Ivan Gunass Govender
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 215586 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ivan Gunass Govender |
| PRENOMES | Ivan Gunass |
| SOBRENOME | Govender |
| ASSINATURA | GOVENDER I G |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Durban University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6896-8454 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2016 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Identity Shock in Practice-Based Learning
Student-led consultancy is widely used in management education to connect theory with real organizational practice, yet the identity transitions students undergo in these contexts remain underexplored. This article introduces identity shock to describe the disorientation that arises when learners are expected to perform a professional identity they have not yet internalized. Drawing on possible selves theory, role theory, and an autoethnographica…
Sewing friendship
Most women in South Africa are heavily burdened by unemployment, poverty, and inequality. However, African immigrant women in South Africa are faced with additional challenges such as xenophobic discrimination, economic and social exclusion ,and poor integration of migrants in workspaces occupied by locals. This study took advantage of the growing demand for higher education to embrace engaged scholarship to embark on an engagement process that f…
Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Creative Placemaking on University Campuses
The study argues that the value of arts-based interventions in peacebuilding and development is yet to be fully realised due to a paucity of effective monitoring and evaluation models. In a context of growing attention to the benefits of university community engagement to social change, this article reports on how social practice creative placemaking embedded in engaged scholarship can be assessed for efficiency and its effectiveness in giving sa…
Advancing the Exploration of Engaged Creative-Placemaking Amongst Universities and Communities for Social Cohesion in South Africa
This article frames a discussion on how South African universities and communities can co-create university spaces that facilitate repairing the country's dented social, economic and political infrastructure through engaged creative-placemaking. The first section further explores the concept followed by a discussion of historical issues which have a material bearing on how universities can and should frame community engagement in South Africa. It…
Moving from Transactional Partnerships to Collaborative University Community Engagement
Universities are expected to contribute towards the development of society through working collaboratively with communities. One of the many ways that the academy allows for community engagement is through the use of creative placemaking to intentionally inspire a raft of transformational changes to the economy, environment and physical and social infrastructure. However, the pursuit of transformational university community engagement is strewn w…
Development Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Enhancing Local Economic Development Outcomes in South Africa
South Africa is a developmental state and despite the efforts by government, local economic development (LED) has not progressed at the desired rate to uplift the quality of life of all citizens. A desktop research method was used to collect, collate and analyse policies, reports, legislation and current literature with the aim of proposing a development monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system that could enhance the outcomes and impacts of LED pro…
Demand and Readiness for Monitoring and Evaluation in a Developmental State
The aim of the paper is to report on the demand and readiness of municipalities to plan and implement a municipal-wide monitoring and evaluation system. The case study approach and a mixed method methodology was used to collect data through questionnaires and interviews. The results indicated that despite many municipalities possessing the necessary resources, only a small proportion of the municipalities are ready to implement a monitoring and e…
Monitoring and Evaluating Service Delivery as a Wicked Problem in South Africa
The South African government is challenged by an increasing number of service delivery protests throughout the country, despite it improving the provision of basic services to the majority of citizens. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to evaluate service delivery as a wicked problem and to propose various approaches to deal with enhancing service delivery, via the documentary analysis approach. The paper established that both service deliv…
Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development of Municipalities in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The purpose of the study was to assess the monitoring and evaluation capacity development in local municipalities in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The research method included the case study and the mixed method approach. The study found that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity development is perceived to positively impact staff motivation, training and placement; allocation of resources; and stakeholder participation. The results of the study…
Advancing the Exploration of Engaged Creative-Placemaking Amongst Universities and Communities for Social Cohesion in South Africa
This article frames a discussion on how South African universities and communities can co-create university spaces that facilitate repairing the country's dented social, economic and political infrastructure through engaged creative-placemaking. The first section further explores the concept followed by a discussion of historical issues which have a material bearing on how universities can and should frame community engagement in South Africa. It…
Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development of Municipalities in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The purpose of the study was to assess the monitoring and evaluation capacity development in local municipalities in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The research method included the case study and the mixed method approach. The study found that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity development is perceived to positively impact staff motivation, training and placement; allocation of resources; and stakeholder participation. The results of the study…
Monitoring and Evaluating Service Delivery as a Wicked Problem in South Africa
The South African government is challenged by an increasing number of service delivery protests throughout the country, despite it improving the provision of basic services to the majority of citizens. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to evaluate service delivery as a wicked problem and to propose various approaches to deal with enhancing service delivery, via the documentary analysis approach. The paper established that both service deliv…
Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development of Municipalities in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The purpose of the study was to assess the monitoring and evaluation capacity development in local municipalities in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The research method included the case study and the mixed method approach. The study found that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity development is perceived to positively impact staff motivation, training and placement; allocation of resources; and stakeholder participation. The results of the study…
Development Monitoring and Evaluation Systems Enhancing Local Economic Development Outcomes in South Africa
South Africa is a developmental state and despite the efforts by government, local economic development (LED) has not progressed at the desired rate to uplift the quality of life of all citizens. A desktop research method was used to collect, collate and analyse policies, reports, legislation and current literature with the aim of proposing a development monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system that could enhance the outcomes and impacts of LED pro…
Demand and Readiness for Monitoring and Evaluation in a Developmental State
The aim of the paper is to report on the demand and readiness of municipalities to plan and implement a municipal-wide monitoring and evaluation system. The case study approach and a mixed method methodology was used to collect data through questionnaires and interviews. The results indicated that despite many municipalities possessing the necessary resources, only a small proportion of the municipalities are ready to implement a monitoring and e…
Moving from Transactional Partnerships to Collaborative University Community Engagement
Universities are expected to contribute towards the development of society through working collaboratively with communities. One of the many ways that the academy allows for community engagement is through the use of creative placemaking to intentionally inspire a raft of transformational changes to the economy, environment and physical and social infrastructure. However, the pursuit of transformational university community engagement is strewn w…
Advancing the Exploration of Engaged Creative-Placemaking Amongst Universities and Communities for Social Cohesion in South Africa
This article frames a discussion on how South African universities and communities can co-create university spaces that facilitate repairing the country's dented social, economic and political infrastructure through engaged creative-placemaking. The first section further explores the concept followed by a discussion of historical issues which have a material bearing on how universities can and should frame community engagement in South Africa. It…
Sewing friendship
Most women in South Africa are heavily burdened by unemployment, poverty, and inequality. However, African immigrant women in South Africa are faced with additional challenges such as xenophobic discrimination, economic and social exclusion ,and poor integration of migrants in workspaces occupied by locals. This study took advantage of the growing demand for higher education to embrace engaged scholarship to embark on an engagement process that f…
Monitoring and Evaluation of Transformative Creative Placemaking on University Campuses
The study argues that the value of arts-based interventions in peacebuilding and development is yet to be fully realised due to a paucity of effective monitoring and evaluation models. In a context of growing attention to the benefits of university community engagement to social change, this article reports on how social practice creative placemaking embedded in engaged scholarship can be assessed for efficiency and its effectiveness in giving sa…
Identity Shock in Practice-Based Learning
Student-led consultancy is widely used in management education to connect theory with real organizational practice, yet the identity transitions students undergo in these contexts remain underexplored. This article introduces identity shock to describe the disorientation that arises when learners are expected to perform a professional identity they have not yet internalized. Drawing on possible selves theory, role theory, and an autoethnographica…
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