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The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25307 The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace De Villiers, Carina Alexander, Patricia Margaret ilse.geldenhuys@gmail.com Geldenhuys, Ilse Virtual workplace Process Place Extended hermeneutic circle of learning Management framework People Time Space UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. The traditional workplace evolved over time, moving through different waves or phases of change. The phases, although prevalent in different stages in different countries, have been characterised by various technological developments. The virtual workplace evolved as part of the Information Age or Fifth Wave, bringing with it its own unique characteristics and requirements. These unique characteristics, such as the speed at which information is communicated, crossing of time and space boundaries, social networks and requirements, such as sustainable high speed internet connectivity, are evident in the relationship between people, processes and the virtual workplace. This study explored the manner in which virtual workers executed their activities through the use of technology, the type of business processes supporting them and the challenges experienced by them. The proposed framework for the management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace was subsequently derived. The framework has as aim to represent the relationship between people, processes and places components in the virtual workplace and in doing so providing a management framework supporting the virtual workplace. The people, processes and places components have been incorporated in the management, technology and practice sections of the framework, thereby providing a framework based on the relationship between people, processes and places. This study also developed the Extended Hermeneutic Circle of Learning which was used as guideline for the research conducted as part of this thesis. The deeper understanding created through the use of this research guideline assisted in providing structure to the research, thus enabling the researcher to derive the proposed framework for the management of people, processes and placed in the virtual workplace. Informatics unrestricted 2013-09-06T20:33:41Z 2011-06-15 2013-09-06T20:33:41Z 2011-04-12 2010 2011-06-06 Thesis Geldenhuys, I 2010, The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25307 > D11/164/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25307 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06062011-170612/ © 2010 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 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Virtual workplace Process Place Extended hermeneutic circle of learning Management framework People Time Space UCTD The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace |
| title | The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace |
| title_full | The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace |
| title_fullStr | The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace |
| title_full_unstemmed | The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace |
| title_short | The management of people, processes and places in the virtual workplace |
| title_sort | management of people processes and places in the virtual workplace |
| topic | Virtual workplace Process Place Extended hermeneutic circle of learning Management framework People Time Space UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25307 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06062011-170612/ |