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An exploratory study on strategic planning and the role of communication in the public service of Namibia with specific reference to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare.
No full textDissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science Change Management in the Faculty of Business and Law at the Leeds Metropolitan University.A strategic plan is a management tool that is used to transform organizational objectives into actions. Public Service managers have a responsibility to ensure that strategic plans are developed to stir the organization in the desired direction. However, crafting the best strategy is not the end in itself but the ultimate result will only be realized once the plan is successfully implemented, hence the need for effective communication during strategy formulation and implementation. The study focused on the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare (MGECW) and covered a cross section of senior managers, middle managers and junior employees. It involved exploring the impact of communication during strategy formulation and implementation, and investigating effective ways of communicating the formulation and implementation of strategic plans in the Public Service of Namibia. The study was qualitative in nature whereby in-depth interviews and focus group discussions were used as instruments, with senior, middle and lower level employees of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare in Windhoek. The DiVice Chancellorates that participated in the study from the MGECW are: DiVice Chancellorate of Child Welfare Services; DiVice Chancellorate of Gender Equality; DiVice Chancellorate of Integrated Early Childhood and Community Development and the DiVice Chancellorate of Administration and General Services. The study followed an interpretivism research philosophy as it believes that the world and reality are not objective and exterior to the researcher, but are socially constructed and given meaning to people. All twenty-eight targeted respondents took part in the research study either by means of in-depth interviews or focus group discussions. All the participants were selected using a simple random sampling technique from a pool of 478 full time employees to serve as a representative sample of the Public Sector. The researcher personally conducted the in-depth interviews and focus group discussions while taking down notes.
The study finds that, effective communication is not taking place during strategic planning process, hence majority of the employees who participated in this study felt excluded in the whole process and contribute less toward the implementation of the plan. Moreover, the study reveals that only senior and middle level employees are involved in the strategic planning process while the juniors are left out due to a lack of proper
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information dissemination. According to the respondents, employees serving in the AMC and MTI committees do not provide feedback to their fellow employees to enlighten them on the decisions and strategies made. It also became evident that, this exclusion led to juniors to have a negative attitude towards the strategic planning process and have a declining morale. Hence, the study recommends that effective communication should be emphasized during strategic planning process to ensure stakeholders buy-in through sensitization exercises, e.g. regular feedback, workshops and interactive supervisor-subordinate discussions.Supervisors: Mr. Jerry Mwadinohamba, Dr. Hazel Kershaw-Solomon, Dr. Ade Dawod
A markup language for narrative knowledge annotation, mining and management.
No full textIndigenous Knowledge Technology Conference (IKTC) (2011 : Nov. 2-4 : Windhoek, Namibia)Narrative knowledge as the name implies, is not naturally bound to any media other than speech. In order to preserve such knowledge and to make it accessible through computer systems: a formal and standardized basis needs to be identified, and to be integrated with other informal sources
Balancing the technical and social contexts of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI).
No full textOne special characteristic of spatial data is that they can be shared to be used for many purposes other than the one for which they were initially produced. To facilitate their efficient sharing and reuse, they need to be properly managed in the form of a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). This study
argues that developing a successful SDI must be seen as a socio-technical, rather than a purely technical exercise. It urges that SDI practitioners need to understand the significance of human and societal issues as much as technical issues, all of which contribute to the successful implementation of SDI
Welcoming remarks by Dr. Tjama Tjivikua, Vice Chancellor, NUST, at the media announcement of the Commonwealth Award for Institutional excellence, on Monday 20 February 2011, 15:30.
No full textNUST Press Conference Announcing COL Award to NUST (2010 Nov. 28, Kocha India
Speech by Honourable Dr. Abraham Iyambo, Minister of Education, at the Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference, NUST, Windhoek, 4th July 2011.
No full textPoetics & Linguistics Association Conference (2011 July 4 : Windhoek
Part 1: Initial position, external support, regional comparison
No full textThis paper presents the results of a study which reviews Namibia’s performance over its two decades since independence. The study examines the achievements and shortcomings of the country in various fields: politics, civil society, economy, and social / socio-economic development. The results have been split into two separate but interconnected papers. This first article analyses Namibia’s situation at the dawn of independence, its external support by foreign countries and Namibia’s overall performance as compared to the neighbouring countries Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The present paper evaluates in particular data drawn from the World Bank Development Indicator Database and the 2010 Ibrahim-Index of African Governance. A subsequent second paper will present a more detailed appraisal of the above-mentioned development sector
Review of the book Communicating politics: Political communications in the Nordic countries edited by Jesper Strömback, Mark Orsten and Toril Aalberg.
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Remarks by Dr. Tjama Tjivikua, Vice Chancellor, NUST, at the signing ceremony of an agreement on "Farm management for small-scale irrigation project" between the NUST and Agribank, 30 March 2011, Windhoek.
No full textFarm management for small-scale irrigation project, Agreement (2011 Mar. 30, Windhoek Namibia
Keynote address by Hon. Kazenambo Kazenambo, Minister of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture, at the NUST's 16th Annual Awards Cermony, Windhoek, 14 April 2011
No full textAnnual Awards Ceremony of the NUST (16th : 2011 Apr. 14 : Windhoek, Namibia
