This research proposed to investigate how to develop and implant a corporate portal to assist in knowledge management in a Private Institution of Higher Education, based on people, information and organizational strategy. Considering the peculiarities of the context and academic knowledge, more specifically, it referred to a proposal to build a conceptual model of corporate portal for knowledge management in the academic context, based on organizational knowledge of a Private Institution of Higher Education. The research of this dissertation, of qualitative and quantitative nature, is characterized as a case study. The goals were achieved through a combination of two lines of action: the first related to the theoretical construction based on literature, and the second consists of a questionnaire applied to the technical-administrative employees of private institution of higher education (IESP). Based on the methods employed, it was possible to: a. collect the informational and knowledge needs of the IESP employees; b. verify how information and knowledge are treated in the institution in order to be linked to the organizational strategy; c. study the types of existing portals; and d. study the information and knowledge management in private institutions of higher education . From these results it was possible to delineate a conceptual model of portal for the management of knowledge in its tacit and explicit part in the academic context. / Esta pesquisa se propôs a investigar como desenvolver e implantar um portal corporativo para auxiliar na gestão do conhecimento em uma Instituição de Ensino Superior Privada, com base em pessoas, informação e estratégia organizacional. Tendo em vista as peculiaridades do contexto e do conhecimento acadêmico, mais especificamente, referiu-se a uma proposta de construção de um modelo conceitual de portal corporativo para a gestão do conhecimento no contexto acadêmico, tendo por base o conhecimento organizacional de uma instituição de ensino superior privada. De natureza quali-quantitativa, a pesquisa desta dissertação caracteriza-se como estudo de caso. Os objetivos foram alcançados por meio da combinação de duas linhas de ação: a primeira relacionada à construção teórica realizada com base na literatura, e a segunda constituída de questionário, aplicado aos colaboradores técnico administrativos da instituição de ensino superior privada (IESP). Com base nos métodos empregados, foi possível: a. levantar as necessidades informacionais e de conhecimento dos colaboradores da IESP; b. verificar como a informação e conhecimento são tratados na instituição de forma a estar articulado à estratégia organizacional; c. estudar os tipos de portais existentes; e d. estudar a informação e a gestão do conhecimento em instituições de ensino superior privadas. A partir desses resultados, foi possível delinear um modelo conceitual de portal para a gestão do conhecimento em sua vertente tácita e explícita no contexto acadêmico.

<p>We have made a qualitative study of what the students at Södertörns högskola use Södertörns högskola’s intranet Kurswebben for and how they experience the use of it. For this purpose we have made a qualitative interview examination with six students. The empirical material has been analysed according to our own analytic model which is based on existing usability theories and consists of the tree parts content, function and design.</p><p>Our conclusion is that the students use Kurswebben mainly to keep themselves updated, download teaching material and schedules. According to our study, the students most of the time experience their use of Kurswebben as simple, but sometimes have a reluctance to visit it. The reason is that the students experience that Kurswebben is complicated, boring and many functions do not work or are experienced as unnecessary and irritating. Through a usability examination and a restructuring of Kurswebben´s content, function and design the needs of the students could be met.</p>

We have made a qualitative study of what the students at Södertörns högskola use Södertörns högskola’s intranet Kurswebben for and how they experience the use of it. For this purpose we have made a qualitative interview examination with six students. The empirical material has been analysed according to our own analytic model which is based on existing usability theories and consists of the tree parts content, function and design. Our conclusion is that the students use Kurswebben mainly to keep themselves updated, download teaching material and schedules. According to our study, the students most of the time experience their use of Kurswebben as simple, but sometimes have a reluctance to visit it. The reason is that the students experience that Kurswebben is complicated, boring and many functions do not work or are experienced as unnecessary and irritating. Through a usability examination and a restructuring of Kurswebben´s content, function and design the needs of the students could be met.

Abstract In recent years enterprise along with internationalize footfall more and more accelerate, result in not only product's internationalization competition, draw stretch manpower's internationalization flow too ¡CManpower gradually receive each industrial recognition in the last few years, introjections more resource in personnel's selection, appraisal, reward, development too¡CEnterprise is along with industry's internationalization, liberalization and under global competitor's entry, how to detain a man of talent and grant full development, have already formed important job at high-tech industry especially ¡CAs enterprise gradually know with think well of CRM's importance , emphasize on consumer's satisfaction, make a point of ministrant quality, but we discover enterprise personnel's working attitude is affection customer degree of satisfaction's important factor one of the too ¡CJust think, the person of dissatisfied its job will such emotion brings to enclose person too, include our precious consumer internal. In recent years by Deloitte & Touche LLP consultant company brings up "Employee Relationship Management " (ERM) theory¡CShould theory emphasizes on pass personnel achievement's best melt administration to drive enterprise collectivity management aim's really do to enterprise, from strategy, operation, performance and reward management and study and develop wait for four levels overall expound how to maximum's take advantage of enterprise the preciousness human resource, as really do industrial development aim, that is stockholder value's promotion ¡CSo the objective of this research want by means of by science and technology tool's import, inquire into enterprise inside e-Service degree of satisfaction's promotion and personnel's development and reward for relative affection analysis ¡CAs provide enterprise develop inside e-Service system. This research will as Kaohsiung Nan Zi export processing zone semiconductor encapsulation and testing factory's personnel as research investigation object, try establish a research framework, contain relative enterprise e-Service's enginery with personnel degree of satisfaction's relation, and further affection personnel relation regulatory benefit. The results show that there are positive correlations between e-Service and internal service quality, internal service quality and employee satisfaction, employee satisfaction and employee loyalty. According to the results, there are some suggestions to Nan Zi export processing zone semiconductor encapsulation and testing factory, suggestion can promote enterprise inside e-Service quality of service, construct e-Service is ministrant project, strengthen e-Service serve professional's training, build an adequate reward system to improve employee satisfaction and loyalty, and further create enterprise with personnel pair of win result.

隨著網際網路在商業上應用的增加，新的技術、新的標準以及新的應用不斷的推陳出新，網際網路電子商務已成為現今資訊管理的重要課題。無疑地，網際網路電子商務吸引了各行各業的注意，但不表示各行各業對網際網路的各項應用已廣為採用，且這些應用並不表示可以產生收益。本研究將網際網路應用層面分為三類：「企業對外部個人」、「企業內部員工」、「有業務往來之企業」等三種不同的應用對象，針對國內企業，探討企業特質與是否採用任何網際網路應用的關係、企業特質與應用網際網路服務對象的關係。最後根據對國內Internet應用的調查，利用企業在各應用層面的應用與深度，找出國內企業Internet應用的應用層次。 本研究針對國內一千大企業的資訊主管，以郵寄的方式，共寄出900份問卷，回收率為20.2%，有效回收率為19.4%。現今已有75.7%的企業有Internet應用，並且有一半的企業應用Internet技術在一年之內。經資料分析後發現，採用及未採用Internet的企業兩者在最高主管的態度、組織的運作績效、及網路技術應用的熟悉度與成熟度等有顯著的差異存在。另外，Internet應用的服務對象與產業別、企業規模、組織集權程度、最高主管的態度、網路技術應用的熟悉度與成熟度、組織的運作績效等企業特質有關。 根據文獻探討所整理出的Internet應用層面，調查企業的應用情形及應用深度，歸納出「內外整合」、「內部支援」、「基本應用」等三個應用層次，並發現這三個層次的電腦化歷史及Internet的使用歷史並無顯著的差異，可知，企業電腦化的歷史或者是Internet使用的歷史與Internet應用層次無關，完全依照企業的需要，建置所需的應用。

La industria de la construcción está fragmentada debido a la gran cantidad de Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (PYMEs) y la multitud de fases que forman parte de un proyecto. Desde siempre, esta situación ha provocado una serie de problemas en la gestión de proyectos y concretamente en la gestión de los procesos de comunicación e información.La mayoría de PYMEs a nivel de gestión de proyectos necesitan poder gestionar y compartir los documentos de la empresa. Esto se consigue trasladando las aplicaciones básicas del PC y utilizando un servidor como pueden ser los Sistemas de Gestión Documental Electrónicos (SGDE). Estas herramientas centralizan la información específica de una empresa en un entorno cómodo y accesible, permitiendo a los usuarios que almacenen, accedan y modifiquen la información.Además, las grandes empresas, que frecuentemente adoptan las Tecnologías de la Información (TI) precozmente, piden a las PYMEs que trabajan con ellas que adopten sus mismos sistemas de gestión. Actualmente, las opciones más utilizadas por las grandes empresas para la gestión de proyectos son las herramientas web como los entornos colaborativos, herramientas diseñadas para almacenar y gestionar la información de los proyectos. Aplicaciones relativamente sencillas permiten que un grupo de gente como ingenieros, arquitectos y clientes controle el acceso a la información y automaticen su diseminación. El desarrollo y uso de estas herramientas requiere unos recursos técnicos, financieros y humanos mínimos.El punto de partida de esta tesis es una encuesta realizada a varias PYMEs del sector de la construcción en España, con el objetivo de obtener una idea general de la metodología de trabajo de estas empresas y de sus posibles problemas o deficiencias en relación a la gestión documental.Desde el punto de vista de las PYMES, el principal reto de los entornos colaborativos sigue estando en la falta de estandarización en la organización de los documentos y la ineficiencia en el flujo de información entre las distintas fuentes (documentos almacenados en los sistemas de gestión documental de cada una de las empresas y aquellos almacenados en el entorno colaborativo).La solución propuesta para esta ineficiencia y el objetivo de esta tesis es crear una herramienta para mejorar tanto la gestión documental interna de las empresas como la externa. Este Sistema de Gestión Documental para la construcción crea automáticamente la estructura de carpetas para cada proyecto específico para poderlo descargar en el servidor de cada una de las empresa y en el entorno colaborativo que es esté usando para la gestión del proyecto con su consiguiente mejora del almacenaje de documentos e interacción e intercambio de la información.Para ello, inicialmente se define el flujo de información entre las distintas partes involucradas en un proyecto y se genera un Modelo Conceptual para el Flujo de Información. El objetivo es obtener toda la información relacionada con cualquier documento a lo largo del ciclo de vida del proyecto.Además, cuando se trabaja con entornos colaborativos compartiendo documentos e información, todos los participantes deben usar los mismos estándares de trabajo. Esta tesis proporciona también una Guía para la Gestión Documental a través de Entornos Colaborativos para unificar los distintos procesos de trabajo de todas las empresas involucradas en el proyecto. Esta guía es aplicable a cualquier proyecto de cualquier magnitud, complejidad y duración. La codificación, organización y control de documentos, y fechas de publicación son algunos de los aspectos que trata esta guía.Finalmente, se evalúa el sistema a través de distintos académicos que verifican su contenido y consistencia. Se valida también el sistema mediante una encuesta.Este sistema servirá para demostrar a todos los participantes en un proyecto de construcción que una buena gestión documental es imprescindible para conseguir los objetivos del proyecto. / The construction industry is fragmented due to the many Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and phases involved in a construction project. This fact has led to well documented problems with project management and concretely communication and information processing. What most SMEs require in terms of project management is the ability to manage and share the company's documents. This is achieved by removing certain core applications from individual PCs and running them on a server such as an Electronic Document Management System (EDMS). Such tools should centralise the information specific to the organisation in an easily accessible environment, allowing users to store, access and modify information quickly and easily.On the other hand, large companies, often early adopters of IT, demand that SMEs that work with them adopt the same management systems. Currently, the most popular option used by larger companies for the project management is web based tools such as Web based Project Management Systems (WPMS) that are applications designed to store and manage project information. Quite simply project collaboration applications allow disparate groups of people such as engineers, architects and clients to control access and automate dissemination of information. The most WPMS used in the construction sector is to rent a completely developed WPMS from an Application Service Provider (ASP) for a usage fee. The development and operation of this option require a minimum of technical, financial and human resources.The start point of the thesis is survey carried out in several SMEs in the construction sector in Spain in order to acquire a general idea of their working methodologies and the deficiencies on document management.From the SMEs standpoint, the main challenge of WPMS still lies within the lack of a standardized document organization and the inefficiency of the information flow from different sources (Documents stored in their EDMS and those stored in the WPMS).The suggested remedy for this inefficiency and the aim of this thesis is to create a tool to improve both internal and external document organization. This Life cycle Document Management System for Construction automatically creates a folder structure for each specific project to be download into each company's server and into the WPMS which is being used for the project management. This folder structure will be the same to the folder structure of the WPMS with the consequent improvement of document storage, interaction and exchange of information between all the actors working in the same construction project. To do this, the flow of information between the different parties involved in a construction project is mapped out and a Concept Model for Information Flow is designed to store all the documentation of a construction project and its metadata throughout the life cycle of the project. Different approaches are analyzed to obtain the most accurate solution.Moreover, when these actors are working with WPMS sharing documents all the stakeholders should have the same working standards. This thesis also provides a Guidelines for Document Management through WPMS to unify the different working processes of all the companies involved in the project. These guidelines are applicable to projects of varying complexity, size and duration. Document codification, organization of folders and documents, publication dates, documentation control, and so on, are some of the aspects that these guidelines are oriented to. Finally, the system is submitted for criticism and evaluation by several academics with the aim to verify its contents and consistency. A survey is also carried out in 30 SMEs out of a variety of project types, sizes, values, and Project Management utilized to validate the system.The system will serve as a demonstration for all the participants in a construction project that a good document management is basic for the fulfilment of the project objectives.

A vast range of controls/countermeasures exists for implementing security on information systems connected to the Internet. For the practitioner attempting to implement an integrated solution between trading partners operating across the Internet, this has serious implications in respect of interoperability between the security systems of the trading partners. The problem is exacerbated by the range of specification options within each control. This research is an attempt to find a set of relevant controls and specifications towards a framework for ensuring optimal interoperability between trading partners in this context. Since a policy-based, layered approach is advocated, which allows each trading partner to address localized risks independently, no exhaustive risk analysis is attempted. The focus is on infrastructure that is simultaneously optimally secure and provides optimal interoperability. It should also be scalable, allowing for additional security controls to be added whenever deemed necessary. / Computing / M. Sc. (Information Systems)

Taiwan steel industry has stepped from grown-up into mature period. Especially, the midstream and downstream of steel industries will face the problems of sterner challenges and overcapacity, because of the oversupply of global steel. Not only the prices of oil, coal, water and power have climbed, but also the shipping cost has increased continuously. The improvement of Supply-Chain-Management (SCM) has become a significant issue under the circumstances. The SCM of Taiwan flat cold-rolled steel industry is different from the other ones that it doesn¡¦t use BOM. The main feature of Technical System ¡V ¡§Standard of Operation¡¨(SOP) is the kernel module that links the sales order entry, production management, purchasing, ¡Ketc. The production type is to input a sole coil and output many sub-coils. It is not like the electronic industry to assemble many parts on a product. It only coats the surface of steel with microelements, such as oil, zinc, aluminum and paint. The feature makes it impossible to apply SCM or ERP package directly on this industry. The procedures of this study are mainly through the interview of steel companies, and review on the relevant reference documents related to the subject of those have been published domestically and internationally, meanwhile to get a better understanding on the most recent development of Supply Chain Management and e-business of steel industry. Besides, through the comparison of the similar companies, it is likely to understand the associated topics and models on the SCM and e-Business for flat cold-rolled steel industry. The key point is to analyze the characters of supply chain system of Taiwan cold-rolled steel industry and consider the features of flat cold-rolled steel ¡V SOP and coil- based Standard Cost system, to establish an appropriate e-SCM model, exploring the suitable information technologies and applications to improve the drawbacks of present SCM. Finally, to make a recommendation for the industry as their reference when they plan for the implementation of e-SCM.

A vast range of controls/countermeasures exists for implementing security on information systems connected to the Internet. For the practitioner attempting to implement an integrated solution between trading partners operating across the Internet, this has serious implications in respect of interoperability between the security systems of the trading partners. The problem is exacerbated by the range of specification options within each control. This research is an attempt to find a set of relevant controls and specifications towards a framework for ensuring optimal interoperability between trading partners in this context. Since a policy-based, layered approach is advocated, which allows each trading partner to address localized risks independently, no exhaustive risk analysis is attempted. The focus is on infrastructure that is simultaneously optimally secure and provides optimal interoperability. It should also be scalable, allowing for additional security controls to be added whenever deemed necessary. / Computing / M. Sc. (Information Systems)

The knowledge economy has brought about some new challenges for organisations. Accessing data and information in a logical manner is a critical component of information and knowledge management. Taxonomies are viewed as a solution to facilitate ease of access to information in a logical manner. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of taxonomies within organisations which utilise a knowledge management framework or strategy. An interview process was utilised to gain insight from leading organisations as to the use of taxonomies within the knowledge management environment. Organisations are starting to use taxonomies to manage multi-sourced environments and facilitate the appropriate sourcing of the organisations intellectual capital. Based on the research it is clear that taxonomies will play a central role in the coming years to help manage the complexity of the organisation's environment and ease the access to relevant information. / Information Science / M.Inf.