interviews were used, and 60 ...
"Political changes and access policies in Malagasy Higher Education since independence (1960-2008)"
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
The objective of this research was to investigate the relationships between the political change and the access policy changes in Madagascar since independence. In this study qualitative and quantitative data were used. ...
Knowledge management practices in the public sector in Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The study investigates knowledge management (KM) practices in the public sector in Botswana. The underlying premise is that good KM leads to efficiency and effectiveness. The study assesses the KM practices in the government ...
Anti-corruption initiatives in South Africa since 1994: a critical evaluation
(2013)
The legacy of apartheid may be likened to a Hydra. This mythical beast was rumoured to be large in stature, with poisonous breath. However, the trait it was better known for was that it possessed many heads and for every ...
Democracy in action: Public participation and the progressive realisation of socio-economic rights
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
While the Constitutional Court has repeatedly enforced a duty to meaningfully engage with
communities where the provision of basic social services and goods is at stake, uncertainty
about the form, extent and quality of ...
Exploring a sustainable anti-corruption regime for Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Corruption is among the world's devastating social, economic and political problems. It is
enormous to the extent that ''not one single country, anywhere in the world, is corruptionfree''.
Its effects on the quality of ...
Assessing the impact of the 2016 constitution on intergovernmental relations in Zambia.
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Decentralisation is the transfer of power, responsibilities, capacities and resources from the
centre to the sub-units of the government. The main objective is to foster the capacity of local
government to deliver services ...
The use of information and communication technology by emerging commercial farmers in their development in the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Although many researchers have shown JCT can enable development it remains a great challenge to
understand the link between ICT4D projects and the development of emerging commercial
agriculture. There is a need to realize ...