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Sokoloski, Joseph A. "Strategic PSYOP management : a marketing management approach /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Mar%5FSokoloski.pdf.
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Fontoura, Lisandra Manzoni. "PRiMA : project risk management approach." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/6947.
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Esta tese propõe uma abordagem sistemática para gerenciar riscos em projetos de software, por meio da adaptação de processos. O objetivo da abordagem é permitir a elaboração de um processo específico para um dado projeto, visando minimizar a exposição do projeto aos riscos, identificados de acordo com o contexto do projeto. As atividades, possíveis de serem executadas em processos de projetos de uma organização, são estruturadas em um framework de processo (PRiMA-F), que inclui também os padrões de processo e organizacionais usados para descrever ações preventivas e corretivas aos riscos. A estruturação do framework básico, construído pela organização, poderá permitir distintas instanciações, como por exemplo, processos de acordo com o paradigma ágil ou planejado, ou em conformidade com normas de qualidade, como CMM e outras; além dos padrões organizacionais e de processo para gestão de riscos de projeto. PRiMA-F define o escopo maior do processo de software da organização e este é adaptado de acordo com os riscos identificados para o projeto e suas necessidades específicas, dando origem ao processo a ser usado no projeto. adaptação. Os guias descrevem como adaptar elementos de processo de acordo com o tamanho e o formalismo do projeto. Configurações de processo são modelos prédefinidos, visando atender projetos típicos ou modelos de qualidade. Prima-F pode ser estendida para novos riscos, padrões e processos, de acordo com as necessidades da organização. Utilizando o paradigma Goal/Question/Metric, no framework de processo (PRiMAF), são definidas métricas do processo de software, associadas aos riscos, para serem usadas para acompanhar o progresso dos fatores de risco, possibilitando ao gerente de projeto tomar ações corretivas, quando necessário e no momento adequado. As ações corretivas são descritas usando padrões organizacionais e de processo. Uma ferramenta de apoio à sistemática proposta (PRiMA-Tool) foi desenvolvida. Estudos de caso foram elaborados para validar a sistemática proposta
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Victor, Paul. "Change management : an integrative approach." Thesis, University of Salford, 2008. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26954/.
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This thesis explores the nature of organisational change and proposes that the majority of change programmes are unsuccessful due to their interventionist orientation. The inherent complexity of organisational change is such that the change needs to be understood from a range of perspectives and that many factors need to be fully integrated if the change is to be managed effectively. The original proposition was a vertically integrated methodology called the Five Dimensions of Change that stratified and integrated organisational activity from strategic planning to operational processes. This was fundamentally a prescriptive and positivistic model of change management, that was subsequently developed into a more interpretive, question-based approach called the Six Dimensions of Change, which included a focus on the person-centred and socio- cultural aspects of an organisation and proposed a more integrated and generative methodology. This approach was further refined to encompass the critical learning of the author that a change agent must take full cognisance of the personal and symbiotic relationship they have with the change programme. This holistically integrative methodology is explored through the use of the DNA helix, representing the importance of direction, task focus, people focus and the nature of engagement of the change agent. Three case studies explore the development and refinement of the methodology and these are explored from three perspectives: researcher, change agent andlearner, thus providing epistemological relativism and ensuring that the essential elements of action, learning and research were the focus of the work. Action Learning was central to the development, and critically to the refinement, of the integrative methodology and this is documented within the thesis, as is the personal and professional development of the author. Action Learning Sets provided opportunity for constant challenge and critical evaluation of the work and resulted in a significant personal exploration of the manner in which the author as a change agent interacts and engages with a change programme.
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Ragsdell, Gillian. "Creative management of creative management : a critical systems approach." Thesis, University of Hull, 1997. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:4702.
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This thesis draws on current research from the systems world - that of Critical Systems Thinking - in such a way as to bring the study of creativity into a new era. Recognising a novel link between these two major fields of activity has enabled a new form of creativity to be both developed and operationalised; that is, a form of creativity which can claim to have a sound theoretical base and to be practically useful. 'Critical creativity' is put forward as a form of creativity which is worthy of pursuit today. Based on similar philosophical foundations to those of CST, critical creativity is underpinned by four main principles - a systemic principle and principles founded on participation, reflection and human needs. While it is appreciated that some creative problem solving approaches, (Ackoff's 'idealized design' and Morgan's Imaginization', for instance) implicitly rely on critical creativity, this is not sufficient for the practising manager. Only the explicit incorporation of critical creativity will ensure that creative approaches are used appropriately in each context. Total Systems Intervention (TSI) is shown to provide an overarching framework which integrates all creativity centred approaches in a critical manner; a metamethodology which promotes the practice of critical creativity. TSI is therefore capable of guiding managers to 'successful' choices and implementations during creative problem solving. A comparison of two case studies - one in which creativity per se was practised, and another in which critical creativity was strived for - emphasises the benefits of explicitly pursuing the latter form. Associated difficulties from accepting the guidance offered by TSI are explored, and subsequent realisations are used to enrich the 'theory-practice' cyclic process of critical creativity. Such guidance is not intended to be sterile and staid: indeed, this guidance will, itself, incorporate creativity. It is concluded that TSI provides a framework for the 'creative management of creative management'.
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Rastogi, Rahul. "Information security service management : a service management approach to information security management." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1389.
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In today’s world, information and the associated Information Technology are critical assets for many organizations. Any information security breach, or compromise of these assets, can lead to serious implications for organizations that are heavily dependent on these assets. For such organizations, information security becomes vital. Organizations deploy an information security infrastructure for protecting their information assets. This infrastructure consists of policies and controls. Organizations also create an information security management system for managing information security in the organization. While some of the policies and controls are of a purely technical nature, many depend upon the actions of end-users. However, end-users are known to exhibit both compliant and noncompliant behaviours in respect of these information security policies and controls in the organization. Non-compliant information security behaviours of end-users have the potential to lead to information security breaches. Non-compliance thus needs to be controlled. The discipline of information security and its management have evolved over the years. However, the discipline has retained the technology-driven nature of its origin. In this context, the discipline has failed to adequately appreciate the role played by the end-users and the complexities of their behaviour, as it relates to information security policies and controls. The pervasive information security management philosophy is that of treating end-users as the enemy. Compliance is sought to be achieved through awareness programs, rewards, punishments and evermore strict policies and controls. This has led to a bureaucratic information security management approach. The philosophy of treating end-users as the enemy has had an adverse impact on information security in the organization. It can be said that rather than curbing non-compliance by end-users, the present-day bureaucratic approach to information security management has contributed to non-compliance. This thesis calls this the end-user crisis. This research aims at resolving this crisis by identifying an improved approach to information security management in the organization. This research has applied the service management approach to information security management. The resultant Information Security Service Management (ISSM) views end-users as assets and resources, and not as enemies. The central idea of ISSM is that the end-user is to be treated as a customer, whose needs are to be satisfied. This research presents ISSM. This research also presents the various components of ISSM to aid in its implementation in an organization.
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Kim, Jong Woo. "A Novel Approach to Ontology Management." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cis_diss/39.
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The term ontology is defined as the explicit specification of a conceptualization. While much of the prior research has focused on technical aspects of ontology management, little attention has been paid to the investigation of issues that limit the widespread use of ontologies and the evaluation of the effectiveness of ontologies in improving task performance. This dissertation addresses this void through the development of approaches to ontology creation, refinement, and evaluation. This study follows a multi-paper model focusing on ontology creation, refinement, and its evaluation. The first study develops and evaluates a method for ontology creation using knowledge available on the Web. The second study develops a methodology for ontology refinement through pruning and empirically evaluates the effectiveness of this method. The third study investigates the impact of an ontology in use case modeling, which is a complex, knowledge intensive organizational task in the context of IS development. The three studies follow the design science research approach, and each builds and evaluates IT artifacts. These studies contribute to knowledge by developing solutions to three important issues in the effective development and use of ontologies.
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Abukmail, Ahmed Ahed. "Pervasive computing approach to energy management." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013060.
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Wiegand, Jessica. "The ecosystem approach to environmental management." Thesis, University of York, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.516541.
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Brown, Charlotte Olivia. "Disaster Waste Management: a systems approach." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7038.
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Depending on their nature and severity, disasters can create large volumes of debris and waste. Waste volumes from a single event can be the equivalent of many times the annual waste generation rate of the affected community. These volumes can overwhelm existing solid waste management facilities and personnel. Mismanagement of disaster waste can affect both the response and long term recovery of a disaster affected area.
Previous research into disaster waste management has been either context specific or event specific, making it difficult to transfer lessons from one disaster event to another. The aim of this research is to develop a systems understanding of disaster waste management and in turn develop context- and disaster-transferrable decision-making guidance for emergency and waste managers.
To research this complex and multi-disciplinary problem, a multi-hazard, multi-context, multi-case study approach was adopted. The research focussed on five major disaster events: 2011 Christchurch earthquake, 2009 Victorian Bushfires, 2009 Samoan tsunami, 2009 L’Aquila earthquake and 2005 Hurricane Katrina. The first stage of the analysis involved the development of a set of ‘disaster & disaster waste’ impact indicators. The indicators demonstrate a method by which disaster managers, planners and researchers can simplify the very large spectra of possible disaster impacts, into some key decision-drivers which will likely influence post-disaster management requirements. The second stage of the research was to develop a set of criteria to represent the desirable environmental, economic, social and recovery effects of a successful disaster waste management system. These criteria were used to assess the effectiveness of the disaster waste management approaches for the case studies. The third stage of the research was the cross-case analysis. Six main elements of disaster waste management systems were identified and analysed. These were: strategic management, funding mechanisms, operational management, environmental and human health risk management, and legislation and regulation. Within each of these system elements, key decision-making guidance (linked to the ‘disaster & disaster waste’ indicators) and management principles were developed.
The ‘disaster & disaster waste’ impact indicators, the effects assessment criteria and management principles have all been developed so that they can be practically applied to disaster waste management planning and response in the future.
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Hamchaoui, Lara. "A systemic approach to competency management." Thesis, City University London, 2001. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/7598/.
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Changes in the business environment have in recent years exceeded expectations and challenged the way organisations manage their businesses. Increased concentration in the marketplace following significant changes to the barriers to entry has resulted in organisations seeking to deliver competitive advantage in different ways. Some organisations have tried to strip away at non-core capabilities, redesign their processes and acquire competitors fiercely. Ultimately most of these changes have impacted the employees within the organisations. This systems science research explores the competency approach to employee management. It identifies the environmental changes that have led to such an approach including those within the field of Human Resource Management and discusses the impact of these changes on managing the performance of employees. The thesis explores the recent trend of adopting a competency strategy to concentrate employee behaviour on specific organisational capabilities. The research surveyed Human Resource directors in the UK to gauge their opinion of the difficulties and successes associated with adopting a competency strategy. A Systemic Competency Framework was developed which was initially validated with two case studies. The Systemic Competency Framework proposes a five-stage process that guides Human Resource practitioners through the design, implementation and management of a competency strategy both in an evaluative and design context.
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So, Yuk-ming Theresa, and 蘇鈺明. "A practical approach to portfolio management." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31263409.
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羅左華 and Cho-wa Law. "Change management: a people-oriented approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31267348.
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Acur, Nuran. "Strategy management : a business process approach." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2001. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=20355.
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Whatever uncertainties and complexities the future might hold, companies will be faced with a dynamic environment and will have to cope with the resulting challenges through strategy management. The objective of work presented in this thesis is to develop a better understanding of the effect of a business process based approach to strategy management. This understanding adopts a business process perspective and extends the design view to integrate financial and operational performance measures by embracing the organisation as the unit of analysis. The work presented in this research, following an in-depth review of literature, developed a set of requirements for a Dynamic Strategy Management Process. These requirements suggest that strategy management is viewed as a business process. The research continued by critically evaluating the existing strategy management frameworks, models, methodologies, tools and techniques, which have been classified according to their scope. This rev iew concluded that although approaches reviewed collectively met all the requirements, individually none of the approaches fulfilled all of these requirements. Hence, to fulfil these requirements, PROPHESY (Process Oriented Performance Headed Strategy) was developed which is documented in detail in a workbook format. PROPHESY process was tested using two alternative approaches: The broad approach was conducted using a structured and close-ended questionnaire as well as holding workshops with a total of forty managers. Narrow approach was conducted through implementation of the PROPHESY in case studies with four manufacturing companies. All feedback from these participants was used as a basis for improving the process. The research concludes with interesting observations on the positive impact of business process based strategy management approach. It also concludes that operations strategy should focus on creating value that is independent for each business unit. This means developing horizontal strategies that have objectives of coordinating business processes and developing objectives that encourage the sharing of resources and skills.
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Turner, Craig Stuart. "The ecosystem approach to environmental management." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.416931.
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Mabbitt, Richard. "Responsive townscape management : a morphological approach." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263993.
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Lee, Chi-yeung. "A visual approach to configuration management." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241728.
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Law, Cho-wa. "Change management : a people-oriented approach /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B18003771.
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So, Yuk-ming Theresa. "A practical approach to portfolio management /." Hong Kong : [University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12316714.
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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Practical Approach to Chronic Pain Management." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6980.
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Blackwelder, Reid B. "Patient-Centered Approach to Pain Management." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6981.
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Smalley, Joseph Allen. "An integrated approach to financial management." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77840.
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The various components of financial structure management are usually discussed in isolation with little concern for the other components. A unified model of financial structure management bridging these components has not yet been developed. This dissertation seeks to establish such an underpinning by combining Miller and Orr's cash management model with contemporary corporate finance theory, and is able to address a wide range of questions while retaining a comprehensible format. I simulate the proposed strategy to show the consequences of implementation, and to provide hypotheses about the behavior of financial variables characterizing the firm as a result of implementing this strategy.Ph. D.
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Martins, Sofia Alexandra Casanova. "ANA, SA: a risk management approach." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10335.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsIn 2007, following a series of sector transformations and wanting to be up to speed on industry best practices, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, SA, the Portuguese airports manager, adopts an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) model. In 2009, with a challenging new regulatory model in sight and the idea of an imminent privatization, the company reassesses and restructures the model. This case study follows this transition process, the implementation of the new ERM model and the intricacies brought by the new regulatory model.
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Geromont, Helena Francine. "Effective fisheries management with few data: A management procedure approach." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8699.
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Includes bibliographical references.Complex stock assessments which typically rely on a comprehensive set of age or length data are traditionally seen as an essential requirement for sound fisheries management. An alternative process less commonly adopted for the provision of reliable on-going management advice is called the Management Procedure (MP) approach. This approach is pro-active and strategic rather than reactive and tactical, and lends itself well to forecasting and long-term fisheries management. This thesis investigates the application of the MP approach to data-poor as well as data-rich stocks. The majority of fish stocks worldwide are not managed using quantitative analysis as there are not sufficient data on which to base a resource assessment. Often these stocks are relatively "low-value", which renders dedicated scientific management too costly, and a generic approach applicable across a range of stocks is therefore desirable. The aim of the first line of analysis in this thesis is to illustrate the design and testing of some very simple "off-the-shelf" management procedures (MPs) that could be applied to groups of data-poor stocks which share similar key characteristics in terms of demographic parameters. For this initial investigation, a selection of empirical MPs is simulation tested over a wide range of Bayes-like operating models (OMs) representing the underlying dynamics of resources classified as "depleted", in order to ascertain how well these different MPs perform. The moderately data-poor MPs (based on an index of abundance such as provided by a survey or reliable CPUE) perform somewhat better than the extremely data-poor ones (based on the mean length of catch data) as would be expected. Nevertheless the very data-poor MPs perform surprisingly well across the wide range of uncertainty considered for key parameters. The second line of analysis in this thesis focuses on high-value data-rich marine resources: which of the two management paradigms is more suitable where sufficient data for annual stock assessments are readily available? This question is addressed through a retrospective study of management performance over the last twenty years for four North Atlantic fish stocks. The actual assessment advice for these stocks was provided on the basis of complex assessment methods making use of age data. The outcomes are compared to what could have been achieved with much simpler MPs based upon age-aggregated survey indices alone. Even for some of these stocks whose assessments exhibit retrospective patterns, these MPs can achieve virtually equivalent catch and risk performance, with much less inter-annual TAC variability, compared to what actually occurred over the past twenty years. Despite the simplicity of the harvest control rules simulation tested in this thesis, these MPs could well provide the basis to develop generic MPs to manage data-poor stocks, ensuring if not optimal, at least relatively stable sustainable future catches. Moreover, these initial results suggest that simple empirical MPs could provide a defensible, simpler and less costly alternative approach to the provision of scientific management advice for high-value data-rich resources. The advantages of adopting a procedural paradigm for fisheries management purposes are highlighted and rationale is offered as to why it may be prudent (better aligned with the precautionary approach) to adopt an MP approach, even in circumstances where reliable data, expertise and financial support are readily available to perform annual assessments.
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Song, Xingqiang. "A Pressure-oriented Approach to Water Management." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-94861.
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Without a comprehensive understanding of anthropogenic pressures on the water environment, it is difficult to develop effective and efficient strategies to support water management in a proactive way. A broader systems perspective and expanded information systems are therefore essential to aid in systematically exploring interlinks between socioeconomic activities and impaired waters at an appropriate scale. This thesis examined the root causes of human-induced water problems, taking the socioeconomic sector into account and using systems thinking and life cycle thinking as the two main methods. The European DPSIR (Drivers-Pressures-State of the Environment-Impacts-Responses) framework was also used as a basis for discussing two kinds of approaches to water management, namely state/impacts-oriented and pressure-oriented. The results indicate that current water management approaches are mainly state/impacts-oriented. The state/impacts-oriented approach is mainly based on observed pollutants in environmental monitoring and/or on biodiversity changes in ecological monitoring. Employing this approach, the main concern is hydrophysical and biogeochemical changes in the water environment and the end result is reactive responses to combat water problems. As a response, a pressure-oriented approach, derived from a DPR (Drivers-Pressures-Responses) model, was developed to aid in alleviating/avoiding human-induced pressures on the water environment. From a principal perspective, this approach could lead to proactive water-centric policy and decision making and the derivation of pressure-oriented information systems. The underlying principle of the DPR approach is that many root causes of human-induced water problems are closely related to anthroposphere metabolism. An industrial ecology (IE) perspective, based on the principle of mass/material balance, was also introduced to trace water flows in the human-oriented water system and to account for emissions/wastes discharged into the natural water system. This IE-based perspective should be used as part of the basis for developing pressure-oriented monitoring and assessing impacts of human-induced pressures on recipient waters. While demonstrating the use of the pressure-oriented approach, two conceptual frameworks were developed, for water quantity and water quality analysis, respectively. These two frameworks could help motivate decision makers to consider water problems in a broader socioeconomic and environment context. Thus they should be the first step in making a broader systems analysis in any given river basin, regarding setting systems boundary and identifying data availability. In this context, a combined hydrological and administrative boundary is suggested to monitor anthropogenic processes and organise socioeconomic activity statistics.QC 20120515
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Ribeiro, Rita. "Integrated distribution management problems: an optimization approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7335.
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Esta tesis explora el problema de la integración de procesos, dentro de la logística y también con otras áreas de la empresa, desde el punto de vista de la planificación estratégica.El primer estudio, explora tres estrategias de distribución: el problema clásico de rutas de vehículos; la estrategia de "master routing", y una estrategia multi-objetivo: minimización de costes y mejoría del servicio al cliente. Una meta-heurística, Búsqueda Local Iterativa, se usa para resolver los modelos y comparar estrategias. El modelo multi-objetivo ofrece varias soluciones no-dominadas que pueden verse como un equilibrio bueno entre perfeccionar el servicio al cliente y reducir costes de transporte.
En el segundo estudio, se desarrollan dos modelos para un sistema de inventario en el que el inventario es manejado por el distribuidor. La conclusión principal es que los modelos de decisión integrados producirán un proceso de decisión global bueno.
El tercer estudio, explora la coordinación de funciones de la logística: Transporte e Inventario. La conclusión principal es de qué podrían obtenerse reducciones del coste cuando se consideran el inventario y el transporte de una manera integrada.
This thesis explores the key issue integrating logistic processes both inside the logistics field and with other areas of the firm, from a strategic planning point of view.
The first study, explores three different distribution strategies: the classical vehicle routing problem; the master route strategy, and the third is a multi-objective strategy: minimizing cost and improving customer service. A meta-heuristic based on Iterated Local Search is used to solve the models and compare the strategies. The main conclusion is that the multi-objective model gives several non-dominated solutions that can be seen as a good balance between optimizing the transportation cost and the customer service.
In the second study, two models for an inventory system in which the distributor manages the inventory at the retailers' location, were developed. The main conclusion of this chapter is that developing integrated decision models will result in a better global decision process.
In the third study, explores the coordination of two logistics planning functions: Transportation and Inventory. The main conclusion was that cost reductions could be obtained when considering inventory and routing in an integrated manner.
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Varma, Sumit. "A non-intrusive approach to information management." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq22413.pdf.
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Solomon, Juan Kevin Quamina. "A NOVEL APPROACH TO GRASS-LEGUME MANAGEMENT." MSSTATE, 2010. http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-03082010-150159/.
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A 2-yr grazing study quantified pasture and animal responses of four forage systems (FS) grazed at two stocking rates (SR; 3 or 6 animals ha-1). Using Marshall‟ annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) and Durana‟ white clover (Trifolium repens L.), FS treatments included spatially separated grass and legumes within the same paddock (SS), monoculture grass (MG), monoculture legume (ML), and a binary grass and legume mixture (MIX). Annual herbage mass (HM) was similar among FS at high SR (1900 kg ha-1), but at low SR, grass plots had greater HM (2900 vs. 2000 kg ha-1) than plots of legume monocultures. Animals on SS (1.12 kg) had greater average daily gain (ADG) than ML (0.97 kg), but neither was different from MG (1.08 kg) or MIX (1.00 kg). Low SR animals had greater ADG than high SR (1.09 vs. 0.99 kg). These results indicate that SS grazing system can improve pasture productivity.
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Jamin, Amanda J. "MailScape -- A visual approach To email management." Worcester, Mass. : Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2007. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/ETD/Available/etd-010607-230351/.
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Schleicher, Ansgar. "Management of development processes : an evolutionary approach /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2002. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/355043564.pdf.
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Mancini, Angelo J. "Dynamic release management| A market intensity approach." Thesis, The University of Chicago, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3725520.
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Release management is the process by which a firm decides how to construct, sequence, and time new releases of its products. Given that it takes time to develop new functionality, release managers must weigh the benefits of adding features to the product against the necessary increase in development time. A prolonged development cycle postpones the time at which the manager's firm begins to extract revenues from the new release, and magnifies the risk that rival firms will preempt the manager's release by issuing products of their own. In this work, we study the release management problem from an operational perspective that accounts for ambient market intensity.
After a brief introduction in Chapter 1, we present a mixed-integer non-linear program (MINLP) formulation of the release management problem developed in collaboration with managers at a large software firm (LSF) in Chapter 2. The MINLP model accounts for market intensity through a modified discount factor, and we focus on the specification, viability, and consequences of this approach to modeling market intensity in Chapter 3. We reformulate the release management problem as a semi-Markov decision process (SMDP), and provide conditions under which there exists a modified discount factor that accurately reflects the impact of market intensity. This modified discount factor depends only on the statistical properties of the market intensity process, and can emerge naturally in a multi-firm equilibrium. In Chapter 4, we examine the methodological foundations of our approach to modeling market intensity, showing that our results extend well-beyond the confines of release management. We summarize our results and comment on further research in Chapter 5.
To our knowledge, this work is the first to study the release management problem from a combinatorial perspective that accounts for market intensity. Our results extend to any setting in which managers must make operational decisions and simultaneously cope with the aggregate market intensity of the manager's industry.
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Diehl, J. W., P. C. Ellsworth, and S. H. Husman. "A Community-wide Approach to Whitefly Management." College of Agriculture, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/209642.
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An extension supported, grower controlled, community pest management group was initiated in the Laveen and Tolleson communities of Arizona with the management of sweetpotato whitefly (SPWF) as its initial focus. The three functions of this group were awareness, communication, and cooperation. Increased awareness and communication of pest management problems and solutions were achieved through regular meetings and newsletters. Community cooperation took the form of a community-based overwintering survey and a sticky trap network. These two cooperative activities served both an educational and a research function. From the overwintering survey and the sticky trap network, growers learned about the overwintering habits and movement dynamics of whiteflies in their area, the limits of sticky traps for SPWF detection, the need for the reduction of SPWF populations before they move onto cotton. and the need for careful infield sampling of SPWF populations.
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Yeo, Helen. "Mycoinsecticides for aphid management : a biorational approach." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2000. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11603/.
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This study considered a novel approach to selecting isolates of Hyphomycete fungi as mycoinsecticides for biological control of aphids in arable crops in the UK. The approach was designed to select isolates which were compatible with both the biotic and abiotic environment. Aphis fabae was chosen as a representative target aphid for bioassays, based on results of preliminary experiments. Eighteen isolates of fungi were screened at a single concentration of 1x 10⁸ conidia ml⁻¹ against apterous adult A. fabae, which were incubated at 23°C. Spray applications were made using an electrostatic rotary atomiser in both laboratory and field experiments. Isolates that originated from aphid hosts were most pathogenic to A. fabae. Four isolates were selected for further studies; ARSEF 2879 (Beauveria bassiana), HRI 1.72 (Verticillium lecanii), Mycotrol strain GHA (B. bassiana) and Z11 (Paecilomyces fumosoroseus). Isolate HRI 1.72 was most virulent to A. fabae in dose-response assays compared to other isolates; at concentrations of 1x 105 conidia ml⁻¹ and above, mortality of aphids due to infection by HRI 1.72 was 100%. Isolates of P. fumosoroseus and V. lecanii were able to grow and germinate better in vitro at low temperatures (10 & 15°C), than isolates of B. bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae. Aphis fabae and Myzus persicae, inoculated with isolate HRI 1.72 and incubated at 10°C, succumbed to infection after a significantly shorter period of time compared to other isolates. Rhopalosiphum padi was most resistant to infection by the four isolates compared to five other species of aphid. Aphis fabae, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Sitobion avenae, Metopolophium dirhodum, R. padi and M. persicae were most susceptible to infection by isolate HRI 1.72. Aphids infected with isolates of V. lecanii often had fungal sporulation on their legs and died attached to leaves on which they were feeding. The isolates Mycotrol strain GHA and ARSEF 2879 were pathogenic to the 7-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata and the generalist parasitoid Praon volucre. The isolates HRI 1.72 and Z11 had very little impact on these natural enemies tested. When aphids of A. fabae were co-inoculated with isolates of Hyphomycete fungi and Erynia neoaphidis, most individuals succumbed to infection with E. neoaphidis. A significant number of aphids died within 24 hours of inoculation and showed no signs of external sporulation. The potential interactions between these natural enemies in the biocontrol of aphids are discussed. The spatial and temporal distribution of aphids and their natural enemies, in field bean and wheat crops, was determined in two field seasons (1997 & 1998). Aphids sampled from the field, after application of Hyphomycete fungi in 1998, mostly succumbed to infection with E. neoaphidis. Epizootics of E. neoaphidis were recorded in both years. Greater numbers of healthy laboratory aphids succumbed to infection with Hyphomycete fungi when they were bioassayed on leaves sampled immediately following spraying (51 - 100%) compared to 24 hours later (8 - 65%). Microclimate recordings showed humidity in both crops was generally >90% overnight and differences were as great as 15% between the top and bottom of crop canopies. Temperature differences were as great as 5-7°C between individual sensors. The implications of using a biorational approach as part of the development of Hyphomycete fungi as mycoinsecticides for the control of aphids is discussed.
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Brownsword, Michael J. "Formalised approach to the management of risk." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2009. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/54845/.
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Taking a pragmatic, systems engineering approach, this thesis identifies a number of fundamental issues that presently arise in risk management, primarily as a result of the overly complex and somewhat outdated approach conventionally taken in process definition and a lack of coherence within the current risk management vocabulary. It is suggested that many recent developments in systems engineering have largely been ignored by the risk management community. The objective of this work is to develop a formalised approach to the management of risk using a model based approach this will enable a fundamental simplification of the risk management process, resulting - amongst other things - in an improved understanding of the associated terminology. An object oriented modelling approach, now widely exploited in systems engineering, has been used to provide an insight into many existing risk management standards considering the approaches they present and terminology used. It has also been used to derive both a set of processes for risk management and a methodology for implementation. Alongside this, a consistent, inter-related terminology as been proposed for use with these processes. The outcome of this work is a formalised but pragmatic approach to risk management including the definition of processes, ontology for risk management and a pragmatic methodology for the application of the processes. This approach has been validated in a number of case studies of varying depth and breadth, covering health & safety, business, project and individual needs, showing that the proposed processes and terminology can be used effectively in different organisations and industries.
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Cakar, Figen. "Business process approach to human resource management." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2004. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21557.
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This research presents the Business Process perspective of HRM and demonstrates gaps in HR field. The research follows a combination of Constructive and Case Study research methodologies and complies with the quality criteria set for this type of research. In this light, the research develops the HRM Business Process Model by defining HRM as a business process. The first version of the model was initially developed following an extensive literature survey. Initial validation of the model involved several companies in the UK through a structured questionnaire. Second version of the model was developed according to the comments and recommendations received from companies. The second version of the model was validated by academics from HR and Business Process fields. The Model represents a hard systems model of HRM process, which is intended to be normative outlining the key activities and information flows. An audit methodology was produced based on the Model. The HRM business process of four companies were audited using the audit methodology. These four in-depth case study companies together with the research leading up to this point led to development of new insights to the HRM theory and practices. The most significant contributions of this research are as follows: Introduced HRM as a business process and classify it as a support process; Demonstrated that, the HRM activities can be modelled as a business process, taking a systems engineering approach. This provides a "Hard Systems" perspective to HRM; Demonstrated that, the Model provides a framework that would facilitate effective deployment of business objectives to HR objectives; HRM is a business process that supports other business processes. However, in practice HRM is not recognised as a cross-functional business process; Companies with no formal HR function seem to have the most complete HR business process where the process is embedded into each function; Impact of HR process / activities are not measured or monitored in an objective explicit manner.
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Wong, Kwok-chuen, and 黃國全. "Mean variance portfolio management : time consistent approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/196026.
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In this thesis, two problems of time consistent mean-variance portfolio selection have been studied: mean-variance asset-liability management with regime switchings and mean-variance optimization with state-dependent risk aversion under short-selling prohibition.
Due to the non-linear expectation term in the mean-variance utility, the usual Tower Property fails to hold, and the corresponding optimal portfolio selection problem becomes time-inconsistent in the sense that it does not admit the Bellman Optimality Principle. Because of this, in this thesis, time-consistent equilibrium solution of two mean-variance optimization problems is established via a game theoretic approach.
In the first part of this thesis, the time consistent solution of the mean-variance asset-liability management is sought for. By using the extended Hamilton-Jacobi- Bellman equation for equilibrium solution, equilibrium feedback control of this MVALM and the corresponding equilibrium value function can be obtained. The equilibrium control is found to be affine in liability. Hence, the time consistent equilibrium control of this problem is state dependent in the sense that it depends on the uncontrollable liability process, which is in substantial contrast with the time consistent solution of the simple classical mean-variance problem in Björk and Murgoci (2010), in which it was independent of the state.
In the second part of this thesis, the time consistent equilibrium strategies for the mean-variance portfolio selection with state dependent risk aversion under short-selling prohibition is studied in both a discrete and a continuous time set- tings. The motivation that urges us to study this problem is the recent work in Björk et al. (2012) that considered the mean-variance problem with state dependent risk aversion in the sense that the risk aversion is inversely proportional to the current wealth. There is no short-selling restriction in their problem and the corresponding time consistent control was shown to be linear in wealth. However, we discovered that the counterpart of their continuous time equilibrium control in the discrete time framework behaves unsatisfactory, in the sense that the corresponding “optimal” wealth process can take negative values. This negativity in wealth will change the investor into a risk seeker which results in an unbounded value function that is economically unsound. Therefore, the discretized version of the problem in Bjork et al. (2012) might yield solutions with bankruptcy possibility. Furthermore, such “bankruptcy” solution can converge to the solution in continuous counterpart as Björk et al. (2012). This means that the negative risk aversion drawback could appear in implementing the solution in Björk et al. (2012) discretely in practice. This drawback urges us to prohibit short-selling in order to eliminate the chance of getting non-positive wealth. Using backward induction, the equilibrium control in discrete time setting is explicit solvable and is shown to be linear in wealth. An application of the extended Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation leads us to conclude that the continuous time equilibrium control is also linear in wealth. Also, the investment to wealth ratio would satisfy an integral equation which is uniquely solvable. The discrete time equilibrium controls are shown to converge to that in continuous time setting.published_or_final_version
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Benjamin, Nicolas James. "A systematic approach to enterprise risk management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96939.
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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the current economic climate where credit crises, fluctuating commodity prices, poor governance, rising unemployment and declining consumer spending exist, risk management is of utmost importance. Proclaiming the existence of a risk management strategy is not enough to ensure that an enterprise achieves its objectives. The implementation of a holistic enterprise-wide risk management framework is required in order to execute strategies and achieve objectives effectively and efficiently Two types of risk management have emerged in industry, namely quantitative and qualitative risk management. On the one hand, qualitative analysis of risk can be done quickly and with minimal effort. However, these methods rely on the opinion of an individual or group of individuals to analyse the risks. The process may be highly subjective and does not fully consider the characteristics of the enterprise. This renders qualitative risk analysis as an ineffective singular strategy although it has been shown to be effective when the risks are well understood. Quantitative analysis, on the other hand, is particularly effective when the risks are not well understood. These methods have been shown to provide substantially more information regarding risks compared to qualitative analysis. However, many quantitative risk management methods presented in literature are studied in isolation and not within the context of a holistic risk management process. Furthermore, quantitative methods tend to be complex in nature and require a reasonable understanding of mathematical and statistical concepts in order to be used effectively. In view of this, there is a need for an enterprise risk management framework that emphasises the use of qualitative methods when the risks are well understood and quantitative methods when in-depth analyses of the risks are required. In this study, a systematic enterprise-wide risk management framework that incorporates both quantitative and qualitative methods was developed. The framework integrates these methods in a logical and holistic manner. The quantitative methods were found be to be largely practical while the qualitative methods presented are simple and easy to understand.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die huidige ekonomiese klimaat waar krediet krisisse, wisselende kommoditeitspryse, swak bestuur, stygende werkloosheid en dalende verbruikersbesteding bestaan, is risikobestuur van die uiterste belang. Die verkondiging van die bestaan van 'n risiko bestuurstrategie is nie genoeg om te verseker dat 'n onderneming sy doelwitte bereik nie. Die implementering van 'n holistiese ondernemings- breë risikobestuursraamwerk is nodig om strategieë en doelwitte doeltreffend en effektief te bereik. Twee tipe risikobestuur het na vore gekom in die bedryf, naamlik kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe risikobestuur. Aan die een kant , kan kwalitatiewe ontleding van risiko vinnig en met minimale inspanning gedoen word. Hierdie metode is gewoontlik die mening van 'n individu of 'n groep individue wat die risiko ontleed. Die proses kan hoogs subjektief wees en nie ten volle die eienskappe van die onderneming in ag neem nie. Kwalitatiewe risiko-analise kan dan gesien word as 'n ondoeltreffende enkelvoud strategie maar dit is wel doeltreffend wanneer daar verstaan word wat die onderneming se risiko is. Kwantitatiewe analise, aan die ander kant, is veral effektief wanneer die risiko's nie goed verstaanbaar is nie. Hierdie metode het getoon dat daar aansienlik meer inligting oor die risiko's, in vergelyking met kwalitatiewe ontleding, verskaf word. Daar is egter baie kwantitatiewe risikobestuur metodes wat in literatuur verskaf word, wat in isolasie bestudeer word en nie binne die konteks van 'n holistiese risikobestuur proses nie. Verder is, kwantitatiewe metodes geneig om kompleks van aard te wees en vereis 'n redelike begrip van wiskundige en statistiese konsepte sodat kwantitatiewe analise effektief kan wees. In lig hiervan, is daar 'n sterk behoefte vir 'n onderneming om 'n risikobestuursraamwerk in plek te het. Die risikobestuursraamwerk sal beide die gebruik van kwalitatiewe metodes, wanneer die risiko goed verstaan word, en kwantitatiewe metodes, wanneer daar in diepte-ontledings van die risiko is, beklemtoon. In hierdie studie was 'n sistematiese onderneming-breë risikobestuursraamwerk ontwikkel wat beide kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe metodes insluit. Die raamwerk integreer hierdie metodes in 'n logiese en holistiese wyse. Die kwantitatiewe metodes is gevind om grootliks prakties te wees, terwyl die kwalitatiewe metodes wat aangebied word, eenvoudig en maklik is om te verstaan.
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Bryan, M. G. "An approach framework for Product Data Management." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.480648.
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Wilson, Kevin. "An interaction approach to key account management." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363915.
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Burton, Martin Anthony. "A simulation approach to irrigation water management." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357297.
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AZEVEDO, THAIS CRISTINA CHAGAS S. "BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT: A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2016. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=33395@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICO
A Gestão de Processos de Negócios (em inglês, Business Process Management – BPM) tem obtido uma importância significativa tanto para os acadêmicos quanto para os participantes no mundo industrial. Contudo, um maior número de pesquisas empíricas se faz necessário para preencher uma lacuna existente na literatura acadêmica, especialmente no que diz respeito em como as organizações estão desenvolvendo as tarefas relacionadas à gestão de seus processos, como estão identificando as barreiras enfrentadas nesta gestão e os principais facilitadores usados para superar tais barreiras. Neste contexto, este estudo apresenta os achados empíricos e as lições aprendidas em uma pesquisa-ação sobre a evolução da gestão dos processos logísticos de uma multinacional do ramo de entretenimento que teve duração de aproximadamente dois anos e meio. O estudo contou com a participação de membros da academia, profissionais da organização e consultores externos. A partir da literatura em BPM, foram estudados diversos ciclos de vida da gestão de processos de negócios propostos por distintos autores e um modelo conceitual é proposto para orientar o desenvolvimento das tarefas realizadas na gestão de processos. Diferentes fatores críticos são analisados e discutidos nesta tese de Mestrado a partir da abordagem de ciclo de vida escolhida para a gestão dos processos logísticos da companhia com foco nas dimensões organizacionais, de recursos humanos e da tecnologia da informação da organização, resultando em contribuições tanto para acadêmicos quanto para os profissionais no mercado.
Business process management (BPM) has obtained significant importance for both academics and practitioners. However, the academic literature needs additional empirical researches to fulfill research-practice gaps, especially on how organizations are developing BPM tasks, identifying the barriers faced and main enablers adopted. Within this context, this paper presents the empirical findings and lessons learnt from an action research on the evolution of the logistics processes management for a multinational entertainment company. Different critical factors are analyzed and discussed within the Master Thesis regarding the entire BPM development from a life cycle approach, focusing in the organizational, people and IT dimensions, resulting in contributions for both academics and practitioners.
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Steinbach, Carl W. (Carl William) 1980. "A reinforcement-learning approach to power management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87834.
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Blok, Paige Mahler. "A multi-axis approach to complexity management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117982.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2018.Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2018.
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A high degree of complexity exists in the product, processes, organization and supply chain at HIGHVOLT Prüftechnik GmbH, subsidiary of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen. The current state complexity results from unique market dynamics, the highly technical nature of the solutions offered and customer demands for vast customization. Paramount strategic goals of the company are to reduce delivery time, decrease cost and mitigate risk. The focus of this project is to achieve these strategic goals through complexity management. We hypothesize that by beginning at a high-level collection of process, product and organizational complexity information, we can achieve a highly effective method for managing the complexity in the system. This project uses two primary diagnostic analysis techniques: thorough core process flow mapping and pain-point data collection from critical stakeholders. Synthesis of the process flow mapping and pain-point data reveals high complexity challenge areas. Specific problematic components and subsystems are also illuminated and subsequently evaluated for management, including modularization feasibility investigation and supply chain analysis. A case study is conducted on high-voltage capacitors, which were revealed by the investigatory process as a critical complexity and risk driver. This study validates the methodology and provides actionable recommendations to executive leadership, enabling progress towards strategic goals. These recommendations include employing a modularization strategy to a portion of the product portfolio in order to influence supply chain dynamics to increase HIGHVOLT's influence and autonomy. Results of this project include identification of thirteen critical high-impact areas with recommendations for further action. Specific high-risk drivers are also highlighted; particularly, reliance upon single-source suppliers. A deep investigation to alleviate the single source supply issue for high-voltage capacitors results in a novel technical solution that increases modularization to reduce variants in the product portfolio while maintaining essential flexibility and improving HIGHVOLT's supply chain dynamics.
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Sveinsson, Thorarinn. "An integrative dynamics approach to project management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36527.
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D'Huart, Olivier (Olivier Edouard Marie). "A competitive approach to airline revenue management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60708.
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Thesis (S.M. in Transportation)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2010.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
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Since the 1980s, the airline industry has seen two major changes: Deregulation, which led to an increase in competition, and the development of revenue management systems. Paradoxically the revenue management models used have not incorporated many competitive considerations. In this thesis we study the interactions between existing airline revenue management systems in competitive markets. We use the Passenger Origin Destination Simulator (PODS) for simulations. After a review of the past research on such interactions, we develop our own model and use simulations to identify and measure the extent to which revenue management systems of competing airlines affect each other. The model introduced highlights the importance of spill-of-demand between airlines. We show that with current revenue management practice, a legacy carrier should be less sensitive than a low-cost carrier to revenue management competitive interactions. As compared to an equivalent monopoly, an airline oligopoly tends to allocate more seats to high-fare passengers and fewer seats to low-fare passengers. With steady demand distributions, an airline's expected revenues are a decreasing function of the seat capacity allocated by its competitors to high-fare passengers. Existing revenue management systems react to competitor moves automatically only if a change in the seat allocation rule by an airline occurs over a large enough number of successive departures to be detected by forecasters. We then suggest how to improve revenue management based on the interactions identified. With steady demands, if a competitor increases (respectively decreases) its seat allocation for high-fare passengers, the best response to optimize revenues on the short-term is to decrease (respectively increase) seat allocation for high-fare passengers. We also show that the use of EMSRb-optimization by competitors results in a near-optimum competitive equilibrium, and a near-optimum cooperative equilibrium if airlines do not share revenues. Rarely can competitive interactions justify an airline to override the EMSRb seat-allocation rule to optimize revenues. Last, we introduce LOCO-based Forecast Multiplication, a heuristic forecast adjustment made in response to the current seat availability of the competitors that can increase an airline's revenues substantially.
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O'Neill, Seth. "A biomechanical approach to Achilles tendinopathy management." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/40134.
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Achilles tendinopathy (AT) is a debilitating condition affecting active and inactive subjects. The aetiology of AT is contentious but most theoretical models are underpinned by the same core elements: increased tendon stress that exceeds the ability of the tendon to repair, eventually leading to tissue degradation. Proposed risk factors affect tissue load or the ability of the tendon to repair, unfortunately many proposed risk factors lack biological plausibility. This thesis reports a mixed methods approach to analyse risk factors for AT development. A Delphi study (using world tendon experts) was used to develop a consensus on risk factors for AT which were then used in an epidemiological study of UK runners – a high risk group for tendinopathy who have not previously been examined. Plantarflexor strength was identified as a potential contributor in AT development and this led to the development of a theory on why current treatment modalities work. This was further examined using a systematic review to determine whether changes occur in the muscle or tendon with the most common rehabilitation method (eccentric exercise). This review highlighted evidence for changes in plantaflexor power, amongst other factors. These findings were used to inform two studies examining how plantarflexor power was affected by AT and ultimately how rehabilitation altered these elements. The thesis reports multiple novel findings related to risk factors, the mechanism by which eccentric exercise may work, the effect of AT on plantarflexor function and how rehabilitation affects these deficits. The experimental studies contained in this thesis are some of the largest studies in the area, these studies identify significant torque and endurance deficits of the plantarflexors highlighting that Soleus appears to be most affected, whilst the later study reported how an eccentric rehabilitation regime improved these deficits but failed to fully resolve them. This offers an important clinical target but also highlights that rehabilitation needs to be for a longer duration with further modifications to resolve these identified plantarflexor deficits.
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Teklitz, Allen. "Reliability Approach to Risk Management in Watersheds." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1460729370.
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Reeb, Bryan P. Reeb. "A Systems Approach to Conyza canadensis Management." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523880629100269.
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Lozano, Sacha. "An Ecological Design Approach to Wastewater Management." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2008. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/141.
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Global water depletion and unsustainable food production systems represent two iconic crises of our time. These two crises have important themes in common, referring to basic human needs and the way we interact with landscapes in order to satisfy them. But they are also closely related to the way we produce and dispose wastes in our current societal organization. Insufficient, or inadequate, sanitation and waste management practices continue to undermine not only human well-being, but the entire planet’s ecological integrity, on which humans depend. An ecological design approach to manage human waste invites to learn how to participate more harmoniously within the planet’s recycling of matter, using renewable energy sources and mimicking nature’s low entropic states to maintain the life-support systems that we and our economies are part of. This thesis is an in-depth exploration of such an approach, and an attempt to integrate several elements from ecology, engineering, economics, and community development, around issues of water quality, sanitation and waste management in Latin America. As a whole, the thesis explores how can this transdisciplinary approach translate into coherent, feasible, and concrete action, providing appropriate solutions for sanitation, in ways that are effective and viable on a long term, for Latin American rural communities. Three different papers address different dimensions of the problem, focusing on domestic wastewater and human excreta, as a type of waste of major importance to ecological integrity, public health and economic development. Two of the papers are case studies, carried out at two different rural communities in South West Colombia; one of them focuses on technological and ecological aspects, and the other focuses on social and economic considerations, for a multifunctional-ecological waste management. In the first paper I present an overview of the sanitation problem in Latin America, and the opportunities and challenges of managing waste with an ecological and multifunctional perspective. More specifically, this papers attempts to provide a sound conceptual framework for managing wastewater (sewage) as a valuable resource, in a way that: 1) is affordable –or even profitable– by small communities in developing countries; 2) is safe to the environment and to public health; and 3) provides opportunities for recycling nutrients and organic matter (available in wastewaters), to restore and protect water and soil resources, while enhancing rural livelihoods in tropical agroecosystems. The second paper evaluates the performance and feasibility of an experimental, solar-energy-based, wetland mesocosm, as a complementary aerobic unit to enhance anaerobic wastewater treatment, in a rural locality of the Cauca Valley in Colombia. In the third paper I explore the integration between ecological design and community-based solutions to sanitation, and discuss opportunities and challenges of implementing ecological waste management in the particular bioregional and socioeconomic context of a proposed ecological-low-income co-housing project, in another rural community of Colombia. In doing this, several arguments are presented to support the idea that assuming the responsibility of managing its own waste can be a powerful and transformative experience for a community to fundamentally change its perspective and understanding of its place within the planet. Furthermore, managing waste can be an integrative force linking economic, social and environmental considerations, and favoring human-scale development, genuine progress, and self-reliance in a community. In its broadest level my research aims at reviewing and questioning the very notion of “waste” and the articulation between humans, nature, and technology within that context.
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Black, Derrick Davidson. "Management of safety - a systems engineering approach." Thesis, Ulster University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.490744.
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In delivering Safety in systems it is not only essential to ensure that each part of the system is safe but that account is taken of the interrelationship between the components of the system and the relationship with its environment. When viewed from a System Engineering perspective safety is often "pigeon-holed" into non-functional aspects, while, when viewed from the standpoint of Engineering Management it is considered in terms of organisational culture. In reality, both views must be considered.
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Culhane, Michèle. "An ecosystem management approach to fire management in Terra Nova National Park." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ47445.pdf.
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