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Bucki, Barbara. "La capabilité de santé des aidants familiaux : analyses du paradigme et pistes d’opérationnalisation." Thesis, Université de Lorraine, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LORR0158/document.
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Le prendre-soin à domicile des personnes atteintes de maladie chronique est de plus en plus assuré par les aidants familiaux, mais leur mode de vie crée un risque pour leur santé. Mener une recherche sur leur capabilité de santé, en d’autres termes sur leur aptitude à adopter un mode de vie favorable à la santé, est d’un intérêt scientifique majeur. L’opérationnalisation de ce paradigme développé en 2010 par Ruger pour comprendre les facteurs du maintien d’un état de santé optimal est au cœur de nos travaux de recherche. A partir d’une collecte de données quantitative menée au Luxembourg et en Lorraine (France), un outil de Capabilité de Santé des Aidants (CSA-20 items) a été élaboré et testé. Il explore huit domaines: santé physique, santé psychologique, valeur accordée au mode de vie, sentiment d’auto-efficacité, soutien familial, capital social, conditions matérielles/sentiment de sécurité, satisfaction à l’égard des informations et des services de soins. Des enquêtes qualitatives complémentaires ont permis de compléter le CSA-20 par 77 items couvrant des domaines tels que la motivation, les compétences psychosociales et les styles de coping. Cet instrument permet d’élaborer des diagnostics personnalisés et d’évaluer des programmes de promotion de la santé. Nos analyses préliminaires ont aussi montré que les répercussions de la maladie chronique sont vécues de manière conjointe dans les dyades aidant-aidé; et que la valeur accordée au rôle d’aidant est favorisée par le soutien venant des professionnels et du réseau social. Pour améliorer la capabilité de santé des aidants, la prise en compte à la fois de leur autonomie et de leur besoin de soutien est dès lors requiseHome care of persons with a chronic disease is increasingly provided by family caregivers, but their lifestyle creates a risk to their health. Therefore, leading a research on their "health capability", in other words, on their ability to adopt a healthy lifestyle is of major scientific interest. The operationalization of this paradigm, developed by Ruger in 2010 to understand the factors of maintaining a state of optimal health, has been the heart of our research. Based on a quantitative data collection conducted in Luxembourg and Lorraine (France), a Health Capability of Family Caregivers instrument (HCFC-20 items) was developed and tested. It explores eight areas: physical health, psychological health, lifestyle value, sense of self-efficacy, family support, social capital, material conditions/sense of security, satisfaction with information and healthcare services. Additional qualitative surveys have completed the HCFC-20 with 77 items covering areas such as motivation, life skills and coping styles. This instrument allows to develop personalized diagnoses and to evaluate health-promoting programs. Our preliminary analyses have also indicated that the impacts of a chronic disease are experienced jointly in patient-caregiver dyads; and the value placed on the role of caregiver is encouraged by the support from professionals and a social network. In order to improve the health capability of caregivers, taking into account both their autonomy and their need for support is therefore required
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Kelleher, Anne. "Consent and capability." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397301.
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Wu, Lucia T. (Lucia Teresa) 1977. "Building customization capability." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34743.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 77).
Submitted to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Sloan School of Management on May 7, 2004 in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degrees of Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Master of Business Administration ABSTRACT Many computer companies are seeking to grow their customization capability. As the market becomes increasingly commoditized, computer companies view customization as a way to differentiate their products and offer customer value. However, the implementation of customization programs has been difficult for many organizations. Sun Microsystems launched a customization program called Customer Ready Systems (CRS) through a grass-roots effort in manufacturing. CRS offered assemble-to-order, factory-integrated systems. Although CRS revenues had been growing, scalability was difficult and costs were increasing. CRS needed to evaluate its process and supply-chain from a strategic perspective to ensure alignment with the rest of the organization. To grow profitably, it also needed to reduce costs and increase scalability. This thesis focuses first on the question of whether or not Sun should reconfigure its supply chain to perform more, if not all, of its customization work at external manufacturers. It then turns to the question of whether or not the current internal customization process can be improved, and identifies two opportunities: pricing and process improvement in component removal for reconfiguration, and lead-time variability reduction.
(cont.) This thesis recommends organizational and tactical policies to improve the customization based on these analyses and implementation efforts. The research for this thesis was conducted during a seven month internship with Sun Microsystems' Worldwide Operations group and was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Leaders for Manufacturing program.
by Lucia T. Wu.
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Gill, Leanne Margaret. "Building organisational capability." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2006. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16234/1/Leanne_Gill_Thesis.pdf.
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Much has been written about the benefits to be derived from maximising organisational capability as a means of increasing competitive advantage, establishing human resource functions as a strategic partner and improving stakeholder satisfaction. However, there is very little in the research on how organisations build their organisational capability (OC).
This thesis explores how developments in our understanding of strategic planning and human resource practices have contributed to a focus in organisations on building their organisational capability. The emergence of the resource-based theory of the firm, together with changes in human resource practices in job analysis, performance management and staff development has laid the foundation for organisational capability. A Model of Organisational Capability is proposed that explores how systems and processes can be aligned to maximize core organisational capability.
Three research questions emerge from the literature and the Model:
*How do organisations define their Strategic Intent Domain?
*How can organisations define their Core OCs?
*How do organisations embed their OCs into their Job Context, Organisational Systems and Knowledge Networks Enablers?
These questions are explored by examining an Australian University utilising a participatory action research methodology. The study focused on how the organisation engaged senior managers to develop an organisational capability framework and agreed on a strategy to embed the capabilities in HR practice. As a result, this thesis presents a step-by-step process for organisations seeking to build their Core Organisational Capability. Practitioners wishing to maximize their organisational capability can draw on the Model of Organisational Capability, step-by-step process and contextual principles, to assist them to engage with the organisation to explore an organisational capability agenda.
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Gill, Leanne Margaret. "Building organisational capability." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16234/.
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Much has been written about the benefits to be derived from maximising organisational capability as a means of increasing competitive advantage, establishing human resource functions as a strategic partner and improving stakeholder satisfaction. However, there is very little in the research on how organisations build their organisational capability (OC). This thesis explores how developments in our understanding of strategic planning and human resource practices have contributed to a focus in organisations on building their organisational capability. The emergence of the resource-based theory of the firm, together with changes in human resource practices in job analysis, performance management and staff development has laid the foundation for organisational capability. A Model of Organisational Capability is proposed that explores how systems and processes can be aligned to maximize core organisational capability. Three research questions emerge from the literature and the Model: *How do organisations define their Strategic Intent Domain? *How can organisations define their Core OCs? *How do organisations embed their OCs into their Job Context, Organisational Systems and Knowledge Networks Enablers? These questions are explored by examining an Australian University utilising a participatory action research methodology. The study focused on how the organisation engaged senior managers to develop an organisational capability framework and agreed on a strategy to embed the capabilities in HR practice. As a result, this thesis presents a step-by-step process for organisations seeking to build their Core Organisational Capability. Practitioners wishing to maximize their organisational capability can draw on the Model of Organisational Capability, step-by-step process and contextual principles, to assist them to engage with the organisation to explore an organisational capability agenda.
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Randriamanampisoa, Holimalala. "Microcrédit et gestion des risques, une grille de lecture par les capabilités : le cas des ménages ruraux des hautes terres de Madagascar." Thesis, Montpellier 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011MON10068.
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Cette thèse contribue aux débats concernant l’efficacité du microcrédit sur la pauvreté ainsi que sur les indicateurs à utiliser lors de ses études d’impact. Notre problématique se présente alors comme suit : Quels sont les rôles du microcrédit dans la gestion des risques afin de permettre aux populations rurales d’améliorer leur capabilité et d’être moins vulnérables ? Pour répondre à cette question, nous considérons que le microcrédit va ainsi bien au-delà d’un simple outil financier pour devenir une politique d’élargissement des opportunités et des moyens à la disposition des pauvres pour améliorer leurs « capabilités ». Notre travail de recherche propose d’examiner le lien entre le microcrédit et la pauvreté multidimensionnelle tout en intégrant à la fois les concepts de risques et de vulnérabilité. Dans cette perspective, les études d’impact du microcrédit devraient considérer la pauvreté non seulement comme insuffisance de revenus et de ressources matérielles, mais également comme le sentiment de vulnérabilité et d’insécurité. Nous analysons la relation entre la pauvreté et le microcrédit à partir de l’approche des capabilités de Sen, en utilisant quatre dimensions : les capabilités de sécurité, les capabilités de production, les capabilités humaines et financières. A partir des données de l’étude d’impact de l’organisme de microfinance « CECAM » à Madagascar, les résultats empiriques avec l’utilisation de l’Analyse Factorielle de Correspondance Multiple montrent que l’approche des capabilités met des aspects de la pauvreté et qui ne sont pas capturés par les méthodes basées uniquement sur les approches monétaires. La régression économétrique nous permet d’établir un lien direct entre le microcrédit et les capabilités. En effet, la principale variable d’intérêt Montant du microcrédit indique une amélioration du niveau de capabilité des ménages. Certaines variables de contrôle telles que le nombre d’année d’adhésion, le genre du chef de ménage et les chocs de production améliorent les capabilités tandis que d’autres variables de contrôle telles que le niveau d’instruction du chef de ménage et les dépenses liées aux chocs de la vie familiale affaiblissent les capabilités des ménages ruraux dans les hautes terres malgachesThis thesis contributes to debates regarding the effectiveness of microcredit on poverty and on the indicators to be used in its impact assessments. Our problem is then presented as follows: What is the role of microcredit in risk management to enable rural people to improve their capability and be less vulnerable? To answer this question, we consider that microcredit goes well beyond a simple financial tool to become a policy of expanding the opportunities and resources available to the poor to improve their "capabilities". Our research proposes to examine the link between microcredit and multidimensional poverty while integrating both the concepts of risk and vulnerability. In this perspective, the impact of microcredit should not only consider poverty as insufficient income and material resources, but also like the feeling of vulnerability and insecurity. We analyze the relationship between poverty and microcredit by using Sen’s approach of capabilities. We mobilize for this study four dimensions of capabilities: security, production, human and financial. From the data of the impact of the microfinance organization "CECAM" in Madagascar, the empirical results with the use of Multiple Correspondence Factor Analysis shows that the capability approach highlights the some aspects of poverty which are not captured by methods based only on monetary approaches. Econometric regression allows us to establish a direct link between microcredit and capabilities. Indeed, the main variable of interest Amount of microcredit indicates an improved level of capability of households. Some control variables such as number of years of membership, gender of household head and shocks improve production capabilities while other control variables such as level of education of household head and expenditure impact of family life weaken the capabilities of rural households in the Malagasy highlands
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Ideström, David. "Dynamic Capability : The Advancement of a Framework." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-297966.
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This thesis sets out to explore the concept of dynamic capability which centers on the firm’s ability to sustain competitive advantage in dynamic environments. Drawing on a review of the literature, a framework of general factors conducive to a dynamic capability – absorptive capability, adaptive capability and innovative capability – is identified. Since the framework has not been explored empirically, this thesis takes the first step in this pursuit. The phenomenon is investigated in a case study comprised of three firms in the information and communication industry. Data is collected from interviews with representatives of the firms and from the last annual reports of the firms. Drawing on the analysis of the data, it is suggested that the specific operationalization of the factors should be refined. Nonetheless, the study suggests that the framework comprises a straightforward and efficient means of analysing a firm’s ability to sustain competitive advantage.
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Larsson, Annika. "Capability in machining systems." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Production Engineering, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-1519.
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The vehicle industry has derived a vision of simulatingmachining systems and their cutting processes with accuracy andcapability indices as a result. The accuracy of machined partsis the result of properties and characteristics of the totalmachining system and its environment. Natural deviation resultsin deviations between each machined part which in turn effectthe functionality of an assembled product.
A machining system is defined as consisting of the fivemodules: machine tool, tool, cutting process, workpiece andfixture.
The thoughts and discussions about the vision of simulatinga machining systems and its environment have resulted in aresearch question:What is required to give a reliablesimulated value of capability and accuracy?"
Being able to predict the accuracy of machined parts in aspecific machining system and its environment gives thepossibility of optimising the cutting process and detect errorsin the machining systems. It also gives the possibility todesign more robust machining systems and avoid mistakes duringthe designing of the machining systems.
This study has shown that to be able to predict capabilityindices for both existing and future machining system it isnecessary to have thorough knowledge in four areas; capabilityas a statistical tool, accuracy in machining system,measurement tools and methods, and modelling andsimulation.
To achieve a reliable capability index, the capability studyhas to be properly planned, performed and evaluated. Thestatistical method of capability indices needs to be well-knownwhen choosing index, comparing different indices and whenmaking comparisons between indices from several machiningsystems.
The machining accuracy of a machining system is dependent onfour groups of characteristics: temperature influence, geometryand kinematics, static stiffness and, finally, dynamicstiffness.
There are a great number of models available for cuttingprocesses, process state variables and different modules of amachining system. Usually, these models can only be useddiscretely since there is almost no relationship between thestructures, required data and assumptions of the models. It istherefore not yet possible to model and simulate a machiningsystem to achieve a reliable accuracy value.
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Holmström, Patrik. "Modelling manufacturing systems capability." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Production Engineering, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4054.
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Any way of making the manufacturing industry more efficient is always of great interest due to the contribution of manufacturing to the society. A major asset within manufacturing is information about manufacturing systems, as a base when making decisions. The most essential information within manufac-turing industry would be the manufacturing systems capability information. That information would include information about the resource, used process and produced product. Although important, manufacturing systems capability models are rare, and the information seems to be challenging to model.
The purpose of this thesis is to model manufacturing systems capability with focus on the machining industry.
In order to model manufacturing system capability, existing information standards has been used as a frame of reference. Some information standards have been evaluated on industrial cases and sometimes modified to serve a specific purpose. The information standards have been evaluated to first separately represent product, process and resource. Thereafter have the infor-mation standards been evaluated to represent all three domains together.
ISO10303-214 (AP214) has been modified and evaluated to represent any process within manufacturing. The state of the product and the state of used manufacturing system are described and connected to every relevant process step.
AP214 with ISO10303-224 (AP224) has been used together with a developed method, to describe manufacturing system capability within machining. Within the limitations of AP224 geometrical feature description, the capability of a manufacturing system can be defined and connected to a product description. Using similar feature based description for the capability and the product description, products manufacturability can be evaluated.
Also ISO14649 and ISO10303-238, both also known as STEP-NC, are treated in this thesis as enablers to describe manufacturing system capability. STEP-NC is shown to describe manufacturing systems within machining where the product, process and resource are collectively described. In order to describe capability and evaluate products manufacturability, STEP-NC has to be extended from describing/modelling one configuration of a manufacturing system to describe a set of configurations.
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Holmström, Patrik. "Modelling manufacturing systems capability /." Stockholm : Royal Institute of Technology, Industrial Engineering and Management, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4054.
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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.
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.
M.B.A.
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Essmann, Heinz Erich. "Toward innovation capability maturity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1308.
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Thesis (PhD (Industrial Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research has its roots in Industrial Engineering, where the premise of improving and managing efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and quality is the most common and accepted source of organisational sustenance and furtherance. This dissertation, however, addresses the evolutionary and revolutionary imperatives of a new paradigm for competitive advantage – innovation. The notion of innovation is considered many things. First and foremost, however, it has become the primary differentiator of organisational competitiveness, rendering it the source of sustained long-term prosperity. What may seem ambiguous in the title of this dissertation is essentially the imperative of every organisation functioning within the competitive domain. Where organisational maturity and innovativeness were traditionally considered antonymous, the assimilation of these two seemingly contradictory notions is fundamental to the assurance of long-term organisational prosperity. Organisations are required, now more than ever, to grow and mature their innovation capability. In working towards the fulfilment of this objective, the Maturity Modelling approach was recognised for its ability to describe organisational progression in terms of innovation capability. An Innovation Capability Maturity Model, with the intention of describing generic and evolutionary plateaus of innovation capability maturity, was developed from a comprehensive literature study. This model was evaluated with an initial case study which led to a rigorous refinement initiative that included further literature study, a mapping and comparison exercise, and a detailed analysis of innovation capability themes using a Latent Dirichlet Allocation-based topic modelling approach. The consolidation of these activities and integration with the initial model resulted in the second version thereof – ICMM v2. This second version was then utilised in an additional 5 case studies that would serve to evaluate and validate the content and structure thereof, but also make a fundamental contribution to the application of the model – captured in the so called Innovation Capability Improvement Methodology. The case studies provide evidence that the content and structure of the ICMM v2, including the approach used to convey these aspects, fulfil their intended purpose by appropriately identifying the innovation capability strengths and weaknesses of the represented organisations. The ICMM v2 and accompanying methodology provides an organisation with a systematic approach for identifying organisational innovation capability strengths and weaknesses and a framework for identifying and prioritising innovation capability improvement opportunities in an organised and coordinated manner. This dissertation concludes with a few fundamental findings pertaining to innovation and a discussion of potential future collaboration and research opportunities.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsingsprojek het sy oorsprong binne die bedryfsingenieursdomain. Bedryfsingenieurswese is primêr gerig op die verbetering en bestuur van doelmatigheid, doeltreffendheid, produktiwiteit en gehalte. Dit is voorts „n vry-algemeen aanvaarde bron van organisatoriese volhoubaarheid en verbetering van maatskappye. Hierdie navorsingsverslag spreek die evolusionêre en revolusionêre vereistes van „n nuwe paradigme vir mededingendheid, naamlik innovasie, aan. Die term innovasie beteken verskillende dinge vir verskillende mense. Dit is sedert die 1930‟s intensief nagevors. Meer onlangs het innovasie ontwikkel tot „n primêre onderskeider van maatskappy-mededingendheid. Dit is vinnig besig om te ontwikkel in „n sleutelbron van volhoubare, langtermyn welvaartskepping. Die titel van hierdie proefskrif mag aanvangklik dubbelsinnig klink, maar dit beskryf eintlik die fundamentele vereistes van elke organisasie wat binne die mededingendheidsdomain funksioneer. Aanvanklik is innovasie en organisatoriese volwassenheid as teenstrydige konsepte beskou. Die versoening van hierdie twee oënskynlike teenstrydige konsepte is egter fundamenteel tot die ontwikkeling van langtermyn organisatoriese mededingendheid en gepaargaande welvaart. Mededingendheid word tans verseker deur die tempo en volhoubaarheid waarmee maatskappye hulle innovasie-vermoeë beoefen en uitbou. Die konsep van volwassenheidsmodelering is identifiseer as „n belangrike element om die innovasie volwassenheid van maatskappye volledig uit te bou, asook om organisatoriese groei in ten opsigte van innovasie-vermoeëns te beskryf. „n Eerste orde innovasie-vermoeë volwassenheidsmodel (ICMM v1) is met behulp van „n uitgebreide literatuur-ondersoek ontwikkel. Hierdie model het ten doel gehad om generiese en evolusionêre plateau‟s van innovasie-vermoeë volwassenheid te beskryf. Die aanvanklike model is geëvalueer met „n gevallestudie waarna dit drasties verfyn is, deur gebruik te maak van „n sekondêre literatuurstudie, die kartering en „n vergelykende evaluering, asook „n gedetailleerde ontleding van innovasie-vermoeë tema‟s. Dit is gedoen deur gebruik te maak van “Latent Dirichlet Allocation”-gebaseerde konsepmodellering. Hierdie aktiwiteite is gekonsolideer en geintegreer met die eerste model in „n weergawe twee, wat bekend staan as ICMM v2. Hierdie weergawe is verder ontplooi in vyf opvolg-gevallestudies wat gebruik is. Die doel hiervan was om die nuwe model te evalueer en valideer ten opsigte van die inhoud en struktuur daarvan. Voorts het die ook „n fundamentele bydra gemaak tot die toepassing van die model waartydens resulutate van die model vervat is in „n sogenaamde innovasie-vermoeë verbeterings metodologie. Die onderskeie gevallestudies het bevestig dat die inhoud en die struktuur van die ICMM v2 hulle aanvanklike doelwitte volledig bereik het deur beide die innovasie-vermoeë sterkpunte en swakpunte van die organisasies te identifiseer en uit te lig. Die ICMM v2 en gepaardgaande metodologie bied aan „n organisasie „n sistematiese benadering tot die identifisering van organisatoriese innovasie-vermoeë sterkpunte en swakpunte. Dit voorsien verder „n raamwerk vir die identifisering en prioritisering van innovasie-vermoeë verbeterings geleenthede binne maatskappye. Hierdie proefskrif word afgesluit met „n aantal fundamentele bevindings met betrekking tot innovasie en „n bespreking van toekomstige samewerking ten opsigte van navorsingsgeleenthede.
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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.
M.B.A.
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Børhaug, Brede. "Experimental validation of dynamic stationkeeping capability analysis : The next level DP capability analysis." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for teknisk kybernetikk, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-18699.
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This thesis considers two main issues: the theoretical aspects of stationkeeping capability analysis in general, and dynamic capability (DynCap) analysis in particular; further there has been conducted capability analyses of the model vessel, CyberShip III, including an experimental validation of the results.This thesis presents the most comprehensive investigation into the differences between the DynCap analysis and the industry standard DP capability analysis (DPCap), published to date, as far as both Marine Cybernetics AS and the author are aware of. The mathematical foundation of DynCap has been investigated in detail, and it has been shown that by applying the simplications and assumptions proposed in the industry used IMCA M140 specications for DP capability plots to the equations of DynCap, it is possible to arrive at the DPCap equations. The review of the mathematical foundation of capability analysis, highlights the benefits of employing the DynCap analysis in favor of the DPCap analysis, and provides the necessary mathematical motivation for choosing the DynCap analysis in favor of the DPCap analysis.This thesis also presents multiple stationkeeping capability analyses of CyberShip III. The stationkeeping capability of CyberShip III was obtained through both DPCap analysis and DynCap analysis. In addition, an experiment using the model vessel CyberShip III was conducted, in order to obtain the true stationkeeping capability of CyberShip III. The results obtained revealed that the traditional DPCap analysis, seems repeatedly to be too optimistic, and that the DynCap results seems to be more realistic. The experimental results show that the relative reduction in depicted capability between the result obtained through DynCap analysis and experimental data obtained, is approximately 10%. In contrast, the relative reduction from DPCap results, compared to the experimental data, where found to be approximately 60%.By combining the theoretical foundation of DynCap, the simulations conducted and the experimental data obtained, the thesis is able to validate the DynCap stationkeeping capability analysis. The superior performance of the DynCap analysis, relative the DPCap analysis, provides additional arguments for employing the DynCap method in favor of the industry standard DPCap. Further the thesis highlights possible shortcomings of the DynCap analysis, including remarks in regard to the complexity and accuracy of the models used during the DynCap simulations. The implications of the results presented in this thesis may be regarded as considerable. The results show that without a well defined standard for DPCap analysis, the validity of the results are uncertain. The uncertainty in turn limits the use of the obtained results. This thesis proposes that by employing the DynCap analysis, the operators, ship owners and oil companies, will be able to make decisions based on more accurate data, which will enhance security, and reduce non-productive time. With well defined limits of operation for the vessels, it will be possible to utilize theresources in a more productive manner. By basing decisions on accurate data, the selected vessel may be able to operate closer to the limit, without compromising security. This will in turn reduce costs and possibly increase profits.Keywords: Dynamic Positioning, DP, DP Capability, DPCap, Dynamic Stationkeeping Capability, DynCap
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Najrani, Majed. "The effect of change capability, learning capability and shared leadership on organizational agility." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10141724.
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Organizational agility represents a new field of organizational study that is not well examined. In the past organizations had an unmatched competitive advantage due to low competition and higher barriers to entry into their markets. As a result, many organizations dominated their industries. However, in the era of globalization, individuals with an internet connection and the right skills can start new organizations that can compete on a global level. Consequently, organizations now are facing more competition that they experienced in the past. Another reason for increase competition is new technology. Technology is improving increasingly faster than any time in history. Therefore, organizations that are not agile could not survive in the current environment.
Agile entities realize that they have to become flexible and nimble to withstand competition. Accordingly, the researcher in this study proposes an organizational agility model and this proposed model is the focus of the study. The proposed model significant arises from the fact that currently there are limited numbers of models that help organizations in becoming agile entities. The characteristics in this study were based on Worley and Lawler (2010) “Agility and Organization Design: A Diagnostic Framework”. The study conducted a survey utilizing an instrument developed by Dr. Worley and Dr. Lawler that contains 15 agility characteristics. The survey uses all 15 characteristics to determine if the organization is agile. In addition, the study utilizes three of the 15 agility characteristics to determent if a relationship occurs between the study variables.
This quantitative study examined the relationship between change capability, learning capability, shared leadership and organizational agility. Moreover, understanding these relationships could assist scholars and practitioners in producing change programs that emphasize certain behaviors that make an organization agile. The study surveyed 116 participants and found that focusing on change capability, learning capability and shared leadership could contribute in creating agile organizations. Consequently, after evaluating the study results, a new agility model emerged. This model shows that organizations can achieve agility by developing change capability, learning capability, shared leadership, shared purpose and flexible resources. Ultimately, achieving agility could help organizations compete and endure now and the future.
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Tell, Anders W. "Designing Situated Capability Viewpoints : Adapting the general concept of capability to work practices." Licentiate thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-169322.
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Capability is a long-established term and concept that has found its way to be used to describe organisations. It provides the basis for a genre of analysis, design and planning methods used in several fields. In enterprise architecture frameworks, capability has become a central architectural and fundamental element. In the field of strategic management, it was used in the 1990s to describe the resources and core competencies that a company needs in order to compete in a market, while in military applications, the concept of capability is used for mission planning. It has also been suggested that the design of information systems could be based on the concept of capability. There is no broad agreement on the nature of capability in the enterprise architecture, strategy, planning and engineering literature. This may lead to problems, as differences in perception and use in and across work practices may hamper the utility of the concept of capability in practical approaches encompassing many different kinds of stakeholders, perspectives and work practices. The overall research goal of this thesis is to design a general concept of capability, a capability viewpoint and a capability situating method that can be used to adapt the concept of capability for use within enterprise architecture frameworks, to support different work practices, and at the same time to support coherence between work practices. The research methodology used in this thesis is based on the design science paradigm, which has the primary aim of creating innovative artifacts and new knowledge to solve general and practical problems. The thesis contributes to a deepened understanding of the varying uses and utility of the concept of capability in different work practices, through an empirical case study of a mega-scale programme. This work also presents three novel artifacts, a general capability pattern, a base capability viewpoint and a capability situating method, which can be used to increase the relevance, use and utility of the concept of capability in the different types of work people do themselves and together with others in organisations. The method provides a way to adapt and tailor the concept of capability to existing enterprise architecture frameworks and to different work practices, in order to lower the barriers of application, and to improve the facilitating conditions for and actual use of capability analysis, design and planning. The results contribute to the field of enterprise architecture by enabling the creation of ISO 42010 compliant situated capability viewpoints through the application of this method.
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Blum, Markus. "Product development as dynamic capability." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2004. http://137.193.200.177/ediss/blum-markus/meta.html.
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Owais, Fahad. "Capability File Names over HTTP." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-26393.
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File access over the Internet adds a whole new dimension to the continuously evolving World Wide Web. Considering its significance in the big picture, there exists a need to provide a completely secure and exible way to share and access content existing on a file host web server somewhere over the Internet. A number of access control mechanisms attempt to do this with moderate success with most of them lacking the ability to allow sharing of information to unauthenticated users and adequate file-based access control capabilities. Capability File Names provide a new and completely unique access control mechanism that uses file names as a means to store access control information against files on a remote location and allows a user unhindered access to his files along with the capability to delegate rights as deemed necessary. The aim of this thesis project has been to develop a prototype implementation that makes use of Capability File Names as a way to control access to files and folders placed on an HTTP Web Server over the Internet. It involves a Linux implementation on the client-side using "FUSE" (Filesystem in Userspace) with a server-side implementation using Java Server Pages (JSP). The access control features have entirely been implemented on server side with the client user only needing the Capability File Names pointing to the original files on the server to gain access to them. In addition to the server and client applications, there is a separate utility provided to the user hosting the server allowing generation of Capability File Names against files located on the server.
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Robeyns, Ingrid. "Gender inequality : a capability perspective." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251850.
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de, Silva James Ranil. "Capability charts for power systems." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Electrical Engineering, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6167.
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This thesis extends the concept of the traditional synchronous generator capability chart to describe the steady state performance of transmission lines, HVDC links, and entire AC/DC power systems.
Each capability chart depicts an operating region on the complex power plane that represents the real and reactive power that may be supplied to a load from a particular busbar. The boundaries of the operating region are defined by a web of contours that represent the critical operating constraints of the system.
The charts for small systems can be constructed by manipulating the operating equations into a form suitable for drawing loci on the complex power plane. This technique is used in this thesis to construct charts for generators, transmission lines, and HVDC links.
The operating equations of large systems are not easily manipulated, so a different approach is used to construct charts for large systems. This approach involves iterative powerflows and contour plotting to avoid the formulation of explicit closed form locus equations.
Two algorithms for drawing the capability charts of large AC power systems are described. The first algorithm uses a contour tracing technique to plot the constraint loci. The knowledge gained from the use of this algorithm was then used to design the second, faster algorithm that uses a region growing technique to help plot the constraint loci.
Capability charts for large AC/DC systems are also discussed. The operating constraints of the AC/DC converters require special treatment due to discontinuities in the converter operating equations. An offshoot of the work on AC/DC charts is the development of an improved sequential AC/DC powerflow algorithm.
A practical example of the use of the capability charting algorithms is given by drawing charts for a proposed second New Zealand HVDC link.
The capability charting algorithms will make suitable additions to existing power system interactive graphics programs. On-line displays of capability charts in system control centres could also provide useful information to human dispatchers.
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Hoker, William P. "Measuring capability of surface combatants." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/21428.
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Dogan, Huseyin. "Managing knowledge for capability engineering." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14098.
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The enterprises that deliver capability are trying to evolve into through-life businesses by shifting away from the traditional pattern of designing and manufacturing successive generations of products, towards a new paradigm centred on support, sustainability and the incremental enhancements of existing capabilities from technology insertions and changes to process. The provision of seamless through-life customer solutions depends heavily on management of information and knowledge between, and within the different parts of the supply chain enterprise. This research characterised and described Capability Engineering (CE) as applied in the defence enterprise and identified to BAE Systems important considerations for managing knowledge within that context. The terms Capability Engineering and Through Life Capability Management (TLCM), used synonymously in this thesis, denote a complex evolving domain that requires new approaches to better understand the different viewpoints, models and practices. The findings and novelty of this research is demonstrated through the following achievements: • Defined the problem space that Requirements Engineers can use in through-life management projects. • Made a contribution to the development of models for Systems Architects to enable them to incorporate 'soft' systems within their consideration. • Independently developed a TLCM activity model against which BAE Systems validated the BAE Systems TLCM activity model, which is now used by UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). • Developed, and published within INCOSE1, the INCOSE Capability Engineering ontology. • Through the novel analysis of a directly applicable case study, highlighted to Functional Delivery Managers the significance of avoiding the decoupling of information and knowledge in the context of TLCM. • Through experimentation and knowledge gained within this research, identified inadequacies in the TechniCall (rapid access to experts) service which led to the generation of requirements for an improved service which is now being implemented by BAE Systems. The results showed that managing knowledge is distinct when compared to information management. Over-reliance on information management in the absence of tacit knowledge can lead to a loss in the value of the information, which can result in unintended consequences. Capability is realised through a combination of component systems and Capability Engineering is equivalent to a holistic perspective of Systems Engineering. A sector-independent Capability Engineering ontology is developed to enable semantic interoperability between different domains i.e. defence, rail and information technology. This helped to better understand the dependencies of contributing component systems within defence, and supported collaboration across different domains. Although the evaluation of the ontology through expert review has been accomplished; the ontology, KM analysis framework and soft systems transitioning approach developed still need to undergo independent verification and validation. This requires application to other case studies to check and exploit their suitability. This Engineering Doctorate research has been disseminated through a number of peer reviewed publications.
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Wilson, Alistair. "Door supervision : location, capability, collaboration." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12146/.
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Borrowing from theory ranging from routine activities (Cohen and Felson, 1979) to Eck's (2003) controller concept this thesis focuses on two under-researched but growing aspects of criminology, making an original contribution to both. The focus is on rural crime in the night-time economy and the door supervisors who guard the venues within it. The multi-method approach which combines observation, interview, and questionnaire analysis enables recommendations for reducing conflict and effectively tackling violence and aggression in night-time venues. The thesis first explores the relationship between location and drinking environment at ‘Brassville’, a rural research site and ‘Horsefield’, an urban research site. The thesis finds a striking similarity in the drinking structure and habits of rural customers when compared to urban customers. Severe incidents of violence were documented in Brassville, and although rural and urban violent crime rates remain significantly different, one rural area of the district in which both research sites sit had a higher rate of violence than urban areas over a thirty–four month period. Second, it explores capability among door supervisors (more commonly known as 'Bouncers' (Hobbs, Hadfield, Lister, & Winlow, 2003)) or 'place managers', following the introduction of the regulatory Security Industry Authority (SIA) in England and Wales. Capability, the ability to competently and efficiently carry out a duty, of guardians is identified as crucial to safeguarding the public, whatever the location. Interviews with door supervisors inform the discussion on capability and highlight the importance of providing door supervisors with effective and practical training, creating capable guardians. Finally the thesis identifies and compares collaboration between door supervisors and the police. By examining the benefits and limitations of such collaboration, the thesis concludes that the nature of these relationships is often temperamental, and structure is needed to improve them.
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Mejia, Rincon Leonardo. "Wrench capability of planar manipulators." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2016. https://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/168082.
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Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica, Florianópolis, 2016.Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-20T04:51:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 341774.pdf: 2714503 bytes, checksum: d0b7cda5fa7440d5dd3c28f8269902d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016
Robôs são amplamente utilizados em fábricas, e novas aplicações no espaço, nos oceanos, nas indústrias nucleares e em outros campos estão sendo ativamente desenvolvidas. A criação de robôs autônomos que podem aprender a agir em ambientes imprevisíveis têm sido um objetivo de longa data da robótica, da inteligência artificial, e das ciências cognitivas.Um passo importante para a autonomia dos robôs é a necessidade de dotá-los com um certo nível de independência, a fim de enfrentar as mudanças rápidas no ambiente circundante; para obter robôs que operem fora de ambientes rigidamente estruturados, tais como centros de investigação ou instalações de universidades e sem precisar da supervisão de engenheiros ou especialistas, é necessário enfrentar diferentes desafios tecnológicos, entre eles, o desenvolvimento de estratégias que permitam que os robôs interajam com o ambiente. Neste contexto, quando um contacto físico com o ambiente é estabelecido, uma força específica precisa de ser exercida e esta força tem de ser controlada em relação ao processo a fim de evitar a sobrecarga ou danificar o manipulador ou os objetos a serem manipulados.O principal objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar novas metodologias desenvolvidas para determinar a máxima carga que um mecanismo ou manipulador planar pode aplicar ou suportar (capacidade de carga), sejam eles paralelos, seriais ou híbridos e com redundância ou não. A fim de resolver o problema da capacidade de carga, neste trabalho foram propostas duas novas abordagens com base no método do fator de escala clássico e nos métodos clássicos de otimização. Essas novas abordagens deram como resultado um novo método chamado de método de fator de escala modificado utilizado para resolver a capacidade de carga em manipuladores seriais planares e quatro modelos matemáticos para resolver o problema de capacidade de carga em manipuladores paralelos planares com um grau líquido de restrição igual três, quatro, cinco ou seis (CN = 3, CN = 4, CN = 5 ou CN = 6).
Abstract : Robots are now widely used in factories, and new applications of robots in space, the oceans, nuclear industries, and other fields are being actively developed. Creating autonomous robots that can learn to act in unpredictable environments has been a long-standing goal of robotics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive sciences.An important step towards the autonomy of robots is the need to provide them with a certain level of independence in order to face quick changes in the environment surrounding them; to get robots operating outside rigidly structured environments, such as research centres or universities facilities and beyond the supervision of engineers or experts, it is necessary to face different technological challenges, amongst them, the development of strategies that allow robots to interact with the environment. In this context, when a physical contact with the the environment is established, a process-specific force need to be exerted and this force has to be controlled in relation to the particular process in order to prevent overloading or damaging the manipulator or the objects to be manipulated.The main objective of this work is to present new methodologies developed for determining the maximum wrench that can be applied or sustained (wrench capability) in planar mechanisms and manipulators, whether it be serial parallel or hybrid and with redundancy or not. In order to solve the wrench capability problem, in this work two new approaches were proposed based in the classic scaling factor method and in classical optimization methods. These new approaches gave as result a new method called the modified scaling factor method used to solve the wrench capability in planar serial manipulators and four mathematical closed-form solutions to solve the wrench capability problem in planar parallel manipulators with a net degree of constraint equal to three, four, five or six (CN = 3, CN = 4, CN = 5 ou CN = 6).
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Paschke, Jörg-René, and Joerg Paschke@rmit edu au. "Adaptive IT Capability and its Impact on the Competitiveness of Firms: A Dynamic Capability Perspective." RMIT University. Business IT, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20091007.163334.
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The link between information technology (IT) and competitive advantage has been the preoccupation of many IT researchers. IT plays a key role as a necessary, but not sufficient, source of value. Prior research has in most cases investigated the direct link between IT and competitive advantage. Other researchers have examined the effect of IT on mediating factors (such as firm strategy) or applied higher order IT support for core competences in their research constructs. Only a few have recognised the potential of IT in enabling dynamic capabilities. This thesis argues that the dynamic capability perspective of strategic management provides a better insight into how IT, beyond its traditional role, needs to be converted into a higher order resource to deliver competitive advantage. The objectives of the study are therefore: (1) to apply the concept of the dynamic capability perspective to the IT-competitive advantage research in order to explicate the strategic role of IT in attaining competitive advantage; and (2) to examine the antecedent capabilities and competences that may lead towards developing adaptive IT capability. This study proposes and empirically tests a dynamic capability-based model of IT and competitive advantage. The proposed model posits adaptive IT capability as a mediating higher order resource that relies on IT capabilities (infrastructure, personnel and management) and IT support for core competences (operational and market) to influence a firm's competitive position (competitive edge in market and financial performance). The model also hypothesises that IT support for core competences can lead to competitive advantages. To test the model, data were collected from a cross- sectional sample of 203 medium- and large-sized Australian organisations. Descriptive and analytical (structural equation modelling) tools were employed to test both the measurement and structural models. The findings reveal that the developed model explained 28% of the variance in competitive advantage, 72% for adaptive IT capability, 51% for IT support for operational and market competence, demonstrating the strategic role of adaptive IT capabilities as sources of competitive advantage. This indicates that those firms that deploy IT for creating operational and market competences require a further capacity to rebuild and reconfigure their resources to improve market and financial performance. Thus, it appears that the impact of IT support for core competences on competitive advantage is not direct, but indirect through adaptive IT capability. Several IT capabilities and competences were identified as antecedents for building adaptive IT capabilities. This PhD study's main contribution lies in bridging a research gap by developing and empirically testing a model of adaptive IT capability that measures how IT can enable firms' dynamic capabilities. The model includes both the antecedent factors that build the higher order resource of adaptive IT capability (upstream factors) as well as the effect on competitive advantage (downstream factors). Practitioners can benefit from the results of this study in terms of the ramifications for investment decisions as well as to benchmark where they stand with their IT in terms of potential for value creation and business support.
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Watene, Krushil P. M. "Strengthening the capability approach : the foundations of the capability approach, with insights from two challenges." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1902.
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The Capability Approach was initially developed by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, with the first basic articulation presented in his 1979 ‘Equality of What?’ Tanner Lecture. Since then, the approach has gained a huge amount of attention as a conceptual framework which offers a clear and insightful way to measure well-being and development. Most recently, the approach has been refined and extended by Martha Nussbaum to issues of disability, nationality, and species membership in political philosophy. This project is about the foundations of the capability approach. More specifically, this project asks whether we can, and whether there are good reasons to, strengthen those foundations. The conclusions drawn here are that we ought to think seriously about the way that the capability approach develops as a theory that responds to real world challenges and change. More importantly, this project contends – in light of the challenges of future people and indigenous peoples – that there is good reason to think of new ways to ground the approach. This project takes up this challenge and grounds the approach in a modified version of Tim Mulgan’s approach to well-being. This project demonstrates that this alternative enriches the capability approach by providing us with a way of making sense of important problems, and with options for moving forward. Overall, this project asks important questions about how the capability approach could evolve based on challenges that remain relatively under-explored in the current literature. This project contributes to this literature by demonstrating that we can and ought to strengthen the capability approach and its ability to understand, take on board, and resolve these challenges.
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Kanzari, Amal, and Jaheda Sultana. "Capability Perspective on Circular Business Models Implementation : From Capability Deployment to Value Creation and Capture." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166630.
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Thesis’ background This thesis intends to contribute to the literature gap identifying when connecting the literature on capabilities required for the transition towards circular business models and the literature that investigates the value creation and capture in these business models. Research aim Identifying the key capabilities that facilitate the transition towards circular business models and investigating their use for value creation and capture Methodology A qualitative approach was followed, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with four managers working at companies that are experiencing circular business models Findings Eight key capabilities were identified from this research including: (1) Developing the systemic thinking, (2) Managing the circular network,(3) Managing knowledge, (4) fostering open innovation, (5) Understanding customer’s requirement for exploring the wasted value, (6) Designing products for longevity, (7) Innovating in the sale and use phase and (8) managing circular suppliers to close the loops between the end use and the production. Deploying these eight key capabilities with a systemic thinking would enable companies moving to circular business models and creating and capturing economic and non-economic sustainable values.
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Chae, Ho-Chang. "The Impact of IT Capability on Employee Capability, Customer Value, Customer Satisfaction, and Business Performance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12094/.
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This study empirically examines the impact of IT capability on firms' performance and evaluates whether firms' IT capabilities play a role in improving employee capability, customer value, customer satisfaction, and ultimately business performance. The results were based on comparing the business performance of the IT leader companies with that of control companies of similar size and industry. The IT leader companies were selected from the Information Week 500 list published annually from 2001 to 2004. For a company to be selected as IT leaders, it needed to be listed at least twice during the period. Furthermore, it had to be listed in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) so that its customer satisfaction level could be assessed. Standard & Poor's Compustat and the ACSI scores were used to test for changes in business performance. The study found that the IT leaders had a raw material cost measured by cost-of-goods-sold to sales ratio (COGS/S) than the control companies. However, it found no evidence that firms' IT capability affects employee capability, customer value, customer satisfaction, and profit. An important implication from this study is that IT becomes a commodity and an attempt to gain a competitive advantage by overinvesting in IT may be futile.
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Chae, Ho-Chang Koh Chang Eun. "The impact of IT capability on employee capability, customer value, customer satisfaction, and business performance." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12094.
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Limaverde, Falcão Gabriel. "Capability of Justice : Amartya Sen's Capability Approach and its Application as a Framework for Global Justice." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-149665.
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This thesis assesses the Amartya Sen's Capability Approach as a theory of global justice. Sen proposes a new paradigm for human development, having expansion of human capability as the moral norm for individual and institutional actions. Sen's paradigm-shifting theory is tested first as a theory of social ethics; and then as a theory of global justice, taking into account globalization’s challenges to theories of justice. The theory's known application – UNDP's Human Development Index and other initiatives – is also scrutinized, aiming to determine whether this application is an accurate translation of the capability approach into reality. On a theoretical point of view, the thesis reveals that what started as a simple interpersonal comparison method can be considered as an efficient theory of global justice, provided that minor proposed amendments are taken. On a practical point of view, the thesis points out that the application of Sen's capability approach is a weak normative representation of the theory, which urges to be reengineered. The thesis calls for a radical expansion of HDI, both in the components of the index (it should urgently have a component for political freedom) and in its unit of comparison. Rather than comparing just nations, human development indexes should target most actors in the global scenario: organizations, NGOs, institutions of global governance and so on.
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Rottier, Johannes. "Conceptual design of an organisational capability." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11092006-121921/.
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Chang, Sheng-Chia. "William Ockham's view on human capability." Frankfurt, M. Berlin Bern Bruxelles New York, NY Oxford Wien Lang, 2009. http://d-nb.info/1000209474/04.
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Williams, Eric D. "Analysis of amphibious ship lift capability." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA352944.
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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998."September 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Samuel E. Buttrey. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85). Also Available online.
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Baškarada, Saša Koronios Andy. "Information quality management capability maturity model." Wiesbaden : Vieweg + Teubner Research, 2009. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10382617.
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Tiku, Sanjay. "Reliability capability evaluation for electronics manufacturers." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2850.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Mechanical Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Landmark, Andreas Dypvik. "Capability Assessment of Indoor Positioning Systems." Thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-9989.
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Location systems are seen as a promising technology for tracking people and objects to improve efficiency and quality in the healthcare domain. To increase the chances of success when introducing this new technology there are certain operational capabilities that need to be understood. The purpose of this Thesis is to explore how these operational capabilities can be assessed by experiment. The thesis proposes a method for describing the operational capabilities of a location system using a two-dimensional matrix of purposes of location systems in the healthcare domain, as found in literature. Using this matrix it is possible to assess and predict the requirements for a location system based on a classification of the purpose of the installation. Conversely it is possible to use the same matrix to find purposes that can be solved with a given location system. Using the Sonitor Indoor Positioning System it was also demonstrated how the operational capabilities of a location system could be found through a series of small low cost and low effort experiments. In conclusion three dimensions relating to operational capabilities were identified: granularity, resolution, and concurrency. Granularity and concurrency were shown to be successfully assessed through experiment, while resolution was found analytically. We also found a method to predict the impact of infrastructure size on the operational capability of the location system based on the same small experiments.
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Ahlberg, Pilfold Sofia. "Managing knowledge for through life capability." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2016. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21802.
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In 2005 the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) published a White Paper in which it detailed its Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) (UK MoD, 2005). The strategy involved a rapid transformation of UK defence towards a product-service, business-like paradigm through the adoption of Through Life Capability Management (TLCM). TLCM has since been succeeded by other initiatives. However, for organisations involved in the management of capability through life, the associated principles of operation as well as the challenges remain, including that of the management of knowledge. The confederated capability enterprise is a distributed knowledge system. Knowledge of the systems, for which a particular organisation has through-life management responsibility, may be distributed throughout an enterprise that comprises several commercial organisations as well as the customer. The bringing together of different components of capability and perspectives makes managing knowledge difficult. This is complicated further by the observation that in a decade one can expect a significant proportion of the manpower involved in a capability will have changed. Success in this type of environment requires a clear understanding of the value of particular knowledge within the organisation as well as effective knowledge management in the wider enterprise. Dstl and EPSRC have jointly funded this research which addresses management of knowledge for through life capability through modelling of the capability enterprise, a workshop on TLCM benefits and behaviours, a comparative case study at a commercial service company and the UK MoD including Dstl, and knowledge mapping within a specific exemplar capability. The results of the modelling illustrated the Systems of Systems (SoS) nature of the enterprise and the need to align capability and management processes across the enterprise. How well this can be achieved depends on the extent to which both the UK MoD and industry are willing to share, access and process information and knowledge. This would require trust between the individuals and organisations involved. The need for trust was emphasised in an international workshop where the participants discussed the behaviours that were required for the perceived benefits of TLCM to be realised. The workshop members highlighted trust in long term planning as industry seeks to manage skills and knowledge over time. ServiceCo provides communication and media services to customers globally. It comprises four customer-facing divisions and two operational units. The case which was based on interviews in one customer-facing and one operational unit revealed the following: • Focus on corporate values supports knowledge management behaviours across the organisation. • Succession planning is needed for all skills and knowledge that are critical or essential to the business. • Once the continual renewal of knowledge slows down and/or stops in an organisation, the knowledge is lost. The second case of the study was the Royal Navy Command Head Quarters and Dstl. Dstl is a trading fund that provides UK MoD and the wider UK government specialist Science & Technology services and operates and manages the Chief Scientific Advisor's research programme. The case study revealed: • Security regulations and considerations impact significantly on effective management of knowledge. • Knowledge retrieval can be 'hit and miss' as complicated filing structures and indexing practices are applied inconsistently, leading to individuals adopting a number of strategies to share knowledge. • Succession planning for people with rare skills is an issue that impacts business continuation. Comparison between the two cases showed that the two organisations experienced different problems but that the knowledge behaviours adopted by the individuals involved were essentially the same. This pointed to the need to address the issues associated with the management of knowledge as cultural and organisational in nature. Personal strategies to manage and share knowledge included individuals retaining copies of files on desktop hard drives and keeping paper copies in drawers; documents were emailed to ensure the intended audience would get it or be able to access it; and asking a colleague for advice on where to find out things. An important difference between knowledge management between the two organisations was that the UK MoD relied on processes due to the rapid change of personnel whereas the service company relied on personal relationships as people remained in the roles for longer. The knowledge mapping of 'moving personnel and materiel using vehicles' revealed that each Line of Development (LoDs) has its own constituent (LoDs) indicating the requirement to manage organisational capability in order to deliver capability to customers. It also illustrated all the active knowledge that is required in order for the capability to be delivered. The research main contributions are: • Theoretical models for exploring the use of knowledge in acquisition projects over time • Comparing two organisations at separate ends of the organisational spectrum and identifying common organisational factors that influence the management of knowledge for through life capability • Recognising that the enterprise is a capability SoS. In order to successfully delivery capability, knowledge about and within the components needs to be managed. Other findings include: • Management of knowledge for TLCM puts the focus on managing knowledge for future capability requirements rather than on retention of knowledge products, bringing in aspects such as business continuation planning and consequently impacting on the organisation's future development. • There is a strong relationship between knowledge conservation, human resource management and company policies. • Managing changes in design and/or function requires a good understanding of the different processes used within the various disciplines involved across the capability components and how they contribute to the final product and to each other. • An organisation's goals and the manner in which it organises itself to achieve them with regard to the management of knowledge does not appear linked. Instead, focus falls on the organisational architecture and the human resource polices that it implies. • 'Knowing' is an individual capability and also a social one; communities of practice and networking are necessary components of an organisation's knowledge base. • Knowing whom to ask and where to look is in a knowledge retrieval perspective nearly as important as knowing what to look for. • 'Individuals know while documents, processes and tools support knowing'. This emphasises the need for a close connection between humans and IT-based knowledge repositories. • The role of IT in knowledge management can either be to correlate knowledge in people's heads to relevant projects or to correlate individuals and knowledge in relevant projects depending on the key questions asked in the management of knowledge within the organisation. • The role of IT in determining issues related to the relevance and location of documentation differs depending of the organisation's reliance on face to face interactions between employees as a means for communicating this information. • The capability end user is in some instances hard to define. How the end user is defined determines where the SoS boundaries are defined. It is probably better to define the boundary as a broad fuzzy border. The indeterminacy implied by this view becomes a complexity issue for management of knowledge. • The impetus to manage knowledge and how is influenced legal requirements and by the organisation's relationships with its stakeholders including the extent it is subject to external scrutiny. Based on the research, a number of recommendations are made.
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Brinkmann, Daniel. "Strategic capability through business intelligence applications." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2015. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/2736/.
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This thesis analyzes the potential strategic capability that can be improved from the deployment of business intelligence (BI) applications. AOK Niedersachsen (AOKN), a German health insurance company in the north of Germany (Lower-Saxony), is used as the case study for primary qualitative research and analysis. For many years, information and data have been considered even “factors of production” for companies; but data and information have become more complex, requiring processing and structural analysis to get the needed transparency in the company. Data from different operational sources must be extracted and structured to provide information for management accounting employees, top management, and end-users throughout an organization. In the healthcare industry, BI systems have played a crucial role for decades. For organizations such as AOKN, the application of BI tools and technologies can create and support sustainable capability. Several research questions are answered in this thesis through structured one-to-one interviews with different AOKN employees, and the resulting analysis of interview data. A qualitative approach to this case study is used, allowing the researcher to get in-depth information about a specific context. When case studies are conducted, the one-to-one interview is considered to be an optimal instrument and a significant source of evidence. BI technologies and tools are classified within an appropriate conceptual framework which integrates the complex BI demands and structures of AOKN, identifying different components as part of the framework - systems infrastructure, data provision, reporting, and information receiver. The framework is further enhanced by four factors of a competitive advantage model drawn from existing literature to develop capabilities. The use and integration of BI technologies and tools in the strategy development process are then analyzed. Different BI tools, that have an important function during the whole strategy process, are recommended for each strategy phase. The final area of research examines the possible addition of new functions and solutions to current BI technologies and tools to enhance the potential of these systems in gaining capabilities. Research findings encompass system access, report characteristics, and BI end users profiles and capabilities. To this end, a structured model gives examples of practical AOKN BI projects that have generated strategic capabilities for the organization. At the end, the conclusion chapter stresses the needs of contribution to knowledge (theory and practice).
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Zaman, Khyber. "Perception management a core IO capability." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Sep%5FZaman.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Warfare Systems Engineering and M.S. in Information Operations)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2007.Thesis Advisor(s): Iatrou, Steven ; O'Connell, Robert. "September 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on October 24, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-64). Also available in print.
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Fairhurst, George Teo Jee Tye. "V2500 aero engine repair capability optimization." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Engineering Management, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7448.
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The Christchurch Engine Centre (CHCEC) provides maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the IAE V2500 commercial jet engine. CHCEC is being driven to reduce engine shop visit (ESV) prices to satisfy customer demand and offer competitive prices. The reduction in ESV price is reducing profit margins and internal cost reduction is not a sustainable solution. Historical repair ESV data was reviewed and analyzed to identify major cost drivers and opportunities for overall shop visit cost reduction. It was found that CHCEC can reduce ESV prices through introducing recommended third party repairs which increases the savings to the customer and should allow CHCEC to secure more engines from customers.
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Behrman, Robert. "Structural Measurement Of Military Organization Capability." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/373.
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This research presents a structural model of the effect of the organization of military units upon their capability. This research is oriented towards a more complete understanding of military capability and policy decisions about the structure and development of military forces. We identify the types of national and military policy decisions that claims of military capability inform, and find that there are five distinct types of capability claims relevant to military policy. We show how these types of capability claims are logically related to each other, but have different premises, predicates, and standards of proof. We find that one of these types of claims, General Organization Capability Claims, ties together the various military policy decisions. The remainder of this research shows how these capability claims can be formally structured based on military doctrine and structurally evaluated using a network-science based model. The interaction between the structural elements of a military organization (personnel, materiel, and information) and the things it is supposed to do (military tasks) can be represented and analyzed with network science methods, and represents a type of general organization capability claim. We present a method for representing policy decisions about unit structure and tactical doctrine. We then develop two versions of a structural model of capability–one that links the individual elements of an organization to the tasks it performs; another that considers the capacity of a set of organizations to meet a set of requirements. We show that network statistics of organizations represented off of authoritative, rather than observational, data are still consistent with network science findings but require interpretation. We also show how alternate methods of aggregating organizations can expand the utility of the capability measurement. This research presents five new contributions to the fields of military policy analysis and network science–(1) a taxonomy of military capability claims, (2) a meta-network model of doctrinal organization and task data, (3) a structural model of organization capability, (4) a structural model of organization capacity, and (5) a network-based method integer programming method.
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DeWing, Martin J. "Ukraine: independent nuclear weapons capability rising." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26312.
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Chow, Wen Chong Julian. "Capability delivery with fog of emergence." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37601.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedA proposed capability delivery ontology with fog of emergence provides a language construct to relate how the processes and parts of a notional capability delivery system incrementally produce and refine a capability through well-known life cycle phases. The natural propensity for capability delivery organizations to perform these life cycle activities using intended missions and requirements instead of as-deployed missions and emergent traits give rise to the fog of emergence that obscures the organizations perception of the capability as it is taken through its life cycle. Through capability delivery ontology, the embedded fog of emergence is used as a prism to separate the white light of capability performance into its constituent colors of as needed, as-planned, as-known, and as-deployed perceived by the capability delivery organizations.
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Cowan, J. "Education for capability in engineering education." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384002.
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OLIVEIRA, CLAUDIA MENEZES FERNANDES DE. "INCREASE CAPABILITY IN EXISTENT TRANSMISSION LINES." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2000. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=7451@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROA transmissão de energia elétrica através de linhas de transmissão aéreas encontra um grau de dificuldade muito grande na constituição de novas faixas de passagem e licenciamento de obras, devido, principalmente, à questão ambiental. Por outro lado, a crescente demanda de energia do sistema elétrico leva o sistema de transmissão a uma progressiva elevação do carregamento de seus componentes, incluindo linhas de transmissão. Desta forma, é fundamental o desenvolvimento de técnicas que permitam aumentar a capacidade de transporte de energia a baixo custo com as instalações existentes e a recapacitação de linhas existentes aparece como uma alternativa a ser analisada nos estudos da expansão do sistema de transmissão. O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar alternativas de técnicas de recapacitação de linha de transmissão, segundo a ótica de dimensionamento elétrico e da determinação das distâncias mínimas de coordenação de isolamento necessárias na torre, visando maximizar a energia transportada por área ocupada pela faixa da linha de transmissão e com isso, reduzir a necessidade de negociação de novas faixas de passagem com os órgãos de licenciamento e a comunidade, diminuindo o impacto sobre o ambiente e dando maior agilidade na ampliação da capacidade de transporte da malha existente. Busca-se, além disso, identificar, para diferentes níveis de tensão, as possíveis alternativas de recapacitação aplicáveis à linha de transmissão.
The construction of new overhead transmission lines is, nowadays, a difficult activity to achieve, as new right-of- ways are not easily being permitted, due to environmental restrictions. On the other hand, the increase of electrical energy demand leads the transmission system to over load its components, including transmission lines. Therefore, it is extremely important to develop techniques in order to raise energy transmission capacity in low costs using the existent components. Capability increase in existent transmission lines is an alternative to be analyzed in transmission system expansion studies. This dissertation presents techniques to increase capability in existent transmission lines, according to electrical dimensioning and minimum distances needed in towers evaluated in insulation coordination studies. The aim is to maximize the transport capacity of an existent transmission line, reducing the need of negotiating new right-of-ways permit. This study also identifies, for different voltage levels, te available alternatives of a technique to increase the transmission line capability.
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Iyer, Pramod P. "Brand Management Capability and Brand Performance." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc862750/.
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Brands are intangible assets that provide companies with the potential to extract higher rents or prices from customers. However, only few organizations are able to build and sustain brands over a long period of time. Brand management capability - the organization's ability to build and sustain brands becomes important for achieving sustainable competitive advantage. Despite the importance of brand management capability to organizations, majority of the brand management literature has primarily focused on the consumer perspective of brands. This gap in knowledge about the components of brand management capability impedes firms from replicating brand successes, and makes them reliant on brand managers. More recently, there have been multiple calls in literature to identify marketing-related organizational capabilities, which can provide organizations with a sustainable competitive advantage. The focus on developing marketing-based capabilities comes at a time when marketing is losing its influence in organizations. To this end, the current dissertation uses organizational capability theory and literature on brand management to identify the primary resource (intellectual capital comprising of structural, human, and relational capital), organizational culture type (clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, and market), and processes (strategic brand management, internal branding, and market information processes comprising of information acquisition, information transmission, conceptual utilization, and instrument utilization), that constitute the brand management capability. This dissertation also examines the association among various components of brand management capability and brand performance. A survey-based technique was used to gather data from individuals responsible for managing brands. The data was analyzed using PLS-SEM. The results indicate that human capital, relational capital, market and hierarchy culture types, internal branding, strategic brand management, and instrument utilization are positively associated with brand performance. Structural capital, clan and adhocracy culture types, information acquisition, information transmission, and conceptual utilization are not associated with brand performance. From a research standpoint, this dissertation contributes to the extant literature by identifying the resources, organizational culture, and processes that constitute the brand management capability. In addition to the extant brand management processes (internal branding and strategic brand management), a third set of processes identified in this dissertation (market information processes) is argued to be a critical component for successfully managing brands in organizations. This dissertation also provides empirical support for the role of marketing-based capabilities in determining organizational value, which has been debated in recent literature. Finally, this research addresses the calls for exploring marketing-based capabilities, especially at a time when marketing as a function is losing its influence in academia and organizations. From a managerial standpoint, this dissertation provides an outline for organizations seeking to build brand management capability. In addition to developing intellectual capital and brand management processes, firms need to create the right kind of organizational culture that is needed for brand management capability. This is consistent with the movement towards brands being managed with a strategic perspective.
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Tseng, Chuan Chia. "Microfinance and Amartya Sen's capability approach." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/2921/.
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There are two main motivations for undertaking this thesis on Sen’s capability approach and microfinance. One is to evaluate Sen’s capability approach by considering moral philosophy (utilitarianism and John Rawls’ theory of justice) and developmental ethics contexts. The other is to analyse the impact of microfinance on poverty reduction in accordance with Sen’s approach. This thesis argues that Although Sen’s capability approach has drawbacks, both as a general moral theory and as a theory of justice, it does bring up important aspects of development and poverty reduction. When the empirical evidence is combined with criteria from the capability approach, microfinance is a relative failure as a poverty-reducing approach. The evidence that micro-loans reduce poverty is weak, and there are moral arguments against the group lending approach that is used to assure repayments. Other services sometimes associated with microfinance – savings and insurance — do help the poor, however. However, we should notice that the conclusion I propose here does not exclude the possibility that perhaps microfinance does help promote some other freedoms that are of significance locally.
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Stephenson, Henry B., and Henry L. Newton. "AERIAL CABLE TEST CAPABILITY INSTRUMENTATION SUPPORT." International Foundation for Telemetering, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/608944.
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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 26-29, 1992 / Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center, San Diego, CaliforniaThe U. S. Army is developing an aerial cable range for testing missile weapon system components and other DOD material. The main component of the aerial cable range will be a three-mile-long Kevlar cable, fully suspended between two mountains, with an elevation difference of 2450 feet. Test vehicles (targets, test platforms, and retrieval trolleys) will travel along the cable at different speeds and different altitudes that conform to different test requirements. The main electronic support system for the aerial cable range will be the Ground Command and Control System (GCCS). The GCCS is being designed to control targets, retrieval trolleys, test fixtures, and test platforms on the aerial cable range. The GCCS will control up to four vehicles on the aerial cable at the same time. In the long term, the goal is to control test vehicles of 20,000 pounds in weight and 550 knots/hour in speed. The initial capability will control targets and test platforms of 10,000 pounds, at speeds of up to 250 knots/hour. The GCCS will consist of: • Telemetry links to communicate to and from various vehicles • A position measuring system to determine the position of the vehicle on the aerial cable • A control system to generate all commands necessary to activate events in the airborne vehicles • An operator console The control room will have the capability to display the vehicle parameters, meteorological data, lightning prediction data, video and real-time simulation.
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Bell, Matthew J. "A framework for Adaptive Capability Profiling." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/17476.
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This thesis documents research providing improvements in the field of accessibility modelling, which will be of particular interest as computing becomes increasingly ubiquitous. It is argued that a new approach is required that takes into account the dynamic relationship between users, their technology (both hardware and software) and any additional Assistive Technologies (ATs) that may be required. In addition, the approach must find a balance between fidelity and transportability. A theoretical framework has been developed that is able to represent both users and technology in symmetrical (hierarchical) recursive profiles, using a vocabulary that moves from device-specific to device-agnostic capabilities. The research has resulted in the development of a single unified solution that is able to functionally assess the accessibility of interactions through the use of pattern matching between graph-based profiles. A self-efficacy study was also conducted, which identified the inability of older people to provide the data necessary to drive a system based on the framework. Subsequently, the ethical considerations surrounding the use of automated data collection agents were discussed and a mechanism for representing contextual information was also included. Finally, real user data was collected and processed using a practically implemented prototype to provide an evaluation of the approach. The thesis represents a contribution through its ability to both: (1) accommodate the collection of data from a wide variety of sources, and (2) support accessibility assessments at varying levels of abstraction in order to identify if/where assistance may be necessary. The resulting approach has contributed to a work-package of the Sus-IT project, under the New Dynamics of Ageing (NDA) programme of research in the UK. It has also been presented to a W3C Research and Development Working Group symposium on User Modelling for Accessibility (UM4A). Finally, dissemination has been taken forward through its inclusion as an invited paper presented during a subsequent parallel session within the 8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction.
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Kai-Che, Hunag, and 黃塏哲. "Design Capability, Collaboration Capability, Manufacturing Capability and Customization Capability to Customer Satisfaction." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28hz8j.
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This paper mainly focuses on discussing the relevance and influence among design capability, collaboration capability, manufacturing capability, customization capability and customer satisfaction. A total of 135 questionnaires were responsed and 105 of them were valid. After statistical analysis results, the findings of this paper are as following: (1) Design capability, collaboration capability, manufacturing capability, customization capability and customer satisfaction have significant positive correlation to each other. (2) Design capability, collaboration capability, manufacturing capability and customization capability have significant positive effect on customer satisfaction by using sample linear regression analysis.