The main goal of this Master´s Thesis is to analyze the risks of quality management in manufacturing branch of BTL zdravotnická technika, a.s. The introduction part is summarization of important terms from the field of management quality, risk management and metrology. Analysis of the current risk management is a part of the practical part of this Master´s Thesis. The key part of this Thesis is identification of risks in the metrology field and their analysis. For the analysis was used FMEA methodology. The outcome is a register of risk which is valuable for this Thesis as well as for the company. Suggestion for improvements for the critical risks are introduces at the end of this Thesis.

An Application Service Provider (ASP) is a company that offers individuals or enterprises access over the Internet to applications and related services that would otherwise have to be located in their own personal or enterprise computers. The simplest way to understand the ASP concept is to think of it as "application-renting". However, the customer always owns the data. The primary purpose of this thesis is to see what kind of demands there is on an ASP solution from the customers? side. The secondary purpose is to see if the customers could consider an ASP solution if their demands were met. We have also given an explanation of the ASP concept and what factors, within the data security context, makes the solution acceptable among customers. The method we have used to find a result to our hypothesis and research questions, is that we have collected different text materials and conducted interviews. The interviewed companies where four ASP suppliers and four future possible ASP customers. The result of our investigation showed that a majority of the interviewed persons could consider an ASP solution. The result could however not be estimated and applied for the entire company, because of the variety of knowledge between the different departments. The ASP industry is clearly in the stage of maturity within the IT business, but it seems like the psychological barrier may be the strongest factor that can diminish the success of ASP.

Quality and security of software are key factors in the software development. This thesis deals with the quality of open source software (OSS for short) and different questions that are related with open source and close source software has discussed in the thesis proposal. Open source software is a process by which we can produce cheap and qualitative software and its source could be re-use in the development of the software. Close source software is more expensive than open source software and we can not re-use its source code, so there should be a way by which cheap and qualitative software should be produced. This thesis describes that how the quality of the open source software can be evaluated and increased. There are different factors which are helpful to increase the software quality these factors are low cycle time, low cost and small size of software. These factors are also helpful for the development of software product according to the requirement of clients and the users of that software. This thesis also describes the security and performance of close and open source software and it also analyze different software development processes. The quality of OSS can be increased by use of best evaluation techniques, best quality measurement, best development tools and best development process. There are also many challenges for OSS, which it has to face for improvement of the quality of OSS. Initially there were many drawbacks in open source software but with the passage of time improvement has produced in it. This thesis also describes the compression, advantages and disadvantages of the close source and open source software. / 0046-737218653 , 0046-739131829

Obesity is presently one of the leading preventable causes of mortality and is an increasing issue that affects the workplace. This pilot study investigates the effects of a multidisciplinary obesity management program on employees within a community hospital setting. The purpose of this study is to assess the outcome factors of the intervention and to detect an association between the participants’ biological factors, psychological status, eating behaviors, and lifestyle components to that of their current body weight status. Methods. An evaluation of a tailored obesity management program was conducted in a corporate setting with employees of a large community hospital. The evaluation sought to determine if this program could be efficiently and effectively implemented in this corporate setting. This program also allowed an exploration of those sociological, biological, and behavioral factors that were associated with weight loss. An employee health outcomes assessment visit was used to identify, recruit and enroll overweight employees into a quasi-experimental study designed to evaluate potential impacts of a tailored weight management program. The 6-month intervention included medical assessments, nutritional coaching, activity counseling, and behavioral therapy. The following specific aims were proposed for this dissertation research: Specific Aim 1 sought to evaluate the effectiveness of the multidisciplinary weight loss program to change a series of modifiable health risk factors, body composition, clinical indicators, and biological markers from baseline to 6 months for overweight participants. Specific Aim 2 evaluated factors associated with achieving weight loss and patterns of attrition from the program. Weight and lifestyle factors included onset of obesity, family history, weight loss history, weight loss goals, self-perceptions, physical activity factors, and eating habits/patterns. Within Specific Aim 3, we determined if body composition measurements [body mass index (BMI), weight, basal metabolic rate, fat mass, percent fat, fat free mass, and total body water] correlated with standing or supine measurements of waist, hip, or thigh circumferences. We also investigated if there was a significant difference between recording measurements made in both positions. This aim sought to determine if both sets of position measurements needed to be included for subsequent weight management studies. Results. Forty-six (46) employees, with a mean age of 48.6 +/- 10.9 years and predominately female (91.3%), consented to participate in the pilot intervention, with 26 participants completing the 6 months (response = 50.9%). Statistically significant changes from baseline were seen at 6 months in the 44 participants that continued in the study after enrollment. In the intent to treat analysis, the participants, regardless of completion status, had a clinically significant (p<.0001) mean percent weight loss of 4.1% and a total weight loss of 9.3 pounds, with a corresponding 5.6% mean weight loss in those participants that completed the program. When analyzing predictors of attrition from the program, models indicated significant associations between overall program attrition and an increase in baseline systolic blood pressure (p=0.02), along with decreased compliance with eating three meals per day (p=0.04). Primary attrition (dropout < 3 months) was statistically associated with an increase in baseline systolic blood pressure (p=0.02) and decreased compliance with eating three meals per day (p=0.01). Secondary attrition (dropout between 3-6 months) was associated with decreased compliance with eating three meals per day (p=0.05) and an increase in weight loss expectations during the intervention (p=0.05). The mean absolute difference between the two techniques (standing vs. supine) was 4.14 inches for waist, hip, and thigh measurements combined. An increase in body mass index was associated with a greater magnitude of discrepancy in the measurement between the two techniques for waist circumference (p=0.02). Conclusions. The changes seen following this multidisciplinary intervention were clinically significant and advantageous for the participants. These substantial results suggest that the use of multidisciplinary weight management programs merits further investigation in larger, randomized, controlled trials.

The construction industry is in third place concerning the number of yearly accidents and in secondplace concerning accidents with deadly outcomes in Sweden according to statistics (Arbetsmiljöverket2017a). This is an issue that Skanska, NCC, PEAB, Sveriges Byggindustrier and Byggnads isdetermined to work on to improve. A work procedure to identify and address safety risks during theplanning- and projection phase of a construction project has been developed with support from SBUF(Holm, Lidgren, Montecinos 2013). The work procedure is designed to first identify the safety risksthat is present for the current project with the help from a checklist. Then if the risks can’t beeliminated in the projection phase the risk will be highlighted on the construction drawings. A problemthat was discovered during the implementation of the work procedure in a construction project wasthat too many and not relevant risks was highlighted on the construction drawings. The purpose ofthis report is to produce underlying instructions to the planners of the construction project so thatthey can make use of the work procedure in the most appropriate manner. This report is written bystudents from Högskolan I Halmstad in co-operation with Skanska Teknik in Gothenburg. This reportis limited to new office and housing construction projects.To produce a result, we have conducted two comprehensive interviews as well as surveys answered byproduction managers. These interviews and surveys led to the conclusion that for the work procedureto succeed it’s important to have a good composition in the group that will work together with thechecklist and the identification of safety risks. The group is recommended to be composed of planners,project managers, safety representatives and if possible experienced workers. Another important aspectto make the work procedure successful is to make the checklist reflect the conditions of theconstruction projects that are being processed. Two construction project is almost never the sameconditions which doesn’t lend itself well to making a work procedure that handles all different casesof projects. The results also reveal that construction engineers and planners lack knowledge andeducation concerning work environment on construction sites. The results we have produced will alsohelp planners of construction projects that will use this specific work procedure to know which of thesafety risks are relevant to be highlighted on the construction drawings. We have also proposed someareas that needs more researched to make the work procedure more complete. / Byggbranschen ligger på tredje plats i statistiken över mest olyckor per år och på andra plats gällandeolyckor med dödlig utgång i Sverige (Arbetsmiljöverket 2017a). Detta är något som Skanska, NCC,PEAB, Sveriges Byggindustrier och Byggnads anser måste förbättras. Ett arbetssätt för att identifieraoch projektera bort risker under projekteringen av ett byggprojekt togs fram i samarbete med SBUF(Holm, Lidgren, Montecinos 2013).Arbetssättet går ut på att identifiera säkerhetsrisker med hjälp av en checklista, för att sedan markeraut identifierade risker på arbetsritningarna. Ett problem som upptäcktes när arbetssättetimplementerades i projekt var att det var oväsentliga och för många risker som markerades ut påritningarna. Syftet med rapporten är att ta fram ett underlag till projektörer så de kan användaarbetssättet på bästa sätt. Rapporten skrivs på Högskolan i Halmstad i samarbete med Skanska Tekniki Göteborg. Rapporten är avgränsad mot nybyggnation av kontor och bostäder.För att få fram resultatet har det genomförts två omfattande intervjuer samt enkäter medproduktionschefer. Dessa intervjuer och enkäter resulterade i slutsatsen att det är viktigt att ha en brasammansättning på gruppen som ska arbeta med checklistan samt att identifiera säkerhetsriskerna. Detär bra om gruppen har en samansättning på både projektörer, projektledare ochskyddsombud/yrkesarbetare för att komplettera varandra. Det visade sig också att det var viktigt attgöra checklistan projektspecifik. Inget byggprojekt är det andra likt och därför behöver checklistanriktas mot just det projekt som ska genomföras. Det framkommer även i resultaten att projektörerbehöver mer utbildning gällande arbetsmiljö och arbetet i byggproduktionen ute på byggarbetsplatsen.Resultaten kommer att kunna underlätta för projektörer att kunna veta vilka risker som ska sättasut/inte sättas ut på ritningar. Det har även uppkommit fler områden att undersöka djupare för att fåett ännu mer komplett arbetssätt.

Context: Cloud Outsourcing is a new form of outsourcing which is not more under implementation and yet to be implemented. It is a form of outsourcing in which software organizations outsource the work to e-freelancers available throughout the world using cloud services via the Internet. Software organizations handovers the respective task to the cloud and from the cloud e-freelancers undertake the development of task and then return back the finished task to the cloud. Organizations recollect the finished task from the cloud and verify it and then pay to the e-freelancer. Objectives: The aim of this study is to identify the sequence of activities involved during the entire process of cloud outsourcing and to find out the risks which are likely to be occurred during the implementation of this process. To prioritize the elicitated risks according to their probability of occurrence, impact and cost required to mitigate the corresponding risk. Methods: Data is collected by literature review and then the data is synthesized. On the other side interviews with practitioners are conducted to know the activities involved and to find out the risks that are likely to be occurred during the implementation of cloud outsourcing. After this, a survey is conducted in order to prioritize the risks and a standard risk analysis is conducted to know the risks which are likely to be occurred. Literature review is done using four databases including the literature from the year 1990 to till date. Results: Totally we have identified 21 risks that are likely to be occurred and 8 activities so far. By performing risk analysis we have presented the risks, which should be considered first and relevant counter measures are suggested to overcome them. / mr.kommineni@me.com, mr.kommineni1@gmail.com phone no. +919963420123

When a new product should be acquired, a model over its functionality is made. A quite new idea in the military area is to use simulations to find out what and how much to acquire. Since the product never has been on the market before it is hard to know how factors in the surroundings, like weather and other active objects, will affect it. Therefore these unknown factors that appear during the creation or acquiring of a new product need to be taken into consideration. A literature study is performed about how modelling of simulations can be done, and how unknown factors can be considered when modelling a simulation. The study goes into if unknown factors are taken into consideration when modelling in the Process component in Simulation Based Acquisition (SBA). The result of this study shows that SBA facilitates in the process of finding and reducing unknown factors.

The concept of outsourcing is a hot topic even today. The area of IT has received more attention when compared to other areas of outsourcing. Many organizations started outsourcing IT functions to other countries to access international markets. There lie many risks that are overlooked by these organizations. These risks need to be properly assessed and managed. This research investigates the potential risks perceived to be most relevant in the process of IT outsourcing from the customers point of view and how organizations can eliminate these risks by providing measures to assess risks. Literature analysis is the methodology used for conducting this research as it is assumed to cover all aspects of risks that lie in global IT outsourcing process.

For now, vastly growing Web-technology has matured enough to become an attractiveplatform for business applications and organizational information systems. Indeed, largeand small organizations are increasing their investment in Web-based Information Systems(IS) resources, such as Electronic Commerce, Intranets and Extranets. As DIWA(1999) explained that Web technology is often presented as a 'revolution' in informationsystem technologies in the business press, which could propel change from static, hierarchicalstructures to more dynamic, flexible and 'knowledge-based' organizationalforms. To the companies, more and more legacy information and database systems arebeing migrated to Web-based environments. This research aims to analyse and advise enterprises to be Web-based enterprise withchallenges and opportunities. During the research, the author investigated a company that were using the Web-based(applications made available via the World Wide Web) information service. For obtainingreliable conclusions and delivering valuable advises, various research methods wereadopted by the author including qualitative research methodology, analysis, interviews,and literature study. Data was collected through lecture review and in-depth interviews. Undoubtedly, there are some troubles existed in migrating, such as technologies for restructureinformation system structure, resource distribution, benefit analysis, planningand management, operation and maintenance etc. But still obviously, as the research shows that there are many benefits can be got followsthe implementation of Web-based solution, which includes improving efficiency,modernizing company IT environment, providing better IS/IT systems’ maintenanceand providing more agility and functionality etc.

Aujourd’hui, parler de « risques psychosociaux » est devenu monnaie courante. Grâce à la médiatisation fulgurante des suicides au travail, un tabou est enfin levé : le lieu de travail est un terrain hostile !Si le Code du travail n’en fait nullement référence, ces risques psychosociaux sont, semble-t-il, « des risques pour la santé crées par le travail à travers des mécanismes sociaux et psychiques », d’après la Circulaire ministérielle du 18 Avril 2002. Face à un tel vide juridique et parce que ces risques traduisent un malaise social tant sur le plan des relations individuelles que collectives de travail, est venu le temps de l’articulation de l’individuel et du collectif. C’est l’heure pour le législateur d’entrer en scène … / Today, talk about " psychosocial risks " has become commonplace. With the dramatic media coverage of suicides at work, a taboo is lifted: the workplace is an hostile place!If the Labour Code makes no reference about this phenomenon, these psychosocial risks are, as it appears, « the health risks created by working through social and psychological mechanisms », according to the Ministerial Circular of 18 April 2002. Faced with such a legal vacuum and because these risks reflect a social unrest both in individual and collective relationships of labor, it came time for the articulation of the individual and the collective. It's time for the legislature to step in …