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Lee, Saira Reid. "Work intensity in the software industry : incidence and impact on professional software workers." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2012. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18251.
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Various trends can be seen to characterise the 'new' economy, including globalisation, networking, competition, ICTs and transformations in forms of work organisation. Notably, it is claimed that these trends may encourage self-management, peer pressure, the expansion of workloads and greater expenditure of work effort, with implications for experiences of work intensity (Bittman et al, 2009; O'Riain, 2006; Green, 2006, 2004, 2001; Thompson and McHugh, 2002; Findlay et al, 2000; Springer, 1999; Tomaney, 1990). This thesis aims to explore whether software professionals are necessarily immune from experiences of work intensity, due to their positioning as archetypal knowledge workers (Baldry et al, 2007, 2005; Newell et al, 2002; Alvesson, 1995; Kunda, 1992) and their role in creating a technology which has applicability to virtually all work, business and social situations (Scotland IS: Innovation and Skills in Scotland, 2008; Freeman and Perez, 1998; Quintas, 1994). This thesis has utilised a contextually-based, qualitative, in-depth comparative case study approach, in order to identify and explain the linkages, mechanisms and relationships which influence and shape software professionals' experiences of work intensity. This thesis makes an original contribution through identifying that professional software workers are subject to work intensity from diverse sources. Notably, advances in ICTs, globalisation, flexibility and developments in the software industry have had implications for software professionals' experiences of work intensity. Contextual elements, such as market dynamics, firm characteristics and internal organisational factors influence experiences of work intensity. In addition, aspects of the software labour process, including deadlines, project team structures, specialist knowledge, interruptions, normative control, breaks and worker agency, have implications for software professionals' experiences of work intensity. Finally, the development of a taxonomy of professional software job roles and the utilisation of the work diary study within this PhD have provided comprehensive insight into the tasks and activities performed by individuals.
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Adebonojo, Leslie G., Kathy Campbell, Mark Ellis, and Alison DePollo. "Training Student Workers: A Case Study Using Course Management Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6317.
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Oliveira, Daniela Ribeiro de. "Os trabalhadores da indústria de software : flexíveis e precários?" Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2009. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/6710.
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Previous issue date: 2009-08-21<br>Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais<br>Considering the current labor crisis and the many forms that work have assumed precarious, informal, temporary or part-time -, our intention here is studying a set of workers whose rose as result of the development of information technology within the context of flexible capitalism: workers of software industry. The knowledge of information language is what defines the qualification and possibilities of these kind of workers within labor market, but in Brazilian case these kind of workers usually are submitted to atypical work contracts like work by project, part-time job, temporary job, outsourcing job and even kind of jobs protected by labor Brazilian laws. We semi-structured-interviews with eighteen workers whose continued employments were distributed of this way: six workers under Brazilian laws standard, five trainees, one free-lance, one Legal Entity Person , three entrepreneur partners and two public employees one public server and other a scholar. The research was done in São Carlos and Araraquara, cities located in the central region of São Paulo State. We to understand the workers point of view about the different types of labor contracts, to outline a profile of qualification these workers and their work trajectory and figure out the labor processes that they are submitted. In addition to interviews, we analyzed the content of specialized websites about Information Technology (IT) and software development, as well as available magazines and newspapers online and printed.<br>Tendo em vista a atual crise do trabalho e as diversas formas que o trabalho vem assumindo precário, informal, parcial, nosso propósito foi estudar uma nova categoria de trabalhadores, que surge com o desenvolvimento da tecnologia informacional e num contexto de capitalismo flexível : os trabalhadores da indústria do software. As características do trabalho em que o conhecimento da linguagem informacional é o que define a qualificação e as possibilidades do profissional no mercado. A esse contexto acrescentam-se as formas atípicas de contrato, como por projeto, por tempo parcial, em home work, temporário, terceirizado e mesmo regular com contratos CLT ou estatutários do funcionalismo público. Realizamos entrevistas semiestruturadas, com 18 trabalhadores, cujos vínculos trabalhistas foram distribuídos da seguinte forma: seis trabalhadores sob regime de CLT, cinco estagiários, um freelance/ trabalhador por conta própria, um PJ Pessoa Jurídica, três socioempresários e dois servidores públicos um técnico administrativo e um docente. O lócus da pesquisa foram as cidades de São Carlos e Araraquara, no Estado de São Paulo. Procuramos apreender suas percepções sobre as modalidades de contratos, traçar o perfil de qualificação desses trabalhadores, suas trajetórias de trabalho e compreender os processos de desenvolvimento de software. Além das entrevistas, utilizamos como material de pesquisa consultas feitas a sites especializados na área de TI e desenvolvimento de software, bem como revistas e jornais disponíveis on-line e impressos.
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Martins, Amanda Coelho. "Criatividade, autonomia e precariedade : o trabalho dos profissionais em tecnologia da informação." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/7498.
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Previous issue date: 2016-02-26<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)<br>Labor relations that comes from the transformations of recent decades after the
productive restructuring process, with the crisis of the Fordist-Taylorist model, guide a
new arrangement in work and production organization, marked by reflections about
flaxibilization process. With a highlight on autonomy and work individualization, which
expose the workers to risks, challenges, and encourage detachment through
entrepreneurship capability. Different ways of remuneration, self-employment,
"PJotismo" (workers who operate with legal person bond) and similars, may mask
precariousness of attachment, as well as forms of indirect subordination - resulting from
market pressures for continuous updating, customers who participate in the projects
preparation, and from the companies in which they are inserted, with implications on
working hours. The research objectives were to analyze the notions of creativity,
autonomy and immateriality in the discourse about software workers, manifested in
concrete labor relations; understand how supervision and control of these workers
manifest and to understand in what point there is the internalization of the innovation
and flexibility discourse by these workers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted
with the workers. The research was conducted with employees of IT companies in the
cities of Araraquara-SP, São Carlos-SP and Bauru-SP, as well as workers who operate
as trainees, as PJs and with fellowships in the first two cities.<br>As relações de trabalho advindas das transformações das últimas décadas após o
processo de reestruturação produtiva, com a crise do modelo fordista-taylorista, pautam
um novo arranjo na organização do trabalho e produção, marcada por reflexões acerca
do processo de flexibilização. Com destaque para autonomia e individualização do
trabalho que expõem o trabalhador aos riscos, desafios e incentivam o desprendimento
através de uma capacidade empreendedora. Formas distintas de assalariamento, trabalho
por conta própria, “PJotismo” (trabalhadores que atuam com o vínculo de pessoas
jurídica) e similares, podem mascarar precariedade de vínculos, além de formas de
subordinação indireta – decorrentes de pressões do mercado pela atualização
permanente, de clientes que participam da elaboração dos projetos e das empresas em
que estão inseridos, com implicações nas jornadas de trabalho. Os objetivos da pesquisa
foram analisar as noções de criatividade, autonomia e imaterialidade presentes no
discurso sobre os trabalhadores de software, manifestas em relações de trabalho
concretas; entender como se manifestam a supervisão e controle destes trabalhadores e
compreender em que medida há a interiorização do discurso de inovação e flexibilidade
por parte destes trabalhadores. Foram feitas entrevistas semiestruturadas com os
trabalhadores. A pesquisa foi realizada junto a trabalhadores de empresas de TI nas
cidades de Araraquara-SP, São Carlos-SP e Bauru-SP, assim como com trabalhadores
que executam trabalho como bolsistas, estagiários e PJs nas duas primeiras cidades.
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Silva, Anderson Pereira da. "Gestão de acidentes na cidade universitaria "Zeferino Vaz" com o uso de geotecnologias e softwares livres." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/257802.
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Previous issue date: 2009<br>Resumo: Administradores públicos e privados necessitam de informações que os auxiliem no gerenciamento e tomada de decisões quanto à prevenção de acidentes. Acidentes de trabalho e de trânsito são grandes problemas de serem administrados, pois os métodos existentes muitas vezes não conseguem trazer resultados com rapidez para auxiliar na tomada de decisão. Este trabalho propõe uma metodologia baseada em geotecnologias e softwares livres para o desenvolvimento de um Sistema de Informação Geográfica (SIG) para gestão e prevenção de acidentes de trabalho e trânsito no campus da Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP. As parcerias com Comissão Interna de Prevenção de Acidentes (CIPA), Prefeitura e Setor de Vigilância do campus, e Laboratório de Topografia e Geodésia da Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo proporcionaram: a atualização da base cartográfica do campus utilizando de equipamentos GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System); obtenção de plantas baixas; contratação de estagiários; e desenvolvimento de sistemas para georeferenciamento dos riscos em ambiente de trabalho e acidentes de trânsito para gestão e visualização na Internet através de um SIG-WEB.<br>Abstract: Public and private administrators need information that will help them in managing and making decisions regarding the prevention of accidents. Occupational accidents and traffic are major problems to be administered, because the existing methods often fail to bring results quickly to assist in decision making. This paper proposes a methodology based on geotechnology and free software for the development of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for management and prevention of occupational accidents and traffic on the campuses of Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP. Partnerships with the Comissão Interna de Prevenção de Acidentes (CIPA), the Hall and Sector Monitoring of campuses, and Laboratory of Topography and Geodesy of Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urbanism provided: the update of the cartographic basemap of the campuses using GNSS equipment (Global Navigation Satellite System), obtaining floor plans, hiring interns, and systems development for georeferencing of risks in the workplace and traffic accidents to management and viewing the Internet by WEB-GIS.<br>Mestrado<br>Transportes<br>Mestre em Engenharia Civil
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Dean, Paul. "Flat and egalitarian? evaluating worker hierarchies in software companies /." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7804.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Sociology. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Konuralp, Zeynep. "Software Process Improvement In A Software Development Environment." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609059/index.pdf.
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A software process improvement study is presented. The literature on software
development processes and their improvement is reviewed. The current peer review
process at Software Engineering Directorate of the X Company, Ankara, Tü<br>rkiye
(XCOM) is studied and the static software development metrics based on a recent
proposal have been evaluated. The static software metrics based improvement
suggestions and the author&rsquo<br>s improvement suggestions discussed with the senior staff
are compared. An improved peer review process is proposed. The static software
development metrics have been evaluated on the improved process to see the impacts
of the improvements. The improved process has been already implemented at
XCOM and preliminary results have been obtained.
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Marks, Lori J., and M. L. McMurray. "Introduction to BoardMaker Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3541.
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Carroll, Kevin M., John P. Wagle, Kimitake Sato, Brad H. DeWeese, Satoshi Mizuguchi, and Michael H. Stone. "Reliability of a Commercially Available and Algorithm-Based Kinetic Analysis Software Compared to Manual-Based Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4654.
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There is a need for reliable analysis techniques for kinetic data for coaches and sport scientists who employ athlete monitoring practices. The purpose of the study was: (1) to determine intra- and inter-rater reliability within a manual-based kinetic analysis program; and (2) to determine test-retest reliability of an algorithm-based kinetic analysis program. Five independent raters used a manual analysis program to analyse 100 isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) trials obtained from previously collected data. Each trial was analysed three times. The same IMTP trials were analysed using an algorithm-based analysis software. Variables measured were peak force, rate of force development from 0 to 50 ms (RFD50) and RFD from 0 to 200 ms (RFD200). Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and coefficient of variation (CV) were used to assess intra- and inter-rater reliability. Nearly perfect reliability was observed for the manual-based (ICC > 0.92). However, poor intra- and inter-rater CV was observed for RFD (CV > 16.25% and CV > 32.27%, respectively). The algorithm-based method resulted in perfect reliability in all measurements (ICC = 1.0, CV = 0%). While manual methods of kinetic analysis may provide sufficient reliability, the perfect reliability observed within the algorithm-based method in the current study suggest it is a superior method for use in athlete monitoring programs.
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Marks, Lori J. "SoftTouch Software Make-an-Take Workshop." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2000. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3711.
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Schoenhoff, Peter Klaus. "Belbin's Company Worker, The Self-Perception Inventory, and Their Application to Software Engineering Teams." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36117.
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Software engineering often requires a team arrangement because of the size and scope of modern projects. Several team structures have been defined and used, but these structures generally define only the tasks and jobs required for the team. Various process and product metrics seek to improve quality, even though it is generally agreed that the greatest potential benefit lies in people issues. This study uses a team-based personality profiling tool, the Belbin Self-Perception Inventory, to explore the characteristics offered by the Company Worker, one of the team roles defined by Belbin.<br>Master of Science
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Marks, Lori J. "Getting Started with IntelliTools: OverlayMaker and IntelliPics Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3705.
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Marks, Lori J., M. L. McMurray, M. Keesy, and T. Wilcox. "Creating Errorless Spelling and Sequencing Activities with IntelliTools Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3554.
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Marks, Lori J., and D. J. Montgomery. "Writing and Word Processing: An Overview of Software Features." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1998. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3560.
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Marks, Lori J. "Software Applications for the Blind: JAWS and Virtual Pencil." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3674.
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Marks, Lori J. "Addressing IEP Goals and Objectives Through Switch Accessible Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2000. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3714.
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Marks, Lori J. "Focus on Software: Speaking Dynamically Pro and WYNN Reader." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2002. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3695.
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Marks, Lori J. "Assistive Technology Interventions for Students with Autism Series: Boardmaker Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2003. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3692.
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Adebonojo, Leslie G., Kathy Campbell, Mark Ellis, and J. Flanigan. "One-Stop Training: Organizing Library Training Modules Using Course Software." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6327.
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Boggan, Chad M. "US Knowledge Worker Augmentation versus Replacement with AI Software| Impact on Organizational Returns, Innovation, and Resistance." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10979025.
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<p> This praxis studies the effects on organizations of replacing US knowledge workers with artificial intelligence software (automation) and enhancing US knowledge workers with artificial intelligence software (augmentation). The effects on organizational innovation, resistance, and return on investment (ROI) are studied. </p><p> The main purpose of this study is to confirm the relationships between automation/augmentation, innovation, resistance, and ROI. This study is also meant to aid researchers, policy makers, executives, and others that have influence over automation and augmentation decisions. The implications of these decisions will reverberate through the multi-billion-dollar US job market in the coming years. </p><p> Quantitative methods were used to look at researched examples of both automation and augmentation. Data from 1993 to 2018 was gathered and assessed on innovation, resistance, and ROI from a number of different industries and a number of different types of firms based on size and ownership structure (public or private). Statistical methods were then used to compare the effects of automation and augmentation on organizations. </p><p> Research data was gathered to study the relationship between innovation and ROI, as well as the relationship between resistance and ROI. These relationships were used to combine ROI, innovation, and resistance using Monte Carlo simulations. This combination of ROI, innovation, and resistance was then used to compare the combined effects of automation and augmentation on organizations over time.</p><p>
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Marks, Lori J., M. L. McMurray, and M. K. Young. "Effective Assistive Technology Devices & Software: Results From a Delphi Study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2004. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3546.
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Ketenci, Ahmet. "Development Of A Grid-aware Master Worker Framework For Artificial Evolution." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612881/index.pdf.
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Genetic Algorithm (GA) has become a very popular tool for various kinds of problems, including optimization problems with wider search spaces. Grid search techniques are usually not feasible or ineffective at finding a solution, which is good enough. The most computationally intensive component of GA is the calculation of the goodness (fitness) of candidate solutions. However, since the fitness calculation of each individual does not depend each other, this process can be parallelized easily.
The easiest way to reach high amounts of computational power is using grid. Grids are composed of multiple clusters, thus they can offer much more resources than a single cluster. On the other hand, grid may not be the easiest environment to develop parallel programs, because of the lack of tools or libraries that can be used for communication among the processes.
In this work, we introduce a new framework, GridAE, for GA applications. GridAE uses the master worker model for parallelization and offers a GA library to users. It also abstracts the message passing process from users. Moreover, it has both command line interface and web interface for job management. These properties makes the framework more usable for developers even with limited parallel programming or grid computing experience. The performance of GridAE is tested with a shape optimization problem and results show that the framework is more convenient to problems with crowded populations.
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Marks, Lori J., and M. L. McMurray. "Using Boardmaker Software to Support Communication in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2001. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3553.
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Foster, Paula L. "The buzzing of the worker bees : hidden transcripts of literate resistance to employee communications in a software corporation /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1287402692.
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Song, Yulun. "An authoring and presentation environment for interactive worked examples." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6152/.
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This dissertation describes an authoring environment, called IWE, which allows a teacher to develop computer-based interactive worked examples without bespoke programming. The focus is on worked examples that involve transforming one representation into another using judgments not algorithms or rules. The worked examples created are all drawn from Computing Science; for example, transforming a requirements specification into an entity-relationship diagram. Teachers model the problem-solving process as a sequence of steps demonstrating how the problem is translated step-by-step into a solution, explaining the decision-making in each step. They can incorporate questions within the examples to increase student engagement and encourage students to do active thinking. Students interact with the transformation process at their own pace to obtain experience of problem-solving. Teachers are able to evolve the examples based on feedback from students and usage data from the system. A review of educational literature identified the best practice guidelines for designing and presenting effective worked examples for novices and faded worked examples for intermediate learners. These guidelines informed the essential requirements of IWE. A prototype authoring environment was designed, implemented and evaluated. Educational literature also recommends using worked examples combined with practice of problem solving. A field study was conducted applying these recommendations to evaluate the usability of IWE. Evaluations were carried out with teachers to assess their ability to create and modify interactive worked examples while the teaching of their courses was in progress. Evaluations were also carried out with students to assess the usability of IWE. The main conclusion of this research, based on analysis of the evaluations, is that the prototype of IWE is useable by both teachers and students. It allows teachers to create interactive worked examples following best practice and evolve existing examples on the basis of feedback. It allows students to use interactive worked examples independently following best practice. Finally, the dissertation identifies some possibilities for widening the scope of this research.
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Yakin, Cenkler. "Quantifying Risk Management Process In A Software Organization." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607138/index.pdf.
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This study presents a quantifying risk management process and its application on a software organization in terms of risk items mitigated, exposures covered, costs, and expected exposures covered.
Risk management is defined as setting forth a discipline and environment of proactive decisions and actions to assess continuously what can go wrong (risks), to determine what risks are important to deal with, and to implement strategies to deal with those risks. Risk management can be applied in all of the business areas. In the literature, there are sources for risk management. Some of them are qualitative, and some of them are quantitative. However, there is no much source about the application study of a quantifying risk management process on a software organization.
In order to obtain insight about this issue, this study presents a quantifying risk management system to the literature and also compares the quantifying risk management policies on the data set of a software organization by finding out and analyzing their performance with respect to designated decision parameters and preference profiles for risk items mitigated, exposures covered, costs, and expected exposures covered. At the end of this study, suitable quantifying risk management policies for each profile are recommended by considering the analysis of the data set as base.
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Paulus, Trena. "Using Social Media, Software, Mobile Apps and Other Digital Tools to Support Qualitative Research." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7857.
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This one-day course introduces participants to how both free and proprietary technologies can be used to create innovative workflows to support the entire qualitative research process. This includes becoming networked scholars through a variety of social media platforms; engaging in a paperless literature review by using cloud storage, citation management software, annotating apps and data analysis software; collecting data with mobile apps; transcribing with state-of-the-art innovations; selecting the right qualitative data analysis software; and representing findings in ways that will reach the intended audience.
Not only will participants gain a comprehensive introduction to the most recent digital tool developments as they apply to qualitative research, but, through detailed demonstrations by the instructor, they will also learn how to analyze critically the affordances and constraints of such tools and the ethical implications of their use. Course materials will be drawn from Doing Qualitative Research with Digital Tools (Sage, 2020).
Topics and tools will include:
Networking through academic social media platforms (Google Scholar profiles, ORCID and ResearchGate)
Developing a paperless literature review process using cloud storage (Dropbox), citation management software (Mendeley), annotating apps (GoodReader), and QDAS tools (ATLAS.ti 8)
Collecting data through mobile apps (Evernote), social media sites (Twitter), and GeoDocs (Google Earth)
Transcribing in ways that synchronize the media file with the text (YouTube), harness the capabilities of artificial intelligence (Otter.ai) and enable “hands-free” transcription (Google Voice)
Selecting an appropriate qualitative data analysis software package (e.g. DeDoose, ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA, NVivo, Quirkos)
Representing findings in innovative ways (Authorea, Google Docs)
The purpose of the workshop is to provide a comprehensive demonstration, rather than a tutorial, of how these digital tools can support efficient, effective, and theoretically-grounded methodological work.
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Kozak, Nuri Ilke. "Strategic Planning And The Implementation Of Balanced Scorecard In A Software Company." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12610070/index.pdf.
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Turkish software companies are facing massive challenges to survive in today&rsquo<br>s global and volatile marketplace. Strategic planning, performance measurement and control systems have recently become crucial in overcoming these challenges.
Strategic planning simply stands for defining the moves to achieve vision. Environmental and internal assessments are activities which must be conducted prior to defining successful strategies. In this study broad environmental and
internal assessments are conducted in an organized manner by using tools and techniques in the literature. Then strategies are identified with suitable techniques.
In order to translate the strategy into action and measure the performance the Balanced Scorecard technique is used. Balanced Scorecard is a relatively new approach to strategic management which has been gaining significant importance
in academic and industrial communities. Although Balanced Scorecard is a significant strategic management tool, its application is a challenging and demanding issue. In this study we used a methodological approach for putting Balanced Scorecard into action. We believe that this study will present a useful method to small and medium sized software companies for Strategic planning and Balanced Scorecard studies.
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Marks, Lori J., M. L. McMurray, and M. K. Young. "Countdown to the Top 10 Most Effective Assistive Technology Devices and Software: Results From a Delphi Study." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2003. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3547.
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Sivrioglu, Damla. "A Method For Product Defectiveness Prediction With Process Enactment Data In A Small Software Organization." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614516/index.pdf.
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As a part of the quality management, product defectiveness prediction is vital for small software
organizations as for instutional ones. Although for defect prediction there have been conducted a
lot of studies, process enactment data cannot be used because of the difficulty of collection.
Additionally, there is no proposed approach known in general for the analysis of process
enactment data in software engineering.
In this study, we developed a method to show the applicability of process enactment data for
defect prediction and answered &ldquo<br>Is process enactment data beneficial for defect prediction?&rdquo<br>,
&ldquo<br>How can we use process enactment data?&rdquo<br>and &ldquo<br>Which approaches and analysis methods can our
method support?&rdquo<br>questions. We used multiple case study design and conducted case studies
including with and without process enactment data in a small software development company. We
preferred machine learning approaches rather than statistical ones, in order to cluster the data
which includes process enactment informationsince we believed that they are convenient with the
pattern oriented nature of the data.
By the case studies performed, we obtained promising results. We evaluated performance values of prediction models to demonstrate the advantage of using process enactment data for the
prediction of defect open duration value. When we have enough data points to apply machine
learning methods and the data can be clusteredhomogeneously, we observed approximately 3%
(ranging from -10% to %17) more accurate results from analyses including with process enactment
data than the without ones.
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Cekmece, Kerem. "The Resource Allocation Capabilities Of Commercial Project Management Software Packages For Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12610487/index.pdf.
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Resource constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) has been subject of extensive
research in project management literature as RCPSP is one of the most challenging
problems in the project management and is of great practical importance. In
this thesis, resource allocation capabilities of Primavera Enterprise V.6.0-Project
Management (P6) and MS Project 2007 (MS) were evaluated for solving overallocated
problems in the RCPSP. Fourty-five resource overallocated instance projects
were selected from the PSPLIB to evaluate performance of P6 and MS Project
2007. Three resource allocation priority rules of P6 and two resource allocation
priority rules of MS were used for comparision. The best solutions of different priority
rules for P6 and MS were compared by using t-test. Results of the P6 and MS
were compared with the lower bounds and optimum solutions of the previous heuristic
methods. The comparisions indicate that both P6 and MS has limited capabilities
for solving overallocated problems in RCPSP. Especially for larger projects the
widely used project management software packages can not provide optimum or
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Gouveia, Carolina Augusta Assumpção. "Processos de visualização e representação de conceitos de cálculo diferencial e integral com um software tridimencional /." Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/91085.
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Orientador: Rosana Giaretta Sguerra Miskulin<br>Banca: Hermes Renato Hildebrand<br>Banca: regina Coeli Moraes Kopke<br>Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta as dimensões implícitas nos processos de visualização e de representação de conceitos matemáticos, mediados por obras artísticas e pelo software K3DSurf, em uma perspectiva Semiótica, objetivando compreender os processos de visualização e de representação de conceitos matemáticos em Cálculo Diferencial e Integral (CDI), no contexto das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC). A abordagem metodológica utilizada foi qualitativa, dada pelos momentos de Observação, Entrevistas e de aplicação de um conjunto de Atividades Exploratório-Investigativas com base em algumas reproduções de obras de arte, desenvolvidas com um grupo de alunos de graduação em Matemática da UNESP /Rio Claro. Nela identificamos diversas formas de linguagem, tais como, a escrita, a fala, os gestos e os esboços, que auxiliaram no desenvolvimento dos conceitos matemáticos em CDI. A análise dos resultados, baseados em alguns pontos da Teoria Semiótica de Peirce (2008), foi abordada por categorias de análise constituídas, explicitadas como: a primeira categoria denominada Processos de exploração e percepção dos entes geométricos, refere-se à Primeiridade, a segunda categoria denominada Processos de visualização dos entes geométricos, refere-se à Secundidade, as terceira e quarta categorias denominadas Processos de representação dos entes geométricos e Processos de re-significação dos conceitos algébricos, referem-se à Terceiridade. Essas categorias levam a inferir que, no contexto deste estudo, diversas metodologias para a aprendizagem e desenvolvimento dos conceitos matemáticos por meio da visualização e da representação foram empregadas, entre elas os aspectos de experimentação, as relações nos processos de semelhança e os momentos de socialização. Também observamos e enfatizamos a importância dos conhecimentos matemáticos dos alunos... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)<br>Abstract: This work shows the implicit dimensions within the process of visualization and representation of mathematical concepts mediated by artistic works and by the K3DSurf software under a semiotic perspective, aiming to comprehend the process of visualization and representation of mathematical concepts in the Differential and Integral Calculus (CDI), within the context of Information and Communication Technologies (TIC).The methodological approach used in this work was the qualitative research, given in moments of observation, interviews and application of a set of Exploration-Investigative Activities, based in art works, with a group of undergraduate students in mathematics. In these activities we identified some forms of language, such as writing, speech, gestures and sketches, which helped students develop mathematical concepts in CDI. The analysis of the results, based on Peirce‟s Semiotics Theory (2008), was addressed by categories of analysis that can be pointed out in the following way: the first one was called Exploration Procedures and Perception of the Geometric Entities, referent to the firstness; the second one was the Procedures of Visualization of Geometric Entities, referent to the secondness; the third and the fourth ones were called Procedures of Representation of Geometric Entities and Procedures of Re-Signification of Algebraic Concepts, both of them referent to the thirdness. These categories led us to conclude, on this research context, that many methodologies were applied in order to develop and to learn the concepts of CDI through visualization and representation, including aspects of experimentation, the relationships within the similarity processes and moments of socialization. We also observed the importance of mathematical knowledge acquired before the Exploration-Investigative Activities. This prior knowledge, in many instances, has led the first steps towards... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)<br>Mestre
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Gouveia, Carolina Augusta Assumpção [UNESP]. "Processos de visualização e representação de conceitos de cálculo diferencial e integral com um software tridimencional." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/91085.
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Ahmad, Mirwary, and Birgeet Kaur. "Sustainability Aspects in ICT Engineering Thesis Works." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191131.
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An evaluation of thesis reports performed by students from the degree programme Computer Engineering, TIDAB, that was made by UKÄ, The Swedish Higher Education Authority, showed that there was a lack of consideration of environmental and sustainability aspects in the thesis reports, leading to many students not meeting the criteria in the degree objectives regarding this aspect. The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to improve students’ ability in considering the important aspects of sustainability in their thesis works, by providing them with guidelines which they can follow and implement during their thesis work that will enable them to reach the level ‘Very High Quality’. A literature study was performed thoroughly in conjunction with reviewing previous thesis reports and conducting expert interviews as an approach to find a solution to the problem. The outcome of the analysis was three methods that was developed, which the students can use as guidelines in their thesis work. A set of guidelines, a table with skill sets and the SEMAT Essence Kernel card for sustainable development was the resulting methods that will help the students to at minimum accomplish the criteria for ‘High Quality’ on the objective "Demonstrate an understanding of technology capabilities and limitations, its role in society and people’s responsibility for its use, including social and economic aspects, environmental and safety aspects" when the methods are followed.<br>En utvärdering av examensarbeten utförda av studenter från utbildningsprogrammet Datateknik, TIDAB, gjort av UKÄ, Universitetskanslersämbetet, visade att det fanns en brist på hänsynstagande till miljö- och hållbarhetsaspekter i rapporterna, vilket ledde till att flera studenter inte uppfyllde kriterierna i examensmålen gällande denna aspekt. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att förbättra elevernas förmåga att ta hänsyn till de viktiga aspekterna av hållbarhet i sina examensarbeten genom att ge dem riktlinjer som de kan följa och genomföra under sina examensarbeten, som gör det möjligt för dem att uppnå nivån ’Mycket Hög Kvalité’. En litteraturstudie genomfördes noggrant i samband med genomgång av tidigare examensarbeten, och intervjuer med ledande experter gjordes, som en metod för att hitta en lösning på problemet. Utfallet av den utförda analysen var tre metoder som har utvecklats, vilket studenterna kan använda som riktlinjer i sina examensarbeten. En uppsättning av riktlinjer, en tabell med kompetenser och SEMAT Essence Kernel kort för hållbar utveckling var de resulterande metoder, som ska hjälpa studenterna att åtminstone uppnå kriterierna för ’Hög Kvalité’ på målet "Visa förståelse för tekniska möjligheter och begränsningar, dess roll i samhället och människors ansvar för dess användning, inklusive sociala och ekonomiska aspekter, miljö- och hållbarhetsaspekter" när metoderna följs.
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Krčmárik, Branislav. "Návrh strategie vstupu na trh ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222323.
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The diploma thesis is focused on the analysis of current situation at the Czech software products market. These products refer to the valuation of construction works. The possibilities of penetrating the Czech market are based on market analysis. The market analysis data were obtained from primary and secondary sources.
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Massimino, Brett J. "Operational Factors Affecting the Confidentiality of Proprietary Digital Assets." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405683732.
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Hoxha, Elda. "Sustainability of Building Structures." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.
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The aim of this research is to explore the sustainability of the existing residential buildings and to analyse how sustainability can be assessed if sustainable materials and technologies would be used.
The main objectives are concentrated in providing a general knowledge of sustainability and to examine how much sustainable the residential buildings are. To analyze the various technologies and materials that can be used in order to reduce the climate-altering emissions, to improve energy efficiency, to reduce costs and to improve the living conditions. Providing knowledge and tools for the sustainable re-design of existing buildings, which will be addressed to environmental, technical, economic and social feasibility of proposed measures, and to energy control. For the analysis, different case studies in different countries will be studied and then a life-cycle approach will be applied to a theoretical residential building, and all the relevant impact categories for the selected type of buildings will be taken into account.
In order to analyze the sustainability of the building, a qualitative research will be done using literature sources, international database, journal articles, technical and official reports from the government or group researchers patented and SimaPro software. Materials and dimensions will be defined and will be studied the integrated energy performance, CO2 emissions, global warming, acoustic comfort, thermal comfort, indoor environmental quality for existing residential building structures. All these steps will be taken in order to allow an LCA analysis of the materials of the residential buildings and to define when can be considered that the system has actually been sustained.
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Roux, Jonathan. "Détection d'intrusion dans des environnements connectés sans-fil par l'analyse des activités radio." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020TOU30011.
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Le déploiement massif des objets connectés, formant l'Internet des Objets ou IoT, bouleverse aujourd'hui les environnements réseaux traditionnels. Ces objets, auparavant exempts de connectivité, sont désormais susceptibles d'introduire des vulnérabilités supplémentaires dans les environnements qui les intègrent. La littérature dresse aujourd'hui un portrait peu flatteur de la sécurité de ces objets, qui constituent de plus en plus des cibles de choix pour les attaquants, qui y voient de nouvelles surfaces exploitables pour s'introduire dans les environnements auparavant sécurisés. En outre, les moyens de communications non-filaires utilisés par ces objets sont nombreux, avec des caractéristiques très hétérogènes à tous les niveaux protocolaires, notamment en terme de fréquences utilisées, qui rendent complexes l'analyse et la surveillance des environnements qui s'en équipent. Ces problématiques, et notamment l'hétérogénéité forte de ces nombreux protocoles, remettent en question les solutions traditionnelles permettant d'assurer la sécurité des échanges effectués. Or, l'explosion du nombre de ces objets impose d'adapter ou de proposer des architectures de sécurité qui soient adaptées à ces nouvelles problématiques. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons à la surveillance et à la détection d'anomalies pouvant survenir sur les moyens de communications sans-fil utilisés dans l'IoT, quels qu'ils soient. Nous avons relevé un manque crucial de solutions ayant la capacité d'analyser tous les échanges, et ce, qu'importe le protocole utilisé. Pour y répondre, nous proposons une architecture de sécurité basée sur le monitoring des signaux radios physiques, permettant de s'affranchir de la connaissance des protocoles et donc d'être générique. Son objectif est d'apprendre le modèle des comportements radios légitimes d'un environnement à l'aide de sondes radios, puis d'identifier les déviations vis-à-vis de ce modèle, pouvant correspondre à des anomalies ou des attaques. La description de cette architecture est la première contribution de cette thèse. Nous avons ensuite étudié l'applicabilité de notre solution dans différents contextes, chacun ayant ses caractéristiques propres. La première étude, correspondant à notre deuxième contribution, consiste à proposer une implémentation et un déploiement de notre approche dans les domiciles connectés. L'évaluation de celle-ci face à des attaques réelles injectées dans l'espace radio et ses résultats montrent la pertinence de notre approche dans ces environnements. [...]<br>The massive deployment of connected objects, forming the Internet of Things (IoT), is now disrupting traditional network environments. These objects, previously connectivity-free, are now likely to introduce additional vulnerabilities into the environments that integrate them. The literature today paints an unflattering picture of the security of these objects, which are increasingly becoming prime targets for attackers who see them as new exploitable surfaces to penetrate previously secure environments. In addition, the wireless means of communication used by these objects are numerous, with very heterogeneous characteristics at all protocol levels. Particularly in terms of the frequencies used, which make it difficult to analyse and monitor the environments that are equipped with them. These issues, and in particular the strong heterogeneity of these numerous protocols, call into question the traditional solutions used to ensure the security of the exchanges carried out. However, the explosion in the number of these objects requires security architectures that are adapted to these new issues. In this thesis, we are interested in monitoring and detecting anomalies that may occur in any wireless means of communication used in the IoT. We found a critical lack of solutions with the ability to analyze all exchanges, regardless of the protocol used. To answer this question, we propose a new security architecture based on the monitoring of physical radio signals, making it possible to free oneself from protocol knowledge and therefore to be generic. Its objective is to learn the model of legitimate radio behaviour in an environment using radio probes, then to identify deviations from this model, which may correspond to anomalies or attacks. The description of this architecture is the first contribution of this thesis. We then studied the applicability of our solution in different contexts, each with its own characteristics. The first study, corresponding to our second contribution, consists in proposing an implementation and deployment of our approach in connected homes. The evaluation of the latter in the face of real attacks injected into radio space and its results show the relevance of our approach in these environments. Finally, the last contribution studies the adaptation and deployment of our generic solution to professional environments where the presence of expert users promotes the integration of advanced diagnostic information to identify the origins of an anomaly. The subsequent evaluation and the results associated with each of the diagnostic mechanisms implemented demonstrate the value of our approach in heterogeneous environments
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Shih, KO Ping, and 柯炳式. "Study of the town office workers' using free software." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/65518252999417218634.
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碩士<br>東海大學<br>公共事務碩士學程在職進修專班<br>93<br>Due to the wave of open source software over the world, governments and enterprises in recent years are more inclined than ever to adopt free software considering software cost reduction. Relevant policies have been discussed and schemed in many countries. Nowadays, most public agencies in Taiwan utilize MS Windows as the operating system of personal computers. To explore the issues which the civil service workers may confront for employing free software, the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of Executive Yuan selected three town offices from the northern, central and southern divisions in a test program, which also attempted to propagate the application of free software to all aspects of public affairs in the town offices.
This research, based on the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior, modeled the relevant factors which influence the utilization decisions of free software in the public agencies. Data collection was conducted by a questionnaire and individual interviews with the civil servants in the three town offices that take part in the test program. It was intended to understand their attitude, willingness and behavior for adopting free software. This study also attempted to discover their comments and suggestions about the utilizations of the free software in public agencies.
The research results may be summarized below:
1.The experience of the town office workers taking use of the free software is not all the same as that of the usual user of information technology behaviors.
2.The town office workers that have received the training program are seldom using free software now.
3.The important factors that influence the civil servants’ intention for using free software include “system stability and security,” “government policy influence,” “superior and peer influence,” and “training.”
4.The trained town office workers share the opinions that the distinction between free software and MS windows system is not significant.
5.The practical suggestions for promoting the utilization of free software include simultaneous installation of both MS IE and Mozilla Firefox (the free software browser similar to the MS IE) on the Windows system.
The study also provides following suggestions:
1.The potential users may be recommended to get acquainted with free software incrementally.
2.The web-based application system is worth investing for promoting free software.
3.Free software will benefit from integration of the various technical support resources.
4.Various training programs are essential for promoting free software.
5.The supervisors in public agencies should be targeted as key players.
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Liu, Wen Pi, and 劉文筆. "A study of how dispatched workers affect software project team." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/38367923834476125135.
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碩士<br>輔仁大學<br>資訊管理學系<br>96<br>Under limited corporate resources, how to well-arranged the information technology and IT specialist in order to reduce company's costs and enhance company's competitiveness was our immediate concern. The best way to resolve the problem should be the dispatched manpower service through specialized in different functions. Does dispatched manpower be the source and choice for new manpower of software project? Therefore, to understand the situation of presently domestic software project and feasibility of the manpower dispatch, as well as the influence which the manpower dispatch system used in the software project team becomes the major subject in this research. The result shows the performance of manpower dispatch, the interaction situation between manpower dispatch and official staffs have conspicuous influence for team achievements. The main obtain revenue for using dispatched manpower in a software project team are “Solves the manpower demand in temporary expansion”, “reduce the cost of severance pay in the dismissal needs” and “simplification dismissal needs procedure”. “Computer designer” and “software quality engineer” have more possibility employed by manpower dispatch.
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Li, Cheng-Husian, and 李鑑軒. "Impact of Flow, Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction of Workers in Information Software Industry." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27767960386432002016.
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碩士<br>國立中央大學<br>資訊管理研究所<br>95<br>The study focused on the flow experience of workers in information software industry. The concept of flow was first introduced by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book Beyond Boredom and Anxiety (1975). Flow is characterized by high involvement, deep concentration, and one actting effortless. After reviewing flow experience, one will feel enjoyment and gratification.
Moreover, the study also focused on what the information software industry workers’ quality of working and quality of life. In addition, someone in flow state and then he will enjoy the process of work. Whether a person’s flow state influence positively job satisfaction is one of the issue the study will discuss. Besides, people can feel happiness and gratifaction after flow experience. In related literatures, feeling happiness and gratifaction will make people feel better in their life. Therefore, whether flow influence positively job satisfaction is the other issue the study will discuss.
The research subjects included software industry entrepreneurs, information workers that have completed in-service master programs, other information workers, and senior managers who have completed EMBA programs. The study used questionnaire to survey these subjects.
The results indicated that flow state, job satisfaction and life satisfaction exist significant difference between software industry entrepreneurs and information system technical workers. Software industry entrepreneurs’ degree of flow state, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction is higher than information system technical workers. Additionally, flow state positively influence job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Related discussions, limitations, and future research directions are discussed in this dissertation.
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Yi-Lun, Hung, and 洪逸倫. "The Impacts of Labor Flexibility on Workers’ Rights :The Case of the Software Industries in Taiwan." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52379427827464541141.
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Lin, Jhe-yu, and 林哲宇. "Impact of Core Self-evaluation, Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction of Workers in Information Software Industry." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97244396970742288151.
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碩士<br>國立中央大學<br>資訊管理研究所<br>96<br>The core self-evaluation is both a personality trait and a basic estimate that each individual holds towards each oneself. Core self-evaluation consists of self-esteem, general self-efficacy, neuroticism, and locus of control. Present study has shown that the core self- evaluation is related to work performance and work satisfaction(Judge, 2001), and that world contrastive cognitive psychology researches also demonstrate the Chinese have bad performance in four constructs. Therefore, this research aims to improve the work efficiency and the work satisfaction of IT professionals through the aspect of core self-evaluation.
Based on core self-evaluation, this study explains the differences among software entrepreneurs, MIS managers, MIS professionals, top managers, MIS graduates, and MIS students, including postgraduates, university students and vocational students, in respects of locus of control, general self-efficacy, self-esteem, neuroticism, work performance and work satisfaction. The relationship among core self-evaluation, job and life satisfaction of MIS professionals is analyzed as well. The goal of this research is to explore the value of core self-evaluation and its significance toward the area of MIS.
The results indicate that Software entrepreneurs and top managers have internal locus of control, high self-esteem, stable emotions, high job self-efficacy, high job satisfaction and high life satisfaction. Meanwhile, MIS managers and MIS professionals perform worse than their counterparts—software entrepreneurs and top managers. By contrast, the overall performances of MIS students, referring to postgraduates, university students, and vocational students, are the lowest, with external locus of control, low self-esteem and unstable emotions. As a result, core self-evaluation positively influences job satisfaction and life satisfaction.
This research, core self-evaluation, has contributed integrated benefits to IT professionals both in their Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction. One the one hand, it academically facilitates to investigate the core self-evaluation performance of IT professionals in Taiwan. On the other hand, enterprises practically choose MIS managers not only consider their professional abilities but also value the core self-evaluation of personnel. In addition, enterprise''s education and training should be designed with courses about core self-evaluation to improve positive benefits of staff and organization concerning their works and lives.
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Gangatharan, C. "Knowledge Integration Mechanisms, Organizational Capabilities, and Factors of Knowledge Worker Productivity : A Selective Study of Indian Software Firms." Thesis, 2015. http://etd.iisc.ernet.in/2005/3948.
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The importance of knowledge in organizations has been steadily growing. Traditional economies focused on land, labour, and capital as their main production factors, and saw knowledge as external to the economic process. Over the last few decades, economists have started discussing the role of knowledge and technology in economic growth. The Resource-Based View of the firm explains the contribution of resources and capabilities of the firm to accomplish sustainable competitive advantage. As an extension of this view, the Knowledge-Based View of the firm suggests that knowledge is the basic economic resource, which explains an organization's sustainable competitive advantage. This view argues that in the knowledge-based economy, management of productivity of the knowledge-worker is the crucial challenge for growth and development. Organizational Capabilities are important for enhancing the competitive advantage and performance of the firms. However, the relationship between Organizational Capabilities and Knowledge-Worker Productivity have not previously been empirically examined.
The current research, through Knowledge-Based View of the firm, examines the issue of effective knowledge integration from the perspective of Organizational Capabilities. This perspective suggests that effective knowledge integration improves the capabilities of an organization, which enhances the factors influencing the productivity of the knowledge-worker.
Knowledge Integration Mechanisms were studied using four variables: Rules and Directives, Sequencing, Routines, and Group Problem-Solving. All these four variables were hypothesized to positively influence the three forms of Organizational Capabilities, namely Local Capability, Architectural Capability, and Process Capability. Then, the effect of these Capabilities on the Factors of Knowledge-Worker Productivity was examined. These factors were identified as Task Clarity, Autonomy, Innovation, Learning, Quality, and Value Addition.
Through analysis of surveys collected from over three hundred knowledge professionals, this research empirically models and uncovers key aspects of these constructs. The results provide a basis for understanding the knowledge-based theory of the firm, which postulates that knowledge integration is the primary role of the firm. The data was analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling. This method was chosen because it allows the analysis of all the relationships simultaneously. From the analysis of data collected, results of this research suggests that Process Capability has got maximum influence on the Factors of Knowledge-Worker Productivity; and Group Problem-Solving, as a Knowledge Integration Mechanisms, was found to be most significant in the development of Organizational Capabilities. These results conform to those reported in the literature, that is improved Factors of Knowledge-Worker Productivity is dependent on Organizational Capabilities, which are enhanced by effective Knowledge Integration Mechanisms.
Overall, this thesis expands the Knowledge-Based View of the firm by integrating the above mentioned three constructs. This integrated view provides insights on the significance of knowledge integration and illustrates how firms develop a set of capabilities that can improve the Factors of Knowledge-Worker Productivity. The findings from this research can be used to develop sound strategies for effective leverage of Knowledge Management, ensuring organizational development.
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Hua, Liou Wen, and 廖雯華. "A Survey of Software Maintenance Works Pracitce and Problems of Information System in Taiwan." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/30123403009408440438.
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碩士<br>世新大學<br>資訊管理學系<br>92<br>This paper aims to understand the problems of software maintenance in Taiwan through interviews and analysis of statistic. To realize the profits and the risks of software maintenance and to understand the cost percentage of various categories of maintenance activities. To explore the degrees of impact that the maintenance groups might have upon the application of software maintenance. The factors that might influence software maintenance including the morale and the willingness of maintenance staff. Therefore, the complete process of software maintenance and effective management of the problems of maintenance would provide effective improvement in the quality of the software maintenance.
The data attained from the expert interviews and questionnaire suggests resolutions and proposals of software maintenance, which are reference materials for managers to improve their software maintenance. As for enterprise and government, these resolutions and proposals are beneficial to clarify concepts, to analyze cost and benefit, and to bring ideas into application.
The conclusion of this research would be:
1.Offer suggestions and resolutions of software maintenance
2.The plan of the budget of software maintenance should follow the cost of maintenance activities.
3.Make use of risk management to undergo software maintenance.
4.Put emphasis on software maintenance teams to accomplish the request of emergency backup, maintenance and upgrading.
5.Bilateral communication to raise the user satisfaction.
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范斯寒. "Action Research on the Influence to the sculpture works of the Fifth Grade Elementary Students after learning 3D Modeling Software─ Case of the Sculptris." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73205563076278161282.
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碩士<br>國立新竹教育大學<br>人資處美勞教學碩士班<br>100<br>Abstract
Action Research on the Influence to the sculpture works of the Fifth Grade Elementary Students after learning 3D Modeling Software
─ Case of the Sculptris
This research is aimed to explore the feasibility of Sculptris(3D modeling software), which is applied to sculpture art teaching in the fifth grade elementary class and the influence to the students after learning the software. By following the process of “overall plan-action-reflection-revision” of an action research, the objectives of study include: (1)exploring the feasible courses and appropriate teaching approaches of “Sculptris”.(2)exploring the influence of Sculptris to the sculpture works of the fifth grade elementary students.(3)evaluating on the feasibility of using “Sculptris” in teaching,and providing some suggestions for future studies and teaching activities.
This research,by using “Sculptris”,attempted to combine “sculpture”with “digital technology” and then analysed the differences of students sculpture works,which are presented after learning “Sculptris”and before using it. The following are the findings of this study：
1.Students have much interests in learning sculpture by digitaling study pattern.
2.Sculptris provides a series of sculpture effect , and it can stimulate the change of students’ sculpture shapes.
3.Teachers can teach students by combining digital learning in the Arts and Humanities curriculum,and students can experience the enjoyment of carving and forming.
4.Appropriate teaching approaches of digital sculpture courses could take advantage of pictures,videos,and network resource to make students understand and use the software much better,especially through video-teaching activities.
5.Digital sculpture courses can make use of cooperative learning to improve learning achievement.
6.The fifth grade elementary students can oprate”Sculptris” by themselves and design the digitals works; although there could be difficulties during the process,they would improve students’ interest and inspiration of sculpture creation.
7.After taking digital sculpture courses, student made great progress in the uniqueness, the dimension, the aesthetic performance and the intention performance, especially in the part of dimension.
8. Sculptris is good for not only student’s learning movement but also for teacher’s teaching activities , besides, during the process of learning, students could display creativity and get the sense of achievement. Therefore, it’s feasible in teaching activities.
Finally, based on results of this study, the researcher gave recommendations for the implementation of such curriculum as well as related studies in the future.