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Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23221 Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice Tobin, Peter upetd@up.ac.za Murphy, Stuart UCTD Communities of practice Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Despite increased academic focus on knowledge management, the creation and management of knowledge within organisations has received limited attention. Whilst a considerable body of international literature exists on the role of communities of practice in managing knowledge in organisations, the South African literature is largely silent on communities of practice as a means of managing knowledge and thus represents a gap for further research. The objective of the research is to assess which critical success factors identified in the academic literature are rated as being most relevant to members of communities of practice in a single organisational context, being Multichoice. Further, the research assesses whether critical success factors vary by type and life cycle phase of communities of practice at Multichoice. A deductive, quantitative approach within the positivist paradigm is employed. Specifically, the descriptive survey questionnaire approach is adopted. The research reveals a strong resemblance between the critical success factors identified in the literature and those rated by members of communities of practice at Multichoice. In addition, the research demonstrates that critical success factors vary – albeit marginally - with both the type, and stage in the life cycle, of communities of practice at Multichoice. All the factors identified, with the exception of two factors, are rated as `critical’ to the success of communities of practice at Multichoice. Copyright Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:47:05Z 2010-05-31 2013-09-06T14:47:05Z 2010-03-16 2010-05-31 2010-03-16 Dissertation Murphy, S 2008, Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23221 > G10/63/mh http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23221 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-120637/ © 2008, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Communities of practice Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice |
| title | Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice |
| title_full | Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice |
| title_fullStr | Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice |
| title_short | Critical success factors for communities of practice at Multichoice |
| title_sort | critical success factors for communities of practice at multichoice |
| topic | UCTD Communities of practice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23221 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03162010-120637/ |