Since Porfit Center had been applied in DuPont Company in 1920, it has become a popular business model which emphasized on elevating employees¡¦ self-commitment by sharing company¡¦s profit and has been adopted by companies around the world. For the construction industry in Taiwan, due to the decline of real estate market, the deflation of national construction plans and the action of joining into WTO, most construction companies are experiencing their difficult time and therefore are eager to make some changes. Profit Center then has been regarded as a helpful construction management tool to achieve higher performance. This thesis is a case study for a construction company that locates in southern Taiwan and is planning to introduce Profit Center into its system to improve its performance. This thesis follows Habitual Domains¡]HD¡^theory and Analytic Hierarchy Process ¡]AHP¡^method to create the key success factors ¡]KSF¡^for the case company, and a priority list that rankes by the weight index is built at the end of this thesis. To allocate their resource more efficiently for applying the Profit Center, a construction company is suggested to build its own key success factors based on the perspective of construction industry. That is, unlike emphasizing on hwo to share profit as other industries are used to, this study discovered that because high risks and frequent design¡¦s variation might greatly affect the cost of a construction project, the Profit Center in a construction firm is required to focus on how to keep encouraging its employees if the profit of the project is diminished due to the reasons as aforesaid.

Through decades of development along the thriving economy, the paper mill industry in Taiwan has had substantial growth in both quality and quantity. However, the rising trend of corporate digitalization and paperless information transmission in recent years brought the paper industry a never-before-seen impact. Therefore, this research approaches the subject from the aspect of constructing a performance evaluation model for assessment of direct labor in the paper mill industry by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), in expectation to provide a set of more subjective evaluation model to replace the objective, impression-based evaluation method traditionally used in the dominatingly small and medium enterprise centered paper mill industry. A subjective evaluation system will provide evaluated employees information on their performance and development; through such method, the company will be able to strengthen employees¡¦ core abilities and further upgrade the company¡¦s competitiveness to achieve the goal of sustainable development. Subjects of this research are 108 member companies of the Taiwan Paper Mill Industry Association. The survey study were conducted in two stages: The first stage focused on significance analysis; in which indicators that do not have significance to the performance of direct labor in the paper mill industry are deleted. The second stage interviewed 52 companies that are currently implementing performance evaluation systems. The screened performance evaluation indicators are then calculated by the Analytic Hierarchy Process to derive their relative importance and weight. Through analysis of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, we derived an evaluation form for assessment of direct labor in the paper mill industry. Through further study, we discovered that in the performance evaluation dimensions, the work performance dimension has the highest relative importance, professional knowledge/abilities second and personal quality last. Since the full evaluation developed in this research are statistically based, it can be not only provided as a reference for evaluation activities but also converted into an internal audit system for regular evaluation and perpetual improvement to constantly reinforce the company¡¦s competitiveness. This research was also implemented on a target case for empirical study. In which, an actual evaluation with the model developed in this study was carried out. Results of the performance evaluation were highly affirmed by the higher-level management of the experimented company. They consider that this evaluation model is highly interpretative and can be used for future performance evaluation.

Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) developed by Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University is aimed to improve the productivity of software development. From CMM to CMMI, they have been adopted worldwide. But the large numbers of unsuccessful and/or painful implementations have proved these implementations easier said than done. The software industry in Taiwan faces the challenge of global competition. Continuous improvement of productivity becomes inevitable. To achieve this goal, recently, government and non-government organizations together promote the CMMI. This thesis focuses on the Decision Analysis and Resolution of CMMI Level 3. Through the design of related methods and the development of software tools, the decision process can be more structured and more effective. Potential applications include evaluation and selection of software and hardware, outsourcing partner, tools, risk resolution alternatives or people. The typical Go/No-Go decision can also fit into it. The decision analysis methods included in this research are Multi-attribute Decision Making and Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP). In addition, alternative screening and group decision making can be integrated into the above methods.

The purpose of this research is adopting IPP evaluation mode to construct the evaluation indicators of elementary schools and its weight system. By way of studying documents and analyzing the evaluation indicators of school affairs already done by 9 counties and cities, there are 3 evaluation fields, 14 evaluation items and 84 evaluation indicators generalized. The researcher chooses the Delphi expert members through recommendations and from finding the scholars who have acquired specialties related to school evaluation . The 28 members include administrative staffs from education bureaus of county and city governments, specialists from teachers training institutes, parent organization, teacher organization, school executives, and schoolteachers. The Delphi members¡¦ main task is to make a judgment about the fitness of evaluation indicators and its weight system. After 3 times of Delphi questionnaires, the fitness of evaluation indicators are acquired. In the mean time, there¡¦s one relative weight questionnaire at the third time, and AHP is adapted to construct its weight system. The research results indicate: I. The main connotations and the evaluation indicators of elementary school evaluation . II. The ¡§Delphi Questionnaires" construct the fitness of evaluation indicators contents of elementary school affairs. III. The ¡§relative weight questionnaires¡¨ construct the weight system of evaluation indicators contents of elementary school affairs. Part 1. Large evaluation fields This includes three evaluation levels, and the titles and weights are as follows: ¡§B Process indicator ¡¨ Weight 37.65% ¡§A Input indicator¡¨ Weight 32.13% ¡§C Product indicator ¡¨ Weight 30.22% Part 2. 14 evaluation Items (1) ¡§A Input indicator¡¨ includes 4 evaluation indicators , and the titles and weights are as follows: ¡§A-2 Teachers¡¦ Ability Quality" Weight 13.20% ¡§A-1 Plans and Goals¡¨ Weight 8.74% ¡§A-3 Teaching Resource Facilities¡¨ Weight 6.15% ¡§A-4 School Environment Plan¡¨ Weight 4.04% (2) ¡§B Process indicator¡¨ includes 6 evaluation indicators, and the tit 1000 les and weights are as follows: ¡§B-1 Principal Leadership¡¨ Weight 10.29% ¡§B-4 Teaching Execution¡¨ Weight 6.37% ¡§B-3 School Atmosphere¡¨ Weight 6.04% ¡§B-2 School Executive Administration" Weight 5.37% ¡§B-6 Students¡¦ Affairs and Counseling¡¨ Weight 4.08% ¡§B-4 Curriculum Design and Execution¡¨ Weight 4.78% (3) ¡§C Product indicator¡¨ includes 4 evaluation indicators, and the titles and weights are as follows: "C-1 Students¡¦ Learning Performance¡¨ Weight 15.77% ¡§C-2 Teachers¡¦ Professional Growth¡¨ Weight 7.63% "C-3 Relationship of School and Community¡¨ Weight 3.26% Part 3. 84 evaluation indicators Concerning the weights of 84 evaluation indicators are not devised in this research. The goal is to leave the right to those government education organizations to decide whether to add or subtract the evaluation indicators according to their own backgrounds and flexible application of reality. IV. The evaluation indicators of assessing elementary school affairs are construct upon ¡§Investment-Process-Production¡¨ mode, and they bear connotations of equivalent importance. V. The evaluation indicators of assessing elementary school affairs construct by this research VI. constructing the evaluation indicators of assessing elementary school affairs, the three are equally important, IPP ¡§Investment-Process-Production¡¨. VII. Based on the constructing weight order, the prior indicators may be chosen to implement evaluation if necessary. VIII. Students are the main part of education. Emphasize students' learning performance. IX. Based on the most important indicator order, the prior indexes may be chosen to implement evaluation if necessary. X. Suggestions to follow-up research

Abstract There have been lots of M&A, alliance and restructuring activities occurred in the chemical industry all over the world since 2001. In order to operate the business successfully, the best way is through innovation instead of taking restructuring, cost down and/or M&A strategy only. Usually, chemical material should be well mixed or prepared to get unique properties for application. R&D and innovation are the good solutions. Under such circumstances, in order to win the game and even to survive, the chemical firms need to make changes of their products to be more value-added and keep their sustaining competitive advantages . This study has surveyed the questionnaires which were answered from the high value-added chemical firms, government, educational and research institutes. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was adopted for analysis. Our findings are: 1. The ratings of the importance in the second level of AHP are: ¡]1¡^The members participating in the innovation ¡]2¡^Organization system ¡]3¡^Protection of innovation ¡]4¡^Environment of the firm 2. The top five important factors in the third level of AHP are: ¡]1¡^Opinions from the industry---communication ability of the R&D director, firm secrecy protection mechanism, CTO can make the consequences of decisions for R&D innovation activities to take, relationship between firms and customers, participation of the R&D director in corporate strategy formulation ¡]2¡^Opinions from the government, educational and research institutes--- organizational culture of supporting venture and tolerating mistakes in the innovation process, CTO can make the consequences of decisions for R&D innovation activities to take, communication ability of the R&D director, firm secrecy protection mechanism, participation of the R&D director in corporate strategy formulation ¡]3¡^Opinions from the industry, government, educational and research institutes--- communication ability of the R&D director, firm secrecy protection mechanism, CTO can make the consequences of decisions for R&D innovation activities to take, participation of the R&D director in corporate strategy formulation ,organizational culture of supporting venture and tolerating mistakes

Cutaneous laser and intense pulsed light treatments are two of the most popular aesthetic treatment modalities. More and more physicians regardless of their training background are providing such profitable services because there is still no regulation on the cosmetic procedures a physician can perform. The purpose of the present study was to find out the relative strength and weakness of different medical specialties in providing laser and intense pulsed light treatment. Major decision factors for physician selection were extracted from 19 physician choice criteria with factor analysis. Using analytic hierarchy process, the relative weight of these factors and that of dermatologists, plastic surgeons and aesthetic practitioners in each factor were calculated. After reading the training curricula of dermatologists and plastic surgeons, respondents were asked to rate again the 3 medical specialties. Our results indicated that medical competence (0.3296) was the most important major decision factor followed by recommendation (0.2198), friendliness (0.1350), cost (0.1307), complete service (0.0984) and physical attribute of the physician (0.0865). Compared with plastic surgeons and aesthetic practitioners, dermatologists had an advantage in all factors except complete service, which was the strength of plastic surgeons. New patients, aged under 40, with a college degree and a monthly allowance less than 20000 NTD were more likely to change their rating in favor of dermatologists after reading the curriculum profile..

A complete road transport system is an essential requirement of regional development. In response to changes in the overall environment, the selection of a road transport system must take into account protection of the ecosystem, social development, public awareness, economic benefit, and the financial burden placed on various levels of government. Further, since the construction of a road transport system is closely related to the rate of regional development, the selection of a road construction network and the sequence in which plans are implemented necessarily have far-reaching effects on urban development. In 2002, the Construction and Planning Agency, Ministry of the Interior (CPAMI) promulgated the ¡§living road nets transportation construction,¡¨ revised the study of mechanisms, proposed an evaluation model, and subsequently established an examination and coordination team. In fiscal 2003 and 2004, projects were selected based on the evaluation model and the plan was implemented. Looking back at the results, it has been discovered that implementation by public agencies has dealt primarily with budget implementation. An assessment of the project schedule has revealed that it does not reflect local needs. Thus, this paper employs the original evaluation model to look at revision and develop an evaluation model for objectively establishing priority in the implementation of road projects in an attempt to achieve an optimal implementation procedure that both meets local needs and achieves optimal effects. It is intended for reference by public agencies in decision making when promoting road construction. The research referred the CPAMI ¡§living road nets transportation construction,¡¨ revised the study of mechanisms, by collecting the relativity articles and discussion, using the method of Analytic Hierarchy Process proposed an evaluation model. Finally, compared with three project of ¡§Tainan living road nets transportation construction, 1¡¦st modified plain¡¨ by the two evaluation model. There¡¦s fund that the research¡¦s evaluation model is can be reflection the really condition of necessary. By the concrete evidence; the right of ¡§strengthen the transportation functions & services ability of cities¡¨ and ¡§arise the accessible, equilibrium the development of living area road system¡¨ is 0.106, &0.095, is the highest scored of all the 15 targets. There is corresponding to the characteristics of ¡§the accessible and services ability of region area is the important index of evaluated city¡¦s transportation¡¨. The right of ¡§cooperate the environment¡¦s sustainable developments¡¨ is 0.254; it¡¦s the 3rd important of the 4 object. Observed from difference region of specialists; the right of scholiasts is obviously higher than other¡¦s. So, there¡¦s a drop in evaluation between researching units and excusing units about sustainable development. At last, by compared with three project of living road nets transportation construction, there¡¦s a result; the score of ¡§raising the excusing of living road nets transportation construction¡¨ have no difference, but the score of ¡§cooperate the environment¡¦s sustainable developments¡¨ have much difference. It indicates that ¡§Under the prevailing trend of thought of sustainable development, the cost of economics wasn¡¦t the main consideration of transportation construction, the cities construction is pay much attention to environment & social cost¡¨.

There are many factors that effect the refurbishment of the military dependence¡¦s residential compound is sccceed or not.The government, in order to make policy and project which the refurbishment can be pursued and finished smoothly, reaching the goal of the refurbishment , it makes the government and occupant reach win-win, no matter from fund respect of the funds , project planning and carrying out the track , doing in the test amount and function of military dependence¡¦s residential compound ,etc.,they must carry on the multidimension degree , doing in the test amount faced more , it is to influence military dependence¡¦s residential compound to refurbish the most important key of the success or failure which factor is understood. And plan the unit , area to carry out management unit ,which in charge of construction of the project and family dependent's family etc. in the policy, each link be able to cooperate and support each other. This research is expected, consult the key success factor of the that Leidecker and Bruno puts forward and confirm the method , and this study uses the analytic hierarchy process , is it familiar with the military dependence¡¦s residential compound domain expert to refurbish topic to consult, including policy plan , carry out, at all levels personnel and the military dependence¡¦s residential compound households of representative , autonomy of unit in charge of construction know cadre , get in touch with people ,etc., promote difficulty and gains of experience meeting in the course to understand and study carefully to the thing that the family dependent corrects homework or papers, analyse via the interview real example of the questionnaire , gather together the view exactly familiar the refurbishment relevant personnel and domain expert, establish their influence the weight to extract to sum up. From the planing unit , area and carry out a representative of management unit , unit in charge of construction of the project and regional military dependence¡¦s residential compound and carry on the analysis of the questionnaire to the policy of general headquarters finally, by constructing the views of the domain expert and responsible person differently, consider 3 literary composition surface, it is the most important the funds fund, and the factor by seeming to succeed in five indispensable keys wholly, management , financial raising money , funds of changing the special budget for the military dependence¡¦s residential compound respectively are compiled and editted, the price influence the will of living and include in the development plan of the city .

The semiconductor industry plays an important role in the economic development of Taiwan. Under continuous technology advancement and global division of labor, the industry relies on high performance teams consisted of outstanding talents for competitiveness. However, the mere clustering of talents is not guarantee for high performance. The manager plays a critical role in the organization. Therefore, the selection and cultivation of the manager is a challenging issue to the organization and the human resource manager. This study employed questionnaire survey and literature review to study a case company in the semiconductor assembly and testing industry. There were totally 51 copies issued for Manager level (42 copies were collected) and 17 copies issued for Director level and above (16 copies were collected). It used Fuzzy Delphi Method to discuss the management competency evaluation indices of the case company, and used the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods to construct a management competency assessment model. The model is used for decision-making on talents, and explores the current talents cultivation system, in order to discuss the practice of cultivating talents with management competency as successors. This study used Fuzzy Delphi Method, Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process, and single case research method to analyze and investigate the case company. The findings are as follows: 1. The priority of importance of management competency assessment indices for different levels of management. There are 5 indices and 24 sub-indices. The importance analysis shows the priority of important management skill of different management levels, according to their weight ranking for leadership cluster, personality cluster, personnel communication cluster, business administion cluster and operation execution cluster, in order to show the difference in demand for management competency at different levels. 2. Establishing weight system for the management competency assessment indices The results of the weight system show the relative importance of the assessment indices for the reference of management competency related activities and basis for managers in screening. 3. Practice of cultivating talents with management competency as successors The discussion on the system employed by the case company show the feasibility of the practice of cultivating talents with management competency as successors, and suggestions are provided for future system.

In today¡¦s world of highly developed economies, the average yearly consumption of paper per person is usually considered as an index of living standard. The paper industry is one of the basic industries necessary to our daily lives and an indispensably important industry in the domestic economic development. Basically, paper is a cheap medium that can be used for a wide range of purposes. Compared with other media, it has strong competitiveness. And as the industry is growing more mature, it is necessary to further investigate how to expand the market and enhance manufacturer¡¦s profit, so as to reach the goal of sustainable management of an enterprise. In order to evaluate whether the salespersons in the paper industry are able to bring profit for the company, a systematic appraisal system has to be established. This study broke through the conventional performance evaluation method adopted in the paper industry and proposed to use the 4 constructs of Balanced Scorecard as the constructs for performance evaluation, in an attempt to develop a comprehensive appraisal system. Among these 4 constructs, except the ¡§finance¡¨ and ¡§customer¡¨ constructs that were evaluated with objective quantitative indices, ¡§internal workflow¡¨ and ¡§learning and growing¡¨ constructs were subjective qualitative indices. Literature review was first conducted to induce the items for evaluating salesperson¡¦s performance. Through a survey on expert¡¦s opinions, indices considered as more imperative were derived to build the hierarchical structure of performance evaluation. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was then applied to calculate the weight of each index. Finally, empirical verifications were conducted to gain the agreement of the paper industry, in hope of providing a reference for the managers of the industry. Regarding to the structure and weight of the performance index established in this study for salespersons in the paper industry, the conclusions were made as follows: 1.The establishment of a performance appraisal system: 19 evaluation indices were developed, based on the 4 major constructs of Balanced Scorecard. 2.Weight of performance evaluation indices: Among the 4 major constructs of Balanced Scorecard, ¡§customer¡¨ was the priority, followed by the ¡§finance¡¨ construct. The overall weight of the two construct accounted for 60%. And among the 19 other indices, ¡§integrity¡¨ had the highest weight, and the rest of the top 5 indices were: gross profit margin rate, concept of cost, customer satisfaction, and achievement of collection. 3.Empirical verifications: This study conducted empirical verifications on a paper manufacturer, and the analysis results were consistent with the subjective evaluations of the high-ranking supervisors in the company. It was believed that the performance indices proposed in this study possessed high objectivity and accuracy, and could be used as a reference for performance evaluations in the future.