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Narrativity and organisation : an investigation in sensemaking theory
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Please refer to full text for abstract. -
Bridging the personal information governance gap : a case study of a South African University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Information is arguably the most valuable asset for a university. Yet, historically, South African higher education institutions did not have to formally and explicitly consider and report upon their ... -
Social network cognition : an empirical investigation of network accuracy and social position
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The navigation of social relations is a central part of human life. In 1998, Robin Dunbar proposed the social brain hypothesis: brain size, particularly the neocortex, is directly related to the size and ... -
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. ... -
A fit-gap analysis of the National Certificate (vocational) Information Technology and Computer Science curriculum against the needs of the South African ICT industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) landscape is characterised by rapid innovation of digital technologies that are disrupting industries globally. These changes are so pervasive that it ... -
Personalization and codification at NASA : a case of an evolving knowledge management strategy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Ikujiro Nonaka proposed the distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge in his classic paper “The knowledge-creating company”. Nonaka’s archetypes proved foundational for the field of knowledge ... -
Making sense of disruptive innovation : exploring the innovator’s dilemma from a Weickean perspective
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis presents a theoretical analysis of the role that organisational sensemaking processes play in shaping how incumbents respond to disruptive innovations. Christensen’s theory of disruptive ... -
Cognitive structural accuracy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : An understanding of how individuals view their social network and the implications thereof is a prominent theme in social network analysis. An individual is considered to have an accurate cognition about ... -
Application of talent and knowledge management as tools to enhance business : a case of selected Zambian firms
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study is an investigation into the meaning and usefulness of the concepts of talent and talent management within the framework of knowledge management to enhance business. It comprises a conceptual ... -
The knowledge gap in private public partnerships – a sensemaking analysis in the case of Eskom
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This thesis contains the following chapters: Chapter 1 focuses on the research objective, the problem and also details the research approach. The fundamental problem that the thesis discusses, is defined ... -
Adoption of SaaS-based ERP by SMEs in an emerging market economy : giving up control over mission critical business software
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are playing a key contribution to a healthy economic environment. Traditional Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are generally too expensive for SMEs. Fortunately ... -
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 ... -
Public sector knowledge management : alignment of the policy framework to the departmental knowledge purpose, processes and context
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The thesis advocates a contingency approach for the alignment of knowledge management frameworks in the public sector to the knowledge purpose, processes and context of respective government departments. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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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