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Browsing Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology by UP Author "Chan, Kai-Ying"
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Manana, Masingita M.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Academic Journals, 2012-02-15)South Africa’s administration of construction procurement has changed drastically since 2000 when the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) was established. Contractor selection in the past was mainly based on the ...
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Dodoo, E.N.D.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2011-05)There were numerous complaints regarding the quality of building projects performed by the Department of Building and Engineering Services (DBES) in Botswana. This empirical study has two objectives: first, to evaluate ...
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Du Randt, F.J.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-08)Projects that fail, for whatever reason, can impact negatively on society, organisations, and other stakeholders. A number of researchers have identified various critical success factors (CSFs) that can influence the outcome ...
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Chan, Kai-Ying; Oerlemans, Leon A.G.; Pretorius, Marthinus W. (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009-11)In the recent past, several researchers explored the added-values of Science Parks. On the basis of empirical research, some questioned the assumed benefits of the science park model, whereas others reported positive ...
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Nethathe, J.M.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2011-11)Transnet Freight Rail in South Africa has faced projects delays in its multi-project environment. This study takes South Africa as representative of developing countries, and develops the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) ...
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Prinsloo, J.W.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017-05)Knowledge dissemination, as part of the knowledge exchange process, is particularly challenging in any project environment due to the temporary nature of projects. Although several studies in the earlier literature studied ...
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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 ...
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Chan, Kai-Ying; Oerlemans, Leon A.G.; Meslec, Nicoleta (Elsevier, 2021-04)In this paper, we investigate the effects of multiple project team membership on individual and team learning. Data from 435 members of 85 project teams shows that, at the individual level, membership variety has a positive ...
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Theron, Willie; Pretorius, Leon; Chan, Kai-Ying (South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, 2014-09)A Case study company that was set up as a project where the technical focus, activities and behaviour set the initial culture is considered in this research. Over a period of 11 years the Case study engineering organisation ...
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Chan, Kai-Ying; Oerlemans, Leon A.G.; Pretorius, Marthinus W. (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, 2011)Science parks are often established to drive regional economic growth, especially in countries with emerging economies. However, mixed findings on the innovation outcomes of science park firms are reported in the literature. ...
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Oerlemans, Leon A.G.; Chan, Kai-Ying; Knoben, Joris; Vermeulen, Patrick (Routledge, 2022)This paper examines how firms in an emerging economy cope with resource challenges by implementing compensation strategies for incremental product innovations. The model is empirically tested using firm-level survey data ...
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Hattingh, E.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2019-05)The desire to gain knowledge about the quality and timing of construction projects delivered to clients has become an increased focus point in the field of construction management. Clients have expectations that are often ...
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Keeley, Alan L.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2013-05)The Six Sigma deployment methodology is known for its results in operational excellence associated with improved business practices. Organisations worldwide have shown significantly reduced costs and increased profits when ...
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Multiple project team membership and performance : empirical evidence from engineering project teams Chan, Kai-Ying (Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, 2014)Individuals are increasingly involved in more than one project team. This implies that an employee simultaneously has multiple memberships in these project teams, a phenomenon known as multiple team membership (MTM). ...
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Keeley, Alan L.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Academic Journals, 2012-06-13)The Six Sigma continuous improvement methodology has been successfully deployed in many organisations on a global basis. This has resulted in significant reduction in cost and increases in revenue as a result of the ...
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Chan, Kai-Ying; Pretorius, Marthinus W.; Oerlemans, Leon A.G. (Academic Journals, 2011-03-21)The open innovation model often neglects the frictions that external knowledge flows could encounter when crossing organisational boundaries. This study recognises such barriers and investigates the impact of these ...
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Khalema, L.S.; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kit Yee (South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2015-11)The Project Management Office (PMO) has been associated with organisational project management competence. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence to support this perception. This study examines the relationship of ...
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Baloyi, Simon; Van Waveren, Cornelis Cristo; Chan, Kai-Ying (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2014-05)Past studies of performance management systems (PMS) have focused more on designing the framework and less on the effect it has on employees. Moreover, employees in developing countries may not be knowledgeable or familiar ...
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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. ...
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