Pub Date : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599626
F. Ravalison, P. Rajaonary, E. Raveloson, E. Rakotomaria, J. Gazérian, C. Loubet, J. M. Ruiz
Madagascar has a paper mill industry that is not competitive with regional paper industries which sell on the Malagasy market. Lack of quality process and product quality disadvantages the paper mill industrypsilas products. Non reliability of production capacity and under utilization are factors that decrease the speed of delivery. Its varieties of product are very limited compared to the local market needs. The objectives of study are to improve dramatically the paper industrypsilas performance in production and competitiveness. Reengineering methodology will be utilized. Reengineering is "the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service and speed". Study takes place on the paper transformation unit or PTU process of a paper mill industry. Outputs of the PTU are observed and analyzed. The process is then reengineered and a new design based on new organization of process is obtained. When applying reengineering, some dramatic improvement in the speed of delivery, quality, flexibility and dependability are obtained. Reengineering sustains paper industry by restarting its competitiveness in the paper industry sector, helping to sustain the economy.
{"title":"How does reengineering sustain economy? The case of a paper industry in a developing country","authors":"F. Ravalison, P. Rajaonary, E. Raveloson, E. Rakotomaria, J. Gazérian, C. Loubet, J. M. Ruiz","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599626","url":null,"abstract":"Madagascar has a paper mill industry that is not competitive with regional paper industries which sell on the Malagasy market. Lack of quality process and product quality disadvantages the paper mill industrypsilas products. Non reliability of production capacity and under utilization are factors that decrease the speed of delivery. Its varieties of product are very limited compared to the local market needs. The objectives of study are to improve dramatically the paper industrypsilas performance in production and competitiveness. Reengineering methodology will be utilized. Reengineering is \"the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical, contemporary measures of performance, such as cost, quality, service and speed\". Study takes place on the paper transformation unit or PTU process of a paper mill industry. Outputs of the PTU are observed and analyzed. The process is then reengineered and a new design based on new organization of process is obtained. When applying reengineering, some dramatic improvement in the speed of delivery, quality, flexibility and dependability are obtained. Reengineering sustains paper industry by restarting its competitiveness in the paper industry sector, helping to sustain the economy.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"177 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132085254","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599741
H. Steyn
While project performance is generally evaluated in terms of the "iron triangle" of schedule, cost and quality performance, guidelines for project quality management are lacking. Practitioners developing complex engineering systems employ several techniques to manage quality but project management literature merely emphasizes quality management processes and provides few guidelines regarding appropriate techniques. Where these techniques are addressed, they tend to be borrowed from high-volume production and statistical quality control, while providing few guidelines for the management of quality on non-repetitive project endeavors such as system development. In this paper a framework for managing quality on system development projects is proposed. The strong link between techniques for Project Quality Management and Project Risk Management is also highlighted.
{"title":"A framework for managing quality on system development projects","authors":"H. Steyn","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599741","url":null,"abstract":"While project performance is generally evaluated in terms of the \"iron triangle\" of schedule, cost and quality performance, guidelines for project quality management are lacking. Practitioners developing complex engineering systems employ several techniques to manage quality but project management literature merely emphasizes quality management processes and provides few guidelines regarding appropriate techniques. Where these techniques are addressed, they tend to be borrowed from high-volume production and statistical quality control, while providing few guidelines for the management of quality on non-repetitive project endeavors such as system development. In this paper a framework for managing quality on system development projects is proposed. The strong link between techniques for Project Quality Management and Project Risk Management is also highlighted.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"219 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134365393","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599651
J. Watada, Shinji Imoto, Y. Yabuuchi
The importance of marketing and sales is undeniable. However, owning strategic technologies and new products obtained through innovation, reforming and R&D is crucial in accelerating the development of a manufacturing corporation. It requires powerful energy to realize the innovation of a corporation. It is not possible to innovate a corporation within the formal organization. It is also necessary to collaborate and work among people beyond the formal organization, who have strong energy toward the innovation, beyond the formal organization. The objective of this paper is to analyze and evaluate corporate innovations and reforming using an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and a principal component analysis (PCA), and to clarify the effective structure of particularly innovative and reforming corporations. The importance and essence of corporate innovation are emphasized in this paper. The positive aspects of Japanese corporations are found in the continuous management of their mental innovation and reforming of their organization. This paper compares GE (general electric company) and Toyota (Toyota Motor Corporation), and explains their respective corporate innovation. It also clarifies the influential factors of GE and Toyota in corporate innovation. Seven other corporations are also analyzed using a 5-point scoring system to evaluate their various features. Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and principal component analysis (PCA) are used to analyze the obtained data.
{"title":"What structure of a corporation is innovative?","authors":"J. Watada, Shinji Imoto, Y. Yabuuchi","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599651","url":null,"abstract":"The importance of marketing and sales is undeniable. However, owning strategic technologies and new products obtained through innovation, reforming and R&D is crucial in accelerating the development of a manufacturing corporation. It requires powerful energy to realize the innovation of a corporation. It is not possible to innovate a corporation within the formal organization. It is also necessary to collaborate and work among people beyond the formal organization, who have strong energy toward the innovation, beyond the formal organization. The objective of this paper is to analyze and evaluate corporate innovations and reforming using an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and a principal component analysis (PCA), and to clarify the effective structure of particularly innovative and reforming corporations. The importance and essence of corporate innovation are emphasized in this paper. The positive aspects of Japanese corporations are found in the continuous management of their mental innovation and reforming of their organization. This paper compares GE (general electric company) and Toyota (Toyota Motor Corporation), and explains their respective corporate innovation. It also clarifies the influential factors of GE and Toyota in corporate innovation. Seven other corporations are also analyzed using a 5-point scoring system to evaluate their various features. Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and principal component analysis (PCA) are used to analyze the obtained data.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133210754","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599819
P. Dash, M. Monalisa
Technological education needs along with education policies are essential for the socio-economic development of any nation. However it needs to be managed properly. This paper presents a study done on how technical education changed course in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Orissa, a state on the east coast of India. The change was a reaction to the Information Technology boom in India combined with the modification of education policies by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which oversees the accreditation process of engineering colleges in India. The numerous engineering colleges and institutions that have mushroomed over the past five to seven years in the greater city of Bhubaneswar are proof to this. But the question is have they met the needs of the industry now? Does this new education system have the right ingredients for economic success? More importantly, can it be sustained long-term? This case study takes an exploratory approach to look at how engineering education has grown in Bhubaneswar and attempts to identify gaps in this specific instance which illustrates that technological education needs management.
{"title":"Engineering Education in Orissa - is it sustainable?","authors":"P. Dash, M. Monalisa","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599819","url":null,"abstract":"Technological education needs along with education policies are essential for the socio-economic development of any nation. However it needs to be managed properly. This paper presents a study done on how technical education changed course in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Orissa, a state on the east coast of India. The change was a reaction to the Information Technology boom in India combined with the modification of education policies by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which oversees the accreditation process of engineering colleges in India. The numerous engineering colleges and institutions that have mushroomed over the past five to seven years in the greater city of Bhubaneswar are proof to this. But the question is have they met the needs of the industry now? Does this new education system have the right ingredients for economic success? More importantly, can it be sustained long-term? This case study takes an exploratory approach to look at how engineering education has grown in Bhubaneswar and attempts to identify gaps in this specific instance which illustrates that technological education needs management.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126984776","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599624
D. Winzker, L. Pretorius
High Technology Companies in Developing Countries are sometimes suspiciously viewed as ldquoexpensive endeavorsrdquo of doubtful benefit when these developing countries struggle with serious social problems such as poverty, unemployment and poor infrastructure. The argument being that the effort in high technology only benefits an elitist few and that the country has to put their resources to solving the social problems rather than dabble in high technology projects.
{"title":"The leverage effect of holistic engineering and technology management to sustain a developing economy","authors":"D. Winzker, L. Pretorius","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599624","url":null,"abstract":"High Technology Companies in Developing Countries are sometimes suspiciously viewed as ldquoexpensive endeavorsrdquo of doubtful benefit when these developing countries struggle with serious social problems such as poverty, unemployment and poor infrastructure. The argument being that the effort in high technology only benefits an elitist few and that the country has to put their resources to solving the social problems rather than dabble in high technology projects.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"17 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113938332","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599887
Yun Ken, T. Tsai, Y. Ou
This study intends to stretch the extent of the successful innovation process from a novel conception not only to its adoption to the market , but also to its launch for profit from innovation, and focus on probing into the deferred results of patent impacts of the American pharmacy industry and their profitability at the firm level. We find there are obvious relationships between the indexes of patent impact and profitability such as ROE and EPS. Moreover, our empirical research finds there is a time lag of 4 years between the indexes of patent impact and ROE, and 5 years of time lag with EPS. We consider the time lag in the pharmaceutical industry is longer than the results of other industries in the previous study, and suggest that investors regard scientific measures of the quality and quantity of inventive output as useful indicators of the economic profitability tied to patenting impact. The sample of firms for this study are drawn from Compustat database, from which we screened 255 listed companies and only had 72 to 80 complete samples left eventually. We searched every company of the USA's patent database and sum up the patent materials for nine years from 1994 to 2002.
{"title":"Study of the time lag effect of patent impact on profitability of U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry from innovation to profit","authors":"Yun Ken, T. Tsai, Y. Ou","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599887","url":null,"abstract":"This study intends to stretch the extent of the successful innovation process from a novel conception not only to its adoption to the market , but also to its launch for profit from innovation, and focus on probing into the deferred results of patent impacts of the American pharmacy industry and their profitability at the firm level. We find there are obvious relationships between the indexes of patent impact and profitability such as ROE and EPS. Moreover, our empirical research finds there is a time lag of 4 years between the indexes of patent impact and ROE, and 5 years of time lag with EPS. We consider the time lag in the pharmaceutical industry is longer than the results of other industries in the previous study, and suggest that investors regard scientific measures of the quality and quantity of inventive output as useful indicators of the economic profitability tied to patenting impact. The sample of firms for this study are drawn from Compustat database, from which we screened 255 listed companies and only had 72 to 80 complete samples left eventually. We searched every company of the USA's patent database and sum up the patent materials for nine years from 1994 to 2002.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122340458","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599805
Tommi Katainen, N. Nahar
Increasingly, information systems (IS) development is done internationally. International IS development is very complex. Some of the factors that lead to this high complexity include geographically dispersed teams, time-zone differences, cultural differences, language problem, and communication challenges. All these affect coordination and collaboration significantly. Therefore, the project management activities have to be executed via different methods and information technology (IT) tools. There is a significant lack of studies dealing with the management of international IS development using methods and IT tools innovatively. Therefore, this study has been undertaken to fill in this research gap. It investigates the management of international IS development using methods and IT tools innovatively. It develops an all-encompassing conceptual model on the basis of an in-depth literature review and our long practical experience in managing of international IS development projects. The conceptual model covers various elements that should be taken into account for managing an international IS development project. It also exhibits how companies can manage international IS development using various methods and IT tools innovatively and efficiently. The conceptual model can be useful for both practice and further research in international IS development project management.
{"title":"Using methods and IT tools innovatively for the management of International IS development projects","authors":"Tommi Katainen, N. Nahar","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599805","url":null,"abstract":"Increasingly, information systems (IS) development is done internationally. International IS development is very complex. Some of the factors that lead to this high complexity include geographically dispersed teams, time-zone differences, cultural differences, language problem, and communication challenges. All these affect coordination and collaboration significantly. Therefore, the project management activities have to be executed via different methods and information technology (IT) tools. There is a significant lack of studies dealing with the management of international IS development using methods and IT tools innovatively. Therefore, this study has been undertaken to fill in this research gap. It investigates the management of international IS development using methods and IT tools innovatively. It develops an all-encompassing conceptual model on the basis of an in-depth literature review and our long practical experience in managing of international IS development projects. The conceptual model covers various elements that should be taken into account for managing an international IS development project. It also exhibits how companies can manage international IS development using various methods and IT tools innovatively and efficiently. The conceptual model can be useful for both practice and further research in international IS development project management.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122630242","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599623
C. Engelbrecht, A. Brent
Energy technology implementation or policy projects (TI/PPs) have a large macro level impact on a country and it is imperative that decisions at this level reflect sustainability. South Africa is already experiencing an energy supply and demand challenge. Inexpensive coal-fired energy options and the international focus on alternative energy technologies, to combat climate change, exacerbate this challenge. The question is then whether there is sufficient incentive for South Africa to consider other non-coal energy technologies if a broader sustainable macro level decision making process is adopted. This paper answers this question based on the modelling of energy systems by firstly combining a set of macro level indicators from various sustainability and energy studies. The model then incorporates the indicators and applies the multi attributive utility theory (MAUT) to determine utilities for economic, social, institutional and environmental macro influencing factors (MIFs). Each macro influencing factor's utility is weighted according to specific scenarios; for this study climate change and energy challenge scenarios were specifically investigated. The individual macro factor utilities are then combined to provide an overall macro influencing factor landscape (MIFL) utility. The achieved overall utility is an indication of the energy technology's macro level fit for South Africa, given the scenario constraints. The macro influencing factor landscape (MIFL) model lays the foundation for sustainable energy system decision-making for policy makers and technology managers in the future.
{"title":"Towards modelling macro influencing factors to address South African energy challenges: A focus on electricity demand and climate change","authors":"C. Engelbrecht, A. Brent","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599623","url":null,"abstract":"Energy technology implementation or policy projects (TI/PPs) have a large macro level impact on a country and it is imperative that decisions at this level reflect sustainability. South Africa is already experiencing an energy supply and demand challenge. Inexpensive coal-fired energy options and the international focus on alternative energy technologies, to combat climate change, exacerbate this challenge. The question is then whether there is sufficient incentive for South Africa to consider other non-coal energy technologies if a broader sustainable macro level decision making process is adopted. This paper answers this question based on the modelling of energy systems by firstly combining a set of macro level indicators from various sustainability and energy studies. The model then incorporates the indicators and applies the multi attributive utility theory (MAUT) to determine utilities for economic, social, institutional and environmental macro influencing factors (MIFs). Each macro influencing factor's utility is weighted according to specific scenarios; for this study climate change and energy challenge scenarios were specifically investigated. The individual macro factor utilities are then combined to provide an overall macro influencing factor landscape (MIFL) utility. The achieved overall utility is an indication of the energy technology's macro level fit for South Africa, given the scenario constraints. The macro influencing factor landscape (MIFL) model lays the foundation for sustainable energy system decision-making for policy makers and technology managers in the future.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124591745","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599870
Mei-Ling Wang, Bi-Fen Hsu, Wan-Yu Chen, Yen-Yu Lin
The healthcare industry is served by various specialists and technicians, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical technicians, radiologists, etc. They form the major workforce in hospitals. In order to provide good healthcare services, teamwork among them is of great importance, and the management of cross-functional teams consisting of specialists and technicians is a significant issue. This study is mainly based on the Input-Process-Output team theoretical model from McGrath and explores some essential variables of teams, including team structural characteristics, team process and team effectiveness. Team structural characteristics are discussed in terms of the size, diversity, norm and cohesion of teams. Team process was divided into two factors: members' cooperation and bottom-up communication. Team effectiveness was measured in terms of performance and satisfaction. Samples of this study were taken from 20 hospitals in Taiwan. A total of 109 valid questionnaires were used in this survey. The results are as follows: (1) On team structural characteristics, only team norm affects team effectiveness. (2) Team process affects team effectiveness. (3) Team norm and team cohesion affect team process. (4) Team process exerts full mediating effects between team structural characteristics and satisfaction; while team process mediates partially between team structural characteristics and performance.
{"title":"Structural characteristics, process and effectiveness of cross-functional teams consisted of specialists and technicians in the healthcare industry","authors":"Mei-Ling Wang, Bi-Fen Hsu, Wan-Yu Chen, Yen-Yu Lin","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599870","url":null,"abstract":"The healthcare industry is served by various specialists and technicians, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, medical technicians, radiologists, etc. They form the major workforce in hospitals. In order to provide good healthcare services, teamwork among them is of great importance, and the management of cross-functional teams consisting of specialists and technicians is a significant issue. This study is mainly based on the Input-Process-Output team theoretical model from McGrath and explores some essential variables of teams, including team structural characteristics, team process and team effectiveness. Team structural characteristics are discussed in terms of the size, diversity, norm and cohesion of teams. Team process was divided into two factors: members' cooperation and bottom-up communication. Team effectiveness was measured in terms of performance and satisfaction. Samples of this study were taken from 20 hospitals in Taiwan. A total of 109 valid questionnaires were used in this survey. The results are as follows: (1) On team structural characteristics, only team norm affects team effectiveness. (2) Team process affects team effectiveness. (3) Team norm and team cohesion affect team process. (4) Team process exerts full mediating effects between team structural characteristics and satisfaction; while team process mediates partially between team structural characteristics and performance.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117053844","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 : 2008-07-27DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599766
N. B. Moghaddam, M. Sahafzadeh, S. Emamian, A. Irankhah
In this paper, to set R&D priorities at sector level, a developed method is proposed which is combined of scenario planning and critical technologies method and then applied for prioritizing R&D issues of membrane technology in National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC). In the first phase (through 3 steps), scope of NIGC is mapped using national documents and viewpoints of experts and managers. This map includes main process of gas processing and gas conversions. Then strategic goals of gas industry including gas exports, conversions, injection and internal use, are developed. Also Strategic Technology Units (STUs) are identified and twenty distinct membrane technologies including technologies of main process are recognized. In the second phase through questionnaires and weighted criteria, feasibility and attractiveness of each STU are evaluated and shown in Feasibility-Attractiveness matrix. This matrix is divided into 3 sections, based on the critical technologies method. So 4 technologies placed in high attractiveness and feasibility area, 12 technologies in middle area and 4 technologies placed in low feasibility and attractiveness area. Four key technologies placed in the first area was H2S/NG, H2O/NG, CO2/NG, C3+/NG separations. Finally (third phase), according to identified driving forces, four scenarios are built and in each scenario, membrane R&D portfolio is selected.
{"title":"Scenario based priority setting of R&D issues: A case study of membrane technology in National Iranian Gas industry","authors":"N. B. Moghaddam, M. Sahafzadeh, S. Emamian, A. Irankhah","doi":"10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599766","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, to set R&D priorities at sector level, a developed method is proposed which is combined of scenario planning and critical technologies method and then applied for prioritizing R&D issues of membrane technology in National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC). In the first phase (through 3 steps), scope of NIGC is mapped using national documents and viewpoints of experts and managers. This map includes main process of gas processing and gas conversions. Then strategic goals of gas industry including gas exports, conversions, injection and internal use, are developed. Also Strategic Technology Units (STUs) are identified and twenty distinct membrane technologies including technologies of main process are recognized. In the second phase through questionnaires and weighted criteria, feasibility and attractiveness of each STU are evaluated and shown in Feasibility-Attractiveness matrix. This matrix is divided into 3 sections, based on the critical technologies method. So 4 technologies placed in high attractiveness and feasibility area, 12 technologies in middle area and 4 technologies placed in low feasibility and attractiveness area. Four key technologies placed in the first area was H2S/NG, H2O/NG, CO2/NG, C3+/NG separations. Finally (third phase), according to identified driving forces, four scenarios are built and in each scenario, membrane R&D portfolio is selected.","PeriodicalId":168329,"journal":{"name":"PICMET '08 - 2008 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology","volume":"159 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116232794","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}
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