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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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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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Application of the DeLone and McLean’s model to assess the effectiveness of an intranet in an open distance learning library
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Technology enables communication and sharing of knowledge on many levels. Organizations are procuring different types of information systems to facilitate knowledge-sharing efforts and to stay relevant ...
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An empirical study of the correlation between online media use and academic performance
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Modern online media has reached high levels of engagement amongst a particular group: the Millennials. This group display characteristically high levels of immersion with online media and have interspersed ...
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A comparative analysis of development theories in ICTD research from developed and developing countries
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The field of Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) examines the relationship between contemporary information and communication technology (ICT)s and societal development. By ...
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The development and evaluation of an electronic serious game aimed at the education of core programming skills
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"Incompleteness" and the quest for multiple identities in South Africa
(GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Institute of African Affairs, 2015)The article explores the contours of multiple identities in contrast to singular identities in situations of social complexity and cultural diversity. Nyamnjoh’s concepts of “incompleteness” and “frontier Africans” imply ...
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Self-Service Information Systems adoption in the Western Cape: The influence of demographical factors
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis explores the relationship between demographics and self-service information systems (SSISs), with SSIS considered as potentially technical, socio-technical or social. Alter (2008) is used to ...
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Belief driven sensemaking and strategy - arguing to identify and amplify weak signals
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is about arguing as a belief driven sensemaking process within a strategy making environment. It is a conceptual analysis which attempts to shed light on ways to improve the modern strategy ...
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Quality knowledge in regional economic communities : applying the KMDL to a case study in COMESA
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: thesis covers the following chapters Chapter 1: The Question of Knowledge in a Regional Economic Community This chapter focuses on the research objective, the problem and also includes the detailed research ...
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Knowledge in informal African markets - a case study of three informal markets in Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: If knowledge is power, this thesis tries to show how informal African markets share that power. In many African countries such as Zimbabwe, policy makers and development partners are yet to fully ...
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Towards a Decision Support System for wicked problems: A literature analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well-informed just to be undecided about them (Conklin, 2001, p. 1) Wicked problems are complex and challenging to solve. This ...
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Organisational learning and monitoring and evaluation in project-based organisations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organisation routines are central to performance and, if organised and done in a non-imitable way, allow for an organisation to gain competitive advantage. The objective of the thesis is to identify ...
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An investigation of dead-zone pattern matching algorithms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-02)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pattern matching allows us to search some text for a word or for a sequence of characters|a popular feature of computer programs such as text editors. Traditionally, three distinct families of pattern ...
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Organisational learning in a traditional rural context : A case study at Lumwana Mine in Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis investigates the relationship between the learning organisation culture and information systems quality. The research is based on the seven dimensions of the learning organisation as per the ...
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Formal education and critical thinking skills for the knowledge economy in Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the question: Are GCE ‘O’ Level examinations administered by the Examinations Council of Zambia (ECZ) supporting the development of the critical thinking skills of analysis, ...
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A sensemaking perspective on collaborative learning as the driver of innovation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY: The thesis explores the concept of organisational innovation as a process of collaborative learning. It takes its point of departure the sensemaking theory of Karl E Weick. Through the this lens the ...
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Collaborative regional organisational networks : cultivating regional knowledge diffusion to become globally competitive
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis takes as its focus collaborative regional organisational networks. It is argued that in knowledge intensive sectors, such collaboration clusters are an important factor for being competitive ...
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Ubiquitous electronically mediated informing and sensemaking in organisations
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the impact between sensemaking as proposed by Karl Weick and his associates’ school of thought, and ubiquitous electronically mediated informing (UEMI) which is the attention-efficient ...
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