Dissertations / Theses: 'Information resource management'

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Evans, David. "Resource Management for Delivery of Dynamic Information." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/1056.

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Information delivery via the web has become very popular. Along with a growing user population, systems increasingly are supporting content that changes frequently, personalised information, and differentiation and choice. This thesis is concerned with the design and evaluation of resource management strategies for such systems. An architecture that provides scalability through caching proxies is considered. When a cached page is updated at the server, the cached copy may become stale if the server is not able to transmit the update to the proxies immediately. From the perspective of the server, resources are required to transmit updates for cached pages and to process requests for pages that are not cached. Analytic results on how the available resources should be managed in order to minimise staleness-related cost are presented. An efficient algorithm that the server can use to determine the set of pages that should be cached and a policy for transmitting updates for these pages are also presented. We then apply these results to page fragments, a technique that can provide increased efficiency for delivery of personalised pages.

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Van, Alstyne Marshall W. (Marshall Ware). "Information quantity assessment : bases for managing the information resource." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/13035.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1991.
Title as it appears in the M.I.T. Graduate List, Sept. 1991: Valuing information.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-89).
by Marhsall W. Van Alstyne.
M.S.

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Luo, Jia Le. "Integration of knowledge management and enterprise resource planning for advanced production management." Thesis, University of Macau, 2011. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2493690.

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Kuganesan, Srijeyanthan. "Distributed Resource Management for YARN." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-187044.

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In the last year, Hadoop YARN has become the defacto standard resource management platform for data-intensive applications, with support for a wide range of data analytics platforms such as Apache Spark, MapReduce V2, MPI, Apache Flink, and Apache Giraph. The ResourceManager fulfills three main functions: it manages the set of active applications (Applications service), it schedules resources (CPU, memory) to applications (the FIFO/Capacity/Fair Scheduler), and it monitors the state of resources in the cluster (ResourceTracker service). Though YARN is more scalable and fault-tolerant than its predecessor, the Job-Tracker in MapReduce, its ResourceManager is still a single point of failure and a performance bottleneck due to its centralized architecture. Single point of failure problem of YARN has been addressed in Hops-YARN that provides multiple ResourceManagers (one active and others on standby), where the ResourceManager’s state is persisted to MYSQL Cluster and can quickly be recovered by a standby ResourceManager in the event of failure of the active ResourceManager. In large YARN clusters, with up to 4000 nodes, the ResourceTracker service handles over one thousand heartbeats per second from the nodes in the cluster (NodeManagers), as such become a scalability bottleneck. Large clusters handle this by reducing the frequency of heartbeats from NodeManagers, but this comes at the cost of reduced interactivity for YARN (slower application startup times), as all communication from the ResourceManager to NodeManagers is sent in response to heartbeat messages. Since Hops-YARN is still using a centralized scheduler for all applications, distributing the ResourceTracker service across multiple nodes will reduce the amount of heartbeat messages that need to be processed per ResourceTracker, thus enabling both larger cluster sizes and lower latency for scheduling containers to applications. In this thesis, we will scale-out the ResourceTracker service, by distributing it over standby ResourceManagers using MySQL NDB Cluster event streaming. As such, the distributed Resource Management for YARN that is designed and developed in this project is a first step towards making the monolithic YARN ResourceManager scalable and more interactive.

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Forsberg, Niclas, Lars-Åke Wahlberg, and Johan Bengtsson. "Chief Information Officer : A business strategy resource?" Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Informatics, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-728.

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This thesis aims at describing the CIO role from the perspective of two interviews and the literature on the subject. Our research questions mainly focus on the actual work of a CIO and are answered by providing a framework on how to view the CIO and the influence of the CIO. Influence meaning both on business and IT strategy. We have answered what the CIO role implies and how it is used in different organizations. To do this we have scanned current literature and also conducted two interviews with CIO’s from completely different organizations and resources. A framework for understanding how the IT strategy and business strategy is linked with the CIO as a resource has been created and our interview findings are presented in this framework. We have also found that the CIO with little involvement in overall business strategy decisions has less influence on the IT strategy. This is ex-plained by the nature of the organization and the view of IT.

A CIO’s primary function could be to strategically align IT with business or to make sure that the IT systems runs flawless. These can be viewed as counterpoints but since the role today is changing from being operative to working more with strategic questions it is not a strange finding. The influence a CIO has in business strategy questions ranges from none to a lot, based on how the CIO role is defined by the organization. This is also well in line with the view of IT. When viewing IT as something that has the possibility to gain competitive advantage, IT gain more credibility, hence the CIO gains more influence on business strategy decisions. We also found that the CIO not only has the overall responsibility of IT in the organization, but also that s/he is supposed to work with questions of concern to the business. This forces the CIO to have an understanding of the end-customer, which in itself creates a better understanding for the business strategy. The CIO should work with questions that not only meet the current demand of the organization they support, but also future needs and potential opportunities where IT can be of specific interest.

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Carney, Donald P. "Application-aware resource scheduling /." View online version; access limited to Brown University users, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3174582.

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Poirier, Richard B. "Best practices for customer resource management (CRM)." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2005. http://165.236.235.140/lib/RPoirier2005.pdf.

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Sritharakumar, Sinnathamby. "Human resources information system (HRIS)-enabled human resource management (HRM) performance : a business process management (BPM) perspective." Thesis, University of Salford, 2016. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/38034/.

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It is widely accepted that business process management (BPM), a contemporary management approach that focuses on managing overall business processes within an organization to accomplish the organizational goal, relies on modern information and communication technology (ICT) systems. Although there are plenty of academic discussions available on BPM and the firm performance relationship, the literature does not provide constructive information on how the adoption of ICT impacts the BPM performance. Therefore, this study creates an awareness of the contribution of ICT to BPM by analyzing the linkage between impacts of human resource information systems (HRIS) on human resource management (HRM) performance. A conceptual model was developed with strong theoretical background by incorporating the works informed by Lee et al. (2012) and Paauwe and Richardson (1997) to test several hypotheses. In this research, the target population is human resources professionals who have access to HRIS within their organizations in a Canadian context. Since this study has a wide range of data distribution that tries to measure the strength of relationship between a HRIS-enabled HR practices and the HRM performance, this study adopts Kendall’s tau-b correlation, one of the best approaches to measure the strength of the relationship. The important findings of this study are that HRIS-enabled HR transactional, traditional and transformational practices, when implemented appropriately, significantly impact the HRM performance. Specifically, this study confirms that HRIS-enabled HR traditional management practices such as performance management, rewards, career development and communication predominantly significantly impact the HRM performance. In other words, this study specifically encourages an organization to adopt comprehensive performance management systems (PMS), an important component of HRIS, to manage their employees effectively.

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Tukker, Mary Jean. "Water quality information system for integrated water resource management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52054.

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Thesis (MEng)--University of Stellenbosch, 2000.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The processes of monitoring, modelling and managing the water quality of a catchmerit system including all its unique complexities and interrelationships requires an innovative tool or set of tools to help water managers with their decision making. Numerous methods and tools have been developed to analyse and model the real world. However, many of these tools require a fair degree of technical expertise and training to operate correctly and their output may have to be translated or converted to meaningful information for decision-making using a further set of analytical and graphical display tools. A more appropriate technique for management would be to combine all these functions into a single system. The objective of this research was to develop one such tool, an integrated water quality information system (WQIS). A review of the literature revealed that there has been extensive research and development of tools for the management of individual aspects of water resource distribution, augmentation and quality. However, these tools have rarely been integrated into a comprehensive information system offering decision support to a wide variety of river users and managers. Many of the literature sources also noted that a process of interactive development and integration (i.e. including the intended users in the decision of which components to include, the interface design and the graphical display and output) was vital to ensuring the information system becomes an integral part of the users routine work and decision-making. The WQIS was developed using the recommendations from numerous knowledgeable persons in response to questionnaires, interviews and a prototype demonstration. It includes the results of hydrodynamic river and reservoir simulations and the ability to perform operational river scenario testing. However, the development process is continual and always evolving based on the current or local requirements of water managers. These further developments and research needs are discussed in more detail in the conclusion.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die proses om die waterkwaliteit van 'n opvanggebied, met al die unieke kompleksiteite en onderlinge verhoudings van so 'n stelsel te monitor, modelleer en bestuur, vereis 'n innoverende instrument om waterbestuurders te ondersteun in hul besluitnemings. Talle instrumente en metodes vir die ontleding en modellering van die werklikheid is reeds ontwikkel. Die gebruik van hierdie instrumente vereis gewoonlik 'n redelike mate van tegniese kundigheid en opleiding. Dit mag verder nodig wees om die uitvoer van sulke instrumente te vertaal en/of om te skakel na betekenisvolle inligting vir besluitneming deur die gebruik van bykomende analitiese en grafiese vertoon instrumente. 'n Meer toepaslike bestuurstegniek sou wees om al die funksies in 'n enkele stelsel te kombineer. Die doel van hierdie navorsing was om een so 'n instrument, naamlik 'n geïntegreerde waterkwaliteit inligtingstelsel (WQIS), te ontwikkel. 'n Hersiening van bestaande literatuur het getoon dat daar omvattende navorsing en ontwikkeling van instrumente gedoen is vir die bestuur van individuele aspekte van waterbronverspreiding, waterbronaanvulling en waterkwaliteit. Integrasie van hierdie instrumente, in 'n uitgebreide stelsel wat besluitnemingsondersteuning aan 'n verskeidenheid riviergebruikers en bestuurders bied, kom egter selde voor. Verskeie literatuurbronne het ook aangedui dat 'n proses van interaktiewe ontwikkeling en integrasie (m.a.w. in agname van die voorgenome gebruikers se behoeftes in die kense van komponente, die gebruiker raakvlak ontwerp en grafiese vertoon instrumente en uitvoer) noodsaaklik is om te verseker dat die inigtingstelsel 'n integrale deel word van die gebruiker se daaglikse roetine en besluitnemingsproses. Die WQIS is ontwikkel deur gebruikmaking van die insette en aanbevelings van verskeie kenners in reaksie op vraelyste, onderhoude en 'n demonstrasie van 'n prototype. Dit sluit in die resultate van hidro-dinamiese rivier en dam simulasies en die vermoë om operasionele rivier scenario ontledings uit te voer. Die ontwikkeling is egter 'n deurlopende proses, gebaseer op huidige of plaaslike behoeftes van waterbestuurders. Hierdie verdere ontwikkelings- en navorsingsbehoeftes word meer breedvoerig in die gevolgtrekkings bespreek.

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King, John M. S. "Using geographic information systems to organize and coordinate Holistic Watershed Resource Management." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2007. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=772.

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Kaunda, Nalishebo Nally. "Exploring object-oriented GIS for watershed resource management." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2226.

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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2001.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 87 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-85).

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Zisiadis, Miltiadis. "Human Resource Management with Information Technology: A Systematic Literature Review." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-105023.

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Information Technology (IT) systems have greatly impacted organizations and HumanResource Management (HRM) is no exception. In this context, IT is often introduced withthe rationale that it could offer benefits such as cost reduction, time savings and strategictransformation. Many organizations have invested in e-HRM systems in hope oftransforming the Human Resource department (HR) into a strategic ally. Extant research,however, shows that many organizations fail to achieve intended effects from their ITinvestments and as result beliefs around the strategic value of e-HRM vary. This thesisaims to critically examine the link between e-HRM investments and strategic value. To thisend, we ask the following research question: “why does E-HRM systems fail to effectuate astrategic transformation of the HR department given their perceived capabilities to thecontrary? “. To answer this question we conducted a systematic literature review of e-HRMresearch published between 2009-2014. The review focused on perceptions about e-HRMsystems within organizations and sought to unearth how perceptions shape the route of ITimplementation towards a strategy outcome. Our findings indicate that the majority of thestudies are not guided by a leading theoretical paradigm. Furthermore strategic barrierssuch as implementation problems and limited use of the system that does not reflect itspotential are identified and discussed. By examining some common factors that have beenidentified to shape the translation of e-HRM systems from initial perception to actualizeduse we lay the foundation for more nuanced theorizing of HRM use within contemporaryorganizations.

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Phan, Dien Dean. "Information systems project management: An integrated resource planning perspective model." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185063.

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A major goal of information systems management is to improve the efficiency of the software development process. However, the history of software development is filled with failures, late deliveries, cost overruns, and user dissatisfaction. Ongoing efforts are being made to enhance the processes and techniques used in the management of software projects, but despite the gains that have been made in the past decade, we still lack an understanding of the modern software development process, especially in the area of management and control of environmental resource dependence. The objective of this research has been to study and model the general management strategies, processes, and techniques used in managing software projects from a resource dependence perspective. A survey of the literature and a survey of computer professionals were conducted to gain insight into the problems and opportunities in managing software development projects. Based on the literature and the survey findings, an integrated model for software project management was developed. This model was tested against data collected from a large software development project at a major corporation. Software project management trends were further explored by reviewing the latest development in software project management tools. From the findings of the model test and the review of software tools, a set of opportunities for future research in software project management were suggested.

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Pillutla, Laxminarayana S. "Resource management in wireless networks." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2829.

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This thesis considers resource management issues in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), wireless local area networks (WLANs), and cognitive radio (CR) networks. Since energy is a critical resource in WSNs, we consider energy minimization techniques based on explicit node cooperation and distributed source coding (DSC). The explicit node cooperation based on space time block codes (STBC) improves energy efficiency of WSNs, by reducing the energy consumption per bit of each sensor node. The DSC on the other hand exploits the spatial correlation in WSNs, and thus reduces the data generated in a WSN. For the purpose of our analysis, we model the spatial correlation according to a linear Gauss-Markov model. Through our numerical results, we observe that the node cooperation combined with DSC can improve energy efficiency for many cases of interest. A unique aspect of our work is we obtain important structural results using the concepts from monotone comparative statics. These structural results provide insights into the general design of WSNs. Through our numerical results, we also demonstrate that, the cooperation based transmission can achieve better mutual information (MI)-energy tradeoff than the non-cooperation based transmission scheme. From the perspective of WLANs, we propose a price based approach to regulate the channel occupancy of low rate users, which is known to be the primary cause for low overall throughput in WLANs. Owing to the decentralized nature of WLANs we use non-cooperative game theory as a tool for analysis. Specifically, we use supermodular game theory. Through our analysis, we show that an increase in price leads to an increase in rate of WLAN users. We also prove that the best response dynamics indeed converge to the Nash equilibrium of the underlying non-cooperative game. Through our numerical results, we demonstrate that by proper tuning of the price, the proposed price based approach can lead to an improvement in overall throughput of a WLAN. Finally from the perspective of CR networks, we consider the impact of number of channels captured by a secondary user on its transmission control protocol (TCP) throughput. From our simulation results it was found that, there exists a definite optimal number of channels a secondary user needs to capture, to maximize its TCP throughput.

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Lei, Lin. "Intelligent human resource management system." Thesis, University of Macau, 2005. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1445897.

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Hoteit, Sahar. "Resource and crowd management in mobile networks." Thesis, Paris 6, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA066245/document.

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L’Internet a été initialement conçu pour servir des usages fixes et sédentaires, cependant les projections montrent que les futurs utilisateurs d'Internet seront de plus en plus mobiles. A l'heure actuelle, la rapidité avec laquelle cette évolution se déroule et la gestion souvent insuffisante des réseaux d'accès représentent un obstacle majeur au développement de services avancés. Afin de résoudre ces problèmes et répondre aux besoins de l'Internet mobile, les fournisseurs de services ont besoin de maîtriser l'expansion de la capacité nécessaire dans leurs réseaux de collecte, sinon le trafic de donnés va pouvoir boucher leurs réseaux dans le futur. Le déploiement des nouvelles générations de réseaux fournit des hautes bandes passantes et débits mais implique souvent des grandes dépenses en capital et en exploitation. Une alternative économiquement et techniquement viable est représentée par les solutions de déchargement du trafic mobile. Ces solutions peuvent réduire la surcharge sur le spectre radio et sur les stations de base et sur le réseau de collecte. Les solutions de déchargement les plus couramment utilisées sont le déchargement sur les réseaux de femtocellules et les réseaux Wi-Fi. Dans le même contexte, pour résoudre le problème de congestion dans le réseau cellulaire, une nouvelle solution est récemment apparue: Information Centric networking permettant la mise en cache des contenus dans le réseau ce qui minimise le temps d'accès aux contenus. L'objectif de cette thèse est donc d'étudier ces nouvelles solutions de déchargement de trafic et de contenu dans les réseaux cellulaires en prenant en considération les schémas de mobilité et les comportements humains
The Internet was initially conceived to serve fix and sedentary usages, while current socio-technological trends clearly show that future Internet users will be increasingly mobile and nomadic. At present, the speed at which this evolution takes place and the inadequate management of access networks represent a major obstacle in the development of advanced services. To solve these problems and to meet the needs of mobile Internet, service providers need to master the needed capacity expansion in their backhauling network, otherwise the data traffic will clog their networks in the future. Next-generation network deployments promise to deliver higher bandwidth and speed, but they often imply high capital and operational expenditures. An alternative economically and technically viable way is represented by mobile data offloading solutions. These solutions can reduce the load on radio spectrum, on base stations and on backhauling network. The most commonly used offloading solutions are over small-networks and over Wi-Fi networks. In the same context, and in order to solve the problem of congestion in the cellular network, a new solution has emerged recently : Information Centric Networking for in-network caching that permits to minimize content access latency. The objective of this thesis is to study these new traffic and content offloading solutions in cellular networks while taking into account the mobility patterns and human behavior

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Wickramasinghe, Jayantha. "The value relevance of enterprise resource planning information /." Gold Coast, Qld. : Bond University, 2007. http://epublications.bond.edu.au/theses/wickramasinghe.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Bond University, 2007.
"Submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-159). Also available via the World Wide web.

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Gonzalez, Cheryl L. "Information resource management aboard USS Corinth (CG-44) : a case study." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28291.

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Perrin, Randolph D. "Evaluation of Information Resource Management: Measuring Change in a Federal Bureaucracy." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4678.

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This is a case study of a federal bureaucracy and its Information Resource Management (IRM) organization. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), a federal power marketing agency and part of the Department of Energy, significantly impacts the western United States. BPA is responsible for developing electric power resources, transmission of electric resources. power conservation programs, and fish and wildlife programs. The focus of the study is the perception of the quality of information supplied to management, assuming that better information makes better decisions. The study uses a pre-experimental research design to evaluate the satisfaction executive and middle management with information they use to make decisions. The study uses both questionnaire and interview methodologies to examine management opinions before the establishment of IRM and two years after the establishment of IRM. Literature on bureaucracy indicates that decision making has limits and processes. Channels of communication, both formal and subformal are used by decision makers to gather information to fill information gaps. The gaps exist because formal channels of information do not supply sufficient information. Consequently, decision makers constantly search for information. There is a great deal of literature addressing IRM and other similar organizations. The technical and operational sides of information management are occasionally conflicting but, adequately addressed. Information assessment and evaluation are approached inadequately.

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Ansen, Jerry Bature. "Information Security Management in a Human Resource Information System of a Selected University of Technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1768.

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SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT THE CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTH AFRICA 2014
The study aimed to determine the information security management challenges in information systems (IS). The human resources department (HRD) of a selected university of technology (UoT) was used as a case study to investigate employee appointment processes data and its security management challenges. The unit of study was the human resource infomation system (HRIS) as a form of IS. An interpretive case-study approach and questionnaires were employed to support data gathering. Information gathered and managed by HRD during and after an employee’s appointment is vital to the institution. The rationale for this study therefore eminated from ongoing concerns in respect of ineffective information security in organisations, resulting in substantial losses. From the literature reviewed a conceptual framework was developed and used to guide the data analysis and interpretation of data. The research findings were further used to validate the conceptual framework. This was done to create a general framework, whereby the conclusions and recommendations from the data analysis and information security practices could enhance information security management in human resource systems at a university of technology.

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Elkotob, Muslim. "Efficient and systematic network resource management." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Datavetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-17190.

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The demand for network resources (e.g. forwarding capacity, buffer space) by increasingly used real-time multimedia applications is growing. Moreover, their stringent performance requirements (e.g. delay and jitter bounds) pose challenges on network resource management (RM). RM determines how available resources are modeled and distributed to achieve a performance goal such as assuring forwarding quality to real-time multimedia applications. Improvements to existing RM mechanisms can avoid performance limitations of networks by facilitating more efficient use of scarce resources. For example, in a vehicular to infrastructure (V2I) communication scenario that uses IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) lacking RM support for multicast, the 3G downlink quickly becomes a bottleneck although some information is addressed to multiple receivers. The main goal of this thesis is to develop RM algorithms and protocols that improve forwarding capacity utilization and remove performance bottlenecks. An additional goal is to improve the scalability of existing RM mechanisms. Three architectural paradigms are covered to demonstrate the advantages of efficient and systematic network RM: open access networks (OAN), next generation networks (NGN), and heterogeneous access networks (HAN). For OAN, a cross-layer signaling technique called parameter injection was developed. It reduces the signaling overhead and update time for real-time multimedia sessions over Wi-Fi while autonomously selecting the format and CODEC that best match the current resource settings. Within NGN, a resource management protocol is proposed for extending unicast signaling in IMS with multicast capabilities. The contribution uses adaptive and dynamic group size selection to improve resource utilization on the 3G downlink for the signaling and data planes. For HAN, an algorithm is proposed that predicts the best access network for achieving the highest QoE of a real-time multimedia session with the available QoS resources based on regression and statistical learning. In all three paradigms, the provided core contributions serve the common goal of achieving a performance edge in terms of efficiency and systematic operation with a limited amount of network resources.

Godkänd; 2011; 20110207 (ysko); DISPUTATION Nedanstående person kommer att disputera för avläggande av teknologie doktorsexamen. Namn: Muslim Elkotob Ämnesområde: Mobila system/Mobile Systems Avhandling: Efficient and Systematic Network Resource Management Opponent: Professor Anna Brunström, Institutionen för datavetenskap, Karlstads universitet Ordförande: Docent Christer Åhlund, Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik, Luleå tekniska universitet Tid: Fredag den 18 mars 2011, kl 10.00 Plats: A1514, Luleå tekniska universitet

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Calhoun, Karen. "Redesign of Library Workflows: Experimental Models for Electronic Resource Description." the Library of Congress, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105094.

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This paper explores the potential for and progress of a gradual transition from a highly centralized model for cataloging to an iterative, collaborative, and broadly distributed model for electronic resource description. The author's purpose is to alert library managers to some experiments underway and to help them conceptualize new methods for defining, planning, and leading the e-resource description process under moderate to severe time and staffing constraints. To build a coherent library system for discovery and retrieval of networked resources, librarians and technologists are experimenting with team-based efforts and new workflows for metadata creation. In an emerging new service model for e-resource description, metadata can come from selectors, public service librarians, information technology staff, authors, vendors, publishers, and catalogers. Arguing that e-resource description demands a level of cross-functional collaboration and creative problem-solving that is often constrained by libraries' functional organizational structures, the author calls for reuniting functional groups into virtual teams that can integrate the e-resource description process, speed up operations, and provide better service. The paper includes an examination of the traditional division of labor for producing catalogs and bibliographies, a discussion of experiments that deploy a widely distributed e-resource description process (e.g., the use of CORC at Cornell and Brown), and an exploration of the results of a brief study of selected ARL libraries' e-resource discovery systems.

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Cummings, Jonathan. "Decision Support for Natural Resource Management." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2014. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/290.

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This research spans a variety of research topics with a common theme, providing decision support through the development and analysis of methods that assist decision making for natural resource and wildlife management. I used components of structured decision making and decision analysis to address natural resources management problems, specifically monitoring and estimating the status of harvested populations, as well as data collection decisions for landscape conservation. My results have implications for the way populations are monitored and their status is estimated. I find that the inclusion of error in data collection can have a substantial impact of the performance of abundance and growth rate estimates of harvested species and that the selection of estimation methods depends on what management objectives are most important. For example, the Sex-Age-Kill population estimation method best estimates the size of populations, while the Downing population reconstruction method better estimates trends in population growth rates. I provide a framework to support selection of the best estimation method while considering a monitoring program as a whole. Based on this framework the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department will obtain the most benefits from a monitoring program including necropsy analysis that uses the Downing method to track population status. Finally, I demonstrated the use of value of information analysis as a tool to determine the relative expected benefits of addition spatial data collection for use in landscape mapping and conservation. This type of analysis can provide conservation agencies with a planning tool to direct budgets and mapping efforts.

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Girons, Lopez Marc. "Information Needs for Water Resource and Risk Management : Hydro-Meteorological Data Value and Non-Traditional Information." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-301645.

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Data availability is extremely important for water management. Without data it would not be possible to know how much water is available or how often extreme events are likely to occur. The usually available hydro-meteorological data often have a limited representativeness and are affected by errors and uncertainties. Additionally, their collection is resource-intensive and, thus, many areas of the world are severely under-monitored. Other areas are seeing an unprecedented – yet local – wealth of data in the last decades. Additionally, the spread of new technologies together with the integration of different approaches to water management science and practice have uncovered a large amount of soft information that can potentially complement and expand the possibilities of water management. This thesis presents a series of studies that address data opportunities for water management. Firstly, the hydro-meteorological data needs for correctly estimating key processes for water resource management such as precipitation and discharge were evaluated. Secondly, the use of non-traditional sources of information such as social media and human behaviour to improve the efficiency of flood mitigation actions were explored. The results obtained provide guidelines for determining basic hydro-meteorological data needs. For instance, an upper density of 24 rain gauges per 1000 km2 for spatial precipitation estimation beyond which improvements are negligible was found. Additionally, a larger relative value of discharge data respect to precipitation data for calibrating hydrological models was observed. Regarding non-traditional sources of information, social memory of past flooding events was found to be a relevant factor determining the efficiency of flood early warning systems and therefore their damage mitigation potential. Finally, a new methodology to use social media data for probabilistic estimates of flood extent was put forward and shown to achieve results comparable to traditional approaches. This thesis significantly contributes to integrated water management by improving the understanding of data needs and opportunities of new sources of information thus making water management more efficient and useful for society.
All vattenförvaltning kräver tillgång till data. Data behövs för att kunna fastställa t.ex. hur mycket vatten som finns och sannolikheten för stora översvämningar. De hårda hydro-meteorologiska data som normalt är tillgängliga har inte sällan en begränsad representativitet och påverkas av fel och osäkerheter. Dessutom är datainsamling nästan alltid resurskrävande och därför finns hårda data i begränsad utsträckning, eller inte alls, i stora delar av världen. Samtidigt har man under senaste decennierna fått tillgång till en oöverträffad – men lokal – mängd data i vissa områden. Spridningen av ny teknik har, tillsammans med integreringen av olika vetenskapliga metoder inom vattenförvaltning och praktik, påvisat värdet av mjuk information som potentiellt kan komplettera hårda data och förbättra möjligheterna till en god vattenförvaltning. Denna avhandling presenterar studier som belyser vilka möjligheter vattenförvaltningen har vid olika tillgång på hårda data och mjuk information. Först utvärderades vilka krav som kan ställas på hydro-meteorologiska data för att korrekt kunna beskriva nyckelprocesser som nederbörd och vattenföring vid bestämning av vattenresurser. Därefter utforskades möjligheterna att förbättra översvämningsberäkningar med hjälp av mjuk information från sociala medier och rörande mänskligt beteende. Resultaten gav riktlinjer för att bestämma värdet av hydro-meteorologiska data. Till exempel visades att information om nederbördens rumsliga fördelning inte förbättras nämnvärt vid en mätartäthet över 24 regnmätare per 1000 km2. Det relativa värdet av vattenföring visade sig också vara större än för nederbörd för att kalibrera hydrologiska modeller. Det visade sig att en befolknings minne av tidigare översvämningar påverkar effektiviteten hos tidiga varningssystem för översvämningar och deras möjlighet att begränsa skador. Slutligen har en ny metod föreslagits för att använda sociala medier för sannolikhetsberäkningar av översvämmade områden. Metoden visade sig leda till resultat som var jämförbara med traditionella metoder. Avhandlingens huvudsakliga bidrag till en integrerad vattenförvaltning är att öka förståelsen för vilka data som krävs för olika förvaltningsmål och vilka möjligheter som finns att utnyttja mjuk information för att effektivisera vattenförvaltningen göra den mer användbar för samhället.
La disponibilitat de dades és extremadament important per a la gestió de l’aigua. Sense dades no seria possible conèixer ni la quantitat d'aigua disponible ni la freqüència d’esdeveniments extrems. Les dades hidrometeorològiques normalment disponibles tenen una representativitat limitada, es veuen afectades per errors i incerteses i la seva recol•lecció requereix nombrosos recursos, cosa que produeix que moltes zones del món no estiguin adequadament monitoritzades. Així i tot, en les últimes dècades s’ha generat una quantitat de dades sense precedents però de manera localitzada. A més, la difusió de noves tecnologies, juntament amb la integració de diferents enfocaments han permès utilitzar una gran quantitat de dades “toves” per complementar i ampliar les possibilitats en la gestió de l'aigua. Aquesta tesi presenta estudis que aborden algunes de les oportunitats ofertes per les dades per a millorar la gestió de l'aigua. En primer lloc es va avaluar la quantitat necessària de dades hidrometeorològiques per estimar correctament processos clau per a la gestió dels recursos hídrics. En segon lloc es va explorar l'ús de fonts no tradicionals d'informació per millorar l'eficiència de la mitigació d'inundacions. Per exemple, es va identificar una densitat màxima de 24 pluviòmetres per 1000 km2 per estimar la distribució espacial de precipitació, per sobre de la qual les millores són insignificants. A més, es va observar que les dades d’escorrentia tenen un valor relatiu més gran per al calibratge de models hidrològics que les dades de precipitació. Pel que fa a la informació no tradicional, la memòria social d’anteriors inundacions es va identificar com un factor rellevant per a determinar l'eficiència dels sistemes d'alerta d'inundacions i, per tant, del seu potencial per mitigar danys. Finalment, es va proposar una nova metodologia per utilitzar informació provinent de xarxes socials per a realitzar estimacions probabilístiques d'extensió d’inundacions i es va demostrar el seu potencial per aconseguir resultats comparables als d’enfocaments tradicionals. Aquesta tesi aporta avenços significatius per a la gestió integrada de l'aigua mitjançant la millora de la comprensió de les necessitats de dades i de les oportunitats presentades per noves fonts d'informació. D’aquesta manera contribueix a una gestió de l'aigua més eficient i útil per a la societat.
La disponibilidad de datos es sumamente importante para la gestión del agua. Sin datos no sería posible determinar la cantidad de agua disponible o la frecuencia de eventos extremos. Los datos hidrometeorológicos normalmente disponibles tienen una representatividad limitada, son afectados por errores e incertidumbres y su recolección requiere de abundantes recursos, lo cual causa que muchas zonas del mundo no estén adecuadamente monitorizadas. En contraste, en las últimas décadas se ha generado una cantidad de datos sin precedentes pero de manera localizada. Además, la difusión de nuevas tecnologías, conjuntamente con la integración de distintos enfoques, ha permitido usar una gran cantidad de datos “blandos” para complementar y ampliar las posibilidades en la gestión del agua. Esta tesis presenta estudios que abordan las oportunidades ofrecidas por los datos para mejorar la gestión del agua. En primer lugar se evaluó la cantidad necesaria de datos hidrometeorológicos para estimar correctamente procesos clave para la gestión de recursos hídricos. En segundo lugar se exploró el uso de fuentes no tradicionales de información para mejorar la eficiencia de la mitigación de inundaciones. Por ejemplo, se identificó una densidad máxima de 24 pluviómetros por 1000 km2 para estimar la distribución espacial de precipitación más allá de la cual las mejoras son insignificantes. Además se observó que los datos de escorrentía tienen un mayor valor relativo para la calibración de modelos hidrológicos que el de los datos de precipitación. Respecto a la información no tradicional, la memoria social de inundaciones pasadas fue identificada como un factor relevante para determinar la eficiencia de los sistemas de alerta de inundaciones y, por lo tanto, de su potencial para mitigar daños. Finalmente, se propuso una nueva metodología para usar información proveniente de redes sociales para realizar estimaciones probabilísticas de extensión de inundaciones y se demostró su potencial para conseguir resultados comparables a los de enfoques tradicionales. Esta tesis aporta avances significativos para la gestión integral del agua a través de la mejora de la comprensión de las necesidades de datos y de las oportunidades presentadas por nuevas fuentes de información, contribuyendo a una gestión del agua más eficiente y útil para la sociedad.

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Zhao, Peiyue. "Radio Resource Management Algorithms for D2D Communications With Limited Channel State Information." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-177494.

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Network assisted Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has the potential benefits of increasing system capacity, energy efficiency and achievable peak rates while reducing the end-to-end latency. To realize these gains, recent works have proposed power control (PC) and resource allocation (RA) schemes that show near optimal performance in terms of spectral or energy efficiency. Unfortunately, these schemes assume perfect and instantaneous access to either large scale or small scale channel state information (CSI) at some central entity. Obviously, this assumption does not hold in practical implementations and we therefore investigate the performance of D2D communications with limited CSI. First, we analyze existing power control (PC), mode selection (MS) and resource allocation (RA) approaches in terms of the required input parameters, focusing on large scale fading. Then we build up a model in a system simulator to capture the impact of unavailability or CSI errors on the performance of PC, MS and RA algorithms. Through simulations, we find that with proper algorithms, the system gains continuously from having more CSI knowledge. Specially, with additional CSI, the newly implemented Binary Power Control and Matching Allocation increases the throughput impressively with low complexity and proper fairness between D2D layer and cellular layer. Furthermore, we investigate the impact of errors in the channel gains. Simulation results demonstrate that a certain user may suffer or benefit from the errors, however, the system performance is insensitive to the small scale errors. Numerical results also show errors of asymmetric range cause relatively more notable impact than the symmetric errors.

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Harkleroad, Joseph E. "A case study of information resource management in the Department of Defense." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23562.

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This thesis develops a case study of a Department of Defense (DOD) activity that is suitable for presentation to military information resource management (IRM) students. The case will focus on the applicability of the Corporate Information Management (CIM) model as the framework for an IRM strategy for the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, Hawaii. Presenting a case of organizational control and technical planning to future military managers will provide experience in analyzing problems that are unique to IRM in DOD. Use of this case study will also allow students to acquire skills in developing action plans for a military organization.

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Villiger, Daniel Edouard. "Information technology and human resource management : a case study of organizational learning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14537.

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Andersson, Elin, and Abdel Ahmid. "OpenStack Networking Scheduler : RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND SCHEDULINGFOR CLOUD NETWORK SERVICES." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-154597.

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The opportunity of vitalizing recourses is becoming increasingly attractive, and traditional machine virtualization is no longer the only thing in mind. Today, virtualization also concerns resources such as firewalls, routers and switches. For this to be possible and successful, a flexible and evolutionary scheduler is necessary. The focus of this thesis project has been to explore and develop a generic cross-service scheduler between the computing service Nova and networking service Neutron. We have designed a generic foundation for a scheduler and the aim in the future is to use this solution for other services in OpenStack such as volume, storage and image. Our starting point was the filter scheduler in Nova, which originally is designed for scheduling virtual machines (VMs) rather than scheduling network resources. A unique cross-service scheduler between Nova and Neutron is implemented and discussed in this paper. This thesis presents the design, implementation and functional verification of the Neutron scheduler and cross-service communication. The cross-service scheduling is designed so that Nova and Neutron are loosely coupled. By loosely coupled we mean that Nova and Neutron are as independent of each other as possible. The report concludes with a discussion about the project process and implementation process, and the how the solution can be developed further e.g. by implementing CLI commands for increasing the functionality of filter chains.

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Celaya, Tracy A. "Cloud-Based Computing and human resource management performance| A Delphi study." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10004286.

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The purpose of this qualitative study with a modified Delphi research design was to understand the reasons human resource (HR) leaders are slow to implement Cloud-based technologies and potentially identify how Cloud-Based Computing influences human resource management (HRM) and HR effectiveness, and potentially the overall performance of the organization. Business executives and HR leaders acknowledge the effect of technology on business processes and strategies, and the leader's influence on technology implementation and adoption. Cloud-Based Computing is fast becoming the standard for conducting HR processes and HR leaders must be prepared to implement the change effectively. Study findings revealed characteristics demonstrated by HR leaders successfully implementing cloud technology, best practices for successful implementation, factors championing and challenging Cloud-Based Computing adoption, and effects on HRM and organizational performance as a result of using Cloud-Based Computing. The outcomes of this study may provide the foundation of a model for implementing Cloud-Based Computing, a leadership model including characteristics of technology early adopters in HR, and identify factors impeding adoption and may assist HR leaders in creating effective change management strategies for adopting and implementing Cloud-Based Computing. Findings and recommendation from this study will enable HR professionals and leaders to make informed decisions on the adoption of Cloud-Based Computing and improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and strategic capability of HR.

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Aid, Graham. "Industrial Ecology Methods within Engagement Processes for Industrial Resource Management." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-122403.

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The global use of resources such as materials, energy, and water has surpassed sustainable levels by many accounts. The research presented here was explicitly normative in its aim to improve the understanding of, and make sustainable change toward highly systemic issues of resource management. The core methods chosen to work toward this aim were bottom up action research procedures (including stakeholder engagement processes) and industrial ecology analysis tools. These methods were employed and tested in pragmatic combination through two of the author’s case study projects. The first case study, performed between 2009 and 2012, employed a multi-stakeholder process aimed at improving the cycling of construction and demolition waste in the Stockholm region. The second case study produced a strategic tool (Looplocal) built for facilitating more efficient regional industrial resource networks. While the highly participative aim of the cases required a larger contribution of resources than that of more closed studies, it is arguable that the efficacy of approaching the project aims is improved through their employment.

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Koster, David. "An evaluation of information technology resources and capabilities that influences the customer service process using resource based view theory." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/6411.

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Peszynski, Konrad Janusz, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Power and politics in a system implementation." Deakin University. School of Information Systems, 2005. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20051125.100244.

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The central concern of this study is to identify the role of power and politics in systems implementation. The current literature on systems implementation is typically divided into two areas, process modelling and factor based studies. Process modelling classifies the implementation into a linear process, whereas factor based studies have argued that in order to successfully implement a system, particular critical factors are required. This literature misses the complexities involved in systems implementation through the human factors and political nature of systems implementation and is simplistic in its nature and essentially de-contextualises the implementation process. Literature has investigated some aspects of human factors in systems implementation. However, it is believed that these studies have taken a simplistic view of power and politics. It is argued in this thesis that human factors in systems implementation are constantly changing and essentially operating in a dynamic relationship affecting the implementation process. The concept of power relations, as proposed by Foucault (1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982), have been utilised in order to identify the dynamic nature of power and politics. Foucault (1978) argued that power is a dynamic set of relationships constantly changing from one point in time to the next. It is this recognition that is lacking from information systems. Furthermore, these power relations are created through the use of discourse. Discourse represents meaning and social relationships, forming both subjectivity and power relations. Discourses are also the practices of talk, text and argument that continuously form that which actors speak. A post-structuralist view of power as both an obvious and hidden concept has provided the researcher a lens through which the selection and implementation of an enterprise-wide learning management system can be observed. The framework aimed to identify the obvious process of system selection implementation, and then deconstruct that process to expose the hegemonic nature of policy, the reproduction of organisational culture, the emancipation within discourse, and the nature of resistance and power relations. A critical case study of the selection and implementation of an enterprise-wide learning management system at the University of Australia was presented providing an in-depth investigation of the implementation of an enterprise-wide learning management system, spanning five years. This critical case study was analysed using social dramas to distinguish between the front stage issues of power and the hidden discourses underpinning the front stage dramas. The enterprise-wide learning management system implemented in the University of Australia in 2003 is a system which enables academic staff to manage learners, the students, by keeping track of their progress and performance across all types of training activities. Through telling the story of the selection and implementation of an enterprise-wide learning management system at the University of Australia discourses emerged. The key findings from this study have indicated that the system selection and implementation works at two levels. The low level is the selection and implementation process, which operates for the period of the project. The high level is the arena of power and politics, which runs simultaneously to the selection and implementation process. Challenges for power are acted out in the front stage, or public forums between various actors. The social dramas, as they have been described here, are superfluous to the discourse underpinning the front stage. It is the discourse that remains the same throughout the system selection and implementation process, but it is through various social dramas that reflect those discourses. Furthermore, the enactment of policy legitimises power and establishes the discourse, limiting resistance. Additionally, this research has identified the role of the State and its influence at the organisational level, which had been previously suggested in education literature (Ball, 1990).

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Sakuma, Masaru. "Strategic human resource management in Japan : a comparative study of information sharing systems." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242028.

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Dlamini, Khulekani Enock. "Impact of data quality on utilisation and usefulness of integrated Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)." Thesis, University of Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/3375.

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Impact of data quality on utilisation and perceived usefulness of integrated Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS). Integrated HR Information systems have become prevalent in modern organisations. These systems promise operational efficiencies and competitive advantage. In order to deliver these benefits, the systems should be effectively utilised and perceived as a useful business tools. The utilisation and perceived usefulness of the HRIS could be influenced by quality of data it produces. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of data quality on the utilisation and usefulness of the HRIS. The aim was to ensure that organisations realise their investments in HRIS. This would be achieved by improving qualities that ensures effective utilisation of HRIS. Moreover, the study sought to enhance the body of academic knowledge in HRIS as far data quality is concerned. Mixed research method was used to meet the objectives of the study. Survey research and qualitative interviews techniques were employed. Statistical and deductive analysis was applied to raw data in order to draw conclusions. The study found that data quality positively influence utilisation and usefulness of HRIS. Moreover, findings revealed that the HRIS was predominantly used for operational, rather than strategic tasks. HRIS data is also not generally perceived to be of poor quality. HR practitioners emphasise accuracy over other quality dimensions. Organisations that seek to maximise their investment in HRIS should implement data quality improvement initiatives. This will ensure that the system is effectively utilised and produces high quality information for decision-making. This could lead to competitive advantage. Further research could be undertaken to understand; success factors for HRIS data quality initiatives, determinants of HRIS user satisfaction, drivers for dedicated HRIS management roles and the impact of having HRIS manager among others.

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Buanahagi, Edelson da Glória Baltazar, and Akpotareghe Odoko. "Knowledge Management as a Strategic Resource to gain Competitive Advantage." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Informatik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-19002.

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Even though knowledge management has progressed from an embryonic to an increasingly recognized discipline over the course of the last decade, the bulk of studies in knowledge management have been descriptive and focused on definitions and integrating existing definitions. There have been relatively few studies (mostly surveys) that focus on knowledge management in relation to other organizational factors (Zack, McKeen & Singh, 2009), and work in the area of knowledge management and competitive advantage has been found to be theoretically and empirically immature and underdeveloped (Chuang, 2004). Therefore, aim of this research was to fill in the identified gaps by utilizing the resource-based view of a company to conduct an exploratory qualitative study to provide empirical and practical evidence regarding the relationship between knowledge management and competitive advantage. This was done mainly through interviews with knowledge management academics and practitioners in an attempt to have multiple perspectives on the matter to gain deeper understanding. From the interviews, a number of observations were made. First, knowledge management can be used strategically to gain competitive advantage but this can only be done by introducing a successful knowledge management initiative. This calls for an implementation approach based on focus and measurement as principles and that takes into account strategy, organizational learning, culture and systems and technology as pre-conditional dimensions for a successful knowledge management project. In addition, these principles and preconditions all have to take the people into consideration as the people play a centre role in this system, being the ones that actually establish, run and maintain these mechanisms. These findings are then synthesized into a knowledge management implementation model that may serve as a starting point for further research in successful knowledge management implementation. Practitioners may also use these findings and model as a tool for successful knowledge management implementation.

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Thao, Sia. "Enterprise resource planning software selection for a small company located in mid-western Wisconsin." Online version, 2002. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2002/2002thaos.pdf.

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Madapusi, Arunkumar P. White Richard E. "Post-implementation evaluation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-6081.

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Pierorazio, Michael. "Strategies for the Successful Management of Human Resource Planning in IT Projects." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6262.

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Information technology (IT) projects are often inadequately resourced with human talent. Researchers found that 70% of all IT projects worldwide fail. The purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore the strategies used for the successful management of the human resource planning of IT projects. Using purposeful sampling, 5 IT project managers and 5 IT directors from organizations located in the northeastern region of United States were selected for this study. The resource-based theory provided the conceptual framework. Data were collected using semistructured interviews conducted face-to-face and by telephone. For this study, data triangulation included project documents to strengthen the findings obtained from the 2 groups of participants. Categorization of findings involved the assessment of human capacity for the skills of the project, forecasting of project requirements, availability of resources, and securing project members. Four thematic categories emerged from the data analysis: common strategies employed for success, strategies employed in reaching success, strategies or factors identifying key barriers, and strategies that work best in managing. The implications of this study for positive social change include enhancing the social evolution of the organization by increasing the ability to hire more employees, reducing the unemployment rate, and benefiting society. The results of this study may provide benefits directly stimulating economic progress.

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Chen, Yu-Hsiang. "Reinforce customer satisfaction through enterprise resource planning and supply chain management integration." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3276.

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The purpose of this project is to try and establish a blueprint for integrating Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM). ERP and SCM have become popular in many industries because they help companies improve their Information Systems (IS) which helps support their operational goals. New technology is being used in resource planning and e-commerce and a stable supply chain helps corporations integrate many basic applications. This helps facilitate smooth supplier-customer interactions while minimizing transaction costs. This project is trying to provide a way in which to implement ERP systems properly into SCM. It should result in improved business performance and client satisfaction.

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Dias, João Pedro Amaral. "Implementation of an information system for resource and process management in an industrial facility." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29090.

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The increasing investment in information systems for industrial production control, combined with the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, allows to improve decision making, providing a more efficient manufacturing process. However, for small and medium-sized enterprises in this sector, the complexity of existing solutions and the need to perform, in a preliminary phase, a substantial investment makes it difficult to implement these types of systems, accentuating, in terms of competitiveness, the gap between small and large companies. The proposed system, developed within the scope of this dissertation, aims to assist this types of companies, more specifically, a local business entity in the branch of the aeronautical industry, since it allows to optimize the monitoring of industrial resources and processes at the shop floor level. To support the design and implementation of the solution, an analysis on the operation of industrial facilities and techniques adopted in the field of industrial information systems is carried out. The entire development phase encompasses software engineering processes and culminates with the delivery of a prototype of a Spring web application, deployed on the partner entity’s server and positively evaluated in the execution of development and functional tests; Sumário: Implementação de sistema de informação para gestão de recursos e processos industriais O investimento crescente em sistemas de informação para controlo de produção industrial, aliado ao advento de uma quarta revolução industrial, permite aprimorar a tomada de decisões, proporcionando um processo de manufatura mais eficiente. No entanto, para pequenas e médias empresas deste sector, a complexidade das soluções existentes e a necessidade de efetuar um investimento preliminar substancial dificulta a implementação deste tipo de sistemas, acentuando, a discrepância competitiva entre pequenas e grandes empresas. O sistema proposto, desenvolvido no âmbito do trabalho da presente dissertação, visa auxiliar esta tipologia de empresas, mais concretamente, uma entidade empresarial local no ramo da indústria aeronáutica, na medida em que permite otimizar a monitorização de recursos e processos industriais ao nível do chão de fábrica. Para suporte da conceção e implementação da solução realiza-se uma análise do funcionamento de instalações industriais e de técnicas adotadas no domínio de sistemas de informação para aplicação industrial. A totalidade da fase de desenvolvimento engloba processos de engenharia de software e culmina com a entrega de um protótipo de uma aplicação web Spring, implantada no servidor da entidade parceira e, positivamente avaliada na execução de testes de desenvolvimento e funcionais.

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Bendou, Hocine. "Baobab LIMS: An open source biobank laboratory information management system for resource-limited settings." University of the Western Cape, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6773.

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A laboratory information management system (LIMS) is central to the informatics infrastructure that underlies biobanking activities. To date, a wide range of commercial and open source LIMS are available. The decision to opt for one LIMS over another is often influenced by the needs of the biobank clients and researchers, as well as available financial resources. However, to find a LIMS that incorporates all possible requirements of a biobank may often be a complicated endeavour. The need to implement biobank standard operation procedures as well as stimulate the use of standards for biobank data representation motivated the development of Baobab LIMS, an open source LIMS for Biobanking. Baobab LIMS comprises modules for biospecimen kit assembly, shipping of biospecimen kits, storage management, analysis requests, reporting, and invoicing. Baobab LIMS is based on the Plone web-content management framework, a server-client-based system, whereby the end user is able to access the system securely through the internet on a standard web browser, thereby eliminating the need for standalone installations on all machines. The Baobab LIMS components were tested and evaluated in three human biobanks. The testing of the LIMS modules aided in the mapping of the biobanks requirements to the LIMS functionalities, and furthermore, it helped to reveal new user suggestions, such as the enhancement of the online documentation. The user suggestions are demonstrated to be important for both LIMS strengthen and biobank sustainability. Ultimately, the practical LIMS evaluations showed the ability of Boabab LIMS to be used in the management of human biobanks operations of relatively different biobanking workflows.

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Fallon, John E. "Naval Fuel Management System (NFMS) a decision support system for a limited resource." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5166.

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The fuel planning for U.S. Naval operations at sea is reactive and relies upon pen and paper calculations. Decisions on where and when to refuel are complex and need a Decision Support System (DSS) to help planners maximize the benefits of the limited fuel resource. This thesis defines requirements and outlines a feasible design to develop a Naval Fuel Management System (NFMS). The variables that fuel planning rely upon are not just ship course and speed, but also the weather at the time a ship travels through a particular area. The most efficient plant configuration plays a factor in the fuel plan as well. Additionally, there are numerous ports and oilers available at any given time. Up-to-date accurate weather forecast databases are available, predicting currents and winds, which will affect the ship in the future. Fuel burn charts have been developed for each ship class outlining the most efficient plant configuration for given speeds. Transportation analysis has shown that an optimal path exists for this class of complex problems. By combining these technologies into one system, an application can be developed to accurately plan fueling operations in the future, making Navy refueling more efficient.
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MUGERWA, EDWARD. "HRM to E-HRM : Change in Human Resource Management; effect to social sustainability." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-174681.

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Problem:Many businesses today, based on the stakeholder’s theory, suggest thatsustainability can only be achieved through the fulfillment of the stakeholder’s in-terests. These interests are centered around adding value to the stakeholders forexample; shareholders in terms of increased dividends. The value in form of profitmaximization, which suppresses the need for other pillars of sustainability to prevail.In this thesis, an argument is presented that a balance should be achieved in all threepillars of. The economic, social and environmental sustainability. It further arguesthat the shift fromH.R.Mtoe−H.R.Mis crucial for innovations and inventions,focused on the development of such technologies, that bolster social sustainability.However, any change may have to put into consideration the company or organiza-tion’s size, this is because somee−H.R.Mtools might not be efficient and effectivefor small-size companies as defined in the report. Purpose:The purpose of this study is to add insight to the concept ofe−H.R.M, and further explore to which extent ise−H.R.Ma driver towards social sus-tainability, reflecting onthe downside of the change which such sustainability mightcreate. Method:Data collection was through interviews. Three managers, two C.E.Os anda former employee from three companies were involved. The interviews were con-ducted via telephone that lasted between30to40minutes. However, a face-to-facefollow up interview was conducted for one of the participants. All interviews wererecorded with the consent of the participants and later transcribed and analysed. Results:The interviewees agreed thate−H.R.Mtools and strategies helped tocreate harmony at work and simplified communication, training and aided the per-formance and appraisal process of employees, which is used during the incentivesprocess, a form of motivation in the organisation. Conclusion:The conclusion from this study is that,e−H.R.Mis a good changefromH.R.Mand that it plays a big role in organizational social sustainability. Abalance should, however, be gained to also put into consideration other pillars. Thestudy contradicts the stakeholders’ theory that only focuses on the economic part ofsustainability through profit maximization, favorable for functional markets alone.

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Tang, Shuk-ming Winnie, and 鄧淑明. "Geographic information system as a data management tool for marine resource planning in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31239353.

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Chow, Lo-sing Charles, and 周路成. "Resource complementarity of the internet and its role in creating sustained competitive advantage in firms." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210327.

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Vassilacopoulos, George. "Aspects of information management and resource allocation in hospitals with special reference to Accident and Emergency." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1985. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/25499417-0afb-49ea-b48d-8d21ff56e843/1/.

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The management and control process in an Accident and Emergency (A/E) department of a District General Hospital is investigated and the functional relationship between the A/E department and the inpatient hospital service is discussed. Attention is focused on resource allocation and methods are proposed towards reconciling levels of service and resource utilisation. Within the framework of control problems inside the A/E department, a computerised patient record system has been designed and implemented, on an experimental basis, to allow easy access to patient-related information for performance evaluation. Established statistical techniques are employed to demonstrate how such information can be utilised in medium-term management activities in the A/E department and to provide a sound basis for defining areas where specific problems arise. A method is developed, which uses patient data to the extent that they are routinely available through the patient record system, for allocating physicians to weekly shifts in a way which takes account of the fixed number of physician hours per week; of physician preferences with regard to shifts; and of the patient assessment of the service provided. With regard to the role of the A/E department as an essential link between the community at large and the hospital service, a simulation model is developed for determining the number of beds in hospital inpatient departments on the basis of expected demand and according to a pre-specified set of measures of hospital efficiency. The measures used are the rapid admission of emergency patients; high occupancy rates; and short lengths of waiting lists. A further study on bed capacity planning concerns the contemplated development of an observation ward in the A/E department. Owing to the increased uncertainty in planning for prospective units, approximation is accepted for the sake of procedural simplicity and an analytic infinite server queueing model is employed to evaluate various numbers of beds for the unit interms of the average occupancy rates and of hourly and daily service levels.

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Hoover, Joseph H. "The impact of Internet GIS on access to water quality information." Thesis, University of Denver, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3641992.

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Empowering citizens to comprehend complex environmental issues affecting their daily lives is essential to sustaining a healthy and informed public. The work of many environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs) center around helping their stakeholders become informed of, and in turn, better understand complex environmental problems. However, providing individual stakeholders with knowledge about environmental issues that is easily accessible and understandable represents a recurring challenge in today's society. As a result, a gap continues to exist between that which is known about environmental problems and the public's awareness and understanding of those issues. Arsenic contamination of drinking water from privately owned groundwater wells in rural areas of the southwest the United States is one such environmental issue, which is the focus of this research project.

Results from this study demonstrate that an Internet-based GIS application represents a promising tool for informing stakeholders of selected water quality issues and helping stakeholders comprehend the scope of arsenic found in drinking water in rural areas. Specifically, findings from this research suggest that the interactive environment of an Internet GIS is an easy to use technology that facilitates the visualization of arsenic water quality impairment in an accessible format for stakeholders. Feedback from ENGO and IHE professionals (who were the target population in this study) indicated that an Internet GIS application, such as the one used in this project, represents one method to inform stakeholders of drinking water quality issues. This, in turn, contributes to reducing the gap between known scientific information about environmental issues and stakeholder knowledge of the facts and consequences associated with those concerns.

Results from this study inform an important initial step in reducing the knowledge gap (i.e., determining ENGO and IHE professionals' perspectives about the value of use of an Internet GIS for engaging with public stakeholders), leading to the subsequent task of ensuring that public stakeholders are aware of the opportunities to use Internet GIS to become more informed about water quality issues. To advance the findings from this project, additional research is needed to further clarify best practices that ENGO and IHE professionals may employ to disseminate an easily accessible Internet GIS for water quality from rural, unregulated sources. Additional need exists to gather and compare the perceptions of stakeholders with the perspectives of ENGO and IHE professionals to best clarify the use of Internet GIS as a tool to disseminate unregulated drinking water quality information to rural water users.

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Ansah, Yaw Boamah. "Enhancing Profitability of Pond Aquaculture in Ghana through Resource Management and Environmental Best Management Practices." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51122.

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The accelerating pace of growth of aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa has received much positive appraisal because of the potential of the industry to contribute to economic development and food security by providing jobs and animal protein. Adoption of best management practices (BMPs) holds the potential to ameliorate the related environmental impacts of aquaculture, such as in the amounts of nutrients and sediment that will enter natural water bodies from earthen pond effluents. The goals of this study were to characterize adoption of aquaculture BMPs on small-scale, pond-based farms in Ghana, and to assess selected economic, social, and environmental outcomes of BMP adoption. Two BMPs: 1) water reuse, and 2) commercial floating feeds, were investigated for adoption by pond-based fish farmers in Ghana. I conducted my study in Ghana using on-farm experiments involving intensive monitoring of water quality and growth of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) over two production cycles. Additionally, I administered a baseline survey to 393 (and a follow-up survey to 160) fish farmers. I determined the best model for modelling farmed Nile tilapia growth with multi-model inference based on Akaike information criterion (AIC), the profitability of adopting BMPs with stochastic enterprise budgets and, social welfare impact with the Economic-Surplus model. I used a Markov model to predict the equilibrium rate of adoption of the two BMPs and determined the impact of BMP adoption on the reduction of pollutant loading with the Minimum-Data method of the Tradeoffs Analysis (TOA-MD). My results showed that the logistic model is a better alternative to the von Bertalanffy model for modelling the growth of Oreochromis niloticus under pond aquaculture conditions. There were no significant differences in fish weight between the water re-use BMP and the use of new water. Adoption of the commercial floating feed BMP resulted in a 100% increase in fish final weight and yield, and in higher profitability, compared to the sinking feed type. Probability of making a profit was highest (72%) in the scenario with commercial feed and self-financing. Net present values (NPV) of about US$ 11 million and US$ 375 million could be obtained from the adoption of commercial floating feed and Genetically-Improved Farm Tilapia (GIFT) strain, respectively, in Ghana. Hence, any innovation that has a significant impact on fish yield also will have a significant impact on mean NPV and social welfare. However, I identified a number of potential negative ecological and genetic impacts exist from introducing the GIFT strain into Africa from Asia. Although considered low-intensity production systems, nutrients and solids in study ponds were found to be higher than levels expected in intensive culture ponds by wide margins. Pond water quality was significantly higher with commercial floating feed. The water-reuse BMP also prevented pollutants from leaving ponds altogether for the number of cycles for which pond water was reused, especially if associated BMPs such as rainfall capture and avoidance of water exchange are observed. Significant reductions in the loading of all water quality variables (nitrogen, phosphorus, solids, and BOD5) could be achieved with the adoption of the recommended feed type in Ghana. Adoption of the water reuse BMP has the potential to cause pollution reductions of 200% - 3,200% above that from the floating feed BMP. The strongest influence on the combined adoption of these BMPs were from : farmer's awareness of the feed BMP, perceived necessity and relative profitability of the water reuse BMP, and farmer's years of experience. A combination of central media (workshops), demonstrations, and lateral diffusion was found to be the most effective channel for disseminating these BMPs. Maximum adoption rate of the feed BMPs was estimated to be 38% - 58%. Also, US$ 6,000/year and US$12,000/year need to be paid per 0.6 ha pond surface area to push adoption of the feed BMP to 50% and 70%, respectively. Hence, to ensure the successful adoption of aquaculture BMPs, I recommend that regular well-planned workshops be organized to create awareness and a conducive atmosphere to target farmers at multiple stages of the innovation decision process. Incentives and effective dissemination will encourage the adoption of these and other environmental BMPs. Feed costs need to be lowered in order to encourage the adoption of commercial floating feed in Ghana. Future analyses could quantify the differences in production costs between using the two water types, to reveal the possible higher relative profitability of pond water reuse over draining ponds after each production cycle. Also, African governments are advised to commission rigorous baseline and ecological risk analyses before adoption of the GIFT strain. Improvements in management practices and infrastructure could increase the yield and profitability of the local strains even if genetically-improved strains are not introduced.
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Arnett, Charles A. (Charles Augustus). "A Case Study of the Use of Activity-Based Analysis as an Information Resource Management Tool." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279172/.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate a modification of a managerial accounting technique, Activity-Based Costing (ABC), as a tool for addressing Information Resource Management (IRM) concerns within business processes. To indicate that ABC has been adapted for the IRM context, this study called the tool "Activity-Based Analysis" (ABA). ABA includes ABC's costing methodology as well as additional methods to address broader issues. The research method was a single-site case study at a property and casualty insurance company. The unit of analysis was a business process consisting of activities needed to provide claims handling services for workers' compensation insurance. Four questions guided the study: 1. Did ABA identify management information required to monitor process effectiveness and efficiency? 2. Did ABA support outsourcing decision making by identifying IRM cost components within business processes? 3. Did ABA identify information resources; that are sharable? 4. Did ABA identify differences between Company organizational characteristics andIRM department organizational characteristics?

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Hafernik, Carolyn T. "Automatic methods to disambiguate geospatial queries /." Connect to online version, 2007. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2007/246.pdf.

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