This study examines employees' perceptions of the training and development system in a large Federal government agency. Data come from a database built from a survey with over 3800 respondents. The survey is representative of five populations: executives, managers, supervisors, professional/ administrative and technical/clerical support staff. The survey instrument used to measure employee' perceptions of the training and development system consisted of 68 items in three sections. Section I addressed demographic data, Section II addressed respondents' overall satisfaction with training and development and their perceptions of the training and development system's achievement of elements of effective training and development practice, and Section III addressed the content of training and training delivery methods. Sections II and III employed a Likert scale for respondents' rating of indicators of satisfaction with training and development and respondents' perceptions about the effectiveness of the training and development system. This study provides conclusions about the factor structure underlying the indicators in the survey. It describes the relationships among employees' perceptions of the status and effectiveness of the training and development system and their perceptions of the value of training and development. The study also presents recommendations for further study and for training and development practice. / Ed. D.

Thesis (Ph. D., Education)--University of Idaho, May 2008. / Major professor: Jerry L. Tuchscherer. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-115). Also available online (PDF file) by subscription or by purchasing the individual file.

Magistro darbe yra analizuojami draudimo įmonės darbuotojų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemos teoriniai ir praktiniai aspektai. Darbo objektas yra AB “Lietuvos draudimas” darbuotojų nuomonė apie kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemą. Pagrindinis šio darbo tikslas yra atskleisti AB „Lietuvos draudimas“ darbuotojų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemos problemas ir numatyti jos optimizavimo galimybes. Darbo tikslas lėmė ir atitinkamą darbo struktūrą, kurioje analizuojami teoriniai darbuotojų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo pagrindai, įvertinama darbuotojų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo specifika draudimo įmonėse, atliekamas AB „Lietuvos draudimas“ darbuotojų kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sistemos vertinimo tyrimas ir analizuojami gauti rezultatai bei formuluojamos rekomendacijos. Darbo tikslas buvo įgyvendintas taikant bendruosius mokslinio tyrimo kokybinius bei kiekybinius tyrimo metodus. Tyrimo ataskaitoje patvirtinamos darbe suformuluotos mokslinio tyrimo hipotezės, kad AB “Lietuvos draudimas” efektyvi žmogiškųjų išteklių ugdymo sistema – labai svarbus bendrovės darbuotojų lojalumo lygį lemiantis veiksnys bei analizuojamos draudimo bendrovės darbuotojus tenkina parenkamos kvalifikacijos tobulinimo sritys, tačiau pasigendama netradicinių mokymo metodų taikymo. / The paper analyses theoretical as well as practical aspects of personnel qualification development system in insurance company. The object of this work is „Lietuvos draudimas“ personnel‘s oppinion about qualification development system. The aim of this paper is to reveal the problems of personnel qualification development system of „Lietuvos draudimas“ and to formulate optimization possibilities. This aim has supposed the following structure of this work; it involves the analysis of theoretical aspects of personnel qualification development in insurance companies, also the evaluation of „Lietuvos draudimas“ qualification development is accomplished, results are analyzed and recommendations are formed. The aim of this work was accomplished with the help of qualitative and quantitative scientific research methods. The formed hypothesies are confirmed in a survey report: efficient personnel qualification development system is relevant factor, that determines personnel loyalty. It was estimated that personnel is satisfied with chosen fields of qualification development in insurance company, though the application of non-traditional methods is desiderated.

Ανάπτυξη αναπτυξιακού συστήματος για τους μικροελεγκτες MCS-51. / Design and development of a development system for MCS-51 controllers.

<p>The high level of competition and the rapidly growing technology development has created new challenges for today's businesses where they are forced to deliver more customized products at a lower price and a shorter time period. This places high demands on the companies' ability to design and develop better products in a more efficient way. In addition to developing products, the design process focuses on securing long-term success for the company by developing nourishing skills. However, to achieve an effective design process the companies must improve their ability to plan as well as use their knowledge base in a more efficient manner. Toyota's product development system is a critical component for companies to address challenges that they’re facing and offers a great potential to create significant competitive advantages. Toyota's product development system is designed to streamline the design of processes and products, as they often create restrictions on business and describes the importance of making use of a coordinated effort by several functions, and strives to integrate processes, people, technology and tools in an effective manner.</p><p> </p><p>The concept of Concurrent Engineering includes parallel efforts rather than a time-consuming serial work and seeks to minimize delays in the product development process. Concurrent Engineering enables for quality products, to reach the market faster at a lower cost and allows the company to quickly and flexibly adapt to changing demands and conditions through parallel efforts. Like Toyota’s product development system, Concurrent Engineering promotes an integrated approach where multifunctional teams work towards a common goal striving to solve problems at an early stage.</p><p> </p><p>Propulsion and Control in Västerås, a division within Bombardier Transportation, is currently suffering from extensive engineering changes and struggles to uphold time plans and budgets. The thesis will therefore cover the complete product development process where focus has been directed towards the processes and conditions that could enable for an effective product development process. During the thesis work the underlying causes for the problems mentioned above, have been identified. Internal documents regarding the company's current process has been reviewed and interviews have been carried out in order to evaluate the company’s current situation. During the thesis work a comparative study has been conducted at a large company within the Mälardalen-region. This study has been used as a practical example to reinforce the theoretical reasoning and has additionally allowed for further examination of a company's product development process.</p><p> </p><p>The thesis has resulted in a number of suggestions for improvements, where the main action areas are covered by cross-functionality, routines, follow-up, supplier involvement and prototypes. Another action area that has been identified is front-loading which aims at examining several alternatives and solving problems as well as creating countermeasures at an early stage. These six areas were found to have a significant role in creating an effective product development process and are considered to be relevant for the company's current situation.</p>

The high level of competition and the rapidly growing technology development has created new challenges for today's businesses where they are forced to deliver more customized products at a lower price and a shorter time period. This places high demands on the companies' ability to design and develop better products in a more efficient way. In addition to developing products, the design process focuses on securing long-term success for the company by developing nourishing skills. However, to achieve an effective design process the companies must improve their ability to plan as well as use their knowledge base in a more efficient manner. Toyota's product development system is a critical component for companies to address challenges that they’re facing and offers a great potential to create significant competitive advantages. Toyota's product development system is designed to streamline the design of processes and products, as they often create restrictions on business and describes the importance of making use of a coordinated effort by several functions, and strives to integrate processes, people, technology and tools in an effective manner.   The concept of Concurrent Engineering includes parallel efforts rather than a time-consuming serial work and seeks to minimize delays in the product development process. Concurrent Engineering enables for quality products, to reach the market faster at a lower cost and allows the company to quickly and flexibly adapt to changing demands and conditions through parallel efforts. Like Toyota’s product development system, Concurrent Engineering promotes an integrated approach where multifunctional teams work towards a common goal striving to solve problems at an early stage.   Propulsion and Control in Västerås, a division within Bombardier Transportation, is currently suffering from extensive engineering changes and struggles to uphold time plans and budgets. The thesis will therefore cover the complete product development process where focus has been directed towards the processes and conditions that could enable for an effective product development process. During the thesis work the underlying causes for the problems mentioned above, have been identified. Internal documents regarding the company's current process has been reviewed and interviews have been carried out in order to evaluate the company’s current situation. During the thesis work a comparative study has been conducted at a large company within the Mälardalen-region. This study has been used as a practical example to reinforce the theoretical reasoning and has additionally allowed for further examination of a company's product development process.   The thesis has resulted in a number of suggestions for improvements, where the main action areas are covered by cross-functionality, routines, follow-up, supplier involvement and prototypes. Another action area that has been identified is front-loading which aims at examining several alternatives and solving problems as well as creating countermeasures at an early stage. These six areas were found to have a significant role in creating an effective product development process and are considered to be relevant for the company's current situation.

Thesis (MPH.) -- University of Limpopo, 2016. / The South African government has introduced PMDS as a tool to monitor and manage the performances of departments, institutions, teams and individuals in order to improve service delivery, and to counteract the legacy of poor performance. In order for the government to achieve this goal, PMDS implementers must be equipped with adequate knowledge and skills which will enable them to implement the system correctly, in compliance with the standards and procedures laid down in the government PMDS policy. The aim of the study was to determine the knowledge and practices of PMDS of supervisors who are tasked with the responsibility to supervise their subordinates. Methods A cross sectional descriptive quantitative study was carried out in the Greater Tzaneen Primary Health Care facilities. A total of 117 participants comprising of professional nurses, operational managers and assistant managers completed the questionnaires. These comprised largely of close-ended questions and some open- ended questions. Analysis of data was done using statistical software, SPSS 22.0 version and results were interpreted. Results Generally all the respondents had average (65.8%) understanding of the PMDS processes including the purpose and their roles as supervisors. However, a gap exists between the theoretical knowledge and the actual ability to practise PMDS which was found to be around 52%. There are areas of weakness that still need attention: unavailability of PMDS guidelines, lack of training of both supervisors and employees. Lastly, the nature of challenges which the respondents reported regarding PMDS implementation signifies that there might be underlying problems with PMDS which were not covered by this study, and these challenges, by far outweigh their confident knowledge and ability to practise PMDS. v Conclusion To improve the knowledge and ability to supervise PMDS, the following recommendations were brought forth: proper induction of all PMDS supervisors and periodic in-service training, PMDS policy manuals as a source of reference to be made available in the facility and all supervisors to be orientated how to use them.

The dynamic changes in the manufacturing sector have increased the competition between the industries. To sustain these disruptive changes and maintain competitiveness in the global market, companies need to continually improve their production performance, successfully developing and implementing innovative production practices, and producing high-quality products in shorter lead times at optimum costs. The variations and fluctuations in customer demands can be satisfied by introducing new technologies into manufacturing systems, which brings in varying flexibility and agility character into production. Introduction of robots in manufacturing system have increased the productivity and quality of the processes. Effective and efficient programming helps achieve flexibility in the production process because the robot programming aids the robot to perform various tasks and motion. ABB RobotStudio is one type of offline programming and simulation software that helps in stimulating the robot using a Virtual Robot controller. The simulation tool lets users recreate the production environment and program a robot and calculate the cycle time without a real robot.   This case study's objective is used to evaluate the aspect of simulation to be integrated into the case company's production development process and the use of simulation in optimizing the robot cell. Therefore, a case study was conducted at LEAX Group AB, a manufacturing industry. ABB RobotStudio was a tool used in this case study to simulate the existing production system.    The empirical findings have shown the mapping of flow and process mapping of the robot cell in LEAX Group. The empirical part highlights the building of the existing simulation model of the robot cell. The challenges faced while simulating the model are also discussed. The analysis part highlights the optimization of the robot cell and the integration of the simulation model into the production development process. Finally, a conclusion has been drawn by answering two research questions, and a recommendation is given. The conclusion highlights the integration of simulation in the production development process and the process of optimizing the robot cell.

在組織間競爭愈來愈激烈的情況下，人成為組織最重要的資源，組織與員工間的關係愈來愈密切。同時工作生活品質觀念的興起，使人們對工作的意義有更新的體認，生涯發展的概念逐漸受到重視，因而有生涯發展系統的設計產生。生涯發展系統的設計強調員工與組織共同負起責任，為雙方的成長努力，為達此目的，除員工雙方需建立自我反省的能力，積極規劃自我生涯之外，組織必須體認到員工在生涯發展的需求，在制度面的設計與管理上為員工建構一能長期發展的生涯策略與環境，以回應員工在這方面的需求。組織任何制度的設計除需考慮組織的需求外，最重要的是與組織文化型態的契合，本研究因此將對組織文化與生涯發展系統間的關係進行探討。本文研究方法採文獻研究法及問卷調查法。文獻調查法主要在蒐集論文、期刊、書籍等資料進行分析，問卷調查法則以公私機關組織成員進行抽樣調查及統計分析。本研究的研究變項包含組織文化、個人生涯規劃及組織生涯管理三類，組織文化部分包含1、組織對人力資源的態度2、組織對錯誤與風險的容忍度3、組織內的溝通網絡及部門間資訊、意見的交流程度4、工作的流動性、擴大化與豐富化5、主管與部屬的關係。個人生涯規劃部分包含1、對自我的了解2、對生涯異動機會的了解3、對自我生涯的投入。在組織生涯管理部分包含1、教育、訓練與發展計畫2、生涯發展路徑的設計3、主管的支持程度4、人力資源計畫5、生涯諮商活動。本研究研究結果如下：1、是否擔任主管、及較年長者在對生涯異動機會的了解上有顯著差異存在。2、組織文化與個人生涯規劃及組織生涯管理活動間有顯著相關。3、個人生涯規劃活動與組織生涯管理活動間有顯著相關。最後根據本文研究的結果加以討論，並提出對理論的建立及實務分的建議。

Abstract The company for case study always dedicates to reinforce interior constitution as well as exterior competition, the major core is surrounding The Toyota Way, which it started with ¡§SEIRI and SEITON¡¨, ¡§Streamline Production¡¨ to ¡§Toyota Production System, TPS¡¨ from manufacturing fields, and then the company mind of ¡¨The Toyota Way¡¨. The development of each phase has its strategic position with different gradation. Moreover, in order to incorporate the operation for both Taiwan headquarter and China facility, divisions are segmented by operational functions for appropriate redeployment and valued-connection. The core for developing this study have had the case company to implement ¡§The Toyota Way, through meticulous discussions in order to clarify the built-up of ¡¨The Toyota Way¡¨ in the case company. First, start from ¡§manufacturing perspective¡¨ from working fields, with Streamline Production and Just-In-Time production as basic capabilities to build up the strength. Furthermore, extend it to the system of ¡¨ Product Developing Process Management¡¨, and connect with Big-Room ¡§Obeya¡¨ activity, ¡§Preparation prior to mass production¡¨, ¡§Supplier Parts Tracking Team, SPTT¡¨, and ¡§Cost Management¡¨¡C Last, through the strategic plan of company operation and functions of TPS operation with Knowledge of Philosophy from System, Method and Nature, to develop a series of deep competitions for the strength of company enhancement. Summarizations above, conclusions of the research are as following- 1. Generalized each activity and operating function with four perspectives as Company Philosophy, Elimination of Waste, Business Partners and Continuous Improvement, while the case company implemented TPS. Furthermore, described what the case company¡¦s functions of implement or concepts of application, which expect the study could be referred while related corporations try to implement them in the future. 2. Beside fully support from executive management to carry out the philosophy of The Toyota Way into organizational operation¡¦s thinking in the corporation, the most critical key-point is that it is necessary to create an environment with continuous improvement and participation of all employees in order to seed the realization into everyone¡¦s mind deeply.