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Graduate School of Technology Management (GSTM): Recent submissions
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2022-11)The ability of organisations to collect and store vast amounts of data has become increasingly more accessible and affordable in recent decades thanks to the advancement of Industry 4.0. This ability is an enabler ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2022-11-11)Heritage buildings have evolved into development catalysts that, when properly maintained, can improve their surrounding area’s liveability while sustaining productivity in an ever-changing global context. Unfortunately, ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2022-12-14)‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) holds various benefits for organisations; however, SaaS solutions are not enjoying widespread adoption in South Africa. Hence, to improve the competitiveness of South African organisations, ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2022-12-14)Skills and knowledge gaps between senior and junior staff is prevalent in engineering projects. This study aimed to identify the factors that affect knowledge transfer and methods to retain transferred knowledge between ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2022-12-14)The relationship between Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies and innovation makes for an interesting case, as innovation seeks to unlock a level of competitiveness for its users, the extent of which is covered in ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-02-28)BACKGROUND: Digital transformation (DT) is an increasingly relevant concept for businesses to remain competitive. As DT projects are disruptive to an organisation and are significantly different from traditional information ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-02-24)PURPOSE : The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) enables firms to leverage various emerging technologies to reduce operating costs, improve business efficiencies and gain competitive advantage. This article uncovers the ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-02-28)BACKGROUND: Education technology (EdTech) has been proven to make a positive impact on education outcomes in developed economies. There is an immense untapped opportunity to introduce more EdTech into the basic education ...
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(ICE Publishing, 2022-12)Developing countries, such as South Africa, have no choice but to look at innovative and/or alternative approaches, such as public–private partnerships (PPPs), as investment models, to ensure that they eliminate their water ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-05-28)Effective knowledge transfer is essential in obtaining a competitive advantage. In a project environment, knowledge transfer occurs across different boundaries and involves different stakeholders — a topic much neglected ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-05)The success rate of outsourcing in South Africa is fairly low. Companies that make the incorrect decision to outsource maintenance place themselves at risk of poor maintenance performance, a high operational cost of ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-12-14)The knowledge transfer role of a project management office in a matrix-structured telecommunication organisation was investigated by means of focus groups and interviews, and the results were analysed with ATLAS.ti software. ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-08)A 30-year technology roadmap for the South African ferrochrome industry is developed to address the increasing cost of electricity and competition from China. Research on possible technologies and their applicability in ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-11-29)Project management (PM) and systems engineering (SE) practitioners and academics experience various challenges regarding meaningful interaction while seeking project success. This situation exists despite sophisticated PM ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-05-28)Before any acquired knowledge is used or adds value to the receiving project (members), it must be accepted by its recipients, leading to an increase in their positive attitudes towards, and intended use of, the acquired ...
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(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2021-01)This paper presents a method that can be used to conduct a safety risk assessment prior to the dismantling of large bulk materials handling machines. The method was developed during a dismantling project that involved the ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-11)Historically, the maintenance function of an organisation was viewed as a ‘necessary evil’; however, the view has shifted to seeing it as a strategic element within an organisation to accomplish its business objectives. ...
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(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2021-11-29)Cement is the world’s most important building material, and it has made Africa, as an emerging market, dependent on the cement industry as a critical tool to promote economic infrastructure growth. Today’s challenging ...
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(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2021-10)The effects of welding current, electrode force, and welding time in a resistance spot weld were studied to investigate the effectiveness of welded joints between a thin EN10130: DC04 material and a thicker 817M40 part, ...
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(Elsevier, 2021-08)The financial sector could play a more significant and transformative role in supporting the energy transition. Portraying techno-economic models, upon which the sector depends for the support of its investment decisions, ...
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