Architecture and Planning
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/45
2024-03-29T08:14:14ZA domain based framework for effective project leadership
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1714
A domain based framework for effective project leadership
Ssegawa, Joseph K.
This paper argues that the project environment is unique, complex, and uncertain and therefore an understanding of project leadership should be approached from that point of view. It also argues that the prevailing project leadership theories do not explain project leadership in an integrative manner. Essentially the article attempts to answer two research questions namely Can project leadership be defined as an integrated-domain based construct (RQ1)? and how can the identified domains be mastered by project leaders in order to be effective during project delivery (RQ2)? By conducting a literature review to analyse definitions, theories and studies conducted in leadership or project leadership coupled with actual experiences of project leadership and project team membership, the paper proposes an integrated framework consisting of four project leadership domains. It proposes that for an effective project leadership process to take occur, a project leader requires self-leadership in order to exercise leadership of project stakeholders, leadership of project tasks and leadership of a project situation. The framework deviates from the normal premise of viewing project leadership as a process directed at only influencing a project team or stakeholders. The paper further proposes that certain strategies and capabilities are needed to ‘master’ each domain in order to achieve effective project leadership.
2015-07-01T00:00:00ZThe city of Gaborone, Botswana: planning and management
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1061
The city of Gaborone, Botswana: planning and management
Mosha, A.C.
In this paper we trace how Gaborone has grown from a very small village to the capital city of Botswana in a period of less than 30 years. Attention has been given to how careful design of master plan concepts has shaped the city and responded to the needs and aspirations of the residents. Through appropriate and enabling urban- development policies, standards and codes, a very amenable environment has been created. The city can boast of adequate and modern civic and commercial centers; modern functional infrastructure including water, electricity, roads and sewage systems; access to land for virtually all people; adequate housing provided by both the public and the private sectors and for the low income, the adoption of a very successful program of squatter upgrad- ing and self-help housing. Through careful management and development control practices, city growth has been contained quite well in spite of rapid development and the future of the city looks quite bright.
1996-01-01T00:00:00ZNSDI building blocks: regional GIS in the United States
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1022
NSDI building blocks: regional GIS in the United States
Nedović-Budić, Z.; Knaap, G.; Budhathoki, R.N.; Cavrić, B.
This paper presents an assessment of the regional capacity in implementing geographic information systems (GIS) and databases. We draw on a Web survey to determine the availability and assembly of spatial data at the metropolitan level in the United States. Information was sought from 388 planning organizations and regional agencies located in 349 metropolitan areas. Based on 116 responses (30 percent response rate), we generate descriptive statistics and run a regression model addressing the following aspects of the regional GIS capacity: data (contents, update, and assembly); technology (compatibility of software and data formats, data access, and the use of standards); people (staff, leadership commitment and support, regional communication and cooperation); policy (data sharing, funding, rules and responsibilities, and mandates/programs); and context (urban and regional issues and affluence). Although the survey reveals only a snapshot of a dynamic and evolving phenomenon, the results indicate that the status of metropolitan GIS in the United States may not be matching what is technically feasible. While the capacity is getting better over time, the process is relatively slow and the challenges of creating the base for building the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) are persistent. Future research and practice should place more emphasis on the relationship between the NSDI and its installed base. Nurturing of networks and compatibilities among organizational entities at various levels, local and regional in particular, should be given priority in devising policies and programs for a useful and sustainable spatial data infrastructure.
2009-01-01T00:00:00ZTowards egalitarian inheritance rights in Botswana: the case of Tlokweng
http://hdl.handle.net/10311/750
Towards egalitarian inheritance rights in Botswana: the case of Tlokweng
Kalabamu, F.T.
This paper explores the extent to which recent social, economic, demographic and environmental
changes in Botswana have enabled women to inherit land, housing and other household assets.
Using qualitative data from a study undertaken in the peri-urban village of Tlokweng, the paper
notes that, unlike in the past when women were largely excluded from property inheritance, the
majority of parents who participated in the study on which this paper is based are now more
inclined and willing to share their estate equally among all their children or to favour daughters
over sons in deciding who should inherit residential properties. The changes, which are heavily
contested by older women, young men and teenage boys, appear to have been due primarily to
increased numbers of female heads of households and the role played by unmarried daughters
in developing the family estate and caring for the aging parents.
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z