Prof Martie Mearns is an Associate Professor and contract lecturer involved at the University of Johannesburg, where she mainly teaches research methodology at Honours and Master’s level. At the University of Pretoria, her lecturing tasks are focussed on the field of information science and knowledge management, aspects of the fourth industrial revolution and competitive intelligence on undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has been involved in higher education tuition and research since 1998.
Academic Qualifications:
2006 D. Litt. et Phil. in Information Science (University of Johannesburg)
1999 Magister Informationis (cum laude) (Rand Afrikaans University)
1996 BA Hons (Geography and Environmental Management (Rand Afrikaans University)
1995 B.Bibl (Ed) (Rand Afrikaans University)
Research Interests:
Knowledge audits
Knowledge Management
Communities of Practice
Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Modules Coordinated:
INL310 Information Organisation
INL320 Information and Knowledge Management
INL370 Experiential Learning Project
INY722 The Fourth Industrial Revolution
INY727 Competitive Intelligence
Membership of Professional Organisations:
ASIS&T - The Association for Information Science and Technology
KMSA – Knowledge Management South Africa
Researcher ID Profile:
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7362-3047
Web of Science ResearcherID: S-1725-2017
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martie-Mearns
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Fl2c0YQAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Supervision:
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