Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Company management specifics'

My thesis is focused on the theme "The specifics of leadership and management of associates in the construction company”. First section describes the construction, building company and its surroundings. Than it deals with theories of associates leadership and management and employee motivation theories. In the practical part it examines to what extent the specificity of construction reflects in the personal and professional relationships among colleagues.

This thesis explores specific aspects of human resource management in an international environment. The purpose of the thesis is to analyse some of HR activities in an multinational organization and to provide recommendations to challenging areas in company Concur.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the trends of business moving away from large, corporate companies to small, flexible and innovative alternatives, the need to value new companies are becoming important. A new company generally does not have substantial historical data available and it is therefore difficult to determine potential revenue streams and hence accurate valuations. The focus of this study is to find an appropriate method to attempt the valuation of a new company and this is explained by means of a case study. Three basic approaches exist to value companies. The Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method analyses risk and return to estimate a discount rate and presents the value of the company as a Net Present Value (NPV). Relative Valuation methods compare the fundamentals of a company to that of other companies. Contingent Claim Valuation methods base the value of a company on the fact that decisions may be deferred into the future until more information is evident. The basis of this valuation technique is that of Option Pricing Theory in which the Black-Scholes technique and binomial models are used .: This method is normally used on assets that have optionlike features e.g. equity in a company, natural resource rights, product patents or any decision that may be deferred into the future. Decisions (options) deferred may be identified as growth-, staged-, flexibility-, exit-, learning- and expanding options. This is also known as the Real Option Pricing Theory. According to this model the investment proposal may be mapped as a series of call options (Luehrman, 1998a). The amount of money expended in the project corresponds to the option's exercise price (X), the present value of the asset built or acquired corresponds to the stock price (S), the length of time the company can defer the investment decision corresponds to the option's time to expiration (t) and the uncertainty about the future value of the project's cashflow corresponds to the standard deviation of return on the stock (c). Seven steps are used to obtain the value of the call option and the value is reflected by two option-value metries namely the value-to-cost (NPVq) and cumulative volatility (cr--Jt).The two metries are plotteá on a graph (defined as Options Space) in order to visualize and interpret the results. Mushroom Biomedical Systems developed three highly novel and patented products. The company was valued using the conventional OeF method and valued as a staged investment using the Real Option Pricing Theory according to Luehrman's model (1998a). The values of two products are similar using the OeF and Real Options methods. Most of the investment capital was required during the first phases of these products resulting in the investment of the second phases not holding high risks or value. The value of the third product is significantly higher using the Real Options method compared to the OeF. This is ascribed to the forced delay of phase one. The value of this future decision is worth more than the current decision due to expected new information that might arise. By "creating an option" value is added by forcing management to actively make two decisions about the continuation of the project at a future date. Applying Real Option Pricing Theory suggests inherent value in uncertainty when there is freedom to choose different courses of action in the face of different market conditions. With the OeF analysis the impact of risk is seen as depressing the value of the investment. By contrast, real options show that risk can be influenced through managerial flexibility, which becomes a central instrument to create value.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die beweging van die besigheidswêreld vanaf groot korporatiewe maatskappye na kleiner, buigsame en innoverende alternatiewe het 'n behoefte geskep om die waarde van sulke nuwe maatskappye te kan bepaal. 'n Nuwe maatskappy het tipies nie historiese data beskikbaar nie wat die vooruitskatting van potensiële inkomste strome en dus akkurate waardasies moeilik maak. Die fokus van hierdie studie is die bepaling van 'n toepaslike metode om die waarde van 'n nuwe maatskappy te bepaal en dit word deur middel van 'n gevalle studie verduidelik. Drie basiese metodes bestaan om maatskappye te waardeer. Die Verdiskonteerde Kontantvloei Stroom (VKS) metode gebruik risiko en opbrengs om 'n verdiskonteringskoers te bepaal en reflekteer die waarde van die maatskappy as die Netto Teenswoordige Waarde (NTW). Relatiewe Waardasie metodes vergelyk die fundamentele eienskappe van 'n maatskappy met die van ander maatskappye. Die Gebeurlikheids Waardasie metode koppel waarde aan die feit dat besluite uitgestel kan word totdat meer informasie beskikbaar is. Die basis van hierdie tegniek is Opsie Teorie waarin die Black-Scholes tegniek en binomiaal model gebruik word. Hierdie metode word gewoonlik gebruik waar bates "opsie-tipe" eienskappe besit soos aandeelhouding in 'n maatskappy, natuurlike mynregte; produk patente of enige besluit wat uitgestel kan word na 'n datum in die toekoms. Besluite (opsies) wat uitgestel word kan geïdentifiseer word as groei-, stap-vir-stap-, buigbaarheids-, uittree-, lerings- en uitbreidingsopsies. Hierdie metode staan ook bekend as die Ware Opsie Prysings Teorie. Volgens hierdie metode kan 'n beleggingsgeleentheid voorgestel word as 'n reeks koopopsies (Luehrman, 1998a). Die totale uitgawe word voorgestel deur die uitoefeningsprys (X), die teenswoordige waarde van die bate word voorgestel deur die aandeel waarde (S), die tydperk wat die besluit uitgestel kan word, word voorgestel deur die opsie vervaltyd (t), en die onsekerheid van die bate se kontantvloeistroom word voorgestel deur die standaardafwyking van die opbrengs van die bate (c). Sewe stappe word geneem om die waarde van die koopopsie te bepaal wat uitgedruk word deur twee opsiewaarde komponente naamlik waarde-tot-koste (NPVq) en kummulatiewe volatiliteit ((1'Jt). Die twee komponente word grafies voorgestel (genoem Opsie Spasie) om resultate te visualiseer en te interpreteer. Mushroom Biomedical Systems het drie unieke en gepatenteerde produkte ontwikkel. Die maatskappy is met die konvensionele VKS metode gewaardeer en volgens Luehrman (1998a) se Ware Opsie Prysings model as 'n stap-vir-stap opsie gewaardeer. Die waardes van twee van die produkte is dieselfde met die VKS metode en die Opsie Teorie metode. Die meeste van die kapitaal is tydens die eerste fases van die twee produkte benodig met die gevolg dat die tweede fases nie veel risiko of waarde inhou nie. Die waarde van die derde produk is aansienlik meer met die Opsie Teorie metode in vergelyking met die VKS metode. Dit word toegeskryf aan die gedwonge vertraging van fase een. Die waarde gekoppel daaraan om die besluit in die toekoms te neem is meer werd as om die besluit nou te neem a.g.v. verwagte nuwe informasie. Deur hierdie opsie "te skep" word waarde toegevoeg omdat bestuur gedwing word om aktief twee besluite in die toekoms te neem rakende die voortsetting van die projek. Die gebruik van Ware Opsie Prysings Teorie skep 'n inherente waarde wanneer daar verskillende besluite geneem kan word soos mark kondisies verander. Met die VKS metode word risiko gesien as 'n faktor wat waarde laat afneem. In teenstelling hiermee dui die Ware Opsie Teorie dat risiko beïnvloed kan word deur bestuur se vermoëns, wat 'n belangrike instrument is vir waardeskepping.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie stel ondersoek in na die rol van die maatskappysekretaris in korporatiewe bestuur. Tien kernrolle word geidentifiseer, relevant in terme van die historiese ontwikkeling van die amp asook die Suid-Afrikaanse definisie van korporatiewe bestuur, om getoets te word teen die realiteite van die praktyk by wyse van 'n opname van maatskappysekretarisse by gelyste maatskappye. Die projek sluit af deur te vind dat sekretarisse in die algemeen in staat is om uitvoering te gee aan hul rol om by te dra tot goeie korporatiewe bestuur met spesifieke verwysing na hul rol om by te dra tot die raad van direkteure se funksie om te verseker dat mag nie gekonsentreer word onder die bestuur van die maatskappy nie. Daar word egter aanbeveel dat toekomstige maatstawwe om die rol van die maatskappysekretaris in korporatiewe bestuur te bevorder, gefokus kan word op die sekretaris se rol as 'n bron van raad aan direkteure en binne die maatskappy, asook die sekretaris se rol as 'n belangrike skakel tussen die maatskappy en sy aandeelhouers, aangesien hierdie as die probleemareas deur sekretarisse geidentifiseer was waar 'n mate van moeilikheid deur sekretarisse ervaar word.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the role of the company secretary in corporate governance. The core roles are identified, relevant in terms of the historic development of the office and the South African specific definition of corporate governance, to be tested against practice by way of survey of company secretar ies at JSE listed companies. The study concludes by finding that secretaries are, in general, able to discharge their role to contribute to good corporate governance with specific reference to the secretary’s role to contribute to the board’s function as an important check that power is not concent rated amongs management. It is however recommended that future measures to advance the office of company secretary may be focused on the role of the company secretary as a source of guidance to board members and within the company, and his/her role as an important link between the company and its shareholders, as the areas where some difficulty is perceived by company secretaries

The Master´s thesis deals with specifics of personal leadership or management in companies with advanced technologies, called high-tech. Using questionnaire investigation in addition to structured interview is analyzed situation in personal area in the high-tech company . Theoretical part defines high-tech sector, describes activities and purpose of personal unit and modern conception of development of human resources. Below is entertained about influence of corporate culture on the strategy of human ressource development. Furthermore there are mentioned elements of leadership including theory of generation and diversity management. Practical part involves analytical and recommendation part, including variants

The main purpose of the thesis is to explore the specifics of the financial management of holdings companies in the Czech Republic with an emphasis on the area of financial management. However, the author assumes that persistent reasons for holding creation is using of synergy effects consisting mainly of centralized management of cash flows to minimize the cost of capital and minimizing the risk of an individual investor who actively makes managerial functions in view guarantees of individual companies. It was found the lack of a comprehensive and systematic approach for a qualitative research. A total of 15 holding companies was use for the qualitative research. The outcome gives many answers concerning the specifics of the financial management of the holdings companies. It seems guarantee, minimizing cost of capital and cash management are key points. The synergistic effect of the holding companies can be used when transferring financial means between companies holding. The impact of the transfer of available financial means was simulated for holding No. 13. It was clearly shown to decrease WACC at one of the companies within the holding. It was found that the subsidiaries, which effectively control the cash flow, maintain a low level of Cash Ratio and Net Working Capital. It was also found that the subsidiaries that manage cash flow effectively, achieve higher ROA. The same assumption was not found in the parent companies. The research question that subsidiaries, which effectively control the cash flow, use financing through bank loans to a lesser extent, was partially confirmed.

This master thesis deals with business process modelling of records management service and its electronic form in the area of health insurance companies. The beginning of the thesis introduces the reader to the concepts of process modelling and records management including legal requirements and specifics from the perspective of health insurance company. The next section describes the MMABP methodology, which is used for process analysis of records management processes in accordance with statutory requirements. The result is then confronted with a practical case of doing records management in an electronic form from the perspective of a health insurance company.

The thesis "The possibilities of application of management accounting components into the small size companies (on the example of a concrete company)" engages in the question, whether it were possible to identify components of management accounting, that would be applicable in the small size companies. The first part focuses on the introduction of the company, on the market company operates on and on the general characteristics of the small and mid-size companies. It provides information on the company performance and identifies a need of the introduction of accrual principle into the company's accounting. The next part deals with the discrete features of the proposed performance management system. It answers the question, whether to orientate the system primarily on performance or responsibility, designs the appropriate calculation system and the basic system of plans and budgets. Later, it focuses on the existing organizational structure and the definition of the structure of the responsibility centers. In the last part, there can be found a proposal of the management profit and lost statements as of the basic statements providing the information on the partial as well as overall performance measurement.

This thesis on specifics of financial management construction company in a time of economic instability is accompanied by the issue of management companies in times of crisis. It is divided into two parts: a theoretical and practical. The theoretical part is focused on explaining concepts such as crisis and the company, which is followed by the very notion of crisis management. It describes how to recognize the crisis in the company and what tools can be used to solve it. The practical part looks at this from the perspective of management small and large companies, both have very similar content activities. In terms of big companies is being explored as a joint stock company Strabag, which is part of the Austrian multinational corporations. At the level of small business is focused on a limited liability company, which is active in smaler district. The main source of investigation in this thesis is the financial analysis applied to both companies. At the end of the work, the results of both companies compared.

IT is a well-integrated function within most companies and its importance grows bigger by the day. With new solutions and concepts being introduced continuously it is important to be aware of the ever-changing possibilities found within IT. One of these changes is the concept of Industrie 4.0 which poses as a revolutionary way to do business by connecting the real world with the virtual one to a greater extent than what is done today. Research has shown that there are many possible benefits of implementing Industrie 4.0 and also Smart Factory, such as improved inventory control and faster reaction time. Since these concepts are quite new, no real definition exists and the congruence between the academic and business world is not always at the same level, and therefore the first steps are not yet defined. Therefore, this study tried to reduce the gap between these two worlds by offering concrete recommendations of what needs to be done to be able to apply Industrie 4.0 in the real world at Scania CV AB and Scania IT. Scania CV AB posed as a case company to find out where to start on the road to become smart. Currently there are many functions using the services of Scania IT, but exactly how the systems are used is not known by Scania IT. To be able to provide the necessary services for the various functions of Scania CV AB and start the road of becoming smart, Scania IT needs to know how the systems are used and what information that is currently missing. A formulated strategy of Scania, as a whole, is to be able to collect and analyse information in order to have a more Intuitive Presence and Predictable Future, two words meaning that more proactive work can be conducted and more autonomous decisions can be made. To be able to fulfil this vision, knowledge about the needed information must be acquired by Scania IT. With focus on the information connected to the material flow before the material reaches the assembly lines found at Scania CV AB the purpose of this study was to identify and analyse information and actions needed in the material flow from a user perspective, to become Intuitive and Predictable as part of the concept Industrie 4.0. A set of research objectives were formulated as a guide for the study. By first identifying, with the help of the first research objective, the information input and output for the functions at Scania CV AB connected to the material flow, with a base in the functions planning material, it was identified that at different production sites different standards of working exist, but also differences in the IT usage and system configurations was found.  The second research objective focused on what information should be available for production and material planning according to a literature review and this was later compared with the findings at Scania, which composed the third research objective. As it turned out, Scania uses the correct set of basic information such as forecasting, production plan, and calculations of gross demand, along with information regarding costs, lead times, and inventory. However, how to use the information is not standardized and the users of the IT systems perceived the information as hard to find and difficult to interpret. The fourth research objective focused on the concept of Industrie 4.0 and Smart Factories by studying literature, an external company and the ideas that Scania CV AB have, to see what must be done before a Digital Factory can be created. The recommendations for Scania IT were based on the result on the analyses and they can be summarized by the need of further standardization of information and information usage to be able to start the road of becoming Smart and take one step closer to the concepts of Smart Factory and Industrie 4.0.

Arbetet till sjöss är förenat med risker som kan medföra att olyckor sker. Det ska finnas en plan för krishantering redan innan en olycka har inträffat. Det grundläggande förutsättningarna för att hantera följderna av en händelse finns reglerade i svensk lagstifting men hur följs den drabbade sjömannens hälsa upp av rederiet som arbetsgivare? Med denna frågeställning som bakgrund är syftet med det här arbetet att undersöka hur svenska rederier använder sin krishanteringsplan med fokus på förberedande arbete och omhändertagande av personal efter en kris. För att få svar på frågeställningen har en kvalitativ intervjuundersökning används som metod för datainsamling. Undersökningen omfatter en delvis strukturerad intervju med sju respondenter från sex olika svenska rederier. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att rederierna förhåller sig till gällande krav och regelverk och för att uppfylla en del av kraven tar de hjälp av externa aktörer såsom företagshälsovård och psykologer. Rederierna poängterar att det är svårt att utforma en krisplan för något som inte har hänt, att förutse alla scenarion som kan inträffa betraktas inte som möjligt oavsett hur mycket de övar. Besättningen anses dock som det absolut viktigaste för verksamheten och det sätts inga gränser för att främja deras välbefinnande i kriser.
Shipping is often associated with risks which can lead to accidents. There should be a plan for crisis management even before an accident has occurred. Basic prerequisites to deal with the consequences of an accident are regulated in national legislation but how well monitored is the affected sailor’s health by the shipping company as an employer? With that question as a background, the purpose of this thesis is to research how swedish shipping companies use their crisis management plan to support and care for their crew after a crisis. In order to answer the question, qualitative interviews were used as a method for collecting data. The research survey includes a semi-structured interview with seven respondents from six different shipping companies. The research shows that the shipping companies adhere to the requirements and regulations and in order to meet parts of the requirements, they use services of external actors such as occupational health providers and psychologists. The shipping companies explain that it is difficult to create a plan of action for something that has not occurred. To predict a complete scope of crisis scenarios is not deemed as possible, regardless of the amount of drills conducted. The crew is considered the most important element of the business and no restrictions is put on their well being during a time of crisis.

The aim of the present thesis is to study the factors that affect social entrepreneurship from the perspective of the entrepreneur. The initial review provides definition of key terminology and a summary of the development of the concept of social economics, the relation between social entrepreneurship and social politics as well as that of social entrepreneurship and social work, and the specifics of company management in social enterprises. Ultimately, a review of the present state of social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic is presented. The data for qualitative research was collected during interviews with 12 executives of various social enterprises based in 9 regions of the Czech Republic using the semi-structured interview method. Collected data was analyzed using inductive-deductive analysis. The research focuses on the requirements of providing employment for disadvantaged persons and the prerequisites and drawbacks of running a social enterprise. The research has shown that the main drawbacks of social entrepreneurship include insufficient knowledge of the specifics pertaining to the target group of employees; profit-oriented motivation; insufficient business training; excessive demands on the performance of disadvantaged employees; insufficient skills and working habits on the part...

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國立臺北大學
國際財務金融碩士在職專班
94
The financial liberalization, internationalization are the global development trend, make the banks to face the competition not merely come from the same trade or business bank, and it is also come from not bankers e.g. investment bank, insurance company and others. Various financial institutions have made every effort to enhance their capability, grasp market channels, and try to dominate the market Credit cards, consumption loans, mortgages, car loans, and cash card are the most lucrative businesses for banks ,Nonetheless, loose risk management caused the bad debts of credit/cash cards to mount up and become potentially a serious problem. A few banks have even suspended their cash card business. In light of the challenging environment facing corporate and consumer banking, banking institutions gradually turned to “Wealth Management” and holds high expectation that it will become a means to enhance their fee income. Afterward the financial holding law of Taiwan was released, the individual financial company could be merged under one financial holding company by the law. Thus improving the company’s efficiency, expanding economical-scale and providing consumers with one-stop shopping in the wealth management service is the ultimate goal. As a result, the business of wealth management comes with the tide of fashion. Recently, such kind of business flourishes among the reinforcement of finance and safeguard companies. According to the situation stated above, the thesis tries to put emphasis on the research and analysis of representative banks and securities in the business of wealth management. And the main subject of the research is the honored guests who need financial management. Via in-depth interviews with company’s senior managers and through information collection during March of 2006 to understand how these banks gain their competitive strategy and obtain a leading position in the industry. Meanwhile, extract the concepts that are worthwhile for further study. the research probes into the interactive relationship between customers’ personal attitudes and the banks. The conclusions of this research of deeply-interview are as follow: , According to the study of industry image, service quality, performance effects, etc, we are getting thoroughly familiar with the characteristics of each bank and securitiy the need of customers, then we will take the information as the guide to enhance our competitiveness among banks and securities in the field of wealth management. In the other hand, via the interviews among those administrative departments, in front consultants and financial planners, wealth management , the resources redistribution process, and the present situation. There are four suggestions to build new wealth management system: 1. to formulate the structure of wealth management business; 2. to construct the inter-action network between corporation units; 3. the supplements of products and the services for customers are added to new operation system. 4. via economies of scale to increase overall competitiveness; The research could be viewed as reference when the Financial institutions run their business. Keywords：Financial Holding Company, Financial institutions, resource redistribution, wealth management

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國立高雄應用科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士在職專班
104
The production cost of the semiconductor industry, the electricity costs account for a high proportion. Therefore, the use and management of electrical energy in the semiconductor industry is more important, and the architecture of high-tech electrical power energy management platform, is one of the most important part to enhance the competitiveness of the semiconductor industry. In this paper, the demand for electricity for most of the semiconductor plant are too high, the assessment of the power to discuss e feasibility and benefits of energy management platform brings convenience, through analysis of monitoring data, you can understand the system power type of activity, and then to its power to establish patterns for classification and reference index of electricity. Architecture design, including hardware control layer, data collection and system platform layer layer. At the management level, this study emphasizes the power of information through e-power energy management platform for real-time and transparent, so that each user can be informed that the electricity engineer dynamic all the time through the Internet digital power monitoring system information and make energy management has become the focus of all attention, more achieve energy savings results. On the research level, then daily through data analysis, so that the power plant management services for the plant engineer to know every minute information and electrical power reference index.

[ES] Fostering innovativeness in every team of a company is essential in order to stay competitive today. However, little is known about the real effect of measures to improve a team's innovativeness. The purpose of this dissertation is to test the impact of such measures to support human resource development. A mixed method triangulation research strategy was applied. Two approaches for measuring innovation performance were developed based on a structured literature review and qualitative expert interviews: One based on the idea of counting innovations along the steps of the innovation process (counting tool) and one which also integrates the value of the innovations into the assessment (valuing tool). A pretest-posttest control group design was used while conducting a quasi-experiment with 18 teams of a German insurance company. Findings were two-fold: On the one hand the validity of the counting tool to measure innovation performance of teams could be proven. Despite strongly correlating results this was not possible with regard to the valuing tool. On the other hand, they suggest a statistically significant effect of the measures on innovativeness, particularly implementing a pin board and providing employees with time for innovations can be recommended. The results provide a new perspective on measuring innovativeness and extends existing frameworks for future academic investigations. Additionally, it can be used by managers to invest in and select effective measures to improve the innovativeness of teams.
[CAT] Fomentar la innovación en todos los equipos de una empresa es esencial para seguir siendo competitivo hoy en día. Sin embargo, se sabe poco sobre el efecto real de las medidas para mejorar la capacidad de innovación de un equipo. El propósito de este trabajo es probar el impacto de tales medidas para apoyar el desarrollo de los recursos humanos. Se aplicó una estrategia de investigación de triangulación con métodos mixtos. Se desarrollaron dos enfoques para medir el rendimiento de la innovación basados en una revisión estructurada de la literatura y en entrevistas cualitativas con expertos: Una basada en la idea de contar el número de las innovaciones a lo largo de los pasos del proceso de innovación (herramienta de recuento) y otra basada en la integración del valor de las innovaciones en la evaluación (herramienta de valoración). Se utilizó un diseño de grupo de control antes y después de la prueba mientras se realizaba un cuasi-experimento con 18 equipos de una compañía de seguros alemana. Los resultados fueron dobles: Por un lado, se pudo comprobar la validez de la herramienta de recuento para medir el rendimiento de innovación de los equipos. A pesar de la fuerte correlación de los resultados, esto no fue posible con respecto a la herramienta de valoración. Por otra parte, sugieren un efecto estadísticamente significativo de las medidas sobre la capacidad de innovación, en particular la implantación de un tablón de anuncios y la concesión de tiempo a los empleados para innovar. Los resultados proporcionan una nueva perspectiva para medir la capacidad de innovación y amplían los marcos existentes para futuras investigaciones académicas. Además, pueden ser utilizados por los directivos para invertir y seleccionar medidas eficaces para mejorar la capacidad de innovación de los equipos.
[EN] Fomentar la innovació en tots els equips d'una empresa és essencial per continuar sent competitiu avui en dia. No obstant això, se sap poc sobre l'efecte real de les mesures per a millorar la capacitat d'innovació d'un equip. El propòsit d'aquest treball és provar l'impacte d'aquestes mesures per donar suport al desenvolupament dels recursos humans. Es va aplicar una estratègia d'investigació de triangulació amb mètodes mixtes. Es van desenvolupar dos enfocaments per mesurar el rendiment de la innovació basats en una revisió estructurada de la literatura i en entrevistes qualitatives amb experts: Una basada en la idea de comptar el nombre de les innovacions al llarg dels passos del procés d'innovació (eina de recompte) i una altra basada en la integració del valor de les innovacions en l'avaluació (eina de valoració). Es va utilitzar un disseny de grup de control abans i després de la prova mentre es realitzava un quasi-experiment amb 18 equips d'una companyia d'assegurances alemanya. Els resultats van ser dobles: D'una banda, es va poder comprovar la validesa de l'eina de recompte per mesurar el rendiment d'innovació dels equips. Tot i la forta correlació dels resultats, això no va ser possible pel que fa a l'eina de valoració. D'altra banda, suggereixen un efecte estadísticament significatiu de les mesures sobre la capacitat d'innovació, en particular la implantació d'un tauler d'anuncis i la concessió de temps als empleats per innovar. Els resultats proporcionen una nova perspectiva per mesurar la capacitat d'innovació i amplien els marcs existents per a futures investigacions acadèmiques. A més, poden ser utilitzats pels directius per invertir i seleccionar mesures eficaces per millorar la capacitat d'innovació dels equips.
Ter Haar, PJ. (2020). Measuring the impact of specific activities to improve innovation capacity of teams in a German insurance company [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/141083
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碩士
國立高雄應用科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士在職專班
103
In 2014, the output value of Taiwan’s steel industry has reached one trillion, two hundred and seventy billion Taiwanese dollars, which account for eight point eight percent of all manufacturing output value. It will be seen from this that steel industry is an important indicator of a nation’s development. Taiwan’s current largest steel company owns in total six blast furnaces, in which the average output of molten iron is about eight thousand ton per day. It is the vital source for providing a variety of steel-manufactured products. The blast furnaces are running continuously twenty-four hours, in which once furnace shut down it will influence the output of molten iron. However, this important equipment needs maintenance. Thus, periodic examine and repair plan becomes critically important. Blast furnace periodic maintenance plan has the following features: short duration of the project, and many schedules and high risk. The project managers are faced with how to use project management approach to finish the periodic maintenance plan under the limited resources within the shortest timescale, and to achieve the required quality, which is really a big challenge of project managers. This study aims to achieve the better performance of using project management approach by applying critical chain project management, via the example of C iron and steel company, to the scheduling program of blast furnaces’ periodic maintenance plan. The purpose of critical chain project management is mainly through the resources control. Firstly, it calculates each activity’s required time based on activity actual needed time to reduce the activity time, and then to add up all activities’ saving time to project buffer time, which also considers the feeding buffer issue. Secondly it uses resources leveling technology to handle the resource-conflicting activities. Lastly, it monitors the consuming level to achieve the purpose of controlling the project progress. Because the use of buffer is a post hoc event, it is short of early warning function. If combined with earned value management’s early warning mechanism, it can provide project manager more time to cope with project problems. The results in this case study show that after applying project management to periodic maintenance plan, the performance of cost and schedule has enhanced significantly, which can provide a reference for planning schedule related managers.

碩士
國立高雄應用科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士在職專班
103
Nowadays the advancement of scientific technology is very fast, among which semiconductor package factories play an important role. Due to market change being very fast, the package test procedure would follow suit to change. However, each procedure has its own independent specifications of standard operation procedure (SOP), which is very important for corporations to produce high quality products. But, as the rapid progress of technology and the continuous increase of quality demand, manufacturing procedure also needs to innovate and improve in order that it can enhance the enterprise itself competitiveness. Because manufacturing procedure is the core of product manufacturing, particularly for large scale companies, only good manufacturing procedure can cope with mass inventory production or a variety of customized product orders. The case company in this study is an international package test corporation, which has established for more than forty years in the field of semiconductor industry. Its production technology is continuously upgrading. But for several early installed operation procedure, because of recently gradual enlargement of the production lines, some manufacturing procedures create bottleneck symptoms resulting in deadweight loss. Therefore, it has become a very important issue for manager to make operation process smoother and more efficient. From the literature discussion, it reveals that Toyota management method can be applied to many industries, which in the manufacturing production links they can inspect anew or change related modes of operation to effectively reduce or eliminate waste and enhance corporate competitiveness. In the case company, to match with various chip designed by wafer foundry, the indirect materials of package test factory also become more diversified. Under the condition of maintaining the original quality level, for the diversification, each kind of inventory needs more storage space, and must invest additional human resources in material management operation, which follows to incur the big increase of production cost. This study with case company’s traditional factory management practices uses Toyota management method, as well as process management to solve a variety of bottleneck problems and enhance productivity. The research results show each bottleneck such as hook type operation has reduced cost about thirty percent, and after the launch of Toyota management each performance indicator also has significant progress.