Mzwandile Shongwe
Membership Information
Academic
Full Member
Member since year: 2016
Professional Information
Lecturer, Department of Information Studies,
University of Zululand, South Africa.
Tel: (+27)359026820
[email protected]
Biography
Mzwandile is a lecturer in the Department of Information Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa and currently finishing his PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. His teaching areas are knowledge management, cataloguing and classification and multimedia. His research interests are knowledge management, indigenous knowledge systems, and Library and Information Science teaching and training. He has published his work in knowledge management journals and conference proceedings in South Africa and internationally. He is also engaged in postgraduate supervision and community work.
Research Interest
Knowledge management theories, knowledge management in organisations and tools for knowledge management
Recent publications
Journal articles:
Refereed conference proceedings:
1. Shongwe, M.M. (2015). An analysis of knowledge management frameworks: towards a new framework. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning – ICICKM 2015, Bangkok, Thailand.
2. Shongwe, M.M. (2015). Knowledge management in software organisations: a South African perspective. Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Knowledge Management - ECKM 2015,
The University of Udine, Italy.
3. Shongwe, M.M. (2015). The role of knowledge management in facilitating learning in software organisations. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on IS Management and Evaluation – ICIME 2015, Xi'an University of Technology, Shaanxi, China.
4. Shongwe, M.M. (2013). Knowledge Creation in Students’ Software Development Teams. Proceedings of the 4th ICIME conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
5. Shongwe, M.M. (2013). Using the SECI model to analyze knowledge Creation in Students’ Software Teams. Proceedings of the 14th ECKM conference, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Current projects
Academic
Full Member
Member since year: 2016
Professional Information
Lecturer, Department of Information Studies,
University of Zululand, South Africa.
Tel: (+27)359026820
[email protected]
Biography
Mzwandile is a lecturer in the Department of Information Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa and currently finishing his PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. His teaching areas are knowledge management, cataloguing and classification and multimedia. His research interests are knowledge management, indigenous knowledge systems, and Library and Information Science teaching and training. He has published his work in knowledge management journals and conference proceedings in South Africa and internationally. He is also engaged in postgraduate supervision and community work.
Research Interest
Knowledge management theories, knowledge management in organisations and tools for knowledge management
Recent publications
Journal articles:
- Shongwe, M.M., 2017,‘Knowledge management in small software development organisations: A South African perspective’, South African Journal of
Information Management 19(1), a784. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajim.v19i1.784 - Shongwe, M.M. (2015). Knowledge creation in students’ software development teams. South African Journal of Information Management, 17(1) doi: 10.4102/sajim.v17i1.613.
- Kyobe, M. E., & Shongwe, M. M. (2011). Investigating the extent to which mobile phones reduce Knowledge Transfer barriers in Student Project Teams. South African Journal of Information Management, 13(1). doi: 10.4102/sajim.v13i1.424.
- Shongwe M. “An Analysis of Knowledge Management Lifecycle Frameworks: Towards a Unified Framework”, The Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management, Volume 14, Issue 3, (pp.140-153), available online at: www.ejkm.com.
Refereed conference proceedings:
1. Shongwe, M.M. (2015). An analysis of knowledge management frameworks: towards a new framework. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning – ICICKM 2015, Bangkok, Thailand.
2. Shongwe, M.M. (2015). Knowledge management in software organisations: a South African perspective. Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Knowledge Management - ECKM 2015,
The University of Udine, Italy.
3. Shongwe, M.M. (2015). The role of knowledge management in facilitating learning in software organisations. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on IS Management and Evaluation – ICIME 2015, Xi'an University of Technology, Shaanxi, China.
4. Shongwe, M.M. (2013). Knowledge Creation in Students’ Software Development Teams. Proceedings of the 4th ICIME conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
5. Shongwe, M.M. (2013). Using the SECI model to analyze knowledge Creation in Students’ Software Teams. Proceedings of the 14th ECKM conference, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Current projects
- Knowledge management in software organisations
- Knowledge management skills and knowledge requirements in South African organisations