Dissertations / Theses: 'Goal measurement'

1

Asghari, Negin. "Evaluating GQM+ Strategies Framework for Planning Measurement System." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-6060.

Full text

Abstract:

Context. Most organizations are aware of the significance of software measurement programs to help organizations assess and improve the ways they develop software. Measurement plays a vital role in improving software process and products. However, the number of failing measurement programs is high and the reasons are vary. A recent approach for planning measurement programs is GQM+Strategies, which makes an important extension to existing approaches, it links measurements and improvement activities to strategic goals and ways to achieve this goals. However, concrete guides of how to collect the information needed to use GQM+strategies is not provided in the literature yet. Objectives. The contribution of this research is to propose and assess an elicitation approach (The Goal Strategy Elicitation (GSE) approach) for the information needed to apply GQM+strategies in an organization, which also leads to a partial evaluation of GQM+strategies as such. In this thesis, the initial focus is placed on eliciting the goals and strategies in the most efficient way. Methods. The primary research approach used is action research, which allows to flexibly assess a new method or technique in an iterative manner, where the feedback of one iteration is taken into the next iteration, thus improving on the method or technique proposed. Complementary to that, we used literature review with the primary focus to position the work, explore GQM+strategies, and to determine which elicitation approach for the support of measurement programs have been proposed. Results. The Goal Strategy Elicitation (GSE) approach as a tool for eliciting goals and strategies within the software organization to contribute in planning a measurement program has been developed. The iterations showed that the approach of elicitation may not be too structured (e.g. template/notation based), but rather shall support the stakeholders to express their thoughts relatively freely. Hence, the end-result was an interview guide, not based on notations (as in the first iteration), and asking questions in a way that the interviewees are able to express themselves easily without having to e.g. distinguish definitions for goals and strategies. Conclusions. We conclude that the GSE approach is a strong tool for the software organization to be able to elicit the goals and strategies to support GQM+Strategies. GSE approach evolved in each iteration and the latest iteration together with the guideline is still used within the studied company for eliciting goals and strategies, and the organization acknowledged that they will continue to do so. Moreover, we conclude that there is a need for further empirical validation of the GSE approach in further full-scale industry trials.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

2

Mughal, Aftab Ahmad, and Muhammad Nadeem. "A Framework for a More Structured, Integrated and Effective Software Measurement Process." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4072.

Full text

Abstract:

Software organizations have been initiating measurement programs as part of their software process improvement practices which in turn increase the quality of the software products. However, high numbers of organizations reported their measurement programs as failures. One of the major difficulties they faced was stated to be the difficulty in deciding which set of measures to collect for different software entities; products, processes, and resources. In addition to what should be collected, organizations would like to collect as minimum number of measures as possible in order to be cost effective. Different goal based measures selection models have been introduced to aid in these, namely Goal Question Metric (GQM) is one of the most well known and adopted ones by software organizations. It facilitates measurement programs to define goals and then collect measures according to goals. However, the current approaches require being more structured and integrated to enable an effective software measurement process. ‘Structured’ means the goals, questions and measures as well as their vertical and horizontal relations are well-defined. A structured measurement process can be ‘integrated’ to the organization via establishing links between business and organizational goals and the measurement process. The whole process becomes more ‘effective’ as these goals and measures become traceable, and hence the mechanisms to prioritize and select the optimum set of measures could be established. In this research work our main focus is to evaluate goal based models and to develop a framework for a more effective measurement process, called Structured Optimized Measurement Selection (SOMS). As part of SOMS, alternative ways for goals prioritization and measures optimization are proposed. In order to make the whole process more efficient, a tool is developed as well. Both SOMS with different alternative prioritization and optimization techniques as well as the tool were evaluated by conducting case studies in a CMMI level 3 software development organization and the results are compared to a previous case study conducted on the same case by using other techniques which are extensions of GQM, i.e. namely Structured Prioritized Goals Questions Metrics (SPGQM) and Optimum Measures Set Decision (OMSD).

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

3

Peydro, Jorge. "Ways of goal setting and measurement for radical innovation." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-180661.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

4

Coetsee, Gert Christiaan. "Doelwitbereiking deur prestasiebestuur / Chris Coetsee." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1681.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

5

Campos, David H. (David Hernan) 1971. "Impact of performance measurement and goal setting on supply chain responsiveness : an experiment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84251.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2001.
"June 2001."
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 31).
by David H. Campos.
S.M.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

6

Tahir, Touseef, and Muhammad Ilyas. "Towards a More Structured Goal Definition and Prioritization Approach for an Effective Measurement Process." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2680.

Full text

Abstract:

Measurement processes are vital for any organization as they are used to asses, analyze, monitor and control the processes, products and resources. The measurement programs are used in different ways in different organizations. Most of the measurement programs fail to provide the expected results; therefore it‘s needed to consider the success factors and reasons of failures for the measurement programs. The GQM is the most widely used model for measurement programs having various extensions to overcome its shortcomings in different scenarios. The Goals, Questions and metrics are defined and used in different ways at different levels in the organizations. There is a need of improving the measurement programs and one of the solutions is to provide a framework that can define the goals, questions and measures in a structured way. The prioritization, traceability and re-usability of goals and questions provide the effectiveness in the measurement program. The optimization of the measures and building a measurement repository makes the measurement collection process precise. In this thesis, the results of a systematic review on the current literature on software measurement programs are presented. An assessment of the current state of art on measurement programs, their usability and success factors is done. The study of measurement models, frameworks, tools and standards is done later on to know the different ways of goals, questions definition and measurement collection methods. The systematic review of the research work is done over the period 1997 – 2009. In order to understand and explore the difficulties in application of measurement programs in the industrial settings, interviews are conducted within a CMMI Level 3 company. On the basis of the systematic review analysis results and industrial interviews, a framework for a more effective measurement process is defined and within the framework, a model called ‗Structured Prioritized Goal Question Metrics (SPGQM)‘ is developed. This framework extends the well-known Goal Question Metric paradigm and basically comprises of two models; the Optimum Measures Set Decision (OMSD) model developed within a Master of Science thesis study at the Blekinge Institute of Technology and the SPGQM. This framework defines the process in order to define structured goals and questions with the help of templates and to prioritize them with the help of OMSD model. This framework has been validated in a CMMI Level 3 company. The validation was done by means of conducting a case study.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

7

Bobinski, Michal. "The Influence of Performance Measurement on Actor?s Perception of Task in Goal Oriented Systems." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/895.

Full text

Abstract:

This thesis addresses the problem of the influence of a control system on the behaviour of an actor in a social or socio-technical system. In particular, the influence of a performance measurement mechanism on the behaviour of an actor and on the development of workarounds is being studied.

Current literature on those topics generally addresses only selected and rather obvious reasons for the existence of dysfunctional behaviour or the workarounds. However, no precise models of the cognitive processes or the explanation of the mechanisms, which govern this problem, are proposed in a satisfactory manner. In addition, most researchers have focused only on the system?s point of view of the task, paying less attention to the actors? perception of that task. Furthermore, the existing body of work mainly uses a case study format to explain the phenomenon or to validate the proposed solutions and theories.

In this thesis, the problem of the influence control system on the behaviour of the actor is framed in terms of four major concepts: (1) the concept of complexity of the task not being fully captured by the performance measurement mechanism; (2) the concept of an actor perceiving that extra complexity is not being captured by the system and thus choosing alternate paths other than the system-prescribed path; (3) the concept of a network of valence forces associated with alternate paths; and finally, (4) the concept of similarity judgment between the alternative paths and the system-prescribed path based on the actor?s model of the control system?s point of view.

This thesis develops the theoretical framework for analyzing and understanding the issues of dysfunctional behaviour and workarounds. It also presents an empirical experimental study in support of the theoretical discussion and the hypothesis. The experiment examines subjects? rating of quality, defined as a degree of similarity to a target object, of several objects on a page under various performance measurement conditions. The stimulus used for experiment was made up of two dimensional quadrangle figures, including rectangle, parallelograms and trapezes, in various shades of red colour.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

8

太田, 伸幸, and Nobuyuki OTA. "競争心概念の再検討 : 競争心の測定に関するレビュー." 名古屋大学大学院教育発達科学研究科, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/3092.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

9

Sheth, Chintan H. "The Measurement and Evaluation of Urban Transit Systems: The Case of Bus Routes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9842.

Full text

Abstract:

The issues of performance measurement and efficiency analyses for transit industries have been gaining significance due to severe operating conditions and financial constraints in which these transit agencies provide service.

In this research, we present an approach to measure the performance of Urban Transit Networks, specifically, bus routes that comprise the network. We propose a math programming model that evaluates the efficiencies of bus routes taking into consideration, the service providers, the users and the societal perspectives. This model is based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology and derives from Network Theory, Network Modeling in DEA, Goal Programming & Goal-DEA and 'Environmental' Variables. This approach enables the decision maker to determine the performance of its units of operations ('bus routes' in our case), optimally allocate scarce resources and achieve target levels for 'externality' variables for these bus routes and for the whole network. We further recommend modifications to the model, for adaptation to other modes of transportation as well as extend its applicability to other applications/scenarios.
Master of Science

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

10

Gatto, Alyssa J. "Exploring the Feasibility of Bi-Weekly Monitoring and its Impact on Goal Attainment and Help Seeking in Young Adults." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82828.

Full text

Abstract:

Mental health in young adults can vary significantly with a large proportion struggling with clinical disorders. Despite the high prevalence of psychopathology, many do not receive help. Relevant barriers to help-seeking include self-reliance, lack of awareness of symptoms or sources of help, and stigma. Measurement Feedback Systems (MFSs) and self-monitoring are potential avenues to assist in treatment engagement. In this study, Bi-Weekly Monitoring with Informational Feedback (BWM) was implemented in a college student population (N = 74) where students were asked to report on their overall psychological functioning and set goals every other week. BWM was evaluated for feasibility, effects on help-seeking overall, and mechanisms of self-monitoring were explored. BWM was determined to be feasible in this population; although, help-seeking attitudes did not change over time as a result of BWM. Ancillary analyses explored the effects of BWM and mental health symptomatology. Participants reported on their attitudes towards BWM which were generally in favor of BWM. Some promising results emerged; however, they were largely statistically insignificant. Limitations of this study include a large drop-out rate in the control group, which left unequal groups. As such, analyses should be interpreted with caution. Future studies should evaluate BWM on a weekly basis with a larger sample to better understand the effects of BWM on self-monitoring mechanisms.
Master of Science
Mental health in young adults can vary significantly with a large proportion struggling with clinical disorders. Despite the high prevalence of psychopathology, many do not receive help. Relevant barriers to help-seeking include self-reliance, lack of awareness of symptoms or sources of help, and stigma. Measurement Feedback Systems (MFSs) and self-monitoring are potential avenues to assist in treatment engagement. In this study, Bi-Weekly Monitoring with Informational Feedback (BWM) was implemented in a college student population (N = 74) where students were asked to report on their overall psychological functioning and set goals every other week. BWM was evaluated for feasibility, effects on help-seeking overall, and mechanisms of self-monitoring were explored. BWM was determined to be feasible in this population; although, help-seeking attitudes did not change over time as a result of BWM. Attitudes towards BWM were variable, yet largely favorable. While some promising results emerged, there has yet to be concrete support for BWM. This study is limited due to a large drop-out rate in the control group, as such the results should be interpreted with caution. Future studies should evaluate BWM on a weekly basis with a larger sample to better understand the effects of BWM on self-monitoring mechanisms.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

11

Lee, Tiffany T. "Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Clarifying Its Measurement and Antecedents." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7540.

Full text

Abstract:

There is increasing recognition that informal learning is a crucial component of organizational functioning and a necessary complement to the formal training that employees receive. As jobs evolve and demand more complex skills, workers must use informal learning to adapt to ever-changing work requirements. Informal learning is often dependent on voluntary knowledge sharing behavior, as evident among members of mastermind groups or communities of practice. In order to assist organizations, researchers must seek to understand the factors that motivate employees to engage in knowledge sharing behavior. Empirical research on knowledge sharing is nascent. There exists only a handful of quantitative studies examining organizational factors (e.g., rewards) and individual factors (e.g., learning goal orientation and personality) as they relate to knowledge sharing attitudes, intentions, and behaviors. This body of work is also muddied by inconsistent operationalizations of constructs and a lack of an organizing framework. For instance, rewards have been popularly discussed and implemented as tools for incentivizing employees to perform. However, research has produced mixed findings regarding its effects on knowledge sharing behavior in organizations. There has also been a variety of different rewards examined without clear consistency in the results. The present study addressed several research needs of this area. First, two separate samples were used to assess the psychometric properties (i.e., reliability and factor structure) of new measurement instruments developed for rewards, knowledge sharing behavior, and organizational learning culture. Item content validation was performed with 14 subject matter experts. Scale dimensionality was established using exploratory factor analysis with data from a sample of 230 university students and confirmatory factor analysis with data from a second sample of 569 participants. Hypothesized relationships among dimensions of constructs as well as moderators were examined using regression analyses. Results did not support the popularly conjectured intrinsic versus extrinsic distinction between rewards. Results showed that rewards predicted knowledge asking but did not predict knowledge giving behavior. Non-financial rewards were found to vary in motivational value for knowledge giving depending on an individual’s career stage. Three dimensions of goal orientation exhibited differential relationships with knowledge sharing behavior. Finally, this study demonstrated that the negative relationship between performance avoid orientation and knowledge giving was attenuated in a strong organizational learning culture, providing empirical support for the situational strength theory. The findings from this work can inform organizational decision makers of how to harness the motivational value of rewards by understanding the career concerns of employees. This work also contributes by identifying person and situation factors that interact to facilitate a crucial kind of informal learning activity, knowledge sharing behavior in organizations.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

12

Pasupathy, Kalyan Sunder. "Modeling Undesirable Outputs in Data Envelopment Analysis: Various Approaches." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31333.

Full text

Abstract:

The general practice in performance and production efficiency measurement has been to ignore additional products of most transformation processes that can be classified as â undesirable outputsâ â which are a subset of the output set. Without the inclusion of these factors, the efficiency evaluation becomes a purely technical measure of the system alone, and does not account for the interaction of the system with the surrounding environment and the impact of policy decisions on the system. In addition, there are also technological dependencies arising due to the relationships between the desirable and the undesirable outputs. One of the analytical tools normally used in efficiency evaluation is Data Envelopment Analysis, DEA. In the course of addressing these problems, a decision-maker encounters multiple and contradictory objectives with respect to the output set. This motivates the exploration of new arenas of measurement of efficiency to facilitate policy decisions and address technological relationships. This research presents five modifications of the traditional DEA technique to give a more realistic and comprehensive score of production efficiency considering both, desirable and undesirable outputs. The models address the following problems: (i) technological dependency between desirable and undesirable outputs; (ii) decision-makerâ s preferences over inputs, desirable outputs and undesirable output performance and finally (iii) conflicting production objectives through a formulation that uses Goal Programming in conjunction with DEA, a concept known as GoDEA.
Master of Science

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

13

Tankoonsombut, Kriengkrai. "Investigation of the Effects of Feedback and Goal Setting on Knowledge Work Performance in the Distributed Work Environment." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26062.

Full text

Abstract:

Enabled by advanced information technologies, the distributed work environment has become a choice of organizations. When employees and supervisors work in geographically separate locations, management challenges emerge. Performance improvement may become an issue. Performance may be improved by identifying, studying, and improving factors that affect work performance. Two factors–feedback and goal setting–were chosen for this study because of the strong evidence of the effects of these components. Positive effects of feedback and goal setting are commonly accepted in the literature concerning the traditional work environment. This study focused only on knowledge work because most work in the distributed work environment may be knowledge work. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of feedback and goal setting on knowledge work performance in the distributed work environment. A laboratory experiment was conducted using 36 student subjects. The experimental design was a 3 X 2 factorial design consisting of three levels of feedback (i.e., no feedback, task feedback, and task feedback with comparisons with others) and two levels of goal setting (i.e., no goal setting and goal setting). Subjects were randomly assigned to various combinations of these two variables. The evidence did not outright support the claim that feedback and goal setting improve task performance; task performance of the subjects was improved only under certain conditions. Task feedback did not improve task performance because of its added pressure, especially in the presence of goals. Task performance was higher for the subjects who received both task feedback and information about others’ performance than for the subjects who received task feedback only. Overall, feedback was not found to improve task performance. The study did not support the hypothesis that specific and difficult goals improve task performance. The added pressure of having difficult goals was found to have demotivating effects. The notion that the co-presence of feedback and goals is necessary to improve task performance was not supported because of the combined pressure that both components created. The subjects who had feedback and/or goals did not perform better than those who had neither feedback nor goals.
Ph. D.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

14

Rakgoale, Eva Kgomotso. "Improving the performance management and development systems in the Department of Health and Social Development Limpopo Province." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/768.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (MPA) --University of Limpopo, 2011
The proposed study intends to establish how procedural the reward system is being implemented in the Limpopo Department of Health and Social Development and whether claims of bias are founded. The study is intended to determine the system’s influence on the organization’s ability to track poor performance and manage it. Also providing a refreshed view of the current pitfalls in the implementation of the program therefore providing indications of remedial action to recover the purpose of the PMDS. To assess the impact of Performance Management practices and explore best implementable practices which lead to effective performance management system and best service delivery by the Limpopo Department of Health and Social Development. Qualitative research approach using interview schedule for HR and line managers was utilised. The findings are that the system can not be linked to employee output but an obvious benefit is employee rewards.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

15

Mandić, V. (Vladimir). "Measurement-based value alignment and reasoning about organizational goals and strategies:studies with the ICT industry." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2012. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789514299087.

Full text

Abstract:

Abstract Software and ICT companies fail due less to technological factors than socioorganizational factors, among which the most common is unrealistic goals and objectives. The socioorganizational factors are present in companies and organizations of all sizes. Organizations need to know whether their goals and strategies are working and whether the strategies are effectively providing a reasonable return on investment for the effort that is being applied, i.e. to understand how valuable they are for the organization. In addition, organizations need to recognize what the risks are in achieving those goals and evaluate their probability. And, when goals are set properly then they have directive and energizing functions, they tend to utilize available resources better and serve as activators of cognitive processes and knowledge sharing cycles. In this dissertation the GQM+Strategies approach was used. The approach was designed to help organizations to align goal-driven measurement schemes, i.e. GQM, with organizational goal hierarchy. The extensions developed in this dissertation (i.e., the solution proposed here) evolve the GQM+Strategies approach by providing an organization with capabilities to: (1) apply the work of value-based software engineering to directly address the return on investment (ROI) of their goals and strategies via evaluation of the costs and benefits of the goals and strategies chosen, (2) calculate a set of earned value metrics that allows organizations to effectively monitor the implementation of the organizational goals and strategies, (3) identify the risks associated with not achieving various sub-goals in a grid by analyzing goal risk exposures and acceptable risk levels, and (4) assess the threats of risky goals on other goals in the grid via evaluation of goal dependencies using the formal goal-strategies-goals models. The GQM+Strategies approach was piloted in four different organizations involving more than 60 participants. The feedback from the participants was used to identify the research questions posed in this dissertation. The research approach (solution development process) adopted the design science framework and utilized analytical and empirical paradigms in different phases of the solution development. The analytical paradigms were used for solution development and evaluation, while empirical paradigms where used for evaluating certain aspects of the solution
Tiivistelmä Ohjelmisto- ja tietotekniikkayritysten epäonnistumiset johtuvat useimmin sosio-organisationaalisista tekijöistä kuin teknologisista tekijöistä. Näistä sosio-organisationaalisista tekijöistä yleisin on epärealististen tavoitteiden asettaminen. Sosio-organisatoriset tekijät ovat läsnä kaiken kokoisissa yrityksissä ja organisaatioissa. Organisaatioiden tulee tietää ovatko heidän tavoitteensa ja strategiansa toimivia ja tarjoavatko heidän strategiansa kohtuullisen tuoton suhteessa käytettyihin investointeihin. Toisin sanoen, organisaatioiden tulee ymmärtää kuinka arvokkaita heidän strategiansa ovat. Tämän lisäksi organisaatioiden täytyy kyetä tunnistamaan riskit asetettujen tavoitteiden saavuttamisessa sekä arvioimaan näiden riskien todennäköisyys. Kun tavoitteet on asetettu asianmukaisesti niillä on ohjaava ja energisoiva vaikutus. Ne sekä ohjaavat hyödyntämään tehokkaammin käytettävissä olevia rerursseja että toimivat kognitiivisten prosessien ja tiedonjakosyklien aktivaattoreina. Tässä väitöskirjassa käytettiin GQM+Strategies lähestymistapaa. Tämä lähestymistapa on suunniteltu auttamaan organisaatiota linjaamaan tavoitelähtöisiä mittausmenetelmiä, kuten GQM, organisaation tavoitehierarkian suhteen. Tässä väitöskirjassa esitetty laajennus kehittää GQM+Strategies lähestymistapaa tarjoamalla organisaatioille kyvykkyyksiä: (1) soveltaa arvoperustaisen ohjelmistotuotannon menetelmiä tavoitteiden ja strategioiden investoinnin tuottojen tarkasteluihin arvioimalla valittujen tavoitteiden ja strategioiden kustannuksia ja hyötyjä, (2) laskea joukko saavutetun arvon mittareita jotka mahdollistavat organisaatioille toteutettujen organisationaalisten tavoitteiden ja strategioiden tehokkaan seurannan, (3) identifioida riskejä jotka liittyvät eri alitavoitteiden saavuttamattomuuteen analysoimalla tavoiteriskeihin altistumista ja hyväksyttäviä riskitasoja ja (4) arvioida riskejä sisältävien tavoitteiden uhkia suhteessa muihin tavoitteisiin arvioimalla tavoitteiden riippuvuuksia käyttäen formaaleja tavoite-strategiat-tavoite -malleja. GQM+Strategies lähestymistapaa pilotoitiin neljässä organisaatiossa yhteensä yli 60 osallistujan kanssa. Tutkimuksen osallistujilta saatua palautetta käytettiin väitöskirjan tutkimuskysymysten identifiointiin. Tutkimuksen lähestymistavassa (ratkaisun kehittämisprosessi) sovellettiin design science -kehikkoa ja ratkaisun kehittämisen eri vaiheissa hyödynnettiin analyyttisiä ja empiirisiä paradigmoja. Analyyttisiä paradigmoja käytettiin ratkaisun kehittämisessä ja arvioinnissa ja empiirisiä paradigmoja ratkaisujen määrättyjen aspektien arvioinnissa

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

16

Schiebener, Johannes [Verfasser], Matthias [Akademischer Betreuer] Brand, and Margarete [Akademischer Betreuer] Delazer. "On the role of executive subcomponents, goal mechanisms, and methods of measurement in decision making under risk conditions / Johannes Schiebener. Gutachter: Margarete Delazer. Betreuer: Matthias Brand." Duisburg, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1035599678/34.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

17

Cronin, Lorcan. "Life skills development through youth sport : antecedents, consequences, and measurement." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22533.

Full text

Abstract:

Youth sport is acknowledged as an ideal setting for promoting positive youth development. In particular, youth sport participation has been linked to life skills development and psychological well-being. The coaching climate has been proposed to play a role in facilitating such positive outcomes. Nonetheless, few measures exist to examine life skills development through sport and it is unclear how positive youth development may be facilitated by the coach. Using existing and newly developed measures, this thesis examined how the coaching climate is related to life skills development and psychological well-being in youth sport participants. Phase 1 of this programme of research investigated Benson and Saito’s (2001) conceptual framework for youth development theory and research within sport. Study 1 examined a model whereby the coaching climate is related to life skills development (personal and social skills, cognitive skills, goal setting, and initiative); which, in turn, is related to participants’ psychological well-being (self-esteem, positive affect, and satisfaction with life). Data from 202 youth sport participants suggested that an autonomy supportive coaching climate was positively related to all four life skills. Further analysis revealed that the development of personal and social skills mediated the relationships between coach autonomy support and all three indices of psychological well-being. However, the validity of the scale used to measure life skills was brought into question during this study. Therefore, the studies which follow developed and validated a new scale which could accurately assess eight key life skills young people learn through sport. Phase 2 of this programme of research involved developing and validating a scale which measures life skills development through sport. Study 2 outlines the initial development of a scale which would assess whether young people learn the following life skills through sport: teamwork, goal setting, time management, emotional skills, interpersonal communication, social skills, leadership, and problem solving and decision making. This study involved defining each of the eight life skills, deciding what components made up each life skill and developing items which could assess each life skill. The initial item pool was reviewed by 39 academics, with between two and seven experts assessing the items for each of the eight life skills. Using the ratings and comments provided by experts, the first version of the Life Skills Scale for Sport (LSSS) was developed. Study 3 reduced the number of items contained within the LSSS from 144 to 47 items using both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and descriptive statistics. For this task, 338 youth sport participants completed the LSSS. EFA results supported the unidimensional factor structure of each of the eight subscales. Each subscale also displayed adequate internal consistency reliability. Study 4 examined the factor structure of the LSSS using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with an independent sample of 223 youth sport participants. After the removal of four emotional skills items, seven of the eight subscales and the revised 43-item scale displayed adequate model fit. Results supported both the convergent and discriminant validity of the LSSS and each of the eight subscales displayed adequate internal consistency reliability. Study 5 assessed the test-retest reliability of the LSSS with an independent sample of 37 youth sport participants. Each participant completed the scale on two occasions which were two weeks apart. Results revealed that time 1 and time 2 scores were relatively unchanged over this two-week period, providing evidence of test-retest reliability. Phase 3 of this programme of research involved re-testing Benson and Saito’s (2001) framework. Study 6 retested the coaching climate – life skills development – psychological well-being model from Study 1 using the LSSS. Data from 326 youth sport participants suggested that an autonomy supportive coaching climate was positively related to young people learning teamwork, goal setting, time management, emotional skills, interpersonal communication, social skills, leadership, and problem solving and decision making. The total amount of life skills a young person developed through sport was positively related to their self-esteem, positive affect and satisfaction with life. Again, the factor structure and reliability of the scale was supported. The findings from this PhD research suggest that the coaching climate plays an important role in young peoples’ development through sport. Specifically, an autonomy supportive coaching climate was positively related to life skills development and psychological well-being in youth sport participants. This thesis also provides researchers with a valid and reliable measure of life skills development through sport. Future research using the LSSS should examine other factors (e.g., peer relationships) which may promote positive youth development through sport. Additionally, future studies can use the LSSS to examine the efficacy of existing programmes (e.g., the SUPER programme) which teach life skills through sport. Such research will help guide coaches and sports programmes efforts to promote positive youth development through sport.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

18

Ahlin, Jenny, and Klara Hällerfors. "Kan företag påvisa en positiv effekt av sin sponsring? : En explorativ studie om hur företag mäter effekten av sin sponsring samt hur sponsring påverkar deras varumärkesimage." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41174.

Full text

Abstract:

Att sponsra idrottsorganisationer är ett väletablerat och vanligt förekommande fenomen bland företag. Miljontals kronor pumpas in i olika idrottsorganisationer med syfte att förbättra företags anseende om deras verksamhet samt varumärke. Trots krav på att kunna påvisa hur dessa investeringar påverkar företags verksamhet tyder många studier på en avsaknad av samt okunskap kring effektmätning. Avsikten med denna studie är att söka djupare förståelse kring om och i så fall hur företag mäter effekten av sin sponsring. För att kunna undersöka detta krävs att djupare förståelse skapas kring vilka mål företag, utan idrottskoppling, har till att investera i sponsorsamarbeten med idrottsorganisationer. Slutligen är även avsikten med studien att söka svar på vilket faktiskt utfall företags sponsring får, både gällande varumärkesimage ur konsumentens perspektiv samt om företag kan se en eventuell ekonomisk vinst genom deras sponsorsamarbeten. För att möjliggöra undersökandet av detta baseras studien i huvudsak på en kvalitativ intervjustudie med fyra passande företag, BAUHAUS och Folksam som idag, 2020, är aktiva sponsorer till idrottsorganisationer samt Epson och Ericsson som tidigare sponsrat idrottsorganisationer eller idrottsrelaterade event. Detta kompletteras med en kvantitativ enkätundersökning med de aktiva sponsorföretagens konsumenter för att analysera sponsorsamarbetenas påverkan på varumärket. Enkäten besvarades av 369 respondenter. Fenomenet undersöks med hjälp av följande teorier: Brand Equity, Brand Image Transfer, Return on Investment, Return och Objectives samt SMART-modellen. Resultatet från studien visar att företag har otydligt formulerade mål med sin idrottssponsring vilket medför att en eventuell effektmätning försvåras. Dock kan studiens resultat påvisa att idrottssponsring leder till ett något förbättrat varumärkesanseende. Däremot genererar idrottssponsring inte de positiva utfall som företag tycks förutsätta när sponsorsamarbeten inleds.
To sponsor a sports organization is a well-established and recurring phenomenon amongst corporations. Millions of Swedish kronor are invested in different sport organizations with the purpose to improve corporations business and trademarks. Despite requirements regarding proving an investments impact on corporation’s business operations many studies suggest there is a lack of, and ignorance surrounding effect measurements. The purpose with this study is to seek deeper understanding surrounding how corporations measure the effect of their sponsoring To enable this it is necessary to understand what goals corporations, without a clear connection to sport, have with their investments in sports organizations. The purpose with this study is also to seek answers surrounding which outcome the corporations sponsoring actual has, both regarding their brand image from a consumers perspective as well as weather they can identify an economic benefit with their sponsorship. The study is mainly based on a qualitative interview study with four appropriate corporations, BAUHAUS and Folksam that today, 2020, are active sponsors to sports organizations and Epson and Ericsson that earlier have sponsored sports organizations or sport-related events. This is then supplemented with a quantitative survey with the consumers of the corporations that actively sponsor sports organizations to enable an analysis of the sponsorships impact on their trademark. The survey was completed by a total of 369 respondents. The phenomenon is studied with the help of the following theories: Brand Equity, Brand Image Transfer, Return on Investment, Return on Objectives and the SMART-model. The results of this study show that corporations have vaguely formulated goals regarding their sport sponsorships which entails that potential effect measurements are hampered. However, the result of the study can prove that sport sponsorships do lead to a somewhat improved trademark reputation. On the contrary sport sponsorships do not seem to entail the positive effect corporations seem to presume when initiating a sport sponsorship.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

19

Nyd, Daniel, and Andrea Teodorowitz. "Målstyrningssystem : målkongruens i planeringsprocessen." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-56657.

Full text

Abstract:

Bakgrund: Under 1900-talet skedde flera teknologiska framsteg och Relevance Lost-debatten förändrade synen på den traditionella ekonomistyrningen. De två målstyrningssystemen, det balanserade styrkortet och Hoshin Kanri, anses delvis besvara kritiken samt möjliggöra för företag att implementera sina strategier. Begreppet målkongruens beskrivs på olika sätt av olika författare, varför begreppet är intressant att undersöka samt hur målkongruens kan uppnås i företags planeringsprocesser.

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att beskriva planeringsprocessen i målstyrningssystem samt att förklara hur målkongruens uppnås. Vidare är syftet att precisera begreppet målkongruens samt formulera en metod för att stärka målkongruens.

Metod: För att uppnå uppsatsens syfte har två fallstudier gjorts med två företag som arbetat med att implementera och utveckla arbetet med ett balanserat styrkort och Hoshin Kanri. Tre intervjuer har genomförts på respektive företag med personer med god insyn i och erfarenhet av arbetet med målstyrningssystemen det balanserade styrkortet och Hoshin Kanri.

Resultat: De båda målstyrningssystemen är mycket lika. Hoshin Kanri har dock ett starkt fokus på förbättrad marknadsposition och aktiviteter, medan det balanserade styrkortet har fokus på balans mellan finansiella och icke-finansiella mått. En frekvent horisontell och vertikal måldialog främjar en stärkt målkongruens. Målkongruens är inget statiskt tillstånd som antingen uppnås eller ej, utan snarare en skala varför benämningen grad av målkongruens bör användas. Det finns två sidor av begreppet målkongruens; en avser individens beteende målkongruens ska kunna uppnås och en sida avser de kausala samband som finns mellan mål och delmål. För att stärka de båda sidorna av målkongruens bör ett antal kriterier tas hänsyn till, vars effektivitet löpande bör granskas.

Background: Several technological inventions occurred in the 20th century and the criticism from the Relevance Lost debate changed the perspective of traditional management control. The two performance measurement systems, the Balanced Scorecard and Hoshin Kanri are tools to implement corporate strategies. The concept goal congruence is described heterogeneously by different authors. Thus it is interesting to examine how goal congruence can be reached in a company’s planning process.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the planning process in performance measurement systems and explain how goal congruence can be reached. Moreover, the purpose is to discuss and describe the concept goal congruence and to develop a method of how to strengthen goal congruence.

Methodology: To answer the purpose of this study, two case studies have been conducted with companies that have implemented and actively worked with the Balanced Scorecard and Hoshin Kanri. At each company, three interviews were held with respondents who had significant knowledge and experience of the systems respectively.

Conclusion: The performance measurement systems the Balanced Scorecard and Hoshin Kanri are indeed homogeneous. Yet, the Balanced Scorecard puts significant emphasis on reaching a balance between financial and non-financial measures with its four perspectives. Hoshin Kanri on the contrary focuses on activities and to reach a prominent position in the market. Vertical and horizontal communication enables the systems to strengthen goal congruence. Goal congruence is not a definite state but rather a scale on which goal congruence gradually can be strengthened. The concept goal congruence is twofold; it concerns the individual’s behavior and the causality when determining goals and sub-goals. In order to strengthen both sides of goal congruence a number of criteria must be fulfilled and their effectiveness needs to be continuously revised.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

20

Hsu, Yung-Chen 1962. "The goal programming approach for test construction." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291347.

Full text

Abstract:

A goal programming approach for selecting items from an item bank to construct a test, based on item response theory (IRT), was proposed. This approach can simultaneously handle multiple and conflicting goals, which is more realistic and practical than the linear programming approach that deals with only a single goal. An example was presented to show the procedures of applying the goal programming approach for constructing a test based on IRT one-parameter logistic model. The results provide the test constructor flexible ways to select items to meet different needs.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

21

Johari, Shirazi Iman. "Combining Business Intelligence, Indicators, and the User Requirements Notation for Performance Monitoring." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23540.

Full text

Abstract:

Organizations use Business Intelligence (BI) systems to monitor how well they are meeting their goals and objectives. Yet, very often BI systems do not include clear models of the organization’s goals or of how to measure whether they are satisfied or not. Several researchers now attempt to integrate goal models into BI systems, but there are still major challenges related to how to get access to the BI data to populate the part of the goal model (often indicators) used to assess goal satisfaction. This thesis explores a new approach to integrate BI systems with goal models. In particular, it explores the integration of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence, a leading BI tool, with an Eclipse-based goal modeling tool named jUCMNav. jUCMNav is an open source graphical editor for the User Requirements Notation (URN), which includes the Use Case Map notation for scenarios and processes and the Goal-oriented Requirement Language for business objectives. URN was recently extended with the concept of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to enable performance assessment and monitoring of business processes. In jUCMNav, KPIs are currently calculated or modified manually. The new integration proposed in this thesis maps these KPIs to report elements that are generated automatically by Cognos based on the model defined in jUCMNav at runtime, with minimum effort. We are using IBM Cognos Mashup Service, which includes web services that enable the retrieval of report elements at the most granular level. This transformation provides managers and analysts with useful goal-oriented and process-oriented monitoring views fed by just-in-time BI information. This new solution also automates retrieving data from Cognos servers, which helps reducing the high costs usually caused by the amount of manual work required otherwise. The novel approach presented in this thesis avoids manual report generation and minimizes any contract with respect to the location of manually created reports, hence leading to better usability and performance. The approach and its tool support are illustrated with an ongoing example, validated with a case study, and verified through testing.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

22

Nicho, Mathew. "Information technology audit systems alignment and effectiveness measures : a thesis submitted to the graduate faculty of design and creative technologies, AUT University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, 2008." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/646.

Full text

Abstract:

Information technology audit has proven to be a relatively new, less researched and rapidly expanding field among large, medium and even small businesses (commercial and non-commercial organisations). The implementation rate has grown rapidly and presents a huge growth market for audit consultants due to the need for transparency and compliance with regulation (for example: Sarbanes Oxley Act) and the need to be competitive in the marketplace. The audit process is being conducted mainly by consultants following a traditional process but using different proprietary approaches and mostly done manually. The purpose of this study is to present a scientific method to attach a purely measurement focus to the auditing process so as to provide an auditing as well as a quantitative outcome of the performance to the various IS entities that are audited using a novel automated method that can save organisations considerable resources in terms of time, cost and effort. The nature of the topic directed the researcher to three domains of information system (IS) namely studies on IS measurement, IT governance and software engineering. These areas provided information on the nature of IS measurement and the models used; the process of auditing/measurement and the corresponding frameworks used; the principles and methodology of measurement of IS entities; and measurement models used both in the software engineering and information systems domain. The review of the literature gave rise to the research question and the COBIT-GQM (Control Objectives for Information Technology Audit) – Goal Question Metrics) model. The research question that had emerged out of the four propositions “How can an IT audit or governance framework be used to measure the effectiveness of IS entities in a scientific manner using customised and goal oriented metrics” along with the nature of data sought (positivist), guided the researcher to qualitative research using multiple case studies to test the theoretical model (grounded theory) that had emerged out of the literature review. The theoretical model was automated (with a front end interface and a back-end database) and initially tested for usability issues. Then the common COBIT control objective that was obtained through an initial survey was entered into the database along with a set of questions and metrics (developed by the researcher by following the given GQM guidelines). This application that was demonstrated, and given for evaluation in four organisations gave rise to expected and surprising results. While the respondents expressed their desire to incorporate a customised and goal oriented measurement perspective to their IT audit/performance functions, that would save them time, effort and cost, numerous suggestions were provided that need to be incorporated into the model to make it fully functional. Notable among them are the need to embed a multiple contextual qualifying layer, incorporating benchmarking feature to the model, and the need to link this with the maturity model. These were incorporated into the model and a comprehensive model incorporating all the suggestions was created. The qualitative case study method being used here more to evaluate a theory, provided a sound base for future studies to generate hypothesis that can be evaluated using quantitative survey methods for the model to be generalised. IT auditing being a relatively new, less researched, conventional and high growth oriented field, the use of an innovative, comprehensive, automated and scientific method of audit and measurement method will satisfy the implied need for organisations to incorporate the diverse audit/measurement/ control/standards into one comprehensive method and this research is a major step in this direction. Since the new model is comprehensive and can be automated organisations can economise in terms of time, cost and effort. Irrespective of the nature of economic cycle the need for economising in terms of cost, time and effort is universal for all organisations.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

23

Isacsson, Larsson Malin. "The Use Social Media Marketing Towards External Business Customers : Goals and Measurements." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-61866.

Full text

Abstract:

The marketplace has recently faced a large transformation and has become more digital. As a part of the digital transformation the social media has taken an increasing part in companies’ marketing strategy. The use of social media within the B2C context is already very common, while it is still in an early phase in the B2B context. To use of social media as a marketing tool could bring lot of advantages to the B2B companies, though there are still several challenges which is a reason to why companies hesitate to apply it to their strategies. An essential step when applying social media in the marketing strategy is to develop clear goals and metrics. Though, this has been identified to be one of the major challenges for using social media. Therefore, the propose of this study has been to describe the main goals and objectives of using social media marketing towards external business customers and to create an understanding of how its effectiveness can be measured by describe the necessary financial and non-financial social media metrics. To fulfill the purpose following research questions were developed: RQ1: How can the goals and objectives of social media marketing towards external business customers be described? RQ2: How can the use of financial metrics, when measuring effects of social media marketing towards external business customer, be described? RQ3: How can the use of non-financial metrics, when measuring the effects of social media marketing towards externa business customers, be described? In order to answer the research question, thus the purpose, a case study was performed. Qualitative data were collected through observations and interviews whit respondents from B2B companies, a B2C company and experts within the field of digital marketing. There reason of the selected sample was to enable an understanding for the social media use in B2B companies, and examine which knowledge could be retrieved from B2C companies. The study emphasizes to make the goal setting and measurement simple. The result connects essential goals and measurements in a framework, which gives an holistic view of the social media goals, financial and non-financial metrics. This framework aims to deepen the understanding of what can be achieved by applying social media in the marketing strategy towards external business customers.
Marknaden genomgår en stor förändring och blir allt mer digital. Som en del av den digitala utvecklingen har social media fått en allt större plats i företags marknadsföringsstrategier. Användandet av social media hos B2C företag är redan mycket vanligt, hos B2B företag är det däremot i ett tidigt stadium. Användandet av social media kan bidra med stora fördelar för B2B företag, men det finns fortfarande ett flertal utmaningar som gör många företag tveksamma att göra social media till en del av sin marknadsföring. Ett väsentligt steg när social media implementeras i ett företags marknadsföringsstrategi är att sätta tydliga mål, samt ta fram lämpliga mätinstrument för dessa mål. Detta har dock blivit identifierat som en av de huvudsakliga utmaningarna för att använda social media i B2B sammanhang. Därav är syftet med denna studie att beskriva huvudmålen för användandet av marknadsföring via social media mot externa företagskunder, samt att skapa en förståelse av hur marknadsföringens effektivitet kan mätas genom att beskriva vilka de nödvändiga finansiella och icke-finansiella mätvärdena är. För att uppfylla syftet har följande forskningsfrågor utvecklats; FoF1: Hur kan målen med marknadsföring via social media mot externa företagskunder beskrivas? FoF2: Hur kan användandet av finansiella mätvärden, för mätandet av effektiviteten av marknadsföring via social media mot externa företagskunder, beskrivas? FoF3: Hur kan användandet av icke-finansiella mätvärden, för mätandet av effektiviteten av marknadsföring via social media mot externa företagskunder, beskrivas? För att besvara forskningsfrågorna, och därmed syftet, har en fallstudie genomförts. Kvalitativa data har samlats in genom observationer och intervjuer, där urvalsgruppen innefattade respondenter från två B2B företag, ett B2C företag och experter inom digital marknadsföring.. Resultaten av studien betonar vikten av att göra målsättning och mätning enkelt. Resultatet av studien visar en sammankoppling mellan de huvudsakliga målen och mätverktyg för social media marknadsföring i ett ramverk, vilket ger en överskådlig bild av vilka mål, finansiell och icke-finansiella mätvärden som är lämpliga vid användandet av marknadsföring via social media. Detta ramverk syftar till att öka förståelsen och ge en holistisk bild av vad som kan uppnås genom att implementera social media i marknadsföringsstrategin för marknadsföring mot externa företagskunder.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

24

Bonomi, Jo Anne M. "Addressing the workforce development goal of an online for-profit university| An examination of critical thinking skills and self-perception in degree-seeking undergraduate students." Thesis, Capella University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3688352.

Full text

Abstract:

Educational organizations are being scrutinized for developing accredited programs that provide students with gainful employment. As industry prepares to face the forecasted gaps of an aging workforce, educational organizations are also pressured to provide corporations with critical thinking problem solvers who can think analytically and actively participate in the global economy by producing change that will improve organizational performance. This study exposes an existing gap in literature regarding perception and its effect on adult online students' critical thinking skills as opposed to their perceived beliefs. This study's exploration is grounded on a self-perception and social-cognitive theoretical framework that supports knowledge and reality-based assumptions. This quantitative study assumes we are all works in progress; therefore, it is possible to direct learning outcomes and drive economic change with strategies that build on life's experiences for valuable contributions to society. By employing a non-experimental quantitative correlational design, this study found a cause and effect relationship between adult online students' gender and adult online students' critical thinking skills.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

25

Batangouna, Steve Jehu. "Assembly operators and visualization of information contributions on performance measurements. : Case Study at Dalvich Optic." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-30596.

Full text

Abstract:

This study analyses the way information regarding performance measurements is shared among employees working at the shop floor at Dalvich Optic in Sweden. This study is conducted because many companies failed to implement a system that facilitates daily performance measurements as they neglected the assembly operators’ role in decision making process. Companies focus on measuring wrong parameters and visualize information about performance measurements in wrong way. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that new Information Technology (IT) artefacts are designed by experts for use by experts. IT artefacts are designed without taking into account assembly operators’ skills, education and experiences. Thus, limiting assembly operators’ ability to achieve daily production goals. Therefore, this study highlights the role of both assembly operators and visualizing information at the shop floor and their impact on performance measurements and productivity. After analysis, this study develops a new IT artefact. The implementation of the new IT artefact at the company leads to a new leadership where management meet assembly operators in a daily basis, creating good environment for direct communication. As a result, the company increased its production by 50 percent compared to the previous year and it has doubled the production compared to 2010. The information about production status became visible and accessible to all employees since the information displayed through the new IT artefact was monitored in an easy-to- understand way. The presentation and visualization of information regarding productivity offered assembly operators and managers the possibility to react quickly when any disparity concerning goal achievement arose. As a result, the new IT artefact enhances assembly operators’ participation at the manufacturing process as well. Assembly operators took active role on manufacturing process since information about performance measurement was compiled and maintained by themselves; thus, positively influencing production outcomes. Furthermore, a new IT artefact created an arena where employees contributed to continuous improvements and problem-solving at work. This study was conducted during a period of six months. Data was gathered through observations, interviews, and meetings with managers and assembly operators at a manufacturing plant. Furthermore, data from books, articles, and journals helped in analysing the way information was visualized and communicated in a manufacturing plant. ADR, Action Design Research method was used to design a new and simple IT artefact that considers employees’ skills, experiences and education.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

26

Ketter, Lynn Carol. "High-stakes testing, achievement-goal structures, academic-related perceptions, beliefs, strategies, and school belonging among selected eighth-grade students in a northwest Florida school district." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2006. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000029.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

27

Newby, Rick. "Examining the goals of small and medium enterprise owner-operations." University of Western Australia. School of Economics and Commerce, 2006. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0021.

Full text

Abstract:

[Truncated abstract] The focus of this thesis is to investigate the meaning and measurement of business success for owner-operators of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Taking a first step towards a greater understanding of SME performance, the study develops an instrument specifically designed to measure the business goals and objectives of SME owners. This development is based on a combination of a: literature search; quantitative analysis of a secondary data set of the goals and expectations of Australian retailers; qualitative (focus group) study of West Australian SME principals; and quantitative (mail survey) study of West Australian SME principals. Both these primary data studies used SME principals from a wide variety of industries . . . Tests of the power of the SOS to account for differences in economic performance revealed that the SOS significantly increased understanding of variations in owner returns and profitability and had a limited capacity to explain differences in revenue growth and staff revenue productivity. SOS satisfaction was found to describe differences in owner-operators’ perceptions of business success significantly better than objective measures of economic return. It is expected that such knowledge will help subsequent research develop an understanding of how SME onwer-operators modify their expectations of economic return for the utility they gain from their working life.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

28

Paul, Franziska, and Eva-Maria Paul. "A Decade to Deliver : The Implementation Progress of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals in the Private Sector." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-172403.

Full text

Abstract:

As a response to the ‘Grand Challenges’ of the 21st century such as climate change and social inequalities, the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), released by the United Nations in 2015, became a matter of urgency. The SDGs are a continuation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aiming to cover an even broader scope of social, environmental and economic challenges. To ensure that the 2030 Agenda, represented by 17 goals and 169 underlying targets, becomes a positive force for all available resources have to act in concert. Governments, NGOs, civil society and the private sector bear the responsibility to guide the way of transformation towards a more sustainable future. However, the most significant shift regarding the development of the SDGs has been the central role of the private sector that is considered to be a key player towards the accomplishment of the 2030 Agenda. In order examine the role and contribution of the private sector, the thesis aims to contribute to previous research within a five-step investigation: (1) analysis of which business opportunities or challenges emerge out of active involvement with the SDGs, (2) how partnerships or collaborations can contribute to a more effective implementation process, (3) whether goal prioritization is of relevance to advance the progress of SDG implementation, (4) how the SDG progress can be measured, reported and communicated and lastly (5) how effectively (Swedish) companies have currently managed to implement the Global Goals into their business operations. Based on the review of the literature and the identified research gaps, the following research question has been formulated to gain in-depth knowledge and investigate the phenomenon of the overall research purpose: RQ: How do companies in the private sector implement the SDGs into their business operations and what are the determinants that drive the progress of the implementation? This study has been conducted through a qualitative research approach consisting of interviews with private sector representatives, governmental and non-governmental organizations. The framework for this study is based on three elements of theory: (1) Stakeholder Theory by Edward Freeman (1984), outlining how sustainable development can be approached with a stakeholder mindset, (2) the Triple-Bottom-Line approach by Elkington (1997) characterized by efforts to localize universal concepts of sustainability and (3) Sustainable Business Model Innovation represented by the Flourishing Business Model Canvas (Upward 2013, 2016) and the Triple Layered Business Model Canvas (Joyce and Paquin, 2016) supporting individuals and organizations seeking competitive sustainability-oriented change. The main conclusion of this research includes the requirement of a shift of how the Global Goals are approached by the private sector. SDG implementation or sustainable actions in general are not to be seen as an add on but need to be actively integrated into core business operations. However, to initiate fruitful change the expected role of the private sector needs to be clearly communicated. Identified actions to drive the progress of SDG implementation range from increased partnership engagement, the prioritization of goals up to the measurement and reporting on sustainable efforts taken. Finally, Credible Sustainability Standards turned out to be the most promising solution to eradicate many of the by our participants identified shortcomings of the Global Goals.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

29

Henkin, S. M. M. (Stephen Maurice Michael). "Personal scorecards : a performance management model for aligning personal goals and objectives to organisational strategy within the Cape Town Fire and Emergency Service." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52995.

Full text

Abstract:

Thesis (MPA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The City of Cape Town has adopted the Balanced Scorecard as an organisational performance management system. Presently the system has only been implemented as a pilot project in the top three management levels of the organisation. The question then becomes one of how can individual obj ectives be aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives in this scenario. The purpose of this research is to propose a performance management model based on the Balanced Scorecard that aligns individual goals and objectives to those of the organisation. The study is in the form of a case study and specifically applies to the City of Cape Town Fire and Emergency Service. The foundation of the research is based on the creation of a sound theoretical base relating to organisational and individual performance management and the Balanced Scorecard. Once this understanding has been created the next step is to describe the development and implementation of the Balanced Scorecard project within the Cape Town context. This is the point of departure for the proposal of a Personal Scorecard performance management model. Data is to be collected via a process of semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. The information gained during the interviews created the framework within which the Personal Scorecard model was proposed. The questionnaire was used to pilot the main component of the Personal Scorecard model, namely the objective setting process. This created an opportunity to test the hypotheses made as the Personal Scorecard was developed. Once all of the components have been combined into the performance management model this research will be concluded with the presentation of recommendations relating to the knowledge gained during the model development process and alternative applications for the Personal Scorecard will be discussed.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Stad Kaapstad het die "Balanced Scorecard" as 'n organisasie prestasie bestuursmeganisme aanvaar. Huidiglik is die meganisme net in die boonste drie bestuurs vlakke van die organisasie in gebruik geneem. Die kwessie wat geantwoord moet word is hoe individuele doelwitte met die van die organisasie versoen kan word in hierdie spesifieke scenario. Die doel van hierdie navorsing is om n prestasie bestuursmodel voor te stel wat op die "Balanced Scorecard" gebaseer is en individuele doelwitte met die van die organisasie versoen. Hierdie studie neem die vorm van 'n gevallestudie en is spesifiek gerig op die Stad Kaapstad Brand and Nooddienste. Die fondament van hierdie navorsing is gebaseer op die skepping van 'n sterk teoretiese basis met verband tot organisasie- en individuele prestasie bestuur en die "Balanced Scorecard". Die volgende stap is om die Balanced Scorecard ontwikkeling en uitvoering projek van die Stad te beskryf. Hierdie word die vertrekpunt vir die voorgestelde "Personal Scorecard" prestasie bestuursmodel. Data word versamel deur middel van semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude en vraelyste. Die inligting wat gedurende die onderhoude vesamel is het die raamwerk geskep waarin die "Personal Scorecard" voorgestel is. Die vraelyste is gebruik om die hoof bestanddeel van die "Personal Scorecard" model te loods namelik die doelwitstellendemeganisme. Hierdie proses het die geleentheid geskep om die hipotese wat gedurende die ontwikeling van die "Personal Scorecard" gemaak is, te toets. Na hierdie komponente gëintegreer is binne die prestasie bestuursmodel sal die navorsing afgesluit word met aanbevelings gebaseer op die kennis wat gedurende die modelontwikkeling proses versamel is en alternatiewe gebruike vir die "Personal Scorecard" sal bespreek word.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

30

West, John R. "Feasibility study for the use of IFT technology in the measurement of in-vivo contact stresses in the goat knee." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin1068673427.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

31

Wahlstrom, Meghan. "Drinking Water in the Developing World: Sources of Fecal Contamination in Pitcher Pump Systems and Measurement Alternatives." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5146.

Full text

Abstract:

It has been reported that globally we have achieved Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Target 7C, to halve the proportion of the population without access to safe drinking water; however, there is a major flaw with this statement. While Target 7C calls for access to `safe' drinking water, what is actually being measured and reported is access to an `improved' water source. The World Health Organization (WHO) maintains that they must use this proxy measure because the methods for water quality testing are too expensive and logistically complicated, but by doing so, they may be over reporting safe water coverage. This was shown to be true in Tamatave, Madagascar, where thermotolerant coliforms were detected in water from a type of `improved' source, the Pitcher Pump system. This research looked at several parameters - Pitcher Pump system depth, sampling neighborhood, requirement of pump priming, frequency that the system was repaired, distance from on-site sanitation, and number of users - to see if they were influencing water quality. Of all the parameters tested, only priming was found to be significantly associated with the levels of thermotolerant coliforms detected (Fisher exact test p = 0.03). Using a Mann-Whitney U test, it was shown that the median thermotolerant coliform concentration was significantly higher in primed wells (41.3 cfu/100 ml) than unprimed wells (3.5) (p = 0.01 cfu/100 ml). A pilot study was conducted to look at only the effect of depth and to determine if a depth could be identified that could provide safe drinking water. The result of the pilot study showed that, while thermotolerant coliform concentration did decrease with increasing depth, even at the deepest well of 9.4 m, levels were still above 100 cfu/100 ml. Additional research was conducted to investigate the performance and cost of three test kits for both total coliform and Escherichia coli quantification for water quality analysis in developing countries. IDEXX Colilert Quanti-trays[reg] (Colilert), Micrology Laboratories Coliscan[reg] Membrane Filtration tests (Coliscan MF) and a modified method for 3-M PetrifilmTM Coliform/E. coli plates (modified 3-M) were compared with standard membrane filtration (standard MF) methods under a range of incubation temperature conditions (22.0, 35.0 and 44.5[deg]C). Each test method was also performed by inexperienced volunteers, with the results compared to those of an experienced technician. At non-standard temperatures, Coliscan MF proved to be the most accurate when compared to standard methods, with a significant difference with only total coliforms at 44.5[deg]C. Modified 3-M had the poorest correlation with standard MF over the range of temperatures tested, with significant differences noted for all the temperatures except for E. coli at 44.5[deg]C. Inexperienced university volunteers found Colilert easiest to use, but Coliscan MF produced E. coli results that were most similar to the experts. Coliscan MF was found to have the overall best performance and lowest cost in this study; however, it did produce high numbers of false positive results.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

32

Witzig, Monica. "Reconciling Oregon's Smart Growth Goals with Local Policy Choice: An Empirical Study of Growth Management, Urban Form, and Development Outcomes in Eugene, Keizer, Salem, and Springfield." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/17921.

Full text

Abstract:

Oregon's Statewide Planning Goals embody Smart Growth in their effort to revitalize urban areas, finance environmentally responsible transportation systems, provide housing options, and protect natural resources; yet the State defers to its municipalities to implement this planning framework. This research focuses on Goal 14 (Urbanization), linking most directly to Smart Growth Principle 7 (Strengthen and Direct Development toward Existing Communities). It assesses Eugene's, Keizer's, Salem's, and Springfield's growth management policies that specifically target infill development of single family homes against this Goal and Principle. Though these municipalities must demonstrate consistency with the same Goals (see Supplemental File 1 for this context), this research questions whether sufficiently different policy approaches to curtailing sprawl yield significantly different results. The primary analytical method is a logistic regression that uses parcel-level data to understand how administration affects development by isolating these policies' direct effects on observed outcomes (see Supplemental File 2 for this theory).

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

33

Cannavá, Catharina, and Amanda Salvo. "Metodik för analys och förbättring av företags mål." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Industriell ekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-27925.

Full text

Abstract:

Inledning: För företags lönsamhet och konkurrenskraft är upprättandet av bra övergripande och operativa mål viktigt. De flesta företag saknar dock viktiga mål i verksamheten och det har inte påträffats någon metodik för analys och förbättring av företags övergripande och operativa mål. Studiens syfte är att ta fram en metodik för analys och förbättring av företags utformning av övergripande och operativa mål. Metod: En fallstudie med ett abduktivt tillvägagångssätt har tillämpats i studien. För att besvara studiens syfte och frågeställningar gjordes en litteraturgenomgång och empirisk insamling under studiens tidsperiod. Litteraturgenomgången formade den teoretiska referensramen och den empiriska datainsamlingen kartlagde en nulägesbild över fallföretaget, empirin bestod av 16 semistrukturerade intervjuer samt 5 observationer. En analys av den teori och empiri som samlats in ligger till grund för den metodik som utformades. Metodiken: Den framtagna metodiken består av tre faser, nuläge, analys och förbättringsförslag. Inledningsvis ska insamling av hur det ser ut idag på företaget ske. Därefter analyseras vad som kan förbättras med hänsyn till betydelsefulla faktorer så som: om det finns multidimensionella övergripande mål, om det finns ett samband mellan övergripande och operativa mål, samt om människan har tagits i beaktande vid utformandet av mål och mätningar. Slutligen ges förbättringsförslag till företaget grundat i utförd analys. Slutsats: Studiens teoretiska bidrag är den framtagna metodiken samt väsentliga aspekter inom metodiken. Det praktiska bidraget till Företaget AB är en unik rapport, vars konkreta förbättringsförslag presenteras i ett skiljt kapitel. För att utvärdera metodikens användbarhet och nyttan med fortsatta metodikstudier, så behöver metodiken tillämpas och utvärderas på ett eller flera företag.
Introduction: For business profitability and competitiveness, the establishment of good overall and operational goals is important. However, most companies lack important goals in the business and no methodology have been found to analyse and improve company's overall and operational goals. The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology to analyse and improve the design of company's overall and operational goals. Methods: A case study with an abductive approach has been applied in the study. In order to answer the study's purpose and questions, a literature review and empirical collection were performed. The literature review shaped the theoretical framework and the empirical data collection charted the current situation of the company. The empirical data consisted of 16 semi structured interviews and 5 observations. Analysis of theory and empirics underlies the methodology that was designed. Methodology: The methodology developed consists of three phases: current situation, analysis and improvement proposals. First the current situation will be gathered. Then, analysis of what can be improved, with regard to significant factors such as: if there are multidimensional overall goals, whether there is a connection between overall and operational goals, and whether man has been taken into account when designing goals and measurements. Finally, improvement suggestions will be given to the company based on the analysis performed. Conclusion: The theoretical contribution of the study is the developed methodology as well as essential aspects within the methodology. The practical contribution to the Company AB is a unique report, where concrete improvements are presented in an exclusive chapter. In order to evaluate the methodology’s usefulness and utility with further methodology studies, the methodology needs to be applied to one or more companies.
Lean och digitalisering

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

34

WEST, JOHN REID. "FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE USE OF IFT TECHNOLOGY IN THE MEASUREMENT OF IN-VIVO CONTACT STRESSES IN THE GOAT KNEE." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1068673427.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

35

Price, Jon Kevin. "Identification of core goals and related outcome measurements for the development of community service-learning programs in selected institutions of higher education." [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-3147.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

36

Kiran, Dekant. "A Study On Sources And Consequences Of Elementary Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612503/index.pdf.

Full text

Abstract:

A STUDY ON SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES OF ELEMENTARY STUDENTS&rsquo
SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COURSE KIRAN, Dekant M.S., Department of Elementary Science and Mathematics Education Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Semra SUNGUR September 2010, 98 pages The present study aimed at investigating sources and consequences of middle school students&rsquo
science self-efficacy beliefs. While mastery experience, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, and emotional arousal were examined as sources of self-efficacy beliefs, students&rsquo
achievement goals, metacognition, and effort regulation were examined as consequences of self-efficacy beliefs. Self-report instruments, Sources of Science Self-Efficacy Scale (SSSE), Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ), were administered to 1932 middle school students to assess variables of the study. Results showed that mastery experience, verbal persuasion, and emotional arousal significantly predict students&rsquo
science self-efficacy which was found to be positively linked to mastery approach goals, performance approach goals, mastery avoidance goals, metacognition, and effort regulation. In addition, a positive relationship was found between verbal persuasion and mastery approach goals. Moreover, findings revealed that approach goals were positively associated with metacognition and effort regulation while avoidance goals are negatively linked to effort regulation. Additionally, results indicated a positive association between emotional arousal and effort regulation.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

37

Lopes, Andréa Regina Ubeda. "Os reflexos da implantação do Balanced Scorecard no desempenho organizacional: estudo de caso da Degrémont Tratamento de Águas Ltda." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2011. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1447.

Full text

Abstract:

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Andrea Regina Ubeda Lopes.pdf: 2081980 bytes, checksum: d2611932171b9008a6510302bd94c823 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-12
The organizational competitiveness is increasing every each day and the way the companies face these new challenges indicates its differential. The thought of this current research longs for demonstrating the importance of adopting a strategic eye through the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and demonstrate the results it brings about to the company. With the aim of going deep in this subject, it was done a study in the company Degrémont Water Treatment Ltd which has been adopting the use of BSC since mid of 2008. By analyses of accounting demonstratives from 2005 to 2010 and structural appointment, the research demonstrates the importance of the introduction of BSC in the economic and financial results of the company when all the contributors clearly determine their strategies and goals. After analyzing the databases it was possible to verify that the mainly financial results were the raise of billing and the cut in costs and expenses. On the other hand, the results of the non financial were a better organizational culture with the commitment of the contributors with the strategies, which demonstrates that the BSC brought about quantitative and qualitative results to Degrémont Company
A cada dia a competitividade organizacional aumenta e a maneira como as empresas enfrentam esses novos desafios é que retrata o seu diferencial. Neste pensamento a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo demonstrar a importância da adoção da visão estratégica por meio do Balanced Scorecard (BSC) e demonstrar quais os seus reflexos no desempenho da empresa pesquisada. Com o intuito de melhor se aprofundar no assunto, realizou-se um estudo de caso na Empresa Degrémont Tratamento de Água Ltda., que vem adotando o uso do BSC desde meados de 2008. Por meio da análise documental nos demonstrativos contábeis de 2005 a 2010, e entrevista estruturada, a pesquisa demonstra a importância da implantação do BSC no resultado econômico e financeiro da empresa quando todos os colaboradores têm claramente definidas as estratégias e os objetivos da mesma. Após analisar os dados levantados, pôde-se verificar que os principais resultados financeiros foram em relação ao aumento do faturamento e na redução de custos e despesas, já nos resultados não financeiros foi uma melhor cultura organizacional, com o comprometimento dos colaboradores com as estratégias, o que demonstra que o BSC trouxe retornos quantitativos e qualitativos à Degrémont

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

38

Koběrská, Simona. "Hodnocení výkonnosti podniku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-319403.

Full text

Abstract:

The presented thesis is focused on the evaluation of the company’s performance using Balanced Scorecard method. The theoretical part introduces the system of the performance measurement and theoretical knowledge from literature to which the next sections refer. The analytical part is addressed to the introduction of the chosen company, its activities, situation and financial analysis. The outputs of these analyses are becoming the background material for the proposal section which deals with the implementation of Balanced Scorecard to the analysed company for the purpose of increasing its performance and ensuring the subsequent development.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

39

Andersson, Barbro, Beatrice Örnborg, and Sürer Nejla Hassanova. "Vad, hur och varför? : - Om mått och mätning i fyra små tillverkande företag." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-25560.

Full text

Abstract:

Bakgrund och problem Ett generellt problem är att forskning baserad på små och medelstora företag är mycket liten, med avseende på ekonomistyrning samt mätning av resultat. Syfte Syftet är att beskriva och analysera vilka mått som används i fyra små tillverkande företag. Hur måtten mäts, hur informationen kommuniceras kring dem, i vilket syfte de används och om måtten är kopplade till något mål i företaget, är frågor som studien vill besvara. Uppsatsen syftar till att skapa en ökad förståelse för hur små företag mäter sin verksamhet i avsikt att bedöma sitt resultat. Metod Med en abduktiv ansats och hermeneutiskt synsätt har den empiriska och teoretiska referensramen insamlats. Genom en kvalitativ studie och besöksintervjuer hos fyra små tillverkande företag har vi fått möjlighet att beskriva och analysera hur de använder sig av mätning i sin verksamhet. Teoriramen har sedan använts för att skapa en djupare förståelse för empirisk data. Slutsats De mått som används i små företag måste utformas utifrån varje företags specifika förutsättningar för att träffa rätt då många faktorer spelar in i valet av mått. Utifrån företagens mål får mätningen olika syften och måtten kopplar an till målen. Vi ser att behov för tydliga rutiner för mätning finns i små företag och att kommunikationen kring mätning i huvudsak sker formellt. Den kontrollerande funktionen tycks ha en övergripande roll och skapar förutsättningar för övriga syften för mätning vilka är lärande, belöning och mobilisering. Förslag till fortsatt forskning Då små företag är en mångfasetterad och icke-homogen grupp skulle det vara intressant om en studie gjordes på en större population via en kvantitativ studie vilket skulle ge en bredare bild inom ämnet mått och mätning i små företag.
Background and problem A general problem is that the research based on small and medium sized enterprises is very small, in terms of financial and performance measurements. Purpose The purpose is to describe and analyze which measurements of results are used in four small manufacturing corporations. We want to describe and analyze how the dimensions are measured, how the information is communicated about them, for what purpose they are used and if the dimensions are linked to a goal of the corporation. The essay aims to create a greater understanding of how small businesses measure their performance and achievements in their business. Method With an abductive and hermeneutic approach was empirical and theoretical data collected. Through a qualitative study and visiting interviews with four small manufacturing corporations we have been given the opportunity to describe how they use measurements in their business. The theory framework was then used to make a deeper understanding for the empirical data. Conclusion The measures that small businesses use have to be chosen according to the needs of each and every company in order to fit because a lot of elements have influence on the choice of measure. Depending on corporate goals the measuring get different purposes and in this way the measures connect to the goals. We do see that small businesses have needs for explicit routines when it comes to measuring, and the communication is mainly made through formal channels. The matter of control seems to be a general purpose in order to create prerequisites for the other purposes which are learning, rewarding and mobilization. Suggestions for future research Because small and medium sized enterprises are diverse and non- homogenous it would have been interesting if a study of a larger population was made. We believe that a quantitative study in the subject of measures and measurement in small businesses would provide a broader picture.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

40

Kotíková, Martina. "Hodnocení výkonnosti podniku." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-318287.

Full text

Abstract:

This master s thesis deals with the performance evaluation of the company Agrochov Jezernice a.s. using Balanced Scorecard approach for increasing performance. This thesis consists of the theoretical part with detailed company introduction and its activities as well as strategic and financial analysis on the basis of which it was possible to set the Balanced Scorecard proposal to develop the company's performance. assessment and prepare the overall implementation proposal.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

41

Gunnarsson, Marcus, and Linus Paulsson. "Continuous Improvements towards lean manufacturing." Thesis, Växjö universitet, Institutionen för teknik och design, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-243.

Full text

Abstract:

Konkurrenssituationen för dagens tillverkande företag har blivit allt hårdare, nya krav på högre kvalitet och lägre produktionskostnader krävs för att överleva på marknaden. Ett företag som slutar att utvecklas kommer snart att upptäcka att de inte är tillräckligt bra, Bergman & Klefsjö (2001). Detta påstående är allmänt känt, vilket gör att ständiga förbättringar blir en viktig hörnsten inom produktionsfilosofier såsom Lean Manufacturing och Toyota Production System. Ständiga förbättringar är en väldigt viktig aktivitet som ett företag inte kan lyckas med över en natt, problem med både implementation och bibehållande av ett ständigt förbättringsprogram kommer att dyka upp. Det existerar ett stort antal artiklar och böcker om hur man skall klara av dessa svårigheter och lyckas med ett förbättringsprogram, men det saknas bra modeller. Magisteruppsatsen tar upp de faktorer som är viktiga inom förbättringsarbete och en modell föreslås. Denna modell innehåller följande delar: ledningsengagemang, utbildning, design, kommunikation och feedback, mätningar och benchmarking, belöning, klara mål, samt förnyelse. En undersökning utvecklades baserad på modellen och utfördes sedan på sju företag inom Swedwood-koncernen (en av världens största möbeltillverkare) och två svenska företag; ITT Flygt AB och Autoliv Sverige AB. Syftet med undersökningen var att kartlägga hur vardera företag arbetar med de olika delarna i modellen idag; samt hitta bra sätt att arbeta på, s.k. good practice. Undersökningen var indelad i tre delar; först intervju med anställda inom ledningen, därefter en enkätundersökning med ledning respektive operatörer. Undersökningen verifierade de flesta delar av modellen och kan användas för att belysa de delar inom en organisation som behöver förbättras för att lyckas med ett förbättringsprogram. Då företagen kartlades hittades ett antal good practice: 1. Traditionell utbildningsteknik kan alterneras med spel för att öka motivation och förståelse. 2. Mätningar och benchmarking inom ständiga förbättringar skall utföras så att utvecklingen av ett förbättringsprogram kan följas. 3. Eftersom belöning är en av de viktigaste motivationsfaktorerna för operatörer är det väldigt viktigt att definiera och strukturera ett belöningssystem. Genom att lägga ner tid och arbete på att visa och informera de anställda om systemet vill man skapa en allmän kunskap inom företaget. 4. Inom ett förbättringsprogram är det väldigt viktigt med en snabb feedback. 5. De flesta av fallföretagen använder sig av ett individuellt förbättringsprogram. Teamwork rekommenderas eftersom en grupp av individer kan åstadkomma mer tillsammans än individuellt.
The competition within the manufacturing branch becomes harder and harder, and demands such as higher quality and lower production costs has to be attained to stay on the market. A company who stops becoming better, will soon end up just not being good enough, Bergman & Klefsjö (2001). This is a statement commonly known and therefore Continuous Improvement (CI) is one of the cornerstones within production philosophies such as Lean Manufacturing and Toyota Production System. CI is a very important activity but will not be something that a company acquires over a night, and there will be problems both with the implementation and the long-term sustainability of the programme. There exists a large number of articles and books of how to overcome these difficulties and draw up a successful Continuous Improvement Programme (CIP), but there is a lack of good models. In this thesis the factors that are important for CI work are emphasized and a model is suggested. The model includes the following constituents; Management commitment, education, design, communication and feedback, measurements and benchmarking, recognition, clear goals, and regeneration. A survey based on the model was constructed and performed at seven companies within the Swedwood group (one of the world’s biggest furniture manufacturers) and two Swedish companies; ITT Flygt AB and Autoliv Sverige AB. The intention was to map the case companies’ present work within the constituents of the model and to find good practice. The survey was divided into three parts; first interviews with the management and then questionnaires to both management and operators. The survey verified many parts of the suggested model, and can be used with the intention to highlight which area of the organisation that needs to be improved in order to run a successful CIP. During the mapping of the case companies some good practice was found: 1. Traditional education technique can be mixed with games to increase motivation and understanding. 2. In order to follow the progress with a CIP, CI has to be measured and benchmarked. 3. Recognition is one of the most important motivation factors for operators. Therefore it is important to define and structure the recognition system and make a real effort to show and inform employees about the recognition given, so that this will become common knowledge. 4. It is of great importance that there is a rapid feedback within a CIP. 5. Most of the case companies have implemented an individual CIP, teamwork is advocated as a group of individuals can achieve more together than working separately.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

42

Warnken, Elizabeth Ann. "The Guide for Occupational Alliance (GOAL) in pediatric rehabilitation: a shared decision-making and measurement tool." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/32717.

Full text

Abstract:

The plan of care in occupational therapy for caregivers of children with acquired brain injury (ABI), created through goal setting, is the foundation for providing services in a pediatric neurorehabilitation setting. During the first year after the injury, caregivers often experience gaps in education, feelings of decreased competence, and decreased understanding of the recovery process. These factors can make developing goals a challenge for caregivers and service providers alike. Although a number of goal-setting mechanisms exist, they currently lack options sensitive to this population’s unique needs. This project set out to explore the clinical barriers involved in goal setting in pediatric rehabilitation and to develop a relevant solution that guides the process. The results identified two theoretical models to use as “lenses” by which the problem was explored and understood. An explanatory model was developed to highlight relationships among contributing factors. A thorough review of evidence was conducted and synthesized to support the explanatory model, and existing solutions explored. Shared-decision making in healthcare through the use of decision aids was identified and investigated as a promising direction for solution development. The Guide for Occupational ALliance (GOAL) in Pediatric Rehabilitation is a shared decision-making and measurement tool designed to facilitate collaborative goal setting with caregivers of children with ABI. The GOAL fosters a family-centered approach that provides education while facilitating discussion around caregiver preferences. Additionally, it gathers helpful outcome data on caregivers’ comfort and satisfaction with goal setting in order to gauge change over time. The GOAL implementation will involve gathering insights, testing the tool, and disseminating the findings. It will be evaluated in three phases: Phase 1, a needs-assessment process involving collection of caregiver and clinician data; Phase 2, a pilot test of the GOAL to explore its effectiveness, content relevance, validity, and benefits; and Phase 3, a repeated measure-outcomes study to understand its reliability, validity, and effectiveness. The GOAL provides an opportunity to enhance collaboration during goal setting with caregivers of children with ABI and their occupational therapy service providers for optimal outcomes.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

43

Liu, Ming-tsung, and 劉明宗. "The Study of the Cognition of Organizational Goal and Performance Measurement for Staffs and Volunteers in South of China Youth Corps." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96594309485276797105.

Full text

Abstract:

碩士
國立中山大學
公共事務管理研究所
98
This research method of study is Social Judgment Theory. According to review the domestic and international literatures, the cues of performance measurement are focus on these four dimensions: "internal perspective", "financial perspective", "customer perspective" and "learning and growth". The questionnaire was made by the stakeholders who are the members and volunteers of China Youth Corps Task Committees in Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung County and Pingtung County. The interviewees of the survey in this study are the members and volunteers of China Youth Corps Task Committees of Kaohsiung City, Kaohsiung County and Pingtung County. The goal is to investigate the significant differences between these decision groups and decision variables. After the analysis, the study gets the following results that provide the reference of following research. 1. The outcomes of the decision groups’ the cue weight average are that the cue of "learning and growth", the most important part for decision makers, the cue of "internal perspective", "customer perspective" and "financial perspective" are in order. 2. The outcomes of the decision groups’ the cue weight the ANOVA are that "financial perspective" is the most variable for each groups’ decisions, but the groups’ decisions are consensus in the cue of "learning and growth". 3. For the function of each decision group, there are positive correlations in the cues of "internal perspective", "financial perspective", "customer perspective", and “learning and growth". It also means that if the better performance these variables have the higher measurement that the China Youth Corps Task Committees will get. 4. t-test of the cue weight average is that there are significant differences in each groups’ decisions of "learning and growth". 5. ANOVA of population and social-economic variables is that the variables of gender, age, service places, service years and the level of education are not significant differences.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

44

Wu, Yann-Hann, and 吳燕輝. "Strategic performance measurement system, the goal of consistency, the equity of fair and cognitive impact on job performance – Taking debt possession sector of public banks as an example." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56m25f.

Full text

Abstract:

碩士
靜宜大學
管理碩士在職專班
97
Performance measurement system has been transfered from the traditional focus on financial performance dimensions into a closely integrated with the strategy of multiple dimensions of performance measurement system, and must contain at least more than two types of performance. From the management accounting system point of view, many studies have pointed out that with the establishment of integrated enterprise strategic performance measurement system, organizations can enhance performance. This study explores how strategic performance measurement system exerts impact on the performance of the banking sector. Besides goal consistence, the procedural justice and distributive justice effects of intermediate variables are joined as well when exploring the correlation between each other. The subjects of the study are the staff in the public banks charging the debt possesion sector, exploring their “Performance measurement system influence of job perfermance”. The respondents to the questionnaire are processed through the Internet or the paper, with a total of 108 questionnaires from the colleagues or other associations. Excluding invalid questionnaires, 101 valid questionnaires for the study found the following evidence: (1) a positive impact on the relationship between strategic performance measurement system and procedural justice. (2) a positive impact on the relationship between strategic performance measurement system and inter-goal consistence . (3) a positive impact on the relationship between goal consistence and procedural justice. (4) a positive impact on the relationship between goal consistence and distributive justice. (5) a postive impact on the relationship between procedural justice and job performance. (6) a positve impact on the relationship between goal consistence and job performance.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

45

Reboleira, Mariana Mendes. "From organizational level indicators to global goals: aligning the impact of a social enterprise to the Sustainable Development Goals." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/102629.

Full text

Abstract:

From Organizational Level Indicators to Global Goals – Aligning the Impact of a Social Enterprise to the Sustainable Development Goals is a work projects that explores the path from internal operations to the SDG frame of ImpacTrip, a responsible tour operator. Using qualitative data methods and the logic model as framework, it was possible to connect global goals to both performance and impact evaluation principles, with different degrees of conciliation ability. The enterprise was able to further outline a Commitment and a Support Zone when categorizing its level of responsibility, implying different strategic, operational and communicational consequences.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

46

Raimundo, Mónica Rocha E. Melo Belard. "Measuring impact inside emergent organizations - an in-depth case study of adopting the sustainable development goals." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/123163.

Full text

Abstract:

Measuring impact inside emergent organizations –An in-depth case study of adopting the Sustainable Development Goals is a work project which aims to demonstrate the challenges emergent social organizations must face when measuring impact and the best approach to surpass them. Through an in-depth analysis of Academia Ten, where multiple qualitative data methods and a “Framework” approach (Richie and Spencer 1994) were used, the case study enables the recognition of inefficiencies and strategic actions to consider. This research highlights the lack of literature related to this topic and the considerable differences between emergent social organizations and big-size organizations, where existing studies are focused. The case study also enables a better understanding of the reason why existing measuring impact tools are not suitable for thisspecific context.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

47

Callahan, Maureen Elizabeth. "Achieving government, community and institutional goals through the measurement of performance : accountability and performance indicators in Ontario colleges and universities /." 2006. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=442505&T=F.

Full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

48

Wang, Wan-Pin, and 王婉萍. "Development of nenotal kid''s passive and active immunity and the assay of sandwich ELISA applied for the measurement of goat''s immunoglobulin G." Thesis, 1999. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43461871432168163831.

Full text

Abstract:

碩士
國立中興大學
畜產學系
87
捌、英文摘要 Development of nenotal kid’s passive amd active immunity and the assay of sandwich ELISA applied for the measurement of goat’s immunoglobulin G Waun-Pin Wang Abstract Milk immunoglobulin G (IgG) is main source of immunoglobulin and originates from the blood of ruminant dam. During parturition, the levels of mother blood and milk IgG are distinctly elevated. The newborn kids have low levels of IgG and low titer of innate immunity because the blood IgG of dam is not cross the placenta of dam side. In addition, the gut closure appears within 1-2 day after birth. The colostral IgG is acquired for passive immunity in kids. The present study was conducted to test the ability of passive immunity after kids fed colostrum, heat inactivated colostrum, milk of late lactation or cRBC-induced colostrum. Futhermore, the alterations of serum and colostral IgG in prepartum and postpartum of dams were examined. The bleeding and collecting mammary secretes of dams were at prepartum (-7,-3,-1day), parturition (0day), and postpartum (1,3,7day) respectively. Two dams were immunized with cRBC (s.c) once every week before 4 weeks of parturition. Their kids were fed cRBC-induced colostrum after birth. Normal kids were randomly assigned to feed colostrum, heat inactivated colostrum or milk every 6hr after birth and were bled prior to feeding for 5 consecutive days. The kids were administrated with chicken RBC at 3 and 5 weeks old respectively and were bled once at 6 weeks old. After electrophoresis and electroelution, the purified goat serum and colostral (IgG, IgG1, IgG2) were higher purity. By using this purified IgG as a immunogen to immunize the rabbit, the polyclonal antibodies were characterized and applied to measure the serum and colostral IgG contents. The SDS-PAGE and western blot showed that the highest level of serum IgG was at 18 to 24 hr after birth .The serum IgG was the lowest level in the kids fed milk of late gestation. The results imply that the passive immunity or absorption of kid increases after colostrum feeding. The IgG concentration of jugular and mammary veins in dams showed biphasic patterns during 7day prepartum to 1 day postpartum and 3-7 day postpartum. At postpartum, the milk IgG level of dams showed a peak at parturition. At postpartum, the milk IgG level of dams showed a peak at parturition. At postpartum, the milk IgG level of dams was dramatically declined. The titer of anti-chicken RBC was not significant difference between kids fed colostrum, heat inactivated colostrum or milk of late gestation at 3 and 6 weeks old. These results suggest that the active immunity of kids may not be affected by the ammounts of Ig in feeding milk. The anti-chicken RBC titers were significantly higher in jugular vein and mammary secretes of cRBC-induced dam at day 1 postpartum was higher titer (P<0.05) of anti-chicken RBC than that non cRBC-induced dam. In addition, this trend was decreased at day 2 to day 7 postparturition. Comparing to the commercial bovine serum IgG1 and IgG2, the relative amounts of goat serum and colostral (IgG, IgG1, IgG2) were determined by sandwich enzyme link immunosorbent assay.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

49

Miao, Yu-Shih, and 苗雨蒔. "Development of Molecular Markers Associated with Growth Traits and Body Conformation Measurements by Candidate Gene and Microsatellite Marker Approach in Nubian and Taiwan Black Goat." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wd9fj7.

Full text

Abstract:

碩士
國立臺灣大學
動物科學技術學研究所
99
In livestock industry, growth performance of animal is always of great concern during breeding. The growth performance is subject to significant confounding by genetics, sex, environmental variables and so on. With the development of molecular biology and biotechnology, more accurate and efficient selection goal could be achieved by marker-assisted selection (MAS). Generally speaking, seeking and validating the molecular genetic markers of interested traits are the initial and crucial step to establish a MAS system. In this study, we assigned growth hormone gene (GH gene) and myostatin gene (MSTN gene) as candidate genes and hoped to find molecular genetic markers with significant effects on goat growth performance by association studies between goat growth performance and candidate gene as well as microsatellite marker polymorphisms. In this study, the polymorphisms and genotypes for caprine GH gene, MSTN gene and 15 microsatellite loci were determined in 109 Nubian and 32 Taiwan Black goats. Phenotypic data of Nubian goats including birth weight, 3 month (weaning) and 6 month body weight, body length, withers height, chest girth, and average daily gain (ADG) were recorded and calculated for association analysis. The results showed that total of 24 mutations were detected in GH and MSTN genes by sequencing and PCR-RFLP analyses: 6 in GH exon 3, 5 in GH exon 4, 3 in GH exon 5, 9 in MSTN promoter region, and 5 nucleotides deletion in MSTN 5’ untranslated region. The polymorphism per site examined is quiet low or just monomorphism on some sites. In MSTN promoter region, 15 and 7 genotype combinations were detected in Nubian and Taiwan Black goats, respectively. The haplotype analysis showed that 7 and 6 haplotypes were detected separately in these two populations. For growth traits and body conformation measurements tests, only two genotypes TT and TC could be detected on the site c.99 C→T in GH exon 3. GH c.99 TC individuals had significant higher 3 month weight, 6 month weight, 3 month body length, ADG before weaning, and ADG during birth to 6 month than GH c.99 TT individuals in Nubian goats (P<0.05). Allele substitution models were used to estimate associations between MSTN promoter region haplotypes and growth traits and body conformation measurements. The results indicated that haplotype 1 had significantly positive effect on 3 month body length while haplotype 2 and 3 had significantly negative effects on 3 month withers height in MSTN promoter region in Nubian goats (P<0.05). On the other hand, allele substitution models were also used to estimate the relationship between microsatellite marker alleles and growth traits and body conformation measurements. Thirteen out of the 15 microsatellites showed significant associations with at least one of the examined traits in Nubian goats (P<0.05). In conclusion, the molecular genetic markers searched by candidate gene and microsatellite marker approach in this study might be used in MAS system to improve growth performance of goat in Taiwan in the future. Selection of goat carrying the alleles, haplotypes or genotype combinations might offer breeders the chance to increase rates of genetic gain for growth performance under variety of breeding programs.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

50

Labé, A. Olivier. "Le redoublement, la réussite scolaire et l’objectif de la Scolarisation Primaire Universelle (SPU) d’ici à 2015 dans le cadre de l’Éducation Pour Tous (EPT) : cas du Sénégal à partir des données longitudinales du PASEC." Thèse, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/5948.

Full text

Abstract:

L’Éducation Pour Tous mobilise la communauté internationale et les gouvernements depuis 1990. Cet engagement global renouvelé en 2000 sous l’auspice de l’UNESCO puis des Nations-Unies, porte notamment sur un objectif de base : l’universalisation de la scolarisation primaire complète pour tous les enfants d’âge scolaire à l’horizon de 2015. Plusieurs études sur la réalisation de cet objectif montrent que les pays en développement sont les plus à risque et que les progrès accomplis dans la plupart de ces pays, pourraient être plus importants si la pratique du redoublement faisait davantage l’objet de régulation et de contrôle. Cela contribuerait à améliorer la réussite scolaire et accroître la rétention des élèves au sein des systèmes éducatifs. La pratique du redoublement est en effet une tradition dans plusieurs systèmes éducatifs. Elle est particulièrement prépondérante dans certains groupes de pays ou régions, notamment en Afrique francophone au sud du Sahara. Dans ces pays, le PASEC - Programme d’Analyse des Systèmes Éducatifs de la CONFEMEN (Conférence des Ministres de l’Éducation Nationale des pays ayant le français en partage) - œuvre à améliorer l’accès à une éducation de qualité pour tous, par exemple, en informant les politiques sur la situation nationale du redoublement. Cette recherche sur le redoublement, la réussite scolaire et l’objectif de la Scolarisation Primaire Universelle (SPU) privilégie la dimension pédagogique, l’analyse empirique et étudie le cas du Sénégal. Elle présente et discute les indicateurs internationaux de suivi de l’objectif de la SPU, fait le point de l’état des connaissances sur le redoublement et la réussite scolaire et montre le défi que représente la réalisation de l’objectif de la SPU notamment dans les pays francophones d’Afrique sub-Saharienne. Exploitant les données existantes de l’enquête longitudinale de suivi de cohorte du PASEC au Sénégal entre 1995 et 2000, cette recherche examine le parcours scolaire des élèves en vue de la réalisation de l’objectif de la SPU. L’examen effectué combine des approches d’analyse transversale et longitudinale du redoublement et des apprentissages par rapport aux caractéristiques personnelles, familiales et scolaires de l’élève. Les résultats d’analyse montrent des variabilités, notamment par rapport aux caractéristiques personnelles de l’élève et à celles de sa classe et de son milieu de scolarisation. L’analyse longitudinale du redoublement s’est appuyée sur le diagramme de flux scolaire et a permis de produire un ensemble d’indicateurs d’efficacité interne du système éducatif du Sénégal. Pour la cohorte étudiée, du fait de l’importance des redoublements et des abandons scolaires, il faut en moyenne 9,4 années de scolarité pour que l’élève progresse du deuxième au sixième (dernier) grade du primaire. Seulement 39% de l’effectif de la cohorte survivent au dernier grade ce qui suggère que si cette tendance se maintenait, le Sénégal serait à risque de ne pas réaliser l’objectif de la SPU. Une évaluation de la situation courante à partir de données plus récentes serait requise. Le diagramme de flux scolaire constitue un outil de planification de l’éducation et représente de ce fait un important levier aux mains des autorités politiques pour agir sur les paramètres du système éducatif (paramètres liés à la qualité de l’éducation, à l’efficacité interne, etc.) afin de répondre à des objectifs spécifiques ou d’étapes pouvant conduire, par exemple, à la réalisation de l’objectif de la SPU.
The Education for All is mobilizing the international community and national governments since 1990. This global commitment which was renewed in 2000 under the auspices of UNESCO and the United-Nations has set a basic goal: the universalization of a complete primary education for all school-age children by 2015. Several studies on the achievement of this goal show that developing countries are most at risk and that progress in many of these countries could have been higher if the practice of grade repetition was better regulated and controlled. This measure would contribute to the improvement of academic achievement and increase retention within the education systems. Indeed, grade repetition practice is a tradition in several education systems. It is particularly overwhelming in some groups of countries or regions, especially in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa. In these countries, the PASEC – «Programme d’Analyse des Systèmes Educatifs de la CONFEMEN (Conférence des Ministres de l’Éducation National des pays ayant le français en partage)» - works to improve access to quality education for all, by for example, informing policies on the national situation of grade repetition. This research on grade repetition, school success and the Universal Primary Education (UPE) goal favors the pedagogical dimension, the empirical analysis and studies the case of Senegal. It presents and discusses the international indicators for UPE goal monitoring, takes stock of current knowledge on grade repetition and academic achievement and shows the challenge that represents the realisation of UPE goal especially in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa countries. By using the existing 1995-2000 PASEC longitudinal survey data in Senegal, this research examines pupils’ school careers toward the realisation of UPE goal. Transversal and longitudinal analyses of grade repetition and learning achievement based on the pupil’s personal, family and school characteristics have been used. Results from these analyses show variabilities related especially to individual, classroom and school location factors. The longitudinal analysis of grade repetition is based on the school flowchart which allows the calculation of a set of indicators about the internal efficiency of Senegal education system. For the cohort studied, due to the high grades repetition and dropout rates, pupils are required, on average, 9.4 years of schooling to progress from the second to the sixth (final) grade of primary. Only 39% of the initial cohort survives to the last grade, which suggests that if this trend remains unchanged, Senegal would be at risk of not achieving the UPE goal. An assessment of the current situation based on more recent data would be required. The school flowchart is an educational planning tool. Thus, it represents an important lever for political authorities to act on education system parameters (parameters related to education quality, internal efficiency, etc.) in order to effectively attain specific objectives or milestones resulting, for example, to the achievement of the UPE goal.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Goal measurement'

Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles