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Lambert, Susan. "Managing lives, managing budgets : images of affordability." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364647.
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Lee, Garrett J. (Garrett James), and Chang Zen-Lee M. "Supply chain disruptions : managing risks vs. managing crises." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40096.
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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2007.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-76).
This thesis looks at two back-to-back disruptive supply chain events, one due to a sole-supplier's bankruptcy and the other caused by Hurricane Rita, that occurred at a specialty chemical company, and uses these examples to demonstrate how managing crises is more costly than managing risks. In examining the events surrounding the sole-supplier bankruptcy, managing a crisis cost this specialty chemical company 45% more money than managing a risk. Through the findings of these two disruptive events, a framework, the Eye of Providence, is created to manage supply chain risks. First, an organization must determine how developed its risk-management protocol is. Next, by studying past disruptive events and determining the key impact factors, an organization could calculate and learn about the opportunity cost of managing crisis. Then, by continuously evaluating its suppliers and rigorously applying those key impact factors to the analysis of its supply chain practice, an organization could evaluate and identify its current vulnerabilities.
(cont.) Finally, by proactively monitoring event-based warning signals, or disruption indicators, an organization could assess its potential supply chain risks, and plan accordingly. Whether a company is low on the risk-maturity level or has already integrated risk management into its corporate culture, the process developed in this thesis serves as a versatile tool that can help businesses structure a more dynamic, resilient supply chain.
by Garrett J. Lee [and] Zen-Lee M. Chang.
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Kumpulainen, Taru. "Managing ServerHotel." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Datateknik, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-2355.
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This graduate study was assigned by Unisys Oy Ab. The purpose of this study was to find tools to monitor and manage servers and objects in a hosting environment and to remotely connect to the managed objects. Better solutions for promised services were also researched. Unisys provides a ServerHotel service to other businesses which do not have time or resources to manage their own network, servers or applications. Contracts are based on a Service Level Agreement where service level is agreed upon according to the customer's needs. These needs have created a demand for management tools. Unisys wanted to find the most appropriate tools for its hosting environment to fulfill the agreed service level with reasonable costs. The theory consists of literary research focusing on general agreements used in the Finnish IT business, different types of monitoring and management tools and the common protocols used inthem. The theory focuses mainly on the central elements of the above mentioned topics and on their positive and negative features. The second part of the study focuses on general hosting agreements and what management tools Unisys has selected for hosting and why. It also gives a more detailed account of the hosting environment and its features in more detail. Because of the results of the study Unisys decided to use Servers Alive to monitor network and MS applications’ services. Cacti was chosen to monitor disk spaces, which gives us an idea of future disk growth. For remote connections the Microsoft’s Remote Desktop tool was the mostappropriate when the connection was tunneled through Secure Shell (SSH). Finding proper tools for the intended purposes with cost-conscious financial resources proved challenging. This study showed that if required, it is possible to build a professional hosting environment.
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Mariotti, Humberto, and Cristina Zauhy. "Managing Complexity." Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2014.
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This article is a brief introduction to complexity, complex thinking and complexitymanagement. Its purpose is to present an update on the applications of the complexitysciences particularly to the universe of corporations and management. It includes anexample taken from the globalized world and two more stories from the corporateenvironment. Some details on how to think about complexity and how to apply theconceptual and operative tools of complex thinking are provided. The article ends withsome remarks on personal, interpersonal and corporate benefits of the complexthinking.
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Dang, Jolyn. "Managing Expatriates in Asia US MNEs managing expatriates in China /." St. Gallen, 2004. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/01649482001/$FILE/01649482001.pdf.
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Löffler, Karin. "Managing technological limits /." Zürich : ETH, 2008. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=17876.
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Karevoll, Njål. "Managing Index Repartitioning." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for datateknikk og informasjonsvitenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-13491.
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Careful architectural decisions are required in order to create a highly available and scalable search system. This requires an in-depth analysis and understanding of the architecture and context of each deployment. Different requirements placed upon the system by different deployments mean different solutions provide the best case by case result, thus benchmarks provide an invaluable source of information.This thesis provides an overview of common components and important aspects of a distributed search system. It then gives an overview of different partitioning techniques before going into the details of repartitioning and rebalancing in a document-partitioned full-text search system.A processing framework that draws inspiration from flow-based programming literature is introduced, which is shown a valuable tool in creating custom tailored search solutions. The implementation is used to benchmark different repartitioning and rebalancing strategies.In conclusion, the techniques mentioned in the thesis show great promise in creating custom, maintainable and flexible partitions. The processing framework enables each specific deployment to easily compare different partitioning schemes and associated manageability and maintenance costs to determine the best fit for any given situation.
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Yariv, Eliezer. "Managing challenging teachers." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31020.
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Teachers' poor performance is estimated to prevail among 5-10 percent of the teaching force. Despite its damage to pupils and to schools' reputation it has been rarely studied. Two major empirical works (Bridges, 1986,1992 Wragg et al., 1999) described its antecedents and administrators' response. The current study examines, within the Israeli context, who are the poor perforating (referred as 'challenging') teachers How principals cope with their shortcomings and what is the hidden emotional dynamics within that dyad The theoretical framework follows the three-component model of attitude (Rosenberg & Ho viand, 1960 Eagly & Chaiken, 1998), which analyzes the findings according to its cognitive, behavior and affective components. The sample includes all the principals and 131 teachers who were working in 40 elementary schools in northern Israel In addition to a semi-structured interview with each principal, they also completed two questionnaires, one about a challenging teacher and one about an outstanding teacher. Having those two teachers and two additional teachers (marginal + outstanding) who filled similar questionnaires triangulated that information. Over seven percent of the teachers were identified as challenging, mostly these were veteran teachers who manifested either insensitiveness toward pupils or had low motivation- Relatively more of these teachers taught in deprived schools with inexperienced principals. The reasons for their difficulties were generally poor fit between personal characteristics and job demands. Half faced major life event changes, which deteriorated their performance. The principals of these teachers presented highly nurturing management style with little demanding of individual teachers. They evaluated the challenging teachers as performing below average they were emotionally ambivalent toward them and reduced support and increased their demands, in comparison to the outstanding teachers. Principals tended not to plan in advance, and coped with teachers' shortcomings more by overlooking and using soft measures than taking organizational measures and sanctions. Escalating the conflict damaged the principals-teacher relations and prevented finding a solution, while a planned and focused intervention, which included colleague teachers' assistance proved to be highly effective.
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Missaoui, Jonas, and Christopher Löfstrand. "Managing Management Consulting." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-194119.
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The management consulting industry is growing. The industryis also described as being exposed to increased pressure fromthe environment. An interesting question is then how resourcesare managed in management consulting firms in order tosustain competitive advantage. The purpose with this thesis isto investigate how firms in the management consulting industrymanage their resources through the lens of the resourcemanagement framework and if there are any signs of change.Through a multiple case study of the processes in two largemanagement consulting firms, the activity (i.e. the use ofresources) perceived as important for the leveraging ofcompetitive advantage is studied. The findings suggest thatcustomers have a much more central part in the resourcemanagement process than depicted in the resourcemanagement framework. The clearest signs of change refer tothe development of new career paths and an increased globalintegration of competencies.
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Middleton, Nigel Peter Jon. "Managing software quality." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286299.
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Gotzsch, Josiena. "Managing product expression." Thesis, Brunel University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274889.
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Hild, Stefan Georg. "Managing mobile connections." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.624731.
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彭遠輝 and Yuen-fai Alson Pang. "Managing aircraft noise." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31255280.
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Oozeer, Muhammad Currim. "Managing eurobond portfolios." Thesis, University of Reading, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265627.
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Nuffort, Matthew R. (Matthew Richard) 1975. "Managing subsystem commonality." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82196.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, February, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209).
by Matthew R. Nuffort.
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Holzbaur, Ulrich D. "Managing product development." Journal for New Generation Sciences, Vol 2, Issue 1: Central University of Technology, Free State, Bloemfontein, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/450.
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Published ArticleAny economy is based on the production and consumption of material or immaterial goods. Development is the process that creates a concise concept of a product. To develop good products within a given frame of time and resources is one of the most challenging and most important tasks within an economy. We state the common features within development project management for several different kinds of products. Most general issues are the model transformation and decision making process at phase transitions.
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Pesciotta, Eric. "Managing Instrumentation Networks." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606157.
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ITC/USA 2008 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Fourth Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 27-30, 2008 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CaliforniaAs traditional data acquisition systems give way to network-based data acquisition systems a new approach to instrumentation configuration, management and analysis is required. Today, most flight test programs are supported by traditional instrumentation systems and software. Pockets of network-based systems exist but are typically entirely new, closed systems. Relatively soon, test articles will emerge with a mixture of equipment. The merger of traditional and networked instrumentation is inevitable. Bridging the gap in software tools is a non-trivial task. Network-based data acquisition systems provide expanded flexibility and capabilities well beyond traditional systems. Yet pre-existing equipment requires traditional configuration and analysis tools. Traditional flight test software alone cannot fully exploit the added benefits gained from such mergers. The need exists for a new type of flight test software that handles existing instrumentation while also providing additional features to manage a network of devices. Network management is new to flight test software but a thoughtful implementation can facilitate easy transition to these modern systems. This paper explores the technologies required to satisfy traditional system configuration as well as the less understood aspects of network management and analysis. Examples of software that meet or exceed these requirements are provided.
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Hernández, Rivas Cecilia Paola. "Managing massive graphs." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2014. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/131839.
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Doctora en Ciencias, Mención ComputaciónCon la popularidad de la Web y, mas recientemente, el amplio uso de las redes sociales, la necesidad de procesar y encontrar información en grafos muy grandes impone varios desafíos: Cómo procesar grafos muy grandes e cientemente, dado que probablemente son muy grandes para la memoria disponible, o incluso si la memoria es su ciente, realizar un paso sobre el grafo es todavía caro computacionalmente? Cómo almacenar esos grafos e cientemente, para ser archivados, o para ejecutar algoritmos de grafos? Cómo descubrir información relevante tal como componentes densos, comunidades, u otras estructuras? Se han propuesto tres enfoques para manejar grafos grandes. El primero es usar formatos de grafos comprimidos que permiten consultas de navegación básicas directamentee sobre la estructura comprimida, sin la necesidad de descompresión. Esto permite simular cualquier algoritmo de grafo en memoria principal usando mucho menos espacio que la representación plana. Una segunda línea de investigación se focaliza en usar modelos de stream o semi- stream de datos de manera de procesar secuencialmente, idealmente en un paso sobre el disco, usando una cantidad limitada de memoria principal. La tercera línea es el uso de sistemas distribuidos y paralelos donde la memoria es agregada sobre múltiples unidades de procesamiento para procesar el grafo en paralelo. En esta tesis presentamos varios enfoques para manejar grafos grandes (con arcos sin etiquetas) considerando los tres enfoques. Primero, buscamos por patrones que aparecen en grafos de la Web y redes sociales los que podemos representar en forma compacta, en particular mostramos como generalizar algoritmos para encontrar cliques o bicliques para encontrar sub-estructuras densas que comprimen ambas. Segundo, basado en estos subgrafos densos, proponemos esquemas comprimidos que soportan consultas de vecinos directos y reversos, así como otras consultas mas complejas sobre subgrafos densos. Algunas de las contribuciones combinan técnicas del estado del arte mientras otras incluyen representaciones comprimidas novedosas basadas en estructuras de datos compactas. Encontrar subgrafos densos es una tarea que consume tiempo y espacio, así que proporcionamos algoritmos de streaming and algoritmos de memoria externa para descubrir subgrafos densos, asi como también algoritmos distribuidos para construir las estructuras básicas que usamos para las representaciones comprimidas.
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Thorne, David. "Managing for performance." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5463.
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Includes bibliographical references.Provisional Liquidation? The results depict a perspective of the utilisation of a performance management approach to managing people in a very uncertain environment as well as the learning that took place, and also provides a review of the context in which the research methodology, which in this case was Action Research, was firstly chosen and then utilised. The format of the work was done in an Action Research format due to the ongoing nature of the work that was being done as well as the involvement of the researcher as a participant in the work. The research took place through a number of learning cycles, which were mapped out relative to a model of management; to show the reflection and inquiry that took take place. The chapters are designed to generate a greater understanding of the key concepts being used in the thesis. The Introduction paints the background to the thesis, the Methodology explains the philosophy behind the research project, Systems Thinking describes a few of the tools used in interpreting the situation, Models of Performance Management takes us through the established bodry of knowledge, Action Research Learning details some of the cycles of action followed by learning that takes place, Creating a Model of Performance Management attempts to synthesize the learning in such a way that the body of knowledge about Performance Management is enriched, and lastly the Conclusion summarises the paper and provides some implications.
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Tian, Jie. "Managing dynamic relationships." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0013774.
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Pang, Yuen-fai Alson. "Managing aircraft noise /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2543598x.
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Warnick, Lindsay. "Stage managing Seed." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2018. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/6334.
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Seed, written by Scott Bradley and directed by Patrick Du Laney, is a play that was written to explore the legacy of suicide in the Midwest Region and its specific correlation to the disappearance of the family farm. The University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts selected Seed to appear as a part of the annual Iowa New Play Festival in May of 2017.
This thesis examines the specific challenges faced during the production process as relates to the production as a whole and those faced from the stage management perspective. This was an influential production to the stage manager, Lindsay Warnick, so connections between these challenges are looked at in two ways: how they played a role in Lindsay’s development as a stage manager and her growth as an individual.
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Winter, Mark C. "Management, managing & managing projects : towards an extended soft system methodology." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275436.
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Robertson, Kate. "Factors influencing the successful transition from managing self to managing others." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79649.
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The literature shows that one of the biggest transitions in career growth is the step-up from managing self to managing others. The difficulty of this complex transition is attributed to the complexity of managing others, of learning new skills, and understanding the need to invest one’s efforts in managing others rather than their personal deliverables. The transition affects and is affected by a range of stakeholders. The experience of going through this transition is under-reported in the literature.
This research aimed to understand the challenges faced and the factors influencing a positive transition through the experiences of recently appointed first-time managers. A qualitative study comprised of 13 semi-structured in-depth interviews with first-time managers who had recently gone through this transition. The analysis identified commonalities, themes and key insights that can assist individuals and organisations in finding ways to positively influence the transition.
The results indicate the multiplicity of factors that influence this transition. The first-time manager learns best by doing but needs individual support from their line manager. The outcome from this research offers a model that illustrates how both individuals and organisations can overcome the hurdles and challenges faced when transiting from managing self to managing others.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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Sarchet, Christopher. "Managing in the middle, the practice of managing change in English Universities." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/134952.
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Higher Education Institutions are worth £45 billion to the UK economy, according to a report published in 2006 by Universities UK (UUK), the representative organization of the United Kingdom’s universities. The higher education sector has undergone considerable change with the introduction of the marketplace, tuition fees and business management structures and methods. Managing change as a middle manager is acknowledged to be important activity (see for example, Beer, Eisenstat and Spector, 1990) and yet there is a limited amount of empirically research that has been conducted to discover how change is managed in the higher education sector in England by these staff. This study explores the perceptions of higher education managers about their role in managing change in the higher education sector. It is an exploratory study based on thirty-one interviews with managers in nine universities from across the higher education sector in England. The universities were chosen to ensure there was a representative sample from the main groups within the sector and a geographical spread across the country’s regions. The literature review found a wide range of contrasting viewpoints that provided a myriad of support and confusing messages. There was a lack of information about how higher education managers manage and, in particular, how they manage change. Managers, and those who seek to help them, face challenges in seeking and providing guidance and improving practice. The middle manager has to manage change and use a variety of means to achieve it. They are caught in the middle between senior managers and staff and other stakeholders. They have primarily learned from experience but need support and guidance when they come across change projects of which they have no knowledge. This can be provided by access to case based practice and a network of experienced experts. This research recommends the creation of such support using new media available via the internet provided through professional associations such as the Association of University Administrators (AUA).
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Vong, Tze Ngai. "Managing human resource development." Thesis, University of Macau, 2000. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1636787.
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Anderson, Phil. "Managing safety at sea." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2003. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/2657/.
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Commercial shipping is very old – certainly there is evidence of trading ships existing more than 2500 years before the Christian era. To a very large extent the shipping industry has been self-regulating throughout this very long history. Traditionally ships would be subject to the laws, rules and regulations of the flag state to which they belonged. They would also be obliged to comply with the local laws of the countries they visited. During the period from the early 17th century to the latter part of the 20th century it was quite true that ‘Britannia ruled the waves’. The Merchant fleet of Great Britain dominated international trade – along with the fleets of other colonial powers such as France, Holland, Spain and Portugal. The merchant marine was a vital factor in the development of international trade, the expansion of the Empire and the prosperity of the nation – as well as a number of individual businessmen. Anyone who had sufficient funds could purchase a vessel and enter the business of shipping. Britain became a centre for the development of maritime law and marine insurance and since it was so influential in international trade it was very much the British Rules that applied internationally. The ships were often armed with cannons and carried marines – they were run very much along the disciplined lines of the Royal Navy. Against this background the Shipowners were allowed to run their companies with little supervision by the government – provided they obeyed the law. International maritime conventions started to be developed during the late 19th century and early 20th century. However it was not until the years following the Second World War, with the formation of the United Nations that formally agreed sets of rules and regulations started to appear which would be recognised and complied with by all signatory nations. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982 (UNCLOS) establishes the general rights and obligations of the flag State. Within the United Nations two specialised agencies deal with maritime affairs; the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and they have a responsibility for devising and developing conventions and guidelines under which ships can be regulated. In general, matters concerning safety at sea, pollution prevention and training of seafarers are dealt with by IMO, whereas the ILO deals with matters concerning working and living conditions at sea. While IMO and ILO set the international regulatory framework for ships, each member State bears the responsibility for enforcing the international conventions it has ratified on the ships flying its flag. However, the industry was still allowed to regulate itself within the confines of these conventions once ratified by their flag states as well as other elements of the domestic law of that country. Up until the period following the Second World War almost all merchant ships would fly their own national flag. However, led by the United States, an increasing number of Shipowners re-registered their ships and their companies in countries where their application of rules and regulations were a little more relaxed or provided tax advantages – these were the so called Flags of Convenience (FOC’s) or Open Registries. From inception the FOC’s were perceived by many as an opportunity to lower the very high, but costly, standards that had been maintained on board the national flag fleets. Even so, during those post war years there were fleets to rebuild and trades to reestablish which meant that the merchant ships were fully employed in helping to bring the world back to normality. In the late 1960’s, when I first went to sea, a 15,000 ton general cargo ship would typically have a complement of 65 officers and crew on board. Most officers, if not crew members, would be on long term company contracts and it was not at all unusual for a seafarer to remain with the same family shipping company for his entire career. The loyalty, which was reciprocal as between employer and employee, was very strong – the ships were well run with good, well-qualified and motivated seafarers. However, by the late 1980’s and into the 1990’s the industry was changing almost beyond recognition. During this period there seemed to be an explosion of accidents that manifested themselves in a measurable sense as marine insurance claims. Insurance premiums rose between 200 and 400% during a three-year period – reflecting the enormity of the problem. A number of very high profile incidents appeared on the front pages of the national press and headline news on T.V. – in 1987 the cross channel ferry ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ turned on her side in the harbour entrance of Zeebrugge in Belgium with 190 people killed; in 1989 the dredger ‘Bow Bell’ collided with and sank the river boat ‘Marchioness’ on the River Themes which resulted in 51 deaths; in the same year the super-tanker ‘Exxon Valdez’ ran onto rocks in Alaska spilling many thousands of tons of oil into the sea; in 1990 a fire broke out in the passenger ship ‘Scandinavian Star’ which caused the deaths of 158 people. There were many more high profile incidents which occurred during that period – there were many more very serious incidents which were not so high profile but equally shocking; dozens of large bulk carriers disappeared with all hands, within a matter of weeks of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster in 1987 a collision occurred in the Philippines which resulted in the inter-island ferry ‘Dona Paz’ sinking with the loss of over 4000 lives. For reasons that will become apparent the international shipping industry was perhaps no longer capable of regulating itself and action was needed to reverse the downward spiral of maritime calamity. It was against the background of this catastrophic situation that I first became involved in looking at the problem of maritime accidents and felt compelled to consider what I could contribute to help remedy the situation.
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Söderlund, Joakim. "Managing Free Software Projects." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, fysik och matematik, DFM, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-22106.
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Developing as free software is a powerful and popular way to create software. Many successful projects such as Apache, GNU/Linux and Mozilla Firefox were created as free software. In this degree project we will take a close look at how to manage free software projects. A free software project named Shaskel will also be set up as a practical example.
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Flint, Paul Martin. "Managing the creative mind /." Available to subscribers only, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1136089471&sid=15&Fmt=2&clientId=1509&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Skipper, Joseph B. Hanna Joe B. "Managing supply chain disruptions." Auburn, Ala., 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Management/Dissertation/Skipper_Joseph_32.pdf.
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Al-sinani, Haitham. "Managing identity management systems." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.588513.
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Although many identity management systems have been proposed, in- tended to improve the security and usability of user authentication, major adoption problems remain. In this thesis we propose a range of novel schemes to address issues acting as barriers to adoption, namely the lack of interoper- ation between systems, simple adoption strategies, and user security within such systems. To enable interoperation, a client-based model is proposed supporting in- terworking between identity management systems. Information Card systems (e.g. CardSpace) are enhanced to enable a user to obtain a security token from an identity provider not supporting Information Cards; such a token, after en- capsulation at the client, can be processed by an Information Card-enabled relying party. The approach involves supporting interoperation at the client, while maximising transparency to identity providers, relying parties and iden- tity selectors. Four specific schemes conforming to the model are described, each of which has been prototyped. These schemes enable interoperation be- tween an Information Card-enabled relying party and an identity provider supporting one of Liberty, Shibboleth, OpenID, or OAuth. To facilitate adoption, novel schemes are proposed that enable Informa- tion Card systems to support password management and single sign on. The schemes do not require any changes to websites, and provide a simple, intu- itive user experience through use of the identity selector interface. They fa- miliarise users with Information Card systems, thereby potentially facilitating their future adoption. To improve user security, an enhancement to Information Card system user authentication is proposed. During user authentication, a one-time pass- word is sent to the user's mobile device which is then entered into the com- puter by the user. Finally, a universal identity management tool is proposed, designed to support a wide range of systems using a single user interface. It provides a consistent user experience, addresses a range of security issues (e.g. phishing), and provides greater user control during authentication.
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Futcher, Keith. "Managing portfolios of projects." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2001. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6793.
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This research was initiated a result of a proposition described by Cleland and King in 1983. They proposed that the management of a portfolio-of-projects could be achieveda s a by-product of using a MIS containing project-management data. The hypothesis in this research takes their proposition further. It contends that the application of Pareto-based heuristics in the management of a portfolio-of-projects can improve on their approach. The research has been undertaken in Hong Kong. However, a review of the literature defines Hong Kong as a 'city-state' construction industry that is shown to be similar to national industries elsewhere. On this basis, the research establishes its validity for the general-case. Two qualitative surveys have been completed to identify the current methods used by Hong Kong contractors and by Hong Kong consultants for the management of their portfolios-of-projects. These elements of the research did not find evidence that in general, firms used a MIS that transformed project-level performance data to manage portfolios-of-projects. In this respect, there was no notable evidence of the adoption of the project-to-portfolio MIS data-pipeline described by Cleland and King. These surveys did not provide evidence that the commonly used 'individual review' or 'spreadsheet analysis' of multi-project data for portfolio management included prioritisation to identify projects of most significance to the outcome of the portfolio. Empirical data from the public works element of the Hong Kong construction industry is used in simulations of portfolio management to test the hypothesis along with a longitudinal grounded case study of the implementation of a portfolio/project MIS within the Hong Kong Government (HKG SAR). This case study provided practical experimentation through the quantitative measurement of 'before' and 'after' effects of a change to project-based multi-project management techniques that fitted the Cleland and King model. A qualitative survey has been completed to assess the degree of success and User satisfaction with this practical experimentation. The results of these elements of the research are taken to mean that the hypothesis is supported in principle. The final element of the research uses the empirical data to investigate the effectiveness of basing success for the portfolio-of-projects largely on the outcome of the important projects within the portfolio. Monte Carlo techniques are used to simulate an achievable excellent performance for the projects deemed as significant within the portfolio whilst the outcome for the other projects is unchanged. The simulated improved performance for the significant projects is based upon a derived probability-distribution-function (PDF) that represents the top twenty percent of project achievement for the portfolio-of-projects. The simulated outcome provides evidence in support of the hypothesis. With the exception of one of the ten cases tested, the theoretical application of excellent outcomes for the significant twenty percent of the number of projects using Monte Carlo techniques results in a worthwhile improved outcome for the portfolio as a whole. In the exceptional case, the actual result was already in agreement with the theoretical proposition. All ten cases, thereby showed the hypothesis to be true within the specifics and constraints of this research.
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Okitikpi, Oluwatoyin. "Managing intimate interracial relationships." Thesis, Brunel University, 2002. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/4384.
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It is evident that there is fairly widespread disapproval of intimate interracial relationships. This thesis explores the experiences of those involved in such relationships, how they manage their relationships, and the kind of pressures they confront. It considered the ways in which the reactions and attitudes of significant others and strangers impact upon such relationships and, the adaptive processes people involved have developed. The thesis also explored a range of popular explanations of the motivation of those involved in intimate interracial relationships. Utilising qualitative research methodology the study used semi-structured interviews with 20 black men and 20 white women about their experiences and involvement in intimate interracial relationships. The main findings of the study were that: 1) People involved in interracial relationships develop, individually and jointly, a range of strategies that enables them to manage their relationship in the face of hostilities and disapproval from significant others and strangers. 2) The people involved (particularly the black partners) go through a personal crisis because their sense of identity and cultural affiliations are called into question by significant others and strangers. 3) People involved in the relationship look 'within' for support and reinforcement rather than seeking the approval and acceptance of their relationship from significant others and/or strangers. 4) There is often an attempt to control and manage information about the relationship; for example whom to inform and when to inform significant others. 5) People involved in the relationships develop friendships with people in similar type relationships. 6) Black women were deemed by people involved in the relationship to express the most vehement opposition towards interracial relationships
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Foran, Athena Isabella. "Managing emotions through eating." Thesis, City University London, 2015. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/14059/.
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Emotional eating plays a significant role in the aetiology of eating disorders and obesity, and has been observed in healthy, non-restrained individuals. Despite this, research that examines emotional eating has mainly focused on females, obese populations and individuals who have a formal diagnosis of an eating disorder, the studies of which have been mainly involved surveys, experimental, observational or quantitative methods. Research has also found significant gender differences in emotional eating, yet there has been limited investigation into emotional eating in men. This research attempted to understand the process of emotional eating in men using constructivist grounded theory. The purpose of this study was to understand the way in which men use food in response to emotions and the impact it has on their psychological well-being. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with thirteen male participants aged between 23-61 years of age. All participants were fluent in English, half of the participants were from the UK, 4 were from Europe, and the remaining three were from Mexico, Egypt and Malaysia. Four main categories were developed from the data: Negotiating Masculinity, Emotional Eating Serving a Function, Seeking Control and Stuck in the Cycle. One core category encompassed all of the categories: Navigating Emotions and Masculinity through Eating. The categories were complex and linked to one another, demonstrating the cyclical nature of emotional eating. An emergent theory was developed and mapped onto a conceptualisation that attempts to explain the process of emotional eating in men, demonstrating the way masculinity affects the way that these men cope with their emotions through eating. The findings of this study provide an insight for Counselling Psychologists and other mental health practitioners working with men who struggle with managing their emotions and turn to food in attempt to cope.
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Hedman, Karl. "Managing Medical Emergency Calls." Doctoral thesis, Lund university, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34568.
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This dissertation is a conversation analytic examination of recurrent practices of interaction in medicalemergency calls. The study expands the analytical focus in past research on emergency calls betweenemergency call operators and callers to pre-hospital emergency care interaction on the phone betweennurses, physicians and callers. The investigation is based on ethnographic fieldwork in a Swedish emergencycontrol centre. The data used for the study consists primarily of audio recordings of medical emergency calls.Fundamental procedures in medical emergency calls examined in the dissertation are: (1) questioning; (2)emotion management; (3) risk management and (4) instruction giving. Emergency call-takers ask questions toelicit descriptions by callers of what is happening and to manage symptoms of patients to help keep them safeuntil ambulance crews arrive. In the questioning practice about acutely ill or injured patients call-takers usemainly yes-no questions and clarify problems by questioning callers making a distinction between defined andundefined problems. The analysis reveals four core types of emotion management practices: (1) call-takerskeep themselves calm when managing callers’ social displays of emotions; (2) promising ambulanceassistance; (3) providing problem solving presentations including emergency response measures to concernsof callers, and (4) emphasising the positive to create hope for callers. Call-takers use seven key procedures tomanage risk in medical emergency calls: (1) risk listening through active listening after actual and possiblerisks; (2) risk questioning; (3) risk identification; (4) risk monitoring; (5) risk assessment; (6) making decisionsabout elicited risk and (7) risk reduction. Instruction giving using directives and recommendations isaccomplished by call-takers in four main ways: (1) acute flow maintaining instruction giving when callers areprocedurally out of line; (2) measure oriented instructions for patient care and emergency responsemanagement; (3) organisational response instructions and (4) summarising instruction giving. Callers routinelyacknowledge risk identifications and follow instructions delivered by call-takers to examine statuses and lifesigns of patients such as breathing, movement and pulse, and perform basic first aid and emergency responsemeasures.The findings generated from this study will be useful in emergency call-taker training in carrying out interactiveprocedures in medical emergency calls and add to the larger research programmes on on-telephoneinteraction between professionals and citizen callers. This is an essential book for pre-hospital emergency careproviders and institutional interaction researchers and students.At the Faculty of Social Sciences in the subject of Sociology
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Keeler, Rebecca L. "Managing Outsourced Administrative Discretion." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/832.
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An entire body of administrative law exists to guide the administrative discretion of public administrators. Although an increasing share of public services is being outsourced to the private sector, much of administrative law is not applicable to governments’ contracted agents. Alternatively, contracting agencies use the contract instrument to guide and constrain contractors’ exercise of delegated administrative discretion. This essay reports on a study of selected Florida local governments’ contracts for residential trash collection services. Although minimal discretion was placed in contractors’ hands, it still presented opportunities for abuse. The local governments used a variety of ways to manage the administrative discretion, including the imposition of public service ethics and transparency requirements. Upon analysis of contractual grants of and constraints upon administrative discretion, some suggestions are offered for enhancing contractual management of delegated administrative discretion.
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Skowronski, Keith Collins. "Managing Manufacturing Outsourcing Relationships." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1466864349.
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Hellkvist, Melanie, Martin Lundblad, and Joelle Soumi. "Managing and Motivating Remotely." Thesis, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52860.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift towards remote working, an area that was exponentially expanding pre-pandemic. As the working conditions shift, the previous reliance on face-to-face interactions becomes obsolete. Furthermore, the importance of this issue becomes significant as global companies have expressed their interest in adopting a hybrid way of working post-pandemic. Therefore, understanding how to manage and motivate employees while working remotely becomes crucial in order to operate in highly competitive markets successfully. This study aims to investigate how the experience and motivation of managers and their subordinates have been influenced following the shift to remote work. A qualitative design is employed in this study where literature, theories, and empirical data in the form of semi-structured interviews are utilized. The findings were analyzed according to a thematic analysis approach. Following an abductive approach, the researchers build upon exiting management theories. The authors identify the different elements that influence experience and motivation in a remote work setting, as follows: Experiential Knowledge, Drivers of Motivation, Organizational Structure, Tasks and Roles, Formal Communication, Informal communication, Productivity, and Flexibility. Derived from the empirical data, a dimension of motivation was integrated into Cook’s (2019) view on Managing Remotely. The results display both hinders and motivators, which could be mitigated and incorporated, respectively, in future remote work strategies.
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Flynn, Emma. "Building careers, managing capitals." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9393.
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I sought to find out whether this was a tension between artistic and commercial in the career of visual artists, and if so, how this tension was managed. In attempting to uncover information which could address the research question I undertook in-depth career history interviews with artists which covered their time at art school through to their current practice. The career history method was deliberately chosen in order to address the research question at a tangent as both the literature, and my own personal experience of the field of contemporary visual art, had suggested that the topic of artistic and commercial was a sensitive one. By framing the interviews around the experiences the artists had through the time period of their training and career, I was able to approach the research questions indirectly from the perspective of the artists. Through analysis of the interview transcripts the framework of Bourdieu's capitals arose as one that would capably explain the activities which the artists were undertaken and I used this as a framing device for the empirical chapters in the thesis. In exploring ideas of cultural, social and economic capitals in relation to how artists describe the activities they undertake during their career it became apparent that the broad structures of cultural capital needed further refinement in their application to the careers of visual artists. In the thesis I chose to elaborate further on the concept of artistic capital which has, until now, been unexplored by scholars. I have developed an understanding of artistic capital as a subcategory of cultural capital with particular application to the field of contemporary visual art – with the potential for wider application beyond the thesis. The three capitals of artistic, social and economic proved a capable structure for understanding whether there was a tension between artistic and commercial and how artists managed this. Through this research I have found that artists come to believe, during their early career and training through art school, that there is a tension between artistic and commercial as this is perpetuated by institutions and art world participants through their exclusion or dismissal of commercial aspects of the visual art field. Through their careers they come to realise that this tension is less prevalent than they thought and that they are able to manage these two aspects of artistic and commercial more effectively. However, artists continue to be faced with instances where this tension is imposed upon them by other art world players who perpetuate the belief that there is an inherent, unresolvable tension between artistic and commercial. These individuals attempt to shield artists from this perceived tension later in their careers when artists are already adept at managing the competing priorities of artistic and commercial without the two creating tension.
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Escobar, Jennifer. "Managing Hispanic construction workers." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0014357.
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Kearney, Michael J. (Michael Joseph ). "Essays on managing innovation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124587.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2019Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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This dissertation investigates how choices by managers in research and entrepreneurial settings affect innovation and entrepreneurial outcomes. In the first three chapters, my coauthors and I consider the role of grant-makers in inducing exploitation or exploration among grant recipients at ARPA-E. We use internal data from ARPA-E project selection and quarterly performance reviews to show how active project management enables risk mitigation across a portfolio of projects. In the fourth chapter, we consider a set of decisions made by entrepreneurs related to technology commercialization. Specifically, this paper reconceptualizes the Technology S-Curve not as a technological given but as an envelope of potential outcomes derived by managerial action. We define and investigate a choice-based approach along several key dimensions of technological options, including the tradeoff between exploration versus exploitation, generality versus specialized versions of a technology, and modular versus systems-oriented innovations. In the fifth chapter, I empirically assess I-Corps, an entrepreneurial training program at the National Science Foundation. Using data from the last 11 years of NSF-grant awardees, I find that entrepreneurial training reduces perceived barriers for academics to commercialize their research, resulting in the formation of more innovation-driven enterprises. The results are particularly important for early-career academics, for example graduate students and post docs. The results also confirm that barriers to commercialization are higher for women and academics in locations that are not traditional hubs of entrepreneurship.
by Michael Kearney.
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Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
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Kolesikova, Katarina. "Managing a Diversified Portfolio." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/244412.
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Stock picking rests on distinguishing the undervalued "good deals" in the market from the overvalued securities. This can be challenging because when you come up with a valuation that is significantly different from the current market rate, you are making the assumption that thousands of investors, most with more experience and resources that you, are wrong and that you found something fundamental about the company that they missed. Every investor has his or her own system for picking stocks. In my opinion, the most effective one is to focus on in depth research of the company, because this allows you to come create an accurate discounted cash flow valuation model. The paper talks about this investment process in detail. It is a series of short papers about a variety of investment topic, ranging from a discussion of the merits of active vs. passive management, asset allocation, and behavioral finance, all the way to accounting issues that investors should be aware of.
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Anderson, Guy Stewart. "Managing nuclear power generation." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2004. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647092.
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Hains, Kathleen Sarah. "Stage managing Slaughter city." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1616.
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Govender, Krishna K. "Managing service quality by managing the service encounter : the effects of organizational socialization strategies." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9574.
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Bibliography: leaves 169-194.This research was undertaken primarily to develop a conceptual model of service quality showing the Organizational Socialization-Service Quality linkage. Two organizational socialization strategies, namely, Formal and Informal socialization were conceptualized to influence the participants in the service encounter (the service customer and service employee), and the customers' perception of service quality. Since the literature suggested that a number of variables mediate or intervene in the organizational socialization-service quality linkage, the following variables were also included in the conceptual model, namely, organizational climate, role ambiguity and role conflict.
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Rogers, David John. "Managing ecological systems with unknown threshold locations." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9981.
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The optimal management of ecological systems is challenging because the locations of thresholds between desirable and undesirable regimes are generally unknown to the decision-maker. However, it is possible to learn about the resilience of an ecological system by intelligently perturbing the system using adaptive management (Arrow et al. 1995). Previous research has modelled optimal decisions in systems with hysteretic thresholds (Mäler et al. 2003), derived necessary conditions for optimal control when the locations of thresholds are unknown (Nævdal 2006; Nævdal and Oppenheimer 2007), and used stochastic dynamic programming to examine the effect of this form of uncertainty on risk averse behaviour (Brozovic and Schlenker 2011). This thesis extends previous research to model the effect on optimal decisions of learning about the locations of thresholds via a process of adaptive management. A dynamic programming framework is developed and applied to various ecological contexts, including numerical simulations of a shallow lake ecosystem, and used to demonstrate the role of learning. This thesis demonstrates that learning can be modelled by updating the prior probability distribution for a threshold’s location and by adjusting the boundary between the regions of a system’s state-space that could and could not contain the threshold. The model captures the trade-off faced by the decision-maker between the costs of crossing a threshold and shifting to an undesirable alternative regime, and the benefits of learning about the threshold location. Explicit consideration of the value of information means the decision-maker will generally make decisions that incur a greater risk of crossing the threshold in order to learn about its location. This finding is independent of the initial prior probability distribution used to model threshold location and the type of ecosystem dynamics considered. By explicitly modelling the value of information, this thesis better demonstrates the nature of optimal decision-making in the adaptive management of ecological systems.
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Braun, Marcel. "Managing Intellectual Property in China." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02605160001/$FILE/02605160001.pdf.
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Dysli, Claire. "Managing Emerging Corporate Sustainability Initiatives." St. Gallen, 2008. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02402196001/$FILE/02402196001.pdf.
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Rackl, Günther. "Monitoring and managing heterogeneous middleware." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2001. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=962067164.
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Peters, Bjorn A. "Managing diversity in intergovernmental organisations." Wiesbaden : VS, Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90891-5.
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