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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Group efficiency"”.
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UNDERSTANDING ONLINE INNOVATION COMMUNITY: AN INVESTIGATION OF GROUP DIVERSITY IN OPEN COLLABORATION
… how to facilitate value co-creation as well as group efficiency in the open form collaboration. This dissertation seeks to examine open collaboration management and group formation in innovation communities to extend the literature on the effectiveness and efficiency in open innovation …
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Small-Group Leader Assignment: Effects Across Different Degrees of Task Interdependence
The use of teams and work groups in organizations has become increasingly more popular in the last decade. Within each of these groups, a leadership role must be filled in order for the team to achieve its task. This study posited that the method by which the leader comes into this role may have a …
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Estudo em modelo reduzido, em material granular, do comportamento de sistemas de contenção, paredes ancoradas e solo reforçado, utilizando um tipo não convencional de reforço e ancoragem
… of different arrangements of anchorage groups. The group effect. The influence of plates spacing, of plates size and anchorage length in the group efficiency. The failure patterns abserved. The load-strain behavior of the wall. 4) The reinforcing influence over the active earth pressure …
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The response of a suction anchor group to various applied loadings.
… of buried suction anchors tested singly and in a group arrangement are presented and discussed. The tests were conducted in saturated granular soil, contained in a 1.8 m diameter tank, in both loose and dense states. The model anchors and the test apparatus were instrumented so that the pore …
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Knowledge Acquisition and Structuring by Multiple Experts in a Group Support Systems Environment
<p>This study addresses the impact of Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) on expert system development by multiple Domain Experts. Current approaches to building expert systems rely heavily on knowledge acquisition and prototyping by a Knowledge Engineer working directly with the Domain Expert. …
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Analysis of the dynamics of government-supported smallholder baby vegetable enterprises for an integrated high-value development framework
… purposive sampling was applied to the selected a group of farmers from the Manzini and Hhohho regions. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. The data were analysed through the SFA, discriminant and thematic analyses methods. …
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Behavior and efficiency of perimeter pile groups
Groups of piles are commonly used as high capacity foundations. It is recognised that the load distribution among piles in a group will vary and it is thought that the inner piles are likely to make a relatively small contribution to the total load carried. The essence of the research undertaken is …
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The Effects Of Self-Directed Teams In An Automotive Manufacturing Environment
… teams and more traditionally supervised work groups in automotive assembly and engine manufacturing plants. Furthermore the hypothesis suggests that dependent performance variables predict customer satisfaction and work team efficiency.</p> <p>Several statistical procedures were used to answer …