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Student experiences of service delivery in an academic department at a higher education institution in South Africa

Van der Westhuizen, E.J. (2014-03)

This research was undertaken to determine the actual level of student satisfaction with service delivery levels in an academic department at a higher education institution in South Africa. A quantitative research approach ...
Selected Issues Pertaining to Democratic Constitutionalism in South Africa: The Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Paradox

Van der Westhuizen, E.J. (2004)

the justice, crime prevention and security field of study. As the intellectual debate accelerates there is a realisation that "democratic constitutionalism" ultimately intersects closely with the holistic domain of democracy. ...
Methodological preparation of Public Administration Scholars in South Africa

Wessels, J.S.; Thani, Xolile Carol (2014-05-22)

Universities’ methodological preparation of students is blamed for the poor state of South African Public Administration research. This article reports on an investigation on the kind of research preparation provided by ...
Public administration scholarship without condition: A South African perspective

Wessels, J.S. (Journal of Public Administration, 43(2.1):276-290, 2008)

This article reflects on the implications of unconditional scholarship in public administration for the setting of a research agenda. By doing so, the implications of the concept unconditional scholarship for ...
Taxonomies for the analysis of research designs in Public Administration

Wessels, J.S.; Pauw, J.C.; Thani, X.C. (Administratio Publica, 17(2): 7-18, 2009)

This article departs from the assumptions that the sustainable future of public administration as the delivery of services needs high quality scholarly research and that high quality of scholarly research is determined by ...
A core curriculum for a Master of Public Administration (MPA) qualification: Some considerations for a developmental state

Wessels, J.S. (Administratio Publica, 20(2): 157-175, 2012)

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) seems to lack a core curriculum on which the various universities and other interest groups within a specific country agree. This article considers the possibility of a core ...
Methodological consistency for relevant Public Administration Research

Wessels, J.S. (Unisa Press, 2013)

This article argues that the findings of South African research in Public Administration are often not relevant due to research purposes that imply a combination of predominantly descriptive research, textual data sources ...
An overview of public administration: education and training programmes to improve policy capacity in the Ethiopian Civil Service.

Hassen, T Hailemichael; van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2013-12)

Public policy knowledge and skills are required to transform the Ethiopian civil service and to assist Ethiopia in developing and transforming to a middle-income economy. Accordingly, the study on which this article ...
A leadership approach to the transformation of institutional culture: a case of the South African National Defence Force.

Kahn, S.B.; Louw, V.N. (Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2013-12)

This article raises the question of the critical need for the South African Public Service to change from a transactional to a transformational leadership approach in order to accelerate the transformation of ...
An evaluation of a young academic development programme at the University of South Africa.

Sadler, E.; van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (Unisa Press, 2012)

The University of South Africa is a mega-distance higher education institution offering degrees and diplomas to about 360 000 students worldwide. To deliver on its mandate, the university needs a skilled, dedicated and ...
Local government in South Africa: twinning election campaigns and service delivery

Phago, Kedibone Goodwill (Unisa Press, 2012)

Since the promulgation of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996 (the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996), the local government landscape has been transformed indefinitely. Whether ...
Are service delivery protests justifiable in the democratic South Africa?

Mpehle, Z. (South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM), 2012)

The introduction of democracy in South Africa brought some hope to millions who were previously marginalised. The new government transformed the public service by developing and enacting policies that would ensure fairness ...
Ethical leadership principles in South African Public Administration lost opportunity or alive with possibility

Naidoo, Goonasagree (2012)

South Africa is a society emerging from a chequered and troubled past with a legacy of impairments in terms of education skills, opportunities, resentments, equality and perceptions. As in many societies, corruption is ...
A South African developmental perspective on e-government.

van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (South African Institute for Public Administration, 2003)

Histtorically, government: have utilised technologies associated with information and communication to improve interaction with their constituents. Currently, the extent of possibilities that information and communications ...
Justifying administrative action for reasonableness: a quest for accountable public administration.

Brynard, D.J. (Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2013-03)

Defi ning reasonableness in the positive and knowing its true meaning in the context of public administration is no easy task. This article attempts to explain the practical functioning of the standard of reasonableness ...
Procedural fairness to the public as an instrument to enhance public participation in public administration.

Brynard, D.J. (Association of Teachers in Public Administration, 2011-12)

The article attempts to explain the practical functioning of the notion of procedural fairness to the public. The aim of procedural fairness to the public is to provide efficient and effective procedures for public pa ...
The right to lawful administrative action.

Brynard, D.J. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013-03)

Defining lawfulness in all its dimensions and knowing its true meaning in the context of public administration is no easy task. The research on which this article is based, explains the practical functioning of the ...
The need for public administration education to improve service delivery in the Information Society.

van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (South African Institute for Public Administration, 2008)

In the information society the use of technology is becoming increasingly important. This is especially relevant to government institutions in South Africa. In South Africa the public service is the sole supplier or ...
An overview of the development and use of Web 2.0 by the South African government.

van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel; Naidoo, Goonasagree (IJACIT, 2013-04)

This article indicates that in South Africa the importance of information technology has been recognised as far back as 1995 by then deputy president Thabo Mbeki. Although a number of information technology initiatives and ...
An evaluation of a developmental programme for young academics at the University of South Africa

van Jaarsveldt, Liza Ceciel (Unisa Press, 2010)

The purpose of this article is to evaluate and report on a developmental programme for young academics at the University of South Africa (Unisa). Unisa, one of the world’s mega universities, is a comprehensive, ...

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