- Title
- A suitability study for the implementation of a corporate geographic information system at the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality
- Creator
- Triegaardt, Inge
- Subject
- Geographic information systems
- Subject
- Information storage and retrieval systems -- Geography Information technology Sustainable development
- Date Issued
- 2019
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle}
- Identifier
- vital:37044
- Description
- A tender in the Government Gazette in 2013 for the implementation of a Corporate Geographic Information System (CGIS) at the King Sabata Dalindeybo (KSD) Local Municipality, created an opportunity for a study to be conducted for the implementation of a Corporate Geographic Information System (CGIS). A CGIS is a suitable management system for implementation at a municipality, given that the municipality is ready. Internationally the implementation of CGIS at municipalities has been done successfully. In South Africa, however, the implementation of said software has been slow and at times unsuccessful. The purpose of this research study was to evaluate the current GIS knowledge and infrastructure of the KSD Local Municipality for the municipality to be a suitable candidate for the implementation of a CGIS. The evaluation was done by the collection of data through three questionnaires, two interviews and observations. The findings of this research study are discussed according to the qualitative data collected from the KSD Local Municipality and recommendations based on the results of the data collection have been made for the municipality to be implementation ready. The qualitative instruments such as pre-training, post-training/pre-implementation and postimplementation questionnaires, observations and interviews with the IT Technician and the CGIS Specialist were processed by the researcher to obtain insight to the perceptions of the employees and the current state of GIS in the KSD Local Municipality. The results from this research study were in-line with the benefits and barriers of implementation of a CGIS in municipalities in international literature.
- Format
- x, 113 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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