- Title
- Towards sustainable municipalities : an evaluation of sustainability integration in Elundini Local Municipality strategy
- Creator
- Sokutu, Nonkuselo
- Subject
- Municipal government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Strategic planning -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Sustainability -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Environmental impact analysis -- South Africa -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MBA
- Identifier
- vital:830
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013018
- Description
- This research study evaluated and assessed the extent to which strategic management processes integrated economic, environmental and social sustainability elements in the fiveyear strategy (2012) of Elundini Local Municipality (ELM). The study focused on three areas of strategic management, that is, environmental analysis, strategic direction and strategy formulation. The study also looked at possible reasons for sustainability integration in ELM strategy or lack thereof and also recommended possible solutions. The literature reviewed revealed that there was adequate basis for municipalities to integrate sustainable development in their strategies even though sustainability was noted as an evolving, complex and changing phenomenon. Local Agenda 21 principles, national legislative & policy framework, regulations and other relevant guidelines were found to be adequate for municipalities to develop credible sustainability strategies. The objectives of the study were achieved by data collected through the review of existing literature; the review of ELM Five Year Strategy (2012-2017); and SIAT-based questionnaires that were filled in by ELM employees. The results of the study showed that economic and social sustainability activities were identified most in the ELM strategy compared to environmental sustainability. The study then mainly recommended the review of the current strategy in order to improve all areas of strategy formulation; introduction of Economic, Social and Environmental sustainability – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (ESEs-SWOT) for internal analysis as an improvement of SWOT analysis; introduction of Sustainability Integration and Strategic Management Framework (SISMF) as an improvement to existing framework.
- Format
- 227 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Commerce, Rhodes Business School
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Sokutu, Nonkuselo
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