Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279893
J.A. Avalos-Gonzalez, J. Rico-Melgoza, M. Madrigal
Several incentive regulation schemes for distribution companies require benchmarking techniques to measure relative efficiency and compute X-factors for tariff adjustment in a way that competition is emulated through regulation. In this paper we benchmark electricity distribution zones within the Mexican electricity industry using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The economical and technical efficiency measures obtained through DEA suggest that internal (non-regulated) total quality management (TQM) programs might also have a positive impact over efficiency, as measured by DEA.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279796
A. Bainbridge
xiii The world of work for professionals is changing fast, and will be very different in 20 years time. The changes we have seen in the conduct of business and specifically of engineering will continue and accelerate. The Internet will continue to transfer power away from government and business towards ordinary people. We can take control of our personal and professional development, and the way we earn throughout our working lives. Finding the appropriate work / life balance is very important, and no-one else will do it for us. This is a challenge, but it can be enjoyable.
{"title":"Managing and Motivating Yourself: A strategy for enjoying self-development","authors":"A. Bainbridge","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279796","url":null,"abstract":"xiii The world of work for professionals is changing fast, and will be very different in 20 years time. The changes we have seen in the conduct of business and specifically of engineering will continue and accelerate. The Internet will continue to transfer power away from government and business towards ordinary people. We can take control of our personal and professional development, and the way we earn throughout our working lives. Finding the appropriate work / life balance is very important, and no-one else will do it for us. This is a challenge, but it can be enjoyable.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"146 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115562207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279884
R. Buhr, A. Nel, M. dos Santos
There is a need to develop a risk management model for generic Operational Support Systems (OSS), preferably implemented on top of the eTOM framework. On closer inspection of the the eTOM framework it was discovered that risk management was virtually non-existent. After considering existing risk management recommendations such as the COSO KM framework, a need was identified for a new risk management paradigm. This paper presents the solution offered by the authors to serve the needs of not just the telecommunications industry, but any industry in need of a simple, logically structured risk management methodology.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279853
M.F. Filho, P. Panzarasa
This paper describes a new method for analysing knowledge transfer among interacting agents. By drawing on concepts from social network analysis, it develops a new approach to the study of valued affiliation networks. The case of the network of students involved in a distance learning engineering programme is then analysed to gain a better understanding of the possible applications of the proposed method.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279903
V.N. Trant, H.M. Latapie
The demands of globalization and availability of advanced work collaboration technology have created new opportunities for designing team and work structures in multinational organizations. Greater work efficiency, higher productivity, better market penetration opportunities, and lower development costs are achievable goals/outcomes with well-designed organizational structures that are congruent with a company's purpose, culture, and capabilities. This paper describes several common project organizational design models for structuring teams and work in collaborative work environments. We describe the characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and implementation effectiveness of each model Our goal is to codify the context that underlies these models to strengthen systemic thinking about team and work organization in globally collaborative project environments.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279790
C. Desmond
This talk is an overview of the present environment of voice, data and multimedia communications industry. Since the business downturn and the resurgence, the nature of the telecom industry has changed, and will continue to evolve. Engineers and other creative designers are introducing new services almost daily. It remains to be seen which technologies and companies will survive. Come hear Celia Desmond's insight into the direction of our industry.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279870
M. Eriksson, I. Konsult
The engineering organization must during development and maintenance of a certified IT product (digital tachometer) comply with mandatory, external information security requirements in Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408). This has impact on work procedures, developers, managers, testing and manufacturing, Strict change management and tracing of reqirements is a must. The Requirements must be fulfilled and proved by a third party certification body in order to certify the product.
{"title":"How to develop secure IT products using Common Criteria","authors":"M. Eriksson, I. Konsult","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279870","url":null,"abstract":"The engineering organization must during development and maintenance of a certified IT product (digital tachometer) comply with mandatory, external information security requirements in Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15408). This has impact on work procedures, developers, managers, testing and manufacturing, Strict change management and tracing of reqirements is a must. The Requirements must be fulfilled and proved by a third party certification body in order to certify the product.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"566 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123396620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279906
T. C. Papavramides
"An organization's ability to learn, and translate learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage". The paper examines how a particular class of organizations dealing with the provision of air navigation services may implement organizational learning (OL) by introducing cross-functional teams (CFTs) in the learning feedback loops. After providing the research framework and definitions, the paper explains why organizational learning is critically important to success. Generally, OL theories do not particularly focus on how practically OL can be achieved when treating the organization as a system. Our hypothesis is that an effective OL mechanism can be established by introducing CFTs in the learning feedback loops. The hypothesis was tested in two cases in which CFTs were used to perform strategic business planning following a particular method while observing OL taking place. The conclusion is that although the management may multiply or reduce OL impact, CFTs in the learning feedback loops produce concrete, detectable OL. Suggestions are made on where further research may be needed.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279808
Wei Yang
Credit risk is one of most important risks of financial market, which is concerned by all circles of society. This paper puts forward the credit risk evaluation system that suits the listed companies in China based on current studies of domestic and international researchers. According to the situation of the credit risk assessment and the credit risk management of listed company in China, we select 208 listed companies in 2003 as the sample studying. Then through the Fisher of differentiated analytic approach, we set up a new model which might be helpful for investors, managers, financial agencies and government to evaluate the credit risk of listed company in China.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279888
P. Martin, P. Eng
This paper introduces the module linkage diagram (MLD). This diagram identifies communication bottlenecks between development teams in the release-planning phase. Managers can relieve these bottlenecks by reorganizing the team, and programmers, by modifying the code. Additionally, MLDs can indicate opportunities for releasing "loosely linked" software modules independently from the rest of the project. By separating critical loosely linked modules into independent releases, managers can deliver new feature content more effectively.
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