Browsing by UP Author "Tobin, Peter K.J."

Browsing by UP Author "Tobin, Peter K.J."

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  • African business schools : information and communication technology survey 
    Tobin, Peter K.J. (University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2007)
    PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to report on research into the status of information and communication technology in use at members of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS). DESIGN / METHODOLOGY / APPROACH: ...
  • An analysis of opinions from veterinarians in South Africa regarding business management skills 
    Krecek, R.C.; Tobin, Peter K.J. (South African Veterinary Association, 2004-03)
    The changing role of veterinarians in the global market is a current topic of debate and discussion. Few countries including South Africa have formally examined the changing dynamics of this profession. Therefore, the ...
  • Challenges encountered diffusing tacit knowledge at Eli Lilly SA 
    Gichuru, P.; Tobin, Peter K.J. (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-12)
    Knowledge is now recognized as a company's most valuable asset. For the most part it resides in employees as tacit knowledge. Owing to the nature of tacit knowledge, efforts to diffuse it into an organization come with ...
  • Factors affecting the adoption of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and other converged IP services in South Africa 
    Tobin, Peter K.J.; Bidoli, M. (Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2006-03)
    The authors embarked on this study to investigate factors likely to impact on the adoption of VoIP and other converged Internet protocol (IP) services in the SA market. The intention of this study was to lay the groundwork ...
  • Knowledge management and cognitive theory : an African case study 
    Misch, A.; Tobin, Peter K.J. (University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2006)
    PURPOSE: The aim of this paper is to report on research into whether knowledge can be managed more effectively by taking into consideration the nature and complexity of information being received by members of an organisation; ...
  • Knowledge management measurement in South African organisations 
    Tobin, Peter K.J.; Volavsek, Peter (Unisa Press, 2006)
    This article explores the status of knowledge management (KM) measurement in South African organisations. KM has been advocated by some observers as the only way of maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global ...
  • Once upon a time in Africa : a case study of storytelling for knowledge sharing 
    Tobin, Peter K.J.; Snyman, Retha (Emerald, 2008)
    PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to report on research conducted into the use of stories and storytelling to share knowledge in a large mining company based in South Africa. The paper shows how the use of oral methods ...
  • Organisational structure and knowledge management : a case study 
    Tobin, Peter K.J.; Franze, Michael H. (Unisa Press, 2005-11)
    The research sets out to investigate whether the organisational structure of an organisation impacts on the ability of the organisation to share knowledge. The research was limited to a single case study of an organisation ...
  • The status quo of enterprise architecture implementation in South African financial services companies 
    Matthee, Machdel C.; Tobin, Peter K.J.; Van der Merwe, P. (Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2007-03)
    This article presents the findings of research that was conducted amongst Enterprise Architecture (EA) practitioners in the South African financial services sector. Due to the duration and cost implications of EA projects, ...
  • The status quo of enterprise architecture implementation in South African financial services companies 
    Matthee, Machdel C.; Tobin, Peter K.J.; Van der Merwe, P. (Association for Professional Managers in South Africa, 2007-03)
    This article presents the findings of research that was conducted amongst Enterprise Architecture (EA) practitioners in the South African financial services sector. Due to the duration and cost implications of EA projects, ...
  • Storytelling and knowledge management : what's the story so far? 
    Tobin, Peter K.J.; Snyman, Retha (Unisa Press, 2004)
    One of the realities of knowledge management is that individuals, teams and organisations are constantly searching for better ways to share their knowledge. Could the use of stories and storytelling help in this search? ...
  • Teaching IT through storytelling 
    Tobin, Peter K.J. (Computer Society of South Africa, 2007-06)
    This article explores the use of storytelling as part of an overall approach to the teaching of information technology in tertiary education. The author defines the context of use of storytelling in terms of the various ...
  • World-class knowledge management : a proposed framework 
    Tobin, Peter K.J.; Snyman, M.M.M. (Maria Magdalena Margaretha) (Department of Knowledge and Information Management, University of Johannesburg, 2004-09)
    The concept of world-class performance is explored as it applies to the field of knowledge management. The authors propose a framework of elements that can be used to measure world-class performance - each element is ...