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The thesis discusses the possible ways of remote management of devices running Mikrotik RouterOS and choosing appropriate variant for implementation of automated remote management of the device, which is part of a mobile robot. Due to the limited capabilities of embedded system, from which it is necessary to perform automated remote management of device with this operating system, it was not possible to use standardized protocols for this purpose. A substantial part of this work therefore deals with analysis and detailed documentation of proprietary protocols implemented in the MikroTik RouterOS operating system, which are suitable for implementation in an embedded system, from which it is necessary to perform automated remote management. The conclusion describes the principle of the proposed and realized implementation of proprietary protocols in C language. The described implementation is part of the library, which provides automated remote management using these protocols.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Psychology / Patrick A. Knight / Today the geographic distance between workers is increasing. The purpose of this study was to investigate the distributed work environment by specifically focusing on leader behavior and its impact on subordinate outcomes. This study asked if the traditional core set of leadership behaviors is effective in distributed work environments, and how those behaviors impact employee outcomes such as commitment and satisfaction with supervision. Several fundamental and explored questions included: Do essential management behaviors such as consideration and initiating structure materialize differently in face-to-face versus remote situations, what type of leadership will have the most positive impact on employee's perceptions of satisfaction with supervision and organizational commitment, and does this differ according to the amount of face time between the manager and employee? Correlational data results did not support the hypotheses that face to face interaction scores were positively correlated with affective commitment, or satisfaction with supervision. Face to face interaction was not negatively correlated with continuance commitment. Non-remote employees reported significantly higher levels of satisfaction with supervision than remote employees. There was a significant difference between remote and non remote employees with non remote employees reporting higher levels of career advancement than remote employees. There was a stronger relationship between initiating structure and satisfaction with supervision when spatial distance was high. It appears that spatial distance acted as an enhancer. Two scales, company support for remote management and remote management specific behaviors, were analyzed to obtain preliminary data for future research.

Cette thèse questionne les pratiques du management à distance dans les organisations contemporaines (franchise, sous-traitance, joint-venture, etc.). Elle s’inscrit dans les Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication et en particulier dans le champ de la communication organisationnelle. A partir d’une étude de terrain réalisée dans une station-service en franchise, elle s’attache à répondre à trois questions principales : (1) En quoi peut-on dire que la franchise est une forme de management à distance et quelles en sont les caractéristiques ? (2) De quelle nature sont les capacités d’action – ou agentivités textuelles - qui organisent les routines de travail dans la station service étudiée ? (3) Comment ces capacités d’action se manifestent-elles dans les routines conversationnelles et quels modes d’existence organisationnelle constituent-elles ? Elle apporte des éclairages sur la force de l’action – ou agentivité – à distance qu’exerce le management sur ce que disent et font les membres d’une organisation, à travers une reconceptualisation, de la distance et des routines, fondée sur une dynamique organisante des capacités d’action et sur les dimensions conversationnelles et textuelles de la communication. Ce qui renouvelle également notre conception du mode d’existence de l’entreprise et ouvre le débat sur les formes d’autorité que contribue à généraliser la franchise comme forme de management à distance. / Inscribed in Information and Communication Sciences and in particular in the field of the organizational communication, this research questions the practice of management at distance in contemporary organizations (franchise, subcontracting, joint-venture, etc.). From a field study realized in a Highway Gas Service’s station, it tries to answer three research questions: (1) To what extent can we say that the franchise is a form of management at distance and what are its characteristics? (2) What are the natures of the capacities of action – or textual agencies – that organize working routines in the studied gas station? (3) How do these capacities of action intervene during the conversational routines and what modes of organizational existence do they establish? This thesis sheds light on the strength of the action – or agency – at a distance exerted by management upon what say and do the members of an organization, through a conceptualization of distance and routines based on a the conversational and textual dynamic that organize those capacities of action. This thesis also renews our conception of the mode of existence of the firm and opens the debate on the forms of authority that contributes to widespread the franchise as a model of management at distance.

Intel’s Active Management Technology (AMT) is, a hardware-based platform for remotely managing and securing personal computers out of band. AMT is available in most desktop and notebooks PCs equipped with an Intel Core 2, Centrino, or Centrino 2 processors with support for vPro technology. AMT operates independently of the platform processor and operating system. Remote platform management applications can access AMT securely, even when the platform is turned off, as long as the platform is connected to power supply and to a network. Developers can build applications that utilize AMT using the application programming interface (API) provided by Intel. While this might seem to enable creation of a powerful management tool, a secure infrastructure that is secure against insider and outsider attacks on an enterprise network is difficult. Unfortunately this technology can also potentially be used to create a powerful backdoor that is easily deployed and offers numerous features due to its almost unlimited permissions since the platform can be managed even though it is powered off. / Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) är en hårdvarubaserad plattform för avlägset att hantera och säkra datorer utanför bandet. AMT är tillgänglig de flesta stationära och bärbara dator utrustad med en Intel Core 2, Centrino, eller Centrino 2 processorer med stöd för vPro-teknik. AMT driver oberoende av plattform processor och operativsystem. Remote optimera hanteringen ansökningar kan komma åt AMT säkert, även om Plattformen är avstängd, så länge som plattform är ansluten till linjen makt och till ett nätverk. Utvecklare kan bygga applikationer som utnyttjar AMT använder Application Programming Interface från Intel. Även detta kan verkar för att möjliggöra skapandet av ett kraftfullt verktyg i förvaltningen, faktiskt skapar en säker infrastruktur som är säkert mot insider och outsider angrepp på företagets nätverk är svårt. Tyvärr har denna teknik kan komma i används för att skapa en kraftfull rootkit som är lätt att iordningställas och erbjuder flera egenskaper på grund av dess nästan obegränsade tillstånd eftersom plattformen kan lyckades även om den är avstängd.

隨著資訊及通訊技術的快速發展，智慧家庭技術日漸成熟，使得人們的家居生活環境更加便利。由於智慧家庭中技術多元，不同廠商所生產的設備互不相通，導致其操作及安裝程序複雜，影響人們的使用意願，使得目前智慧家庭的願景仍不普及。本論文主要為利用CWMP結合OAuth建立出一個功能完整的智慧家庭服務管理架構，同時兼顧服務使用者與服務供應者的需求，整合家庭內部與外部之間的互動，提供遠端購買模組、佈署服務、監控、計費以及自動偵錯與恢復等管理功能，亦加入了授權與認證規範，期望能提供更完善的管理架構，使得每個家庭雖然由不同的服務與設備組成，但皆能透過同一種技術進行管理，以利智慧家庭維運技術的發展。 / With the rapid development of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), smart home technology has become more and more mature. The applications of smart home technology are still not popular because home devices are usually made by different vendors and thus are not compatible. As a result, the management and setup procedures of these smart home products are complicated. This thesis presents the design and implementation of a CWMP and OAuth based operations management architecture that supports remote purchasing of services and components, deployment of services, diagnosis, billing of service usage and autonomic failure detection and recovery of services. The architecture uses OAuth for supporting security functions of users’ private information. It is expected that the proposed architecture can facilitate the practical applications of smart home technology and provide a reference design for designing operations management mechanisms for smart homes.

This diploma thesis is outlining the topic of virtual teams in the work context dealing with cooperation in virtual teams. In this frame it focuses mainly on communication, trust, motivation and performance. The theoretical part is devoted to the differences between the working group and a team, group cooperation in the work environment and multicultural cooperation specifics. It defines the social psychological work aspects in the context of virtuality and draws nearer up-to date findings of the vitual teamwork area. The leadership and coordination of virtual teams and the role of a leader are also touched. The empirical part of the thesis introduces a research of mapping the topic of cooperation within virtual teams using the methodological triangulation. The issue of virtual teams is seen in the organizational context from virtual team leaders' point of view. A point of view of other team members is also noticed. In the mapping study are investigated the most frequently occuring themes of communication, trust, motivation and performance or virtual teams leadership, respectively. This study also indicates the possible advantages offered by this way of work organization and similarly, it presents possible risks, which may be encountered when working with geographically distributed teams. Keywords...

Diploma thesis is dealing with design and implementation of the web server and manage- ment website in the developing kit FriendlyARM Mini6410 with installed OS GNU/Linux. The embedded packaging system PTXdist is described in terms of Kernel configuration and selection of suitable applications. The device should be later used for the remote management of atmospheric optical link.

This thesis examines, empirically, the securitization of aid delivery at the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya. Through a series of semi-structured interviews with aid workers, it documents their security concerns, organizatinonal responses to security risks, and discusses the impacts of these concerns and responses on the delivery of aid to the camps. Armed with a biopolitical conceptualization of sovereignty, articulated in the human security paradigm, the humanitarian aid industry has increasingly reached beyond national borders to touch ‘bare life.’ By now, it is widely recognized that humanitarian principles such as neutrality have often failed to protect aid workers from violent attack as they increasingly venture into the world inhabited by “surplus populations.” Drawing on existing research, this study demonstrates how humanitarian aid delivery in high-risk environments, like refugee camps, is essential to the broader task of using aid to securitize and contain high-risk populations and political instability. Paradoxically, without the securitization of aid at the operational level, humanitarian workers are left exposed to the same enduring elements of insecurity that persistently threaten the lives of those they endeavor to help.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Today's light sources are expanding the application field of lighting systems for decorative, commercial and artistic purposes, in many areas, such as parks, gardens or parking. This paper presents the development of a management system applied to lighting based on power RGB LEDs, due to its great potential for use in outdoor decorative lighting. The proposed system is a low cost solution and presents the advantage of remote management of the lighting system on multiple interfaces, either on a dedicated device, as for portable devices, such as laptops, smartphones or tablets. After an analysis of currently lighting systems protocols, it is also proposed a new communication protocol for the developed system in order to get a reliable and robust solution. This work also presents the results of the proposed system, highlighting its main advantages and limitations. / Seja em parques, praças, jardins, centros de compras ou estacionamento, o campo de aplicação de sistemas de iluminação com fins decorativos, comerciais e artísticos, tem se expandido muito, principalmente, devido as fontes de luzes disponíveis atualmente. Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um sistema de gerenciamento aplicado à iluminação baseado em LEDs RGB de potência, devido seu grande potencial para uso em iluminação decorativa de ambientes externos. O sistema resultante é uma solução de baixo custo que apresenta um grande diferencial, a possibilidade de gerenciamento remoto em múltiplas interfaces, seja por um dispositivo dedicado, quanto por dispositivos portáveis, como notebooks, smartphones ou tablets. Além de se obter uma solução confiável e robusta, é desenvolvido também um protocolo de comunicação para o sistema proposto, após uma análise dos protocolos mais utilizados atualmente em sistemas de iluminação. Ao final deste trabalho são apresentados os resultados do sistema proposto, aonde também são levantadas as principais vantagens e limitações da solução apresentada.