Monitoring and evaluation strategies: lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Babalo Yekani, Bethuel Sibongiseni Ngcamu, Sareesha Pillay |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Cogent Business & Management, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 23311975 2331-1975 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23311975.2024.2353201 |
| Popis: | AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges that necessitate a new approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in local government. The culture of poor performance, high incompetency levels among employees and financial mismanagement – widely publicised in popular media in South Africa – prompted this study to investigate the effectiveness of M&E strategies. The study attempts to determine the effective M&E strategies in supporting two municipalities’ response that extends beyond COVID-19. A transformative mixed methods approach was used for data collection and analysis of data. The targeted respondents were solely responsible for COVID-19 activities at the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. In-depth interviews were utilised to collect data from 13 senior municipal managers. A total of 191 questionnaires were despatched to municipal employees and 186 were returned, giving a 97% response rate. The findings depict ineffective M&E tools and inadequate organisational support to sustain best practices on municipal governance. The findings unearthed a linear relationship between the municipalities’ leadership failure to implement a performance management system among its workforce and an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases and fatalities. This study attempts to make a valuable contribution in providing municipal employees with tailored work experience that will be relevant for future disasters similar to COVID-19, adding value to knowledge. |
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