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Wardoyo. "Forest landscape management assessment." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0007/NQ29472.pdf.
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Mitra, Amlan. "Developing an integrated risk management system in emergency management process /." This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12232009-020038/.
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Simpson, Edward. "Assessment of facilities management performance." Thesis, University of Salford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.341317.
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Kothari, Vishal Pratap. "Assessment of Dynamic Maintenance Management." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30885.
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Todayâ s technological systems are expected to perform at very high standards throughout
their operational phase. The cost associated with unavailability of these systems is very
high and especially with the defense systems or medical equipments which can directly
affect human lives. The maintenance system plays an important role in achieving higher
performance targets. In order to manage maintenance activities in more informed and
rational manner, it is very important to understand the inherently complex and dynamic
structure of the system. Traditionally maintenance policies are derived from reliability
characteristics of individual components or sub-systems. This research makes an attempt
to understand the system from the forest level and suggest better maintenance policies for
achieving higher availability and lower system degradation. The leverage is gained from
System Dynamics frameworkâ s ability to model complex systems and capture various
feedback loops. The simulation results reveal that with the limited preventive
maintenance capacity and within the given assumptions of the model, there exists and
optimal preventive maintenance interval which is not the minimum. The simulation
results also reflect that frequent preventive maintenance is required at higher load factors.Master of Science
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Alcaraz, Bosca Neus. "Lean project management. Assessment of project risk management processes." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-97888.
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Traditional methods of project management are not appropriate for complex projects anymore. Since projects are becoming increasingly complex and uncertain, interaction between activities and resources is growing in ways not considered by these methods. Nowadays, managers need more agile project management methods that are able to recognize and deal with uncertainty and to produce the expected results. Lean project management, the most recent approach of lean methodology, appears as an alternative approach capable of dealing with complexity and uncertainty. The latest investigations in the field show that traditional methods are still adequate for simple projects, while lean methods are more appropriate for complex projects. This thesis aims to investigate the nature of lean project management and to examine project risk management processes so that managers can assess the complexity of projects before their beginning and decide which method to apply in order to manage them.
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Tabladillo, Mark Z. "Quality management climate assessment in healthcare." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24162.
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Heyns, M. "An assessment of project management training." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52663.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The shortage of skilled and high-level managerial human resources are jeopardising economic development and productivity growth in South Africa. It is a critical responsibility of senior management to identify the core competencies of the enterprise and to ensure that the competencies required by managers, specialists and the workforce in general are adequate and appropriate. As more organisations recognise the efficacy of projects and move towards a project-based approach, the demand for project managers has outstripped supply and there is a growing international interest in the selection, training and certification of project managers. The work done in projects has taken on a strategic flavour, and the role of project manager is consequently being redefined as a strategic, professional role. With the tremendous growth and expenditure in this field, training professionals and organizations can no longer ignore their basic responsibility to evaluate programmes and measure the results of such programmes. The aim of this study is to measure the extent of training needs assessment currently applied, the criteria used in the selection of programmes and participants, the extent of evaluation of programmes and other contributions by the organisations. An intensive literature study was undertaken to investigate the current research into training needs assessments, participant and program selection and organisational contributions to training. An additional survey was undertaken in order to assess the use of such programmes by organisations. The following perceptions were examined and found to be a true reflection of the project management training strategies currently applied in South Africa. Few organisations have formal training need assessment policies in place. Programmes are often selected by the participants and seldom evaluated. Participants often do not get the opportunity to implement the skills they have gained. Learning and individual development is not necessarily linked to the organisational development strategy.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Ekonomiese ontwikkeling en groei in produktiwiteit in Suid Afrika word in gevaar gestel deur die tekort aan kundige en hoogstaande bestuursvlak menslike hulpbronne. Die kritiese verantwoordelikheid van die identifisering van kern vaardighede by die onderneming en die versekering van voldoende en toepaslike vaardighede by bestuurders, spesialiste en die werksmag in die algemeen berus by die senior bestuur. Toenemende hoeveelheid organisasies herken die suksesvolle werksaamheid van projekte en beweeg na 'n projek gebasseerde benadering. Derhalwe oorskry die aanvraag na projekbestuurders die aanbod en is daar groeiende internasionale belangstelling in die keuring, opleiding en sertifisering van projekbestuurders. Projekte word meer strategies benader en gevolglik vervul die projekbestuurder 'n toenemende strategiese en professionele funksie. As gevolg van die toenemende groei en besteding in hierdie gebied, mag opleidingskundiges en organisasies nie langer hul verantwoordelikheid teenoor die evaluering van die programme en die gevolglike uitkomste vermy nie. Die doel van hierdie studie was om ondersoek in te stel na die omvang van die bepaling van opleidingsbehoeftes asook die evaluering van opleidingsprogramme, die maatstawe in gebruik vir die selektering van programme en deelnemende kandidate en die mate van bydraes gelewer deur die organisasies. 'n Uitgebreide literatuursoektog is onderneem om die omvang van navorsing in hierdie areas te bepaal. Sekere aannames is ondersoek en bevind om ware weergawes te wees van die huidige ontwikkeling programme in projekbestuur in Suid Afrika. Weinig organisasies het formele beleidsrigtings ten opsigte van opleiding behoeftebepaling. Programme word dikwels deur die kandidate geselekteer en word selde ge-evalueer. Kandidate word selde die geleentheid gegun om nuutgewonde kennis toe te pas en te implementeer. Opleiding en individuele ontwikkeling is nie noodwendig gekoppel aan die ontwikkelings strategie van die organisasie nie.
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Bourbonnais, Richard Joseph II. "Visual assessment and relational database management." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43671.
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Protection of the visual environment begins with a comprehensive
documentation and evaluation of existing conditions followed by the development of guidelines pertaining to future alterations. This thesis examines existing methods of visual assessment and the needs of the land planner for the purpose of understanding the necessary components of evaluating the visual environment effectively. The objective has been to develop a new method of visual documentation and evaluation that can be utilized by land planners for the visual assessment of road corridors.
In order to achieve this objective, a visual assessment of a Significant road corridor
in Blacksburg, Virginia has been conducted. Various necessary components
have been included in the assessment and a relational database management
program has been used in the storage of all collected data. As a result of this process, it was found that a new method, which borrows from past processes, addresses the needs of the land planner, and utilizes an interactive medium for storage of data, is successful in addressing the objective. The new method has been successful in including the necessary components such as qualitative evaluation with adaptive descriptive nomenclature and photographic documentation of the existing corridor.
The database has many qualities which are meaningful to land planners.
Relational database management programs have the capability of storing text as
well as photographs. For land planners to view the various aspects of the corridor,
a simple pressing of their computer mouse button moves the them from one
aspect to another.Master of Landscape Architecture
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Bourbonnais, Richard Joseph. "Visual assessment and relational database management /." This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07112009-040335/.
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Jones, Brian J. "Assessment of emergency management performance and capability." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2003. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/3497.
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Hazardous industries in the UK and Europe are under pressure to increase the transparency and accountability of the ways in which they manage their hazards and the risks they pose to the population and environment. The literature has indicated that the field would benefit from a risk-based, continuous improvement approach to emergency management in hazardous industry. The aim of this research was to construct a framework to enable assessment of the emergency management performance and capability within UK hazardous industry operators. Continuous improvement models from other fields were examined, and an established model called the Capability Maturity Model was selected to form the basis of the framework. A three-stage data collection methodology was designed to gain an overview of an organisation's emergency management capability. This methodology involved reviewing a sample of emergency plans related to UK hazardous industrial sites and observing eight emergency exercises at major hazard industrial sites. The third stage was to record the learning capability of the organisation by observing their feedback processes and interviewing members of staff were necessary. Analysis of the resulting data enabled the construction of a set of eight key processes that define an emergency management system. Using the five- level structure of the Capability Maturity Model along with the principals of continuous improvement, an emergency management assessment framework was constructed. The assessment framework was successfully tested in a large Local Authority, using its emergency plan, a major exercise and a follow-up interview to collect the relevant information. The assessment provided clear details of current capability and maturity of the emergency management system, giving structured guidance on weaknesses in specific process areas and more generally in particular stages of the emergency management system. This ultimately enabled the Local Authority to focus its improvement efforts, increasing their efficiency in learning and effectiveness in preparedness and response.
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Yeung, King-sing. "A Knowledge Management System for school assessment." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2004. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B40039900.
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Yeung, King-sing, and 楊景城. "A Knowledge Management System for school assessment." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B40039900.
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Pösö, Tomi. "Assessment and management of bariatric surgery patients." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Anestesiologi och intensivvård, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-87546.
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Background: In morbidly obese individuals (MO) cardiorespiratory comorbidities and body habitus challenge the perioperative management of anesthesia. To implement safe and reproducible routines for anesthesia and fluid therapy is the cornerstone in order to minimize anesthesia-related complications and to meet individual variability in rehydration needs. Methods: Paper I: Impact of rapid-weight-loss preparation prior to bariatric surgery was investigated. Prevalence of preoperative dehydration and cardiac function were assessed with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Paper II: The anesthetic technique for rapid sequence induction (RSI) in MO based on a combination of volatile and i.v. anesthetics was developed. Pre- and post-induction oxygenation, blood pressure levels and feasibility of the method was evaluated. Paper III: The preoperative ideal body weight based rehydration regime was evaluated by TTE. Paper IV: Need of rehydration during bariatric surgery was evaluated by comparing conventional monitoring to a more advanced approach (i.e. preoperative TTE and arterial pulse wave analysis). Results: Rapid-weight-loss preparation prior to bariatric surgery may expose MO to dehydration. TTE was shown to be a robust modality for preoperative screening of the level of venous return, assessment of filling pressures and biventricular function of the heart in MO. The combination of sevoflurane, propofol, alfentanil and suxamethonium was demonstrated to be a safe method for RSI regardless of BMI. The preoperative rehydration regime implemented by colloids 6 ml/kg IBW was an adequate treatment to obtain euvolemia. In addition, preoperative rehydration seems to increase hemodynamic stability during intravenous induction of anesthesia and even intraoperatively. Conclusion: This thesis describes a safe and comprehensive perioperative management of morbidly obese individuals scheduled for bariatric surgery. Hemodynamic and respiratory stability can be achieved by implementation of strict and proven methods of anesthesia and fluid therapy. Much focus should be placed on feasible monitoring and preoperative optimization in morbidly obese individuals for increased perioperative safety.
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Beech, Peter Nicholas Hugh. "A critical assessment of high commitment management." Thesis, Open University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286922.
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Jamali, Nadia. "Environmental assessment tools for sustainable resource management." Thesis, Nantes, Ecole des Mines, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014EMNA0179/document.
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En 1987, la commission sur l'environnement et le développement des Nations-Unies définissait le développement soutenable/durable par ‘‘un développement qui répond aux besoins actuels sans compromettre les capacités des générations futures à répondre au leur’’. Cette définition vise à améliorer/maintenir la qualité de vie de l'humanité avec le temps en perspective. Le développement durable met en exergue trois actions : la diminution des besoins, l'utilisation d'énergies propres et renouvelables et le recyclage. Cette thèse vise à proposer des éléments de réponses à trois questions scientifiques : RQ1 : Comment évaluer l'impact environnemental résultant de l'exploitation des ressources minérales, en tenant en compte de leur abondance, de leur composition chimique, de leurs propriétés physiques et des effets de leur extraction?RQ2 : Comment évaluer la performance du recyclage, en prenant en compte les différentes pertes (de quantité et de qualité)?RQ3 : Substituer de l'énergie fossile par de la biomasse s'inscrit-il toujours dans le cadre du développement durable?La méthode émergétique est principalement utilisée pour cette recherche. Elle est complétée par l'exergético-écologie, l'empreinte carbone ou l'analyse exergétique du cycle de vie.L'émergie spécifique initiale (avant exploitation) des 42 minéraux les plus utilisés dans l'industrie est proposée, tout en respectant le principe de hiérarchisation des matériaux formulé par Odum. La performance environnementale du recyclage métallurgique a été étudiée tout en tenant compte des pertes de matière et de qualité. Une transformité moyenne et trois ratios sont proposés, permettant de quantifier une solution qualifiable de ‘‘éco-conception’’. Finalement, l'intérêt d'une substitution d'un combustible fossile par de la biomasse a été analysé à l’aide de deux exemples concretsIn 1987, the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development defined sustainable development as ‘‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’’. The aim is to continuously improve the quality of life for both current and future generation without increasing the use of natural resources beyond the Earth's carrying capacity. The entire life-cycle of natural resources, from their extraction to their final disposal as waste, engenders negative environmental impacts. Waste recycling and the substitutionof excessively polluting resources with alternatives are considered as the key components of sustainable resource management. The flow of the thesis is formalized in the following three research questions:RQ1: Is it possible, and if so how, to assess the environmental impacts resulting from the exploitation of mineral resources, taking into account their abundance, their chemical and physical properties and the effects of their extraction?RQ2: Is it possible, and if so how, to evaluate the environmental performance of recycling, taking into account the chemical, physical and thermodynamic limits of the process?RQ3: To which extent a partial or complete substitution of fossil fuels with biomass is an environmentally friendly solution?The work is essentially based on the emergy approach, but also other environmental assessment tools has been used such as the exergoecology approach, the exergetic life cycle assessment and the carbon footprint. The specific emergy of about 42 main commercially used minerals has been calculated, respecting the material hierarchy developed by Odum. The environmental performance of metallurgical recycling has been studied, taking into account for the material and quality losses during the process. The use of an average transformity is proposed and three sustainability ratios have been defined to assess the benefits and limits of recycling processes. Finally, in order to determine the environmental impact of using biomass as substitute for fossil fuels, two concrete examples has been studied
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Boer, Jan den. "Sustainability assessment for waste management planning : development and alternative use of the LCA-IWM waste management system assessment tool /." Darmstadt : Inst. WAR, 2007. http://www.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/tocs/194398196.pdf.
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Kapofu, Desmond. "An operations management perspective of knowledge management : towards a knowledge management assessment and improvement tool." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5709.
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This thesis describes the development of a Knowledge Management (KM) Assessment tool for the Operational level of the organisation. Its main focus is to help organisations to identify the KM activities and mechanisms that they could improve in order to improve their operational efficiency. Current KM literature is lacking in guiding organisations in what they need to do in order to implement and formalise KM in their operations with a view to improving operational efficiency. Therefore the aim of this thesis is to fill this gap in the literature and also to influence the manner in which KM is practiced. The research project has three distinct stages: the model development, modification and testing stages. The model development stage synthesises KM literature and a pilot study in order to develop a conceptual model of the KM assessment tool. The second stage of the research project describes the application of the tool in three organisations and details the modifications that were made as a result. Finally, the third stage tests the final version of the KM Assessment tool using four case organisations. The KM Assessment tool presented in this thesis is not a prescriptive KM solution; it emphasises the need to approach KM from a process and task specific perspective. Put another way, KM improvements should be implemented to reflect the processes and task charactaristics of each individual organisation. However, the thesis presents a method of evaluation of such that is unform across organisational types
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Wright, Lucy. "Product life cycle management." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301674.
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Carey, Matthew M. B. A. Sloan School of Management. "Model based capability assessment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111881.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2017."June 2017." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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As processing, modeling software and design experience become more advanced, the idea of designing a system through models has gained traction in numerous Department of Defense programs. The efficiency gains piloted through implementation of models in the engineering process have also prompted the movement of incorporating models into the acquisition process. While initiatives have been started to incorporate models into the acquisition process (model-based acquisition), there is no publicly documented assessment to determine if an acquisition office possesses the needed skills. This paper explores the purpose of model-based acquisition and assessment structures, and proposes a CMMI like generalized quantitative method by which to assess the readiness of a government acquisition office for model-based acquisition.
by Matthew Carey.
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Carey, Matthew M. B. A. Sloan School of Management. "Model based capability assessment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111881.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2017."June 2017." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references.
As processing, modeling software and design experience become more advanced, the idea of designing a system through models has gained traction in numerous Department of Defense programs. The efficiency gains piloted through implementation of models in the engineering process have also prompted the movement of incorporating models into the acquisition process. While initiatives have been started to incorporate models into the acquisition process (model-based acquisition), there is no publicly documented assessment to determine if an acquisition office possesses the needed skills. This paper explores the purpose of model-based acquisition and assessment structures, and proposes a CMMI like generalized quantitative method by which to assess the readiness of a government acquisition office for model-based acquisition.
by Matthew Carey.
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Muir, Michael Christopher. "Lifecycle Assessment for Strategic Product Design and Management." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19878.
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With the advent of digital imaging technology, the options available to consumers in consumer imaging have increased tremendously. From image capture through image processing and output, many options have emerged; however, the relative environmental impacts of these different options are not clear cut. Simplistically, one might say that the use of a digital camera has a lesser environmental burden than the use of a reloadable film camera because the image produced as a result of using the digital camera avoids chemicals in film developing. However, digital cameras require electronics and computers that need energy; and, energy production is one of the contributors to greenhouse gasses like CO2. Assessment of the environmental impacts of these different options can help provide feedback to decision makers and insights that will help reduce environmental impact through product system design.
One tool that has been used to relate environmental impacts with functions provide to consumers through products or services is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA, which has been standardized by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in ISO14000, is used here to evaluate both traditional film and digital imaging systems. Data from publicly available databases and both external and internal Eastman Kodak Company studies were utilized to develop LCA modules for the different processes involved. Product and service business models are explored for both technologies through ten different imaging and output scenarios. The functional unit used is the capture, processing and output of one 4 x6 image. Four impact categories (energy use, greenhouse emission, water use and waste generation) across four life cycle phases (upstream, distribution, use, and end of life) are explored for the ten scenarios.
LCA is also evaluated as a tool to help facilitate strategic level environmental performance issues with both new and established business activities. Sensitivity analysis is also performed to evaluate the impact of assumptions made in the course of the assessment and comments are made regarding the effectiveness of LCA for strategic assessment and product service strategies in lowering environmental impact.
Results indicate that the lowest impact scenarios are Digital Capture to LCD Display for Greenhouse Emissions and Energy Use and Film Capture to Wholesale Print for Water Use and Waste Generation. Highest impacts were seen for Greenhouse Emissions in the Film Capture to Retail Print scenario. In the Energy Use and Water Use category, the Digital Capture to CRT Computer Display was the highest scenario. For Waste Generation, the Digital Capture to Inkjet Print was the highest impact scenario.
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Smith, A. B. (Riana). "Change dynamics within project management an assessment tool /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11222007-152309.
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Johansson, Markus, and Robin Harding. "Functionality assessment of inventory management software for SME." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-131212.
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For numerous companies today, one of the key elements for successful competing in the market is an optimized inventory management. Inventory management is about satisfying the customer need, while keeping the inventory costs as low as possible. This report discusses the functionality assessment of inventory management software for small to medium sized enterprises (SME). It is an investigation motivated by the fact that high-end inventory management solutions are becoming financially available for SME via the SaaS technology. The main question that this study aims to answer is therefore what functionalities and functionality characteristics in external high-end inventory management solutions enable competitive advantage for SME’s. A survey complimented by a number of interviews was conducted in order to gain a broad picture of what the SME’s need from these solutions. The answers obtained from the SME respondents were compared to relevant literature, and from that the conclusions were drawn. Furthermore, a QFD analysis was made to evaluate how well an existing high-end-solution matches the SME requests. The result of the study shows that there are many similarities between what the SME need and what the large companies need in terms of functionalities in these systems. However, the study also shows that, for optimal use, these functionalities must be delivered by the system developers in a way that is better suited for SME’s.För många företag idag är en av nyckelkomponenterna för framgångsrik konkurrens på marknaden en optimerad lagerstyrning. Lagerstyrning handlar om att tillfredsställa kundernas behov samtidigt som lagerkostnaderna hålls så låga som möjligt. Den här studien utvärderar funktionaliteter i lagerstyrningsmjukvaror för små till medelstora företag. Det är en undersökning som är motiverad av det faktum att avancerade lagerstyrningssystem blir mer och mer finansiellt tillgängliga för små till medelstora företag via den så kallade molnteknologin. Huvudfrågan som detta examensarbete ämnar besvara är därför vilka funktionaliteter och funktionaliteters egenskaper i avancerade externa lagerstyrningssystem som möjliggör konkurrenskraft för små till medelstora företag. En enkät kompletterad av ett antal intervjuer genomfördes för att skapa en bred bild av vad de små till medelstora företagen behöver från dessa system. Svaren som erhölls från de undersökta företagen jämfördes med relevant litteratur och från detta har slutsatser dragits. Dessutom har en så kallad QFD-analys gjorts för att utvärdera hur bra en existerande system stämmer överens med vad de små och medelstora företagen efterfrågar. Resultatet av detta examensarbete är att det finns många likheter mellan vad de små till medelstora företagen behöver och vad de stora företagen behöver angående funktionaliteter i dessa system. Emellertid visar denna undersökning att, för optimal nytta av dessa system, måste dessa funktionaliteter anpassas för de små och medelstora företagen.
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Townend, William King. "Assessment and delivery of sustainable healthcare wastes management." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429172.
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Kythreoti, Stella. "Earthquake risk assessment and management : case study, Cyprus." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3417/.
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Earthquakes are amongst the worst natural disasters on Earth, resulting in an annual average of around 10,000 fatalities last century and progressively increasing in the amount of economic damage they cause, reaching US $20 billion per annum this decade. The mitigation of the unwanted consequences of earthquakes is normally achieved by Risk Management Strategies (RMS), which rely on the development of Earthquake Risk Assessment (ERA) techniques. This thesis aims to develop a framework for ERA for medium seismicity regions that incorporates the spatial aspects of the hazard and risk evaluation. The framework is used to undertake ERA for the island of Cyprus, and the information is used to propose RMS. The ERA framework relies on comprehensive data on the location, value and vulnerability of buildings and the population distribution. These data were collected from the various Cyprus Government Departments. Various hazard and attenuation models are examined, and the effect of their variability is taken into account through Monte Carlo simulations. The estimated annual risk for Cyprus is just below £ 10 million CY. This value was estimated based on the use of the re-appraised historical data for the past-century. Comparisons with other seismic hazard assessment methods, such as recurrence relationships, have revealed that, without a spatial distribution model, such approaches are unsuitable for ERA. Though the maximum intensities predicted are in line with the ones that underpin the aseismic code of Cyprus (CCEAA-CFEE, 1994), the predicted design accelerations are higher than given in the code. Hence, new seismic accelerations are proposed. Despite that, the current reduction in risk is comparable to the additional cost of aseismic design. Seismic retrofitting was also examined and it was found that as part of a general modernisation scheme seismic upgrading is cost effective. However, whatever the state of the building, it is recommended that earthquake insurance should be made mandatory. The current seismic insurance rates appear to be fair, though they seem to underestimate the risk in the areas of high seismicity. The number of likely human losses is also estimated. This study concludes that the result of ERA is heavily dependent on the models and data used, and both require constant updating for the ERA results to remain meaningful.
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Amarasinghe, Mala Damayanthi. "Environmental assessment for wetland management in Sri Lanka." Thesis, University of Salford, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386393.
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LATHROP, EMMA BRIDGET. "PAIN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PATIENTS." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613226.
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The purpose of this honors thesis is to propose an evidence based best practice protocol
for pain assessment and pain management in pediatric oncology patients. Pain is one of the most
distressing aspects of treatment of cancer. Many pediatric oncology patients’ pain is
undertreated or not treated as effectively as possible. The protocol presented was created to
improve the quality of care and reduce the amount of pain experienced in this patient population.
A literature review was performed on 11 studies retrieved from PubMed and CINHAL databases
related to pain assessment, pharmacological pain management, and non-pharmacological
alternative therapies for pain management. The evidence based recommendations for pain
assessment were to use the Wong-Baker FACES® Pain Scale, FLACC scale, PQRST scale and
Brief Pain survey depending on the age and developmental level of the patient. The
pharmacological pain management was recommended for nurses to properly administer
scheduled analgesia and administer pain medication per request. The recommended alternative
therapies for pain management included are meditation, music therapy, massage therapy, and
hypnosis. Evaluation of pain management will be performed by the patients and nurses’
assessment of the effectiveness of the pain management interventions.
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Damasiotis, Vyron. "Modelling software project management complexity : an assessment model." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2018. http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/4834/.
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During the last years, more and more business use projectised organisation as an organisation structure to tackle complex problems needed for the implementation of their strategic objectives. A significant number of these projects were/are challenged or even failed to meet their initial requirements in terms of cost, time and quality. This phenomenon is more intense in software projects due their special characteristics sourcing from the dynamic and continuous changing environment they operate and the nature of the software itself. Most of these failures were attributed to complexity that exists in various forms and levels at all projects. Many studies attempted to identify the sources of project complexity and define an appropriate complexity typology for capturing it. However, most of these studies are theoretical and only a limited number is proposing models capable to evaluate or measure project complexity. This research, acknowledges the endogenous character of complexity in projects but instead of trying to identify complexity dimensions of this complexity in projects, focuses on the complexity in the interfaces between project processes, project management processes and project managers, which consists of the critical point for successful project execution. The proposed framework can be used in order to highlight the most significant complexity areas either organisation specific or project specific, providing in that way the necessary awareness for better, efficient and effective project management. The approach followed in framework design, identifies the variation of perception of complexity between different organisations. Allow organisations to evaluate complexity of projects and provide them with an important information that will assist project selection process. Identifies the significance of peoples’ knowledge and experience and generally the maturity/capabilities of an organisation in management in order to handle complexity, as this was revealed through the findings of this research. Furthermore, considers complexity as variable that can be measured and propose a model for it. To implement this framework, an extended literature review was initially performed, for identifying the complexity factors sourcing from project management aspects. Subsequently, statistical methods for processing and refining the identified factors were used, resulting to the final set of measures used in the framework. Finally, the proposed model was validated through the appliance of case study methodology.
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Habaragamu, Ralalage Wijendra Peiris Gunathilake. "A quality assessment framework for knowledge management software." Thesis, Keele University, 2016. http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/3235/.
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CONTEXT: Knowledge is a strategic asset to any organisation due to its usefulness in supporting innovation, performance improvement and competitive advantage. In order to gain the maximum benefit from knowledge, the effective management of various forms of knowledge is increasingly viewed as vital. A Knowledge Management System (KMS) is a class of Information System (IS) that manages organisational knowledge, and KMS software (KMSS) is a KMS component that can be used as a platform for managing various forms of knowledge. The evaluation of the effectiveness or quality of KMS software is challenging, and no systematic evidence exists on the quality evaluation of knowledge management software which considers the various aspects of Knowledge Management (KM) to ensure the effectiveness of a KMS. AIM: The overall aim is to formalise a quality assessment framework for knowledge management software (KMSS). METHOD: In order to achieve the aim, the research was planned and carried out in the stages identified in the software engineering research methods literature. The need for this research was identified through a mapping study of prior KMS research. The data collected through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) and the evaluation of a KMSS prototype using a sample of 58 regular users of knowledge management software were used as the main sources of data for the formalisation of the quality assessment framework. A test bed for empirical data collection was designed and implemented based on key principles of learning. A formalised quality assessment framework was applied to select knowledge management software and was evaluated for effectiveness. RESULTS: The final outcome of this research is a quality assessment framework consisting of 41 quality attributes categorised under content quality, platform quality and user satisfaction. A Quality Index was formulated by integrating these three categories of quality attributes to evaluate the quality of knowledge management software. CONCLUSION: This research generates novel contributions by presenting a framework for the quality assessment of knowledge management software, never previously available in the research. This framework is a valuable resource for any organisation or individual in selecting the most suitable knowledge management software by considering the quality attributes of the software.
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Alzahmi, M. "The collaborative risk assessment environment in disaster management." Thesis, University of Salford, 2015. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/38030/.
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In the past century the occurrence of natural disasters and man-made disasters have steadily increased with a significant loss of life, damage caused to infrastructure and property, and destruction of the environment. There is much evidence that natural disasters are growing on a global level. Dealing with disasters demand the involvement of a range of agencies collaborating and making collaborative decision. This research has identified the need for a collaborative platform to bring together a variety of information to enable multi-agencies to prepare for disasters and to enhance the resilience of cities. Risk assessment is a crucial aspect within the activities of multi-agencies. Risk assessment enhances emergency planning which can then be tested by detailed appraisals and exercises. Whenever risk assessment is updated, plans are revised and additional tests are carried out. Risk assessment helps multi-agency planners decide what resource requirements they need and what multi-agency activities need to be planned collaboratively in order to prepare for disaster. The aim of this research is to investigate the nature of an interactive map that can enhance multi-agency team collaboration in the risk assessment process in disaster management. This research uses the six-step risk assessment process used in Australia and New Zealand which is widely recognized as being good practice. These steps are Contextualization, Hazard Review, Risk Analysis, Risk Evaluation, Risk Treatment and Monitoring and Reviewing (Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Standard Committee, AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009). In this research, the characteristics of a suitable interactive map for risk assessment was defined in collaboration with the senior practitioners within a multi-agency team in the UK. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the senior managers of Category 1 responders in The Greater Manchester Local Resilience Forum (GMLRF) to capture the requirements for a multi-agency collaboration platform. The outcome of these interviews were used to capture the characteristics and develop the a prototype of the interactive map that can support risk assessment. Once implemented, the validation of the interactive map prototype was conducted involving senior practitioners of stakeholders in the GMLRF development group. The experiment was held in the THINKpod in ThinkLab, at the University of Salford. A total of 23 senior practitioners took part in the evaluation experiment. After a demonstration of a scenario and using the interactive map, the participants evaluated the prototype as a group and then completed questionnaires that xv featured range of open, closed and rating scale questions. These questionnaires were designed to evaluate the perceived effectiveness and impact of the interactive map on strengthening collaboration among the multi-agency teams during risk assessment. The outcome of the evaluation shows a good level of satisfaction among the practitioners. The overall result suggests that the professionals view the interactive map as a good platform to support collaboration multi-agency teams in risk assessment activity.
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Білопільська, Олександра Олександрівна, Александра Александровна Белопольская, Oleksandra Oleksandrivna Bilopilska, Сергій Михайлович Фролов, Сергей Михайлович Фролов, and Serhii Mykhailovych Frolov. "Assessment profile of waste management system in Ukraine." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31054.
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With the industrialisation waste emerged in the proper sense. Waste had to become a problem so that waste management could develop. Within industry, commerce as well as households non-renewable resources were used with increasing intensity. Furthermore the economic development of the industrial system took up pace. Products got replaced faster and more frequent and were devaluated to waste. Through the development of new technologies and energies, the large scale use of raw materials that have been rarely used yet as well as the development of new markets a self-reinforcing process came into being. All these factors lead to an increasing economic and social change as well as a so far unknown amount of waste.
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Kasbi, Bahar. "Assessment of optimization control strategies for energy management." Thesis, KTH, Optimeringslära och systemteori, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-277835.
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With the increasing demand for renewable energy sources, new systems are being developed to sustain future infrastructure, accommodating these new energy sources. One of the proposed solutions is to incorporate distributed energy resources to different households in order to provide local energy demands effectively. To enable large-scale integration of flexible energy resources, it is crucial to reduce end-user energy and power costs, which can be done by designing an optimization model objected to minimize the total electricity bill. In the scope of this Master thesis, the interest lies in investigating a control strategy to operate batteries, heat pumps, and other assets by producing the optimal setpoints using the designed optimization algorithm that takes, amongst others, market and weather data as well as customer behavior into account. The applied method for producing these setpoints is sensitivity analysis in linear programming, and heat pump scheduling has been investigated for performance evaluation of this technique. The results show that applying this method produces the optimal setpoints over the non-controllable electricity load range by utilizing a low number of optimizations, i.e. high computation-efficiency, and high accuracy. Consequently, the controller by having the given setpoints as the input can easily adjust the heat pump output power based on the real-time non-controllable electricity load without creating any peaks and extra costs for the customers.Med en ökad efterfrågan på förnybara energikällor utvecklas nya system för att upprätthålla framtida infrastruktur vilket kommer säkra dessa nya energikällor. En av de föreslagna lösningarna är att integrera distribuerade energiresurser till olika hushåll för att effektivt kunna tillgodose lokala energikrav. För att möjliggöra en storskalig integrering av flexibla energiresurser det avgörande är att man kan minska slutkundens energi och effektkostnader. Detta kan nås genom att utforma en optimeringsmodell av problemet som tar hänsyn till olika resourses begränsningar osv. för att minska elkosnaden hos slutkunden. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka en kontrollstrategi för att använda batterier, värmepumpar och andra tillgångar på ett optimalt sätt, genom att producera de optimala börvärdena med hjälp av den utformade optimeringsalgoritmen som tar hänsyn till bland annat marknads och väderdata samt kund beteende. För att producera dessa börvärden användes methoden känslighetsanalys som är en del inom linjär programmering och fokus har varit styrningen av värmepumpar. Resultaten visar att tillämpningen av denna metod leder till att de optimala börvärdena över det icke-kontrollerbara elektriska lasten erhålles, med ett lågt antal optimeringar, dvs att metoden har hög beräknings-effektivitet samt noggrannhet. Följaktligen kan regulatorn med de givna börvärdena som ingång enkelt justera värmepumpens utgångseffekt baserat på realtids icke-kontrollerbar elektriska lasten, utan att skapa några toppar och extra kostnader för kunderna.
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Moss, James Russell. "Assessment of Vineyard Nitrogen Management upon Grape Chemistry." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78150.
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To combat excessive vine vigor, many vintners have employed intensive cover cropping techniques. While cover crops provide a multitude of benefits to the farming system, they can compete for nutrients and water. The seemingly ubiquitous adoption of cover crops in the Eastern United States has led to vines and grape musts which are deficient in nitrogen (N). A must that is deficient in yeast assimilable nitrogen (YAN) can lead to the production of off aromas and stuck or sluggish fermentations. It has also been suggested that musts with limited amino nitrogen sources can result in wines with less fruity aromas than those with a higher starting amino acid content. Varying rates of calcium nitrate were applied to the soil at bloom and foliar urea was sprayed at a Sauvignon blanc and Petit Manseng (Vitis vinifera L.) vineyard. Perennial White and Crimson clover as well as foliar urea applications at véraison were utilized at a Vidal blanc (Vitis spp.) site. Foliar urea was effective at significantly increasing YANs in all experiments with some year to year variation in efficacy. Foliar urea applications slightly favored the production of ammonia over primary amino nitrogen. While most of the measured amino acids in fruit increased in concentration with the application of either soil or foliar N, foliar applications were more effective at increasing fruit amino acids. Of the amino acids measured, arginine and glutamine were the most increased by foliar urea applications, whereas proline was relatively unaffected. The use of clover as a perennial under-vine cover crop did not increase berry YAN. The application of foliar urea sprays may present an effective means by which vintners can easily increase must YANs and amino acid contents.Master of Science in Life Sciences
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Hesselmann, Ernst Friedrich Sebastian. "An investigation into European design management capability assessment." Thesis, Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/7569.
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This thesis investigates factors which promote design management success and considers how design management capabilities in businesses and organisations can be assessed. The investigation is based on exploration and identification of important factors for the successful use of design management. A review of the literature confirms the assimilation between the design process and NPD process success factor research, resulting in the development of the concept design management. A comprehensive list of the nine most frequently referenced NPD process success factors is derived from 64 research studies. A contextual review confirms the validity of the Design Management Staircase Model, the only known model to evaluate design management capabilities. The validity of the nine factors for promoting design management success is analysed based on a dataset gathered through the Design Management Europe (DME) Award. This validity is confirmed through an analysis of qualitative data gathered with DME Award entrants. The third part of the analysis builds the basis for a comparison between the Design Management Staircase Model and the NPD process success factors. This investigation provides insight into the design management capabilities of companies, identifying which factors are of greatest importance for design management capability assessment. Further, the analysis demonstrates that a complete process more important than any single factor. The PhD contributes to new knowledge regarding the importance of design management to business resourcing, a meta-analysis that reveals the nine most important factors for design management, the importance of a process driven approach to factor implementation, and a set of recommendations for the development of an improved design management capability assessment model. The underlying message of the results in this PhD thesis is that successful design management capabilities are highly dependent on the right expertise and building a complete process which consists of nine success factors.
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Jayaraman, Venkataramanan. "Assessment of uncertainty management approaches in construction organizations." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2006.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Michigan State University. Construction Management Program , 2006.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on June 19, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150). Also issued in print.
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Adiansyah, Joni Safaar. "A life cycle assessment of mine tailings management." Thesis, Curtin University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59656.
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This study of life cycle assessment and environmental valuation of mine tailings management combines rheology analysis, and computer simulations. Three strategies were assessed: thickened tailings, tailings paste, and filtered tailings. Technology improvement and renewable energy were introduced in order to improve the sustainability performance of the mine tailings methods investigated. Alternative Tailings Disposal methods with filter belt press and stack cell flotation together with renewable energy helped to reduce the environmental impact and costs associated with coal tailings disposal.
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Doherty, William. "Assessment and self-assessment of total quality management in organisations using knowledge-based techniques." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318764.
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Tai, Chunming. "Undergraduate business and management students' experiences of being involved in assessment." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9456.
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This study aimed to explore university undergraduates’ experiences of student involvement in assessment (SIA). Based on Biggs’ 3P model of student learning, this study focused on students’ experiences prior to SIA, during SIA and after SIA in three Business and Management modules. Applying this framework, different practices of involving students in assessment (peer assessment, self assessment or self designed assessment) were studied from the perspectives of the students concerned. Unlike other studies that normally test to what extent the designed outcomes of SIA have been met, the goal of this research was to reveal the inside picture of how students were coping with those SIA tasks and their learning. This picture was outlined from students’ perceptions of SIA, the main factors that might influence students’ engagement with SIA, and students’ reflections on SIA practice in the particular module. This study adopted mixed research methods with sequential explorative design. It employed the ETLA (Environment of Teaching, Learning and Assessment) questionnaire and follow up semi-structured interviews. There were in total 251 valid questionnaire responses from students and 18 valid student interviews. The data were collected from three undergraduate Business and Management degree modules in which different strategies were used to involve students in assessment. The three innovative modules were all from Scottish universities in which assessment practices were being re-engineered by involving students in assessment. Two of the modules had participated in the REAP (Re-engineering Assessment Practice) project. However, they were different from each other in terms of the way in which they involved students in assessment and the level or extent of student involvement in assessment that was entailed. The report and analysis of the findings has taken three main forms. First, the module context including the teaching, learning and assessment environment and student learning approaches and satisfactions in the particular module were compared and analysed using the questionnaire data. The results showed a strong association between the elements in the teaching and learning environment and student learning approaches. They also indicated that the quality of teaching, feedback and learning support played significant roles in the quality of student learning. Secondly, an analysis of the interview data was undertaken to examine why and how students would learn differently in different module contexts with different SIA practices, and how students were coping with their learning in the SIA tasks concerned. In addressing these questions, students’ previous experiences in SIA, and knowledge about SIA, peers’ influence, teachers’ support and training for SIA, interaction between and among students and teachers, the clarity of the module objectives and requirements and learning resources were found to be the major factors that might influence students’ engagement in the SIA. Additionally, the salient learning benefits and challenges of SIA as perceived by students were explored. Thirdly, based on the preceding findings, the analysis of each module aimed to further consider in what way the three modules differed from each other with respect to SIA practices, and how students responded in the three different module contexts in terms of their engagement with SIA. These three forms of analysis made it possible to gain a rich understanding of students’ experiences of SIA that could also feed into a consideration of what kind of support the students might need in order to better engage them into the SIA and better prepare them for life-long learning.
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Apostolopoulos, Charalampos. "Risk assessment for change management within project management : a hierarchical model process approach." Thesis, City University London, 2015. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/15015/.
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The field of modern project management is not new, and what seems to have changed over the past decade is the evolution of techniques applying theory into practice. This had as a consequence for the need to standardise and structure different processes of project management, in a detailed, documented and formal manner. On the other hand, change management seen as an integrated process within project management is a rational process for exploring decision and behaviour alternatives in an attempt to realign the course of ‘derailed’ deliverables due to change and ensure project success. However, models contained in such frameworks often lack formal semantics and clarity; generally fail to address and assess organisational change management risk reasoning, in a rather detailed way as they do for the majority of the project management processes. Since, uncontrolled changes might have an effect on the projects’ success, it is vital to assess the probability of materialisation (risk) of success before the decision is made and whether to proceed with the change or not. For example, if the change dramatically increases the risk of failure then it is logical to assume that avoiding that implementation is the right decision. Ideally, a change or consequence based upon a decision should have a low impact and a fairly high level of predictability. This research, takes the challenge to propose a novel modelling approach, which will contribute significantly to the missing formality of business models especially in the change risks assessment area. The introduction of Change Risk Assessment Model (CRAM) allows the identification and definition of speculative relationships, between change risks in the form of hierarchical risk tree analysis. Overall, the method is dynamic and flexible enough that can be tailored to various project requirements, taking into account significant environmental risk factors which influence project deliverables. Project success is a key objective for today’s organisations; professionals can make use of a new methodology for risk assessment, compatible with project management frameworks which currently seems to be missing from literature. Project management methodologies are not a panacea against project failure; nevertheless, CRAM can be regarded as a comprehensive modelling approach which combines both quantitative and qualitative risk criteria analysis in decision making processes.
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Krohn, Joshua A. "Needs assessment for Grace Adult Day Services Chippewa Falls." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009krohnj.pdf.
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Newbury, Brian. "Integrated health, safety and environmental management systems." Thesis, University of South Wales, 2000. https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/studentthesis/integrated-health-safety-and-environmental-management-systems(6a947bb5-bda0-4466-9cb6-f02ad514cb9a).html.
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The continued rise in accident and ill health statistics throughout the member states of the European Union indicate that the standards of occupational health, safety and environmental control require further improvement to minimise the current level of loss. Management systems are regarded as an effective means of reducing this loss by continuously improving standards. Whilst there is much discussion and debate about the possibilities of integrating management systems, at present, there are no national or international published integrated management standards, although some multi-national companies have introduced their own internal integrated standards. The research explored the development of an integrated health, safety and environmental (HSE) management system within a range of industrial organisations. This included the development of tools for successful implementation of integrated systems, specifically for significance review, risk assessment and auditing. Resources and accreditation constraints precluded exhaustive testing of all clauses within the proposed integrated management standard. However, analysis of key aspects of the standard revealed: 1. The introduction and use of separate health, safety and environmental (HSE) management systems improved the standards of risk control within organisations. 2. Organisations perceived that there were clear business advantages in some form of integration of existing standards. 3. The developed integrated HSE standard was technically possible in the area of policy development, process operations, working instructions and documentation. However, the integration of risk assessment and audit tools gave limited advantages compared to existing separate systems. 4. The proposed integrated HSE standard complied with both individual European member states national legislative requirements and European/World-wide management standard criteria. In summary this thesis represents an original contribution to the field of integrated management systems. The thesis also identifies areas of further work that will increase the knowledge base, scope of application of the work carried out.
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Van, Tonder Anthony David. "Building project management within financial institutions, a comparative assessment." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/79.
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The expenditure by financial institutions in South Africa on building projects could conservatively be estimated to total in the region of a billion rand per annum. It is surprising, given the amount of money being spent that there is currently no co-operation between the various financial institutions in the field of building project management. The research in this study found that most financial institutions were not taking into account all the costs and benefits when undertaking a project. When a project is undertaken in this manner, the viability analysis would not be a true reflection of the project being undertaken. The areas which were not taken into account when undertaking a project were the indirect project costs, which included costs like the project management staff themselves. An exception to this was First National Bank Metropolitan Delivery. They followed an outsourcing strategy in terms of their building project management function and the cost of this was known and added into the project cost. In terms of the benefits, this study found that the financial institutions do not take the intangible benefits into account. They do not consider the long term benefits which will be derived as a result of the implementation of a project. Arriving at a model which takes into account these factors, would provide material for a Doctorate thesis.
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Butler, Bridget. "Risk management of groundwater pollution : a knowledge-based approach." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1998. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/7477.
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Risk assessment and risk management now underpin environmental protection in the UK. Risk assessment provides for a structured and systematic analysis of a problem, and is an objective tool to inform risk management decisions. In particular, risk assessment can assist in the prioritisation of management activities to direct resources more effectively to significant risks. However, the application of risk assessment remains ad hoc and often focused on quantified approaches. The problem of how to integrate the results of a risk assessment into decisionmaking processes remains. The objective of this research was to assess whether a knowledgebased approach could be usefully applied to risk management decisions associated with the protection of groundwater. The use of a knowledge-based system offers considerable potential to support regulatory decision-making relating to environmental risks. Such systems utilise expert knowledge to solve specific problems as an expert would but without requiring specialist or skilled users. This research describes the development of a prototype decision-support system to assist non-specialist regulatory personnel, in the prioritisation of risks and management activities relating to groundwater threats from hydrocarbon point-sources. The research focused on the knowledge acquisition process using semi-structured interviews, concept sorting and risk rating to identify the type of information required by the expert in their decision-making processes and also to distinguish any differences of approach between experts and 'non-experts'. A conceptual model was developed that represented expert decision-making and problem solving. This model was used to develop the prototype decision-support system which was subsequently evaluated by experts and users, resulting in system refinements. A positive response to the usability and utility of the system was received from both expert and user groups, suggesting a knowledge-based approach can be usefully applied to risk management decisions associated with the protection of groundwater.
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Bakheet, Moataz Talaat. "Contractors' risk assessment system." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23163.
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Kentel, Elçin. "Uncertainty Modeling Health Risk Assessment and Groundwater Resources Management." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11584.
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Real-world problems especially the ones that involve natural systems are complex and they are composed of many non-deterministic components. Uncertainties associated with these non-deterministic components may originate from randomness or from imprecision due to lack of information. Until recently, uncertainty, regardless of its nature or source has been treated by probability concepts. However, uncertainties associated with real-world systems are not limited to randomness. Imprecise, vague or incomplete information may better be represented by other mathematical tools, such as fuzzy set theory, possibility theory, belief functions, etc. New approaches which allow utilization of probability theory in combination with these new mathematical tools found applications in various engineering fields. Uncertainty modeling in human health risk assessment and groundwater resources management areas are investigated in this thesis.
In the first part of this thesis two new approaches which utilize both probability theory and fuzzy set theory concepts to treat parameter uncertainties in carcinogenic risk assessment are proposed. As a result of these approaches fuzzy health risks are generated. For the fuzzy risk to be useful for practical purposes its acceptability with respect to compliance guideline has to be evaluated. A new fuzzy measure, the risk tolerance measure, is proposed for this purpose. The risk tolerance measure is a weighed average of the possibility and the necessity measures which are currently used for decision making purposes. In the second part of this thesis two decision making frameworks are proposed to determine the best groundwater resources management strategy in the Savannah region, Georgia. Groundwater resources management problems, especially ones in the coastal areas are complex and require treatment of various uncertain inputs. The first decision making framework proposed in this study is composed of a coupled simulation-optimization model followed by a fuzzy multi-objective decision making approach while the second framework includes a groundwater flow model in which the parameters of the flow equation are characterized by fuzzy numbers and a decision making approach which utilizes the risk tolerance measure proposed in the first part of this thesis.
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Quiroga, Ekman Maria Eugenia. "Waste Management System Assessment in the North of Argentina." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-219315.
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During the last decades, solid waste management has been going through a lot of changes regarding, regulation and applications of models and systems. New practices to solve environmental problems have been approached in different scenarios, situations and in different countries. Today the problem of waste management requires the application of broader approach including new methodologies, systems, practices and models to continue the development toward sustainable systems. The objective of this thesis to assess the waste management situation in the Provinces of Jujuy (Municipality of San Salvador de Jujuy) and Salta (Municipality of Salta Capital) located in the north of Argentina and to provide technical recommendations to implement or improve their waste management system. To carry out the technical and environmental assessment of the waste situation in the municipalities in Jujuy and Salta, the Integrated Waste Management (IWM) approach from UN-HABITAT and UNEP, Global Waste Management Outlook is applied; as well as the chronological and practical methodology WHAT (Waste Holistic Assessment Tool) from the Municipal Association in Sweden “Gästrike Återvinnare” based on ten (15) aspects that, according to praxis in Sweden, are considered relevant in order to assess the waste management system in a municipality. The Province of Jujuy and Salta are facing environmental problems as contamination of soil and groundwater, landfills producing greenhouse gas emissions and social problems of people living at the landfill that need to be addressed. The result of this thesis shows that in the province of Jujuy the waste management situation need to be prioritized. At the capital of Jujuy, there are produced 400 tonnes of household waste per day. The level of knowledge of the system perspective is very low and they need the creation of goals, objectives and policies for the implementation of a sustainable system. It is also necessary the assessment of the type and quality of the waste produced, to have a picture of the situation based on facts. The collection and transport need improvements on infrastructure and regarding the workers at the landfill. There is a lack of sorting system or sorting stations. Sorting of waste and recycling is only based on the activity of the informal workers living at the landfill. The construction of a sorting plant at Chanchillos is positive but the lack of separation system limit the usefulness of the equipment. Regarding the financing aspects, there is a system in place for charging the customers for services provided regarding collection of waste, but there is a problem with financing, to cover not only the costs for the daily services but to secure financing for needed investments in infrastructure, treatment facilities etc. In conclusion, the most important aspects with high priority In Jujuy to start with the implementation of an integrated waste management system in Jujuy are: system goals, source and quality of waste, waste sorting, waste treatment, cooperation, planning, financing, knowledge, socio economic aspects and environmental aspects. The results with lower priority are collection and transport, law and regulations, public awareness and business opportunities. On the other hand, the legislative framework shows that the legislation is in place concerning the issues of waste and environmental protection as well the legislative framework at national and provincial level. However, it is necessary to develop a specific legislation, regarding waste management practices, considering, waste hierarchy as well as the development guidelines regarding extended producer responsibility (EPR). In relation to the technical aspects of the landfill, the results show that there is a potential to implement two different solutions for waste treatment a) The capturing of the landfill gas to reduce gas emissions from the landfill. b) Possibility to build up a biogas plant with electricity generation or biodiesel production taking advantage of the raw material of the place as manure. The results in the Province of Salta shows the implementation of an integrated system is in place but it is necessary the improvement of the system. At the capital of the Province of Salta, there are produced 600 tonnes waste a day, that is deposited in a controlled landfill with biogas extraction and only a small percentage of the waste is sent for recycling. Regarding the waste collection and separation there are similarities with the problems of infrastructure described in the Province of Jujuy, such as the lack of trash cans, that makes the collection difficult and the lack of a separation system is a common deficit. The municipality does not have an update data of the quality and quantity of waste since 2003. In relation to public awareness there is a cooperative in cooperation with a private company that oversees the waste sorting. This program is a good initiative but it only covers 2000 blocks of the city and 14 000 households representing only the 10% of the total area. Regarding the financing there is a problem with financing, to cover not only the costs for the daily services but to secure financing for needed investments in infrastructure, treatment facilities, etc. The waste is transported to the landfill, which is using the cell method and is well constructed, considering important aspects as the size of the cells, quantity and variation of rainfall, the absorptive capacity of the waste as well as the control of the capacity of the cells for high degree compaction. However, the controlled landfill has technical problems during the extraction of biogas with leachates and oxygen that ingress into the holes where methane gas is extracted. In conclusion, the aspects with high priority in Salta are: classification of source and type of waste, cooperation, planning, financing, business opportunities and socio-economic aspects. The aspects with low priority are: system goals, collection and transport, waste treatment, law and regulations, public awareness, knowledge, environmental aspects. This shows that the government strategy is working positively regarding instruments and legislation. However, the control and financial system need improvement to afford the costs of the waste management system. The controlled landfill has technical problems during the extraction of biogas with leachates and oxygen that enter the holes where methane gas is extracted. There is also a potential to a) upgrade the biogas to biofuel or b) for generation of energy which is highly demanded in the Province. The conclusions of the assessment show that today the problem of waste management requires a broader approach and new methodologies to understand the situation of the decision makers in the area of waste management. Where not only the physical or technical aspects on a waste management system are considered but also broader and deeply oriented aspects that include other factors that describe the cause of the problems. The methodology applied in this thesis called WHAT (Waste Holistic Assessment Tool) can be used as a practical assessment tool in the future, for the analysis of the conditions for the establishment and development of integrated waste management system in a municipality. After the application of the WHAT methodology in this thesis it can be noticed that there is a potential of future improvements of the methodology as a) the inclusion of the Swedish knowledge and knowhow in the area. b) potential to development of a software to provide a quick assessment in a municipality. c) the inclusion of a database for the implementation of waste management. d) potential to include a financial tool with cost and benefits of the investments. According to the concept of sustainable waste management, the system needs to ensure health and safety aspects but in addition it must also be environmentally, effective, economically affordable and socially acceptable.
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Dyszuk, Michael Paul. "Environmental assessment and management in the marine shipping industry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ27496.pdf.
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Bosch, Antonetta Lamberta Maria van den. "Corporate visual identity management: current practices, impact, and assessment." Enschede : University of Twente [Host], 2005. http://doc.utwente.nl/50850.
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Young, Brad. "Total life cycle management - assessment tool an exploratory analysis." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA483588.
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