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Department of Engineering and Technology Management

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Weeks RV: 2010. The culture and skills challenges associated with servitization: A South African perspective. Journal of Contemporary Management, 7, pp 110-128, Full Text

Benade SJ, Weeks RV: 2010. The formulation and implementation of a servitization strategy: Factors that aught to be taken into consideration. Journal of Contemporary Management, 7, pp 402-419, Full Text

Ogano NO, Pretorius L: 2010. Quality performance: The case of construction projects in the electricity industry in Kenya. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Bedryfsingenieurswese, 21 (1) / May, pp 167-178, Full Text

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Weeks RV, Benade SJ: 2010. The skills and cultural implications in managing the institutional response to the emergence of a service dominant economy: A South African perspective. In 2010 IEEE Transforming Engineering Education: Creating Interdisciplinary Skills for Complex Global Environments, IEEE eXpress Conference Publishing, p. CD.

Kruger S, Pretorius L: 2010. The effect of time-varying wind direction on the indoor climate of a naturally ventilated greenhouse. In 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2010), ASME - American Society Of Mechanical Engineers, p. CD.

Henning PFJ, Pretorius L, Laubscher R: 2010. Numerical evaluation of energy absorption for composite aluminium tubes. In 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2010), ASME- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, p. CD.

Pretorius L, Pretorius JH: 2010. A systems dynamics case study of competing optical storage technologies under market uncertainty. In 5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology - ICMIT2010, IEEE, pp 23-27.

Platzek B, Pretorius L, Winzker DH: 2010. A role model for entrepreneurial firms in a global business environment. In 6th International Scientific Conference: Business and Management 2010, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University & VGTU Publishing House, pp 476-487.

Weeks RV, Benade SJ: 2010. Technology and Management Skills Development: A foundation for economic growth in developing countries. In IAMOT 2010 19th International Conference on Management of Technology, International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT), pp 15692-59912.

Weeks RV, Benade SJ: 2010. Technological and management skills development an imperative for economic growth: A South African perspective. In PICMET ’10 Proceedings: Technology Management for Global Economic Growth, Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), pp 2104-2111.

Erasmus E, Pretorius JH, Pretorius L: 2010. Using virtual team project communication as a means of predicting virtual team effectiveness. In PICMET ’10 Proceedings: Technology Management for Global Economic Growth, Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), pp 2072-3191.

Pretorius L, Winzker DH: 2010. Biomedical technology: A case study of forecasting in pulsed electro magnetic field therapy. In PICMET ’10 Proceedings: Technology Management for Global Economic Growth, Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), pp 248-253.

Jiang DD, Pretorius L: 2010. Communication behaviour in international engineering projects: An empirical and comparative study between South Africa and China. In PICMET ’10 Proceedings: Technology Management for Global Economic Growth, Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), pp 2449-2456.

Kruger S, Pretorius L: 2010. An assessment of different boundary conditions in a naturally ventilated venlo-type greenhouse. In Proceedings of the 14th International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC 14), ASME- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp 1-9.

 

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