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Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development
Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/29142 Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development Lombard, A. (Antoinette) minnie.masete@eskom.co.za Masete, Minnie Boitshoko Eskom Eskom development foundation Community participation Corporate social investment Community economic development Socio-economic development Sustainable development Integrated community economic development (iced) UCTD Dissertation (MSW)--University of Pretoria, 2012. Eskom makes a significant contribution to social and economic development in South Africa, which is realised through its corporate social investment policy. Eskom could reinforce its contribution by adopting Integrated Community Economic Development (ICED), which addresses issues of poverty in a holistic way. Nthomang and Rankopo (1997:209) regard (ICED) as “...a holistic approach that seeks to address socio-political constraints preventing marginalised communities from attaining humane standards of living”. The goal of the study was to explore the views held by corporate social investment practitioners’ on Eskom’s contribution to socio-economic projects within a sustainable framework to alleviate poverty and unemployment. The research followed a qualitative approach, and data was gathered by means of semi-structured interviews. Participants in the study came from four regions, the Central, Southern, Northern regions and part of the North Western region of Eskom’s terrain. From the key findings, it was evident that Eskom contributes to the social and economic development of communities, but its contribution could be more effective and meaningful if funding policies, partnership involvement, the role played by corporate social investment practitioners’ and community economic development strategies were more closely aligned with an Integrated Community Economic Development approach. The study concluded that the Solertia Institute Model Program for the advancement of capable communities provided a relevant framework that could be adapted as a viable strategy whereby Eskom could contribute to sustainable Integrated Social and Economic Development. The researcher recommends that the Eskom management adopt the proposed strategy as part of Eskom’s corporate social investment policy. Further, the implementation of the respective projects should be aligned with the phases of the Solertia Institute Model Program. Projects should therefore be continuously monitored to assess and evaluate Eskom’s contribution to sustainable Integrated Community Economic Development. Copyright Social Work and Criminology unrestricted 2013-09-07T14:57:32Z 2012-10-30 2013-09-07T14:57:32Z 2012-04-17 2012-10-30 2012-10-30 Dissertation Masete, MB 2011, Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development, MSW dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29142 > F12/4/553/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29142 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10302012-110051/ © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Eskom Eskom development foundation Community participation Corporate social investment Community economic development Socio-economic development Sustainable development Integrated community economic development (iced) UCTD Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development |
| title | Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development |
| title_full | Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development |
| title_fullStr | Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development |
| title_short | Corporate social investment practitioners’ views regarding Eskom’s contribution towards integrated community economic development |
| title_sort | corporate social investment practitioners views regarding eskom s contribution towards integrated community economic development |
| topic | Eskom Eskom development foundation Community participation Corporate social investment Community economic development Socio-economic development Sustainable development Integrated community economic development (iced) UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29142 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10302012-110051/ |