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Learning and Knowledge Utilisation for Sustainable Change

Learning and Knowledge Utilisation for Sustainable Change. Rasigan Maharajh Institute for Economic Research on Innovation Presentation to Seminar of the Australia South Africa Local Governance Partnership , 10 th November 2004. Outline. Introduction Context Challenges of local governance

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Learning and Knowledge Utilisation for Sustainable Change

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  1. Learning and Knowledge Utilisation for Sustainable Change Rasigan Maharajh Institute for Economic Research on Innovation Presentation to Seminar of the Australia South Africa Local Governance Partnership , 10th November 2004

  2. Outline • Introduction • Context • Challenges of local governance • Knowledge Generation • Scale, scope and dynamic • Knowledge Utilisation • Capacity, Capability, Competency • Knowledge Sourcing • Partnerships • New tools for old systems • Concluding thoughts … Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  3. Introduction • Context 1 • At all times, communities should be informed of steps taken to address whatever challenges confront them and on process. • Partnerships should be formed so that the resolution of the problems becomes a collective effort of government and communities • Thabo Mbeki – NCoP - (2004) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  4. Introduction • Challenges of Local Governance • Local government is a critical player in the government supply chain • Increasingly functions have been shifted or assigned to local government, at times without the necessary resources and capacity • We must guard against provincial and national departments assigning responsibilities without proper coordination and consultation • Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi – SACN - (2004) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  5. Knowledge Generation • Print, film, magnetic, and optical storage media produced about 5 exabytes of new information in 2002 • 630, 000, 000, 000 Books • www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/ Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  6. Knowledge Utilisation • Capacity • ability to perform or produce • maximum possible production • power to learn or retain knowledge • ability to understand the facts and significance of behaviour Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  7. Knowledge Utilisation • Capability • Being physically, intellectually and legally able • Aptitudes that may be developed • Maximum load that a machine, station or system can carry under specified conditions for a given interval without exceeding approved limits • Context specific skill that can be broken down to its component behaviours Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  8. Knowledge Utilisation • Competency • Areas of personal capability that enable people to perform successfully in their jobs by completing task effectively • Includes knowledge, attitudes, skills, organisation values, and personal values • Usually acquired through talent, experience, or training • comprises the specification of knowledge and skill and the application of that knowledge and skill to the standard of performance required Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  9. Knowledge Sourcing • Resources • Learning from self doing • Learning from others doing • Good practices • Partnerships with local higher education institutions and other public good agencies • Peer-to-Peer Reviews, Evaluations, Monitoring and Learning Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  10. New Tools for Old Systems • Updating the economic & institutional regime • Upgrading education & learning • Building information infrastructure • Raise the technological level of the economy: • Actively diffusing new technologies throughout the country • Improving the Research & Development system • Exploiting global knowledge World Bank advice to China in Preparing for the Knowledge Economy (2002) Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  11. The Big Picture Natural Capital (Endowments) Well- being Produced Capital (Physical & Disembodied Technology) Human & Social Political Economic GDP Social Capital (Norms & networks facilitating inter- & intra-group cooperation) Environmental Human Capital (Learning & Health) OECD (2001) Social Capital Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  12. Concluding Challenges • system view = components are interrelated, self-organising and dynamic whether biological, ecological, technical or social • Theory-based facts = trust in faith • Fact-based theories = trust in evidence Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  13. Conclusion • Support Nonlinear Thinking • Encourage Multiple Perspectives • Determine Perspective • Understand Context and Dynamics of Change • Integrate Information into Knowledge • Visualise and Verbalise… Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

  14. Thank You • For more information, contact: • rasigan@antfarm.co.za Institute for Economic Research on Innovation

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