Browsing by Author "Roode, Dewald"

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    The impact of organisational politics on information technology strategy
    (2007) Iyamu, Tiko Osayande; Roode, Dewald
    The study consulted literature from both academic and professional domains. None of the literature referred to has done any study on the impact of organisation politics on IT strategy. The research conducted empirical case studies in two South African organisations. The two organisations are different in terms of cultural and transformative settings. The study included the involvement of people, processes and technology in the development and implementation of IT strategy.
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    The Question Concerning Best Practices
    (CITANDA, 2006-11-29) Roode, Dewald
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    The role of information systems in legislation led reform : a case study in the context of the new Municipal Rates Act of South Africa
    (2007) Twum-Darko, Michael; Roode, Dewald
    This thesis examines the role of an information system in the implementation of the new Property (Municipal) Rates Act (PRA) 2004 of South Africa as an example of Legislation Led Reform using, as the case study, the property rates policy reform framework implemented as the General Valuation (GenVal) 2000 project of the City of Cape Town. The study applies a range of social theories such as Actor-Network Theory, the Due Process Model and Structuration Theory.
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    Using a conceptual framework to explore E-commerce and marketing appropriation in a rural South African development organization
    (2004) Rhodes, Joan Helen; Licker, Paul; Roode, Dewald
    This study uses a conceptual framework to enquire into the local appropriation of Information Communication Technologies (lCTs) within a rural, gender development organization. The purpose of this research has been to examine how lCTs can be integrated with an extant rural development organization to improve the effectiveness of trading activities. Three major viewpoints, development, technology and development and marketing were examined and these contributed to the conceptual framework, used in this study to guide and direct the research process. An interpretative field study using participative action research was the main data collection methodology.