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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"socio-technical system"”.
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Facilitating and Hindering Factors in Implementing Managerial Technology: A Socio-Technical System Process
… and practices; (b) differences between economic systems of developing nations and industrialized nations (c) differences in political history, values and practices and (d) differences in organizational functioning and behavior as a result of these three conditions.</p> <p>Employing a …
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Best practices in aircraft engine MRO : a study of commercial and military systems
… assets, MRO is necessary to maintain these systems in a safe and functional condition, so that they can fulfill the operational role that they were designed for. The MRO system can be understood as a complex socio-technical system organized and operated to achieve aircraft availability and …
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Bytes of Evolution : essays on applying social physics lessons for management effectiveness
How can we construct socio-technical system such that they constantly evolve to improve themselves? This is the central question of this thesis. We propose a "senseable Kaizen" philosophy. This involves the central tenets of the Kaizen strategy while incorporating passive and active sensing data …
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Analysis of transformations to socio-technical systems using agent based modeling and simulation
Transformations to socio-technical systems may be enacted at fairly low levels, i.e., through changes in technology, processes, information and workers, to obtain a change in system level performance. This thesis provides a conceptual framework and a simulation platform to a priori computationally …
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STS: a Security Requirements Engineering methodology for socio-technical Systems
Today’s software systems are situated within larger socio-technical systems, wherein they interact — by exchanging data and delegating tasks — with other technical components, humans, and organisations. The components (actors) of a socio-technical system are autonomous and loosely controllable. …
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Evaluating a continuous improvement initiative using Stakeholder Value Mapping
… observation is that lean is built upon a value system that is not always shared by the organizations trying to implement the philosophy. For example, one element of lean is that employees at all levels of the organization are expected to share ideas for improving processes. This idea might seem …
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A comparison of software project architectures : agile, waterfall, spiral, and set-based
… the software development project life-cycle as a socio-technical system, it can be decomposed to the most fundamental elements. Using these elements as the architectural building blocks of a project, Agile, Waterfall, Set-Based, and Spiral are each compared at the molecular level. This thesis …
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An Investigation Into the Factors Determining Digital Transformation’s Success in Government Sectors
… interplay between strategic alignment and the socio-technical system in DT, examining how this alignment influences DT success and investigating the mechanism through which strategic alignment is effectively executed. Further, the research assesses the impact of managerial efforts as a …
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Construction crew design : a lean approach
… in Lean Production, Lean Construction, Socio-Technical System theory, and Organizational Psychology. Synthesizing these existing production theories into a new unified model to develop a set of lean-based crew design guidelines that allows experimenting with different crew interactions …
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A Systemic Approach to Next Generation Infrastructure Data Elicitation and Planning Using Serious Gaming Methods
<p>Infrastructure systems are vital to the functioning of our society and economy. However, these systems are increasingly complex and are more interdependent than ever, making them difficult to manage. In order to respond to increasing demand, environmental concerns, and natural and man-made …
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Centralized execution, decentralized control : why we go slow in defense acquisition
The slow pace to field new defense weapon systems is allowing potential adversaries to catch up to the technological advantage the U.S. has maintained since World War 11. Despite hundreds of studies, and a near constant state of "acquisition reform", the problem continues. This research analyzed …
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Using STAMP to understand recent increases in malicious software activity
… an accident modeling framework called STAMP (Systems Theoretic Accident Modeling and Processes.) Traditional accident models typically focus on component failure; in contrast, STAMP includes interactions between components as well as social, economic, and legal factors. My research extends …
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Using phase space attractors to evaluate system safety constraint enforcement : case study in space shuttle mission control procedure rework
As the complexity and influence of engineering systems in modern society increases, so too does their potential to create counterintuitive and catastrophic accidents. Increasingly, the accidents encountered in these systems are defying the linearized notions of accident causality that-though …
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Relationship between lean system and small medium enterprises (SMES) performance
Lean system has attracted many researchers and practitioners since its remarkable achievement was broadly reported and had become a widely-research topic. It is fair to state that some research gaps still exist. This study aims to examine the status of lean system implementation and its impact on …
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The Political Economy of Energy Transition in Mexico
… but also fundamental transformation at the system level. That means a change of social elements, such as policies, market rules, regulations for users and producers, and their behaviour. From the literature, energy transitions at a national level must understand evolution in energy markets, …
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Implementation of hospital-wide computer information system :a case study of this change process
… examines the impact of a computer information system as it was being implemented in one Ontario hospital. The attitudes of a cross section of the hospital staff acted as a barometer to measure their perceptions of the implementation process. With The Mississauga Hospital in the early stages of …
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Technological improvement rate estimates for all technologies: Use of patent data and an extended domain description
Complex and highly interdependent socio-technical systems are necessary for sustaining, governing, entertaining and nourishing human society. Such systems fulfill their objectives by incorporating ever-improving technologies. A systematic understanding of technology and the pace of technical change …
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Cyber safety : a systems thinking and systems theory approach to managing cyber security risks
… fact that, Web 2.0 is a dynamic and a complex socio-technical system that is continuously evolving. This thesis proposes a new method for managing cyber security risks based on a model for accident or incident analysis, used in Systems Safety field. The model is called System-Theoretic Accident …
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Security in Practice: Examining the Collaborative Management of Sensitive Information in Childcare Centers and Physicians' Offices
… in secure (or insecure) ways in part of a larger socio-technical system. Socio-technical systems are comprised of people, technology, relationships, and interactions that work together to create safe praxis. Because information systems are not just technical, but also social, the scope of privacy …
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Pathways to hydrogen economies : a quantitative cross-national investigation of hydrogen discourses and strategy formulation in Britain and Germany
Hydrogen and fuel cells as an emerging socio-technical system have been suggested as a very promising future energy carrier and technology to address the urgent problem of climate change and other symptoms of a global energy crisis. The flexible energy carrier and the emergence of a hydrogen based …
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