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An analysis of the knowledge management systems in an organization with a center-periphery knowledge management landscape
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis is an analysis of the knowledge management systems in AIDORG1 as a prominent example of an organization with a center-periphery knowledge management landscape. Typically such a landscape involves ... -
Belief-driven sensemaking : arguing as knowledge creation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organizational Knowledge Creation is a core activity of Knowledge Intensive Organizations. In the area of Knowledge Management, a number of theories have been developed about organizational knowledge and ... -
Expecting the unexpected : beyond teleological information systems development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)Information systems have become a standard and essential feature of contemporary organisations as they are applied to enable the management of information as an organisational asset in the unstable business world of the ... -
Identity positioning for trust : a narrative analysis on consultant identity construction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis uses narrative analysis to explore the ways by which consultants seek to improve their perceived trustworthiness in initial client-consultant interactions. It is argued that consultants ... -
Improving knowledge codification: a case study of a knowledge management initiative at an Australian insurance company
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis presents a case-study of a knowledge management project undertaken in a large Australian insurance company. The project aimed to determine the existing gaps in the organisation's knowledge ... -
Knowledge emerging from chaos : organisational sensemaking as knowledge creation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)Organisations find themselves in a world of ever-increasing rate of change. Increasingly organisations operate in what is known as the edge of chaos—that zone which paradoxically might lead to paralysis and disaster or ... -
Knowledge management practices in local government : the case of the City of Johannesburg
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis investigates knowledge management (KM) practices in the South African local government on the assumption that good knowledge management leads to increased effectiveness and service delivery. ... -
Managing knowledge in mega-infrastructure projects
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis focuses on the knowledge management issues that typically arise in large infrastructure projects. Mega-infrastructure projects are complex because they are largescale and very costly (typically ... -
The rhetoric and reality gap : a sensemaking perspective on corporate social responsibility
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis investigates the gap between rhetoric and reality in how organisations use Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for marketing and brand differentiation. The rhetoric reality gap is the gap ... -
The semantic web as a knowledge management environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In Chapter 1, the basis of the thesis is discussed, and presents the question, “How can we apply the methodologies that make up the semantic web to to the practice of knowledge management, in order to ... -
Social networking for knowledge management : group features as personal knowledge management tools
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the emergence of Web 2.0 (social network platforms) some Knowledge Management theorists saw the potential for incorporating its collaborative and networking features in Knowledge Management Systems. ...
