22 September 2019 - 20:22Applications for the 2020 intake of the Master of Management in Innovation Studies at Wits Business School are now open. Picture: SUPPLIED/WBSA’s long-term development. This is also at the heart of the National Development Plan , which states: “Quality education encourages technology shifts and innovation that are necessary to solve present-day challenges.”
“Finding solutions to issues such as water, sanitation, health care, etc, lead to building the kind of competencies that can allow a country to compete on an international scale.”An interdependent system involving government agencies, firms, tertiary and research institutions, financial institutions and regulatory organisations, among others. As a means for firms to boost their global competitiveness.
“Having said that, the innovation strategy is primarily located in the department of science and technology, but it should, I believe, have a much wider reach within other government departments and sectors of the economy in order to have a greater impact on areas such as trade and industry, energy and water.”