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    The challenge of implementing integrated environmental management within an organisation structure: the case of the environmental section at Drakenstein Municipality
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03) Ahmed, Aalia; Muller, Kobus; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Leadership.
    ENGLISH SUMMARY: This study aims to investigate the current level of integration experienced by Drakenstein Municipality’s Environmental Management section. The study has three objectives: (1) identifying and discussing the different Integrated Environmental Management (IEM) approaches, objectives and principles, (2) reviewing IEM in Drakenstein Municipality and (3) analysing their documentation, goals, human resources and processes/procedures. Literature has provided a variety of successful practices with regards to IEM. It has provided knowledge with regards to the types of integration, integrating tools as well as the principles of IEM. A variety of authors have also researched the possible degrees of integration ranging from partial integration to full integration running on a linear scale. Organisational design and structure has been acknowledged to have an impact on the degree of integration achieved within an organisation, some organisational design and structures are thus more suitable to achieve full integration than others. There is a strong legislative background regarding IEM in South Africa. Both National and Provincial policies and forums encourage integration efforts in the country. To illustrate the above mentioned IEM ideas and theories, Drakenstein Municipality’s Environmental Management Section was used as a case study in which the degrees of integration will be determined based on documentation, goals, human resources and processes/procedures of the Section as well as other relevant sections identified because the environmental problems are not just the responsibility of this Section , but requires a collaborative effort between all Section s whose operations are affected by the environment. The findings from the research illustrates that currently the municipality has partial integration. It is recommended that a planning methodology for strategic integration needs to be implemented to replace the current operational integration and people orientated integration. It was also found that for integration to increase in the Section integration needs to occur throughout the municipality due to its holistic nature. The most important contribution of this study is to help the Drakenstein Municipality’s Environmental Management Section identify the current integration level with regards to environmental matters in the municipality and providing recommendations to increase integration if necessary. The theoretical contributions, findings, recommendation and future research are discussed in this thesis paper.