• Sense, signal and software : a sensemaking analysis of meaning in early warning systems 

  Goosen, Ryno Johannes (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis considers the contribution that Karl Weick’s notion of sensemaking can make to an improved understanding of weak signals, cues, warning analysis, and software within early warning systems. ...
• Learning and the use of smart phone devices : an experimental case study in a Gauteng secondary school 

  Mamugudubi, Khathutshelo Stephen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this project was to investigate the prospects to advance and fast-track formal learning with the aid of smart phone technology, as learning should be reinforced through varied, pliable ...
• Organisational learning through scarce skills transfer : a case study in the Eastern Cape Province 

  Zola, Nazo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Knowledge Transfer is one of the key knowledge management practices that organisations employ to ensure cross-pollination of knowledge across their various divisions. It should be a cornerstone of a ...
• Learning from risk : facilitating organisational learning through enterprise risk management 

  Amien, Ishtiaq (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Modern business environments are characterized by rapid changes and organizations that are able to survive and to thrive in such environments must be able to adapt and respond to this environmental ...
• Agile software development as a response to complexity 

  Pringle-Wood, Wayne Austen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organisations are faced with ever increasing complexity. While there are many responses to complexity just as there are many definitions of complexity this thesis highlights the use of agile software ...
• Knowledge by narration : the role of storytelling in knowledge management 

  Mamabolo, Kgothatso Anna (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Storytelling is gaining recognition as areas of inquiry in management and organisation theory, but it is difficult to ascertain to what extent it is useful for organisational knowledge management. The ...
• Social networking for knowledge management : group features as personal knowledge management tools 

  Mushonga, Cleopatra Tsungai (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. ...
• Control, value, sense and system : dimensions of hierarchy in selected knowledge management theories 

  Zhakata, Norwell (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Knowledge management is an organisational science field that is viewed by many as a panacea to the challenge of successfully managing knowledge intensive organisations. Knowledge management is marked ...
• Effectiveness of user-curated filtering as coping strategy for information overload on microblogging services 

  De la Rouviere, Simon (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: We are living in an increasingly global and connected society with information creation increasing at exponential rates. The research sets out to help solve the problem of mitigating the effects of ...
• Individual and organisational learning and the ecology : factors that influence the direction of learning 

  Ally, Kutbuddin (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Organisations are required to change their internal structures and configuration at a rapid rate as the external environment changes. The external environment comprises of a number of actors and agents ...
• Garbage and goals : toward a prescription for research that would lead to a technology of foolishness 

  Botha, Helet (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this thesis is to develop a framework for research that will lead to a “technology of foolishness”, à la James March (1972). This is done by a) analysing the nature and b) evaluating the ...
• Oor die veelduidigheid van tekste 

  Lategan, Bernard (LitNet Academic, 2011-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: On the plurality of religious texts - Plurality in the interpretation of texts is not a new phenomenon. However, recent developments have made this phenomenon more prominent. With the focus on religious, ...
• Incongruence and enactment in information systems : a sensemaking analysis 

  Le Roux, Daniel Bartholomeus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the six decades since organisations rst adopted computer machinery to support their operations this form of technology has undergone rapid evolution. This evolution is characterised by both the ...
• Decision-making under information overload : visual representation and ‘fast and frugal’ heuristics as strategies for dealing with information overload 

  Sephton, Katherine Alison (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The volume of information available to the individual today is greater than ever before. From sources that range from verbal to non-verbal, paper to electronic and audio to visual, there is a constant and ...
• Information orientation of a public organisation : a qualitative case study of the information orientation in the Department of International Relations and Cooperation 

  Tshirado, Nkhumbudzeni Maskew (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the New Information Economy, government institutions must reorganise themselves to leverage their resources for sustainable growth and to compete in the global market place. According to some authors, ...
• Knowledge assets in the supply chain 

  Tiseker, Nisar (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the global economy we are witness to the outcomes of supply chains in all of our diverse demand-driven purchasing decisions, be it fast moving consumer goods, electronic equipment or even automobiles. ...
• Patterns in the knowledge management discourse : an analysis of selected knowledge management theorists 

  Bester, Emily Anna (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Knowledge management is a fragmented and ambiguous management practice. This is evident from the plethora of definitions available for this field. The premise of this study is that different discourse ...
• Structure or process? Facilitative leadership in the context of knowledge work : a practitioner perspective 

  Rabie, Rochelle (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis examines the notion of facilitative leadership from the perspective of different views of organizational knowledge. Facilitative leadership is a leadership style that is often referred to in ...
• The semantic web as a knowledge management environment 

  Livesey, Aubrey James (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 ...
• Diversity in decision making for competitive advantage : conceptualising the impact diversity of ideas has on decision making efficiency 

  Grobler, Jan Dirk (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis poses the premise that diversity influences competitive advantage. Although a direct link may not initially be apparent, by first exploring the impact of decision making on competitive advantage ...

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