Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-08-10Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:54:45Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 silva_fah_me_assis_parcial.pdf: 108191 bytes, checksum: 56c0dc2769c7f89db56c9548c2800ba3 (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2015-06-30T11:22:08Z: silva_fah_me_assis_parcial.pdf,. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-06-30T11:23:05Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000697961_20170810.pdf: 96926 bytes, checksum: 30abdee24bd10f95024a7e60f8d59455 (MD5) Bitstreams deleted on 2017-08-11T12:08:26Z: 000697961_20170810.pdf,. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2017-08-11T12:09:14Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000697961.pdf: 519857 bytes, checksum: 905cf90577b45a9479d2c809cf276415 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / O presente trabalho analisa os discursos de engenharia relativos à colonização do Estado de São Paulo, entre os anos de 1890 e 1910. Para tanto, foram utilizadas publicações da área, tais como a Revista de Engenharia do Mackenzie College e a Revista Polytechnica, publicação da Escola Politécnica de São Paulo. O século XIX pode ser entendido como um período no qual ideias provenientes de um contexto externo, particularmente a Europa, atingiram um alto grau de difusão entre a elite brasileira em todos os âmbitos, influenciando o desenvolvimento e a valorização do saber técnico e da engenharia. Dessa maneira, buscou-se verificar, por meio da bibliografia e das fontes, a possível convergência entre o que era difundido e proposto nas escolas de engenharia e a realização de tais propostas. Analisou-se o discurso modernizante que permeou a atividade desses profissionais, e a possível convergência entre as idealizações para os profissionais da área e o perfil do engenheiro ferroviário. Além disso, foram estudadas as principais instituições de ensino do Estado de São Paulo e as principais influências e áreas de atuação dos engenheiros encarregados de promover o progresso do país e os interesses do Estado / This paper analyzes the discourse of engineering on colonization of São Paulo State, between 1890 and 1910. For this purpose, we used publications in the field, the Revista de Engenharia of Mackenzie College and the Revista Polytechnica, published by the Escola Politécnica de São Paulo. The nineteenth century can be understood as a period in which ideas from an external environment, particularly Europe, have achieved a high degree of diffusion between the Brazilian elite in all areas, influencing the development and enhancement of technical knowledge and engineering. Thus we attempted to verify through the bibliography and the sources, the possible convergence between what was proposed and circulated in the schools of engineering and the realization of such proposals. We analyzed the discourse of modernization that has pervaded the activity of these professionals, and the possible convergence between the idealization for professionals of area and the profile of the railway engineer. In addition we studied were the main educational institutions of the State of São Paulo and the main influences and areas of expertise of the engineers in charge of promoting the country's progress and state interests

Orientador: Eduardo Romero de Oliveira / Banca: Célia Reis Camargo / Banca: Nilson Ghirardello / Resumo: O presente trabalho analisa os discursos de engenharia relativos à colonização do Estado de São Paulo, entre os anos de 1890 e 1910. Para tanto, foram utilizadas publicações da área, tais como a Revista de Engenharia do Mackenzie College e a Revista Polytechnica, publicação da Escola Politécnica de São Paulo. O século XIX pode ser entendido como um período no qual ideias provenientes de um contexto externo, particularmente a Europa, atingiram um alto grau de difusão entre a elite brasileira em todos os âmbitos, influenciando o desenvolvimento e a valorização do saber técnico e da engenharia. Dessa maneira, buscou-se verificar, por meio da bibliografia e das fontes, a possível convergência entre o que era difundido e proposto nas escolas de engenharia e a realização de tais propostas. Analisou-se o discurso modernizante que permeou a atividade desses profissionais, e a possível convergência entre as idealizações para os profissionais da área e o perfil do engenheiro ferroviário. Além disso, foram estudadas as principais instituições de ensino do Estado de São Paulo e as principais influências e áreas de atuação dos engenheiros encarregados de promover o progresso do país e os interesses do Estado / Abstract: This paper analyzes the discourse of engineering on colonization of São Paulo State, between 1890 and 1910. For this purpose, we used publications in the field, the Revista de Engenharia of Mackenzie College and the Revista Polytechnica, published by the Escola Politécnica de São Paulo. The nineteenth century can be understood as a period in which ideas from an external environment, particularly Europe, have achieved a high degree of diffusion between the Brazilian elite in all areas, influencing the development and enhancement of technical knowledge and engineering. Thus we attempted to verify through the bibliography and the sources, the possible convergence between what was proposed and circulated in the schools of engineering and the realization of such proposals. We analyzed the discourse of modernization that has pervaded the activity of these professionals, and the possible convergence between the idealization for professionals of area and the profile of the railway engineer. In addition we studied were the main educational institutions of the State of São Paulo and the main influences and areas of expertise of the engineers in charge of promoting the country's progress and state interests / Mestre

Syfte - Syftet med studien är att bidra till en förståelse för hur kommunikationen av kundorderspecifik information sker internt hos leverantör samt vilka faktorer påverkar kunden gällande kommunikation från leverantör.   För att uppfylla syftet med studien har följande problemfrågor utarbetats: 1.        Hur sker kommunikationen av KOSI internt hos ett företag som levererar ETO-artiklar? 2.       Vilka faktorer anser kunden kritiska i kommunikationen från en leverantör av ETO-artiklar? Metod - Teorier angående intern samt extern kommunikation, relationsmarknadsföring samt differentiering av leverantörer har studerats samt beskrivits vilket senare har kompilerats med empirin till en analys. En flerfallstudie av ett leverantörsföretag samt ett urval av dess kunder har genomförts. Data har samlats in genom fokusgrupper internt hos leverantörsföretaget samt genom en enkätstudie som besvarats av kunderna. För att få en djupare förståelse har även intervjuer genomförts med utvalda respondenter. Till grund för frågeställningarna samt vidare enkätfrågorna ligger en förstudie som genomfördes genom intervjuer under två tillfällen på ett kundföretag.     Resultat - I studien nämner respondenterna främst fyra områden som påverkar kommunikationen från leverantören. Dessa är: ·         Tydlighet gällande kompetens samt förmåga att möta kundens behov, gällande förseningar av leverans samt kring leverantörens organisation. ·         Trovärdighet gällande tidsaspekt, tillit samt engagemang. ·         Långsiktighet gällande att bygga relationer. ·         Antalet kontaktytor gällande vilka funktioner som kommunicerar mellan de två organisationerna. Resultatet visar att genom att kommunikationen uteblir alternativt försenas från leverantör till kund kan kunden påverkas såväl ekonomiskt som socialt.  Studien styrker att kunden önskar ha en nära relation med en leverantör av engineer- to orderartiklar vilket innebär en högre grad av kommunikation än med en leverantör av standardartiklar. Implikationer - Leverantören bör tidigt i kontakten med kunden diskutera artikelns art samt finna vilken strategi för kommunikation samt relation kunden önskar. Genom att det internt i leverantörens organisation finns en väl utarbetad samt strukturerad process, där organisationen arbetar tvärfunktionellt, kring kundorderspecifik information undviks det att information förvanskas alternativt försvinner. Begränsningar - Studien är begränsad till en tre enheter inom en koncern samt 16 kunder till dessa. För att kunna generalisera skulle ett större antal ur såväl leverantörs samt kundorganisationer involveras. Datainsamlingen sker på individnivå medan resultatet aspirerar till att beskrivas på organisationsnivå. Detta kan ses som problematiskt och diskuteras vidare i studien.

A positive relationship between economic growth and entrepreneurship has been established as derived from the body of knowledge in the domain of entrepreneurship. In acknowledgement of this relationship, governments have embarked on schemes and policies that encourage entrepreneurship in their economic development policies. The individual entrepreneur is a key player in new entrepreneurial venture process. The entire society is responsible for shaping an environment within which a behaviour pattern that promotes or hinders entrepreneurship is developed. The study mainly focused on understanding the behavioural phenomenon which is termed entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of engineers within the South African context. The assumed EO of entrepreneurial engineers was expected to be higher than that of non-entrepreneurial engineers. Cronbach Alpha’s tests found the prestructured EO scale to be reliable. T-test results for mean difference confirmed that entrepreneurs have a higher EO on the overal EO construct as well as on the autonomy, proactiveness and risk taking dimemensions.Factor analysis results supported the view that the EO construct is unidimensional. Situational factors that shaped the social environment alluded to above were studied as a secondary objective. Chi-square tests did not confirm the expectation that entrepreneurial engineers would be exposed to situational factors that promote entrepreneurship than their non-entrepreneurial counter parts. Lack of entrepreneurial education and finance have been identified as the key factors that hamper entrepreneurship. Recommendations are included in this report.Copyright / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / unrestricted

Millennials are a generation mentioned frequently both in research and in popular media. Popular media often describes the millennials as disloyal, sensitive and difficult. The scholarly research regarding millennials is largely based on generation cohort, which is a concept that each generation has specific characteristics. These stereotypes have actual consequences on organizations and society. This thesis uses generational cohort theory, applied it to millennial engineers in Sweden. A study by Kultalahti and Viitala (2014) investigated job satisfaction for millennials by applying Herzberg two–model theory. Herzberg two–model theory explains that two factors exist for job satisfaction, one factor which is motivational factor which increase job satisfaction. The second factor which is described as hygiene factors can only lower job dissatisfaction. This thesis will be based on the work  by Kultalahti and Viitala (2014) but will focus on millennial engineers in Sweden. The thesis will investigate millennial stereotype applied to engineers in Sweden. The thesis will include a literature review which contains relevant theories regarding millennials, job satisfaction and other motivational theories. The data collection is done by conducting 20 interviews with millennial engineers working in Sweden. The results indicated that the millennial engineers conform to some stereotypes but not all. The respondents value salary, flexibility and work–life balance which can all be connected to existing stereotypes. The thesis investigates job satisfaction and the results can be used as an insight for organizations on how to further understand job satisfaction for millennial engineers.

Ambience or ambient sound is normally defined as the background sounds that are used to create a sense of atmosphere. This paper is about players, and if they perceive emotional content in ambiences in games. The study involved the creation of two game levels, a dense forest and a meadow, with two different sound designs each, one conveying joy and the other melancholy. The aim of the experiment was to determine whether the participants could detect the intended emotional content. The results indicated that the peaceful emotion was easier to detect than the melancholy one. The majority of participants rated the levels similarly. While it may be challenging to create an intended emotional response in players, the study concludes that ambiences can indeed be perceived as having emotional content.

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The traditional engineering career has been defined by two career paths: technical and managerial. An entry level engineer typically did not elect his/her career path until at least five years into a career. This meant that only a portion of engineers needed to learn management and leadership skills and then usually not until in the professional environment. Since this career distinction was not made until years into an engineer's professional life universities were not developing leadership/management skills in their students. Times have changed. With the globalization of the economy, and the increased competition in the marketplace, companies have realized that they need entry level engineers that are capable of working on multi-functional and multi-cultural teams,leading small work groups, and understanding the business and societal impact of engineering decisions. These skills are so critical that every engineer, regardless of their chosen track will need them to have a successful career. Universities are now being pressured to develop these skills in all of their engineering students. The purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of the difficulties experienced by engineers as they transition into formal management positions in order to help universities and industry direct their efforts in the development of key leadership/management skills. The survey used for this study was centered on two works of research. The first is research conducted by Allen Howard for his PhD dissertation in which he identifies 9 common points of difficulty, or pain points, experienced by engineers transitioning into management. The second is a managerial aptitude test developed by Hans Thamhain. The survey was distributed to 220 engineering managers at a large engineering company. The results of the survey were statistically analyzed and significant results were found among a number of factors. Among the independent variables found to significantly affect the transition were engineering discipline, graduate degrees, one's managerial aptitude, the reason one chose to enter management, and graduation year. Perhaps the most beneficial result is that one pain point was found to be highly correlated to every other pain point.

Background: With significant advancements in Machine Learning, the most advancing technology in multiple domains regardless of the field. It has primarily been the critical component of artificial intelligence and is used in a wide range of artificial Intelligence applications. In the industry, there is growing importance on machine learning, as organisations are actively looking for Machine Learning Experts who develop and create self-running AI systems that will automate processes; With the explosion of data in recent years and the increase in computing power, machine-learning systems have become much more capable. Thus the demand for machine learning skills is high in the job market due to the need for more advanced technology.   Objectives: Our thesis aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of primary machine-learning skills that are required by organizations to engineer a machine-learning system. The main objective of this research is to identify the important skills required to engineer a ML system; the important responsibilities looked for in a Machine Learning engineer. Methods: There are two parts of the methodology involved in this research. The first part of the research employs the method of Archival Research. In this method, we extracted the 3.4 million job ads dataset. We have got 6497 job ads related to machine learning. The Spacy Natural Language processing automated processing tool will be used to process the job advertisements and identify the required skills and responsibilities. After the skills and responsibilities are obtained, a qualitative survey is conducted on industrial expertise in machine learning to identify the most important skills that are needed and the most looked-for responsibilities for a ML engineer, which is the second part. Conclusions: The findings of this research have the potential to open up numerous opportunities for individuals who aspire to learn about machine learning systems. This includes software engineers and anyone else who wishes to gain a comprehensive understanding of the skills and responsibilities required to work on machine learning systems. The insights gained from this study may serve as a roadmap to transition into the machine-learning field and can also contribute to advancements in the field.

The Engineer to Order (ETO) model is used by a significant number of manufacturers across multiple sectors. Indeed, ETO firms comprise approximately one fourth of all North American manufacturing and are growing at a rate of twenty percent (Cutler [10]). In the ETO environment, the engineering process is the largest controllable consumer of lead-time in ETO firms. Since one half of the total lead-time is typically consumed by the engineering process, it is a critical task to accurately set the due date and later sequence the jobs in queue. However, unlike other manufacturing models such as Make to Stock or Make to Order, the product for each order is unique. Hence the resulting design is not realized until after the engineering process has been completed an the only information available is limited to information which has been gathered during the quoting stage of the order fulfillment process. These facts drive uncertainty into the front-end process. Therefore, the question becomes how does one predict the job difficulty let alone the due date in a complex transactional process when the job has not even been designed yet? In regard to the state of the art for the topic of design complexity, due date setting and sequencing, there is an abundance of research. Unfortunately little of it is aimed at the ETO environment. Additionally, there is not an agreed upon way in the literature to define complexity nor is there one overarching methodology for assessing complexity. Therefore, this research investigates the topics of job complexity, due date setting and job sequencing in the context of the Engineer to Order model. Analytical research is conducted with in conjunction with multiple ETO firms and several common factors are identified which drive complexity in the ETO engineering environment. These complexity factors are can be used is as an input to the accurate prediction of flow times for the ETO engineering process as well as sequencing. The research results in new innovative approaches for complexity assessment, due date setting and sequencing which outperform existing approaches.