TY  - JOUR
T1  - Assessing the Extent of the Application of Strategic Thinking in a
Local Sphere of Government
AU - Munapo, Elias AU - Ramodula, Thabo AU - Proches, Cecile N. Gerwel 
JO  - Research Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
SP  - 330
EP  - 339
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-932x
DO  - rjasci.2017.330.339
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2017.330.339
KW  - Strategic thinking
KW  -integrated development plan
KW  -systems perspective
KW  -vision-orientated strategy
KW  -staff members
KW  -determining
AB  - 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.
ER  -