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- ItemThe development of an instructional design model as a strategic enabler for sustainable competitive advantage(AOSIS, 2010) Le Roux, L.; Oosthuizen, H.In a business environment of continuous change and in light of a defined need to fast track skills improvement in South Africa and Africa, training strategies and practices are under increasing pressure to develop a more productive and skilled workforce. Demands on training and the practices it employs increasingly focus on the alignment with strategic imperatives of organisations. This research presented an instructional design (ID) model positioned in the intersection between the positioning-based and resource-based theories and used a multi-disciplinary approach to extend the literature on ID models and offer measurable improvements in job-specific knowledge and productive behaviour as proxies for sustainable competitive advantage. The research confirmed the contribution of the ID model in this regard and described and substantiated the pivotal link between training and ID models and the application thereof in practice to aid organisations in the achievement and sustainability of competitive advantage. In this, the second article, the ID model will be subjected to empirical investigation and evaluated through the application thereof in a case organisation and a grounded conclusion provided. Hence, this article presents a brief overview of the first article, and focuses on the research methodology, research results, analysis and interpretation; conclusions and assessment of the research.
- ItemQualitative research : method in the madness?(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2005) Le Roux, L.This working paper is an attempt to provide a broad-strokes overview of qualitative research (QR): what it is, its purpose, the methods and techniques it uses, its units of analysis and the handling of data, how validity and reliability are defined and the new frontiers brought about by the growth in IT, the Intemet and the use of computers - the method in the madness. Rather than to get embroiled in the competing paradigms within qualitative research itself (amongst others modemism, postmodemism, critical theory and feminism), the purpose of the paper is to out/ine the most commonly held views of the elements of qualitative research and to provide guidelines for and about the use of qualitative research as is popularly practiced. Also, the paper wiff not involve itself in the quantitative-qualitative debate and no comparisons betweon the two methods and their underlying paradigms and methods are discussed.
- ItemReviews and papers read at 15th EDAMBA summer academy(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2006) Brown, W.; Le Roux, L.; Cruywagen, M.A combination of reviews and papers read at 15th EDAMBA summer academy