Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Allocation officer'

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.
Thesis Advisor(s): Gates, William. ; Hatch, William. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 21, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Retention, Australian Army, Optimization Models, Royal Military College, Officers, Manpower, Corps Allocation, Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) Allocation, MOS retention. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90). Also available in print.

The Chief Security Officer Problem (CSO) consists of a CSO, a group of agents trying to communicate with the CSO and a group of eavesdroppers trying to listen to the conversations between the CSO and its agents. Through Lemmas and Theorems, several Information Theoretic questions are answered.

Office Space Allocation (OSA) is the task of efficient usage of spatial resources of an organisation. A common goal in a typical OSA problem is to minimise the wastage of space either by limiting the overuse or underuse of the facilities. The problem also contains a myriad of hard and soft constraints based on the preferences of respective organisations. In this thesis, the OSA variant usually encountered in academic institutions is investigated. Previous research in this area is rather sparse. This thesis provides a definition, extension, and literature review for the problem as well as a new parametrised data instance generator. In this thesis, two main algorithmic approaches for tackling the OSA are proposed: The first one is integer linear programming. Based on the definition of several constraints and some additional variables, two different mathematical models are proposed. These two models are not strictly alternatives to each other. While one of them provides more performance for the types of instances it is applicable, it lacks generality. The other approach provides less performance; however, it is easier to apply this model to different OSA problems. The second algorithmic approach is based on metaheuristics. A three step process in heuristic development is followed. In the first step, general local search techniques (descent methods, threshold acceptance, simulated annealing, great deluge) traverse within the neighbourhood via random relocation and swap moves. The second step of heuristic development aims to investigate large sections of the whole neighbourhood greedily via very fast cost calculation, cost update, and search for best move procedures within an evolutionary local search framework. The final step involves refinements and hybridisation of best performing (in terms of solution quality) mathematical programming and meta-heuristic techniques developed in prior steps. This thesis aims to be one of the pioneering works in the research area of OSA. The major contributions are: the analysis of the problem, a new parametrised data instance generator, mathematical programming models, and meta-heuristic approaches in order to extend the state-of-the art in this area.

The Stockholm office market segment have for a long time been considered a safe haven when it comes to withstand negative turmoil in the form of rental compression due to economic fluctuation, especially in the CBD demographic. Recently however, a large number of banks and institutions, amounting to some 200000 square meters, have decided to relocate to more peripheral locations with the aim of cost reductions on rent. This mass exodus is studied with focus on rental dynamics as the result of increased vacancies. Other variables are stock changes and employment. The method is econometric combined with an interview series. The data is a panel dataset containing 900 observations. The different models that are being used is the vacancy gap model, an Error Correction Model and a dynamic lag model in the form of a first difference model. Due to non-stationary variables, some models were rejected. A prognosis model has been created for the economic calculations. The results are displayed in a number of scenarios ranging from unchanged rents to severe rental drops. As a comprehensive result this study concludes that a rental drop in the range of 10-20 percent is to be expected. A number of positive side effects are expected to unfold as a result of the relocations.
Stockholmsmarknadens kontorssegment har länge setts på som säker vad gäller att kunna motstå negativ turbulens i form av hyres press på grund av ekonomiska svängningar, och då speciellt marknaden för City eller CBD. Nyligen har dock en stor mängd banker och institutioner om cirka 200000 kvadratmeter bestämt sig för att lokalisera sig i mer perifera lokaler med kostnads reduceringar i form av lägre hyror som mål. Den här massutflyttningen har studerats med fokus på hyresdynamik som ett resultat av ökade vakanser. Andra variabler är ändringar i stocken och sysselsättning. Metoden är ekonometrisk och kombineras med en intervjuserie. Data består av ett paneldatasett innehållande 900 observationer. De olika modellerna som används är en vakansgapsmodell, en Error Correction modell (ECM) och en första differens modell. På grund av icke stationära variabler har vissa modeller förkastats. En prognostiseringsmodell har skapats för de ekonomiska beräkningarna. Resultaten redovisas i olika scenarion som består i allt från att hyrorna inte ändras alls till svåra hyresfall. Ett samlat resultat av studien föreslår ett hyresfall på 10-20 procent. En mängd positiva bieffekter förväntas uppstå som ett resultat av om lokalisationerna.

Aujourd’hui encore, dans un contexte de crise sociale, de fortes évolutions institutionnelles et réglementaires, les modalités d’intervention des bailleurs sociaux en matière d’insertion par le logement sont interrogées. L’emploi de chargée d’attribution (CA) dans le département de la Martinique, exercé essentiellement par des femmes, est au cœur du fonctionnement de ces opérateurs immobiliers. Ces professionnelles, dont l’intervention se situe entre celle du travailleur social et celle de l’agent immobilier, ont pour principale mission l’instruction des demandes de logements sociaux à partir d’un entretien client. Elles évoluent dans un environnement de travail complexe et dynamique (Rogalski, 2003 ; Vinatier, 2009 ; Hoc et al., 2006 ; Amalberti, 2001a) où il est difficile de figer stricto sensu des règles d’actions communes pour toutes les tâches prescrites. En toile de fond, la quête de réponses à un questionnement a motivé notre démarche didactique : comment apprennent-elles le métier sans l’existence d’une formation ni d’un diplôme spécifique préalable ? Quelles sont les manières de faire, les compétences qui semblent les plus optimales ? Y a-t-il plusieurs manières de faire équivalentes pour une même situation ? Comment cela s’apprend-il ? Qu’apprennent-elles ? De quelle pratique experte s’agit-il ? Y a-t-il une pratique pour chaque organisation de travail ? Ou encore existe-t-il une pratique professionnelle identique dans des organisations de travail différentes ? Pouvons-nous parler de modèle d’expertise ? Pouvons-nous en définir un ? Leur activité peu documentée est soumise à de multiples tensions génériques d’une part et spécifiques au contexte martiniquais d’autre part. Dans ce secteur professionnel, l’apprentissage se réalise en situation de travail (Mayen, 2012). Les notions d’activité et d’apprentissage sont ainsi étroitement liées. L’intérêt majeur de cette recherche doctorale est de la conduire dans un contexte en mutation (évolution de la législation, des organisations de travail, etc.). Or, l’analyse du travail montre à quel point les contraintes notamment temporelles, maîtrise recherchée du temps afin de gagner en efficacité, rendent difficiles la mutualisation des connaissances et de l’expérience de ces professionnelles. Il s’agit précisément de comprendre comment elles apprennent dans et par l’activité d’entretien client. Notre recherche, inscrite dans le champ disciplinaire de la didactique professionnelle, se caractérise par l’intention générale d’appréhender les exigences de travail (Mayen et al., 2010) pour ensuite comprendre comment elles s’y prennent pour exercer (Mayen, 2005). Nous tenterons d’apporter des réponses à la question de savoir si elles construisent des conceptualisations professionnelles et surtout lesquelles car il y a toujours un certain niveau de conceptualisation, pour faire face aux situations rencontrées (Mayen, 2012). L’environnement de travail, les situations d’imprévus, d’empêchement (Clot, 2010) ou de résolutions de difficultés sont autant d’éléments qu’il convient de prendre en compte pour conduire une analyse du travail des CA. L’enjeu scientifique est donc de permettre d’élargir les recherches sur les classes de situations jusque-là réalisées en didactique professionnelle sur les métiers de service. Il s’agit également de faire connaître à un large public l’activité de ces intervenantes du logement social
Against a backdrop of social crisis and major institutional and regulatory changes, the ways in which social landlords can intervene today to promote integration through housing are still being questioned. The job of allocation officer (CA) in the department of Martinique, held mainly by women, is at the heart of how these property operators operate. These women, whose work falls somewhere between that of a social worker and that of an estate agent, are primarily responsible for processing applications for social housing, based on a client interview. Their work situations are complex and dynamic (Rogalski, 2003 ; Vinatier, 2009 ; Hoc and al., 2006 ; Amalberti, 2001a), and it is difficult to set down strict common rules of action for all the prescribed tasks. Our didactic approach was motivated by our desire to answer the following set of questions: How do they learn the trade without any prior training or specific degree? What are the ways of doing things and the skills that seem to be the best suited for their jobs? Are there several equivalent ways of doing things in the same situation? How can this be taught? What do they learn? What expert practice is involved? Is there a specific practice for each work organization? Or is there a professional practice common to different work organizations? Can we talk about a model of expertise? Is it possible to define one? Their poorly documented activity is subject to multiple tensions, both generic and specific to the Martinique context. In this professional sector, learning always takes place in a work situation (Mayen, 2012). The concepts of activity and learning are closely linked. The main interest of this doctoral research is that it is being conducted in an ever-changing context (changes in labour legislation, work organization, etc.). An analysis of work shows the extent to which time constraints, specifically the need to manage time in order to increase efficiency, make it difficult for these professionals to share the knowledge and experience they have gained. The aim is precisely to understand how they learn in and through the social housing rental business. Our research, which falls within the disciplinary field of professional didactics, is characterized by the general intention of understanding the work requirements (Mayen et al., 2010) of CAs in Martinique and then how they go ! about practicing (Mayen, 2005). We will attempt to provide answers to the question of whether they construct professional conceptualizations, and especially which ones, as there is always a certain level of conceptualization, in order to deal with the situations they encounter (Mayen, 2012). Work environments, unforeseen situations, impediments (Clot, 2010) and problem-solving are all factors that need to be taken into account when analyzing the work of CAs. The scientific challenge is therefore to broaden the research on the classes of situations which, up to now, were mainly carried out in vocational didactics on the service professions. The aim is also to make the work of this social housing workers known to a wider public

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.
Thesis Advisor(s): Gates, William R. ; Coughlan, Peter. "March 2010." Author(s) subject terms: Combinatorial Retention Auction Mechanism, auction mechanism, auction, Nurse Corps, Nurse Corps retention, retention, retention mechanism, Menu Method, Bid Method. Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-99). Also available in print.

Detta Examensarbete utfördes som en fallstudie Saab Combat Systems, som är och undersöker utmaningar i form av beroenden och osäkerheter som uppstår i Multiprojekt-Organisationer. Dessa utmaningar verkar orsaka konflikter och tvetydigheter i Multiprojekt-Organisationer gällande exempelvis, kommunikation, resursallokering, produktutveckling samt maktstrukturer mellan olika roller (Engwall & Jerbant, 2003; Dahlgren & Söderlund, 2010). Detta Examensarbete behandlar dessa utmaningar genom att undersöka och besvara följande forskningsfrågor: Vilka utmaningar i form av beroenden och osäkerheter existerar på Saab Combat Systems? Hur kan dessa utmaningar hanteras? Våra resultat visar att tre olika typer av beroenden uppstår i Multiprojekt-Organisationer som utvecklar komplexa produkter och system; organisatoriska beroenden, tekniska beroenden och resursberoenden. Dessa tre beroenden verkar påverka varandra och resultera i osäkerheter när flera projekt hanteras samtidigt. Dessutom ökar nivån av osäkerhet i projekt på grund av osäkerheter i relation till maktstrukturer samt utveckling av komplexa produkter och system. De tre identifierade beroende inkluderar projektosäkerheter samt projektberoenden. Vi har valt ut tre stycken olika typer av Management Control Systems; Projektkontor, Projektportföljhantering samt Programhantering och drar slutsatsen att de kan användas för att hantera de tre identifierade beroendena Multiprojekt-Organisationer. Vi har dock upptäckt att dessa Management Control Systems har både fördelar och nackdelar gällande hantering av de tre olika typer av beroenden. Alla identifierade beroenden och osäkerheter kan följaktligen hanteras genom att kombinera olika Management Control Systems. Dessutom har vi kompletterat en redan utvecklad modell av Dahlgren & Söderlund (2010) genom att kartlägga de tre beroendena, som tar hänsyn till projektosäkerheter och projektberoenden, samt vilken typ av Management Control Systems som är mest lämplig för att hantera dessa beroenden.
This Master Thesis was conducted as a case study at Saab Combat Systems investigating challenges in form of dependencies and uncertainties that emerge in Multi-Project Organizations. These challenges seem to cause conflicts and ambiguity in Multi-Project Organizations regarding for instance; communication, human resources allocation, product development and power structures between different roles (Engwall & Jerbant, 2003; Dahlgren & Söderlund, 2010). Thereby, this Master Thesis addresses these challenges by investigating and answering the following research questions: What challenges in form of dependencies and uncertainties exist at Saab Combat Systems? How can these challenges be addressed? Our Results display that three different types of dependencies exists in Multi-Project Organizations developing Complex Products and Systems; organizational dependencies, technical dependencies and resources dependencies. These three dependencies seem to be connected, and therefore result in uncertainties when managing multiple projects. Additionally, uncertainties in relation to the power structure as well as development of Complex Products and Systems tend to increase the level of project uncertainty. The three identified dependencies include both project uncertainties and project dependencies. We have chosen three different Management Control Systems; Project Management Office, Project Portfolio Management and Programme Management and conclude that they can be utilized in order to address the three identified dependencies in Multi-Project Organizations. However, we have found that these Management Control Systems have benefits as well as shortcomings when addressing different types of dependencies. Consequently, by combining them, all of the identified dependencies and uncertainties can be addressed. Furthermore, we have complemented an already developed model by Dahlgren & Söderlund (2010) by mapping the three identified dependencies, which consider project uncertainties and project dependencies, as well as which Management Control System is most appropriate when addressing these three dependencies.

För att vatten ska kunna levereras enligt de krav som ställs från användarna i samhället behövs ett väl anpassat ledningsnät. Det innebär bland annat att vatten ska finnas tillgängligt i den mängd som behövs och vid den tidpunkt som vatten krävs. För att vattenreningsverken ska kunna leverera rätt mängd vatten måste ledningsnätet vara dimensionerat för att kunna transportera allt vatten som skall pumpas ut till användarna. Detta kräver en god uppskattning om de vattenflöden som behövs. Det förväntade vattenflödet till olika samhällsanvändare uppskattas utifrån befintliga användningsmönster samt publikation P83, framtagen av Svenskt Vatten. Allt eftersom samhället utvecklas behöver publikationen uppdateras för att denna ska stämma så väl överens med verkligheten som möjligt. Vattenanvändningsmönster i skolor, kontor, handelsområden och industrier undersöktes som en del av ett pågående projekt för att undersöka om P83 bör uppdateras. För dessa har år- och dygnsvariationer, flöden och maxfaktorer analyserats från årslånga mätserier. Utifrån uppmätta värden kunde alternativa fördelningsnycklar som potentiellt skulle bidra till förbättring också analyseras. Resultaten tyder på att det finns förbättringsmöjligheter för flödesberäkningar för brukartyperna skolor, handel och industri jämfört med dagens metoder. För skolor och handel skulle inomhusarea vara en relevant fördelningsnyckel att använda vid beräkningar medan takyta vore en mer lämplig parameter att använda för industrier. De maxfaktorer som finns angivna i P83 stämde inte särskilt väl överens med de uppmätta i studien och skulle behöva uppdateras. Studien visar också på ett behov av att dela upp de brukarkategorier som finns i dagsläget till fler kategorier då de tre som finns i dagsläget är mycket generella. Dessutom undersöktes möjligheten att kombinera olika brukartyper för att utjämna vattenflöden under dygnet. Villor eller radhus bör lämpligen kombineras med skolor, kontor eller industrier för att få ett jämnare vattenflöde under dagtid.
For water to be delivered according to the requirements of the users in the society there is a need for the water pipelines to be well dimensioned. This means that the amount of water that is needed has to be available at the time when it is required. For the water treatment plants to be able to deliver the right amount of water the pipelines must be sized to carry the water that should be delivered to the users. This requires a good estimate of the amount of water needed. The expected water flow to different users is estimated based on existing water usage patterns as well as the P83 publication, developed by Swedish Water. As society develops the publication may need to be updated to correspond well with reality. Water use patterns in schools, offices, retail stores and industries were examined as a part of an ongoing project to investigate whether P83 should be updated. For these annual and diurnal variations, water flows and max factors were analyzed from yearlong series of measurements. Based on the measured values alternate allocation keys that could potentially contribute to improvement were analyzed. The results suggest that there are possible improvements for flow calculations for schools, retail stores and industry compared to current methods. For schools and retail stores the indoor area would be a relevant variable to use for calculations, while the roof area would be a more appropriate variable to use for industries. The max factors listed in P83 did not agree with those measured in the study and would need to be updated. The study shows that the three categories used in P83 are very general and ought to be divided into more specific categories. Furthermore, the possibility to combine different types of water users to equalize the water flow to an area during the day was analyzed. Villas or semi-attached houses should preferably be combined with schools, offices or industries for evening out the flow during day time.

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Industrial Engineering and Management (MIEGI)
Microfinance is a strategy adapted to provide opportunities to different economic classes, contributing to the financial flow of a country. However, it can also be a cause of economic failure if the cycle of the loan is interrupted, meaning if a loan is not repaid and a lot of money is lost. With the number of loans increasing, there is a high risk of having a lot more loans entering the overdue stage, overloading the resources available to take actions on the repayment of the loan. For that reason, this dissertation ”Allocation of overdue loans based in an officer performance in a Sub-Saharan Africa microfinance institution” expects to keep optimizing the way this part of the process works. So, initially, only one experiment was thought to be tested, as the title of this dissertation mention, but soon two more were added and conducted to keep seeking for a better distribution of the loans through the officers available, to maximize the probability of recovering the loan. In the first one, it was analyzed, using the classification method, the relation between the loan and some selected characteristics from the officers part of an optimized profile, in order to improve the connection officer-user. The three biggest characteristics chosen to build that profile did not show strong results with F1 scores between 0 and 0,74. Although this could be a good value to consider, there is a big gap between scores when there is a good prediction for paid/ unpaid. In the second one, an approach similar to the credit scoring models was followed, where the loan should be classified as paid or unpaid based on what prediction could result in the analysis of each loan characteristics. The results were not that different from the first experiment, where the Support Vector Machine present potential to be a solution with an F1 score average of 0.625, however when predicting the loans unpaid it showed to be random with a score of 0.55, losing the confidence in this option. In the third and last one, the experiment was similar to the second one. The difference was on what data mining technique was used - the clustering technique was used rather than the classification. This technique showed quite better results compared to the others, being possible to visualize well-defined clusters in the data. This way, the implementation of groups of loans and the prioritization scale would be the best strategy to organize the loans in the team and to assign them in an optimal way to maximize the recovery.
O Microfinanceamento é uma estratégia adaptada para promover oportunidades para as diferentes classes económicas de uma sociedade, contribuindo para o fluxo financeiro de um país. Por outro lado, pode também ser uma causa de falha económica, se o ciclo do empréstimo for interrompido, isto é, se o empréstimo não for pago e uma parte do dinheiro for perdida. Com o crescimento do número de empréstimos, há um risco maior da extensão da data limite, sobrecarregando os recursos disponíveis para o repagamento do empréstimo. Por essa razão, a presente dissertação ”Alocação de empréstimos em atraso baseada na prestação do operador numa instituição de microfinanciamento da África subsariana” espera continuar a optimizar a forma como este processo trabalha. Assim, inicialmente, apenas um ensaio foi pensado para ser testado, como o título desta dissertação indica, mas rapidamente mais dois ensaios foram conduzidos para continuar a procura por uma melhor distribuição dos empréstimos pelas pessoas disponíveis, para maximizar a probabilidade de recuperar esse empréstimo. No primeiro, foi analisada, utilizando um método de classificação, a relação entre o empréstimo e algumas características dos funcionários (parte do seu perfil otimizado), no sentido de melhorar a relação com o utilizador. As três características do perfil escolhidas não mostraram resultados fortes com pontuações entre 0 e 0,74. Embora esta última teria potencial, existia um grande intervalo nos valores numa boa previsão para paid/ unpaid. No segundo, foi seguida uma abordagem similar aos modelos de credit scoring, onde um empréstimo é classificado como pago ou não pago baseado na previsão da análise das características de cada empréstimo. Os resultados não foram muito diferentes dos do primeiro ensaio, onde o Support Vector Machine apresentou algum potencial para ser solução com uma pontuação média de 0.625, no entanto, quando previa os empréstimos unpaid, mostrava ser aleatório com uma pontuação de 0.55, perdendo a confiança nesta opção. No terceiro e último, a diferença para o segundo estava em qual das técnicas de Data Mining foi utilizada - a técnica de clustering foi a escolhida. Esta técnica demonstrou melhores resultados entre todas, sendo possível a visualização bem definida de grupos nos dados. Desta maneira, a implementação de grupos e da escala de priorização seriam a melhor estratégia para organizar os empréstimos na equipa, de forma a maximizar a recuperação.

碩士
國立臺北教育大學
教育經營與管理學系
99
This study aims to discuss elementary school teachers’ recognition of work satisfacti- on, and the satisfaction on the ways of job distribution. It investigates the differences of teachers’ satisfaction based on the variation of their background. The research inst- rument was “the questionnaire of elementary school teachers’ satisfaction of job distr- ibution that contains the responsibility for both teaching and administrative work in N -ew Taipei City.” The sample is the teachers with administrative work in the public el- ementary schools in New Taipei City. It adopted the method of Stratified Random Sa- mpling and the questionnaire survey was distributed to 588 teachers who are with ad- ministrative work (including teachers who are also directors or coordinators etc.) in the public elementary schools in New Taipei City. There are 585 valid samples in total. The analysis includes the mean, standard deviation, t test, and one-way Anova, and the research results are described in the following: 1. Most of school job distributions adopt voluntary method of taking task and least of job distributions adopt the method of cumulative points. 2. The results of punishing the incompetent teachers in the job distribution feel the most dissatisfied of teachers with administrative position. 3. In the aspect of compensation benefit, the satisfaction of teachers with administer- ative position is higher than teachers who only serve as teacher. 4. The overall job satisfaction of teachers with administrative position is good. 5. Most of job distributions of elementary schools in new Taipei city are integrated method. 6. The highest satisfaction is the voluntary method of taking task and the lowest satis- faction is the method of cumulative points. 7. In the aspect of overall job satisfaction of teachers with administrative position, male teachers are more satisfied on their work. 8. The older the teacher with administrative position is, the higher the job satisfaction is. 9. The higher the education of teachers with administrative position is, the higher the job satisfaction is. 10. In the aspect of job itself, the satisfaction of teachers working above 21 years is higher than teachers working above 11~15 years. 11. The overall job satisfaction of teachers with administrative positionat the 26~40 of classes of middle and small elementary schools is the lowest. 12. The satisfaction of teachers with administrative position is not affected by working at the city or country area. 13. In the aspect of overall job satisfaction, the satisfaction of teachers with administer- ative position is affected by the method of job distribution. 14. The voluntary method of taking task is the best way to enhance the overall job satis- faction of teachers with administrative position. There are some suggestions based on the research results offering to educational auth- orities, administrative heads and teachers who are also administrative in schools as the reference, in hope of advancing the job satisfaction of those teachers as well as increa- sing their overall enthusiasm on administrative work. I. The suggestions to educational authorities. (i) Increasing extra wage paid for the administrative work so as to balance the job attributes and increase the job satisfaction. (ii) Setting up the promotion system with varieties so as to motivate teachers’ will- ingness of taking the administrative jobs. II. The suggestions to administrative heads in schools (i) Establishing the regulation of punishing the incompetent teachers, by combining the regulation of job distribution. (ii) Encouraging teachers’ participation in community, increasing the effectiveness of community service, and setting up the image of social status. (iii) Establishing task distribution regulation with preferential terms so as to encourage teachers’ willingness of taking administrative work. III. The suggestions to teachers with administrative work (i) Increasing the interaction of human relationship and group cooperation. (ii) Improving the expertise knowledge of teaching and administration through life- long learning. (iii) Respecting the democratic reform on campus and establishing the regulation. IV. The suggestions to future research studies (i) Studies of investigating the different task distribution methods in different learning stages of schools. (ii) Studies of teachers’ willingness of taking administrative work in different school levels. (iii) Investigating the impact of teacher evaluation on their willingness of taking admi- nistrative work.

碩士
國防管理學院
國防決策科學研究所
96
Warren E. Buffett said that people do not need with high level of I.Q., broad vision, or insider trading of stock markets in investment. Instead, people need the appropriate framework of and perseverance in the processes of investment activities. In fact, the optimal portfolio of asset allocation is more important to minimize the risk. The asset allocation is an investment portfolio strategy, through which the expected return can be achieved which means investors diversify the money and funds into various asset category pending their own financial arrangements and targets in a way of long-term holdings and continuous investing to minimize the investment risk. The principle of asset allocation varies among people by the risk attitudes and investment preferences of decision makers. It is one of the important services for Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) of the US Department of Defense to provide the military officers and soldiers with information services to manage their personal money. The purpose of this study is to provide R.O.C. military officers and soldiers a systematic way of asset allocation. Furthermore, the results in this thesis can be used for the above decision makers to reach their goals of fortune when they retire from the military. In this study, we focus on impacts of asset allocation in different risk attitudes and investment preferences for the decision makers. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is used through interviews with experts. The three features of investment background, investment preference and investment target are defined to set up an acceptable selection model on how decision makers can adopt for asset allocation under a risk attitude in our survey with quantitative and qualitative method. The strategies of asset allocation are proposed in our studies according to the empirical outcomes with three model styles of decision making which are risk-taking, risk-neutralizing, and risk-averting. These strategies are suitable for military officers in those activities of investment by selecting the appropriate models. The models we set in this study can be programmed and implemented for the online help in the military website in the future.

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國立中興大學
高階經理人碩士在職專班
102
Following the emerge of Asia region economic, the growth of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) on this region is higher than other regions. It leads the growth of amount and worth of global HNWI. Following the increasing of the amount of HNWI, the issue of family property’s sustainability becomes more important. Our study is focus on long-term investment to investigate the change of portfolio efficient frontier by various asset allocations. We further study the characteristics, returns and the difference of risk of assets to find the best asset allocation portfolio and study the current tax by focus on this portfolio.

碩士
開南大學
資訊管理學系
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Service industry enhances in very high speed at the recently years, service suppliers are all very aggressively to strengthen the service quality in order to satisfy any of customer’s need. Furthermore, since the sources is limited, how to grab highest performance at the bad situation and also have to satisfy any of customer’s need then earn the profit, otherwise; how to allocate and manage human resource to create the biggest profit should be the most important thing that business owner most have a deeply and firstly consideration. The study explored the result of human resource allocation by combining with Quality Funtion Deployment (QFD), Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC). First step is to use PZB five aspects of service quality to clarify for every service needs of QFD, and use AHP analyze the weight of every service needs, than through relativity matrix of QFD to learn the priority of service activity. Finally step is to allocate the human resource base upon the activity driver of TDABC, which is from service time and weight of every service needs. A study on integrated resource allocation model and allocated resource is to become the reference model of service or any future business to allocated their resource base on service needs and limited human resource. We expect the result of this study can help the service industry resource allocation.

The unpredictable economic ups and downs, competition and advancement in technology has seen organisations that hold a great deal of real estate (RE) taking greater interest in the way their Corporate Real Estate (CRE) is managed: with the aim of reducing costs and making sure organisations occupy the right amount of space that is flexible to their changing needs. Public sector (PS) organisations are no exception, with tight budgetary constraints and calls for improved accountability in the use of public resources has seen CRE gain strategic importance. Governments have introduced Corporate Real Estate management (CREM) reforms, giving birth to establishment of RE management departments or subsidiaries and outsourcing of certain RE functions to experts in the private sector. PS organisations have replicated similar strategies to those applied in the private sector such as disposal of surplus property to unlock tied up capital, sale and lease back of property, collocation and portfolio management as value adding mechanisms to improve performance of their real estate. The main aim of CREM is to ensure that the properties occupied by organisations support their core operations. CREM is a discipline that has received a great deal of attention from organisations in the developed world due to pressure to stay competitive and improve shareholder value. CREM is relatively a new concept in developing countries and has not been studied at all in Botswana. The aim of this research report is to explore the current CRE management practices in Central Government Departments (CGD) in Botswana, and how it impacts on efficient use of office space compared to similar sized Private sector and Parastatal organisations. The intention of this research report is to develop CRE framework that will aid in the utilisation of office in government departments. Data was collected through semi structured interviews, open and closed end questionnaires administered to CRE professionals in public and private institutions. The Report recommends that Central Government Departments establish formal CRE units and the current CRE managers must go for further training in Real Estate management disciplines to improve their expertises in the field. Central Government Departments must take cognisance of the existing national office occupancy rate of 9m2 per office space per person and benchmark the use of their occupancy levels against it. It is recommended that CRE managers introduce more open plan office space layouts to improve efficiency in space occupation. The ratio cellular or enclosed to open plan offices is recommended at a rate of 1: 9. Further investigation is required to establish office occupancy densities across the three sectors using the total number of offices occupants and total useable floor area. It is recommended that the future research adopts a comparative approach that is based on size and similar functions of the organisations. KEYWORDS: Corporate Real Estate Management; Public Sector, office space use and allocation.

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國立成功大學
建築學系碩博士班
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Introduction The thesis mainly discussed for united office space and tried not to depend on air con- ditioner excessively. By way of using natural ventilation mode which was different from the tradition way, the researcher hoped to merge mechanical and natural ventilation into hybrid ventilation system and meet the modern concept of the health and comfort. According to the badly problem for ventilation and air quality of indoor, the designer used horizontal louvers and exhausted fan to adjust air circulation. By this way, we can achieve more comfortable environment of office space and efficiency. For the purpose, we exerted the CFD to simulate the indoor temperature, field airflow and pollutant density condition and using the output of CFD to estimate the effect of indoor ventilation. On the basis of the data from the hybrid ventilation system, we expect to establish the adaptable ventilation model for comfortable office and health and balance to necessity of energy, so by the way, we also hope the thesis can contribute to indoor ventilation mode of united office space in the future. Research Purpose First of all, we discussed about the benefit of the indoor ventilation to Hybrid Ventilation mode that allocated horizontal louvers and exhaust fan and secondly, analyzing the influence of temperature distribution, pollutant density and ventilation airflow to en- vironment and different allocation pattern. Finally, we synthesize all the variable data to every pattern, and construct the health and comfortable factor in order to research. Result 1.When the horizontal louvers is equipped with the High-Low window, in this model, the more ventilation amount use, the less the fans sets and we can get the best effect of decreased 2.3% temperature averaged. If we can allocate fan×2, the outstanding effect will be presented at the eliminating pollutants in indoors and the 61% efficiency is higher than un-mounted fans(XHF0) does. 2.The decreased temperature effect of the horizontal louvers installs is High-Low window(HL)＞Low window(L)＞High window(H). Indoor, “HL”models allocate ventilation amount of exhausted 10~20cmm and fan×2 have the best lowering the temperature. 3.In “H”models, the operation area’s maximum CO2 density is about 480 ppm, the pollutant is all accumulated near happening in the source. In “HL”models and allocate fan×3 ventilation amount having better result by removing the pollution of indoor. 4.The horizontal louvers position installs for removing efficiency of pollutants： HL(151%)＞L(85%)＞H(80%), the research probes the relevance formulation of ventilation effectiveness based on the ventilation amount of exhaust and the area wind velocity in the indoor activity. As follows: εc:ventilation effectiveness(%); VC:ventilation amount(cmm);V1:the wind velocity of indoor activity(m/s) (1) H： Hεc=0.0269＋0.0026VC＋4.8583V1 (2) L： Lεc=-2.2163-0.0021VC＋12.5511V1 (3) HL： HLεc=-0.5323-0.0012VC＋15.2457V1 5.All kind of allocation model's draft rate reach A grade (DR≦15%) that standard of ASHRAE. But the group of “L”models should notice too big Ventilation amount may cause some region massive wind velocity of room and draft rate (DR≧25%). 6.Conclusion and suggestion: Synthesizing all of the above factors, when the wind velocity lows(0.1m/s), the horizontal louvers should be mounted with priority: High-Low window(HL)＞Low window(L)＞High window(H); To consideration healthy, comfortable and improving integrated environment efficiency, we propose four kinds of better allocation model that allocating horizontal louvers and exhaust fan: case DHF3, ALF2, DLF3, DHLF1 separately.