Traditional project management has been implemented by most of the companies in today’s business world in order to monitor and control the projects (Tonnquist, 2008). Project management techniques have been proven for decades and its performance has been maximized (Heldman, 2011). We think that the PM techniques have gradually reached its limits. For today’s companies, it is vital to find a more effective and innovative method which can be integrated into the project management in order to maintain their competitive advantages (Pyzdek, 2003).   As a relatively new business management approach and strategy, Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of the product and process by using some quantitative methods and tools (Michalski, 2003). Actually, Six Sigma has been broadly implemented in many companies and received a positive effect (Pande et al., 2000). However, most of the Six Sigma usage happens just in the Six Sigma projects and these projects need the great support from the top-management level and require plenty of resources for training and maintain (Pande et al., 2002).   The purpose of this thesis is to suggest an approach/methodology for how simple Six Sigma tools and methods can be combined with the traditional project management. In this case, those non-Six Sigma projects can still use some easy Six Sigma techniques to maximize the benefits. In order to achieve this purpose, the following methodologies are implemented: literature review to identify relative factors including quality, time, cost, communication and customer satisfaction, surveys and interviews to find out the current situations and problems in Siemens Industrial Turbo machinery (SIT) project management, empirical studies to develop some models and methods in which Six Sigma tools are integrated in the project management in SIT.   In this thesis, based on the empirical research of the case company of SIT, we are going to suggest some Six Sigma tools to be integrated into project management. The research questions include:   How can the selected Six Sigma tools improve the project management? The Pros and Cons of implementing Six Sigma methods and tools in the project management. What tools of Six Sigma are suitable to increase the performance of the project management in SIT   As the result of this thesis work, once it is testified it is feasible and fit in the SIT project management process, we think that there is a great chance it should be amplified and spread to many more business areas.

<p><font face="Times New Roman"> <p align="left">This mini-thesis seeks to interrogate the interplay between memory and documentation in the process of exhibition-making by a looking at the preparation for and mounting of the exhibition, Museum. This will be achieved by looking at the institutional methodologies employed by the Museum in dealing with ex-residents of District Six, their memories and artefacts in the heritage practice of a Museum as a forum. This practice was put into effect as the District Six Museum engaged ex-residents of other locations of removal.</p> </font></p>

For the creative writing part of my Master's Thesis, I adapted two short stories into short films. My first screenplay is a free reverie based on Mavis Gallant's "Wedding Ring", a highly blurred and elliptic story. I then chose to work on "Careful", a text by Raymond Carver. Carver's writing is very concise and detail oriented. In itself, it is already almost cinematographic. The external gestures, the outside world express the character's interiority and existential uneasiness. This kind of writing calls for a different approach to adaptation. One that is, in the case of my personal work, much closer to the original text. / My creative writing enterprise raises a certain number of questions regarding the essence of the adaptation process. How should one consider a text when adapting it? Should one stay close to the original, or choose to move away from it, at the risk of betrayal? To what extent can one impose one's own vision, voice, words upon somebody else's work? My critical essay will explore the particular position of the person adapting original texts for cinema. / I will focus more specifically on the case of French author, Eric Rohmer, who rewrote some of his own literary work for cinema Unsatisfied with the written form of his Six Contes moraux short stories, Rohmer felt the need to adapt them to the screen. In the preface to his collection of stories, published in 1974, Rohmer speaks of his relationship to literature and cinema. He thus sets the ground for a vast reflection on the different creative possibilities offered by these mediums. The critical section of my Master's thesis will explore what is at stake in this process of rewriting the Six contes moraux from the literary to the cinematographic form.

Detta examensarbete har utförts i samarbete med ett företag som önskar vara anonymt i rapporten. Företaget har nyligen fått höjda produktionsmål då de fått ta över produktion från en fabrik som håller på att avvecklas. Då arbetskraften fortfarande är densamma har detta lett till att de anställda får jobba övertid. Studien har huvudsakligen fokuserats på en avdelning inom företaget men till viss del har studien också krävt att mindre delar av de två andra avdelningarna också studerades. Syftet med projektet var att se över hur arbetsprocessen kunde effektiviseras så att målen kan nås utan att personalen behöver jobba övertid. Som ramverk för projektet användes en version av Six Sigmas lösningsmetodik DMAIC, nämligen RDMAIC, där en Recognize-fas har lagts till i starten av arbetet. Projektet innefattar en mängd metoder och verktyg, där de flesta härstammar från Lean Production, däribland SMED och Kaizen Event. Med andra ord har examensarbetet utförts som ett Lean Six Sigma-projekt. Utöver detta har fokus även lagts på motivation och hur detta påverkar de anställda, exempelvis genom djupintervjuer. Genom att analysera relevanta teorier om hur människor motiveras har författarna också kunnat ge rekommendationer på vilka åtgärder som eventuellt kan vidtas för att försöka höja operatörernas motivation och förbättra stämningen på avdelningen. Genom studien kommer förhoppningsvis det aktuella företaget kunna få en inblick i hur det kan förbättras. Studien visar bland annat att Kaizen Event är något som kan ha stor inverkan på både produktion och motivation.

This master’s thesis was written on the behalf of Saba Frukt och Grönt AB in Helsingborg and is the final part of the Master program in Mechanical Engineering at Halmstad University. The main task was to introduce visual control and increase the rate of concept in two of the departments of the company. The goal is to come up with implementation proposals, and if possible to implement one in the near future. The author attacks the problem by using the Six Sigma DMAIC-methodology as it is a clear and structured approach. As a complement Lean-inspired tools are used. After compiling the results from the interviews and benchmarking some suggestions are made. These are reviewed with stakeholders and a discussion of how to go on further was held. Within a short time the implementation starts on one department with visual methods such as marks on the floor and an andonlamp. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, nothing is yet implemented in the other department. However the work is going on and it requires a lot of planning and preparation. Conclusions are drawn that the goal is achieved and recommendations for future work are presented in this master’s report.

Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Systems Science Dept., 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains 172 p. Includes bibliographical references. Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Zugl.: Hamburg, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2008

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Louisville, 2002. / Department of Industrial Engineering. Vita. "December 2002." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-63).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. Thesis (Ph. D. in Philosophy)--The Ohio State University, 2005. / Microfilm copy: University Microfilms No. 3161111. Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-162). Also available online online via OhioLINK's ETD Center