Khanya’s main activity is in reality upheld by traveling as it stands now. The commentator always asked the question why we have to travel all these monstrous kilometers whilst we’re an ICT institution. With all the wonderful communication links we have with partner schools abroad, we still summons people to one-on-one meetings to demonstrate whatever authority and powers.
You don’t have to control people to have their co-operation. We are in an era of outcomes and if you want to control each and every activity en-route to your outcomes, you’ll add tremendous stress to your person and monetary budget.
One can still have a comprehensive record of each and everyone on the Khanya staff complement by using GIS principles and tools.
Staff member’s vehicles can be fitted with GPS tracking devices registering there geographic position 24/7. Broader planning can be submitted, cutting time on planning and reporting. Maps with traveling routes and kilometers can be generated to substantiate travel claims and to shed some more light on the traveling habits of people and possible savings and route-sharing. All cell phones are GPS devices. Cell phone users register definite coordinates at a specific time and that is another way of confirming their position. Sustainability is always an issue and this have to be tested and piloted before implementation but this is clearly the way forward in planning, monitoring and reporting in any dynamic organisation like Khanya.
Monitoring people’s whereabouts against their planning will be much easier and immediately available without physically visiting the same location.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
What a wonderful tool GIS is for educational purposes. However who will be willing to have their private car fitted with a tracking device to monitor their every move? Volunteers?
Rather than being a policeman tool, in which way can GIS be a planning tool? It is through good planning that the greatest savings can be achieved
Post a Comment