1. The management of intellectual capital before and after Chinese investment: A case study of a selected mining organisation China in Africa Implications for management, implications for change Department of Management Symposium Rhodes University 31 October 2013 N. Pretorius & Prof. L. Louw

2. OVERVIEW Context Conceptualisation of IC Research Aim Research Objectives Research Methodology Ethical Considerations

3. CONTEXT Global knowledge economy Competition Competitive advantage Intellectual capital

4. Intellectual Capital Human Capital Relational Capital Structural Capital

5. CONTEXT SA mining – 8.8% GDP – Employment of 513 211 people (Chamber of Mines of South Africa, 2012:31 & 12). Chinese investment – Africa: US$ 198 billion in 2012 – South Africa: US$ 20.2 billion in 2011 – South African mining: 2011 PGM Shareholding (Park & Alden, 2013:4).

6. CONTEXT Resource-seeking motivation 1.Exploitation of natural resources 2.Import of engineering skills 3.Knowledge sharing Adopted from: (Jackson, 2012:198).

7. Conceptualisation of IC Human Capital Recruitment and selection Skills development and training Retention Organisational culture

8. Structural Capital Organisational structure ProcessesTechnologiesDatabases

9. Relational CapitalCustomer capital

10. RESEARCH AIM Describe and understand the change in the management of intellectual capital within a selected organisation in the South African mining industry

11. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Describe the change in management that occurred as a result of the Chinese investment. Explore and describe the management of intellectual capital before Chinese investment. Explore and describe the management of intellectual capital after Chinese investment.

12. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Describe how the management of intellectual capital has changed since the Chinese investment. Explain the reasoning for the changes in the management of intellectual capital.

13. Research Methodology Research Paradigm – Interpretivist Research Method – Single organisation case study – Document analysis – In-depth interviews Data triangulation

14. Thank you for your attention Research supported by the National Research Foundation of South Africa/HSRC and conducted under the auspices of the Sandisa Imbewu Research project on “Chinese organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Dynamics, New Synergies” led by Prof L Louw