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Matthews, Cushla Emilja. "Drought contingency planning in Ontario muncipalities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ61925.pdf.
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Swaminathan, Raji. "Contingency planning models for government agencies /." Electronic version, 1996. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20030707.112749/index.html.
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Kubali, Volkan C. (Volkan Cevat). "Task and contingency planning under uncertainty." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35032.
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MASOUD, SALAH M. "DESIGN OF STRATEGIC PLANNING SYSTEMS IN LARGE CORPORATIONS: A CONTINGENCY APPROACH." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183887.
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Most of the conceptual and empirical work to date leads one to conclude that the contingency approach to understanding strategic planning systems is still in a formative stage. Overall, there seems to be few potential generalizations that emerge from these contingency based studies and even these few are tentative in nature. Furthermore, it seems that most of the contingency based studies had inadequate research designs. This inadequacy probably contributed to the relatively low degree of conclusiveness that has emerged from these studies. This study is intended to be a step forward in filling some of the gaps revealed in the literature. Its purpose is to better understand what strategic conditions need to be considered when designing strategic planning systems. The research questions triggering this research were: (1) What is the impact of the external environment on the design of strategic planning systems? (2) What variables determine the intensity, and structure of strategic planning? (3) What variables determine the role of the corporate planning staff, and CEOs in the planning process? The data were collected by a mail questionnaire and from published data of 174 firms (a response rate of 43.5%). A contingency model linking some contextual variables of business firms to a number of design parameters of strategic planning systems was developed. The findings point out that both the extent and different design parameters (e.g. the planning horizon) of planning systems are influenced by the unpredictability of environmental changes. In addition, other contextual variables such as organization technology are found to influence the extent and structural characteristics of strategic planning systems. Finally, the roles of both the corporate planning staff and chief executive officers in the planning process are identified. These roles are found to be influenced by a variety of contextual variables and non-contextual variables such as the type of industry.
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Coop, Andrew E. (Andrew Ernst) 1974. "Contingency munitions logistics planning and control : a framework for analysis." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9530.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161).<br>The importance of efficient logistics operations in military applications was made clear by the lessons of the Persian Gulf War. Although force application against Iraqi forces was deemed an overwhelming success, a lack of planning capability and real-time visibility over deploying cargo led to poor distribution control of sustainment assets and massive congestion at terminal facilities. Evolvements in force posture today dictate the need to support global power projection into austere theaters with minimal planning horizons. This research explores planning and control for US Army intermodal logistics operations, specifically the mobilization of containerized sustainment munitions. To provide necessary background, a high level description of CONUS transshipment operations and network infrastructure is given, along with a review of automated information systems being developed to provide real-time total asset visibility. Little work has been done to automate plan generation for decision support in this area. A hierarchical framework for deployment planning is presented, and a multi-commodity network flow model is formulated to generate munitions mobilization plans. Some extensions to the model are proposed, and performance is demonstrated through an initial implementation and scenario analysis. Requirements for operational use are discussed.<br>by Andrew E. Coop.<br>S.M.
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Karlsson, Terése. "Contingency planning for Bofors Defence AB, an application of existing methods." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1639.
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<p>Bofors Defence AB is in the process of updating and documenting the company’s routines for information security. The object is to be certified according to the standard ISO 17799-1 during 2003. Among other things updating means that the company will be provided with contingency plans who should insure a reliable IT-environment. Basically it is all about protecting the company’s information related systems, ensure contingency in the daily work and maintaining the trust of the market and the authorities. The aim of the Thesis was to apply existing methods in the making of contingency plans. The plans are focused on the information related systems that are critical to the company and takes in consideration the threats, which might stop them from operating as desired. The contingency plans cover a limited numberof systems, which for example handle e-mail and order intake. The plans comprise the servers and platforms (for example operating systems), which are essential to the systems. The Thesis is focused on the aspect of availability. The aspects of confidentiality (for example fire walls) and integrity (for example access restrictions) are handled by the company’s own personnel. To ensure contingency is only a minor part of the work that needs to bee done before a company can be certified according to ISO 7799-1. This Thesis needs complementary additions before it can be incorporated in the documentation presented to the accreditation agency. However the result is in line with the company’s commission.</p>
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Papastavros, Costas. "Prevention, contingency planning and remedial action for oil pollution in Cyprus." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.554306.
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何志文 and Chi-man Ho. "Contingency planning for transport services under adverse weather and other disruptions." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B27012566.
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Goss, Thomas J. "Building a contingency menu : using capabilities-based planning for Homeland Defense and Homeland Security /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Mar%5FGoss.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2005.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Paul Stockton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72). Also available online.
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Miranda, Eduardo. "Improving the estimation, contingency planning and tracking of agile software development projects." Mémoire, École de technologie supérieure, 2010. http://espace.etsmtl.ca/309/1/MIRANDA_Eduardo.pdf.
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Les progrès technologiques dus aux logiciels présents dans nos maisons, nos voitures et nos
téléphones ont également apporté des changements à la manière dont cette même technologie
est développée. L’augmentation de la puissance des ordinateurs a permis l’émergence d’une
nouvelle approche pour développer du logiciel. Cette approche s'appuie sur des composants,
du prototypage et des cycles de développement courts, plutôt que sur une approche plus
traditionnelle - mais pas si lointaine - basée sur des phases d’analyse, de conception et de
réalisation. Cette nouvelle approche s’intitule le développement agile. Cette thèse porte sur
trois aspects distincts, bien qu’étroitement liés, de la gestion de ce type de projets dits agiles
de développement de logiciel, à savoir :
- l'estimation de la taille du logiciel pour planifier un projet,
- le suivi des activités de développement et,
- le calcul et l'administration des fonds de réserve
La taille du logiciel constitue l’intrant principal au processus d’estimation de l'effort et de la
durée d’un projet de développement de logiciel. En conséquence, déterminer des évaluations
crédibles et fiables de cette taille est primordial au processus d’estimation. Cette thèse
propose en premier l'utilisation d'une méthode modifiée de comparaison par paires pour
appuyer le jugement des experts - méthode d’estimation la plus utilisée dans l'industrie du
logiciel. Dans la méthode modifiée proposée, le nombre de comparaisons, un facteur limitant
l'utilisation de la méthode à grande échelle, est réduit presque de moitié par l’emploi des
designs cycliques incomplets (Incomplete Cyclic Design - ICD) pour choisir des paires
appropriées d'entités à comparer.
Cette thèse porte en deuxième sur le suivi d'un projet qui consiste en un processus de
comparaison de l’avancement du projet anticipé selon la planification par rapport à son
avancement réel, afin de décider, s’il y a lieu, des actions nécessaires pour le compléter tel
que prévu. La thèse propose et montre l'utilisation d'un indicateur de ligne de mise à jour
(Line of Balance - LOB) modifié en vue d'obtenir des informations non disponibles avec les
« burn down charts » et les diagrammes de flux cumulatif (cumulative flow diagram), les
deux indicateurs les plus fréquemment utilisés dans les projets dits agiles. La contribution de
la thèse s’inscrit, non seulement en termes de la nouveauté de l'application de cet indicateur
LOB aux projets de développement de logiciels, mais également dans le remplacement des
calculs de délai provenant des plans originaux, par de l’information extraite directement d'un
système de contrôle de versions.
Cette thèse porte en troisième lieu sur les fonds de réserve tels que définis par le Project
Management Institute (PMI) comme la quantité de fonds requis au-delà de l'estimation pour
ramener le risque de dépassements à un niveau acceptable pour l'organisation. Cette thèse
postule qu'un calcul réaliste de ces fonds devrait être basé sur le coût de maintien du projet
dans les délais, et non sur ce qu’aurait coûté ce travail s’il avait été prévu dès le
commencement. Cette thèse propose en outre un modèle quantitatif tenant compte de la taille
du projet, du moment auquel la sous-estimation a été reconnue et des pertes de processus
liées aux actions de rétablissement. Les résultats du modèle permettent l'exploration des
coûts et des avantages de plusieurs alternatives de gestion.
Les trois méthodes présentées s’avéreront du plus grand intérêt pour les chefs de projet, les
ingénieurs logiciel et les autres intervenants impliqués dans la planification des projets et les
activités de gestion des risques. Même si les exemples employés pour illustrer et expliquer
les concepts correspondent aux projets utilisant des approches agiles telles que « Scrum » et
« Feature Driven Development », les méthodes proposées s'appliquent aussi aux autres types
de développement de logiciels.
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Sager, Tore. "Communicate or calculate planning theory and social science concepts in a contingency perspective /." Stockholm : Nordplan, 1990. http://books.google.com/books?id=CAxPAAAAMAAJ.
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Anderson, Michael S., and Gregory P. Flaherty. "Analysis of the contingency contracting support plan within the joint planning process framework." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9813.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>The Joint Planning Process (JPP) - by doctrine - does not include Contingency Contracting Support Plans (CCSPs) as an annex within Joint Operation Plans (OPLANs) or Joint Logistics Plans (LOGPLANs), thereby limiting Combatant Commander (COCOM) flexibility and responsiveness. Current OPLANS at the Joint-level generally discuss how forces will be contractually supported in-theater, but are not specific enough within the framework of the Joint Planning Process (JPP). This project analyzed the effectiveness of the Joint OPLANS with respect to contracting relationships in a contingency contracting environment. Conclusions and recommendations for the formal, detailed inclusion of CCSPs within the JPP include: The CCSP should be formally detailed in the Deliberate Planning Process (DPP) and Crisis Action Planning (CAP) Process from the National-level to the small unit-level; The formal, detailed inclusion of CCSPs within the planning process at the Joint-level would be a force-multiplier in terms of proactive vice reactive planning to contingencies within the Joint arena; and, Utilizing the experience of Contracting Officers (COs) within Joint planning cells would result in the ability to leverage time and provide the COCOM flexibility and responsiveness early on in the planning process within the framework of the CCSP.
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Yoder, Elliott Cory. "The Yoder Three-tier Model for Optimal Planning and Execution of Contingency Contracting." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/351.
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MBA Professional Report<br>Acquisition research (Graduate School of Business & Public Policy)<br>Contingency efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and several other countries in the last few years have been subjected to close scrutiny and critique. Contingency Contracting operations are increasingly the major source of support and provisioning in forward theaters, especially in light of reductions in organic (non-contracted) support capabilities. Recently, theater combatant commanders have come to rely on contingency contracting officers to support coalition forces, and concurrently, to achieve a transformation of the economic landscape essential for achieving theater objectives. But, critics of recent operations cite deficiencies in DoD's ability to effectively and efficiently conduct a coordinated contracting support effort that integrates the combatant commander's theater objectives with the myriad stakeholders deemed essential for success. Can we, the military, achieve better results? The author contends that with proper understanding of integrated planning and execution, contingency contracting operations can, and will, provide significant leverage for achieving the combatant commander's objectives.
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Anderson, Michael S. Flaherty Gregory P. "Analysis of the contingency contracting support plan within the joint planning process framework /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FAnderson%5FMBA.pdf.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003.<br>"MBA professional report"--Cover. Thesis advisor(s): R. Marshall Engelbeck, Cary A. Simon. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-60). Also available online.
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Goss, Thomas Joseph. "Building a contingency menu using capabilities-based planning for Homeland Defense and Homeland Security /." View theis via NPS View theis via DTIC, 2005. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA433146.
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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Homeland Security and Defense))--Naval Postgraduate School, 2005.<br>Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 12, 2006). "March 2005." Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72) Also issued in paper format.
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Alshamsi, H. R. "Managing major emergencies : recommendations to develop effective contingency planning in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Salford, 2017. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/44616/.
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Major Emergencies do pose a challenge for emergency organisations and services to manage when they occur. As observed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), major emergencies occur at locations and times that increases the complexity of the event, thereby straining existing resources for response. Although major emergencies have been managed in the UAE using some of the best resources, the poor response due to coordination problems, and lack of planning arrangements that incorporate lessons learned makes the occurrence of major emergencies more severe than it should be. This means that in-depth knowledge, understanding and coordination of major emergencies is mandatory for emergency organisations responsible for dealing with major emergencies. Having in place a comprehensive planning process such as Contingency Planning that can sufficiently mitigate the unfolding characteristics of major emergencies is also important. Thus, this study aims to develop guidelines and recommendations for UAE governing authorities for managing major emergencies through contingency planning. Study adopted interpretivism philosophical stance and inductive approach. The research aim is achieved by conducting a survey and case study strategies. A questionnaire survey was distributed to 90 officers and 17 senior officers and managers were interviewed. All participants were from three organisations; the police, civil defence and the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) in the UAE. The research participants were experts who are either responsible for planning for emergencies or who had been involved in dealing with major emergencies. The case studies of major emergencies from the United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand and Japan were examined in order to identify mechanisms for lessons learned. Two case studies of major emergencies in the UAE were also critically evaluated in order to examine the current practices and arrangements for dealing with major emergencies and evaluated against learning mechanisms used in other countries. The research findings revealed that, there is lack of knowledge and understanding of major emergencies and contingency planning amongst practitioners which leads to a wide spread confusion amongst emergency organisations. Second, current practices and arrangements for dealing with major emergencies are insufficient and lack effective contingency planning processes. Third, best practice exists within each of the three organisations examined which can be adopted as mechanisms for lessons learned. Lastly, challenges peculiar to occurrence of major emergencies are not well-known in UAE emergency organisations, thus response to XVI major emergencies have not been effective. The implications on contingency planning in UAE is that without addressing these findings, major emergencies will continue to have significant impacts on life and livelihood in the country. Therefore, the research recommends a four- principle process for UAE governing authorities as guidelines for educating and training emergency organisations to better understand the characteristics of major emergencies and steps for effective contingency planning. By so doing, contingency planning will be more effectively implemented, monitored and sustained throughout the phases of emergency management in the UAE.
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Karrar, Abdel Rahman Ali. "The application of contingency analysis to stability and security planning of the Blue Nile Grid." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1991. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/28092.
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The Blue Nile Grid of Sudan, which supplies Electrical Power to the central region including the capital, Khartoum, has experienced a history of problems, of which the most important are the instability of the system and the generation shortages, which become particularly acute during certain months of the year. These problems have been complicated by a lack of real understanding of the system's behaviour, especially as it grows in size and complexity, and as the demand increases.
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Evans, Amanda B. "Long-term military contingency operations identifying the factors affecting budgeting in annual or supplemental appropriations." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2899.
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Generally in the past, after initial funding was provided by supplemental appropriations, the continuing costs of long-term military operations were built into the annual baseline budget. After four and a half years fighting the Global War on Terror, funding the U.S. military effort remains under emergency designation, funded with supplemental appropriations, despite clear congressional directive to build it in the annual baseline budget request. The factors affecting this decision are examined through a comparative analysis of the current conflict and other long-term military operations in the past 60 years. The results show that planning, timing, accountability, visibility, politics and policy, stakeholder influence, military objectives, and fear of change are the most important factors. These findings can help stakeholders shape funding strategy.
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Yoo, Richard (Richard B. ). "The evolution of work and the growing contingency of labor practices in the Massachusetts life sciences industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120217.
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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2018.<br>Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-61).<br>Contingent work has been used to describe a wide range of non-standard, short-term employment arrangements to include self-employment, home-based work, on-call work, temporary work, contracting, and other alternative employment arrangements. In 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that about four percent of total employment in the U.S. was comprised of contingent workers. Just five years later this figure nearly doubled to 7.9 percent according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, though more liberal measurements record this number to be closer to 40 percent (2015). Another five years later in a report published by Katz and Krueger, the estimate doubled once again to 15.8 percent (2016). It is clear that the use of contingent labor to complete work tasks is increasingly an essential element utilized by businesses as they shed non-essential functions in order to focus on their core competencies. This reflects a belief that a lean operating model will optimize companies' cost structures and provide flexibility to react efficiently during down and upturns in the economy. The use of contingent labor modifies the conventional relationship between capital and labor in the formation of skill. Previously, skill was described as encompassing general and specific skills. General skills represent the skills and experiences workers bring to the job from formal training and tacit knowledge gained in previous work contexts. Specific skills represent skill augmentation that derives directly from the work experience gained by working with a unique employer. The labor contract typically includes the combination of both skill enhancing experiences. Rents are collected by both parties up to the value of each party's marginal product and hence contribution to labor productivity. Today's utilization of contingent labor ignores the significant costs associated with recruiting and training new hires as well as the indeterminable loss in value from utilizing a workforce that is less incented to see their companies succeed. The lack of specific skills of contingent workers diminishes productivity and causes the firm to incur training costs, which may not be recovered due to the shorter job tenure. This thesis investigates the use of contingent work in the Massachusetts life science industry. The demands of capital markets are fiercely pressuring companies to grow and generate large returns for its investors. However, this places an uneven amount of focus on the commercialization of its products causing the industry to hone in on its core competencies and shed non-essential functions, thereby expanding the use of contingent labor. This thesis is framed by the discussion of a looming imperative amidst industry constraints and the subsequent effects created by the dichotomy. The first part of this thesis describes the evolution of work and the emergence of financial pressures compelling the life science industry to utilize contingent labor in several of its key R&D and manufacturing functions despite the obvious benefits associated with career jobs to both the employer and employee. The demands of capital markets continue to drive specific actions of the life science industry (imperative), however the industry is characterized by high cost, long production cycles, tremendous volatility, and a critical reliance on capital flows (industry constraints). Chapter five presents the findings, which examines the net results from the interplay between the imperative and constraints. What effects is this imperative having on life science companies facing these constraints and how are they reacting (subsequent effects)? Many are beginning to behave irrationally and at odds with its long-term goals diminishing the innovative potential of the industry as a whole and adversely impacting the workforce powering the entire mechanism. This thesis attempts to coalesce these broad themes to tell the story of what is happening to work in the Massachusetts life science industry.<br>by Richard Yoo.<br>M.C.P.
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Gedikli, Bahar. "Strategic Spatial Planning And Its Implementation In Turkey: Sanliurfa Provincial Development Planning Case." Phd thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605550/index.pdf.
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This thesis aims at analyzing the strategic spatial planning, which has received widespread acceptance both in developed and developing countries. Turkey is one of the countries that has been trying to adopt this new tendency. Recently, Provincial Development Planning has been introduced into the Turkish planning system as a stratgeic planning attempt. This thesis evaluates the Sanliurfa Provincial Development Planning case with respect to a set of criteria<br>underlines the role of continent factors (specific actors in the process and their roles) in the satisfaction of these criteria<br>and highlights the role of place-specific factors (quality of social capital, level of economic development) in the planning process. The strategic planning is not merely concerned with the plannng process<br>but also with implementation and monitoring stages. Therefore, the thesis stresses that these three integral stages --planning, implementation, monitoring-- should be eqaully considered with agents, roles and resources so that the plans can be implemented.
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Häggberg, David. "Ground-Breaking Contingency Planning with Risk- & Disaster Management : A Case Study at Höganäs Japan K.K." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-43868.
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Final Thesis, Master of Business Administration & Economic Program, Field of Research: Management, School of Business & Economics at Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden, 4FE10E, Spring 2015. Author: David Häggberg Supervisor: Richard Nakamura (Daniel Ericsson) Title: Ground-Breaking Contingency Planning with Risk- & Disaster Management Subtitle: A Case Study at Höganäs Japan K.K. Background: On the 11th of March 2011, Japan was hit with one of the largestearthquakes in modern history at a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale. Thiscaused wide spreading and lasting delays in production in large parts of the worlddue to organizations supply chain being connected to Japan. Subsequently RiskManagement has received renewed and increasing attention, both in Japan and therest of the world. The proactive concept of Risk Management primary builds itsmodels around probability and utilizes this concept as a basis for determining whichrisks that should be mitigated through countermeasures and financial investments.Though when faced with an environment filled with uncertainty and an additionallevel of indirect risk exposure due to the potential domino effect of natural disasterssuch as earthquakes, can Risk Management really handle that, a world whereprobability fails? The reactive approach used by Disaster Management mightcontain clues for making Risk Management more flexible. Research Question: How can a transnational corporation adapt their RiskManagement strategy and plan for contingencies in a country with an unstablenatural environment? Purpose: This thesis seeks to investigate how a strategy for Risk Management canbe created and adapted with the regard to uncertainties such as an unstableenvironmental situation. The goal is further to highlight how traditional RiskManagement can be combined with other related areas such as DisasterManagement, in order to make a more complete strategy and a more flexible plan foraction. An adaption to the Risk Management strategy that would be made in order tomake the strategy applicable on a global level and including areas with unstableenvironmental situations. Method: This study has utilized a multi-strategy approach and the main source ofdata for this case study has come from semi-structured interviews and acomplementary survey. The author has found it necessary to adopt a pragmaticstandpoint with a qualitative focus in order to explore the research question andunderstand the collected data to its fullest extent. Conclusion: Adopting the local practices and mindset that strives to constantlysecure the supply chain and fulfill customer obligations by creating contingenciesthe risk exposure can be mitigated. Utilizing a quickly adaptable approach instead oflong-term planning in combination with concepts such as a Disaster Recovery Planthe Risk Management strategy can be altered towards becoming more flexible.
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Evans, Amanda B. "Long-term military contingency operatoins identifying the factors affecting budgeting in annual or supplemental appropriations /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Mar%5FEvans.pdf.
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Kirschkamp, Andreas. "A contingency-based view of chief executive officers' early warning behavior an empirical analysis of German medium-sized companies /." Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 2008. http://www.myilibrary.com?id=134439.
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Kleingeld, Anton W. "Project radicalness and maturity : a contingency model for the importance of enablers of technological innovation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16059.
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Thesis (PhD)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main proposition of this study is that the notion of a single set of universal success
factors (enablers) of innovation is naïve. Rather, the importances of different enablers
are contextually based and dependent upon different kinds of projects and their
attributes. By investigating the roles of project radicalness and maturity in governing the
importance of enablers of innovation in the process industries, two major conclusions
were made, viz. (1) the importance of enablers are significantly moderated by project
attributes, and (2) the mutual interactions between moderators of enabler importance
prevent the formulation of middle-range theories of innovation radicalness or maturity,
which propose normative relationships between innovation attributes and enabler
importance. Although a number of previous studies have posited such outcomes, this
study provides empirical evidence thereof for a set of generic enablers of innovation.
These findings have suggested that the modelling of innovation at the project level
should follow a contingent approach. While contingency theory has widely been applied
to correlate structural and environmental attributes when the unit of analysis is the
organisation, the literature on project management has largely ignored the importance of
project contingencies, assuming that all projects share a universal set of managerial
characteristics. This void is addressed through the development of a contingency model
of the influence of secondary contingencies (project radicalness and maturity) on the
importance of enablers. It represents an integrative perspective of the contextual
importance of a number of enablers (and constructs thereof) that have previously been
investigated and reported independently.
Given that theory development in project management is still in its early years, it may
therefore be concluded that the study contributes to the validity of classical contingency
theory arguments in the context of the project. Although it does not consider an
exhaustive list of all possible contingencies, and findings thereof strictly pertain only to
process innovation, it does represent a considerable step in the evolving process of
theory development on the modelling of innovation at the project level.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie poneer in hoofsaak dat die idee van ‘n enkele stel universele suksesfaktore
(drywers) vir innovasie, eng is. Dit word eerder voorgestel dat die belangrikheid van
verskillende drywers kontekstueel is en bepaal word deur verskillende tipes projekte en
hul eienskappe. Na gelang van ‘n ondersoek na die rolle van projek radikaalheid en
stadium van ontwikkeling in die bepaling van die belangrikheid van drywers van
innovasie, is twee hoofgevolgtrekkings gemaak, naamlik dat (1) projekeienskappe ‘n
beduidende invloed op die relatiewe belangrikheid van drywers het, en (2) die onderlinge
interaksies tussen moderators van die belangrikheid van drywers dit verhoed om middelomvang
teorieë van innovasie radikaalheid of stadium van ontwikkeling te formuleer, wat
normatiewe verhoudings tussen die eienskappe van innovasies en hul drywers voorstel.
Alhoewel sulke resultate deur ‘n aantal vorige studies gepostuleer is, verskaf hierdie
studie empiriese bewyse daarvan in terme van ‘n generiese stel drywers van innovasie.
Bevindinge in hierdie verband het getoon dat innovasie op die projek-vlak deur ‘n
voorwaardelikheidsmodel gemodelleer moet word. Alhoewel voorwaardelikheidsteorie
algemeen gebruik word om strukturele en omgewingseienskappe op organisatoriese
vlak te korrelleer, het die projekbestuur-literatuur tot dusver grootliks die belangrikheid
van projekvoorwaardelikhede geïgnoreer deur aan te neem dat alle projekte ‘n
universele stel bestuurseienskappe deel. Hierdie leemte word geadresseer deur die
ontwikkeling van ‘n voorwaardelikheidsmodel vir die invloed van sekondêre
voorwaardelikhede (projek radikaalheid en stadium van ontwikkeling) op die
belangrikheid van drywers. Dit verteenwoordig ‘n geïntegreerde perspektief van die
kontekstuele belangrikheid van ‘n aantal drywers (en konstrukte daarvan) wat voorheen
onafhanklik nagevors en gepubliseer is.
Aangesien teorie ontwikkeling in projekbestuur steeds jonk is, word die gevolgtrekking
gemaak dat die studie bydra tot die geldigheid van klassieke voorwaardelikheidsteorieargumente
in die konteks van die projek. Alhoewel dit nie ‘n veelomvattende lys van alle
moontlike voorwaardelikhede beskou nie, en die bevindinge daarvan streng gesproke
slegs betrekking het op proses-innovasie, verteenwoordig die studie ‘n beduidende stap
vorentoe vir teorie-ontwikkeling in die modellering van innovasie op die projek-vlak.
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Marques, Ana Rita Pinheiro. "Surveillance, monitoring and reporting and contingency planning part of the National Aquatic Animal Health Management strategic plan for Sri Lanka." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/14143.
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Implementing Aquatic Animal Health Management programs is of crucial importance to any country meaning to achieve and maintain the development and sustainability of their aquaculture sector. The initial approach to implementing an efficient Aquatic Animal Health Management program in Sri Lanka will rely on the development of two of its key components, namely aquatic animal disease surveillance, monitoring and reporting and the enhanced coordinated response to aquatic animal disease emergencies. The drafted framework for these two components was built upon the results from surveyed and consulted laboratories and institutions involved in aquatic animal health diagnostics and through two stakeholder meetings in order to achieve general consensus for the proposed components, focusing on maximizing the existing resources for cost efficiency. Initial drafting of a list of diseases of concern to Sri Lanka, concentrating on the diseases affecting major finfish and crustacean cultured species, and the proposed framework for a coordinated, joint approach to aquatic animal disease surveillance, monitoring and reporting will help to describe the aquatic animal disease profile in Sri Lanka, fulfilling international OIE reporting obligations while attempting to determine disease free status and the defining disease free zones, and inclusively ensure the early detection of new exotic diseases. The information generated through the surveillance program will also support applied risk analysis and improved quarantine for imported aquatic animals. Establishing a database for reporting diagnostic findings from surveillance and monitoring, along with the reporting of other routine and quarantine diagnostic findings, is crucial for up-to-date description of the countries aquatic animal disease profile and for the early detection of an aquatic animal disease emergency. Improving the existing arrangements for intervening in an aquatic animal disease emergency is fundamental for successful disease control or eradication, achieved through a much needed here proposed contingency plan for a coordinated response on behalf of the countries institutions and laboratories managing and diagnosing aquatic animal diseases, supervised by a Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources appointed committee of aquatic animal health specialists; Resumo: A implementação de programas de gestão de sanidade de animais aquáticos é fundamental para qualquer pais que queira atingir e manter o desenvolvimento sustentável do sector da produção aquícola de animais aquáticos. A implementação de um programa de gestão de sanidade de animais aquáticos no Sri Lanka deve se apoiar no desenvolvimento inicial de dois componentes fundamentais do mesmo, nomeadamente a “Vigilância, Monitorização e Notificação” de doenças em animais aquáticos e a resposta optimizada a situações urgentes de doença nestas populações seguindo as directrizes estabelecidas num “Plano de Contingência”. A estrutura geral para a implementação destes dois componentes é aqui apresentada nesta dissertação de natureza científica, baseada na informação recolhida através da consulta e avaliação dos laboratórios e instituições envolvidas no diagnóstico de patologias afectando os animais aquáticos e através da realização de duas reuniões com os seus membros mais relevantes. Desta forma pretende-se maximizar os recursos existentes para a implementação destes componentes com o consenso de todos os futuros participantes.
O programa de vigilância de sanidade em animais aquáticos terá como objectivo declarar a ausência de doença a nível nacional para um grupo de doenças e, deste modo motivar a exportação de animais aquáticos e seus produtos ou, permitir o identificar de infecções outrora desconhecidas. Desta forma, consegue-se uma descrição mais precisa do estado de saúde das populações de animais aquáticos no país sendo possível declarar a presença ou ausência de doença às autoridades internacionais da Organização Internacional de Saúde Animal- OIE. Para as doenças já estabelecidas nas populações de animais aquáticos, o componente “Vigilância, Monitorização e Notificação” determina que sejam reconhecidas zonas livres de doença para promover a translocação segura de animais a nível nacional e internacional. Inicialmente, redigiu-se uma lista de doenças importantes para o país, passíveis de afectar as espécies de crustáceos e peixes, de acordo com os registos de notificações submetidos à OIE e através da informação recolhida pela consulta local de peritos em sanidade de animais aquáticos. Desta lista foram seleccionadas as doenças para intervenção inicial, com base no potencial impacto da sua incursão nas populações produzidas em aquacultura de crustáceos e peixes, ou que, no caso de estabelecidas no país, possam causar surtos de doença e graves perdas de produção. De seguida, atribuíram-se áreas geográficas a cada laboratório que participará no programa de vigilância, por província e de acordo com a sua proximidade geográfica.
A informação gerada pelo programa de vigilância deve ser reportada numa base de dados que servirá igualmente para a notificação de achados de diagnósticos rotineiros ou resultantes das actividades de quarentena. Através desta base de dados é mantido um perfil actualizado do estado de saúde das populações de animais aquáticos, sendo também possível por este meio a identificação e intervenção atempada de situações de doença que requeiram intervenção urgente. A informação gerada pelo programa de vigilância servirá também para a implementação de um programa de análise de risco para as importações de animais aquáticos e seus produtos e o melhoramento das práticas de quarentena.
É fundamental para o Sri Lanka melhorar a resposta actual, face à ocorrência de surtos de doença nas populações de animais aquáticos, para garantir o sucesso destas intervenções. Tal pode ser realizado através da formulação de um plano de contingência que, baseado nos procedimentos actualmente legislados, venha a assegurar uma resposta coordenada entre os diferentes laboratórios, com base em metodologias determinadas no programa de vigilância e a assistência de uma Comissão de Consulta para a Gestão da Sanidade em Animais Aquáticos.
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Vantine, William L. "Managing the Risk of Failure in Complex Systems: Insight into the Space Shuttle Challenger Failure." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40429.
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This dissertation presents a new approach for identifying, assessing, mitigating, and managing the risks of failure in complex systems. It describes the paradigm commonly used today to explain such failures and proposes an alternative paradigm that expands the lens for viewing failures to include alternative theories derived from modern theories of physics. Further, it describes the foundation for each paradigm and illustrates how the paradigms may be applied to a particular system failure.
Today, system failure commonly is analyzed using a paradigm grounded in classical or Newtonian physics. This branch of science embraces the principles of reductionism, cause and effect, and determinism. Reductionism is used to dissect the system failure into its fundamental elements. The principle of cause and effect links the actions that led to the failure to the consequences that result. Analysts use determinism to establish the linear link from one event to another to form the chain that reveals the path from cause to consequence. As a result, each failure has a single cause and a single consequence.
An alternative paradigm, labeled contemporary, incorporates the Newtonian foundation of the classical paradigm, but it does not accept the principles as inviolate. Instead, this contemporary paradigm adopts the principles found in the theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, chaos, and complexity. These theories hold that any analysis of the failure is affected by the frame of reference of the observer. Causes may create non-linear effects and these effects may not be observable directly. In this paradigm, there are assumed to be multiple causes for any system failure. Each cause contributes to the failure to a degree that may not be measurable using techniques of classical physics. The failure itself generates multiple consequences that may be remote in place or time from the site of the failure, and which may affect multiple individuals and organizations. Further, these consequences, are not inevitable, but may be altered by actions taken prior to and responses taken after the occurrence of the failure.
The classical and contemporary paradigms are applied using a single embedded case study, the failure of the space shuttle Challenger. Sources, including literature and popular press articles published prior to and after the failure and NASA documents are reviewed to determine the utility of each paradigm. These reviews are supplemented by interviews with individuals involved in the failure and the official investigations that followed.
This dissertation demonstrates that a combination of the classical and contemporary paradigms provides a more complete, and more accurate, picture of system failure. This combination links the non-deterministic elements of system failure analysis to the more conventional, deterministic theories. This new framework recognizes that the complete prevention of failure cannot be achieved; instead it makes provisions for preparing for and responding to system failure.<br>Ph. D.
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Osman, Esam. "Developing strategic information system planning model in Libya organisations." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1173.
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This quantitative research study investigated the impact of organisational context on the process and success of strategic IS planning (SISP) in post-implementation information systems in Libyan organisations. A set of direct and indirect relationships were investigated in the research model. The organisational context presented as a contingent situational variable mediated by SISP process and predicted by SISP success (the criterion variable). The causality of the relationship set was developed from the contingency theory of information systems and supported by fit models in strategic management research. The study deployed multivariate analysis represented in the structural equation modelling (SEM) to develop robust construct measurements and analyse data collected from executives responsible for information systems planning in both public and private Libyan organisations. Multi-dimensional multi-items constructs were used in the path analysis model after they were extensively validated. The path analysis model represented as mediation model, where hypothesise suggest that SISP context has an impact SISP success, through the influence of the SISP process. In the model, four dimensions of the SISP context construct were found to have a significant impact on SISP success directly and indirectly through the SISP process. Two of these dimensions are components of the leadership orientation construct, namely “Creative and Controlling” leadership. The other two dimensions are “Organisation centralisation structure and the Riskiness of organisation strategies”. The environmental uncertainty and planning resource constructs were found to have no impact on SISP success in Libyan organisations. Furthermore, this study validated six out of seven dimensions of SISP process construct measurement; only five exhibited acceptable fit level in the path analysis model and all were affected by the SISP context. However, just three out of five SISP process constructs had an impact on SISP success namely “Comprehensiveness, Focus and Intuition planning process”. Different SISP processes were associated with different levels of SISP success, “Intuition” was the most effective SISP process approach. The second most effective SISP process approach was the “Focus on innovation”, followed by “Limited comprehensiveness”. The SISP success measured by the fulfilment of key objectives that has three measurements constructs namely “Analysis, Alignment, and Cooperation”. The research suggest that under the effect of organisation context the most successful SISP produced by (CIO, CEO, or top executives) who rely less on personal judgment, focus more on innovation rather than control and limit their comprehensiveness of information systems planning process.
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Jankowski, Thaddeus K. Sr. "Planning for success: constructing a first responder planning methodology for homeland security." Thesis, Monterey California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2275.
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CHDS State/Local<br>Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited<br>The planning methodologies used today by most U.S. fire departments are excellent for traditional missions, but wholly inadequate for the threats posed by terrorism. Planning in the fire service and the rest of the first responder community historically has relied on a one-dimensional approach that uses a scenario-based planning (SBP) methodology. This thesis argues that the fire service and others in the first responder community will be able to contribute to homeland security missions much more effectively, and efficiently, by switching to specially adapted versions of capabilities-based planning. This thesis proposes a new integrated planning methodology that combines the planning strengths of scenariobased planning, threat-based planning, and capabilities-based planning. The new method identifies capabilities that could be used to manage and mitigate the consequences of the different types of contingencies within the various response spectrums. It allows an organization to perform analysis and efficiency studies to evaluate the different spectrums of contingencies against existing capabilities and create a menu of capabilities necessary for the first responder to respond to all its missions, including immediate threats and terrorism, in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.<br>Battalion Chief, Fire Department City of New York
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Grundmann, Scott A. ""Why are there so many costly blunders in projects throughout the world?"." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36026/1/36026_Grundmann_1994.pdf.
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This dissertation poses the question "Why, in this day and age, given the high
level of education in the fields of architecture, engineering, finance, surveying,
property economics and the seniority of the key decision makers and the vast
sums of funds involved in property development, should so many private and
public projects fail?"
One principal reason for such project failure is ignorance of the way we deal with
risk at the initial, intermediate and advanced feasibility and developmental stages.
Another major reason for project failure in differing perceptions of objectives and
quality from within the project team. This, however, is outside the scope of this
discussion.
This dissertation specifically examines risks within projects and how they can be
better understood to avoid the costly blunders so commonly made. Project Case
Studies, Cashflow Case Studies and Contract Case Studies have been included to
add a realistic element
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Dean, David B. "An Application of Geospatial Technology to Geographic Response Plans for Oil Spill Response Planning in the Western Basin of Lake Erie." Connect to full text in OhioLINK ETD Center, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=toledo1260541474.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toledo, 2009.<br>Typescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for The Master of Arts in Geography." "A thesis entitled"--at head of title. Bibliography: leaves 115-117.
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Jasunskytė, Giedrė. "Oro navigacijos paslaugų teikėjo (ansp) ypatingų aplinkybių (nenumatytų atvejų) planų analizė ir taikymas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2012. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2012~D_20120723_101632-69730.
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Ypatingų aplinkybių (nenumatytų atvejų) planai reikalingi tam, kad oro eismo paslaugos niekada nenutrūktų, oro eismas išliktų saugus ir jo valdymas būtų kuo efektyvesnis (pvz., būtų kuo didesnis oro erdvės pralaidumas). Atsitikus bet kokiai nenumatytai situacijai, pagal jos scenarijų sukuriamas veiksmų planas, kuriuo privaloma vadovautis ypatingomis aplinkybėmis. Pagrindinis tikslas kuriant NAP tai skrydžių saugos užtikrinimas. Tai yra didžiausias prioritetas šiandieninėje aviacijoje. Oro navigacijos paslaugų teikėjo ypatingų aplinkybių (nenumatytų atvejų) planai palyginus su Eurokontrolės ir ICAO rekomendacijomis neatitinka visų reikalavimų. Kai kuriose situacijose panaudoti veiksmų planai nepilnai atitinka realybę arba tiesiog yra nepakankamai aiškūs, todėl juos būtina tobulinti. Darbą sudaro keturios dalys, įvadas, analitinė – metodinė dalis, tiriamoji dalis bei išvados ir siūlymai, literatūros sąrašas.<br>Contingency planning is necessary so that air navigation service would never be interrupted and safe air traffic services would be provided at any time Whenever a non-standard situation occurs the contingency plan is prepared. The main purpose of contingency planning is both to prevent the services from inefficiency and to decrease the impact of a disaster by increasing safety. Safety in aviation is priority number one, so it is necessary to be ready for any possible situation which could interrupt ANSP’s work. When analyzed and compared with ICAO and EUROCONTROL recommendations ANSP‘s contingency plans do not fully meet the requirements and some changes should be implemented as quickly as possible. It is necessary to have an adequate operational plan for any unexpected situation. Structure: introduction, three parts of work: theoretical and analysis, investigation, conclusions and suggestions, a list of references.
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Zerbe, Dominika. "Organisational challenges in understanding and implementing effective buiness continuity management strategies in a complex and critical organisation : an airport case study." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36374/1/Dominika_Zerbe_Thesis.pdf.
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With the increasing complexity of modern day threats and the growing sophistication of interlinked and interdependent operating environments, Business Continuity Management (BCM) has emerged as a new discipline, offering a strategic approach to safeguarding organisational functions. Of significant interest is the application of BCM frameworks and strategies within critical infrastructure, and in particular the aviation industry. Given the increased focus on security and safety for critical infrastructures, research into the adoption of BCM principles within an airport environment provides valuable management outcomes and research into a previously neglected area of inquisition. This research has used a single case study methodology to identify possible impediments to BCM adoption and implementation by the Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC). It has identified a number of misalignments between the required breadth of focus for a BCM program, identified differing views on specific roles and responsibilities required during a major disruptive event and illustrated the complexities of the Brisbane Airport which impede the understanding and implementation of effective Business Continuity Management Strategies.
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Albore, Alexandre. "Translation-based approaches to automated planning with incomplete information and sensing." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/78939.
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Artificial Intelligence Planning is about acting in order to achieve a desired goal.
Under incomplete information, the task of finding the actions needed to achieve the goal can be modelled as a search problem in the belief space. This task is costly, as belief space is exponential in the number of states, which is exponential in the number of variables. Good belief representations and heuristics are thus critical for scaling up in this setting.
The translation-based approach to automated planning with incomplete information deals with both issues by casting the problem of search in belief space to a search problem in state space, where each node of the search space represents a belief state.
We develop plan synthesis tools that use translated versions of planning problems under uncertainty, with partial or null sensing available.
We show formally under which conditions the introduced translations are polynomial, and capture all and only the plans of the original problems. We study empirically the value of these translations.<br>La Planificación es la disciplina de Inteligencia Artificial que estudia los procesos de razonamiento necesarios para conseguir las acciones que logren un objetivo dado.
En presencia de información incompleta, el problema de planificación puede ser modelado como una búsqueda en el espacio de estados de creencia, cada uno de ellos representando un conjunto de estados posibles. Este problema es costoso ya que el numero de estados de creencia puede ser exponencial en el número de estados, lo cual es exponencial en el número de variables del problema. El uso de buenas representaciónes de los estados y de heurísticas informadas resultan cruciales para escalar en este espacio de búsqueda.
En esta tesis se presentan traducciones para planificación con información incompleta, que transforman el problema de búsqueda en el espacio de estados de creencia, en búsqueda en espacio de estados, donde cada nodo representa un estado de creencia.
Hemos desarrollado herramientas para la generación de planes para el problema traducido, ya sea con percepción parcial o nula. A su vez, demostramos formalmente bajo qué circunstancias las traducciones son polinómicas, completas y correctas. La evaluación empírica remarca el valor de dichas traducciones
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Knudsen, Richard Ray. "A Study on the Integration of Multivariate MetOcean, Ocean Circulation, and Trajectory Modeling Data with Static Geographic Information Systems for Better Marine Resources Management and Protection During Coastal Oil Spill Response – A Case Study and Gap Analysis on Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Tidal Inlets." Scholar Commons, 2015. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5974.
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The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires the development of Regional and Area Contingency Plans. For more than 20 years, the State of Florida, under both the Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, has worked closely with the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop these plans for coastal and marine oil spill response. Current plans, developed with local, state and federal stakeholder input, use geographic information systems (GIS) data such as location and extent of sensitive ecological, wildlife, and human-use features (termed Environmental Sensitivity Index data), pre-defined protection priorities, and spatially explicit protection strategies to support decision-making by responders (termed Geographic Response Plans). However, they are long overdue for improvements that incorporate modern oceanographic modeling techniques and integrated data from coastal ocean observing systems. Better understanding of circulation in nearshore and estuarine waters, at a scale consistent with other spatial data, is especially lacking in Area Contingency Plans. This paper identifies the gaps in readily available information on the circulation-driven causes and effects missing in current oil spill contingency planning and describes a sample methodology whereby multiple coastal and ocean spatial science disciplines are used to answer questions that no single, non-integrated discipline can answer by itself. A path forward for further integration and development of more comprehensive plans to better support coastal protection in Florida is proposed. The advances made here are applicable to other coastal regions of the world.
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Soldevila, García Pilar. "El Control de gestión en organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro: el caso particular de los colegios de economistas de España." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7328.
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Esta investigación ha identificado los instrumentos de contabilidad de gestión que los gestores de las organizaciones no lucrativas, y más concretamente de los colegios de economistas de España, utilizan y pueden utilizar como sistemas de información para el control de la gestión y para la mejora de su eficiencia, eficacia y economía. <br/>Se han realizado tres estudios empíricos: <br/>1. A los gestores de los colegios de economistas, para conocer situación y nivel de implantación de instrumentos de control de gestión .<br/>2. Se ha centrado en el análisis de la situación a nivel también de instrumentos de contabilidad de gestión de determinadas asociaciones inglesas que están destinadas a profesionales que ejercen en especialidades que en España pueden realizar los economistas. <br/>3. A usuarios de los colegios, par ver nivel de calidad de los servicios y actividades que los colegios realizan y los efectos de la profesionalidad múltiple que los caracteriza.<br>It presents the results of a study about management control in non-profit organizations, focusing on the particular case of the Associations of Economists in Spain. In order to do it, a revision of literature and empirical studies have taken place to find out the implementation and level development of the instruments of management accounting in non-profit organizations. The study has been completed with three empirical studies, first directed to Associations of Economists in Spain, the second to associations from the UK related to the economy and the company, and, third directed to users from an Economists'Professional Association. Moreover, interviews of managers of different Associations from the UK have been made.
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Hoffmann, Jan. "Die sächsische Armee im Deutschen Reich 1871 bis 1918." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2007. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1184264663626-52141.
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Die Rolle der sächsischen Armee im Deutschen Reich. Selbstverständnis, Verhältnis zu Preußen, Österreich und in Ausschnitten auch zu anderen Bundesstaaten (Bayern und Württemberg). Streng chronologische Darstellung der wichtigsten Fragen und Probleme zwischen den Armeen und die Bedeutung für die Reichs-und Bündnispolitik mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf der Quellendarstellung. Die Berichte des sächsischen Militärbevollmächtigten in Berlin sind ausgewertet und großzügig zitiert. Insbesondere preußische (spärlich) und österreichische (ausführlicher) diplomatische Berichte ergänzen das Bild. Schwerpunkt ist die Leitfrage, welche reale Bedeutung das Kontingentsheer hat. Ist die Armee des Reiches eine Bündnisarmee? Deutlich wird allerdings auch das militärische Tagesgeschäft, in dem sich die Güte der Zusammenarbeit widerspiegelt. Sachsen versucht seine militärischen Rechte zu wahren. Es behält seine eigene Militärverwaltung mit eigenem Kriegsministerium und - wenn auch kleinem - Generalstab. Preußens Mißtrauen läßt nach 1866 mehr und mehr nach. Es besteht nicht auf die brachiale Durchsetzung seiner Rechte laut Militärkonvention und Reichsverfassung. Sachsen und besonders König Albert sind ein wichtiger Faktor für die Festigung des Bündnisses mit Österreich und die Planungen gemeinsamer Kriegsführung an der Ostfront. Sächsische Offiziere werden regelmäßig zur Aus-und Weiterbildung nach Preußen kommandiert. Besonders die Generalstabsoffiziere werden in Preußen ausgebildet. Die Fragen der Ausbildung, Personalauswahl und Rüstung werden i.d.R. in sachlicher Zusammenarbeit gelöst. Dynastische Fragen - z.B. die Aufnahme von hannöverschen Offizieren in die sächsische Armee - verursachen die ernsthaftesten Probleme.Es finden sich auch viele Wertungen über herausragende preußische Persönlichkeiten. Sachsen verfolgt dann im I. Weltkrieg auch eigene territoriale Kriegsziele im Osten. Es versucht so seine Stellung gegenüber den anderen Bundesstaaten zu wahren. Die Notwendigkeiten der Kriegsführung lassen die OHL mehr und mehr sächsische Reservatrechte beschränken. Am Ende zeichnet sich eine bescheidene eigenständige Außenpolitik Sachsens ab, während das Militär fest in die preußisch dominierte Führung eingebunden bleibt.
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Harsan, Horea. "Analyse cyclique de sécurité : approche temps réel et intégration dans la gestion prévisionnelle." Grenoble INPG, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996INPG0166.
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L'un des aspects important de la conception et de l'exploitation des grands réseaux de transport et d'interconnexion est le maintien de la sécurité du système. Cette sécurité concerne aussi bien les limites thermiques sur les ouvrages de transport que les limites de tension aux noeuds du réseau (contraintes d'isolation et de stabilité). A cet effet, le développement de méthodes nouvelles qui permettront à l'opérateur d'exploiter le réseau de façon à ce qu'aucun incident ne puisse causer les dépassements de limites de sécurité du système, est de plus en plus une nécessité. Cette thèse présente un algorithme général pour rendre plus efficace l'naisse de sécurité et donc permettre une analyse réellement systématique des incidents. Cet outil est basé sur l'utilisation des informations intrinsèquement contenues dans les résultats d'une analyse de sécurité systématique. Ces dernières peuvent être utilisées à des instants suivants en temps réel ou pour construire la carte des contraintes sur un horizon journalier. Une partie importante de cette thèse est consacrée à l'intégration de l'analyse de sécurité cyclique dans la réalisation du couplage production-réseau (introduction de la sécurité réseau dans la gestion prévisionnelle). Les résultats obtenus sur des données de planification issues du dispatching national montrent un gain de temps considérable acquit grâce à l'analyse cyclique. Elle se prête également bien aux analyses successives utilisées dans les optimisations du plan de tension en sécurité N et N-1. Un des chapitres de cette thèse traite l'analyse cyclique de sécurité en parallèle. La validation de la stratégie de parallélisation choisie a été faite sur un ordinateur parallèle CRAY
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Hoffmann, Jan. "Die sächsische Armee im Deutschen Reich 1871 bis 1918." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2006. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A25009.
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Die Rolle der sächsischen Armee im Deutschen Reich. Selbstverständnis, Verhältnis zu Preußen, Österreich und in Ausschnitten auch zu anderen Bundesstaaten (Bayern und Württemberg). Streng chronologische Darstellung der wichtigsten Fragen und Probleme zwischen den Armeen und die Bedeutung für die Reichs-und Bündnispolitik mit besonderem Schwerpunkt auf der Quellendarstellung. Die Berichte des sächsischen Militärbevollmächtigten in Berlin sind ausgewertet und großzügig zitiert. Insbesondere preußische (spärlich) und österreichische (ausführlicher) diplomatische Berichte ergänzen das Bild. Schwerpunkt ist die Leitfrage, welche reale Bedeutung das Kontingentsheer hat. Ist die Armee des Reiches eine Bündnisarmee? Deutlich wird allerdings auch das militärische Tagesgeschäft, in dem sich die Güte der Zusammenarbeit widerspiegelt. Sachsen versucht seine militärischen Rechte zu wahren. Es behält seine eigene Militärverwaltung mit eigenem Kriegsministerium und - wenn auch kleinem - Generalstab. Preußens Mißtrauen läßt nach 1866 mehr und mehr nach. Es besteht nicht auf die brachiale Durchsetzung seiner Rechte laut Militärkonvention und Reichsverfassung. Sachsen und besonders König Albert sind ein wichtiger Faktor für die Festigung des Bündnisses mit Österreich und die Planungen gemeinsamer Kriegsführung an der Ostfront. Sächsische Offiziere werden regelmäßig zur Aus-und Weiterbildung nach Preußen kommandiert. Besonders die Generalstabsoffiziere werden in Preußen ausgebildet. Die Fragen der Ausbildung, Personalauswahl und Rüstung werden i.d.R. in sachlicher Zusammenarbeit gelöst. Dynastische Fragen - z.B. die Aufnahme von hannöverschen Offizieren in die sächsische Armee - verursachen die ernsthaftesten Probleme.Es finden sich auch viele Wertungen über herausragende preußische Persönlichkeiten. Sachsen verfolgt dann im I. Weltkrieg auch eigene territoriale Kriegsziele im Osten. Es versucht so seine Stellung gegenüber den anderen Bundesstaaten zu wahren. Die Notwendigkeiten der Kriegsführung lassen die OHL mehr und mehr sächsische Reservatrechte beschränken. Am Ende zeichnet sich eine bescheidene eigenständige Außenpolitik Sachsens ab, während das Militär fest in die preußisch dominierte Führung eingebunden bleibt.
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"Contingency planning models for Government agencies." University of Technology, Sydney. School of Computing Sciences, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/245.
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This report describes a research study into the current situation within Federal, State Government and selected private sector agencies, assessing contingency plans for Information Systems and suggests models for state-wide planning against Information Systems disasters. Following a brief look at various phases of contingency plan development, the study looks into the factors that prompt organisations to prepare contingency plans. The project involved a survey of current Information Systems contingency plans in the government agencies in the states of Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and in the Australian Capital Territory. It also included two major banks, an insurance company and two computer services bureaux in the private sector within New South Wales. The survey determined that particular factors play important roles in the decision by organisations to commence contingency planning. These include actual disaster experience, senior management support, auditor's comments, legal requirements, risk analysis and business impact study, economic considerations, insurance requirements, contract commitment, new staff and introduction of new hardware and software. The critical success factors in contingency planning include regular maintenance and testing of the plan. The project also discusses the current contingency planning environment within New South Wales Government agencies and suggests cost-effective models for state-wide adoption.
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Musangu, Luka Marcel. "Contingency model for assessing strategic information systems planning success." 2012. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1000952.
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D. Tech. Business Information Systems<br>Review of previous and related works highlighted significant gaps in the previous strategic information systems planning studies, and these gaps need to be addressed. Firstly, the examination of strategic information systems planning success and five contextual factors (environmental uncertainty, organisational structure, government and policies, business strategy orientation and information systems maturity) has not yet been thoroughly and empirically researched simultaneously, notably in the context of a developing country like South Africa. The investigation of the moderating role of contingency variables in the relationship between strategic information systems planning process phases and strategic information systems planning success in the context of South African medium enterprises provided an empirically informed understanding of these factors and their effect, which tend to be different from that of studies conducted in the developed countries. Secondly, literature lacks a developed and empirical validated contingency model for measuring the success of strategic information systems planning. The present study developed such model, using a Structural Equation Modelling and analysis in the context of South African medium enterprises. That is, the use of Structural Equation Modelling helped provide a validated contingency model which indicates the pertinent factors for measuring strategic information systems planning success, in the context of South African medium enterprises.
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Major, David J. "Disaster preparedness planning and facility contingency operations for public works." Thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/24151.
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Kiwus, Christopher H. "Contingency construction planning in the U. S. Armed Services, including the extent of modular construction." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/28069.
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Weng, Shih-Chieh, and 翁世杰. "Planning and Constructing an ERC for Disaster Mitigation andRelieving Any Contingency for Taiwan Science Park." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77653778339783371012.
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碩士<br>國立雲林科技大學<br>環境與安全工程系碩士班<br>95<br>This study discusses science park tries to grapple with the disasters that could happen in high-tech industries are moving from its very center to the margins. With rapid developments taking place in high-tech industries, a tremendous amount of attention is being put on issues related to industrial hazards. “The digital-computer system＂ monitors in advance the disasters that could happen in high-tech industries. When disasters occur, the incident
commander of the emergency response team will immediately be able to make the right decision and control the damage to people, property, and, the nvironment to a minimum.
There is a trend towards an increasing frequency and severity of industrial disasters. This indicates many potential hazardous factors associated with our processing-equipment.. As a result, any disaster can cause a significant loss.
In terms of Taiwan＇s domestic high-tech industries, if no adequate safety and hygiene technologies are developed to prevent industrial safety and hygiene related problems, disasters related to industrial safety and hygiene will go on happening. The study is to establish an emergency response system that fits into different environmental requirements and is able to improve workplace safety. A sound computerized disaster response system is also proposed to handle disasters in an effective way and control the damage to a minimum.
The system has a high level of mobility and convenience. Upon the occurrence of a disaster, the decision maker does not need to refer to all kinds of documentation on emergency measures, but only needs to enter the type of disaster into the computer. Then the system will match the entered information with the contents in the database and inform the commander of the handling procedures and methods. In this way, the system provides the right handling procedures quickly and effectively, thus reducing the disaster emergency response time. All the current disaster response measures adopted by the industrial park are digitalized through computers with the establishment of various kinds of databases, such as: fire, gas leakage, chemical leakage and, earthquakes. With the assistance of database dynamic connecting technology, upon the occurrence of a disaster the commander can instantly handle the situation and make disaster rescue decisions based on suggestion of computer.
After constructing the system, the digital-computer system will be optimized and the emergency decision-making system will be computerized, so the commander of the emergency response team can find the necessary information for emergency response measures in a minimal period of time without the need of a cumbersome manual search. The safety of the entire park area can be assured because the order can be made in a timely manner to minimize the damage and causalities.
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Brown, Jerome W. Jr. "The application of single-source shortest path algorithms to an OJSC contingency planning model and a vehicle routing model." Thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/22641.
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Dlamini, Lucky Busa. "The contingency approach to planning, organising, leading and control as the managerial tasks of the black high school principal." Diss., 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18016.
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In this study the problem concerning the contingency approach to the managerial tasks of the Black high school principal
was investigated by means of literature study, interviews and observations. As a result the problems and challenges facing
the Black principal were identified.
The managerial tasks of the principal in the South Africa of the l 990's were identified and defined. It became clear that
these tasks are performed under changing situational contingencies. The contingency approach, its basis, what it entails and
its importance in the RSA of today was described. When the contingency approach was related to the managerial tasks, it
became clear that under one set of circumstances one type of leadership style is effective.
Interviews and observations were conducted in certain schools and with certain principals. Research findings revealed that
the Black high school principal should be flexible in the face of many contingencies facing him.<br>Educational Leadership and Management<br>M. Ed. (Educational Management)
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Shaten, Richard. "The economic value of transportation energy contingency planning an objective model for analyzing the economics of domestic renewable energy for supply augmentation /." 1998. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/41489802.html.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1998.<br>Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-222).
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Nekvinda, Michal. "Hledání robustních cest pro více agentů." Master's thesis, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-434953.
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The thesis is devoted to finding robust non-conflict paths in multi-agent path finding (MAPF). We propose several new techniques for the construction of these types of paths and describe their properties. We deal with the use of contingency planning and we create a tree plan for the agents where the specific path is chosen by the agents during the execution based on the current delay. Next we present an algorithm that increases robustness while maintaining the original length of the solution and we combine it with the previous approach. Then we will focus on the method of increasing robustness by changing the speed of agents. Finally we experimentally verify the applicability of these techniques on different types of graphs. We will show that all the proposed methods are significantly more robust than the classic solution and they also have certain advantages over previously known constructions of robust plans.
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"Contingent patterns." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1911/62011.
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Contingent Patterns looks to challenge the classical assumptions of variation and contingency in todays urban model. Starting with a lineage of conceptual planning and occupation strategies---the highway is antagonized as a new point of departure as an occupiable domain. Environmental, Economic, and Social constraints are reconsidered through the use of complex material systems.
Traditionally change and variation is confined to the realm within the envelope; and where there is variability outside of the envelope it is confined, typically, within the footprint of the surrounding street grid. Environmental edges are typically framed by grid periphery and separated from pieces of the larger ecosystem. The use of complex material systems creates the foundation for a continuity of biological and environmental conditions. The use of water and phase change as a vessel to create a frozen surface in winter to an floral scaffolding.
Contingency and variation are the tools to develop a new occupational space in the horizontal sphere, as well as, a continuity of systems between interior and exterior domains.
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Marques, Inês Pereira. "E agora qual o plano?: A influência dos pacing styles e do planeamento na eficácia das equipas: Modelo de mediação moderado pela liderança temporal." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19190.
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A adoção de equipas de trabalho tem sido encarada como a força motriz das organizações, desencadeando uma proliferação de estudos sobre a eficácia onde o desempenho adquire estatuto de indicador fundamental. Nesse sentido, a literatura tem demonstrado que a liderança tem uma influência quer nos processos de equipa quer nos outputs da mesma. O presente estudo surge no seguimento do modelo IMOI de Marks, Mathieu e Zaccaro (2001) e pretende, em suma, testar o efeito mediador do planeamento deliberado e contingencial na relação entre os pacing styles das equipas e o desempenho das mesmas. Ao mesmo tempo, sugere que a relação entre pacing styles e planeamento pode ser maximizada através da moderação da liderança temporal. Os dados foram recolhidos através da aplicação de questionários, com uma amostra composta por 55 equipas (210 colaboradores e 55 líderes) em contexto de consultoria. Globalmente, os resultados não corroboram as hipóteses postuladas. Não foi possível suportar a hipótese de que o planeamento medeia a relação entre pacing styles e o desempenho nem verificar a existência de moderação da liderança temporal na relação entre pacing styles e planeamento. A mediação moderada também não se revelou significativa. Destaca-se, ainda assim, a existência de um efeito significativo da liderança nos dois tipos de planeamento, bem como dos pacing styles no planeamento deliberado. No final, são discutidas as implicações destes resultados e apresentadas novas direções de investigação futura.<br>The adoption of work teams has been seen as the driving force of organizations, triggering a proliferation of effectiveness studies where performance acquires a key indicator status. In this sense, the literature has shown that leadership has an influence on both team processes and team outputs. This study follows the IMOI model of Marks, Mathieu and Zaccaro (2001) and aims to test the mediating effect of deliberate and contingency planning on the relationship between team pacing styles and team performance. At the same time, it suggests that the relationship between pacing styles and planning can be maximized by the moderated effect of temporal leadership. Data were collected through the application of questionnaires, with a sample of 55 teams (210 employees and 55 leaders) in a consulting context. Overall, the results do not corroborate the hypotheses postulated. The hypothesis that team planning mediates the relationship between pacing styles and performance was not supported, nor the moderation of temporal leadership in the relationship between pacing styles and team planning. Moderated mediation was also not significant. Nonetheless, there is a significant effect of leadership on both types of team planning and a significant effect of pacing styles on deliberate planning. In the end, the implications of these results are discussed and new directions for future research are presented.
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Bhatnagar, Rohit, S. Venkataramanaiah, and Anand Rajagopalan. "A Model for Contingent Manpower Planning: Insights from a High Clock Speed Industry." 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3747.
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Intense competitive pressures have led to compressed product life cycles and frequent introduction of new products. This creates demand volatility and a consequent pressure on manufacturing to meet this variable demand. In this paper we model the manpower planning issues for a computer manufacturer during the product introduction phase when a quick ramp-up of production to meet rapidly increasing demand is a key requirement. A mix of permanent and contingent workers with different skill sets is considered. Some important issues addressed in this research are (a) how to assign workers with different skills to maximize production (b) what is the induction rate of contingent workers to achieve the desired ramp-up and (c) what are the key decision factors that impact manufacturing performance An LP model is proposed to minimize overall costs subject to complex scheduling, skills, and learning rate requirements. Our analysis indicates that cost of induction of contingent workers, overtime cost premium, and the amount of overtime have significant impact on performance. The findings of the study will be useful to managers in planning and allocation of workers of different skills to various manufacturing processes and to determine the optimal number of contingent workers to induct.<br>Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)