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Zobec, Helena, and helena zobec@canberra edu au. "An investigation of library literacy levels of flexible learners at the Canberra Institute of Technology: a pilot study." University of Canberra. Information Management & Tourism, 1998. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050809.143304.
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The present study attempted to measure library literacy levels of open or flexible
learners at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) during the 1995 academic year,
and to investigate to what extent the information skills component of TAFE open
learning modules influence adult learners' library literacy levels.
To address these issues, a quasi-experimental research methodology was used to
measure library literacy levels at the beginning and, again, on or near course
completion to ascertain whether any change had occurred, through the administration
of a questionnaire. A number of participants were then interviewed to further validate
the responses fiom the questionnaires.
The study attempted to show that though courses claim to address key competencies
in a vocational education and training environment, one component of the key
competencies, the ability to collect, analyse and organise information, was not being
met. That one component was the ability to locate (or collect) information.
No strong correlations resulted fiom the library literacy levels measured and the
degree to which the key competency was addressed within course modules. No
statistical measures were possible due to the small sample population that eventuated,
though it was almost half the original targeted population. No real gain was achieved
in library literacy levels between the pretest and posttest stages of the research for
either the Experimental or Control groups. Though a highly suitable research
methodology, the quasi-experimental research design did have some limitations in this
piece of research. The CIT flexible learning environment at the time of the study
contributed to the limitations of the study.
However, a number of recommendations were made on the basis of the research
results, advocating some strategies that might be implemented to improve the library
literacy levels of learners undertaking open or flexible delivery courses within CIT,
and suggestions to change the research environment to avoid many of the problems
experienced.
The CIT pilot study was the first known formally documented study of library literacy
levels in an Australian TAFE environment of its kind. The study reflects the literature
published at the time of the study. At that time, the research in this field was minimal.
Many publications and research have emerged since 1995 when this study was
conducted, indicating this is an area of great interest.
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Thompson, Paula, and n/a. "The development of an evaluation model for work experience programs at CIT." University of Canberra. Education, 1995. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.132918.
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The provision of work experience opportunities for students at the Canberra
Institute of Technology (CIT) is an important feature in promoting the
practical application of theory learned in the classroom. At the outset of this
study, the variety and scope of work experience programs at CIT was not
known and there were no apparent efforts to co-ordinate this activity. The
effectiveness of these programs was not known, and there were no strategies
in place to measure their worth.
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe work experience
programs, to analyse existing evaluation methods and to propose a Model of
Evaluation appropriate to the maximum number of programs.
The review of related literature resulted in the selection of Stake's
comprehensive Countenance Model (1967), chosen for its consideration of
the complexities of purpose and the wide variety of experiences which
students may encounter. A significant part of the application of Stake's
Model was the development of an Evaluation Kit for Work Experience Co-
Ordinators at CIT and the subsequent trial on the Work Placement subject of
the Certificate in Travel course in the School of Tourism and Hospitality.
Stake's Countenance Model of Evaluation appears to embody an appropriate
structure to measure the worth of programs. Recommendations for future
directions include the wider trial of the Kit in a greater number of programs to
further establish its usefulness to decision-makers, and the need to remain
alert to emerging issues and trends in work experience practice in Australia.
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Robinson, Pauline, and n/a. "Competency based training : a certain game of truth." University of Canberra. Education, 1995. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061107.144735.
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This thesis develops a multi-faceted picture of competency based training
and the impact it is having on vocational education. The thesis is a personal
attempt to act agentically by deconstructing the discourse of vocational
education within which I am positioned in my working life. It is an attempt
to push back the boundaries of the discourse and to explore and create
spaces for contestation.
In order to do this I undertake three different readings of a set of texts. The
texts come from two sources. The first is a set of documents identified in the
Framework for the Implementation of Competency Based Training and which
represent the official government position on competency based training.
The second is a set of interviews I undertook with teachers at the Canberra Institute of Technology regarding their views about competency based
training. Details of the texts are provided in Section 2 of the thesis.
The body of the thesis is a set of three readings of these texts. The particular
view of 'reading' used in the thesis is a post structuralist one. Each of the
readings brings into play the understanding of the texts created within a
particular discourse. I draw on the work of Michel Foucault for the
understanding of discourse used in the thesis.
The first reading is from within the discourse. It is a reading which seeks to
understand competency based training in its own terms, and in relation to
the critical debates within the literature of vocational education. I argue in
this reading that competency based training emerges as a grand but flawed
vision for the future of vocational education.
The second reading takes the viewpoint of the work of Michel Foucault, and
in particular his book Discipline and Punish. It uses the metaphor of the
panopticon to explore the nature of power/knowledge within competency
based training and the regime of truth which it brings into being.
The final reading is from a feminist post structuralist position. I argue in this
reading that the discourse of competency based training is phallocentric. I
explore the liberatory claims of the discourse and conclude that the claims
are limited because they do not challenge the fundamental and powerful
dualisms through which competency based training is constituted.
Finally in the conclusion I briefly explore whether I have achieved the aim
of the thesis. I question what it means to act agentically and whether the
type of thesis I have undertaken constructs the possibility of doing so.
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Mhlongo, Nanikie Charity, and n/a. "Competency-Based assessment in Australia - does it work?" University of Canberra. Education and Community Studies, 2002. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20050530.094237.
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South Africa since the liberation in 1994 has faced a lot of changes. The changes
include being a member of the international community. As part of the international
community, South Africa is finding itself largely faced by the challenges associated
with this position. Looking at other countries South Africa is realizing that the world
is looking at better ways of educating their people and organizing their education and
training systems so that they might gain the edge in an increasingly competitive
economic global environment. Success and survival in such a world demands that
South Africa has a national education and training system that provides quality
learning and promotes the development of a nation that is committed to life-long
learning.
Institutions of higher education in South Africa are currently changing their present
education system to conform to a Competency-Based Training (CBT) system. This
system has only been planned but not implemented yet and it is not clear how CBT
will be implemented, especially how the learners are going to be assessed.
Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) is an integral part of CBT that needs
particular attention if the new system is to succeed.
The key aims of this thesis are to investigate the current assessment policy and
practice at the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) underpinned by Competency-
Based Training system. The project will describe and analyze the Competency-Based
Assessment system used within CIT's CBT system. The project will focus on:
Observing classroom practice of CBA, analyzing students' and teachers' perceptions
of their involvement with CBA, and analyzing employers' perceptions of the
effectiveness of CBA.
The main aim of this thesis is to suggest recommendations for an assessment model
that will be suitable to implement within hospitality training institutions in South
Africa.
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Anderson, Craig Allen. "Georgia Institute of Technology Tenth street development." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23479.
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Wanless, Jennifer H. F., and n/a. "Questacon explainers : a study of the role of explainers at Questacon Science Centre, Canberra." University of Canberra. Education, 1990. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061109.173533.
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The first participatory or inter-active science centre
in Australia was Questacon, which operated in Canberra for
the eight years, 1980-1988. Its very success lead to its
demise: it became the inspiration for the National Science and Technology Centre which opened in late 1988. Questacon,
in common with many of the World's new breed of science
centres and museums, was modelled on San Francisco's famous
Exploratorium. These new institutions have copied ideas and
even actual exhibits from the Exploratorium, but most of
them have failed to copy the Exploratorium's use of
Explainers, a feature which Exploratorium staff think is
integral to the whole concept. Questacon is one of the
institutions in which an explainer system was established,
although it differed in some significant respects from that
at the Exploratorium.
Participatory science centres have been seen as part of
the answer to the problem of increasing public awareness and
understanding of science. There is a growing body of
literature which is concerned with the learning of science
in informal educational settings, such as in these centres,
but there has been very little work done on the role of
museum docents or their equivalents in this learning. One
study of the Exploratorium's Explainers concentrated on the
value of their work as explainers for the people involved in
the system, in terms of their own personal development.
The aim of the present study was to compare the two
explainer systems and to investigate the work of Questacon
Explainers both in terms of their own personal development
and in their interaction with visitors to the centre.
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Lee, Yue-kong Martin. "The institute of sports, HKUST." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25949342.
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Girouard, L. Clay. "Historic graphic design at RIT /." Online version of thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/10948.
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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1990.Accompanied by a catalog: An exhibition of historic graphic design from the collections of Rochester Institute of Technology. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 99).
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Ralston, D. Peter (David Peter). "A water demand analysis for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69296.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.Title as it appears in the June, 1992 MIT Graduate List: A water demand model for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-182).
by D. Peter Ralston.
M.C.P.
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Pattaraboon, Pichayapaiboon Kennedy Larry DeWitt. "An analysis of the perceptions of faculty and students at Rajamonkol Institute of Technology in Bangkok concerning selected curricular elements of the health education program." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1990. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9105739.
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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1990.Title from title page screen, viewed November 21, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Larry D. Kennedy (chair), Ann E. Nolte, Michael A. Lorber, Kenneth H. Strand. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 68) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Wall, David P. "A catalogue of the wood type at Rochester Institute of Technology /." Online version of thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11092.
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PERFEITO, FLORENCE VIDAL. "VARIATIONS IN ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES: THE CASE OF AN INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=28213@1.
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A empresa transforma os seus recursos a partir de rotinas organizacionais,
cujas abordagens teóricas têm possibilitado o entendimento do desempenho do
negócio, uma vez que elas carregam consigo o poder de transformação. Nesse
sentido, esta pesquisa buscou compreender os motivos que justificam as variações
nas rotinas organizacionais, dentro do contexto das compras de insumos químicos
para um Instituto de Tecnologia e Inovação do Rio de Janeiro. Adotou-se como
metodologia o estudo de caso único. A coleta de dados ocorreu entre 24/08/2015 a
29/01/2016 e baseou-se em evidências primárias, com entrevistas de 18 pessoas,
por meio de um roteiro semiestruturado, além da análise de mais de 30
documentos e observações empíricas. Os resultados encontrados sugerem falta de
integração e desalinhamento de interesses, conceitos e necessidades entre as áreas
e atores participantes, incentivando a manutenção de rotinas organizacionais com
estruturas e fundamentos inadequados para atender a todos os propósitos da
empresa. Estes problemas geraram uma variação prejudicial à produtividade do
negócio. Porém, também, permitiram a criação de novos padrões mais adaptados
ao contexto e capazes de garantir agilidade para as rotinas de compra,
corroborando com a ideia da flexibilidade positiva nas rotinas organizacionais,
que provocam a mudança endógena preconizada pela teoria. Desta forma, sugere-se
ampliar o nível de comprometimento da organização com o negócio a partir da
adequação das rotinas organizacionais de compra, incorporando os novos padrões
para fomentar a inovação dos processos institucionais, além de oferecer à
organização a oportunidade de obter desempenho superior e vantagem
competitiva.The company transforms its resources from organizational routines, whose theoretical approaches have enabled the understanding of business performance, since they carry with them the power of transformation. In this sense, this research sought to understand the reasons for variations in organizational routines, within the context of purchases of chemical inputs for an Institute of Technology and Innovation. The method chosen was the single case study. Data collection took place between 8/24/2015 to 1/29/2016 and was based on primary evidence, with interviews of 18 people, through a semi-structured script, in addition to the analysis of more than 30 documents and artifacts and empirical observations. The results suggest lack of integration and misalignment of interests, needs and concepts between the areas and participating actors, encouraging the maintenance of organizational routines with inadequate structures and foundations to serve all the purposes of the company. These problems have created a variation detrimental to business productivity. However, it also allowed the creation of new standards more adapted to the context and able to guarantee agility for purchasing routines, corroborating with the idea of positive flexibility in the organizational routines that cause endogenous change advocated by the theory. In this way, it is suggested to extend the level of commitment of the Organization to the business from the adequacy of the organizational routines of purchase, incorporating the new standards to encourage innovation of the institutional processes, in addition to providing the organization with the opportunity to obtain superior performance and competitive advantage.
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Sandon, Lydia 1976. "An archive of scholarly publishing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16721.
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Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-64).
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
by Lydia Sandon.
M.Eng.
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Billy, Minnabarriet Verna. "Aboriginal post-secondary education in British Columbia : Nicola Valley Institute of Technology." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/42089.
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The Indigenous teachings of my parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and the Elders of my community have inspired my passion for education. My professional educational journey has taken me to many Indigenous communities throughout Canada, the United States and abroad. Through these experiences, I realized that not all Indigenous post-secondary institutions were in fact Indigenous. Many were named Indigenous but their systems and curricula mainly reflected those of mainstream society. Working at an Indigenous post-secondary institution that is based on Indigenous values and Indigenous Knowledge (IK), I knew there was a difference; it is that difference that this thesis addresses.
This thesis examines the governance structure, educational policies, programs, and student services offered by the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT), which has become a leader in Aboriginal public post-secondary education in Canada. NVIT has two campuses in British Columbia, with its main campus located at Merritt and the other at Burnaby. Framed within an Eagle’s Perch metaphor, and an Indigenous Knowledge system, the NVIT story is told about how it achieves self-determination through its Indigenization processes, and how its leadership takes an anti-hegemonic stance to confront forms of hegemonic control.
A mixed methods case study is used to understand how the principle of self-determination is enacted within an Aboriginal public post-secondary institution. The study’s theoretical framework draws on Indigenous Knowledge and critical theory. Data from student and alumni surveys; interviews with Elders, Board of Governors and management; institutional documents; and reflections on my professional experience at NVIT indicate that community-based partnerships, IK educational approaches, the multi-faceted Elders’ roles, and the family cohort approach to learning contribute substantially to NVIT students’ post-secondary access, retention, and success.
The Eagle’s Perch at NVIT guides and challenges its leaders, students, faculty, Elders, and staff to create a learning and gathering place where the transformative power of the Eagle’s Indigenous teachings are sustained and shared with others. Drawing on the literature, research findings, and my reflections, I developed a Transformational Framework for Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education that includes seven principles of Indigenization, self-determination, anti-hegemony, good governance, educational values, program relevancy, and extended family.
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Mohammed, Nasrudin. "The effectiveness of the Distance Education Programme in Mara Institute of Technology." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324970.
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Thiuri, Phillippa. "International Student Satisfaction with Student Services at the Rochester Institute of Technology." Thesis, Boston College, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/2369.
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Thesis advisor: Philip AltbachWhile there is a significant body of literature concerned with the experience of international student acclimatization to life and study on campuses all over the United States, very little of this research examines their self-reported satisfaction with student services. This study examines what services are important to international students and what is their experience? This is a study of international students at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Western New York and their satisfaction with programs and activities provided to welcome, serve, retain and involve international students in mutual intercultural learning with Americans. The study results reveal that services related to academics provide the most satisfaction and meet the expectations of the international students surveyed. The study further revealed that the services registering the lowest satisfaction were: (1) Student Financial Services; (2) Housing Operations; (3) Co-operative Education Placement; (4) Dining Services; and (5) Transportation Services. The findings also reveal that female international students reported the highest satisfaction and the lowest dissatisfaction
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2011
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Educational Administration and Higher Education
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Stone, Leah. "Digitization, Innovation, and Participation| Digital Conviviality of the Google Cultural Institute." Thesis, Colorado State University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10824526.
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The Frightful Five—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet, the parent company of Google—shape the way data are generated and distributed across digital space (Manjoo, 2017). Through their technologies and increase in scope and scale, these titans provide new ways for people to create, find, and share information online. And, with such control, they have continued as well as expanded their reign over information commerce, changing the way that people and technology interact. In this way, tech giants act as gatekeepers over data, as well as serve as all-mighty-creators over technologies that arguably act on humans.
To explain, debates over whether or not technologies are employing “computational agency” (Tufecki, 2015, p. 207) have developed. One of these disputes is commonly referred to as the Great Artificial Intelligence (AI) Debate, and is currently being publicly argued between two of the most prominent tech titans: Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, and Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook (Narkar, 2017). On one side of the AI argument, sits tech mogul Musk, who is crying for regulatory restrictions over AI and painting doomsday pictures of robots killing humans. Conversely, on the other side of the dispute, sits tech giant Zuckerberg, who claims AI will enhance society as it makes the world a better place.
This great AI debate underscores what Illich (1973) described as organizations that practice in convivial versus non-convivial ways. In other words, as tech titans are continuing to advance technology, it can be argued that they are operating in convivial ways as they enhance society through their participatory tools that work with humans to complete a task. Alternatively, it can be debated that technology organizations may be functioning in non-convivial ways as they manipulate society for the sake of their technologies. And, while these technologies may be participating with humans (convivial) to complete a task, they may actually be working for and/or acting on humans (non-convivial) to do an activity.
The purpose of this dissertation was to establish a unique approach to studying the conviviality of technology titans and how they organize digital space, a concept the researcher coined as digital conviviality. Digital conviviality is when a technology company operates in digital convivial ways such that it: (a) builds tools for digital communication; (b) has a value proposition that, while aimed at generating a profit, is also focused on using its technology to enhance society, instead of manipulating society for the sake of its technologies; and (c) designs technological tools that work with humans, instead of tools that work for humans or tools that act on humans, to accomplish a task. To further understand this conception of digital conviviality, an investigation was piloted into a tech titan that arguably claims to promote digital conviviality at its core: Google.
Using Illich’s (1973) notion of conviviality as a guide, an exploration into Google’s approach to convivial technologies was conducted. This study sought to understand Google’s ability to shape information in the arts and culture space. Through its Google Cultural Institute (GCI) and Google Arts & Culture (GAC) initiatives, Google focused on “democratizing access to the world’s culture” (Google CI Chromecast, 2014, 00:44). In this way, the study aimed to answer the overarching question: in what ways is the GCI considered a digital convivial company, and conversely, in what ways is it not? Based on this, an explication of the concept of digital conviviality and a framework for studying such things were developed.
Drawing from several disciplines, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks (e.g., science and technology, posthumanism, actor-network theory, design science in information systems, business models, digital methods, and convivial studies), a body of theory was gathered together, synthesized, and enhanced. Next, the collected information was used to assemble and create a new methodological strategy called digital convivial tracking with a design science (DS) approach and actor-network theory (ANT) mindset. Digital convivial tracking employs traditional qualitative methods, as well as innovative digital methods, to trace important objects throughout a digital ecosystem. Because the GCI digitizes the world’s arts and culture, the iconic The Starry Night painting by Vincent van Gogh (1889d) was selected as the object to track across the institute’s ecosystem. This process helped identify the GCI’s complex and entangled business model, as well as its technological innovations. (Abstract shortened by ProQuest.)
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Bonsen, Joost Paul. "The Innovation Institute : from creative inquiry through real-world impact at MIT." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37141.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 108).
This document is an exploration into the past, present, and emerging future of MIT from the perspective of a participant-in and observer-of Institute life and learning, and seeks to better understand how creative inquiry at the Institute leads to real-world impact. We explore the Institute's history, mission, and creative ethos. We survey MIT's links to industry, highlight the inner-connections between the triad of research, education and extracurriculars, and explore the rich entrepreneurial ecosystem, how the Institute formally and informally educates and inspires new generations of founders, builders, and leaders. We conclude by observing how distributed initiative, inquiry, and leadership enable organizational reinvention and survey a few of MIT's emergent future frontiers.
by Joost Paul Bonsen.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Delisle, Lynn S. (Lynn Susan) 1968. "Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leaders for Manufacturing Program : breaking throught the quality ceiling." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46686.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-68).
This thesis analyzes the challenges of change management in a US auto plant. The change initiative used as an example is the launch and implementation of quality recording and reporting software in a body assembly area. A more complete examination of this change initiative using the three lenses of organizational design shows that this plant has reached a quality ceiling based on its strategic design, culture, and political power structure. Breaking through the quality ceiling requires a change agent who harnesses the strengths of an organization to bring it to the next level of quality. Deeper analysis of the recommendations that come from the three lens analysis leads to the conclusion that a more integrated approach is needed to address the issues of change management in a mature organization. Change management strategies depend on the nature of the change, but also the leadership characteristics of the change agent. Three change management strategies are proposed: (1) planting the seeds of change within the organization by bringing in outsiders; (2) "awakening" members of the organization to the need for change; and (3) creating a crisis of a magnitude that members of the organization fear that not making the change is worse than accepting the change. A more integrated approach to change management using a strategy that complements the change agent's strengths will lead to the long-term success in continuous quality improvement. In conclusion, breaking through the quality ceiling requires a change agent who uses a change management approach that harnesses the strengths of the organization and leads it to the next level of quality.
by Lynn S. Delisle.
S.M.
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Montelli, Andrew. "Possible solutions to the graduate housing shortage at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71065.
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Sindelar, Nicole. "The development of a waste sorting system for the Royal Institute of Technology." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-183131.
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The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) has extensive knowledge, research and education in sustainability and wish to have an identity and brand associated with thorough work for the environment. Currently there is no optimal existing solution that encourages sustainable waste management. On behalf of Green Leap and as part of the Zero Emission Campus Lab project, a new waste management system adapted to the needs of KTH was developedExisting issues and opportunities were investigated through user research focusing on the environment of KTH, the waste management of KTH, cultural, societal and psychological aspects of recycling. Based on the research, a concept was developed. User tests were made and further embodiment of the concept to ensure its feasibility. An analysis of the system was made regarding the environmental impacts of implementing it. The solution is a user friendly, simple and recognizable waste management system that when implemented will encourage recycling and identify KTH as a green campus. It consists of new containers adapted to the recycling needs of KTH, a communication concept informing of the work being made and a management plan to make sure that the new system will work.A positive attitude towards recycling exists but due to mistrust in the efforts of others the personal commitment was left to believe to have little impact on the recycling. Recycling at KTH must become a lifestyle to make a new system work. It is crucial that the system is simple to use and efficient. To combine results, gains and goals with social pressure and lifestyle will affect not only the behavior but also the belief in KTH as a green campus. In order to succeed, the system must be trustworthy and contain no bottlenecks along the way of the waste handling.Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) innehar omfattande kunskap, forskning och utbildning inom hållbarhet och vill idag vara identifierade med att jobba för miljön. Idag finns ingen optimal lösning som uppmuntrar till hållbar sophantering. På uppdrag av Green Leap och som en del av projektet Zero Emssion Capus Lab togs ett nytt sopsorterings system anpassat till KTHs behov fram.Befintliga lösningar och möjligheter undersöktes genom användarstudier innefattande miljön på KTH, och sophanteringen på KTH samt kulturella, sociala och psykologiska aspekter på återvinning. Ett koncept utvecklades och användartester samt vidareutveckling genomfördes. Det nya systemet analyserades även utifrån dess miljöpåverkan utifall det genomförs. Det nya sopsorteringssystemet är enkelt, användarvänligt och igenkännbart som vid tillämpning kommer att uppmuntra återvinning samt förstärka KTH:s varumärke att vara ett hållbart campus. Systemet består av interaktiva sopbehållare anpassade till KTH:s behov och möjligheter, en kommunikationsplan som upplyser om det miljöarbete som pågår på KTH i samband med återvinning och en organisations- och hanteringsordning for att se till att systemet ska fungera.Generellt finns en positiv attityd till återvinning men misstro i att andra gör som de ska gör att ens egna insatser anses överflödiga. Återvinning på KTH måste bli ett livsstil for att det nya systemet ska fungera. Det är ytterst viktigt att det nya systemet är enklt att använda och effektivt. Genom att kombinera resultat, mål och vinster med grupptryck och livsstil kan beteendet påverkas och synen på KTH som ett grönt campus förstärkas. För att systemet ska lyckas, måste det vara trogivande och inga flaskhalsar får finnas under sophanteringen.
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Cheamnakarin, Pornpimon. "Attitudes of Faculty Members in Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Thailand, Toward the Implementation of Computers." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277840/.
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This study explored the attitudes and perceptions of faculty members in Rajamangala Institute of Technology (RIT), Thailand. The purpose of this study was to (a) determine which demographic variables are associated with faculty members attitudes toward the implementation of computers in higher education in Thailand, and (b) determine perceptions among faculty members toward barriers to the widespread use of computers.
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Stephens, Simon. "2020 vision : Possible futures for the institute of technology sector of Irish higher education." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531727.
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Rush, Monica R. "Creative thinking in engineering education : lessons from students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/52753.
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Thesis (S.M. in Technology and Policy)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2009.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-83).
Engineers have deemed creative thinking a necessary skill in their line of work, and ABET, the accreditation board for engineering schools, can evaluate a program based on how it attempts to teach it in its courses. And yet, many students and professors feel that creative thinking is a skill often overlooked by the traditional engineering curriculum. This thesis investigates student acquisition of creative thinking skills in four engineering design courses taught under the Mechanical Engineering and the Aeronautics/Astronautics Departments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Quantitative research methods (surveys, assessments) and qualitative methods (interviews, focus groups) are combined to identify factors that influence student creativity in the classroom and retention and use of creative thinking skills beyond the classroom. Student reflections are used to tie theories of creativity with educational theory on student learning. Common themes discussed by students in relation to creativity include the interactive lecture and lab environments, the involvement of the professors and confidence and hands-on practice. Data shows the relationship between perceptions of team creativity and individual creative development. Recommendations on course structure and supportive institutional policies encouraging creative classroom environments are made based on the experiences of the students and teaching staff of these courses.
by Monica R. Rush.
S.M.in Technology and Policy
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Banks, Claretha Hughes. "A Descriptive Analysis of the Perceived Effectiveness of Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27305.
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Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute (FDI) was developed to address issues related to the computer technology revolution; training and education of faculty; faculty professional development; and the university adjusting to change. The purpose of this study was to identify and compare the goals, expectations, and perceived outcomes that the university, FDI developers, and the initial participants had for Virginia Tech's FDI initiative as originally implemented. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used in this study to identify the perceived outcomes for the developers and initial participants. The fundamental concepts of motivation theory, evaluation, personal recall, and self-perception theory are used help to describe and explain the findings of the study. Interview results from the five developers and historical document analysis were used to develop surveys for the 49 initial participants and the developers in order to provide validity for the results. Interviews, historical documents and the survey results show that initial participants, developers and the university had very similar expectations for the outcomes during and/or immediately following the initial FDI workshop. There were wider differences in expectations of long-term outcomes as a result of the FDI initiative. The results also differ in terms of the extent to which participants and developers believed that their expectations were met short and long term.Ph. D.
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Kiellman, Tracy Jo. "A health risk assessment for the decommissioning of the Georgia Institute of Technology Research reactor." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/16698.
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Redmond, Brian L. "A workcell control and communications structure for the Georgia Institute of Technology Flexible Automation Laboratory." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/18946.
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Samms, Gavin Andrew. "A system dynamics overview of recruitment of minority students at the Georgia Institute of Technology." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/25114.
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Chen, Kuan-nien Information Systems Technology & Management Australian School of Business UNSW. "The effects of evaluation on organisational learning: a study of Taiwan's institute of technology libraries." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. School of Information Systems, Technology and Management, 2006. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/31103.
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The research question of this thesis is ???what is the relationship between evaluation procedures and organisational learning in an academic library???? The study investigates the nature of organisational learning within Taiwanese institute of technology academic libraries, and in particular the nature of the relationship between the formal institutional evaluation (IE) of those libraries by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the organisational responses of the libraries. A ???process, phase of organisational learning (PPOL)??? model guided the delineation of research variables and the collection and analysis of data. The subjects of the research were 67 academic libraries and their staff. Phase I of the study consisted pf a questionnaire survey of 312 staff. The results of the survey formed the basis of Phase II of the study, the semi-structured interviews with 24 library personnel, together with an examination of relevant documents of the particular libraries involved. The refinement of the PPOL model is an indication that generally the direction and the use of IE, while recognised by management and employees, do not in most cases translate into higher levels of organisational learning and change. The findings of this thesis apply to the particular types of libraries studied, and to the concept of evaluation and organisational learning. Libraries are automatically to some extent involved in self-evaluation because they must prepare for IE, with some assistance from their institution. However, this does not imply that if various changes occur in the libraries there must be a strong correlation with the existence of high organisational learning. The external nature of the evaluation and the lengthy time periods between evaluations are two factors which make the learning response of libraries more difficult to determine. Ideally, an IE will assist the library on a path of continuous organisational adaptation, which involves structural, communication and climate changes. These changes reflect the ongoing organisational learning activities.
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Singh, Bijan, and n/a. "A comparison of graduates and non-graduates in diploma courses at Fiji Institute of Technology." University of Canberra. Education, 1988. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20061108.160203.
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This is the first study done to ascertain which factors
significantly determine graduation and non-graduation in the Diploma
courses at Fiji Institute of Technology.
It is a quantitative study and analyses of the effects
of the variables sponsored/private, entry level, race, grade point
average, course sex, age and rural/urban on graduation and
non-graduation.
The significance of this study lies in determining
which improvements are necessary in order to increase the number of
graduates and thus make more effective use of the physical and human
resources. Resource utilisation gains added importance because of
its national implications. The Diploma graduates are the main
source of middle level technical manpower for Fiji; a developing
country which since its independence in 1970, has made satisfactory
social, political and economic progress.
For the period under study, data analysis shows that
the percentage of students graduating was 40.8. Furthermore, the
major finding was that Government sponsored ethnic Indian male
students with New Zealand University Entrance as entry level,
belonging to the 24+ age group produced statistically significant
results.
It has been recommended that both the Fiji Institute of
Technology and the Government of Fiji should increase and strengthen
Government sponsorship of Diploma students. Fiji Institute of
Technology in consultation with industry should work out effective
strategies such as better supervision and the monitoring of
sponsored students' progress throughout the course and provision of
an increased variety of work experiences, in order to improve the
weaker areas of practical experience during the course.
Since this is the first such study, further research in
areas such as the requirements of the Diploma curriculum and the
availability of training facilities and equipment, is recommended.
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McKenna, Sioux. "A critical investigation into discourses that construct academic literacy at the Durban Institute of Technology." Thesis, Link to this resource, 2004. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/771/.
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La, Pietra Andrew R. "Establishing a bipolar fabrication service for analog circuit realization at the Rochester Institute of Technology /." Online version of thesis, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11272.
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Petkov, Tomas. "Degree Project in Engineering Physics, First Level Department of Mathematics KTH Royal Institute of Technology." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-194213.
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The study of elliptic curves is an important part of the elds of algebraic geometry and number theory, with many applications in areas such as cryptography. While much of the groundwork has already been laid out, the results often times fall short of giving an easily digestible overview of the subject as a whole. The aim of this paper is to condense a number of high-level results into a much more readily accessible version that is better suited for a reader encountering elliptic curves for the rst time. Additionally, the paper provides a toolkit for identifying elliptic curve groups, detailing steps to take in order to determine the group behind a given elliptic curve.
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Triska, Olive Helen. "Academic success in five programs in allied health at the British Columbia Institute of Technology." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31149.
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This study examined the nature and strength of relationship between specific related high school academic grades and the cumulative graduating average of students in five allied health programs at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Lack of scientific studies on selection criteria for determining the cumulative graduating average of allied health professionals at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) was evident. Educators argue that in order to enhance educational opportunities for institute students, there is a professional obligation upon the policy-makers to gather appropriate data to determine which factors contribute to the success of the allied health student. With the high cost of technical education, admission officers and admissions committees are accountable for their selection processes to the institute's administration, decision makers, provincial and federal funding sources, and society. The results of this study may assist admissions officers in selecting academic variables that indicate the cumulative graduating average so that a better match can be made between the students and their performance in allied health programs.
The accessible population of 629 graduates from the allied health technologies in this study were biomedical electronics, medical laboratory, medical radiography, nuclear medicine, and prosthetics and orthotics. The dependent variable measurement of academic achievement for these students was their cumulative graduating average. Single variables consisted of the grade point average of the following: pretechnology academic requirements, high school English, high school algebra, high school biology, high school chemistry, and high school physics. Descriptive statistics, zero-order correlations, and stepwise multiple regression analysis were the statistical methods employed to determine which specific academic variable or multiple of variables exhibited a strong relationship between the cumulative graduating average and academic variables.
The analysis identified certain variables that strongly related to the cumulative graduating average, both singly and in combination with others. Each of the program significant combination of variables are provided here in order of descending influence: Biomedical Electronics Technology- high school algebra; Medical Laboratory Technology- the pretechnology grade point average, high school chemistry, biology, and algebra; Medical Radiography Technology- high school biology and chemistry; Nuclear Medicine- the pretechnology grade point average, high school chemistry, and high school biology; Prosthetics and Orthotics Technology- the pretechnology grade point average and high school chemistry.
Academic variables did not account for more than 34% of the total variables in any of the programs. The level of significance for individual variables was the convention, 0.05. Clearly, each program had its own character; however, the
performance of students in the natural sciences were significant in four of the five programs.
An attempt was made to investigate which specific high school subjects correlated highly with the cumulative graduating average of students at the B.C.I.T. through a inspection of five programs for five graduating classes. Relevant variables were identified that were indicative of academic achievement in each specific program of study. Investigating the nature and strength of relationship between preprofessional grades and the cumulative graduating average of allied health students at B.C.I.T. could benefit both students and admissions officers by supplying a piece to an educational puzzle that would demystify the selection process. The information presented may assist admissions officers and prospective allied health students make more suitable educational choices.Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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ZHOU, DING-XIAN, and 周定賢. "Institute of Management Information Systems National Yunlin Institute of Technology." Thesis, 1996. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13540643227774023044.
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Lo, Ta-Hsien, and 羅達賢. "Technology Innovation Management of Industrial Technology Research Institute in Taiwan." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99901980756944184956.
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博士國立交通大學
科技管理所
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Taiwan’s continuous economic growth during the last forty years has ushered in a new industrial structure. Predominately, this shift from labor-intensive light industries to high-tech industries has been brought about by applied research oriented research institutes, who have supplied the technological skills necessary to reshape industry. The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is one such institute. It has acted as both an important enabler of industrial development and a vehicle for the Taiwanese government to precipitate progress in industry. From its’ early stages, ITRI worked in accordance with government policy to develop industrial technology. ITRI efforts also helped to stimulate the newly formed technological industry within Taiwan. These farsighted actions have led to national economic prosperity while providing a backbone for the maturation of Taiwanese industry. As Taiwan continues to stay ahead of the curve, refining this structure, just as industry underwent a change from a labor-intensive structure to a technological and capital-intensive one, involves lateral thinking and a pooling of resources. This is precisely what ITRI has done. ITRI is a national research institute that has always employed methods to bridge the public and private sectors. In turn, ITRI serves to promote technological innovation worldwide. Along with ITRI’s significant contributions to the development of industry in Taiwan, it sets a standard for other developing nations that are striving to improve their own technological industries. These achievements have brought ITRI worldwide acclaim; furthermore, the methods ITRI has used to foster technology innovation have become sought-after information in a market eager for know-how. This study examines the innovative management and methodology used to spark the development of applied technologies which ITRI, as a technologically-oriented research institute, has employed. These actions, performed in concert with government policy, may be the cornerstone of Taiwan’s ability to elevate its’ own industrial standards. In-depth interviews with various research institutes and corporate executives who are familiar with the way ITRI operates were also used within this study. The study serves to both examine the most effective methods for ITRI to advance technological innovation, and to pinpoint the key factors within the daily operational procedure. ITRI’s real time methods were put under the microscope, an analysis of ITRI’s attributes was conducted, and various factors were assessed for their ability to impact ITRI’s ability to innovate. In particular, the management policy, development strategy, efforts to nurture nascent industry, utilization of human resources, and the application of R&D results were scrutinized by examining both ITRI’s infrastructure and the implementation of its’ unique vision. This information may serve as a reference for subsequent related studies. This study also used the IC Technology Project - commissioned to ITRI by the MOEA - as a case study. ITRI’s ability to act as a gateway of technology has affected its unique organizational culture and operating mechanisms; this study measures how the culture has formed an innovative model that benefits Taiwan industrial as a whole.
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Yu, Shu-Chi, and 余書琪. "Institute of Innovation Technology and Information Management." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51160464279244288707.
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碩士國立勤益科技大學
研發科技與資訊管理研究所
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With the need of optical communication in various countries, the development and practical application of this technology has become a priority investment around the world. China is investing in upgrading their optical fiber networks to replace their internet, telephone and cable with optical fiber like many countries such as USA, Southeast Asia, Europe, India, etc… After various countries vigorously develop their main fiber optic trunk, they can link between countries and cities. Into the so-called FTTH (Fiber to The Home, FTTH) stage, when fiber comes to the home and office, the demand of interior wiring components will grow exponentially. The key component of indoor fiber optic cable for indoor wiring affects the key indicator of indoor fiber optical signal transmission which is the cable jacket shrinkage. Therefore, this paper will explore the subject of cable shrinkage. The research cover five stages of Six Sigma DMAIC to improve the shrinkage of indoor fiber optic cable. This research use actual arguments from international optical communications connector manufacturers to construct fiber optic cable capacity. This research will also improve production processes combined with the Taguchi's Dynamic methods, to obtain the smallest fiber shrinkage process parameters. This process optimization model will propose the best and most practical application for the fiber optic cable manufacturing process.
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PENG, CHIH-SHENG, and 彭智聲. "Institute of Innovation and Technology Management National Chin-Yi University of Technology." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/31536664533152595390.
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Several years ago, touch panels had already played an important role in users’ life. Therefore, button operation mode is gradually replaced by touch mode. For example, ATM、POS(Point of Service)、smart phone、tablet PC、human-machine etc.. As technology progressing, touch panels are also from resistive touch, projected capacitive touch, evolve into the most widely used with capacitive touch now. Moreover, the electronic products now are particular about slim and light. In terms of design, manufacturers need to produce a narrow border of the capacitive touch panel. But due to the production of narrow borders of touch panel is relatively higher. How to reduce pollution and cost down for touch panel production is the target in this research. In this research, Etching technique is used with copper-nickel-plated metal modified with a view to obtaining low-pollution, low cost manufacturing process effects. Touch-panel uses glass substrate material, coated with copper and nickel metal layer. Because, copper metal has better conductivity and nickel metal has better antioxidant properties. When producing touch panels in lithography etching process, imported organic acid etching potions to subjected the process. In etching process, Copper and nickel metal are difficult to control the fine lines. Therefore, it often got over-etching and disconnection issues in the progress. To achieve the desired etch lines and much stable processing conditions, this study used lower number of experiments to find the optimum etching parameters by Taguchi Quality Engineering orthogonal table, and imported into industry to provide production. In this study, discuss about etching techniques of narrow frame touch panel. By using better conductivity of the copper-nickel metal alloys applied in fine lines of the touch panel. Moreover, the disadvantage of copper metal is easily oxidized. It’s also fixed by blocking the oxygen with a nickel metal layer. The optimum etch parameters which identified in this paper can be imported in touch panel manufacturing process. In the future, the touch panels will be provided to IC factories and assembled manufacturers to do the integration, and applied on touch laptops.
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Wang, Hsun, and 王洵. "The Practice of Innovative Technology Commercialization in Non-profit Research Institute-A Case of T Research Institute." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/2j84m3.
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碩士中原大學
企業管理研究所
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The Non- profit Organization (NPO) has hidden many technical research and development results, but those could bring the benefit to industry is less and less. Because most of technical research didn’t focus on the productions and promotions, even the link to the market and customers. At the same time, all the NPOs has confronted the same problem is government''s funding is less more. Therefore, implementing the technology commercialization not only strength the practicality of technology but also bring the income for units. The ultimate purpose of technology research is value creation, developing the technology for the market demand, and transfer the technology into products successfully. As a matter of fact, there was only few technology could succeed to make, because too many reasons to influence the technology commercialization promoting. This research is going to investigate the non-governmental organization (NGO), how to implement technology commercialization by technology, market side, regulations and policies, management and finance side. Then interviewing executive staffs to summary the problems they will meet the restrictions: (1) They don''t know the market (2) Government’s research funding belong to public goods. We have found the main problem is Technology carrier is not mature enough. Therefore, we have provided many recommends to improve technology commercialization and in the near future other NPO could take my research for reference.
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Lai, Hsiao-Chuan, and 賴小娟. "Research on Separation of examination and enrollment in University and institute of technology Multiple- Enrolled －Taking Example by National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63096844239394685753.
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碩士逢甲大學
公共政策所
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Present university and institute of technology system is for students to enter appropriate collage department, to get sufficiently developmental opportunity, and to bring individual potential into full play. However, the public concerned how the performance of the system and that is also my research motive. The article attempts to analyze the performance of the system and provide some suggestion good for the system reform. In this research I make questionnaire survey to the freshmen of National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology and proceed with T test and the one-way ANOVA analysis in order to understand the implementing performance of different background students. By one-way ANOVA analysis, I examine the intelligent grades of students which correspond to performance of the institution of Separation of Examination and Enrollment. I also used the method of the focus group discussion, and invited the members of recommending and screening to collect their opinion. There are some main discoveries as the following: 1. The average results of the system showed that “united entrance exam” got the highest average grades. And the followings are “recommended and appointed subject exam” and “processes of enrolling and recruiting new students”. Finally “the satisfaction of whole system” got the least average grades. 2. In the diverse entrance program, the performance is varied with different background of students. 3. The school performance of the students is varied with different background such as gender, the way of entrance and department. 4. Combined the opinion of the members of the system, “simplify the process of enrollment”, “adopt the school performance”, “accept the entrance application of senior high school students moderately”, and “cancel the system of recommending letters” got more common consensus. According to above discovery and analysis, I make some policy suggestion: 1. The Education Ministry should draw up internet register, set reasonable registered expense, and simplify the process of enrollment to decrease the load. 2. Recommending schools should assist students to make proper choice, and strengthen the learning and training of the basic courses to prevent exam lead teaching and enhance the learning ability of students. 3. The enrolling school should take the influence of environment and the developmental character into consideration, and look after the demand of both school and students. And the school should also improving the system of enrollment by the strategy of strengthening the propaganda, providing information and exchanging experience. 4. The students and the parents should get rid of personal thinking, concerning the special skill, interest, and special expression of students, and insist the reform of the diverse entrance system.
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林明宏. "Personalized Information Service in Vocational College and Institute Libraries-A Case Study of National Taichung Institute of Technology-." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10945093391347871621.
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圖書資訊學研究所
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Along with development of Internet search engines, libraries worldwide show a trend to provide personalized information service for users. What with vocational colleges and institutes upgrading, their libraries face challenges in such personalized information service, which thus have been lacking in related studies. Methods of this study included literary analysis, questionnaire and system design. Questionnaires were administered to the faculty of National Taichung Institute of Technology in order to understand teachers'' information search channels and opinions on personalized information service. Finally, this study used ASP programming and SQL statements to analyze and construct a system offering this service and Auto-mail mechanism to enhance efficiency of library service and library usage rate. This study obtained the following conclusions: 1) as efficiency of SDI has not reached its full extent, library reader service is affected; 2) at this stage of inside operation, automated systems of the aforementioned libraries still lack personalized information service; 3) readers have high expectations of personalized information service; 4) library classification systems are suitable for registration of users’ profile in this type of service; and 5) once the system design now under study is complete, other vocational-technical libraries may undertake similar projects, using this one as a model. For further studies, it is suggested that the library industry establish keyword authority files for the registration of users’ profile and that automated systems be incorporated into personalized information service to better the quality of reader service.
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"Chemnitz University of Technology / Institute of Physics / Annual Report 2011." Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-101768.
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The research report contains all activities of the institute of physics of 2011.
2011 was another successful year for the Institut für Physik both in teaching and research.
In this year, the first students finished the new bachelor course in physics and started their master studies. Most of them obtained very good results in the exams and B.A. thesis research, demonstrating that during adaption of the new system of academic degrees the high level of the internationally renown Diplomphysiker course could be maintained. Also, the students in our bachelor courses computational science as well as sensors and cognitive psychology made very good success. The latter, truly innovative course - which is unique in Germany - was very well received. The first students finished their second year.
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Huang, Chen-Taur, and 黃鎮臺. "Party Alternation and the Transition of Industrial Technology Reserach Institute." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94587034167619302896.
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政治學研究所
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Industrial Technology Research Institute was established by law in 1973. The type of organization is the not-for-profit organization. The assigned mission is to stimulate the development of the industry. The research method of the thesis is singular case study. The historical structure approach is adapted to explore the relation between the transition of Industrial Technology Research Institute and the democratization of Taiwan. The democratization of Taiwan is set as the independent variable and the transition of Industrial Technology Research Institute is set as the dependent variable. The transition of Industrial Technology Research Institute is analyzed by the events in the breakdown of the first party alternation in 2000. The events before the first party alternation include the establishment of the strategy industry, the diffusion of industrial technology, and the participation of the election. The events after the first party alternation contain the variation of the board, the adjustment of the organization structure, the establishment of labor union by the employee, the recovery of the budget by the connection of the private industrial unions , the request of the law makers setting the ceiling of the salary. The evolution of Industrial Technology Research Institute is correspondent to the formulation of the industrial policies guided by the government. Industrial Technology Research Institute played the role of the locomotive of the Industry while the government executed the mode of leading market. Industrial Technology Research Institute played the role of the platform of the network of industry and government. Due to lack of the blueprint of new industry to follow, the strategy of catch-up adapted by the developmental state is forced to transfer toward trying the strategy of creation. The role of the state seems to transform toward the platformal state. The new developmental mode of Taiwan will be the platform state which adapts the strategy of the collaborative creation. Due to the time constraint, the study of the thesis was focused on the issue of the transition of Industrial Technology Research Institute. The further study on the role of Industrial Technology Research Institute in various industries at different stage of the industry life cycle is suggested. The comparison of the transition between the multiple cases of the similar not-for-profit organizations is also suggested.
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Bopape, Harry Maishe. "Social impact of information technology : implications for a tertiary institute." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3148.
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Tertiary educational institutes have had many Information Systems developed and implemented for the use of students and lecturers. The problem is that more often than not, the impacts of Information Systems on social communities of organisations have not been taken into account, or insufficient attention has been paid to them. The social impact of Information Systems are rarely taken into account when systems are being designed or implemented, and as a result lead to many Information System failures. This research explores the issues of the interface between information systems and society, and addresses the social impact of these systems. A thorough investigation of the Information Systems and users of those systems at the University of South Africa has been undertaken in this study
Details regarding certain social impact of Information Systems will be discussed. This research proposes a set of guidelines to help ensure that the social impacts of tertiary institutes’ Information Systems are taken into account in the design and implementation of these systems, thereby increasing the chance of success of those systems. Those who stand to benefit from information contained in this study include various tertiary institutes’ faculties of Information Systems and Technology, the departments responsible for the development of those Information Systems, users of those systems, and the social community encompassing those systems.
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Chen, Tai-Ching, and 陳苔青. "The Assessment of University and Institute of Technology Entrance Examination." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30406303578448327507.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
資訊管理系碩士班
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During the past few years, the call for educational revolution has become loud. Ministry of education changed the traditional united examination of technological and vocational education to plan the separation system of examination and admission, in term of multi-entrance, that can resolve the problems multi-entrance brought. The goals of separation system of exam and admission entrance-examination are to evaluate the student’s ability of learning、memory、understanding and ratiocination, even the ability of organization、analysis、determination、imagination and creation. Thus, the purposes of this study were twofold. First, it checked whether multi-entrance examination has achieved its goals or not. Second, it analyzed and compared the assessment of each categories and ability levels of different groups of students four-year of institute of technology, two-year junior college and two-year of institute of technology. The results revealed that there are significant differences in the score of Chinese、English and Math among different groups of students that joined the entrance-examination of vocational school in the year 90 sessions. Moreover, It also existed significant differences in the ability level of the common subjects (Knowledge、Understanding、Ability of application、Analysis ) among different groups of students. Finally, due to the high percentage of unsuitable questions, it is imperative that high quality of profession subject examination items of each group certainly plays the crucial role in improving the assessment of the multi-entrance examination.
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Chou, Ying-Ju, and 周映汝. "The performance evaluation of technology development in research institute-taking Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER) as an example." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88900106696386024377.
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碩士中華大學
科技管理學系(所)
94
Economy and technology are important sources of the national competitiveness. The economic development depends on the upgrade of industry, and the driving force for industry upgrading lies in technology innovation. Therefore, unless the two are mutually combined, the best performance will not be generated. The momentum for technology development relies on the input of R&D, which, in turn, depends on the specialized manpower, knowledge, and technology involved. As the result, research institution plays an important role in the technology development of our nation. Unfortunately, the performance evaluation of research institute domestically is difficult to appraise objectively at present. Up to now, research institute is often evaluated by the judgments of experts. In other word, the assessment is based on the information like the proposal contents, the presentation performance, etc, which is rather subjective. In this report, the performance evaluation indices and weighing of INER are established according to the evaluation model used by the Technology Division, National Science Council as well as through the questionnaires and interviews of experts. The indices of this report is divided into five categories including human resources, cooperation development, R&D achievements, technological value, and work support. In the case of human resources, the number of highly educated manpower (master/doctor) involved in research institute will be studied. Moreover, the cooperation development includes funding from government and business commissioned project. Both items together will represent the human resources and budget involved for the whole research institute. On the other hand, the R&D achievements will include quantitative indices such as the number of patents filed, the number of papers published, and other intellectual properties claimed. The technological value will include incomes form technical services and technology transfer. Finally, the work support will include the indices related to radiation protection and safety. The last three items together represents important outputs for research institute. In this report, relevant indices specifically for nuclear energy work support will be established. Both Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) will be utilized to evaluate the performances of the input and output indices.
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Shiu, Jyh Wen, and 胥智文. "The Evolving Role of the Public Research Institute in Taiwan’s Innovation System: the Case of Industrial Technology Research Institute." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/jz37t5.
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博士國立清華大學
科技管理研究所
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This thesis investigates, the role of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a public research institute in the catch-up process of the latecomer country Taiwan’s innovation system from the perspectives of collaboration between industries and universities. Using the university-industry-government (U-I-G, triple helix) paradigm, this thesis explores the evolving role of ITRI in reinforcing and facilitating the transitioning of Taiwan from an imitator to an innovator over the last few decades. This thesis has three parts: the first part investigates how knowledge capital accumulated (in terms of patent activity) by ITRI helped configure Taiwan’s industrial structure over the last few decades, and compared its effects with that of Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI); the second part explores the evolving collaboration modes between a public research institute (PRI) and universities during the catch-up phase (the 1970s to the1990s) and post-catch-up phase (the 2000s to the 2010s); and the third part examines how Taiwan reduced failure risk and transitioned itself from an under-developed economy in the 1970s to a developed economy in the 2000s. The role of PRIs in relation to those of other drivers in the innovation system under state-led transformation is identified. In terms of industry-PRIs (I-P) relationships, ITRI has evolved from a facilitator in the catch-up phase into a mediator in the post-catch-up phase, reinforcing industrial strategies and national approaches designed to attain an endogenous structural change in Taiwan’s innovation system. This thesis also highlights macro-meso-micro views of transition and provides salient normative principles as guides for transformational policies for other developing economies.
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Thoresen, Bruce. "Patient satisfaction at the Durban Institute of Technology chiropractic day clinic." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/181.
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Thesis (M.Tech.:Chiropractic)-Dept. of Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006
x, 65 leaves, Annexures A-HPatient satisfaction is an important, desired measure of quality of care and has a significant influence on the perceived quality of care and outcome of treatment, and for this reason, it holds great value to the treating clinician. Satisfied patients are more likely to comply with treatment instructions and advice, remain with their service provider and refer others. Dissatisfaction, in the event of an unfavourable outcome, can result in legal action and complaints to regulatory bodies. Studies have indicated a high level of satisfaction with chiropractic care; however, none have been in a student clinic setting even in view of the suggested importance in the literature. In view of this significance and lack of understanding of the patients’ satisfaction / dissatisfaction in the history of DIT’s clinic operation the question remains as to what extent the students at the DIT Chiropractic Day Clinic satisfy their patients. This study evaluated the patient satisfaction at the DIT Chiropractic Day Clinic in order to establish a baseline for future comparison. Cronbach’s alpha scores were used to determine questionnaire reliability in a South African student context.
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林戊己. "Kaomei institute of technology library research on assisting local culture development." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04778609721024137846.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
圖書資訊學研究所
97
Abstract This research aims at exploring local culture development and vocational school library’s support for the local culture enhancement. Taking Private Kaomei Institute of Technology as a research sample, we adopted field research method as interviewing certain strategically influential people in Meinong area, such as local clubs leaders, resident representatives, local industry representatives and experts. With conclusion and advices from research, we look forward to providing concrete ideas for vocational school in backing up the development of local culture. Based on the background of research issues and motivations, we list four researching goals as follows: 1. Exploring Kaomei Institute of Technology library’s role function in assisting MeinongHakka culture. 2. Exploring Kaomei Institute of Technology library’s service for MeinongHakka culture industry. 3. Exploring Kaomei Institute of Technology library’s resource integration mode for MeinongHakka culture industry. 4. Exploring Kaomei Institute of Technology library’s possible active project for MeinongHakka culture industry. This research is based on document findings and actual interview with its research conclusion as follows: 1. Kaomei Institute of Technology library’s role function (1) demand and interaction are the drives for cultural transformation. (2) the social educational value of new Kaomei Institute of Technology’s and the orientation of its library in community development and social education. 2. The services of Kaomei Institute of Technology library (1) exploring the MeinongHakka culture’s value. (2) seeking transformation paths and promoting the conversion of MeinongHakka culture. (3) the principles of the characteristic services 3. The integration of Kaomei Institute of Technology library resources (1) sharing of the campus and the resources (2) the combination of professional work stations and specific services (3) the combination of consultation and book-delivery mechanics (4) the combination of training and counseling 4. The plan and design of Kaomei Institute of Technology’s library programs. (1) consider the demand of diverse age, object and group and gather community strength by careful planning and activity projects to stimulate public reading passion. (2) promote the reading of books on MeinongHakka culture and hold activities on introducing MeinongHakka culture. How would you organize reading activity to stimulate public reading passion? This research, according to investigation results, provides advices as follows for reference: 1. In part of local culture development strategy As the main part of Meinong culture, hakka culture plays an vital role in Meinong’s economic development, especially its touring economic development. We have to find out the advantages of hakka culture and characteristics so that Meinonghakka culture can contribute in terms of construction service of economic zone. 2. In part of local cultural industry This research hopes to continue combining Meinonghakka culture and local cultural industry. 3. In part of business mode of vocational school library We sincerely suggest that private vocational school library, in the near future, should actively build up a platform for the combination of community culture and library.
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Wu, Eo-Chung, and 吳友中. "Patent Maintenance Mechanism of Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/12051826935444058329.
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碩士中原大學
企業管理研究所
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The importance of intellectual property rights has become increasingly significant in the knowledge economy era and with the growth of patent applications, people pay more attention to the management and maintenance of patents. According to Article 8 of Regulations of Patent Fees from MOEA (Ministry of Economic Affairs), the patent maintenance fee was a multiple increase with its age. For this reason, it is an important issue to evaluate the necessity of patent maintenance. The patent maintance mechanism of Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) is subjective judgement by the related people. Therefore, this research archives almost patent index and try to find out the fittable index to assess the CSISTs’ patents rights. According to the provisions of CSIST’s R&D achievements, there are ten aspects as the base of assessment using Delphi method. The six aspects are integrated in the results of Delphi. They are the technical level, the difficulty degree of design around, technology life-cycle, the feasibility of authorization, the level of commodification and incomes. After discussion with experts in CSIST, the fourteen assessment criteria are integrated and the framework of this study is established. Moreover, the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method is used to design the questionnaire and to calculate the weights of the six aspects and fourteen criteria. The results of the study show that both of the technical level and the difficulty degree of design around are affirmed by the experts from the practical experience. They think the two factors play an important role on judging the necessity of patent maintenance. In the assessment criteria analysis, all the experts regard Global Patent Family Numbers and IPC Number (Four Orders) as important factors of judging the necessity of patent maintenance. Besides, Patent D is the first one to mainten according to the assessment results. The result of the quantification assessment verifies the mode to be a more reasonable solution to sort patent maintenance among practical samples and offers decision-makers references to judge the necessity of the patent maintenance.