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Engineering

University of Wollongong

2006

Management

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Case Study Approach In Operations Management Research, Senevi B. Kiridena, Anneke Fitzgerald Jan 2006

Case Study Approach In Operations Management Research, Senevi B. Kiridena, Anneke Fitzgerald

Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)

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A Unified Framework For Trust Management, Weiliang Zhao, Vijay Varadharajan, George Bryan Jan 2006

A Unified Framework For Trust Management, Weiliang Zhao, Vijay Varadharajan, George Bryan

Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)

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The Problems Of Implementation Of Total Quality Management In Thai Manufacturing Smes, Panu Buranajarukorn, Peter R. Gibson, Guenter Arndt Jan 2006

The Problems Of Implementation Of Total Quality Management In Thai Manufacturing Smes, Panu Buranajarukorn, Peter R. Gibson, Guenter Arndt

Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)

Thai manufacturing SMEs have played a major role in developing Thai economy, social and employment. In this situation, they have been confronted by forceful overseas competitors, especially in lowcost producers such as China, India, Vietnam, etc. They need to upgrade organisational performance in order to increasing their international competitiveness. However, most of Thai manufacturing SMEs have been inadequate modern technology when compared to large enterprises. Therefore, management technique i.e. TQM has been introduced to implement in Thai manufacturing SMEs for establishing a good quality management system, developing human resources and increasing business performance. The questionnaire was used as a tool …


Towards An Art And Science Of Decision Aiding For Water Management And Planning: A Participatory Modelling Process, Katherine A. Daniell, Ian White, Nils Ferrand, Alexis Tsoukias, Stewart Burn, Pascal Perez Jan 2006

Towards An Art And Science Of Decision Aiding For Water Management And Planning: A Participatory Modelling Process, Katherine A. Daniell, Ian White, Nils Ferrand, Alexis Tsoukias, Stewart Burn, Pascal Perez

SMART Infrastructure Facility - Papers

Planning and management of water resources are faced with increasingly high levels of complexity, uncertainty and conflict. Traditional technical and top-down management strategies have proved inadequate, forcing a move to more "integrated" forms of management, planning and decision making that can include stakeholders and communities, as well as technical experts and policy makers. These integrated forms of management require not only good technical or scientific ability, but a range of "art-like" skills including communication, creativity and the capacity to acknowledge and integrate diverse points of view. However, processes designed to aid such inter-organisational or multi-stakeholder decisionmaking are rare and in …