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Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa
Dissertation (M (Security Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27460 Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa Hough, Mike (Michael) upetd@ais.up.ac.za Odendaal, Bernardus Johannes South african association of competitive intellige Society of competitive intelligence professionals Intelligence users Intelligence producers Intelligence cycle Industrial espionage Dissemination C1 professional Decision-makers Data collection Counterintelligence Competitive intelligence Analysis UCTD Dissertation (M (Security Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2006. Natural tension exists between decision-makers and intelligence professionals. The main problems involve control over the gathering, interpretation, presentation, and the use of intelligence products in the decision-making process. Competitive intelligence (CI) professionals are rarely in a management position, and few managers and decision-makers have the necessary understanding of the value of intelligence products and thus intelligence is often misused or discarded. This situation results in intelligence failures and inappropriate strategic decisions by management. The methodology for the study was to determine the perceptions of CI professionals with regard to the current state of affairs of the CI function in the private sector. The study was conducted among members (n=74) of the South African Association of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. An overview of the development of CI within the South African context was also done, and interviews with key personalities practising CI in South Africa were conducted. The results indicated that many issues and challenges still face the CI professional in the South African environment, such as control over intelligence and the way in which it is used. There is a worrying tendency of third parties gathering intelligence, resulting in a situation where plausible denial is possible. Management perception/ignorance of the capabilities of intelligence in the decision-making process still needs to be addressed. There is also a need for recognition among CI professionals with regard to standards and representation. The CI field is still almost exclusively a male-dominated industry, with high barriers of entry in terms of academic qualifications. The conclusions are that a greater understanding of the requirements and needs of decision-makers, with regard to intelligence products, should be created. Decision-makers also need to understand the limits of intelligence products, and that intelligence products can only be compiled from information that has been gathered in a legal and ethical way. CI professionals have the responsibility to develop an indigenous body of knowledge as a means of making CI an accepted business practice and an indispensable tool in management decision-making. Political Sciences unrestricted 2013-09-07T11:33:55Z 2005-02-09 2013-09-07T11:33:55Z 2004-02-12 2006-02-09 2005-02-09 Dissertation Odendaal, B 2004, Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa, M dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27460 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27460 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02092005-112230/ © 2004, 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 | South african association of competitive intellige Society of competitive intelligence professionals Intelligence users Intelligence producers Intelligence cycle Industrial espionage Dissemination C1 professional Decision-makers Data collection Counterintelligence Competitive intelligence Analysis UCTD Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa |
| title | Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa |
| title_full | Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa |
| title_short | Competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the Competitive Intelligence Professional in South Africa |
| title_sort | competitive intelligence with specific reference to the challenges facing the competitive intelligence professional in south africa |
| topic | South african association of competitive intellige Society of competitive intelligence professionals Intelligence users Intelligence producers Intelligence cycle Industrial espionage Dissemination C1 professional Decision-makers Data collection Counterintelligence Competitive intelligence Analysis UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27460 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02092005-112230/ |