There are many different organizations devote to the methods of software development knowledge, including Software Engineering Institute (SEI), Project Management Institute (PMI), Industrial Development Bureau of Ministry of Economic Affairs, Institute for Information Industry, Information Service Industry Association of R.O.C., and so on.However, many small-and-medium-size software development companies apply the methods without considering self-ability and the situation which they are at. I t is easy to be in conflict with internal habit and culture and make a minus effect of promoting management ability. Therefore, my research will be based on the methodology of commonKADS knowledge engineering and software. First, analyze the enterprise¡¦s current management procedures and the relations among procedures, and then compare with external management knowledge, such as CMMI etc. for structuring the framework of knowledge management system model in order that enterprises can easily develop the proper method of management according to the situation.

ºK ­n This study is to discuss the core competence of IC seal industry, and to construct the model. The purpose of this study are presented as follows: 1. To define which competence is core competence of IC seal industry. 2. To structure the core competence build-up model. 3. To confirm the model is workable. 4. To develop and to manage the core competence. This conclusions of this study are presented as follows: 1. Core competence of IC seal industry includes research and design ability, product engineering technology development ability, cost control and strategy management ability, manpower development ability. 2. Core competence will build up from the process of executing the total quality management.

<p>I dagens allt mer globaliserade företagsklimat är det viktigt att på ett optimalt sätt hantera informations- och kunskapsrelaterade frågor. I takt med den ständiga förändringen som pågår så har begreppet Knowledge Management (KM) blivit ett populärt ämnesområde. KM kan enligt oss vara hur en organisation arbetar och hanterar kunskap för att kunna öka sin konkurrenskraft.</p><p>Vårt syfte med denna kandidatuppsats har varit att undersöka hur den mestadels engelsk-språkiga litteraturen inom ämnesområdet KM går att applicera på svenska organisationer. Detta med avsikt på att kunna mäta en organisations KM-tillstånd. Vårt forskningsarbete har även målsättningen att generera förändrings- och förbättringsförslag åt en global orga-nisation som vårt referensföretag.</p><p>För att uppfylla syftet har vi valt att utföra en surveyundersökning som bygger på Bukowitz och Williams bok, The Knowledge Management Fieldbook (1999). Med hjälp av denna lit-teratur kan läsaren undersöka och mäta hur en vald organisation hanterar kunskap.</p><p>Vår forskning visar att den valda undersökningsformen går att använda på svenska organi-sationer men att den besitter vissa brister. Bland förslagen vi tagit fram för att förbättra surveyundersökningen finns förändringar i språkbruket och möjlighet att dela upp under-sökningen i mindre avsnitt.</p><p>Trots undersökningens brister har vi fått fram ett antal förändrings- och förbättringsförslag åt vårt referensföretag. Surveyundersökningen indikerar bland annat på att respondenterna saknar en helhetssyn och en förståelse för organisationens syn på KM. Vidare tyder resulta-tet på att organisationen hade kunnat bli ännu mer konkurrenskraftig genom att tillsätta specialisttjänster i form av till exempel en Knowledge Manager.</p> / <p>The environment of organisations is today becoming more globalized and it is important to optimize the ways of handling with information and knowledge. In this constant change that is going on has the concept Knowledge Management (KM) become popular. KM can according to us be how an organisation work and handle knowledge in order to strengthen their competitiveness.</p><p>Our purpose with this paper has been to examine how KM is described in the, in most parts, English literature and how it can be applied to Swedish organisations in order to measure the KM-condition. The aim of this research project is also to generate changes and improvement suggestions for a global organisation such as our reference organisation.</p><p>In order to obtain our purpose we have chosen to execute a survey investigation that is built on “The Knowledge Management Fieldbook” (1999) authored by Bukowitz and Wil-liams. With this literature the reader is given an opportunity to investigate and measure how a chosen organisation handles knowledge.</p><p>The research shows that the chosen investigation form is possible to use on Swedish or-ganisations even though there are some shortages. Among our proposals, to improve the survey investigation, are a change of language use and to make it possible for the investiga-tor to divide the investigation into smaller parts.</p><p>Despite the shortages in the investigation have we been able to produce a number of sug-gestions for our reference organisation to work with. These suggestions are for example about changes and improvement in KM handling. The survey investigation indicate among other things that the respondents lack an overall picture and understanding for the organi-sations vision of KM. Furthermore our result indicates that the organisation could be able to become even more competitive through appointing specialist posts like for example a Knowledge Manager.</p>

State capitalism, which refers to an economic system wherein the state maintains a guiding role in the economy based on the functioning of a market mechanism that is instrumental to the state, has experienced a rapid proliferation during recent decades. As a typical example of a state capitalist country, China has developed a highly institutionalised economic system characterised by a deep integration between the state and the market. This thesis aims to answer the questions as to how and why the rise of Chinese state capitalism has challenged the existing international economic order. It begins with an exploration of the ways in which Chinese state capitalism functions, submitting that the state simultaneously fulfils a triple role when intervening in the market, namely that of a planner, competitor, and a regulator. This research then doctrinally analyses the legal instruments adopted by China to advance its state capitalist practice, through which it argues that, compared to public law, private law has assumed greater importance in underpinning Chinese state capitalism. Next, by exploring both the world trading system and the international investment regime, the thesis contends that the international economic order has a limited ability to properly respond to the development of China’s state capitalism. The reason behind the limitation results from a failure to understand China’s contemporary state capitalism as an economic model that transcends the traditional market-state paradigm long-held by orthodox capitalism.

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This thesis describes the development of a Knowledge Management (KM) Assessment tool for the Operational level of the organisation. Its main focus is to help organisations to identify the KM activities and mechanisms that they could improve in order to improve their operational efficiency. Current KM literature is lacking in guiding organisations in what they need to do in order to implement and formalise KM in their operations with a view to improving operational efficiency. Therefore the aim of this thesis is to fill this gap in the literature and also to influence the manner in which KM is practiced. The research project has three distinct stages: the model development, modification and testing stages. The model development stage synthesises KM literature and a pilot study in order to develop a conceptual model of the KM assessment tool. The second stage of the research project describes the application of the tool in three organisations and details the modifications that were made as a result. Finally, the third stage tests the final version of the KM Assessment tool using four case organisations. The KM Assessment tool presented in this thesis is not a prescriptive KM solution; it emphasises the need to approach KM from a process and task specific perspective. Put another way, KM improvements should be implemented to reflect the processes and task charactaristics of each individual organisation. However, the thesis presents a method of evaluation of such that is unform across organisational types

This thesis describes the development of a Knowledge Management (KM) Assessment tool for the Operational level of the organisation. Its main focus is to help organisations to identify the KM activities and mechanisms that they could improve in order to improve their operational efficiency. Current KM literature is lacking in guiding organisations in what they need to do in order to implement and formalise KM in their operations with a view to improving operational efficiency. Therefore the aim of this thesis is to fill this gap in the literature and also to influence the manner in which KM is practiced. The research project has three distinct stages: the model development, modification and testing stages. The model development stage synthesises KM literature and a pilot study in order to develop a conceptual model of the KM assessment tool. The second stage of the research project describes the application of the tool in three organisations and details the modifications that were made as a result. Finally, the third stage tests the final version of the KM Assessment tool using four case organisations. The KM Assessment tool presented in this thesis is not a prescriptive KM solution; it emphasises the need to approach KM from a process and task specific perspective. Put another way, KM improvements should be implemented to reflect the processes and task charactaristics of each individual organisation. However, the thesis presents a method of evaluation of such that is unform across organisational types

Els brassinoesteroides són fitohormones que actuen com a reguladors del creixement vegetal. En aquest camp, davant dels elevats costos necessaris per obtenir-los resulta rellevant la síntesi de mimètics. En aquest treball s'ha desenvolupat una estratègia per transformar l'inhibidor dels brassinoesteroides, el KM-01, en una nova família d'anàlegs amb activitat brassinoesteroide. Per sintetitzar tres mimètics del KM-01, ha estat necessari posar a punt un mètode per a produir microbiològicament el producte de partida (PR toxina) a escala de grams i, definir mitjançant tècniques computacionals, entre les quals destaca la nova metodologia SHOP, l'estructura d'aquests mimètics del KM-01. Finalment, s'ha posat a punt un bioassaig per avaluar-ne l'activitat antiestrès. / Los brasinoesteroides son fitohormonas que actúan como reguladores del crecimiento vegetal. En este campo, delante de los elevados costes necesarios para obtenerlos resulta relevante la síntesis de miméticos. En este trabajo, se ha desarrollado una estrategia para transformar el único inhibidor conocido de los brasinoesteroides, el KM-01, en una nueva familia de análogos con actividad brasinoesteroide. Para sintetizar tres miméticos del KM-01 ha sido necesaria la puesta a punto de un método para producir microbiológicamente el producto de partida (PR toxina) a escala de gramos y, definir, mediante técnicas de química computacional entre las que destaca la nueva metodología SHOP, la estructura de estos miméticos del KM-01. Finalmente, se ha puesto a punto un bioensayo para evaluar su actividad antiestrés. / Brassinosteroids are fitohormones that act as growth plant regulators. However, the high costs to obtain them drives to the relevance of synthesizing brassinosteroid mimetics. In this work, it has been developed a strategy in order to transform the only known brassinosteroids inhibitor, KM-01, into a new family of analogues with brassinosteroid activity. The synthesis of three KM-01 mimetics has required the microbiologic production of the starting material (PR toxin) in gram quantities and, the structure definition of KM-01 analogues by computational methods (SHOP methodology). Finally, a new bioassay has been developed in order to evaluate their antistress activity.

This study examines the relationship between organizational factors (Culture, Structure, Strategy and Technology) and Knowledge Management Effectiveness (KME) in Abu Dhabi public organizations. The literature indicates that these factors are widely used to explore KME in construction organizations, but little analysis has been undertaken for UAE public construction companies. The government of Abu Dhabi regulates eight different construction organizations. This study obtained 414 samples from the considered organizations. An empirical research with quantitative methods was undertaken. First, a comprehensive literature reviewed enabled the derivation of three hypotheses, which were then verified through a quantitative survey of the eight organizations. A questionnaire was administered to 414 active department managers, supervisors and employees of Abu Dhabi public organizations whose job description indicated responsibility for KME implementation. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to evaluate the organizational factors and KME of the considered organizations. Ordered logistic regression was used to assess the influence of the organizational factors on KME, and factor analysis was used for the extraction of the significant dimensions of these factors. Ordered logistic regression was used to explore the relationships between the significant dimensions found in these factors and KME. It was discovered that there is significant relationship between organizational factors and KME, but only a few dimensions have significant impacts. Therefore, a model was subsequently developed for the improvement of KME in Abu Dhabi public organizations consisting of significant areas and dimensions of factors impacting on KME, which was developed in a group discussion conducted with senior and middle management leaders from the considered organizations, who were responsible for implementing knowledge management. This model was then validated in Abu Dhabi public organizations and the results indicate the areas and factors of Abu Dhabi public organizations' knowledge management leaders that need to be strengthened to improve KME performance.