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Critical Factors For Successful Six-Sigma Implementation: An Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp) Based, Tritos Laosirihongthong, Khammee Saykhun, Shams Rahman
Critical Factors For Successful Six-Sigma Implementation: An Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp) Based, Tritos Laosirihongthong, Khammee Saykhun, Shams Rahman
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The purpose of this study is to identify critical factors for successful Six-Sigma implementation by using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) approach. Twenty-one experts, consisting of three-project champions and eighteen-black belts from five multinational companies (Singapore, Japan, and USA) locating in Thailand, were interviewed. The study has gone through four phases, including: (1) determining critical factors and performance measures in Six-Sigma implementation; (2) structuring the problem and building the AHP model; (3) collecting data from expert interviews; and (4) determining the normalized priority weights of individual factors and sub-factors. Expert Choice software was used to compute the normalized and unique …
Evaluation Of Concept Lattices In A Web-Based Mail Browser, Shaun Domingo, Peter W. Eklund
Evaluation Of Concept Lattices In A Web-Based Mail Browser, Shaun Domingo, Peter W. Eklund
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Concept lattices assist human understanding in three ways: firstly, by collecting formal concepts that contain maximal sets of objects with shared attributes; secondly, the relatedness of concepts is revealed by providing a hierarchy of formal concepts in the information space. Finally, the concept lattice (drawn as a line diagram) reveals inferences that can automatically derive association rules. Therefore, a major hypothesis of the application of concept lattices is that they visually assist in understanding the structure of information contained within an information space. However, there has been little in the way of empirical tests to substantiate this hypothesis. This paper …
Articulating Knowledge Work: The Contributions Of Activity Theory And Task-Based Knowledge Management, Henry Linger, Frada Burstein, Helen M. Hasan
Articulating Knowledge Work: The Contributions Of Activity Theory And Task-Based Knowledge Management, Henry Linger, Frada Burstein, Helen M. Hasan
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This chapter addresses issues of knowledge work in organisations with a concern that mainstream knowledge management (KM) has fallen short of expectations. The real nature of knowledge work remains hidden, and thus inaccessible, to those who are trying to improve organisational outcomes through KM practices. The authors have conducted independent research within a new discourse on knowledge work in the context of modem complex organisations, the results of which are converging to a common understanding of this critical phenomenon. Their two theoretical frameworks, one task-based and one activity-based, are described here as eminently suited to this research. Two sets of …
Comparisons Between Sciamachy And Ground-Based Ftir Data For Total Columns Of Co, Ch4, Co2 And N2o, B Dils, M De Maziere, T Blumenstock, M Buchwitz, R De Beek, Nicholas B. Jones, David W. Griffith, P Demoulin, A G Frankenberg, H Duchatelet, Hans Fast
Comparisons Between Sciamachy And Ground-Based Ftir Data For Total Columns Of Co, Ch4, Co2 And N2o, B Dils, M De Maziere, T Blumenstock, M Buchwitz, R De Beek, Nicholas B. Jones, David W. Griffith, P Demoulin, A G Frankenberg, H Duchatelet, Hans Fast
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
Total column amounts of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O retrieved from SCIAMACHY nadir observations in its near-infrared channels have been compared to data from a ground-based quasi-global network of Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers. The SCIAMACHY data considered 5 here have been produced by three different retrieval algorithms, WFM-DOAS (version 0.4, 0.41 for CH4), IMAP-DOAS (version 0.9) and IMLM (version 5.5) and cover the January to December 2003 time period. Comparisons have been made for individual data, as well as for monthly averages. To maximize the number of reliable coincidences that satisfy the temporal and spatial collocation criteria, the 10 SCIAMACHY …
Development Of A Web-Based Student Enquiry System: Integration Of Ontology And Cbr, Sim K. Lau, Seung Hwan Kang
Development Of A Web-Based Student Enquiry System: Integration Of Ontology And Cbr, Sim K. Lau, Seung Hwan Kang
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper discusses the development o f a web-based student enquiry system using techniques in case-based reasoning combined with advances in ontology. The system functions as an online enquiry front-desk to allow prospective students to fin d out if they are eligible for admission to a post-graduate course in an Australian University. Ontology is applied in the system to ensure explicit specifications of concept and definition of terminology can be achieved in the web-based system. The system applies case-based reasoning technique to handle the query.
Barriers In The Adoption Of A Market Orientation By Locally Based Non-Profit Organisations (Npos), Gary I. Noble
Barriers In The Adoption Of A Market Orientation By Locally Based Non-Profit Organisations (Npos), Gary I. Noble
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The need for non-profit organisations (NPOs) to adopt a ‘market orientation’ has been promoted widely in the academic literature. To date, research in this area has focussed on either measuring the degree of market orientation within an NPO or detailing the financial and other benefits that accrue from a market orientation. Although this body of research acknowledges there are barriers to the adoption of a market orientation no study has identified the nature of these barriers. This study contributes to our knowledge by identifying what managers of small locally based NPOs perceive as the main barriers to the adoption of …
Dimension-Based Versus Relation-Based Brand Name Design: A Test Of Different Psycholinguistic Theories, Tobias Langner, Franz-Rudolf Esch, John R. Rossiter
Dimension-Based Versus Relation-Based Brand Name Design: A Test Of Different Psycholinguistic Theories, Tobias Langner, Franz-Rudolf Esch, John R. Rossiter
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Conveying distinctive and coherent brand associations is a key concern of modem brand management. Brands with a concise, consumer-relevant, and unique brand image are preferred by consumers. This study considers the contribution brand names can provide to building customer based brand equity. Recent cognitive theories of conceptual combination fonn the theoretical basis for analyzing consumer reactions toward brand names. Following these theories, three techniques to integrate brand name and product are developed. Reaction time measurements and association tests show that the techniques presented are an effective and efficient means to convey a brand's image.
Photoelectrochemical Cells Based On Inherently Conducting Polymers, Gordon G. Wallace, Chee O. Too, David L. Officer, Paul C Dastoor
Photoelectrochemical Cells Based On Inherently Conducting Polymers, Gordon G. Wallace, Chee O. Too, David L. Officer, Paul C Dastoor
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
This review of photoelectrochemical cells (PECs) based on inherently conducting polymers (ICPs) deals with the mechanisms of operation and the various factors that influence the overall efficiency of PECs. The factors addressed include ICP composition and oxidation state, the use of nanostructured surfaces and interfaces, and the PEC electrolyte and redox mediator.
Improving Sun Protection Behaviour Through Evidence-Based Campaigns, Anita Tang, Lyn J. Phillipson, Sandra C. Jones, Keryn M. Johnson
Improving Sun Protection Behaviour Through Evidence-Based Campaigns, Anita Tang, Lyn J. Phillipson, Sandra C. Jones, Keryn M. Johnson
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Papers (Archive)
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