Talitakuum A.T. Ekandjo

Enterprise Intelligent Applications and Work Practices: An Exploratory Study

Supervisors: Dr Jocelyn Cranefield and Dr Yi-Te Chiu

Profile

Before embarking on her PhD journey, Talita worked for the Central Bank of Namibia as a Senior Business Analyst. Talita has a 3-year national diploma in Information Systems Administration specialising in Networking, an honours degree in Business Administration specialising in Banking and Finance, and a master’s degree in information systems. She is also a recipient of multiple professional and academic awards, including the Johnny Smoes Award for Excellence in Information Systems: Strategy & Governance, and the Melbourne School of Engineering Dean’s Honours List - 2017. Currently, Talita is a Victoria Doctoral Scholarship recipient, pursuing a PhD in Information Systems with a special focus on the effects of intelligent analytical technologies on work practices.

Qualifications

MIS (Distinction), The University of Melbourne, Australia; BBA (Hons), University of Namibia; Nat. Dip: IS Administration, Polytechnic of Namibia.

Research interests

Talita research interests include data analytics and artificial intelligence adoption and use in organisations, information privacy, digital transformation and future of work.

Publications

Ekandjo, T., Cranefield, J & Chiu, Y. (forthcoming). The Emergence of Perpetual Performance Management in the Workplace: Implications and a Research Agenda (accepted for The Australasian Conferences on Information Systems (ACIS2020)).

Ekandjo, T.A.T, Hussin, J & Peters, A. (2018). Online Social Networks Risks to Organisations: A Literature Review. In Proceedings of African Conference on Human Computer Interaction (AfriCHI ’18). ACM, Windhoek, Namibia.