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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Netterville, Ross Neil(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Given the ubiquity of information systems and their importance for the functioning of organisations; understanding information systems and their impact on organisations has become critical for organisational ...