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A Critical Examination Of The Relationship Between The Use Of Gatekeepers, Trust, And Organisation Knowledge-Sharing, Deogratias Harorimana Dr Oct 2012

A Critical Examination Of The Relationship Between The Use Of Gatekeepers, Trust, And Organisation Knowledge-Sharing, Deogratias Harorimana Dr

Dr Deogratias Harorimana

This thesis critically examines the relationship between gatekeepers, trust, and an organisation’s knowledge sharing. The research applied mixed methods with the case study approach. In this research the concept ‘gatekeeper’ is widely used to represent a class of those who are part of a knowledge management strategy; they collect information and knowledge and contextualise this before they can share it with the rest of the members of the organisation’s knowledge networks - within the formal and informal organisation. In this study, it was found that there was a strong relationship between the openness of a given firm, as regards its …


Delivery Innovation, Jacob Johnsen Sep 2012

Delivery Innovation, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Jacob Johnsen reviews the postal role in communication and draws some conclusions. This was presented at the Innovation Seminar on 17 September 2012.


Messaging Focus, Jacob Johnsen Jun 2012

Messaging Focus, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Jacob Johnsen argues that Posts must take a stand in defining part of the core Business in order to change from a Focus on Letters, to a broader Focus on Messages


1001 Listes: Strategic Breakthroughs By A Low-Tech Company In A High-Tech World, Chris Kimble, Isabelle Bourdon Jan 2012

1001 Listes: Strategic Breakthroughs By A Low-Tech Company In A High-Tech World, Chris Kimble, Isabelle Bourdon

Chris Kimble

Most articles on strategic breakthroughs tend to concentrate on large, high-tech organizations. Yet the French firm 1001 Listes, which creates and manages wedding lists, has shown that it is possible for even a relatively small organization to generate strategic breakthroughs with standard off-the-shelf information technology. Its experience highlights two points that previous studies have overlooked: Breakthrough strategies are based on innovations in business models as well as innovations in technology, and breakthrough strategies may actually reduce a company's reliance on high-tech solutions as a means of maintaining its competitive advantage. Using Henderson and Venkatraman's (1993) model of strategic alignment, this …


Threats Escalate: Corporate Information Technology Governance Under Fire, Lawrence J. Trautman Jan 2012

Threats Escalate: Corporate Information Technology Governance Under Fire, Lawrence J. Trautman

Lawrence J. Trautman Sr.

In a previous publication The Board’s Responsibility for Information Technology Governance, (with Kara Altenbaumer-Price) we examined: The IT Governance Institute’s Executive Summary and Framework for Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology 4.1 (COBIT®); reviewed the Weill and Ross Corporate and Key Asset Governance Framework; and observed “that in a survey of audit executives and board members, 58 percent believed that their corporate employees had little to no understanding of how to assess risk.” We further described the new SEC rules on risk management; Congressional action on cyber security; legal basis for director’s duties and responsibilities relative to IT governance; …


Delivery Innovation, Jacob Johnsen Jan 2012

Delivery Innovation, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

In a more personal reflection of the future, experienced consultant Jacob Johnsen argues that the decline of letter volume should be seen as a signal for posts to move beyond the letter and embrace fully the possibility of playing a role in digital.


Social Networks, E-Mail Security And The Future Of Posts, Jacob Johnsen Dec 2011

Social Networks, E-Mail Security And The Future Of Posts, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Social Media and its effect on postal business


Digital Letters, Jacob Johnsen Jun 2011

Digital Letters, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Neil Richmond and Jacob Johnsen believe that now is the time for service providers to bridge the digital and physical worlds.


Strategic Planning For Digital Convergence In South African Businesses, Manoj Maharaj, Kiru Pillay Jan 2011

Strategic Planning For Digital Convergence In South African Businesses, Manoj Maharaj, Kiru Pillay

Manoj Maharaj

No abstract provided.


Hybrid Mail Is Giving Developing Countries A Push, Jacob Johnsen Jan 2011

Hybrid Mail Is Giving Developing Countries A Push, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Jacob Johnsen provides us with an account of how in emerging posts, hybrid mail is opening up more new opportunities and is doing so in ways that are different to the experience of posts in developed countries.


Why Some Countries Are Taking A Leap Ahead By Introducing Hybrid Mail, Jacob Johnsen Nov 2010

Why Some Countries Are Taking A Leap Ahead By Introducing Hybrid Mail, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Why some countries are taking a leap ahead by introducing hybrid mail, just when like they skipped the steam engine and went from mule to combustion engines.


The Hybrid Mail Definitive Study, Jacob Johnsen Sep 2010

The Hybrid Mail Definitive Study, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Complete review of status for hybrid mail and summary of report findings.


Hybrid Mail, Status, Possibilities And Scenarios, Jacob Johnsen Nov 2008

Hybrid Mail, Status, Possibilities And Scenarios, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Overview of solutions and possibilities as well as past experiences with the use of hybrid mail.


Lettre Recommandée Électronique, Jacob Johnsen Jun 2007

Lettre Recommandée Électronique, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

Les principes et les avantages quand on se sert du courrier hybride pour les lettres recommandées.