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Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 52-53).

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<p>Denna magisteruppsats syftar till att effektivisera projekt. Uppsatsen är gjord vid flygradardivisionen vid Ericsson Microwave Systems (EMW). Deras projekt kostar ofta mer än planerat och tar ofta längre tid än planerat. Flygradardivisionen vill veta varför slutresultatet i de flesta fall överskrider budget och varför tidsramen inte kan hållas. Deras mål är att lära sig från erfarenheten i tidigare projekt och att samla all denna erfarenhet i en erfarenhetsbank.</p><p>De gav mig uppgiften att starta processen mot en erfarenhetsbank. Teorin som jag baserar mina resultat och slutsatser på är Experience Factory (EF). EF är ett exempel på en erfarenhetsbank som först utvecklades för mjukvaruprojekt. Jag började min uppsats med att undersöka projekt vid flygradardivisionen för att försöka hitta gemensamma faktorer. Jag hittade faktorer som har en stor påverkan på projekten, projekten är beroende av dessa faktorer för att kunna nå projektmålen. Dessa faktorer är det första steget mot en erfarenhetsbank. Att genomföra denna process är ett arbete som tar många år speciellt på ett stort företag som EMW. Denna uppsats är en början mot målet, i mina resultat presenteras faktorerna och i slutsatsen ges förslag på fortsatt arbete mot en erfarenhetsbank.</p> / <p>In this master thesis I investigate how to make projects more efficient. I did my thesis at the airborne radar division at Ericsson Microwave Systems (EMW). Their projects often cost more than estimated and they also tend to last longer than estimated.</p><p>The airborne radar division wants to know why the final result, in most cases exceed the budget and time plan. Their goal is to learn from the experience in previous projects and to gather all that experience in an experience base.</p><p>They gave me the task to start the process towards an experience base. The theory I base my result and conclusions on is The Experience Factory. The Experience Factory is an example of an experience base that was developed primarily for software projects. I started investigating projects at the airborne radar division trying to find common denominators (factors). I found some factors that I believe have a major impact on the projects. The projects really have to rely on these factors to be able to reach the goal of the projects. These factors are the first step towards an experience base. Starting a process towards an experience base is a work that takes many years especially at a company of this size. My thesis is a start towards the goal and in my result I present the factors I found and in the conclusions I give suggestions for the continuing work towards an experience base.</p>

In post-war Canada, married women’s labour force participation rose dramatically. Labour historians have studied this trend with a primary focus on married women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market. This thesis examines female factory workers as manual labourers and asks how their bodies affected and were affected by their jobs, and how specifically female embodiment shaped their experience of work. Using the framework of job-related, cultural, and reproductive body work developed by sociologist Chris Shilling, this case study examines the experiences of eleven women who worked at the Moir’s candy plant in Halifax between 1949 and 1970. Semi-structured interviews are the main source of research data for this study. This case study explores working conditions at Moir’s, such as work on conveyor belts, the gendered division of labour, piece-work, and breaks, and determines the ways the women responded to and also shaped these conditions. The women’s testimonies reveal that their embodied experience as labourers was based both in workplace conditions (such as company regulations) and in family responsibilities. There are three main findings. First, I argue that in the context of the Moir’s factory, women’s acts of sabotage (in the form of breaking the conveyor belts), use of make-work, and development of other coping strategies were intended to create needed leisure time in the workplace. Second, I challenge the common assumption in labour sociology that factory work does not require that employees carry out true emotional labour. I argue that feelings of pride and shame had a strong influence over the women’s workplace dress and behaviour; managing these feelings were an important part of the women’s occupation. Finally, I argue that in the post-war era, women’s reproductive body work was directly connected to their paid labour because of the lack of public childcare and other reproductive labour resources available to wives and working mothers.

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