Utilisation of administrative and research databases in government departments: providing the platform for skills planning
SOURCE: Development Southern Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Paterson, M.Visser
KEYWORDS: DATA ANALYSIS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9322
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9967
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9967
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Paterson, M.Visser
KEYWORDS: DATA ANALYSIS, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9322
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9967
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9967
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Abstract
A high-level audit of administrative databases was conducted in more than 20 national government departments or entities. The aim was to investigate the relevance of datasets within these databases to skills planning by the government aimed at harmonising skills supply and demand in South Africa. The audit revealed that datasets have different levels of relevance and usability. There are datasets that: are relevant and immediately usable; are highly relevant and require some preparation; contain relevant variables but are currently undergoing validation and cleaning before they can be utilised; and are in an early stage of evolution. Based on these observations, the authors furthermore explore how databases can be understood from an evolutionary perspective. This investigation provides evidence that, in the field of skills planning, the government is progressing through the early phases of e-government systems development by cataloguing data resources and preparing for transactions between data users and providers.-
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