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Quality in software development : a pragmatic approach using metrics
(South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2014-07)As long as software has been produced, there have been efforts to strive for quality in software products. In order to understand quality in software products, researchers have built models of software quality that rely ...
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Weak factor automata : the failure of failure factor oracles?
(South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2014-08)In indexing of, and pattern matching on, DNA and text sequences, it is often important to represent all factors of a sequence. One efficient, compact representation is the factor oracle (FO). At the same time, any classical ...
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Vreemdheid as geleentheid. Enkele gedagtes oor die hermeneutiese potensiaal van 'n ongemaklike begrip
(LitNet, 2017)Die artikel fokus op een faset van ’n veld wat reeds deurtastend ondersoek is, naamlik die aard van die interaksie tussen die self en die ander. Meer spesifiek gaan dit oor die vraag: Wat is die hermeneutiese potensiaal ...
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Organisation, innovation and emergence
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Theories of organisational innovation incorporate many ideas derived from, or related to, complexity theory. This is what sets organisational theories focused on innovation apart from mainstream management ...
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Organisational learning in non-governmental organisations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Chapter one provides a general introduction to the study. It covers the background of the study, explaining why organisational learning has caught our attention again, and presents the research objectives, ...
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Research practices of academics in an African university setting : the case of the University of Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis investigates the research practices of academics and how they are supported by the academic library in an African university setting by specifically focusing on the University of Zambia. The ...
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Knowledge development through regulation : a case study of the knowledge contribution of the public regulator to electronic bingo technology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Knowledge development for innovation often occurs in a regulated environment, raising the question whether regulation inhibits knowledge development. In most regulated industries, organizations are ...
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E-Government for good governance : barriers to the implementation of digital workflows in the Namibian public service
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : E-Government implementations aim to streamline the public service to essentially automate their processes, with the aim to improve service delivery to citizens and businesses. Digital workflows are one ...
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Knowledge management practices in university administration : the case of the University of Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis set out to establish the nature and level of knowledge management practices in the administration of the University of Zambia (UNZA) in order to learn more about the state of knowledge management ...
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Knowledge management practices in Zambian higher education : an exploratory study of three public universities
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The knowledge economy forced organisations to rethink the nature of their resources and capability. Increasingly organisations are considering knowledge as a key resource for navigating uncertainty and ...
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Conditions affecting innovation : a systematic review of innovation and a case study of a South African company.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Conventional wisdom holds that innovation depends on management providing an enabling context rather than on management prescription and control. Accordingly, much of the literature on innovation management ...
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The use of ICT in the greater Gaborone area
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The focus on the digital divide has shifted from the first order focus on on the gap between those who have access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and those do not, to the second order ...
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Organizational culture and effectiveness in parliaments : a case in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Using the Competitive Values Framework this thesis investigates organisational culture in the Gauteng Legislature. Chapter 1 reviews some factors that impact on organizational effectivity. Specific ...
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Collaboration and organisation : a case study of competing values framework in public service organisations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The objective of the research was to determine the extent to which a public service department in the Free State Province exhibits pockets of agile collaboration as praxis. This was done against the ...
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Knowledge discovery and anomalies — towards a dynamic decision-making model for medical informatics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Worldwide healthcare has become a major concern for modern society, which is challenged to make quality care accessible and affordable to all. With a slowing world economy, rapidly rising medical costs ...
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Lifting the cloud on the chief information officer’s decision-making processes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis investigates how Chief Information Officers (CIOs) make decisions; in particular, which decision-making models they use and how it is applied in order to make their decisions. The thesis ...
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"Ek is ..." : oor die problematiek van enkelvoudige en meervoudige identiteit
(LitNet, 2014-08)Enkelvoudige identiteitsvorming vervul ’n noodsaaklike funksie in die individuele ontwikkeling en sosiale interaksie van mense. Hierdie soort identiteitsvorming gaan egter met inherente beperkinge gepaard wat dit as ...
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'n Verskuiwing na 'n oper en meer "pragmatiese" lees van Romeine 13:1–7?
(LitNet, 2015-08)Romeine 13:1–7 bly ’n omstrede teks wat voortgaan om ’n groot verskeidenheid (dikwels botsende) interpretasies op te lewer. Die gedeelte roep vrae op oor mag, die verhouding tussen kerk en staat, onderwerping aan wat as ...
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The digitally mediated study experiences of undergraduate students in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The academic experiences of today’s undergraduate students have become increasingly digitally-mediated. The growing prevalence of ubiquitous information systems and pervasive media use in educational ...
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Kan gister beter word? In gesprek met Jörn Rüsen oor die verwerking van 'n troebel verlede
(LitNet, 2016-07-17)Die artikel ontleed ’n minder bekende opstel van die kultuurhistorikus Jörn Rüsen waarin hy voorstelle maak oor hoe ’n negatiewe verlede verwerk kan word sodat hierdie verlede uiteindelik “beter” word. Die onlangse opvlamming ...
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A taxonomy of minimisation algorithms for deterministic tree automata
(J.UCS Consortium, 2016)We present a taxonomy of algorithms for minimising deterministic bottomup tree automata (dtas) over ranked and ordered trees. Automata of this type and its extensions are used in many application areas, including natural ...
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Did we captivate them? Perceptions of second-year students about the library's information literacy online tutorials
(UNISA Press, 2013-01)At Stellenbosch University the Department of Information Science is responsible for the mandatory Information Skills 172 and 174 programmes for first-year students in four faculties. In 2009 the faculty librarians were ...
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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 ...
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From agriculture to technology: science policy in Zambia since independence
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The national innovation systems of developed countries have been studied and documented, but not much is known about the national innovation systems of developing countries. This is because most developing ...
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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 ...
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Organisational knowledge and justification – a conceptual analysis of the practice-based perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In this research the practice-based approach to the justification of organisational knowledge is investigated with the specific objective to contribute to a conceptually clearer understanding of the ...
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Information and knowledge management in South African law firms - a case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis investigates and analyse information and knowledge management systems in a typical large high performing law firm with multiple offices across the African continent. The intended outcome is ...
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Leadership and sensemaking: a conceptual analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis investigates the question of effective organisational leadership as ‘sensemaking put to action’. In Chapter 1 sensemaking is introduced as an alternative perspective for effective and efficient ...
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Application of data mining techniques to identify significant patterns in the Grade 12 results of the Free State Department of Education
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The Free State Department of Education (FSDoE) has a mandate to ensure that examinations and assessment processes are conducted according to the set out legislations and that they produce expected results. ...
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Identifying social indicators for the BRICS using public data: an investigation of the school dropout phenomenon in Brazil, India and South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The Brazilian, Russian, Indian, Chinese and South African (BRICS) Heads of State in 2014, in Fortaleza Brazil called for the closer cooperation of their statistical agencies and experts to promote the ...
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