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Jacobus Oosthuizen

Jacobus Oosthuizen
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PhD

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Introduction
My areas of specialization are Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Strategy, with keen interests extending into the areas of technology, innovation, complexity, philosophy, transdisciplinarity, AI, futures studies and neuroscience. My current research focus is the contemporary dynamic complex context and its influence on strategy, leadership, management practice and the world of work.
Education
January 2019 - December 2022
Stellenbosch University
Field of study
  • Leadership (Futures)
January 2005 - December 2006
North-West University
Field of study
  • Entrepreneurship
January 2001 - December 2003
North-West University
Field of study
  • Business Administration

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Publications (30)
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Purpose of the study: The aim of the study is to develop an integrated intelligence measurement framework for top management to navigate 4IR. Leadership behaviour originates from cognitive processes, highlighting the significance of a general mental capability, involving the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend comp...
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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to philosophically argue the applicability of the Triarchic Theory of Cognitive Disposition (TTCD) in responsible artificial intelligence (AI) stewardship. Design/methodology/approach: An overview of the Triarchic Theory and its three domains, Episteme-Analytical Intelligence, Techne-Inventive Intelligence,...
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This study explores the relationality of practical wisdom, flow state, and intellectual character for leadership in dynamically complex contexts. In a world undergoing rapid, disruptive change, leaders need effective strategies to navigate uncertainty. Introducing AI-assisted Critical Interpretive Synthesis as methodological approach, the neo-Arist...
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This volume provides unique and profound insights from within educational institutions in diverse regions of the world on how ‘learning outside’ and ‘learning inside’ can be holistically integrated, so that the sustainable development agenda does not remain static and programmatic, but a creative and permeable framework. The shared hope across the...
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BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic transformation driven by technological advancement has become more significant in scale, scope, and complexity, so much so that the term fourth industrial revolution (4IR) has been ascribed to this era. The velocity, breadth and depth, and systems impact of the 4IR is unlike anything humankind has experienced. Thus, how sh...
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The Master of Business Administration (MBA), first introduced at Harvard in 1908, remains in high demand to this day, and over more than a century of existence, have clearly been a key scholarly research domain. Notwithstanding the global demand and research efforts, the homogeneity of teaching and learning practices is noticeable, and arguably thi...
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Although the MBA remains in high demand, it is yet to shed the shackles of criticism that graduates are not adequately equipped for the contemporary global business environment, and that more should be done to impact students to make decisions and act in ways that reflect globally responsible leadership. The global landscape for business and manage...
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The role of responsible management education becomes evident when one considers urgent global issues (UGIs), such as financial system failure, resource depletion, climate change, inequality, extreme poverty and hunger, and lack of education. These are exacerbated by management and leadership challenges, such as abuse of power, unethical practices a...
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Responsible Management Education is a pertinent aspect of all business schools’ reason for being, especially in the light of the endemic challenges faced throughout the African continent and the world at large, and because of the criticisms that have been levelled at business schools over the past few years. The issue of ensuring that graduates of...
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The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018 accounted that South Africa (SA) dropped 14 positions to 61st out of 137 participating countries, amidst remaining one of the most competitive countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and among the region’s most innovative (39th). Utilising data from WEF’s Global Competitiveness Reports ove...
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Entrepreneurship is widely recognised as a key driver of the market economy, and as such entrepreneurship research understandably attracts the interest of scholars. Considered a young scholarly discipline, several attempts toward developing a coherent entrepreneurship research paradigm have been made. The entrepreneurship research landscape is howe...
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Civilisation finds itself at the dawn of a revolution considered to be the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The introduction of new business models, the disruption of sectors and the reshaping of socio-economic systems are all evidence of the profound changes taking place across all industries, unlike previously experienced in history. From the...
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Technological advancement is increasingly transforming the world, and humankind finds itself at the threshold considers to be the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). While technologies continue to build on and amplify each other in the physical, digital and biological realms, management practice appears to lag comparable to 4IR’s exponential advanc...
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Strategic entrepreneurship (SE) has been associated with organisational performance, wealth- and value creation. Strategic entrepreneurship is a balance between “entrepreneurship” and “strategic management.” An organisation engages in strategic entrepreneurship when it simultaneously searches for future business domains and exploits current busines...
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Humanity finds itself at the dawn of a revolution considered to be the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). The introduction of new business models, the disruption of incumbents and the reshaping of production, consumption, transportation and delivery systems are all evidence of the profound changes taking place across all industries. The velocity,...
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Entrepreneurship is widely recognised as a key driver of the market economy, and it is therefore understandable that entrepreneurship research attract the interest of scholars. However, entrepreneurship research as a scholarly discipline is relatively young, and although several attempts toward developing a coherent entrepreneurship research paradi...
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Solutions need to be found to improve South Africa’s total early-stage entrepreneurial activity rate. The purpose of this study is to assess the state of the South African entrepreneurship ecosystem (Policy, Finance, Culture, Support, Human capital, and Markets) and to make practical recommendations to stimulate new venture creation. The study util...
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Cloud computing represents significant change in the way that IT services are provisioned to users within organisations. Traditionally services are provisioned internally and this followed a generic approach of capital expenditure, installation, configuration, and rollout. Cloud computing challenges this traditional provisioning model through a num...
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the state of South Africa’s entrepreneurship ecosystem on a macro level and to make practical recommendations to improve the ecosystem, thereby increasing entrepreneurial activity in South Africa. The study utilises a combination of theoretical frameworks and quantitative techniques to assess the state of th...
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In light of growing interest in the use of corporate entrepreneurship as a process for organisations to enhance the innovative abilities of their employees and increase corporate success, an examination of the literature on the nature of corporate entrepreneurship further necessitates a closer look at vision and direction (leadership), and the envi...
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This study highlights the status of cultural intelligence in a South African blue-chip financial institution. Data from 19 senior- and middle managers and 43 of their subordinates were collected and analysed. Four factors derived from literature describing the theoretical dimensions of cultural intelligence were measured, using the 20 Item Four Fac...
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The objective of this study was to validate an instrument to measure the organisational-based factors affecting corporate entrepreneurship. Structured questionnaires were administered to managers and 561 fully completed questionnaires were gathered at 20 large organisations. Construct validity of the measuring instrument was assessed by means of a...
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Purpose - This paper assesses how middle managers in the South African mining industry perceive senior management's entrepreneurial propensity in support of corporate entrepreneurship in their organisations. Design/methodology/approach - The study utilises a combination of theoretical frameworks and quantitative techniques to assess senior managem...
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Purpose - The purpose of this research is to assess the influence of the MBA programme on the development of leadership practices and to make practical recommendations on interventions that business schools can take to enhance the development of exemplary leadership practices. Design/methodology/approach - The study utilises a combination of theor...
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It is widely accepted that small businesses play an important role in the stimulation of a country’s economic growth. In a developing economy such as South Africa it is also evident by the attention small business development is enjoying. However, despite numerous government- and private sector initiatives, the sustainability rate of small business...
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In light of growing interest in the use of corporate entrepreneurship as a process for organisations to enhance the innovative abilities of their employees and increase corporate success, an examination of the literature on the nature of corporate entrepreneurship necessitates a closer look at the organisational climate required to enable an entrep...
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Purpose - This paper assesses the influence of organisational-based factors on intrapreneur-ship in corporate organisations and furthermore makes practical recommendations on actions that organisations can take to foster an entrepreneurial climate. Design/methodology/approach - The study utilises a combination of theoretical frameworks and quantita...
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The South African mining industry faces unique challenges to remain sustainable. A sustainable competitive advantage can be achieved through continuous innovation and the creation of new ideas, often termed as corporate entrepreneurship. This article undertakes a multi-disciplinary investigation, where corporate entrepreneurship is interrogated as...

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