@article{MAKHILLRJAS201712510032,
    title = {Assessing the Extent of the Application of Strategic Thinking in a
Local Sphere of Government},
    journal = {Research Journal of Applied Sciences},
    volume = {12},
    number = {5},
    pages = {330-339},
    year = {2017},
    issn = {1815-932x},
    doi = {rjasci.2017.330.339},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1815-932x&doi=rjasci.2017.330.339},
    author = {Elias,Thabo and},
    keywords = {Strategic thinking,integrated development plan,systems perspective,vision-orientated strategy,staff members,determining},
    abstract = {This study assessed the extent of the application of strategic thinking in a Metropolitan Municipality
in South Africa. It was aimed at initiating an inquiry into the relevance of strategic thinking to local governance:
its concept and theoretical orientation in the systems approach paradigm and/or science of complexity. The
study adopted a qualitative methodology and gave primacy to the key role-players in the Integrated
Development Plan (IDP) process which was treated as equivalent to a strategy-making process. The participants
interviewed included senior staff members, ward councillors and ward committee members because of their
strategic positions to influence the current and future strategic decision-making as well in determining how to
improve it.}
    }