The
Graduate
School of Technology Management was established as a fourth
school in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and
Information Technology with effect from 1 January 2007.
PURPOSE : This study delves into the inadequacies of the traditional budgeting process and their role in instigating budgetary slacking behaviour within organisations. It aims to unveil the underlying mechanisms behind ...
Govender, Elisha A.; Van der Lingen, Elma(AOSIS, 2024-07)
BACKGROUND: Collaborations with external partners such as startups have been shown to bring
agile and consumer-centric advantages to businesses to allow for future-proofing benefits as
well as improve the rankings of ...
Van den Heever, Henk; Oosthuizen, Rudolph(Inderscience, 2024-01)
This paper presents a validation workflow to support system requirements analysis. Systems engineering supports the development of socio-technical systems. However, the traditional systems engineering approach of reducing ...
Meyer, Johan Andries Muller; Pretorius, Leon(JCMAN, 2023)
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY : This research sets out to develop a systems-thinking-based conceptual model that can be used by the cement service industry to market its products and services in Africa; to review the literature to ...
Kenda, Renata; Meslec, Nicoleta; Oerlemans, Leon A.G.(Elsevier, 2024-02)
Multiple project team membership is a prevalent phenomenon in modern organizational life. However, is any leadership behavior in such a setting beneficial to individual team members' performance? Our study suggests that ...
Tshuma, Brighton; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Steyn, Herman(Inderscience, 2024)
Project management offices (PMOs) play both mediating (facilitating) and moderating (supporting) roles in knowledge transfer (KT) between projects. The mediating role of the PMO has been addressed elsewhere while this ...
How African countries manage transitions to decarbonised, environmentally and socially acceptable energy systems is a topical issue in public policy, politics and academic spheres today. There is recognition that technology ...
Tshavhungwe, Vhuhwavho; Grobbelaar, Schalk(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2024)
Globalisation and changes to the world economy have brought new challenges and opportunities for many industries, including the sawmill industry. This has led to a need to evaluate the competitiveness of South Africa’s ...
Nanfuka, J.G.; Oosthuizen, Rudolph(Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 2023)
PURPOSE – This research aims to characterise the landscape and factors for successfully
implementing Systems Engineering (SE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
in the enterprise.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY – The study ...
Chan, Kai-Ying; Van der Lingen, Elma; Chappin, Maryse M.H.(AOSIS, 2023-11-28)
BACKGROUND : Entrepreneurship camps are an important platform for students to learn through
action-based learning, problem-solving, knowledge and information sharing, which is
enhanced through the development of social ...
Mbaya, Martin; Ouma-Mugabe, John(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2024)
In the context of COVID-19, universities, national innovation systems (NIS) and global value chains (GVCs), this paper explores systemic barriers (trends and factors) that influence digital learning innovation (DLI) in ...
Nhubunga, D.; Steyn, Herman; Pretorius, Suzaan(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-12)
Project sponsors play significant roles at the stage gates of project life cycle models (PLCMs). However, research on the roles that sponsors play at stage gates, and the attributes required of the sponsor, are sparse. ...
Nethamba, L.; Grobbelaar, Schalk(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-11-17)
In improving railways for the future, artificial intelligence and machine learning were identified as top-priority technology systems that enable data-driven methods and predictive maintenance. A local survey using ...
Nanfuka, Justine Geraldine; Oosthuizen, Rudolph(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-11-17)
The energy demand in African economies, including South Africa, is expected to double by 2040. The water-energy-food nexus, introduced at the Bonn 2011 conference, illustrates the interdependencies of these resources. In ...
Abukalusa, K.; Oosthuizen, Rudolph(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-11-17)
Leadership is a system that includes interconnected elements. Adaptive leadership is about enabling followers to handle adaptive challenges and to adapt to an ever-evolving environment. Organisations are experiencing the ...
Fourie, L.J.F.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-11-17)
The execution of operational improvement projects can create new knowledge that can be used to contribute to the success of future projects. A paradox exists, in that new knowledge is seldom transferred to future projects, ...
Du Plooy, C.; Oosthuizen, Rudolph(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-11-17)
In this study, we investigate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), specifically Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4), to accelerate the development of system dynamics simulations within the broader context ...
Van der Lingen, Elma; Chan, Kai-Ying; Els, M.(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-11-17)
Corporate entrepreneurial activities need to be aligned extensively with a company’s strategy. This study offers a systems approach to linking a company’s strategy with corporate entrepreneurship through IDEF0 modelling. ...