Abstract ¡@¡@In this era of knowledge-based economy, the environment is changing fast. The continuous progress of information technology plays the important role for putting knowledge-based management into practice. On the other hand, because of appearance of knowledge-based management, persons gradually realize it become harder to produce concrete result by person¡¦s knowledge and effort. Members of organization, Nowadays, must use teamwork to gain organizational-knowledge and through communication & coordination between teams and members to finish tasks for achieving enterprise¡¦s goal. ¡@¡@This research is using the concept and the method of knowledge-based management and process management to build up organization and process design for achieving the strategy goal of enterprise. It also explores how to find adequate knowledge through information technology in the shortest time and transform the knowledge into the reliable organizational-knowledge by sharing and applying. In addition, the topics of the research include linking engineering knowledge and organizational form from a clear goal of technology strategy according to the point of view of system process integration. Under the process structure of the research, we seek and evaluate key indexes of affecting performance to develop the ability of fast developing new technology and new process. And intend to expedite organization toward creating knowledge developing related to enterprise¡¦s strategies in order to get better competitive edge.

Spending on investments in integrative information systems (IIS) has considerably risen during the last few years due to a high need for linking various information systems. The demand for integrating the systems stems from developments like mergers and acquisitions and is typically satisfied in practice using Enterprise Application Integration solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, Portals, or Data Warehouses. For the valuation of such an investment previous literature recommends the use of a real options analysis (ROA) since traditional capital budgeting methods such as the Net Present Value underestimate its value. Contrary, the ROA is able to conveniently account for managerial flexibility, represented by the possibility to implement follow-on opportunities, generated by the IIS. However, in practice ROA suffers from a lack of appliance mainly because of its complexity. This thesis precisely closes this gap and develops a simplified process model for a ROA by exactly tailoring the broad real options concept to the requirements of an investment valuation of IIS. For that, it reviews option pricing models from the financial world as well as previous research in the area of ROA and creates the desired model by conducting a ROA for four case studies in detail. The study reveals new findings concerning the question of how a decision-maker can apply the real options method and at the same time, when he/she is able to abandon a detailed ROA or a ROA at all. (author's abstract)

Product visual inspection is still performed manually or semi automatically in most industries from simple ceramic tile grading to complicated automotive body panel paint defect and surface quality inspection. Moreover, specular surfaces present additional challenges to conventional vision systems due to specular reflections, which may mask the true location of objects and lead to incorrect measurements. Some sophisticated optical inspection methods have already been developed for high precision surface defect inspection in recent years. Unfortunately, most of them are highly computational. Systems built on those methods are either inapplicable or costly to achieve real-time inspection. This thesis describes an integrated low-cost intelligent system developed to automatically capture and extract regular defects of the ceramic tiles with uniformly colored specular coatings. The proposed system is implemented on a group of smart cameras using its on-board processing ability to achieve real-time inspection. The results of this study will be used to facilitate the design of a robust, low-cost, closed-loop inspection system for a class of products with smooth specular coatings. The experimental results on real test panels demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of proposed system.

The objective of this thesis is to analyze the concept of autonomy, taking as the case study Brazil under the Workers Party Government (2003-2016). Approach that will be taken aims at combining perspectives of Latin-American structuralism with those of realism and interdependency. Thesis essentially concentrates on two specific issue areas: global economy and international politics. By constructing a theoretical framework, I aspire to identify and analyze various factors considered to have a direct impact on the study matter. In doing so, I consider the behavior of distinct variables and their effect on the degree of autonomy. Finally, thesis addresses problems of international insertion for peripheral countries, considering possibilities and limits of truly autonomous action.

Flexibility describes the system ability to cope with events that may cause imbalance between electricity supply and demand while maintaining the system reliability in a cost-effective manner. Flexibility has always been present in the power system to cater for unplanned generator outages and demand uncertainty and variability. The arrival of wind generation with its variable and hard to predict nature increases the overall needs for system flexibility. This thesis provides a systematic approach for investigating the role of flexibility in different power system activities including generation scheduling, generation planning and market operation, and furthermore proposes two 'offline' indices for flexibility evaluation. Using the tools and metrics presented in this thesis, it is possible to perform the following tasks: • Conduct generation scheduling simulation to evaluate the impacts of wind on the flexibility requirement of power systems; • Use the unit construction and commitment algorithm to 1) estimate the maximum allowable wind capacity for an existing system; 2) find the optimal investment of new flexible units for accommodating more wind generation; and 3) decide an optimal generation mix for integrating a given wind penetration; • Use the market model to reveal the value and profitability of flexibility and evaluate the corresponding effects of alternative market design; • Use the two proposed flexibility indices to quantitatively assess the flexibility of individual generators and power systems without undertaking complex and time consuming simulations.

This thesis describes the design of an information strategy for the Faculty Hospital in Brno, which is the largest provider of health services in Moravia. The first part includes theoretical aspects used. In the following chapter, there are analyses that aim to precisely describe the current situation of the organization. The third part contains draft of a new information strategy from several perspectives. At the end of this chapter there is a detailed time analysis which uses PERT methodology. The last part evaluates the costs and benefits of new information strategy of Faculty Hospital.

The Higher Education (HE) sector of a country is a key area indicating the progress of cultural, political and social growth and development. Public and social demands as well as technological developments add new challenges for this sector. Consequently, higher education institutions have changed and a more flexible IT infrastructure is required to enable them to adapt efficiently to competitive business challenges. Enterprise application integration (EAI) is a technology that effectively integrates intra- and inter-organizational systems. Firstly a systematic review of the EAI literature was conducted. From this review, it was apparent that there are no theoretical models for EAI adoption and evaluation for higher education. Hence, this research contributes a conceptual model that includes influential factors derived from the literature and combines them with the proposed classification of influential factors for HE to produce an EAI conceptual model for the HE domain. To validate this proposed model empirical research was conducted. Then, the model was tested using a qualitative case study approach by means of three case studies that were conducted at different universities. Exploratory, explanatory and interpretive data analysis phases were implemented to find what is the current EAI process of HE and how these institutions currently work. In addition, these phases were employed to identify the EAI adoption factors in HE. As a result of this analysis the conceptual model was modified because of complementary factors that emerged. Therefore, the main contribution of this research is a comprehensive and novel model for EAI adoption in higher education area. The adoption EAI factors were identified by extracting a number of parameters from the empirical data. Several important factors that influence and assist the adoption of EAI in HE were identified. Hence, an additional contribution is the classification of factors in EAI adoption into technical and social factors which provides a better understanding of these factors. A further contribution is the derivation of a new classification of the EAI external and internal pressure factors. The development of a consistent model for the adoption and evaluation of EAI in HE is based on these factors.

<p>1 januari 2010 träder förordning 2009:907 i kraft. Denna förordning medför krav på svenska statliga myndigheter att införa ett miljöledningssystem (MLS). Med anledning av detta avser denna studie att utifrån förutsättningar som ligger till grund för en lyckad integrering av MLS bedöma hur Uppsala universitet på bästa sätt kan möta dessa krav. Efter genomgång av litteratur har fyra faktorer som anses vara betydande för integreringsprocessen valts ut. Dessa är; anpassning av MLS till andra ledningssystem, ansvarsfördelning, kommunikation samt utbildning och kompetens. Dessa fyra variabler har sedan legat till grund för den analysmodell som har använts i syfte att strukturera empiri och analys. Studiens fallorganisation är Uppsala universitet vilket är intressant att studera då det i denna organisation tidigare gjorts försök att integrera ett MLS men utan framgång. Det empiriska materialet består av intervjuer med universitetets miljösamordnare och tre prefekter samt information från universitets hemsida. I det empiriska avsnittet tillkommer ytterligare tre variabler som visat sig vara betydande för integrering av ett MLS på universitetet, nämligen engagemang, resurser och kultur. I studien framkommer att det finns brister i samtliga variabler inom Uppsala universitet och att detta är en bidragande orsak till att integreringsarbetet tidigare misslyckats. Studien avslutas med förslag till förbättringar för att öka möjligheterna till en lyckad integrering av MLS.</p> / <p>A decree which takes effect from 1 January 2010 implies that Swedish government authorities must introduce an environmental management system (EMS). This study therefore intends to assess, based on the conditions that are prerequisites for a successful integration of an EMS, how the University of Uppsala can meet the requirements of the upcoming regulation. After studying the literature four variables considered to be of importance to the integration have been chosen.These are: adaptation to other management systems, responsibility distribution, communication as well as education and competence. These four factors are the base upon which the analysis model that has been used to structure the empirical and analytical chapters is built. An attempt to integrate an EMS has earlier been done at Uppsala University but failed, which is why this was chosen as the case organisation. The empirical material is based on interviews with the environmental coordinator and three prefects and also material from the university homepage. In the empirical chapter three variables are added as they prove to be of great significance to the integration of the EMS namely commitment, resources and culture. The result of the study shows that there are deficiencies in all of the variables at the university and that this has contributed to the earlier failed integration. The study concludes with suggestions of improvement to enhance the chances of a successful integration of EMS.</p>

1 januari 2010 träder förordning 2009:907 i kraft. Denna förordning medför krav på svenska statliga myndigheter att införa ett miljöledningssystem (MLS). Med anledning av detta avser denna studie att utifrån förutsättningar som ligger till grund för en lyckad integrering av MLS bedöma hur Uppsala universitet på bästa sätt kan möta dessa krav. Efter genomgång av litteratur har fyra faktorer som anses vara betydande för integreringsprocessen valts ut. Dessa är; anpassning av MLS till andra ledningssystem, ansvarsfördelning, kommunikation samt utbildning och kompetens. Dessa fyra variabler har sedan legat till grund för den analysmodell som har använts i syfte att strukturera empiri och analys. Studiens fallorganisation är Uppsala universitet vilket är intressant att studera då det i denna organisation tidigare gjorts försök att integrera ett MLS men utan framgång. Det empiriska materialet består av intervjuer med universitetets miljösamordnare och tre prefekter samt information från universitets hemsida. I det empiriska avsnittet tillkommer ytterligare tre variabler som visat sig vara betydande för integrering av ett MLS på universitetet, nämligen engagemang, resurser och kultur. I studien framkommer att det finns brister i samtliga variabler inom Uppsala universitet och att detta är en bidragande orsak till att integreringsarbetet tidigare misslyckats. Studien avslutas med förslag till förbättringar för att öka möjligheterna till en lyckad integrering av MLS. / A decree which takes effect from 1 January 2010 implies that Swedish government authorities must introduce an environmental management system (EMS). This study therefore intends to assess, based on the conditions that are prerequisites for a successful integration of an EMS, how the University of Uppsala can meet the requirements of the upcoming regulation. After studying the literature four variables considered to be of importance to the integration have been chosen.These are: adaptation to other management systems, responsibility distribution, communication as well as education and competence. These four factors are the base upon which the analysis model that has been used to structure the empirical and analytical chapters is built. An attempt to integrate an EMS has earlier been done at Uppsala University but failed, which is why this was chosen as the case organisation. The empirical material is based on interviews with the environmental coordinator and three prefects and also material from the university homepage. In the empirical chapter three variables are added as they prove to be of great significance to the integration of the EMS namely commitment, resources and culture. The result of the study shows that there are deficiencies in all of the variables at the university and that this has contributed to the earlier failed integration. The study concludes with suggestions of improvement to enhance the chances of a successful integration of EMS.

A system packaging level approach on liquid crystal polymer (LCP) was proposed for low cost, lightweight, and compact wireless communication systems. Via technology was explored for V-band W-band transitions and an active cooling system that are essential for compact multilayer integration. RF MEMS switches were fabricated and integrated at the component level to enable multi-functional devices with optimal performance. A pattern reconfigurable antenna for MIMO applications and 3D phase shifters for phased array antennas that use RF MEMS switches were presented. In addition, a lightweight expandable array was designed and measured with up to 256 elements on multilayer LCP integrated at the system level. Furthermore, a 60 GHz multilayer transceiver front end device with simultaneous transmit and receive was designed and measured for low cost 60 GHz applications. The wide variety of multilayer LCP applications integrated at the system level shows a promising future for the next generation low cost lightweight wireless communication systems.