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Odendaal, Marius. "Re-engineering an engineering career / Marius Odendaal." Thesis, North-West University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4755.
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Re-engineering is an ongoing process of change that continues throughout a
person's life. It includes all aspects of life, even your career and lifestyle as
you continue to grow as an individual. There is no satisfaction or of self-fulfilment
in clinging to a career and its accompanying lifestyle which you have
outgrown. To change this, people should approach career planning and
management from a different point of view. The making of a career and
lifestyle change is something most people find horrendously difficult. Making
effective career and lifestyle changes incorporating your dream and passion
should be seen as a challenge.
There is a common denominator in this whole discussion which influences the
decisions that people make when it comes to choosing their careers. It boils
down to wanting to make a success of their lives and the fear of being a
failure. But how does one define success? Success can mean different
things to different people. For some, monetary reward is a measure of
success. Yet others have multiple definitions of success. People should first
determine their own definition of success before deciding what career they
would like to pursue. Many of us make this decision based on what other
people, such as our parents or friends, perceive as success.
Exploring career choices should be a positive undertaking for high school
students. A thoughtfully constructed career choice process will provide a
meaningful, productive and satisfying framework for making quality career
choices. Some students do not begin to explore real career possibilities until
after graduation. Tertiary education institutions should provide students with
relevant information earlier in their studies. Institutions could be more proactive,
giving students information that they could test and use in their daily
studies and ultimately apply to their choice of career.
Young adults turn to their career guidance counsellors in their schools for
advice on determining what career paths they should follow. The problem
within the South African public educational system currently is that there is
inadequate provision for career guidance or assessment of individual learners.
The majority of young people leave school with only a vague knowledge of
employment opportunities and with little insight concerning the career
direction most appropriate to their abilities, interests and personality.
Believing that their only chance of future employment is the attainment of
some sort of qualification, they are pitch-forked into tertiary education without
any consideration given to the appropriateness of their chosen qualification to
their abilities, interests and personality. This results in a large percentage of
employees who feel trapped in an inappropriate career. This leads to low
morale, disinterest and de-motivation, translating into poor performance and
bad service levels. In the end unhappy employees either leave of their own
free will or need to be dismissed. In either case, the cost to the business is
substantial.
When it comes to making a career change in order to follow your dream and
passion, people are normally shackled by the comfort and security they
experience in their current jobs and the fear of failing should they risk
following their dream. The decision to make a career change should follow a
formal process in order to enable a person to make an informed and
responsible career change.
The value to the researcher personally is that he will have a better
understanding of why he decided to change his career. Is it a real choice or is
it only a pipe dream that will eventually fade away because of the challenges
facing him in the future?Thesis (M.Ing. (Development and Management Engineering))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2010.
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Liang, Ge, and Liang Yu. "Quality Driven Re-engineering Framework." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2161.
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Context. Software re-engineering has been identified as a business critical activity to improve legacy systems in industries. It is the process of understanding existing software and improving it, for modified or improved functionality, better maintainability, configurability, reusability, or other quality goals. However, there is little knowledge to integrate software quality attributes into the re-engineering process. It is essential to resolve quality problems through applying software re-engineering processes. Objectives. In this study we perform an in-depth investigation to identify and resolve quality problems by applying software re-engineering processes. At the end, we created a quality driven re-engineering framework. Methods. At first, we conducted a literature review to get knowledge for building the quality driven re-engineering framework. After that, we performed a case study in Ericsson Company to validate the processes of the framework. At last, we carried out an experiment to prove that the identified quality problems has been resolved. Results. We compared three existing re-engineering frameworks and identified their weaknesses. In order to fix the weaknesses, we created a quality driven re-engineering framework. This framework is used to improve software quality through identifying and resolving root cause problems in legacy systems. Moreover, we validated the framework for one type of legacy system by successfully applying the framework in a real case in Ericsson Company. And also, we proved that the efficiency of a legacy system is improved after executing an experiment in Ericsson Company. Conclusions. We conclude that the quality driven re-engineering framework is applicable, and it can improve efficiency of a legacy system. Moreover, we conclude that there is a need for further empirical validation of the framework in full scale industrial trials.
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Bowron, John. "Re-engineering the project procurement process through concurrent engineering." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2002. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6811.
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The construction industry in the United Kingdom is a multi-billion pound business that contributes, on average 10% of the UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, it is seen by many to be underachieving in terms of service delivery and investment opportunities. Projects are frequently late and over budget much to the disappointment of those involved in the industry and especially clients. Many investigations have been commissioned and resulting reports have suggested improvements in the way the industry is organised. Procurement of construction projects in the main are undertaken using methods that support fragmentation and adversarial relationships. However, with the introduction of partnering and prime contracting some improvements have been made. Procurement of a construction project begins with the strategies developed during briefing and is only complete when the facility is handed over to the client, some contract strategies allow for the facility to be completed once it is in operation, has been maintained and eventually is demolished. Costings and programmes are then related to life-cycle issues and aspects such as maintenance have to be taken into account during the facility development stages. The adoption of Concurrent Engineering (CE) is seen to offer the construction industry a way forward. Having been adopted extensively by manufacturing in its product development stages a similar adoption by the construction industry would go some way to achieving the 30% improvement in real terms suggested by Latham [1994] and Egan [1998]. The research described in the thesis aims to develop a new procurement method for the delivery of construction projects. The approach adopted was to identify current methods of procurement and the problems associated with each method. Then using Concurrent Engineering as a basis, a new procurement model was developed that offered potential improvements in the construction process between the stages of Clients Briefing and Detailed Design. The resulting model was evaluated through the application of CE principles into the process and by the presentation and discussion of the method with a number of industry participants, followed by the completion and assessment of a questionnaire. The model was shown to fulfil the principles of CE and could be adopted into construction. It offers a new approach to procurement which in turn would save costs and time and potentially improve the quality of the final construction product.
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Mortimer, Richard Eric. "Data re-engineering using formal transformations." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/4833/.
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This thesis presents and analyses a solution to the problem of formally re- engineering program data structures, allowing new representations of a program to be developed. The work is based around Ward's theory of program transformations which uses a Wide Spectrum Language, WSL, whose semantics were specially developed for use in proof of program transformations. The re-engineered code exhibits equivalent functionality to the original but differs in the degree of data abstraction and representation. Previous transformational re-engineering work has concentrated upon control flow restructuring, which has highlighted a lack of support for data restructuring in the maintainer's tool-set. Problems have been encountered during program transformation due to the lack of support for data re-engineering. A lack of strict data semantics and manipulation capabilities has left the maintainer unable to produce optimally re-engineered solutions. It has also hindered the migration of programs into other languages because it has not been possible to convert data structures into an appropriate form in the target language. The main contribution of the thesis is the Data Re-Engineering and Abstraction Mechanism (DREAM) which allows theories about type equivalence to be represented and used in a re-engineering environment. DREAM is based around the technique of "ghosting", a way of introducing different representations of data, which provides the theoretical underpinning of the changes applied to the program. A second major contribution is the introduction of data typing into the WSL language. This allows DREAM to be integrated into the existing transformation theories within WSL. These theoretical extensions of the original work have been shown to be practically viable by implementation within a prototype transformation tool, the Maintainer's Assistant. The extended tool has been used to re-engineer heavily modified, commercial legacy code. The results of this have shown that useful re-engineering work can be performed and that DREAM integrates well with existing control flow transformations.
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Riley, Michael John. "Re-engineering the construction procurement process." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.395375.
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Raghavan, Amrith 1976. "Re-engineering knowledge networks for development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17661.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2004.Includes bibliographical references.
This thesis examines the evolution of Internet based knowledge networks (e-knowledge networks) in the domain of sustainable development. The objective of this thesis is to use an engineering systems approach to understand knowledge networks, identify the barriers to their sustainability and recommend strategies for re-engineering them. e-Knowledge Networks refer to the set of Internet based tools and platforms that support communication, collaboration and group decision-making processes amongst groups of individuals. e-knowledge networks are particularly important in the context of international development initiatives that recognize that knowledge is the key to technological change and sustainable economic development. This thesis is intended to aid knowledge network managers and researchers in their efforts towards making their knowledge networks sustainable. The thesis addresses in depth the most important barrier towards a knowledge network's sustainability- the problem of collective action among the participants of a knowledge network. It takes the view that knowledge is a public good, and a knowledge network would face the problem of under provision of this public good due the problem of free-riding and lack of mechanisms to mobilize collective action. This thesis provides guidelines and recommendations for the restructuring of incentives and organizational policies and the re-engineering of the technology to overcome this barrier. The thesis first outlines a framework and taxonomy for describing different knowledge network configurations and maps out the state of existence of important knowledge networks existing in the sustainable development domain within this framework. It then provides individual and comparative
(cont.) studies of two important knowledge networks related to sustainable development- the MIT developed Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD) and the Development Gateway's Knowledge Network. The engineering systems approach used in this thesis enables the study of each of the sub-systems that make up a knowledge network- the human subsystem, the technological subsystem and the institutional subsystem. This is done with the view towards providing insights into the structure of the network and the network of relationships that develop within a Knowledge Network, determining the motivations that drives the creators and the participants and the incentives that have been engineered into the technological and organizational policies to meet these motivations and assessing the quality, quantity and the evolution of knowledge and the throughput of participants in the network. A detailed description of each of the subsystems is provided and the interrelationships amongst them are analyzed and the result is synthesized to develop an integrated framework for the assessment of knowledge networks.
by Amrith Raghavan.
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Fan, Yao-Long. "Re-engineering the solicitation management system." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3179.
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The scope of this project includes a re-engineering of the internal architecture of the Solicitation Management System (SMS), a web-based application that facilitates the running of grant proposal solicitations for the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB). A goal of the project is to increase consistency and efficiency of the code base of the system, making it easier to understand, maintain, and extend. The previous version of SMS was written to rely on the Spring and Hibernate frameworks. The project includes a restructuring of the system to remove reliance on the Spring framework, but maintain reliance on Hibernate. The result is an updated version of the SMS. The system was written using current technologies such as Java, JSP, and CSS.
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Le, Gal Thierry. "Re-engineering software for integration using computer aided software engineering." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06232009-063016/.
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Taveira, Araújo J. "Traffic re-engineering : extending resource pooling through the application of re-feedback." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2013. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1417906/.
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Parallelism pervades the Internet, yet efficiently pooling this increasing path diversity has remained elusive. With no holistic solution for resource pooling, each layer of the Internet architecture attempts to balance traffic according to its own needs, potentially at the expense of others. From the edges, traffic is implicitly pooled over multiple paths by retrieving content from different sources. Within the network, traffic is explicitly balanced across multiple links through the use of traffic engineering. This work explores how the current architecture can be realigned to facilitate resource pooling at both network and transport layers, where tension between stakeholders is strongest. The central theme of this thesis is that traffic engineering can be performed more efficiently, flexibly and robustly through the use of re-feedback. A cross-layer architecture is proposed for sharing the responsibility for resource pooling across both hosts and network. Building on this framework, two novel forms of traffic management are evaluated. Efficient pooling of traffic across paths is achieved through the development of an in-network congestion balancer, which can function in the absence of multipath transport. Network and transport mechanisms are then designed and implemented to facilitate path fail-over, greatly improving resilience without requiring receiver side cooperation. These contributions are framed by a longitudinal measurement study which provides evidence for many of the design choices taken. A methodology for scalably recovering flow metrics from passive traces is developed which in turn is systematically applied to over five years of interdomain traffic data. The resulting findings challenge traditional assumptions on the preponderance of congestion control on resource sharing, with over half of all traffic being constrained by limits other than network capacity. All of the above represent concerted attempts to rethink and reassert traffic engineering in an Internet where competing solutions for resource pooling proliferate. By delegating responsibilities currently overloading the routing architecture towards hosts and re-engineering traffic management around the core strengths of the network, the proposed architectural changes allow the tussle surrounding resource pooling to be drawn out without compromising the scalability and evolvability of the Internet.
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MacBryde, Jillian Catherine. "Business process re-engineering in UK universities." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 1998. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21395.
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The thesis starts by examining the environment surrounding UK universities and concludes that external pressures are forcing universities to change. Internal pressures, largely resulting from rapid growth and lack of business systems are also adding to the argument for change. Having concluded that UK universities do indeed need to become more: customer focused; flexible; and efficient - the thesis then puts forward the hypotheses that: • Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) may provide UK universities with a methodology for change; but that the contextual differences between UK universities and business enterprises are so great that existing BPR methodologies couldn't be easily adopted by universities in the UK; • yet, existing methodologies may be used as a basis for creating a methodology designed specifically for UK universities. On reviewing existing BPR methodologies in light of the contextual differences between UK universities and business enterprises, it was concluded that existing methodologies were indeed inappropriate for the university context. The remainder of the thesis documents work carried out in order to develop a more appropriate methodology for the UK university sector. Firstly the results of a quantitative survey aimed at establishing how many UK universities have tried to use Business Process Re-engineering are reported. Secondly the results of a more in-depth, qualitative, investigation are documented. The qualitative research took the form of in-depth interviews with personnel involved in "BPR" exercises in ten UK universities. The drivers for change, the methodologies employed, the problems and the success factors are documented in this thesis. Having analysed the results of this research, a methodology for Business Process Re-engineering in UK universities is developed and documented. Based on feedback received from academics, practitioners and consultants alike, the thesis concludes that the methodology represents a contribution to current knowledge.
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Law, Chit-lun, and 羅哲倫. "Process re-engineering: theory and case study." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31267336.
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DeGeorge, Joann A. "Re-engineering and downsizing : a nursing perspective /." Staten Island, N.Y. : [s.n.], 1997. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/nursing/1997/thesis_nur_1997_degeo_reeng.pdf.
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Law, Chit-lun. "Process re-engineering : theory and case study /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B17982364.
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Granholm, Andreas. "Re-engineering Sequential Software to Introduce Parallelization." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-36628.
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In the quest for additional computational power to provide higher software performance, industry have shifted to multi-core processing units. At the same time, many existing applications still contain sequential software; in these cases, multi-core processors would not deeply improve performances and in general would be under-utilized since software running on top of them are not conceived to exploit parallelization. In this thesis we aim at providing a way to increase the performance of existing sequential software through parallelization and at the same time minimizing the cost of the parallelization effort. The contribution of this thesis is a generic parallelization method for introducing parallelization into sequential software using multi-core CPUs and GPUs. As a proof-of-concept we ran an experiment in industrial settings by applying the proposed parallelization method to an existing industrial system running sequential code. Additionally, we compare the method we propose to existing methods for parallelization.
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Blades, Gareth. "Re-engineering bacterial two-component signalling systems." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:2865c02d-c208-45fa-8108-d8ced9486c19.
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Bacteria use Two Component Systems (TCS) to sense and respond to changes in their external environment. TCS are used to navigate to nutrients or away from toxins (chemotaxis) and to adapt to changes in osmolarity (osomosensing). TCS are composed of a histidine protein kinase (HPK) which trans-autophosphorylates in response to environmental change, transferring the phosphoryl group to a cognate response regulator (RR). Phosphorylated RRs modulate an output response such as protein-protein interaction for chemotaxis, and transcription for osmosensing. RRs are composed of a conserved amino terminal REC domain, and where present a variable effector domain. CheY, the chemotaxis RR, contains only a REC domain, whilst OmpR, the osmosensing RR, also contains a DNA binding effector domain. Recently, TCS have been used in synthetic biology applications due to their modularity and conserved signalling mechanism. This thesis aimed to investigate whether it was possible to design a synthetic TCS composed of fused chemotaxis and osmosensing components. Synthetic RRs were designed, fusing the highly conserved REC domains of CheY and OmpR upstream of the OmpR effector domain. REC domains were fused across the α4-β5-α5 region, a region which transmits REC domain phosphorylation into effector domain activation. Synthetic RRs were designed to undergo phosphotransfer to their fused REC domains from the chemotaxis HPK, CheA, activate the attached OmpR effector domain and bind promoter DNA. Four chimeric RRs were created, although only three were structurally viable; F2, F3 and F4. Each fusion bound CheA, and F3 and F4 bound CheA with a significantly higher affinity than CheY. The chimeric RRs could all be phosphorylated byCheA-P; F4 and F3 were phosphorylated to wild-type levels. DNA binding affinitywas investigated with fluorescence anisotropy, hosphorylated and unphosphorylated F3 could not bind promoter DNA. F2 bound promoter DNA regardless of phosphorylation state. These data indicate that phosphorylation of the F2 REC domain does not lead to activation of the effector domain. F2 is likely to be constitutively active suggesting a previously unknown role for OmpR α5 as a mediator of effector domain activation. Furthermore, using a simple fusion approach to design RRs is not a viable method to create a synthetic TCS with a controllable output.
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Homa, Peter. "Re-engineering the Leicester Royal Infirmary heathcare process." Thesis, Brunel University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241646.
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Lamoreaux, Candace M. "UV3| Re-engineering the unravel program slicing tool." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10140465.
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Static program slicing is a technique used to analyze code for single points of failure or errors that could cause catastrophic events in a software system. This analysis technique is especially useful in large-scale systems where a software failure could have very serious consequences.
In 1995 the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created a Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool called Unravel, a static program slicing tool that they used to evaluate the safety and integrity of software. Because of the old libraries used by Unravel, it can no longer be run on modern computer systems. This project re-engineers the original Unravel application so that it can run on modern computer systems.
The re-engineered version of the program, called Unravel V3 (UV3), implements all the functional requirements of the original program but provides a more modern user interface and moves the program from the procedural language of C to the object oriented language C#.
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Li, Steven. "Re-engineering a B-tree implementation using design patterns." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ39487.pdf.
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Holmes, C. J. "Re-engineering the new product introduction process : executive summary." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1999. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4389/.
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This paper is the executive summary for the research project 'Re-Engineering the New Product Introduction Process.' The project is made up of a number of portfolio submissions describing differing areas of the research. The key reason for the research was to identify a way in which a case study company could radically improve its time to market for new products by improving the process followed. An action research methodology was employed and project team used to aid the development and validation of the process and supporting tools. The result of the work was a proceduralised process for the introduction of new products, Coupled with detailed supporting tools and techniques. This paper summarises the details of the new process and describes the supporting projects. The levels of validation and implementation for all tile projects are also described as these were at differing levels of implementation within the case study organisation.
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Chauhan, Vikash Pal Singh. "Re-Engineering the Tumor Microenvironment to Enhance Drug Delivery." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10405.
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Tumors are similar to organs, with unique physiology giving rise to an unusual set of transport barriers to drug delivery. Cancer therapy is limited by non-uniform drug delivery via blood vessels, inhomogeneous drug transport into tumor interstitium from the vascular compartment, and hindered transport through tumor interstitium to the target cells. Four major abnormal physical and physiological properties contribute to these transport barriers. Accumulated solid stress compresses blood vessels to diminish the drug supply to many tumor regions. Immature vasculature with high viscous and geometric resistances and reduced pressure gradients leads to sluggish and heterogeneous blood flow in tumors to further limit drug supply. Nonfunctional lymphatics coupled with highly permeable blood vessels result in elevated hydrostatic pressure in tumors to abrogate convective drug transport from blood vessels into and throughout most of the tumor tissue. Finally, a dense structure of interstitial matrix and cells serves as a tortuous, viscous, and steric barrier to diffusion of therapeutic agents. In this dissertation, I discuss the origins and implications of these barriers. I then highlight strategies I have developed for overcoming these barriers by modulating either drug properties or the tumor microenvironment itself to enhance the delivery and effectiveness of drugs in tumors.Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Fraser, Catherine. "The use of statistics in business process re-engineering." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.408468.
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Berrey, Linda G. "Re-engineering the proposal process using parametric cost models." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03302010-020222/.
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Hong-Minh, Severine. "Re-engineering the UK private house building supply chain." Mannheim : Mateo, Mannheimer Texte Online, 2002. http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/verlag/diss/hong-minh/hong-minh.pdf.
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Paleker, Mohamed. "The re-engineering of South African small claims courts." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29699.
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The thesis argues for the retention and reform of the small claims courts. It considers the evolution of the small claims courts since their establishment in 1985, and the steps taken by the Government since 1994 to revitalise the courts to strengthen access to justice. The thesis also considers the management of the courts; the recruitment and qualifications of presiding officers; the rules of jurisdiction and locus standi; the processes and procedures of the courts; and the potential for introducing alternative dispute resolution (mediation). The thesis relies on a broad spectrum of local and foreign literature, the South African common law and statutes, as well as comparative research to argue for the reform of the courts and in particular, the Small Claims Courts Act 61 of 1984 and the Rules Regulating Proceedings in the Small Claims Courts. The small claims courts’ legislation is interrogated and concrete amendments are suggested. Arguments for reform are bolstered by official statistical data sourced from the Department of Justice. The study reveals that significant improvements must be made to the legislation governing the courts. The thesis establishes that the legal rules of jurisdiction and locus standi require a fundamental overhaul. While the thesis is complimentary of certain aspects of the processes and procedures of the courts – for example, the inquisitorial style of conducting a trial and the relaxation of the rules of evidence – it identifies a host of problems that impede access to justice, such as the lack of technology in the courts, cumbersome processes, and the presence of procedures that hinder justice because they are difficult to apply in practice. With regard to the management of the courts, the thesis recommends several steps to improve service delivery and proposes a new organisational framework for court management. The recommendations are easy to implement, with minimum cost to the State. The current regime of recruiting volunteer practitioners to preside in the courts is supported. However, experience shows that there is need to appoint a pool of magistrates to service the courts. In accordance with international trends, mediation in the courts is recommended. The thesis explains how and when mediation should be used to resolve disputes.
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Ainsworth, John David. "Re-engineering healthcare systems to use evidence from practice." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/reengineering-healthcare-systems-to-use-evidence-from-practice(5fbb474d-ea68-42f4-883e-1a930868935c).html.
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Health and care services need to be optimised to meet the future demand that will be placed on them. This will require a closer coupling of service and research, whereby innovations in services can be rapidly tested and evaluated, and feed back into a continual process of service optimisation. The timely delivery of information from services into research is critical to this cycle. However, there are serious problems with the evidence on which healthcare and public health practice is based: it is expensive to produce; it takes a long time to produce; it takes a long time to influence professional practice; it is crude, relating to the average participant and simple treatment definitions under ideal conditions. In other words, it gives a low-resolution picture of how a patient might respond to treatment or a how a sub-group of the community might respond to a public health intervention. This work is an exploration of informatics solutions to these problems with an aim to re-engineer health care systems to make best use of the evidence available.
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Morticelli, Lucrezia. "Guided functional re-engineering of the mitral valve leaflet." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6524/.
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Valvular heart disease is a major cause of mortality worldwide. Mitral valve regurgitation represents the second major valvular disorder in the western world. Current strategies for mitral valve reconstruction are imperfect. The aim of this study was to investigate the tissue engineering of mitral valve leaflets for mitral valve leaflets reconstruction. The approach taken was to utilise decellularised porcine pericardium seeded with porcine mesenchymal stem cells (pMSCs) and to mechanically condition the cell seeded constructs using biaxial strain in a bespoke bioreactor. The biomechanical and biological properties of porcine mitral valve leaflets and native and decellularised porcine pericardium were studied for comparative purposes. The porcine pericardium was decellularised using a propriety method based upon low concentration sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and proteinase inhibitors. Histological characterisation showed the four and three layered structure of leaflets and fresh/decellularised pericardium, respectively. Histological analysis of decellularised pericardium did not reveal any remaining cells. Moreover, the histoarchitecture of collagen and elastic fibres appeared to be well preserved. Biochemical analysis showed that the mitral valve leaflets and the fresh pericardium had hydroxyproline and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) contents similar to those reported in the literature. Decellularised pericardium had higher hydroxyproline content than that of fresh pericardium but lower GAG content. The levels of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in fresh and decellularised pericardium were determined and this showed that there was a 99% reduction in the DNA content following decellularisation. In vitro biocompatibility studies showed that the decellularised pericardium was not cytotoxic to porcine skin fibroblasts and pMSCs. Biomechanical properties were determined using low strain rate uniaxial loading to failure. Both fresh and decellularised pericardium demonstrated rather isotropic behaviours, possessing similar mechanical properties along the two orthogonal directions studied. Anterior leaflet specimens cut circumferentially were stiffer than those cut radially and the posterior leaflets. This anisotropic mechanical behaviour of the anterior leaflet was related to the main orientation of the collagen fibres along the circumferential direction. Conversely, the posterior leaflets were more isotropic. The optimum seeding density for culturing decellularised pericardial samples was 1×105 cells·cm-2 for pMSCs and the ideal time for culturing prior to loading the reseeded scaffold in the bioreactor stations was 3 days. With regards to fibroblasts and porcine smooth muscle cells (pSMCs), the optimum seeding density was 2×105 cells·cm-2 at 1 week culture for fibroblasts, whereas pSMCs had the tendency of forming agglomerates on the surface of tissue rather than penetrating throughout the thickness of the scaffold, thus, they were not considered ideal for remodelling the histoarchitecture of tissue during dynamic experiments. The actuator of the bioreactor was calibrated and the general set up of the system was completed. Suitable conditions to apply during static culture in the bioreactor, in terms of oxygen and pH control, in order to maintain the ECM integrity and cell viability in the bioreactor, were initially determined using fresh pericardium, however this proved problematic due to the variability in the tissue that was available. One day static experiment performed with the bioreactor by using decellularised pericardium reseeded with pMSCs showed that there was no difference in terms of viability when keeping the tissue statically in the tissue holders and in the bioreactor stations. Thus, tissue holders could be used as positive static controls during dynamic experiments. One day dynamic experiments (10% strain) performed with the bioreactor by using decellularised pericardium reseeded with pMSCs showed that cells were viable both when kept dynamically in the bioreactor and statically in the tissue holders. Cells started aligning along specific directions when kept dynamically in the bioreactor. Overall porcine mitral valve leaflets and porcine fresh/decellularised pericardium shared similar histoarchitectures, but had different biochemical composition and biomechanics. Decellularised pericardium was shown to be an optimum material for cell repopulation, delivering the necessary biological and biomechanical cues to seeded cells. The bioreactor was optimised for both static and dynamic culture and is now ready for further investigation at longer time points. This research provided the basics into the optimal strategy for mechanostimulation of cell-seeded pericardial scaffolds in vitro in order to generate heart-valve like tissue.
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Punnoose, Ratish J. "Re-Engineering PCM/FM as a Phase Modulation Scheme." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606166.
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ITC/USA 2008 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Fourth Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 27-30, 2008 / Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CaliforniaHistorically, (PCM/FM) receivers have used simple detection schemes yielding low performance. Using multi-symbol detection methods, PCM/FM can be received with better error performance than either SOQPSK or multi-h CPM. We present an approximation by which PCM/FM can be reinterpreted as a phase modulation scheme, allowing the use of coherent detection techniques. This is backward compatible with existing receivers. We also present an extension by which the error performance of the approximated PCM/FM can be improved even further with no change to the spectral properties. This improved waveform can be used in systems where compatibility with existing frequency allocation schemes is required.
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Go, Shanette A. "Re-engineering engineering : how Course 2-A is paving the way for interdisciplinary engineering education at MIT." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59911.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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In 2004, The National Academy of Engineers (NAE) released a report calling for changes to be made to the current engineering education system in response to the growing need for engineering graduates who would be able to understand engineering problems in a larger context. The present study hopes to gain a better understanding of the growth of flexible engineering education by determining differences in student characteristics and their effect on a student's choice of academic program, identifying the perceptions of the MIT community of flexible and traditional engineering programs and how these perceptions changed over time, and establishing whether or not a correlation exists between students' perceived self-efficacy in engineering and professional abilities and his or her career plans. An online survey was developed and administered to the Course 2 and Course 2-A student body. Significant differences in motivation, opinion of Course 2 and Course 2-A, as well as perceived self-efficacy were found between Course 2 and Course 2-A students.
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Bani, Younis Mohammed [Verfasser]. "Re-Engineering Approach for PLC Programs based on Formal Methods : Re-Engineering-Ansatz für SPS-Programme auf Basis formaler Beschreibungen / Mohammed Bani Younis." Aachen : Shaker, 2006. http://d-nb.info/1166515214/34.
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Irwin, Dennis M. "Re-engineering of the computer-aided prototyping system for portability." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1996. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA322566.
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Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996."September 1996." Thesis advisor(s): Luqi and Valdis Berzins. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-37). Also Available online.
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Yetkin, Recep Erdinc Enriquez Sotero. "Re-engineering portabililty of the Computer Aided Prototyping System (CAPS) /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA333411.
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Pyle, Fred I. "Re-engineering the Naval Postgraduate School's purchase card accounting process." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1997. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA333362.
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Larios, Berlin Dean Edward. "Enyme inhibition in microfluidics for re-engineering bacterial sysnthesis pathways." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9390.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2009.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute for Systems Research. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Stapley, Jonathan Scott. "Standards-based model repository support for business process re-engineering." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187283.
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Business Process Re-Engineering is a challenging, complex task requiring a carefully orchestrated environment of visionary leadership, skillful management and facilitation techniques which are supported by powerful enabling technologies. Taken together, these constitute a Business Process Re-Engineering Environment (BPRE). This dissertation explores a case of the development of a standards-based prototype repository (Pro Rep ) to support a Business Process Reengineering Environment (BPRE). It is a case study of the part standards-based repository technologies play In the on-going evolution of a BPRE at the University of Arizona. Standards-based repositories are juxtaposed to proprietary technologies or other defacto repository paradigms such as Object Oriented Data Bases (OODBs) and Relational Data Base Management Systems (RDBMSs). Repositories are the integration framework which supports various BPRE tools used in a Business Process Reengineering methodology which is evolving in parallel at the University. The research approach is an amalgam of case study and systems development research methodologies. Data sources for the case study are the Pro Rep development, questionnaires and interviews from key informants in the repository community. The questionnaires and interview data help explain the technical and business context for ProRep. These three data sources are analyzed to help answer the research question, "how do standards-based repository frameworks support the creation, function, and maintenance of Business Process Re-Engineering Environments (BPREs)?" The two repository standards explored during this case are the Information Resources Dictionary (lRDS) and the Portable Common Tool Environment (PCTE). The former is the U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 156 while the later is an International Standards Organization (ISO) 13719. Repository-based integration represents only one approach to integration. It assumes that there will be a central concern for data sharing and compatibility among tools and users. There is very little published on the business implications of standards-based repository technologies compared to other integration technologies. Even the term "repository" has become a confusing and overloaded term in MIS. This case study shows how a PCTE-based model repository offers some unique advantages over proprietary and other defacto repository standards. Because of its unique architecture, PCTE provides tool messaging features, data integration, and security features that rival technologies are not designed to address. While cost and complexity are the potential downside of PCTE, the robustness and completeness of its approach make it the most full-featured of repository technologies currently available. Its value and success will be largely dependent on the support and diffusion that the technology experiences within the CASE and Business Process Re-Engineering Community.
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Yetkin, Recep Erdinc, and Sotero Enriquez. "Re-engineering portabililty of the Computer Aided Prototyping System (CAPS)." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8897.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThe Computer-Aided Prototyping System (CAPS) currently runs only on SPARC workstations ruling SunOS version 4.1.3. This limits the usefulness of CAPS, since Sun Microsystems has publicly announced that they have no interest in continuing support for SunOS version 4.x. A solution to this problem is to port CAPS to a PC platform running the Linux operating system. Towards this end, the graphical editor portion of CAPS was ported onto a 100Mhz Pentium, with 32 MB of RAM, Linux 3.0, running Motif 2.0 on X windows. Modifications to both, the Makefile and the graphical editor source code were required for a successful compilation. These modifications were items such as having to compile using various compilers, providing pointers to the Motif and X windows Libraries needed to produce the static builds of the graphical editor, and a number of recompilations of the Linux kernel. As a result of these efforts, the graphical editor, a functional component of CAPS, was successfully ported to this system. The software database, project control and execution support components still remain to be ported as a future development
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陳煜民 and Yuk-man Brian Chan. "Strategy for information management in re-engineering the logistics business." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1995. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3126637X.
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Cameron, Neville Stuart. "An investigation into the standardisation of business process re-engineering." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.275505.
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Chan, Yuk-man Brian. "Strategy for information management in re-engineering the logistics business /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14804086.
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Hasan, Abdullah. "Technology enabled re-engineering : a business strategy for advancing Bangladesh." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32338.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-62).
A strategy is presented to rapidly advance a developing nation utilizing the power of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). A banking institution is chosen to be the anchor tenant to spread ICT. A radical approach of re-engineering using leading technologies is applied to transform the new bank to make it competitive for the new agenda. Development of a robust fiber optical network is proposed to facilitate connectivity of the branches for subsequent massive extension of broadband access through out the country. The strategic vision is to create a viral effect of ICT in the semi-rural and rural areas through use of innovative business models in order to achieve spurt in economic growth and pursue long term development.
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Ferreira, Santana Neiva Danuza. "RIPLE-RE: A requeriments engineering process for software product lines." Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2009. https://repositorio.ufpe.br/handle/123456789/2259.
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Linhas de Produto de Software é uma importante estratégia de reuso para minimizar custos e tempo de entrega das aplicações, e maximizar a qualidade e produtividade do desenvolvimento de software. Entretanto, isso envolve o gerenciamento dos pontos comuns e variáveis entre diferentes aplicações, que aumenta sua complexidade quando comparado com desenvolvimento de software tradicional. Assim, desenvolver uma Linha de Produto requer tempo e planejamento para apresentar resultados positivos, ao contrário, o investimento pode ser perdido devido a falhas no projeto. Nesse contexto, um processo de Engenharia de Requisitos é importante para reduzir os riscos envolvidos em uma Linha de Produto, fornecendo gerenciamento e desenvolvimento de requisitos corretos. Por outro lado, existe um desafio chave em Engenharia de Requisitos para Linhas de Produto, que envolve uma solução adequada para gerenciar variabilidades, integrando-as e relacionado decisões em diferentes artefatos para facilitar a derivação de produtos. Assim, o desenvolvimento de Linhas de Produto deve ser apoiado por um processo de Engenharia de Requisitos adequado para o seu contexto. Atualmente, existem muitas abordagens de Engenharia de Requisitos para Linhas de Produto, entretanto, elas apresentam alguns problemas, tais como a ausência de um processo completo e sistemático, com detalhes suficientes para o ciclo de vida da Engenharia de Requisitos. Assim, este trabalho define um processo sistemático de Engenharia de Requisitos, descrevendo atividades, tarefas, entradas, saídas, papéis e guidelines para o contexto de Linhas de Produto, em uma forma usável, efetiva e eficiente. Por fim, um estudo experimental é apresentado para identificar a viabilidade do processo proposto
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Boron, Mallorie Lynn. "Expression and Cell Surface Re-Engineering of Thrombomodulin on Macrophages." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1588167014316672.
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Jennings, Charles A. "Re-engineering software systems in the Department of Defense using integrated computer aided software engineering tools." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/23761.
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Du, Preez Jonathan. "Fighting change with change : a methodology for re-engineering an enterprise." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19972.
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Thesis (MScEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The environment within which most organisations operate is ever-changing. In such a dynamic environment the only way an organisation is able to not just survive but thrive is by continuously, effectively and efficiently transforming/re-engineering itself (Hammer & Champy, 2001). Luckily, many organisations have realised and accepted this fact. The problem, however, is that the majority of transformation initiatives, launched by organisations, are unsuccessful. In fact, according to (Blanchard K. , 2010), 70% of change initiatives fail. There can only be two possible reasons for the existence of this very serious problem. Organisations either implement the wrong kinds of change initiatives or they ineffectively manage and execute the transformation efforts that they initiate. To solve this problem, an organisation needs to make use of a structured and integrated enterprise engineering methodology that enables it to effectively manage and execute the right kind of change initiatives (Martin, 1995). In the literature that was reviewed, very few structured and integrated enterprise engineering methodologies were found to exist. The objective of this study was to bridge this research gap. In other words, the objective of this study was to develop a structured and integrated enterprise engineering methodology. Developing the enterprise engineering methodology was done by following a basic system engineering process consisting of the following four steps: requirements analysis, system design, system development and system validation. During the requirements analysis step the functional characteristics that the enterprise engineering methodology needed to possess were identified. The purpose of the system design step was to firstly identify the set of methods that the enterprise engineering methodology should consist of and secondly to determine how these methods fit together to form an integrated methodology. The purpose of the system development step was to describe each of the methods that the enterprise engineering methodology needed to consist of in terms of how it is utilised as well as who should be involved during its utilisation. Lastly, during the system validation step the enterprise engineering methodology was evaluated based on how well it satisfies its functional requirements. Expert interviews as well as a case study were used to do this.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die meerderheid organisasies, huidiglik in bestaan, wroeg met die konstante veranderinge wat plaasvind in die omgewing rondom hulle. In so ‘n dinamiese omgewing is ‘n organisasie se toekomstige winsgewendheid en groei hewiglik afhanklik van sy bevoegdheid om aaneenlopend en effektief veranderinge aan te bring (Hammer & Champy, 2001). Die probleem is dat 70% van transformasie-inisiatiewe wat geloots word nie die voordele wat van hulle verwag word suksesvol lewer nie (Blanchard K. , 2010). Hoekom gebeur dit? Hoekom is net 30% van transformasie-inisiatiewe wat geloots word suksesvol? Daar is net twee moontlike redes vir die bestaan van hierdie probleem. Organisasies loots óf die verkeerde tipe transformasie-inisiatiewe óf hulle bestuur hulle transformasie-inisiatiewe op ‘n oneffektiewe manier. Om te verseker dat ‘n organisasie nie in hierdie strik trap nie, moet dit gebruik maak van ‘n gestruktureerde en geїntegreerde besigheidstransformasie-metodologie wat die proses van verandering vergemaklik (Martin, 1995). In die literatuur wat tot dusver nagevors is, kon daar maar ‘n handjievol besigheidstransformasie-metodologiëe opgespoor word. Die doel van hierdie studie was om hierdie gaping in die literatuur te vul. Met ander woorde, die doel van hierdie studie was om ‘n gestruktureerde en geїntegreerde besigheidstransformasie-metodologie te ontwikkel. ‘n Stelselontwikkelingsproses is gevolg om hierdie metodologie te ontwikkel. Die vier stappe wat deel gevorm het van hierdie stelselontwikkelingsproses is die volgende: vereistebeskrywing, stelselontwerp, stelselontwikkeling en stelselvalidasie. Tydens die vereistebeskrywingstap van die proses is die funksionele eienskappe wat die besigheidstransformasie-metodologie moet besit geïdentifiseer. Die doel van die stelselontwerpstap was eerstens om die metodes waaruit die metodologie moet bestaan te identifiseer en tweedens om die wisselwerking tussen die metodes te bepaal. Die doel van die stelselontwikkelingstap was om elkeen van die metodes waaruit die metodologie moet bestaan te beskryf in terme van hoe dit toegepas word, asook wie betrokke behoort te wees tydens die gebruik daarvan. Tydens die stelselvalidasiestap is die metodologie geëvalueer in terme van hoe effektief dit die geïdentifiseerde funksionele behoeftes bevredig. Onderhoude met deskundiges asook ‘n gevallestudie is gebruik om dit te doen.
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Bornschein, Arthur W. Jernigan Michael. "Re-engineering the United States Marine Corps Special Education Program (SEP) /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA345981.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998."March 1998." Thesis advisor(s): Hemant Bhargava, Suresh Sridhar, Tim Phillips. Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182). Also available online.
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Koch, Gary D. "Re-engineering the United States Marine Corp's Enlisted Assignment Model (EAM) /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA350140.
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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.Thesis advisor(s): Hemant Bhargava, Suresh Sridhar. "June 1998." Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-130). Also available online.
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Yuan, Lin. "Design space re-engineering for power minimization in modern embedded systems." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3651.
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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.Thesis research directed by: Electrical Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Lee, Yuk-yin. "Landscape re-engineering rethinking SENT landfill in sustainable landscape architectural approach /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38480232.
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Thesis (M. L. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007.Title proper from title frame. Includes special report study entitled: Restoration with native species in Hong Kong hillside. Also available in printed format.
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Runde, Sharon M. "An analysis of business process re-engineering for government micro-purchasing." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/43990.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimitedThis project examines the current business processes for micro-purchases within the government and analyzes the current processes with a potential to be system by utilizing business process re-engineering (BPR). The methodology includes a comparative analysis of BPR methodologies and tools, analysis of the current as is processes for the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) micro-purchases, and the development of an improved to be processes. Data was gathered from various stakeholders in the purchasing process. BPR software was used to create use cases to study the process flow of the as is and to be systems. The implementation of the process flow, workload, and information systems is highly individual to each agency. The efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency of procurements within individual agencies are highly dependent on leadership, experience, skill sets, training, information technology solutions, and human resources. This research shows working models of improved cost, turn-around-time, and performance. The ultimate goal is to decrease the amount of time that it takes to complete the processes within the workflow system thus improving the turn-around-time for an end user to receive a product or service. Upon completion of the analysis of the as is model and the to be model, savings in both cost and schedule were demonstrated. Re-engineering a few activities that were causing bottlenecks improved the total duration from approximately 20.96 days to 10.4 days. While the changes made are unique to the processes in place at NPS, the structure of BPR can be broadly applied across the government.
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Koch, Gary D. Jr. "Re-engineering the United States Marine Corp's Enlisted Assignment Model (EAM)." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/26723.
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Approved for public release, distribution is unlimitedIn a time of downsizing and budgetary constraints the Manpower division of Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, accomplishes its mission to put the right Marine in the right place at the right time with the right skills and quality of life" in a variety of ways. Currently, one of the processes that assist the Marine Enlisted Assignments branch is the Enlisted Assignment Model. The current system is not producing the results that are needed and the current managers do not tmst the output. This thesis proposes changes to the EAM user interface, data access, and data storage capabilities to enable the Marine Corps to use the latest information technology to more closely mirror the vision as stated above. With the use of Business Process Reengineering, Process Modeling, and Database Design a prototype is developed to address areas of the current system that can be changed. By using these methods to ensure an appropriate interface with optimization techniques, a complete Decision Support System for manpower assignments can be realized. These changes will empower managers to effectively and efficiently manage, not just monitor manpower readiness in order to meet the challenges of the 2l% century.
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Bornschein, Arthur W., and Michael Jernigan. "Re-engineering the United States Marine Corps Special Education Program (SEP)." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/8898.
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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.Within the United States Marine Corps, there exist billets (jobs) that require specialized graduate education. Department of Defense agencies submit requests to add billets to their organizational structure. Marine Corps Orders require for every billet added another must be removed elsewhere to balance manpower requirements. Additionally, continuing validation of the billets is required to ensure compliance with Secretary of Defense criteria. Problems in the key function, billet validation, include inflexible, inefficient, and ineffective processes, and nebulous validation criteria. We address these problems by developing a centralized decision support system to be used in a distributed collaborative setting. The objectives of the Special Education Program (SEP) Billet Validation System are to allow SEP billet holders and commands to evaluate and justify existing SEP billets, to assist Military Occupational Specialty Sponsors in identifying manpower reductions, and to validate the graduate education requirement for existing SEP billets. Methods from Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) (specifically Multi-Attribute Utility Theory (MAUT) and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)) are used to formalize Secretary of Defense requirements and quantify relative ratings of billets. The system employs a Web Browser front-end application to allow the administrative review process to be performed in a parallel manner