M.A. (Economics) / The aim of this dissertation is to analyze industrial market demand in order to allow the management of Truck Services (Southern-Transvaal) to allocate cost and production efficiently and effectively. The implementation of a market driven capacity will ensure increased profit margins with expanded market shares. This is vital in an extremely competitive transport market ...

by Onda, Shigejiro. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf [52]). / Chapter I --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter II --- Methodology --- p.3 / Chapter III --- Background of the Target Company --- p.4 / Chapter IV --- Description of the Operations --- p.5 / Workers --- p.6 / Each Section at the Cebu Factory --- p.5 / Chapter V --- Manufacturing Processes --- p.9 / Vanguard --- p.9 / Mensou and Henkei --- p.11 / Engraving --- p.13 / Chapter VI --- Problems Identified --- p.16 / Delays --- p.16 / Material Management --- p.20 / Quality Control --- p.21 / Chapter VII --- Recommendations --- p.24 / Scheduling and Control --- p.24 / Material Control --- p.27 / Organizing Materials --- p.33 / Partnerships with Suppliers --- p.34 / Partnerships with Subcontractors --- p.38 / Minimizing Setup Time --- p.40 / Quality Control --- p.42 / Chapter VIII --- Conclusions --- p.45 / Appendix / References

by Ang Siu-lun. / Bibliography: leaves 137-140 / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1986

The purpose of this study was to determine if leadership training, given to informal leaders, had a positive effect on manufacturing productivity. The leadership attributes of informal leaders were assessed using the Leader Attributes Inventory (LAI). Furthermore, the performance of informal leaders was measured using the Leader Effectiveness Index (LEI). Non-management employees from various departments in a manufacturing facility were placed in one of four experimental groups. A Solomon four-group experimental design was employed. A one-group pretest-posttest design was used to control threats to internal validity. The one-way analysis of variance procedure (ANOVA) was used to determine if there were statistically significant increases in manufacturing productivity of informal leaders. Findings suggested that training increased the manufacturing productivity of informal leaders. The increased productivity indicated that leadership training could help manufacturing facilities increase their productivity without capital expenditures. Findings did not indicate a statistically significant difference in leadership attributes. Findings also suggested there were no significant differences in the manufacturing productivity between employees with high leader attributes and low leader attributes. Based on this study, leadership training, given to non-management employees, may yield gains in manufacturing productivity.