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Ashok, Kumar Allan, and Trinh Giang Chau. "Breaking Uncertainties for Product Offerings : "A Holistic Framework of Uncertainty Management for Planning, Designing and Developing PSS (Product/Service System) "." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Projekt, innovationer och entreprenörskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71713.
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In the last decade, PSS (Product/ Service System) emerged as a new effective business model in helping manufacturers increase significantly productivity and customer’s satisfaction, whist minimizing environmental impact. PSS contributes drastically to the development of an innovative transaction trend, in which rather than just providing physical products separately, industrial Companies are more focusing on integrated service offers and customer’s need fulfillment. However, to implement successfully PSS, manufacturers have to overcome many challenges and uncertainties. The uncertainties in the PSS planning phase are related to market, environment or company analysis; reliability, product/service integration, supplier coordination etc in the design and development stages are considered as potential uncertainties. Uncertainty is defined as “State of deficiency of information related to a future event” (Sakao et al., 2009). In which, risks derived from negative side of uncertainties may reduce efficiency of the model or even make the implementation process fail to some extent. If the uncertainty is resolved in a favorable way, risks can be seen as potential business opportunities for the development of PSS Companies. While many Companies already have their own uncertainty management initiative; others just utilize their long time experience to treat uncertainties. Therefore, numerous Companies are seeking a comprehensive uncertainty management framework that could be applicable in most circumstances. In order to fulfill this urgent need, our thesis aimed to develop a holistic framework in order to manage risks occurred in PSS planning, design and development stages. Based on previous valuable PSS researches and useful empirical data collected, our dissertation first determined successfully critical uncertainty factors and potential business opportunities exploited from those. In addition, the research investigated elaborately PSS product quality thresholds and producers’ perception on reliability of their products before constructing a general uncertainty management framework. In which the whole management process based on Active Risk Management philosophy, included Risk Management Planning, Risk Identification, Risk Assessment and Prioritization, Risk Quantification, Risk Response Planning, Risk Tracking and Control were introduced as a helpful guideline to support PSS Companies to treat effectively uncertainties in PSS planning, design and development.
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Cardone, Juliane Chaves. "Ciclo de vida do sistema produto-serviço (pss): proposição de diretrizes para gestão das etapas na fase de uso." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2017. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/6704.
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A oferta de um Sistema de Produto-Serviço (PSS) objetiva fornecer valor em uso a partir de soluções integradas que otimizam os processos dos clientes. Sob a ótica do ciclo de vida de um PSS, a literatura carece de estudos que explorem no âmbito do uso, aspectos como: gestão, contratos, relacionamentos em contextos corporativos, integração, co-produção, falhas e seus riscos. Este estudo tem como objetivo contribuir com a literatura de PSS propondo diretrizes que possam apoiar os gestores de uma empresa fornecedora de PSS na gestão da fase de uso do ciclo de vida. A pesquisa, considerada estudo de caso único, foi realizada sob a ótica da empresa fornecedora do PSS através de entrevistas com gerentes, que possuem conhecimento das estratégias de gestão ofertadas pela empresa e amplo domínio dos aspectos citados. Os resultados da pesquisa sugerem dificuldades de gestão na fase de uso a partir do excesso das improvisações contratuais, pelas limitações oriundas do frágil relacionamento com o cliente, pela falta de integração entre as partes, da co-produção que acaba beneficiando apenas uma das partes e das falhas de gestão que incorrem riscos para a empresa. No entanto, o estímulo para a descentralização da gestão contribui positivamente para o desenvolvimento de uma nova perspectiva do ciclo de vida do PSS e que favoreça, além da esfera gerencial, os atores envolvidos nesse gerenciamento. As diretrizes propostas centram-se primordialmente em relacionamento e integração e objetivam melhorar o desempenho da fase de uso do o ciclo de vida do PSS.
The offer of a Product-Service System (PSS) aims to provide value-in-use from integrated solutions that optimize customer processes. From the perspective of the life cycle of a PSS, the literature lacks studies that explore the use scope, aspects such as: management, contracts, relationships in corporate contexts, integration, co-production, failures and their risks. This study aims to contribute with the literature of PSS proposing guidelines that can support the managers of a PSS supplier in the management phase of the use of the life cycle. The research, considered as a single case study, was carried out from the point of view of the PSS supplier through interviews with managers, who are knowledgeable about the management strategies offered by the company and have mastery of the mentioned aspects. The results of the research suggest management difficulties in the usage phase, due to the excess of contractual improvisations, the limitations stemming from the fragile relationship with the client, lack of integration between the parties, the co-production benefiting only one side and management failures that pose risks to the company. However, the stimulus for the decentralization of the management contributes positively to the development of a new perspective of the PSS life cycle and that favours, besides the managerial sphere, the actors involved in this management. The proposed guidelines focus primarily on relationship and integration and aim to improve the performance of the use phase of the PSS life cycle.
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Du, Plessis Liesl. "The relationship between perceived talent management practices, perceived organizational support (POS), perceived supervisor support (PSS) and intention to quit amongst Generation Y employees in the recruitment sector." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24080.
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Orientation: Perceived Talent Management Practices, Perceived Organizational Support and Perceived Supervisor Support are distinct but related constructs, and all of them appear to influence an employee’s intention to quit an organization. Research Purpose – The objective of this study was to investigate Generation Y’s perception of an organization’s talent management practices and to determine how it relates to their intention to quit the organization. In essence, the study aims to establish possible relationships of four constructs: Perceived Talent Management Practices, Perceived Organizational Support (POS), Perceived Supervisor Support (PSS) and Intention to Quit. The mediating/moderating characteristics of POS and PSS on the relationship between Perceived Talent Management Practices and Intention to Quit are also investigated. Motivation for the study – Talent is the new tipping point in corporate success. It has the potential to be the origin of an organisation’s demise or the reason for its continuous success. A concept that exuberates this much potential for both disaster and prosperity validates some examination into its protection. Research design, approach and method – Four Instruments (HCI Assessment of Talent Practices (HCI), Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (SPOS), Survey of Perceived Supervisor Support and an Intention to Quit Scale) was administered to a convenience sample of 135 employees from a population of 450 employees working in three provinces in which the organization was operational. Pearson product-moment correlation analysis and Multiple Regression analysis were used to investigate the structure of the integrated conceptual model on Perceived Talent Management Practices, POS, PSS and Intention to Quit. Main findings - The findings of this study indicates a strong practically significant positive correlation (r(df = 135; p < 0.001) = 0.724, large effect). between Perceived Organizational Support (POS) and Perceived Supervisor Support (PSS). A strong practically significant positive relationship (r(df = 135; p < 0.001) = 0.640, large effect) was found between Perceived Organizational Support (POS) and the employee’s perception of the organization’s Talent Practices. The study confirmed a strong practically significant negative relationship (r(df = 135; p < 0.001) =-0.569, large effect) between Perceived Organizational Support (POS) and the employee’s Intention to Quit. A medium practically significant negative relationship (r(df = 135; p < 0.001) = -0.436, medium effect) was established between Intention to Quit and Perceived Supervisor Support (PSS). This study determined a medium practically significant positive correlation (r(df = 135; p < 0.001) = 0.471, medium effect) between Perceived Supervisor Support (PSS) and the employee’s perception of the organization’s Talent Practices. The findings also establishes a medium practically significant negative relationship (r(df = 135; p < 0.001) = -0.477, medium effect) exists between employees’ perception of the organization’s Talent Practices and their intention to quit the organization. Multiple regression confirmed that neither POS nor PSS mediates/moderates the relationship between Perceived Talent Management Practices and Intention to Quit. Practical/Managerial Implications - Cappelli (2008) stated that paradigms only come undone when they ”encounter problems that they cannot address. But before the old paradigm is overthrown, there must be an alternative, one that describes new developments better than the old one does” (Cappelli, 2008). This study provides evidence that management can use paradigm shifts as a talent retention strategy where the creation of a high perception of talent management practices will result in a lower intent to leave the organization. Contribution: The findings of this study indicate a positive relationship between perceived talent management practices, POS and PSS. The study also established a positive relationship between POS and PSS. A negative relationship was confirmed between POS, PSS and Perceived Talent Management Practices in relation to Intention to Quit.Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Tomaszewski, Michal. "Reactive power management capabilities of Swedish sub-transmission and medium voltage level grid." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240411.
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Rising penetration of renewable energy sources in electric power grids isboth a challenge and an opportunity to optimally utilize the potential of eitherwind or PV energy sources, to stabilize operation of future power systems.Bi-directional ows between distribution and transmission system operatorscause signicant problems with keeping the voltages in the grid within admissiblelimits. This paper contains description of Oland's island mediumandlow-voltage electric power grid, ranging from 0.4 kV to 130 kV in thepurpose of quasi-static analysis of active and reactive power ows in the system.Goal of the analysis is to optimize reactive power exchange at the pointof connection with the mainland grid. In the analyzed grid system, thereis an enormous, 190 % penetration of wind sources. Capacity of the windparks connected to dedicated buses totals to 136.1 MW, that supply up to90.5 MW of load. With industry-wise reactive power capability limits, totalcontribution of wind parks reaches almost 66 MVAr, enabling to compensatedecits and extra surpluses of the reactive power in the grid. Presentedsystem is connected to the mainland's grid through one point of connection,which is simulated as Thevenin equivalent circuit. Main objective of thethesis is to test and analyze viable solutions to minimize reactive power exchangeat the point of connection at Stavlo substation connecting Oland'sand Sweden's electric grid keeping valid all necessary contingencies enforcedby current grid codes applied in Sweden as well as thermal limits of the linesand voltage limits of the system. Furthermore, state of the art of currentreactive power compensation methodologies and most promising techniquesto eciently and eectively control reactive power ow are outlined. Droopcontrol methodologies, with focus on global and local objectives, and smartgrid solutions opportunities are being tested and modeled by the authors andare comprehensively presented in this paper. Moreover, economic costs ofcontrol methods are compared. Analysis of active power losses in the systemas well as cost of implementation of alternative solutions is presented, wheremost nancially viable solutions are outlined, giving brief outlook into futureperspectives and challenges of electric power systems. It is shown that controllabilityof reactive power support by wind turbine generators can enhanceoperation of electric power grids, by keeping the reactive power ow minimizedat the boundary between grids of distribution and transmission systemoperators. Furthermore, results indicate that extra reactive power supportby wind turbine generators can lead to diminishment of active power losses inthe system. Presented system is being modeled in the PSS/E software dedicatedfor power system engineers with use of Python programming languages.Analysis of data was done either in Python or R related environments. Thesiswas written with cooperation between KTH and E.On Energidistribution AB.Hogre genomslagskraft av förnyelsebara energikällor i elnäteten är bådeen utmaning och möjlighet för att optimalt kunna utnyttja potentialen av vindkraft och PV källor, med avseende på att stabilisera driften av framtida elkraftsystem. Tvåvägsflöden mellan distributionoch transmissionsoperatörer orsakar betydande problem att hålla spänningen i nätet inom tillåtna gränsvärden.Denna uppsats innehåller en beskrivning av Ö lands mellanoch lågspänningsnät,på 0.4 kV till 130 kV i syftet att utföra en kvasistatisk analys av aktiva och reaktiva effektflöden i systemet. Målet med analysen är att optimera det reaktiva effektutbytet i kopplingspunkten med fastlandets nät. I det analyserade systemet, finns det en enorm potential på 190% genomslagskraft av vindkraft. Kapaciteten på vindkraftsparker kopplade till medtagna samlingsskenor i systemet uppgår till 136,1 MW, som tillgodoser upp till 90.5 MW last. Med industrimässigt begränsad reaktiv effektkapabilitet, uppgår vindkraftsparkernas bidrag till nästan 66 MVAr, vilken möjliggör kompensation för underskott och överskott av reaktiv effekt i nätet. Det presenterade systemet är kopplat till fastlandet genom en kopplingspunkt, där fastlandet är simulerat som en Thevenin ekvivalent. Huvudsakliga målet med denna uppsats är att testa och analysera gångbara lösningar för att minimera det reaktiva effektutbytet vid kopplingspunkten i Stävlö, som kopplar ihop Ö land med resterande nät i Sverige, samtidigt som alla nödvändiga villkor enligt nuvarande nätkoder i Sverige bibehålls, liksom termiska gränser för ledningarna och spanningsgränser för systemet. Ytterligare beskrivs den bästa tillgängliga tekniken som finns idag för reaktiv effektkompensation, och de mest lovande teknikerna för att effektivt och verkningsfullt kontrollera reaktiva effektflöden. Droop-kontroll-metodologier, med fokus på globala och lokala tillämpningar, och smarta nät-möjligheter testas och modelleras av författarna och presenterar djupgående i detta arbete. Dessutom jämförs ekonomiska kostnader för olika kontrollmetoder. Analyser av aktiva effektförluster i systemet samt kostnader för implementation av alternativa lösningar presenteras, där de flesta gångbara losningar behandlas, och ger en överskådlig bild av framtida perspektiv och utmaningar i elkraftsystemet. Det visas att vindturbiners kontroll av reaktiv effekt, kan förbättra driften av elnäten, genom att minimera det reaktiva effektflödesutbytet i gränsen mellan distributionoch transmissionsoperatörers nät. Ytterligare pekar resultat på att extra understöd av reaktiv effekt från vindturbiner kan leda till förminskning av aktiva förluster i systemet. Det presenterade systemet modelleras i mjukvaruprogrammet PSS/E dedikerat för elkraftsingenjörer med hjälp av Python. Analys av data gjordes antingen i Pythoneller R-relaterade miljöer. Detta arbete har gjorts tillsam-mans med KTH och E.ON Energidistribution AB.
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Ehlin, Max. "An overview of Product Service System through Integrated Vehicle Health Management in an information sensitive industry." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-75861.
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Purpose – The research purpose is to enhance knowledge of how organizations can form a PSS through an IVHM system when information is sensitive. Method – A single case study design of abductive approach was used, with data collection through six semi-structured interviews. Findings – A system combining IVHM and PSS has many potential benefits, however there are several challenges that need to be overcome in order to implementing a successful model. Theoretical implications – This study treads a new area not previously explored in the literature when it combines PSS and IVHM, which relies heavily on information flow to succeed, with a case of information sensitivity. This study hence explores a problematic area for either PSS or IVHM, expanding the current literature and providing initial suggestions of how to navigate this. Practical implications – Firstly, it shows managers the challenges that comes with implementing PSS-IVHM and increasing involvement in the customers’ processes. Secondly, this study shows the theoretical and general challenges of PSS-IVHM and applies the case study’s perspective of information management, granting managers a larger foundation of knowledge before starting their initiatives of PSS-IVHM. Limitations and future research – This study provides a limited amount of empirical data. Therefore, future research should focus on increasing and widening data collection. The study suggests there is a considerable challenge in conservatism within the defence industry and therefore future research is suggested to explore how change management can combat this challenge.
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Pereira, Veridiana Rotondaro. "Sistema Produto-Serviço - PSS: um estudo do relacionamento entre os fatores motivadores e a estruturação das empresas na integração produto-serviço." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-19072013-160725/.
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Cada vez mais as empresas oferecem soluções completas a seus clientes, com parcelas de produto e serviço. Essa mudança na composição do portfólio das organizações vem ocorrendo por uma série de motivos, sejam relacionados às questões estratégicas, motivados por demandas do cliente, ou ainda, por tendências que visam menores impactos ambientais. Esta tese teve como objetivo identificar se a estruturação das empresas em relação à integração produto-serviço influencia os fatores motivadores para o PSS. A abordagem metodológica foi dividida em pesquisa qualitativa e quantitativa, a primeira para compreender a perspectiva do cliente e a segunda para avaliar os fatores motivadores para a adoção de um sistema produto-serviço (PSS) por prestadores. A pesquisa qualitativa foi realizada por meio de um estudo de caso nos laboratórios de um dos principais hospitais da América Latina. Os dados coletados apresentaram informações importantes sobre questões ambientais e coprodução. Para a pesquisa quantitativa, foi proposto um instrumento de pesquisa, com base em dados extraídos da literatura, para avaliar o construto Fatores Motivadores (FM) e a estruturação das empresas em relação à integração produto-serviço, operacionalizada por meio dos construtos Orientação de Uso do Produto (OUP) e Lógicas de Transição (LT). O instrumento foi submetido à validação de conteúdo e a pesquisa conduzida com média e alta gerência, de 81 empresas de setores distintos. Os dados foram processados e validados por análise fatorial exploratória e técnica de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais com estimação pelo método Partial Least Squares (PLS), utilizando o software SMARTPLS 2.0. O construto Fatores Motivadores desdobrou-se em cinco variáveis latentes de primeira ordem: ambiental, cocriação, coprodução, portfólio e vantagem competitiva. As análises do modelo estrutural mostraram que há relacionamento significativo entre os Fatores Motivadores e as Lógicas de Transição, alterando-se à medida que se transida da lógica Produto-Dominante para a lógica Serviço-Dominante. Dentre as proposições da LT as que se destacaram foram Papel do Cliente, Envolvimento com o Cliente e Determinação e Significado do Valor.Increasingly companies offer complete solutions to its customers which include products and services. This change in the organizations portfolio has been occurring due to a number of reasons, be it related to strategic issues, or driven by customer demands, or even to low environmental impact trends. This thesis aimed at identifying if companies structure in relation to their product-service integration influences the drivers for product-service systems (PSS) offer. The methodological approach was divided into qualitative and quantitative research, the first to understand the customer\'s perspective and the second to assess the drivers for the adoption of a product-service system (PSS) by providers. The qualitative research was conducted through a case study in the laboratories of one of the major Latin America hospitals. The data collected showed important information about environmental issues and co-production. For the quantitative research, a research instrument was proposed, based on data extracted from literature, to evaluate the Motivation Factors\' (FM) and the companies structuring in relation to product-service integration, operationalized through the constructs \'Product Use Orientation\' (OUP) and \'Transition Logics\' (LT). The instrument was submitted to content validation, and the research was conducted with middle and senior managers of 81 companies from different industries. The data were processed and validated by exploratory factor analysis technique and Structural Equation Modeling with the estimation method Partial Least Squares (PLS) using the software SmartPLS 2.0. The construct FM unfolded in five first-order latent variables: environmental, co-creation, co-production, portfolio and competitive advantage. The structural model analysis showed significant relationship between Motivation Factors and Transition Logics, which changes while it moves from Goods-Dominant Logic to Service-Dominant Logic. Among LT propositions most relevant are: Customers Role, Engagement with the Customer and Value Determination and Meaning.
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Foster, Kristal Claire. "Stress, Health, and Mindfulness: Exploring Relationships and Mechanisms Using Self-Report Measures." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2389.
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The relationship between stress and physical health has been well established in the medical and psychological literature. Mindfulness meditation is a practice that has been successfully used to reduce stress in several populations, and the construct itself has recently begun to be measured as a naturally occurring characteristic. A recent study demonstrating the significant relationships between mindfulness, stress, and physical health prompted the investigation in the present study of the possible mechanisms underlying these relationships. It was hypothesised that the relationship between mindfulness and physical health would be largely mediated by stress, and that in addition, mindfulness would explain a significant proportion of the variance in health after stress had been accounted for. Participants were 129 undergraduate students who completed a battery of self-report questionnaires including the Perceived Stress Scale, the Short-Form 36 Health Survey, and two recently developed measures of mindfulness; the Mindful Attention and Awareness Scale and the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Perceived stress was shown to account for a large proportion of the relationship between mindfulness and health, and mindfulness was also shown to explain a significant proportion of the variance in physical health after stress had been controlled for. An additional finding was that acceptance demonstrated stronger relationships with both physical and mental health than any of the other components of mindfulness studied. Potential mechanisms of mindfulness that may help explain these findings are discussed.
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Ewerlöf, Sofia, and Daniel Modig. "Value Creation and Decreased Environmental Impact through Circular Economy-based Offerings : A Product-Service System Case Study." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-158692.
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This thesis answers how a circular economy-based offering can be designed for increased value creation and decreased environmental impact, compared to a current offering. The study concerns a case company and their current offering of a fire safety solution, namely a 6 kg powder fire extinguisher. The concept Product-Service Systems is used as a base for the research and a foundation of the result.Throughout the study, the method Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used as a tool to evaluate and compare the current and the suggested solution in the sense of environmental sustainability amongst different impact categories. It provides a holistic perspective within the study which has been proven by theory to be an important factor when providing a circular economy-based offering. Another important factor is customising the offering to the specific case. This is attended to through an investigation of the company characteristics, the current offering and provider and customer values to find opportunities for the suggested solution. Opportunities found was e.g. a demand for an environmentally sustainable solution and existing infrastructure which can create valuein the future.The process includes, apart from the LCAs, interviews, a workshop at the case company and a survey addressed to end users. The use of visualisation tools such as actors map and Product-Service Blueprint benefits the understanding of both current and suggested solution and provides insights, evaluation and possible improvements. A cost calculation is made to evaluate if the solution is financially making business sense to the provider. Through this thesis, a circular economy-based solution which designs out waste is found. It is proven through the study and LCAs that this solution decreases the investigated environmental impact categories compared to the current existing solution. The suggested solution is based on a refilling process for circulating material which is established through the thesis to be theoretically feasible, hence needs consideration in order to be implementable in reality and make business sense to the provider.Den här studien svarar på hur ett erbjudande baserat på cirkulär ekonomi kan designas för att öka värdeskapande och sänka miljöpåverkan i förhållande till ett existerande erbjudande. Studien baseras på ett företagsfall och deras nuvarande brandsäkerhetslösning, nämligen en 6 kg pulversläckare. I studien involveras teori om Product-Service Systems som en bas för forskningen och en grund för resultatet. Genom studien har metoden Livscykelanalys (LCA) använts som ett verktyg för att utvärdera och jämföra den nuvarande lösningen med den föreslagna i ett miljömässigt sammanhang och med flera olika påverkanskategorier. Detta skapar ett holistiskt perspektiv, vilket teorin visar är en viktig faktor under utvecklingen av ett erbjudande baserat på cirkulär ekonomi. En annan viktig faktor är att anpassa designen av erbjudandet till ett specifikt fall. Detta uppmärksammas genom en undersökning av företagets egenskaper, det nuvarande erbjudandet och leverantörs- och kundvärde för att finna möjligheter till en föreslagen lösning. Sådana möjligheter var till exempel en efterfrågan på miljömässigt hållbara lösningar och en existerande infrastruktur som kan gagna företagets värdeskapande i framtiden. Processen inkluderar, förutom LCA, intervjuer, en workshop, och en kundundersökning adresserad till slutanvändare. Användandet av visualiseringsverktyg, sådana som aktörskarta och Product-Service Blueprint, gynnar förståelsen för både den nuvarande och den föreslagna lösningen och skapar insikter kring utvärdering och möjliga förbättringar. En kostnadskalkyl görs för att utvärdera om lösningen är finansiellt bra för företaget. Genom denna avhandling upptäcks en cirkulär ekonomi-baserad lösning. Studien visar att denna lösning minskar miljöpåverkan för de valda påverkanskategorierna jämfört med den nuvarande lösningen. Den föreslagna lösningen är baserad på att återfylla brandsläckare och därigenom cirkulera material vilket är teoretiskt genomförbart. Dock behövs ytterligare övervägande för att lösningen ska vara implementerbar och för förföretaget realiserbart.
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Thompson, Anthony. "Integrating a Strategic Sustainable Development Perspective in Product-Service System Innovation." Doctoral thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för strategisk hållbar utveckling, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00543.
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There is an intersection of challenges where society’s social and ecological problems coincide with the industrial firm’s challenge to maintain profitability in a globalizing world. Products connect these challenges. The development of these products together with services (product-service systems) therefore provides a critical intervention point to address these challenges. This includes e.g. defining what the products and services are, how they will deliver value to users, and the business models that enable them to be realized, as well as how these can contribute to sustainable development of society. The overarching goal of this research is to contribute to sustainable development of society by better understanding how a strategic sustainable development perspective based on backcasting from basic principles for a sustainable society can be brought into and guide product-service system innovation. Interviews with industry professionals, workshops with both manufacturing companies and within student projects, and industrial cases studies, together with a review of literature and theoretical considerations, provide the methodological basis for this work. This thesis contributes to clarifying theoretical and practical possibilities and limitations for a strategic sustainable development perspective to guide product-service system innovation and provides a basis for the integration of these concepts. The findings indicate that the co-innovation of products and services in product-service systems can contribute to sustainable development of society both by supporting reduced material and energy use and by supporting improved life cycle management of materials. Further, a strategic sustainable development perspective can contribute to the refinement of existing tools and methods in product-service system innovation by providing an operational definition of sustainability articulated in the form of first-order principles that describe the boundary conditions for a sustainable society, and by providing guidelines for how to approach a vision of success inside those boundaries in a strategic way. In order to identify solutions that meet society’s pressing challenges, new solution spaces may need to be identified, and this can be enabled by a shift from product development with service as “add-ons” to their co-innovation in product-service systems. An initial approach for how this could be enabled through bringing together set-based approaches to design product-service systems with a strategic sustainable development perspective is presented.
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Matschewsky, Johannes. "What’s in it for the Provider? : A Lifecycle-Focused Approach towards Designing for Value in Product-Service Systems." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell miljöteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-130977.
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Combining products and services into Product-Service Systems (PSS), which are often owned and even operated by the company offering them, is seen as an important element of conducting more sustainable business. The prospective environmental benefits of PSS lie mainly in the improved resource- and operational efficiency. This is achieved by way of a critical shift in incentive structure: If an industrial company assumes responsibility for an offering throughout the lifecycle, the terms on which that company operates are changed substantially in comparison to traditional product sales. Instead of benefiting from a short lifetime through additional sales opportunities or making profit through the sale of spare parts, in highly integrated PSS, each parts exchange, each technicians’ visit and each day the lifetime of the offering is reduced directly affects the bottom line of the provider. Due to that, solely as a result of economic rationality, a provider of these offerings has an incentive to design in such a way that the life of this offering is prolonged, need for spare parts is reduced, service activities are facilitated and simplified, and that the conditions are in place to allow for a second or third life of the offering through remanufacturing. Regardless of this compelling logic, at times, industrial companies fail to establish the preconditions to capturing these benefits as they continue to rely on product and sales-centric design processes even though they provide PSS. This thesis aims to examine this unexploited opportunity from two vantage points. On the one hand, methods conceived in academia to support industry in implementing and executing joint, lifecycle-focused design of products and services, and the use of these methods in practice, are examined. Here, the focus firstly lies on understanding how PSS are designed today, and secondly, on what should change about PSS design methods to improve their implementability and usability in industrial practice, so that they can fulfill their supposed role as facilitators of efficient PSS design and operation. On the other hand, the possible benefits of providing specifically designed and lifecycle-focused PSS as an industrial company are in focus. To this end, the value attained by providers throughout the use phase of PSS is investigated, to then identify possible approaches towards enhancing this value. Eventually, both focus-areas are joined in an effort to examine the interaction between method-supported, lifecycle-oriented PSS design and the value attained by providers of such offerings. As a result of the research, a lacking adaptation of design processes to PSS is identified in the case companies. Further, shortcomings of PSS design methods conceived in academia, e.g. excessive complexity, lacking clarity and rigidity, are found in both literature as well as in a study with an industrial company. To take a first step towards rectifying this issue, six characteristics intended to enhance implementability and usability of PSS design methods, are presented. The value attained by PSS providers has been found to be a complex but important subject. In a case study, value determinants of high relevance to the use phase of the lifecycle have been identified and assessed for their utility as indicators in the evaluation and enhancement of PSS offerings in the design phase. The practitioners involved were supportive of the applicability of the systematic approach presented to capture more value through offering PSS. In joining both the value- and method-oriented approach, the mutual dependency of both aspects is discussed. In order to provide PSS in an economically and environmentally efficient fashion, adapting the existing design processes is imperative. The value attained by the provider can, complementary to existing customer-centric approaches, serve as an important goal for the adaptation of design processes. Ultimately, through understanding the change in incentive structure at the core of PSS, and through implementing a value-driven design process supported by efficient and effective methods aimed at providing both customer value and capturing provider benefits throughout the lifecycle, there is a genuine potential of conducting more sustainable business.
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Thompson, Anthony. "Towards Sustainability-driven Innovation through Product Service Systems." Licentiate thesis, Karlskrona : Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00473.
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Increasing awareness of anthropogenic impacts on the planet has lead to efforts to reduce negative environmental impacts in product development for several decades. Benefits to companies who focus on sustainability initiatives have been put forth more recently, leading to many efforts to incorporate sustainability considerations in their product innovation processes. The majority of current sustainability considerations in industry constrain design space by emphasizing reduced material and energy flows across the product’s life cycle. However, there is also an opportunity to use awareness of sustainability to bring attention to new facets of design space and to drive innovation. Specifically there is an opportunity for product-service systems (PSS) to be a vehicle through which sustainability-driven innovation occurs. A framework for strategic sustainable development (FSSD) provides the basis for understanding sustainability in this work, and provides clarity with regard to how to think about sustainable products and service innovations. The “backcasting” approach included in this framework also provides insight into how incremental and radical approaches could be aligned within the product innovation working environment. This thesis explores how sustainability considerations can be better integrated into existing product innovation working environments in order to drive innovation processes within firms, with a specific emphasis on opportunities that occur as sustainability knowledge leads to innovation through a product-service system approach. It endeavors to contribute to both theory development within the emerging sustainable PSS design research area, and also to advance the state of practice within industry by connecting dots between the state of theory and the state of practice. Society’s opportunity to become more sustainable and industry’s desire for innovation in order to lead to or increase profitability are often in conflict. However, this thesis argues that knowledge of global social and ecological sustainability can be used to drive innovation processes, and that there are win-win opportunities that can often be achieved through a PSS approach. There is some, but not sufficient, support for the inclusion of sustainability considerations in the product innovation process, and even fewer tools to support the use of sustainability to drive innovation. In response, an approach to providing support that brings together the FSSD and various approaches to systems modeling and simulation is presented. Opportunities to use sustainability-friendly attributes of existing products through a PSS-approach are also presented.
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Johnston, Elise. "The Role of the Speech Language Pathologist in Concussion Management: A Survey Analysis." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/23718.
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Primary objective. The goals of this project were to review the current literature regarding the role of the speech-language pathologist (SLP) in concussion management and to conduct a survey of SLPs with experience in concussion care to determine their current practices and perspectives.
Design and methods. An online survey consisting of 41 questions was emailed to SLPs throughout the U.S. and Canada. Responses were anonymously collected from 60 SLPs, and the responses were analyzed.
Results and conclusions. Results showed that SLPs who work in concussion care are generally knowledgeable and confident despite how recently concussion has become part of SLP practice. There has been improvement in the types of assessment tools used in concussion cases, but there is a need for more sensitive instruments. Findings point to the need for increased availability of concussion training for SLPs and the need for continued research into current clinical practices.
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Han, Daeseok. "Development of Open-source Hybrid Pavement Management System for an International Standard." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/151957.
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Malgireddy, Greeshma. "Online student profile management system." Kansas State University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4587.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Computing and Information Sciences
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All the students who are enrolled in Computing and Information Sciences (CIS) major in Kansas State University are required to submit their Program of Study (POS) which they manually do by filling in all the necessary details and submit the form to the department. The main objective of this project is to develop an online submission of program of study. The online student profile management system is a web-based application that provides students of CIS major to submit their program of study in an easy and efficient manner. This application mainly allows the students to enter their personal information (viz., contact information, previous education) and to choose core as well as non-core courses of their choice. In addition the faculty of CIS department can also log on to the application and view the POS of the students by entering their wildcat ID. The primary focus is to get familiar with .NET framework and to code in C#.NET. This in turn uses MS SQL server 2005 as database for storing and retrieving of data. This project is implemented using C#.NET on Microsoft visual studio 2005.
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Schwind, Cynthia E. "Automated Manpower Analysis and Personnel Management System (AMA/PMS)." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23822.
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Henoch, Jens. "Towards adaptive management systems in manufacturing : an agent-supported approach /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2003. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=14865.
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Mahut, Fabien. "Intégration des approches PLM et SLM pour le développement et la gestion des Systèmes Produit-Service en contexte automobile : proposition d’un cadre méthodologique." Thesis, Compiègne, 2019. http://bibliotheque.utc.fr/EXPLOITATION/doc/IFD/2019COMP2473.
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Ces travaux de thèse portent sur le développement et la gestion des Systèmes Produit-Service (ou Product-Service Systems, PSS) automobiles. Ces nouvelles offres intégrées de produits et services comportent des spécificités qui obligent à dépasser les démarches de développement des produits historiques considérés. Dans un état de l’art, ces travaux s’intéressent aux cadres méthodologiques pour le développement des PSS. Le premier niveau de ces cadres, focalisé sur les approches d’ingénierie, porte sur le Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) et son interaction avec le Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Le deuxième niveau du cadre méthodologique s’intéresse aux processus et méthodes de développement des systèmes et PSS. Le troisième niveau du cadre méthodologique s’intéresse aux modélisations de PSS. La proposition est définie à travers les trois niveaux du cadre méthodologique, en respect de 7 critères retenus pour l’ingénierie des PSS. Elle repose sur un schéma d’interaction entre le PLM et le SLM détaillé, supportant un processus de développement, intégrant les pratiques de gestion de la diversité et d’Ingénierie Système. L’ensemble est cohérent avec une modélisation des PSS intégrant les architectures système, et basé sur le FBS et le triplet Result-Ressource-Process essentiels à la description du service. Deux cas d’étude ont permis d’expérimenter cette proposition. Le premier cas d’étude, portant sur un PSS existant et maitrisé, s’est traduit en la spécification d’un outil d’amélioration de la qualité du service. Le deuxième cas d’étude porte sur un PSS de diagnostic connecté et permet d’illustrer la proposition pour supporter son déploiement dans l’entrepriseThis research work is exploring the development and management of Product-Service Systems. These new integrated offers go along with specific issues which challenge the current product development strategies. Analyzing the academic literature on this matter, this work focuses on methodological frameworks for the development of PSS offers. The first level of these frameworks is about engineering approaches considers Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) interactions. The second level is about specific systems or PSS development processes and methods. The third and last level challenges the definitions of a PSS model. Fed by this review, this work provides a coherent proposal for PSS development across these three levels, qualified by 7 analysis criterias. On the first level, a detailed PLM-SLM interaction scheme is proposed. It supports a development process on the second level, alongside a PSS model based on FBS and result-resource-process triplet as a matter for service adequate description. This proposal has been experimented through two study cases. The first one, about an existing and mature PSS, enabled the development of a quality management tool. The second, about the development of a connected diagnostic PSS enabled to strengthen the illustration of the proposal for its adoption
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Burger, Jaco. "A critical analysis of the strategic management of Boland PKS." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49668.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With each passing year and the intensification of competition, strategic management becomes more important. In an ever-changing business environment, management, and especially strategic management, becomes increasingly crucial. This empirical study attempts to conduct a literature study of strategic management in order to develop a strategic planning model. A simplified model is proposed as a framework on which a practical application can be made. Boland PKS, a division of the Board of Executors, has been elected as the organisation to whose strategic management the model will be applied. Boland PKS will be applied to the model in an effort to accept or reject the following statement of the problem: The author is of the opinion that strategic planning is not being applied in Boland PKS.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Jaarliks toenemende kompetisie maak strategiese bestuur toenemend belangrik in hedendaagse besigheid. In 'n snel-veranderende wêreld word bestuur, en veral strategiese bestuur, kardinaal. Hierdie empiriese studie poog om 'n literatuur studie in strategiese bestuur te doen ten einde 'n strategiese beplanningsmodel te ontwikkel. 'n Eenvoudige model word dan voorgestel as 'n verwysingsraamwerk vir die praktiese toepassing van die model. Boland PKS, 'n afdeling van die "Board of Executors", is gekies as die organisasie waarop die model toegepas sal word. Die model sal op Boland PKS toegepas word in a poging om die volgende probleemstelling te aanvaar of te verwerp: " Die skrywer is van mening dat Boland PKS nie strategiese beplanning toepas nie."
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Datta, Sumana. "REDD+ and local forest management in India." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/redd-and-local-forest-management-in-india(0d38bd0f-d72f-4d0b-8c09-d3e052fb7ebb).html.
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Reducing deforestation and degradation (REDD+) under the rubric of payment for ecosystem services (PES) is being promoted as the most cost-effective mechanism for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. This process of commodifying forest services will redefine the rhetoric of decentralised forest governance that has evolved in developing countries over the last two decades. This thesis uses ethnographic case studies in two forest villages in West Bengal state in India, along with 294 household surveys and 76 interviews, to examine the impending changes in socio-economic and political arenas with the adoption of a market mechanism like REDD+. I undertook a pilot study for one month in October 2009, which was followed by my main field work in two phases: February to July 2010 and November 2010 to February 2011. First, the analysis of livelihood dependence of forests dwellers shows unequal extraction of forest products by various wealth classes under the current socio-economic and political structures of village societies. Rich and medium class families with their higher assets were higher net users of forests, while poor households had a critical dependence on forests for their daily survival. Second, I examine the impact of livelihood dependence on forests. A majority of key informants did not see the current extraction of forest products, for example, for meeting local subsistence and commercial needs as major detriments to forest and carbon conservation. However, I argue that a number of legal provisions and official guidelines could potentially impose restrictions on the ongoing forest use pattern as a result of REDD+. Third, by comparing the functioning of the village council (with a special focus on the implementation of India’s National Employment Guarantee Scheme) with forest protection committees, I reflect upon the limitations in the decentralised forest management that emerge from the institutional design of the programme. I show that the decentralised forest governance suffers from lack of accountability and transparency over the control of forests by the Forest Department. Finally, this thesis suggests that the institutional design for REDD+ at the national level needs to be based on the democratic partnership of local institutions and the state.
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Sendler, Markus [Verfasser]. "Ganzheitliche Konfiguration der PPS in der Instandhaltung hochwertiger Investitionsgüter / Markus Sendler." Düren : Shaker, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1213472490/34.
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Lahučký, Roman. "Informační systém s využitím externího channel managementu." Master's thesis, Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-260056.
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In this thesis is characterized the specific environment of hotel services and defines the basic requirements of hotel information systems (PMS) using SaaS. They were described classical and modern forms of hotel services distribution, using the Channel Manager (CHM). Therefore, to properly grip the tool had to be described in the basic means of data exchange and application interfaces. An important element linking PMS and CHM are considered secure payment systems. Specific benefits and effectiveness of use CHM Siriona Company S.A. were analysed in terms of PMS Hotel Time a.s., utilized at the hotel Safari Lodge Dvur Kralove Zoo a.s. Applying interconnection of these systems was intended to be faster and more efficient distribution of hotel capacities and prices from PMS to online distribution channels through the CHM, whose functionality was practically analysed, described and was specified overall benefit to the hotel operation economy.
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Rapoo, Violet Matshake. "Management of recurrent soccer injuries among the Premier Soccer League (PLS) players." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/271.
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Thesis (MSc (Physiotherapy))--University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 2009Aim: The aim of the study was to review the current management of soccer injuries sustained by professional players and how injury recurrence is prevented among Premier Soccer League (PSL) players in RSA. Study design: Cross sectional study, descriptive survey was followed, as it allowed the researcher to observe and describe the factors that had contributed towards recurrent injuries, as well as a qualitative approach with open ended questions where participant’s expressions encountered during the study, were analyzed. Population: The population of the study included all the medical team members in the PSL teams. PSL has 16 teams. The medical team comprised of any combination of the following members: the team doctor, physiotherapist, masseur, biokineticists, physical trainer, chiropractors and podiatrist. Not all teams have the same combination nor all disciplines mentioned. Sample: Purposive sampling method was used, as the researcher selected main participants with a specific purpose. Each of the PSL teams has 7 members from different disciplines therefore, all available members of the medical team of each PSL teams participated in the study. Data Analysis: Data was analyzed using SPPSS version 13.0.Data collected was loaded onto the statistica program for processing. Frequency tables for all variables are given to demonstrate the distribution of variables. Cross tabulation was also done to establish the relationship between the predictor variables and the response. The Test Statistic CHI-Squared (χ 2 ) was calculated and pvalue of less than 0.05 was determined for the significance. Frequency distribution tables, graphs, and charts were used to analyze the data collected. Content analysis was used for qualitative data. Results: Main findings of the study reflected that the ankle was the most commonly affected body part (69.2%) while the quadriceps and tendon achillies were both less commonly affected v (15.4%). The groin was found to incur most recurring injuries (69.2%). The results revealed that injured players are adequately managed by the medical team (61.5%). Attainment of pain free and full range of movement is the consideration for return to sport however less consideration was given to the persistent biomechanical abnormality. Conclusion: The study confirms that soccer injuries amongst Premier Soccer League (PSL) teams are managed by qualified professionals. The attainment of a free, full range of movement and adequate strength are used as criteria for return to sport and as a measure of preventing injury recurrence. Factors such as players missing out on rich rewards, recognition and regaining position in the team seem to have a great influence as well. Recommendation: The primary recommendation for the player who has had multiple recurrences is to address any underlying reversible risk factors such as poor strength and poor flexibility. A session needs to be held with soccer administrators to advocate the avoidance of factors contributing to recurrent injuries.
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Regmi, Binaya. "Web-enabled Spatial Decision Support System for Interdisciplinary Watershed Management." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35383.
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The development and use of web-enabled tools for watershed modeling and decision-making have gained popularity lately with the increase in internet speed and accessibility. Most of the web-enabled tools available today address the watershed problems related to a narrow discipline like hydrology, or ecology etc. This thesis presents the work done in the development of a web-enabled integrated system, named WebL2W, which can address watershed problems in a more holistic approach.WebL2W integrates models from hydrology, economics, and biology in a single shell. The integration is performed using GIS as a common platform for database and interface management. A user accesses the system over the web and chooses pre-selected land development patterns to create a 'what if' scenario. The hydrologic model simulates effects of the scenario on annual runoff volume, flood peaks of various return periods, and ground water recharge. The economics model evaluates the changes in land value, tax revenue, and government expenditures as a result of the new land development scenario. The biology model evaluates effects of new land uses to fish habitats in the watershed. The design of the system is based on current software engineering practices such as object oriented programming (OOP) and relational database management system (RDBMS). The implementation uses the Visual Basic programming environment and Active Server Pages.
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Kim, Wonkyu. "A systems approach to transportation infrastructure management : development of a Highway Management System for the Virginia DOT /." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-160648/.
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Savigni, Valeria. "Proposta di un PMS (Pavement Management System) delle pavimentazioni flessibili in ambito urbano." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2017.
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Analisi delle principali caratteristiche delle pavimentazioni flessibili, dei materiali costituenti la miscela di conglomerato bituminoso e delle tipologie di ammaloramento ricorrenti. Studio del metodo di progetto dell'AASHTO Interim Guide, per la progettazione delle strade di nuova realizzazione. Applicazione del metodo semi-empirico dell’AASHTO Interim Guide a dieci casi di studio di strade esistenti del tessuto urbano del Comune di Ravenna. Analisi dell’indicatore di stato PSI misurato mediate attività di rilievo visivo e strumentale ARAN, dei dati di traffico ottenuti da rilievo strumentale e sondaggio delle strutture delle strade esaminate mediante carotaggio dei pacchetti stradali. Determinazione degli assi standard da 8,2 t residui e degli anni di vita utile residui delle pavimentazioni. Accenni alle principali tipologie di manutenzione e alle soglie di intervento. Creazione di curve di decadimento (PSI - assi standard e PSI - anni di vita utile) allo scopo di fornire un modello di previsione del degrado finalizzato a fornire un metodo per la manutenzione preventiva in ambito urbano.
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Balis, Panteleimon. "Estimation of mobile terminal velocity and its exploitation for mobility management in PCS." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.424339.
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Cheng, Chung-shan, and 鄭重山. "The project management stream (PMS) for public works projects: An analysis of its formulation andimplementation." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31965568.
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Alflayyeh, Saad. "Supply Chain Complexity, Integrative Network and Competence Practices for Effective Performance Outcomes: Research Model and Empirical Test." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1384190518.
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Bossu, Adeline. "Système d'action agile et dispositif interculturel numérique : le cas du MOOC Pas à Pas du projet ECO." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020BOR30027.
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Cette recherche propose d’étudier, avec une approche systémique, les dynamiques organisationnelles et relationnelles de collectifs étendus et médiés dans un dispositif numérique interculturel de formation à distance, le MOOC. Elle s’appuie sur un cas unique et inédit, le MOOC PàP à Pas, du projet européen ECO (24 partenaires hétérogènes entre Allemagne, Espagne, France, Italie, Pays-Bas, Portugal et Royaume-Uni) dont l’objectif est de produire des sMOOC (social MOOC) et de former à la création de ressources éducatives numériques. Dans une perspective interdisciplinaire, cette recherche-action tente d’apporter des éléments d’appréhension et d’interprétation des adaptations du système d’action face à cette complexité. Elle s’interroge sur 1/ les influences des interactions médiées et des choix organisationnels et relationnels, 2/ les modes de gestion agile et interculturelle et 3/ les leviers d’interopérabilité qui favorisent ces dynamiques relationnelles et la pérennisation du système. Les résultats font apparaître de nouveaux phénomènes de structuration et d’intégration des systèmes de sens (l’interculturaction agile) avec de nouvelles formes d’accords (arrangements intercréatifs). Ils tiennent compte des besoins d’horizontalité et d’intégration d’acteurs hétérogènes, qui capitalisent sur les leviers d’interopérabilité numérique que sont l’ouverture, l’e-présence et la médiation, ainsi que sur le répertoire de communs. Agilité, interculturalité et interopérabilité sont les conditions nécessaires d’une appropriation et d’un transfert réussisThis research proposes to study, with a systemic approach, the organizational and relational dynamics of extended and mediated collectives in an intercultural digital distance learning system, the MOOC. It is based on a unique and unprecedented case, the MOOC PàP à Pas, of the European project ECO (24 heterogeneous partners from Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom) whose objective is to produce sMOOCs (social MOOC) and to train in the creation of digital educational resources. In an interdisciplinary perspective, this action-research attempts to provide elements for apprehending and interpreting the adaptations of the action system in the face of this complexity. It examines 1/ the influences of mediated interactions and organizational and relational choices, 2/ agile and intercultural management methods, and 3/ the levers of interoperability that promote these relational dynamics and the sustainability of the system. The results reveal new phenomena of structuring and integration of sense-making systems (agile interculturalism) with new forms of agreements (intercreative arrangements). They take into account the need for horizontality and integration of heterogeneous actors, who capitalize on the levers of digital interoperability that are openness, e-presence and mediation, as well as on the repertoire of commons. Agility, interculturality and interoperability are the necessary conditions for successful appropriation and transfer
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Gareis, Roland. "Management in the project-oriented society." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2002. http://epub.wu.ac.at/814/1/document.pdf.
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A society, which applies frequently projects and programmes, and which provides project management-related education, research and marketing services, can be perceived as a project-oriented society (POS). More projects and programmes are performed in industry but also in new social areas, such as (small) municipalities, associations, schools and even families. "Management by Projects" becomes a macro-economic strategy of the society, to cope with complexity and dynamics and to ensure quality of the project results. In order to ensure international competitiveness through professionally managed projects and programmes more individuals and more organisations in the society have to be familiar with project management principles. Project and programme management competences are required not only in the industry but also in these new areas of application. A "project management cross-over" between business life and private life can be organised explicitly, to develop project management competences in families, schools, small municipalities, etc. Universities, PM associations, consulting and training companies, etc, have to take on responsibilities for the know how transfer from industry to individuals and organisations, representing these new areas of project management application. programm I austria - The Austrian Project Management Initiative promotes on the one hand the professionalisation of project and programme management, and of project portfolio management in the Austrian industry and on the other hand the application of project management in families and schools, in small municipalities and associations, in politics, in churches, etc. By that the maturity of Austria as a POS shall be further developed. First experiences were made with family projects, school projects and projects of small municipalities. (author's abstract)Series: WU-Jahrestagung 2002
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Mata, Miquel Christian. "Web-based application for medical imaging management." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/323093.
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Prostate and breast cancer are the most common cause of cancers in men and women, respectively. Medical imaging plays an important role in breast and prostate cancer detection and evaluation. Then to prove that our web-based medical application could be applied in different medical disciplines, the main part of this thesis is the implementation of two frameworks as a Java applet interface designed as a web-based tool in the domains of mammography from X-rays in radiology, and of prostate imaging from an Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). This aims to facilitate the diagnosis of new mammographic and prostate cases by providing a set of image processing tools that allow a better visualization of the images, and a set of drawing tools used to annotate the suspicious regions (overlays). Each annotation allows including the attributes considered by the experts when issuing the final diagnosis. The overall set of overlays is stored in a database as eXtensible Markup Language (XML) files associated with the original images. Finally, an exhaustive evaluation of the results is also discussed in this thesis. For the application on mammography, the experimental study is performed in order to evaluate the scalability, complexity and response speed at the proposed tool. For the application on MRI of prostate cancer, the evaluation focused on the decrease of the variability of the expert assessments when collaborative work is performed. To conclude, a new architecture with the main goal of managing patient databases with potentially multi-modal imaging is presented such as for an MRI of the prostate cancer and evaluation from potentially several experts.En aquesta tesi es realitza una revisió bibliogràfica de les principals publicacions recents en els últims anys en aplicacions mèdiques basades en web. Aquest estudi analitza els avantatges i inconvenients dels treballs d’investigació en el camp de la imatge mèdica, així com les arquitectures de base de dades per a la gestió d’imatges digitals. La part principal d’aquesta tesi és la implementació d’una eina basada en la web amb la finalitat de demostrar la integritat i aplicació en diferents disciplines mediques. En aquest sentit, l’aplicació proposada en aquest projecte de tesis ha sigut implementada com a eina d’ajuda al diagnòstic de càncer de mama i pròstata. L’objectiu és facilitar el diagnòstic proporcionant un conjunt d’eines de processat d’imatge que permetin una millor visualització de les imatges, i un conjunt d’eines d’anotació de regions sospitoses o malignes (superposicions). Cada anotació permet incloure tots els atributs i especificacions considerades pels experts a l’emetre el diagnòstic final. S’han dissenyat diferents arquitectures per a la gestió de base de dades (per exemple PACS per emmagatzemar imatges monogràfiques). Per altra banda, el conjunt global d’anotacions s’emmagatzemen en una base de dades d’arxius XML associats a les imatges originals. Conseqüentment, aquesta nova arquitectura es presenta amb l’objectiu d’obtenir una base de dades de casos diagnosticats i validats per radiòlegs experts per a la formació de radiòlegs novells. Finalment, conclusions i noves línies d’investigació associades al projecte com a treball futur són presentades en aquesta tesi.
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Tay, Linda. "Antecedents and consequences of marketing organisation in professional property services (PPS) firms." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325002.
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Huber, Matthias [Verfasser]. "Verfahren zur Grobplanung bei Einzel-, Serien-, und Massenfertigung sowie die Integration in PPS-Systemen / Matthias Huber." München : GRIN Verlag, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1177536404/34.
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Frank, Fabian. "ASSET MANAGEMENT STANDARD FOR THE WIND POWER INDUSTRY." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-325085.
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The consolidation of the wind power industry in the last years requires companies to optimize their performance of the delivery of the wind energy asset’s lifecycle they cover in order to stay in the market. The Asset Management Standard ISO 55000 is a general framework applicable for companies which work with infrastructure assets. As the delivery of wind energy assets is very specific in all aspects of its lifecycle delivery, the Thesis identifies that there is a need for an Asset Management framework which is specific for the wind power industry.This Thesis uses the ISO 55000 and PAS 55 as a base for the development of a wind power industry specific Asset Management framework. The focus is on the lifecycle delivery of the wind energy assets which it traces back to the other Asset Management (AM) aspects. The different wind energy asset’s lifecycle phases Pre-Study, Planning, Construction, Operation and Maintenance and Decommissioning are explained and appended with related working tasks as well as their relation to the overall AM framework. The other AM groups AM Strategy & Objectives, AM Decision Making, Organization & People, Asset Information and Risk & Review are given an introduction to the specific topics.Asset Management is found to be a useful instrument to improve overall company performance and should be considered to be implemented by companies in the wind power industry to bring down the Levelized Cost of Energy of wind power and gain competitive advantage also against fossil fuels as sources of energy production to replace them in a near as possible future.
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Karnama, Ahmad. "Analysis of Integration of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles in the Distribution Grid." Thesis, KTH, Elektriska energisystem, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-119243.
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The new generation of cars are so-called Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) which has the grid connection capability. By the introduction of these vehicles, the grid issues will be connected to the private car transportation sector for the first time. The cars from the gird perspective can be considered as a regular load with certain power factor. The effects of this type of new load in distribution grid are studied in this thesis. By modelling the cars as regular load, the effects of the cars in three distinct areas in Stockholm are investigated. The car number in each area is estimated based on the population and commercial density of electricity consumption in the three areas. Afterward, the average electricity consumption by the cars in one day is distributed among 24 hours of the day with peak load in the studied year. This distribution is done by two regulated and unregulated methods. The regulated method is based on the desired pattern of electricity consumption of PHEVs by vehicle owners. On the other hand, the regulated pattern is designed based on encouragement of the car owners to consume electricity for charging their car batteries at low-power hours of day (usually midnight hours). The power system from high voltage lines in Sweden down to 11 kV substations in Stockholm simulated in PSS/E software has been used in this study. The automation program (written in Python) is run in order to get the output report (voltage variation and losses) of the load flow calculations for different hours of day by adding the required power for PHEVs both by regulated and unregulated patterns. The results show the possibility of introducing growing number of cars till year 2050 in each area with existing grid infrastructures. Moreover, the number of cars, yearly and daily electric consumption for PHEVs in pure electric mode are shown in this project and the effects of regulated electricity consumption are investigated. It is concluded that since the car number is estimated based on the population, the areas with higher residential characteristics are more problematic for integration of PHEVs from capacity point of view. Moreover, by regulating the charging pattern of PHEVs, the higher number of PHEVs can be integrated to the grid with the existing infrastructures. In addition, the losses have been decreased in regulated pattern in comparison with unregulated pattern with the same power consumption. The voltage in different substations is within the standard boundaries by adding 100 percent of PHEVs load for both regulated and unregulated patterns in all three areas.
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Malkuch, Heidi R. "Identification of Management Practices for Infants with Pierre Robin Sequence by Recognized Craniofacial Centers." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1313754330.
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Benatti, Liliane Alves. "Quest?es estruturais da cidade: leituras poss?veis." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas, 2013. http://tede.bibliotecadigital.puc-campinas.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/114.
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Previous issue date: 2013-06-14To contribute to discussions involving the solving of urban environmental problems, the thesis assumes that certain approaches, by themselves suffice to situational analyzes, are powerless to deal with the structural nature of the lining. In the Brazilian case, and with regard to territorial public policies, such as urban planning and urban and regional planning,discussions generally restricted to the field of administrative law, predominantly instrumental in character, whose effects invariably limited to specific actions, topical and devoid of virtue to reach the root causes of urban issue. And more. They reappear with the contemporary environmental crisis. Another factor that affects decisively reflection and proposition urban instruments developed with a view to solving the urban problems is the application of the concept applied to management of public affairs. Originally conceived in the context of organizations, employment management, to migrate to public administration, reduces the understanding of the political dimension to the city's plan merely negotiated territorial management. This also proves insufficient, which will be addressed through a particularly significant that relates environmental and urban issues: the National Policy on Solid Waste.
Visando contribuir nos debates que envolvem o equacionamento da problem?tica urbanoambiental, a disserta??o parte do pressuposto de que certas abordagens, por se bastarem ?s an?lises conjunturais, s?o impotentes para lidar com a natureza estrutural que as revestem. No caso brasileiro, e no que diz respeito ?s pol?ticas p?blicas territoriais, como o urbanismo e o planejamento urbano e regional, as discuss?es geralmente restringem-se ao campo do direito administrativo, de car?ter predominantemente instrumental, cujos efeitos invariavelmente limitam-se ?s a??es pontuais, t?picas e desprovidas da virtude de atingir as causas origin?rias da quest?o urbana. E mais. Elas recrudescem com a crise ambiental contempor?nea. Outro fator que compromete, decisivamente, a reflex?o e a proposi??o de instrumentos urban?sticos desenvolvidos, com vistas ao equacionamento da problem?tica urbana, ? a aplica??o da no??o de gest?o aplicada ? coisa p?blica. Originariamente concebida no contexto das organiza??es, o emprego da gest?o, ao migrar para a administra??o p?blica, reduz o entendimento da dimens?o pol?tica da cidade ao plano meramente negociado de gest?o territorial. Isso tamb?m se mostra insuficiente, o que ser? abordado por meio de um caso particularmente significativo que relaciona quest?es urbanas e ambientais: a Pol?tica Nacional de Res?duos S?lidos.
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Kgantlapane, Pelonomi Sally. "An analysis of the performance management system : the case of a metropolitan municipality / P.S. Kgantlapane." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4793.
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Performance management at all levels of employees within the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) is a key challenge, currently only applicable to senior managers. The employer was proactive in introducing the Ekurhuleni Excellence Awards to the gap that is created by the legislation, but the effort seems not to be working as employees do not understand the criteria that are used for nominations. The empirical study entailed 54 respondents who completed the questionnaire, in five different departments which are Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal and Administration. In this study, the Performance Management System (PMS) of the EMM was analysed, and the biggest challenge being faced by the EMM is the inability of the EMM to address staff retention (at 57%) and succession when employees leave the EMM (at 62%). The two challenges identified by the study are most crucial for the success of the PMS. The PMS of municipalities is legislated by different Acts, and in order to address service delivery challenges, the Acts need to be reviewed to include all levels of employees. National and
Provincial Government have implemented the PMS so that municipalities, as another sphere of Government, will improve service delivery as well as employee motivation. The EMM senior managers, together with the Human Resources department, should craft a strategy or action for the future in order to successfully cascade the PMS to other levels of employees. The EMM Performance Management Policy that is currently operational is in line with the Municipal Regulation no. R805, so the Policy complies fully with the legislation.Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2010.
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Mothusi, Bashi. "Public sector reforms and managing change in Botswana the case of performance management system (PMS) /." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1213282797.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cleveland State University, 2008.Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 8, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-224) and appendices. Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in print.
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Mothusi, Bashi. "Public sector seforms and managing change in Botswana: The case of Performance Management System (PMS)." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1213282797.
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Gronau, Norbert, and Simone Schmid. "Martüberblick : Konfiguratoren in ERP-/PPS-Systemen." Universität Potsdam, 2005. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/682/.
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Die Orientierung am Kunden und dessen individuellen Wünschen ist heutzutage von großer Bedeutung. Mit Hilfe eines Produktkonfigurationssystems ist es möglich, Produkte nach bestimmten Regeln aus bestimmten Bauteilen virtuell zu entwickeln [1] und somit die gewünschten Leistungsmerkmale der Kunden auf ihre Durchführbarkeit hin zu überprüfen. In der vorliegenden Marktuntersuchung wurden die Leistungsfähigkeit von Konfiguratoren sowohl in ERP-/PPS-Systemen als auch als Stand-alone-Lösung untersucht und darauf überprüft, inwiefern sie zur Bewältigung komplexer und variantenreicher Produktgestaltungsaufgaben geeignet sind.Market research : configurators in ERP-/PPS-Systems:
Today customer orientation is of great importance. With the help of a product-configuration-system it is possible to develop products virtually under specific rules and therefore to prove the customer capability characteristics for their practicability. In the present market research the capability of configurators in ERP-/PPS-systems as well as in stand-alone-solutions were checked and it was tested to what extend they are suitable to cope with complex product implementation.
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Sidinana, Ngenanimazizi Orsmond. "Impact pf provincial local government support for effective implementation of PMS in municipalities (Lukhanji municipality)." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020000.
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One of the more frequently heard criticisms of local government is that it is not delivering the required services or it is not delivering an efficient standard of service. Performance management for local government contributes to creating a performance culture in the public service at municipal level. Performance management is a mechanism that is used to ensure that the municipality is doing its work and delivering on its mandate. The SALGA HRD Policy Conference held in March 2003 endorsed the spirit of the relevant legislation on performance management in municipalities. As the employee body and the only recognized voice of municipalities in the country, SALGA has been of the view that the legislative imperative placed on municipalities to be developmental and performance orientated cannot be overly emphasized. Concomitant with the legislative imperative has been the political will or unwavering political commitment to ensure that municipal administrations are accountable to their respective councils, and by extension, the communities they serve. The successful implementation of the Performance Management System at all municipalities will certainly serve as a yardstick in objectively measuring the performance of municipal and provincial local government officials. It is believed that the ongoing measurement of performance will inevitably lead to better delivery of services to our people. The Constitution of South Africa places a developmental mandate on local governments, with the express purpose of them providing effective and efficient services to their communities and to promote local social and economic development. Further to this, the Municipal Systems Act of 2000 provides a legislative framework for municipalities to embark on integrated development planning. Thus all municipalities require an Integrated Development Plan (lDP) to be in place in order to fully realize their objectives as set out in Section 152 of the Constitution. In the interpretation of the legislation, it is clear that the Council (the political body of the municipality) is held responsible to ensure that its municipality has an lDP and PMS in place. Thus both the political principal and the leadership of a municipality are, by law, required to fulfil their obligations in implementing the PMS, while the provincial local government department is charged with the obligation to ensure that such objectives by municipalities are realized by way of providing financial and human capital assistance. Since the lDP and PMS have been legislated in such a manner, it thus becomes legally imperative that municipalities comply with the legislation. The Auditor General is thus required to audit a municipality within this context. Failure to comply may entail certain legal repercussions. Generally, there has been a drive to inculcate improved performance in all three spheres of government. However, it becomes integral that municipalities are performance oriented, especially since it is the sphere of government closest to the grass-roots levels where the real impact of service delivery is experienced. There is undoubtedly a link between lDP and PM. However, it has been observed that both in municipalities and provincial local government there is no synergy between these two components and they tend to operate in isolation of each other. Logically, the scorecards of the organisation and individuals should be derived from the municipality's IDP; however this is not always the case. It is also evident that both the municipality and provincial local government approaches the two issues as different disciplines. Having said this, it is important for SALGA and Provincial Local Government to encourage and ensure better alignment of lDP and PMS in both the province and municipalities.
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Cheng, Chung-shan. "The project management stream (PMS) for public works projects : an analysis of its formulation and implementation /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19711372.
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Havlíček, Václav. "Aplikace grafitu v teplotním managementu mikroelektroniky." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-413038.
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Tato práce je zaměřena na zlepšení tepelného managementu mikroelektroniky implementací materiálů na bázi uhlíku, přesněji grafitových fólií, do tepelné architektury mikroelektroniky. Práce začíná vysvětlením současných metod chlazení a výzev v oblasti mikroelektroniky. Poté přechází k běžně používaným materiálům - hliníku a mědi a přidává do výběru i uhlíkové alotropie. Ve druhé části tato práce obsahuje několik příkladů použití pyrolytické grafitové fólie v tepelném managementu mikroelektroniky, prokazuje jeho použitelnost a analyzuje přínosy pro šíření tepla, tepelnou vodivost při dodržení elektrické izolace a možné využití ve flexibilní elektronice.
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Ohiomah, Alhassan Abdullahi. "The Technology-to-Performance Chain: How Lead Management Systems Drive Inside Sales Performance." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32736.
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Understanding how technology usage influences performance in the inside sales industry has become an important issue for practitioners. Yet, there is a dearth of literature in this area. Inside sales are sales that are performed remotely using the phone or Internet technologies. Leads (i.e., potential customers) are the life-blood of any inside sales setting, and their effective management is crucial for business success. Lead management systems are information technology (IT) tools designed to automate and support effective lead management.
This study developed a conceptual model based on the Technology-Task-Fit (TTF) theory, capturing the impact of lead management systems on inside sales performance through the following mediating mechanisms: task characteristics (call productivity and effort on lead follow-up), selling behaviour (adaptive selling) and salesperson characteristics (salesperson’s competency). To validate this model, we conducted an empirical study with 108 responses collected from sales managers and decision makers. Using PLS-SEM for the analysis, our findings show that the use of lead management systems affects inside sales performance via improving salespeople’s adaptive selling, effort on lead follow-up and competency. The findings of this study contributes to the inside sales literature, and also educate practitioners of the key enablers of inside sales performance and technology usage approaches to the inside sales process.
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Åstrand, Annika. "När PBS kom till byn berättelser om erfarenheter av problembaserad skolutveckling /." Karlstad : Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten, Pedagogik, Karlstads universitet, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-4607.
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Gourdon, Cabaret Delphine. "Le Management situé de la reprise d'entreprise : le cas de PME du Nord-Pas-de-Calais." Littoral, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007DUNK0192.
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Dans un pays comme la France où l’on assiste à un vieillissement des dirigeants, et à une délocalisation massive, la reprise d’entreprise devient un enjeu capital pour la sauvegarde du tissu dense des PME. Celles-ci sont enracinées dans des territoires, et en assurent non seulement le dynamisme économique et technologique, mais aussi la cohésion sociale. Dans les faits, la reprise s’avère être irréductible à une simple opération juridique, financière et technologique. Elle s’apparente à une situation de changement, qui atteint la culture de l’organisation, son mode de gestion, et le partage du pouvoir. Le changement de direction peut être source de progrès, et constitue aussi un événement critique à l’origine de multiples résistances du personnel. Ainsi, pour améliorer l’accompagnement de l’entrée en fonction des repreneurs externes, cette thèse propose une analyse multidimensionnelle des difficultés d’ordre relationnel et psychosocial qui surgissent durant la transition. Elle décode les origines et les mécanismes d’instabilité à partir du traitement des dimensions qui relèvent de l’histoire, de l’identité et de la culture des PME concernées. De cette façon, elle humanise le management de la reprise. Le management situé ouvre un nouvel horizon concerté avec les acteurs de la situation. L’avenir ne saurait faire l’économie de l’autonomie de l’acteur et de son passé. C’est ainsi que la reconstruction d’une nouvelle culture commune d’organisation est possible, dimension indispensable à l’implication du personnel. L’expérience de la reprise des PME dans le Nord-Pas de Calais est abordée ici avec une approche interprétative, associant des méthodes quantitative et qualitativeIn france, where entrepreneurs are aging and massive offshoring is prevalent, the acquisition of ongoing businesses is crucial for the preservation of the tightly-knit network of SME. These are rooted in their local territories, where they provide the driving force for economic and technological dynamism and ensure social cohesion. In actual fact, the acquisition of a business is much more than a legal, financial and technological operation. It creates a drastic change that affects the company’s corporate culture, its style of managemet and the way power is shared. While the change in management may lead to a better performance, it is also a critical event that could engender various forms of employee resistance. Thus, to improve the quality of the support that could be provided to external acquirers during the transition phase, this thesis proposes a multidimensional analysis of the relational and psychosocial issues that may arise during the transition. Light is shed on the sources of instability and its underlying mechanisms by considering dimensions relating to the history, identity and culture of the SME. As such, a more human-centric approach is taken to the management of the transition process. “Situated management” opens up a new course for concerted action with all of the actors involved in the process. For a successful transition, each actor must be taken into account as an autonomous individual with his/her own past. In so doing, a new, common organization culture, essential for securing employee involvement, can be created. The phenomenon of SME acquisition in Nord-Pas de Calais is analyzed using an approach combining qualitative and quantitative methods
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August, Thozama Ncediwe. "Improving school management systems of low pass rate of high schools in the PE school district." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12571.
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The DoE is structured in such a way that in all the provinces there are Districts which are formed by clusters. The performance of each province is measured according to that of the different Districts. This District performance reflects back to the schools in the clusters where they are found. Everyone is keen to know which District will be the top performer in the Grade 12 results in the Eastern Cape; because this is where performance of each school is measured. In the past years it was sad to notice that the Eastern Cape schools have had a very low pass rate. The DoE (PE) District has a challenge to change the situation in which the province finds itself. This research seeks to address the challenges encountered by the schools which are not able to improve their pass rate. It focuses on the school management systems of low pass rate schools; and how can they be modified. It is vitally important to manage the organisation or institution in a way which will optimize performance. That is the reason for discussing and debating the way school management is operated in the high pass rate schools, so that differences between the two categories of schools are noted and good strategies are utilised in low pass rate schools. For the PE District to improve; the schools in the circuits must improve in their performance. Each circuit is allocated an Educational Development Officer (EDO). It is the duty of the EDO to monitor and evaluate the schools in their circuits. These departmental officials have to ensure that schools are managed well; that is, that the school management systems are functioning properly. They need to assist the schools in any way they can, in order to improve the performance of the schools. This research study seeks to bring forward the challenges faced by the low performing schools so that every stakeholder in the schools and in the DoE is on board to improve the situation. Improvement in the circuit will help the province to enhance its overall performance.
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Baxana, Mandilakhe. "Evaluation of the Performance Management Systems (PMS): a case study of the Eastern Cape Provincial Treasure." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1015045.
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Performance Managements System (PMS) policy by looking at the implementation of the PMS in line with provincial and national policies. The purpose is to achieve sustainable improvement in organizational performance whilst examining the value of PMS in assessing performance of the Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury employees. The questionnaire was personally delivered to potential respondents. The study showed that the performance management system used by the Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury was on track with clear objectives, and was largely integrated with the departments' planning process, primarily through the use of divisional planning objectives as a basis for employee performance agreements. However, the general findings were qualified by the need to address. Several key issues, and to make some improvements to the process. It was also concluded that the revised performance management system should have a stronger emphasis on effective managing, monitoring, reporting and rewarding high performance and correcting low performance respectively. Key recommendations are made to assist this department in its quest to achieve maximum return on the investment from its human capital. The recommendations are: The Eastern Cape Provincial Treasury needs to establish clear organizational objectives and the performance management tool should be negotiated and agreed with the union councils and management. The performance measures or key performance indicators should be agreed upfront with all employees, irrespective of their level in the organization.
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PARK, SANG-EON. "MODELING PARAMETERIZED MOBILE ACTIONS IN A WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE (PCS) NETWORK." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1027944662.
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