Defensive reactions as potential reasons for IT project management failures
- Authors: Marnewick, Carl , Roodt, Gerhard (Gert)
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/242046 , uj:24956 , Citation: Marnewick, C. & Roodt, G. 2017. Defensive reactions as potential reasons for IT project management failures.
- Description: Abstract: The aim of this paper is to establish how much empirical research is conducted on defensive reasoning or defensive reactions as possible reasons for IT project failure. In order to address this objective a systematic literature review was conducted. Only a few articles were identified that made specific reference to barriers in organisational social structures that prevent organisational learning from taking place. It is argued that defensive mechanisms on an individual level and defensive reasoning on a team or organisational level play a major role in IT project failures mainly because it prevents people from learning from their or other’s mistakes. In order for learning to take place, organisational defense routines should be minimised so that real reasons for project failure can be identified and addressed in an innovative and constructive manner.
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Measuring human capital disclosure
- Authors: Magau, Mpho D. , Roodt, Gerhard (Gert)
- Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/369946 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/241877 , uj:24935 , Citation: Magau, M.D. & Roodt, G. 2017. Measuring human capital disclosure.
- Description: Abstract: Disclosure of human capital in annual reports enable HR Professionals with information to improve their investment decisions on a broad range of people-related issues. When contrasted against the other dimensions of intellectual capital, namely, structural and customer capital, disclosed human capital information provides useful insights on how people contribute towards organisational performance. This study applied a self-constructed disclosure index with four constructs to assess the extent of human capital disclosure in the 2015 annual reports of the Top 40 Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed companies in South Africa. A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.872 was attained confirming the internal consistency of this instrument. Overall, 26% of human capital information was disclosed qualitatively, quantitatively and in monetary value compared to 33% for both structural and customer capital.
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