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11	University Linked Retirement Community Design ------- Take University of Cincinnati as an Example Suo, Chang 20 October 2016 (has links) No description available. Urban Planning Senior retired community urban design university linked win win site design
12	Ensuring Software Product Quality : An Industrial Case Study / Ensuring Software Product Quality : An Industrial Case Study Pydi, Manikanta Kumar, Nakka, Annie Sushma January 2012 (has links) Context This thesis verifies a method developed on alignment issues in different data points and is useful to validate the method in those data points. To find the alignment/misalignment problems occurring within the stakeholders in a company is done through surveys using Hierarchical Cumulative Voting (HCV). This paper presents a case study to explain the importance of alignment between the stakeholders to achieve quality. Time, scope and cost are given higher priority leaving quality as it is hard to measure. To maintain quality in a software product is a major challenge in most of the software organizations. Stakeholders play a major role in software development. Without the alignment and common understanding between the stakeholders, it is highly difficult to achieve successful software project with good quality. The reasons for misalignment/alignment between the stakeholders are being explained clearly in this thesis based on the interviews and the survey conducted in software development companies under the novelty of case study. Objectives To evaluate the usefulness of alignment approach in different data points, to achieve product quality, for understanding the reasons for misalignment and to provide common approach for aligning we need to know the actual aligning priorities given by the stakeholders. We have one method for aligning and we want to see how actual alignment is different in different data points. To find the reasons for different stakeholders’ groups focusing on different quality attributes and to manage quality that helps in aligning quality requirements in future. Methods In order to know the importance of quality, prioritization of requirements and about the alignment problem we have conducted the literature review. To understand the problem and to know the reasons for misalignment in the companies we have conducted a case study in which we interviewed 8 employees from a company and to know the individual ranking of quality attributes we also made use of surveys in which 17 individuals from two companies had participated. Results We have identified the reasons for misalignment using interviews in one company and the individual priorities given to different quality attributes through surveys in two different companies. The qualities are prioritized by the stakeholder groups in the surveys and these are used to calculate the alignment/misalignment between the groups using spearman rank correlation which pointed that there are some disagreements between the stakeholder groups. Conclusions This paper explains the results obtained from a case study for determining the alignment/misalignment between different stakeholder groups and the reasons for this situation. Through surveys we found that there is a strong disagreement between the stakeholders in one company and partial agreement in the other company with respect to priorities they assign to individual qualities and the reasons behind this are obtained through interviews. The reasons for misalignment are lack of common understandings between the stakeholders, less discussion on quality requirement, undocumented priorities, no importance given to quality and others. / This Thesis work is about Software Product Quality and how it is achieved through alignment between the people in understanding the requirements. / 0763138272, 0739849383 software product quality stakeholder alignment requirements prioritization Theory W win-win. Business Administration Företagsekonomi Software Engineering Programvaruteknik
13	A Framework for Agile Collaboration in Engineering Fernández, Marco Gero 29 November 2005 (has links) Often, design problems are strongly coupled and their concurrent resolution by interacting (though decentralized) stakeholders is required. The ensuing interactions are characterized predominantly by degree of interdependence and level of cooperation. Since tradeoffs, made within and among sub-systems, inherently contribute to system level performance, bridging the associated gaps is crucial. With this in mind, effective collaboration, centered on continued communication, concise coordination, and non-biased achievement of system level objectives, is becoming increasingly important. Thus far, research in distributed and decentralized decision-making has focused primarily on conflict resolution. Game theoretic protocols and negotiation tactics have been used extensively as a means of making the required tradeoffs, often in a manner that emphasizes the maximization of stakeholder payoff over system level performance. More importantly, virtually all of the currently instantiated mechanisms are based upon the a priori assumption of the existence of solutions that are acceptable to all interacting parties. No explicit consideration has been given thus far to ensuring the convergence of stakeholder design activities leading up to the coupled decision and the associated determination of values for uncoupled and coupled design parameters. Consequently, unnecessary and costly iteration is almost certain to result from mismatched and potentially irreconcilable objectives. In this dissertation, an alternative coordination mechanism, centered on sharing key pieces of information throughout the process of determining a solution to a coupled system is presented. Specifically, the focus is on (1) establishing and assessing collaborative design spaces, (2) identifying and exploring regions of acceptable performance, and (3) preserving stakeholder dominion over design sub-system resolution throughout the duration of a given design process. The fundamental goal is to establish a consistent framework for agile collaboration that more accurately represents the mechanics underlying product development and supports interacting stakeholders in achieving their respective objectives in light of system level priorities. This aim is accomplished via improved resource management and design space exploration, augmented awareness of system level implications emanating from sub-system decisions, and increased modularity of decentralized design processes. Stakeholder synergy in design processes is enhanced via stakeholder focalization, based on the systematic communication of decision-critical information content. Codesign Collaborative design space Coupling Decentralized design Decision support Decision support systems Focalization Game theory Management information systems System design Systems engineering Teams in the workplace Utility theory Win/win
14	Political Leadership and Policy Preferences: A Case Study of the Columbus City School District and its Board of Education Pierce, Tina Delores 25 September 2009 (has links) No description available. African Americans Black History Education Political Science Columbus City School District Win-Win Agreement Policy Governance minority incorporation education representation school boards school board politics
15	Plussummespela hela vägen till hållbar utveckling – En studie om ”Europas grönaste stad” : Hur Internationella samarbeten driver hållbar utveckling framåt i staden. / The Positive – Sum game all the way to sustainable development – A study about ”The Greenest City in Europe” : How sustainable development is being urged on by international collaborations. Butros, Simon, Lager, Tim January 2018 (has links) The environmental threat is a stressing concern which must be addressed immediately. The urbanization has been growing in a rapid pace the past years. Today, more than 50 percent of the world’s population lives in cities, and the forecast tells us that it will increase to 70 percent in 2050. This puts pressure on actors like states, organizations, companies, and municipalities who must work to meet the urbanization immediately. The UN, the EU and WWF amongst others advocates that international cooperation between these actors is the best way to go, and that cities must be prepared for the problem that occurs today and the challenges for tomorrow. In spite of this, there is no substantial research on this topic, on what international environmental cooperation between cities could mean to a city or what the results could be. Växjö is one of few Swedish cities who work internationally with local as well as global ecological sustainable development. This study intends to discover the international cooperations in the topic of environmental sustainable development in the city in Växjö. The purpose is to see what impact the international cooperations have in the environmental work of Växjö, and to see whether environmental sustainable development is being urged on by international collaborations. By using a positive–sum game as a theoretical starting point, a case–study has been conducted, where interviews were made with representatives from Växjö municipal. The result of the study shows that the effects Växjö has obtained through these cooperations, do promote environmental sustainable development. If the collaborations take the form of a positive–sum game, all actors benefit from it and the environment as well. Since the international cooperations bring exchange of knowledge and sometimes external financial means to put into different projects, the city’s environmental sustainable development improves. / Klimathotet är ett tryckande problem som bör adresseras omgående. Urbaniseringen har ökat stadigt de senaste åren då idag över 50 procent av jordens befolkning bor i städer och prognosen förutspår att den siffran kommer att öka till 70 procent till 2050. Det här sätter press på aktörer som länder, organisationer, företag och kommuner som måste arbeta för att bemöta urbaniseringen omgående. FN, EU och WWF med flera förespråkar att internationellt samarbete mellan samtliga dessa aktörer är den bästa vägen att gå och att städerna måste vara beredda på de problem som idag finns och som kommer att uppdagas i framtiden. Trots detta finns inga studier på vad internationellt ekologiskt samarbete mellan städer innebär eller vad det resulterar i. Växjö är en av få svenska städer som internationellt arbetar med lokal och global ekologisk hållbar utveckling. Studien ämnar undersöka Växjös internationella samarbete inom ekologisk hållbar utveckling i staden. Avsikten är att se vilken roll Växjös internationella samarbete spelar i deras hållbarhetsarbete i Växjö samt undersöka om och hur ekologisk hållbar utveckling i staden kan drivas framåt av internationella samarbeten. Med ett plussummspel som teoretisk utgångspunkt i fallstudien genomförs en intervjustudie med representanter från Växjö kommun. Resultatet visar att de effekter Växjö erhållit genom sina internationella samarbeten leder till ekologisk hållbar utveckling i staden. Ifall samarbete tar formen av ett plussummepsel medför det att samtliga inblandade aktörer går med vinning ur samarbetena och att miljön och klimatet gynnas. Detta genom att internationellt samarbete medför betydande kunskapsutbyten och externa finansiella medel att lägga på projekt, som således driver hållbar utveckling framåt i staden. Sustainable Development Environment Ecology International Cooperation Cooperation Växjö Sweden Positive–Sum Game Win–Win Hållbar Utveckling Miljö Ekologi Internationella samarbeten Samarbeten Växjö Sverige Plussummespel Win–Win Ecology Ekologi Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Globalisation Studies Globaliseringsstudier Public Administration Studies Studier av offentlig förvaltning Climate Research Klimatforskning Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap
16	Sense of place and culture in the landscape of home : Understanding social-ecological dynamics on the Wild Coast, South Africa Masterson, Vanessa Anne January 2016 (has links) Development for sustainable poverty alleviation requires engagement with the values and cultural frames that enable or constrain communities to steward ecosystems and maintain their capacity to support human well-being. Rooted in a social-ecological systems (SES) perspective, this thesis explores the concept of sense of place to understand how emotional and cultural connections to place mediate human responses to change and influence interventions for development. Sense of place is both the attachments to place, as well as the descriptive meanings to which one is attached. Paper I presents an approach and agenda for studying sense of place in SES that emphasizes place attachment and meaning underlying stewardship actions and responses to change. This is empirically explored through a case study on the Wild Coast, South Africa - an area with multiple contested meanings. In this former Bantustan (an area set aside for black South Africans), Apartheid created interdependence between small-holder agriculture and labour migration, where rural homesteads relied on remittances from migrant household members. Today, the contribution of agriculture to livelihoods has declined and many households rely on income from social grants. Interacting social and ecological factors in this region have resulted in social-ecological trap conditions and circular migration continues to be the pattern. Community conservation and ecotourism is one strategy for local socio-economic development. Papers II and III explore community tensions around a proposed nature reserve declaration. In Paper II, a focus on the meanings of locally-defined ecotopes (e.g. forest and abandoned fields) illuminates the interpretations of underlying social-ecological processes. Paper III examines the use of place meanings in narratives of change to show tensions in the discourse of win-win conservation. The stalling of this particular intervention indicates the importance of engaging with multiple meanings of place and the cultural importance of nature. Papers IV and V focus on declining agriculture and continued labour migration. From a theoretical model of people’s abilities, desires and opportunities, Paper IV develops a typology of responses that may contribute to maintaining or resolving social-ecological traps. For this case study, the model identifies the mismatch between i) cultural expectations that frame the desire to farm, and ii) the decline in opportunities for off-farm income to support agriculture. Paper V demonstrates that these expectations are expressed in the idea of emakhaya (the rural landscape of home) as well as reinforced through cultural rituals. The paper identifies a place-based social contract between the living and the ancestors that helps to maintain circular migration and agricultural practices. This suggests that sense of place contributes to system inertia but may also offer opportunities for stewardship. Sense of place is socially constructed as well as produced through experience in ecosystems, and thus constitutes an emergent property of SES. The thesis demonstrates the use of participatory methods to produce an inclusive understanding of place and SES dynamics. The application of place meanings through these methods facilitates critical engagement with imposed interventions. Finally, the thesis shows that sense of place and culture are key for understanding inertia in SES and the capacity for transformation towards stewardship. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 1: Manuscript. Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript. Paper 5: Manuscript.</p> agricultural abandonment circular migration community lands Eastern Cape narratives place attachment place meaning photovoice stewardship Transkei win-win conservation Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Tvärvetenskapliga studier Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap
17	Impacto de la táctica de negociación “Ganar - Ganar” sobre la creación de valor compartido de los proyectos residenciales de unidades “Premium” localizados en Santiago de Surco desde un ángulo estratégico - gerencial / Impact of the Winning negotiating tactic on creating shared value of residential projects of "Premium" units located in Santiago de Surco from a strategic- managerial angle Sachun Salazar, Francisco Javier 27 August 2020 (has links) La presente investigación tiene como finalidad evaluar el impacto de la táctica de negociación “ganar – ganar” sobre la creación de valor compartido de los proyectos residenciales de unidades premium localizados en Santiago de Surco, desde un ángulo estratégico - gerencial. La importancia del estudio se relaciona con validar el aporte de una metodología de negociación al posicionamiento y a la capacidad competitiva de los proyectos en mención. El estudio consta de seis capítulos. En el primero se desarrolla la literatura más adecuada para justificar teóricamente los fundamentos y resultados del estudio; se describe brevemente el desempeño del sector inmobiliario en los últimos cinco años; y, finalmente, se identifican las características de la oferta y demanda del mercado premium, a nivel Lima Metropolitana y Santiago de Surco. El segundo capítulo presenta las pautas generales que direccionan la investigación. El tercer capítulo describe la metodología seleccionada en función a las características del problema de investigación (ruta cualitativa y diseño etnográfico). El cuarto capítulo desarrolla el proceso para la extracción de información de la muestra de especialista y homogénea. En la misma línea, se desarrolla el “Índice creación de valor compartido ajustado al segmento residencial premium” con el objetivo de identificar a los proyectos creadores de valor compartido. El quinto capítulo exhibe los resultados obtenidos a través de la validación de las hipótesis planteadas; de la misma manera, revela el tipo de relación existente entre las variables de estudio. Finalmente, el sexto detalla las conclusiones y recomendaciones. / The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of the winning negotiating tactic on the creation of shared value of residential projects of premium units located in Santiago de Surco, from a strategic - managerial angle. The importance of the study relates to validating the contribution of a trading methodology to the positioning and the competitive capacity of the projects mentioned. The study consists of six chapters. The first develops the most appropriate literature to theoretically justify the fundamentals and results of the study; briefly describes the performance of the real estate sector over the past five years; and finally, the characteristics of the offer and demand of the premium market are identified, at the Lima Metropolitana and Santiago de Surco level. The second chapter presents the general guidelines that address the research. The third chapter describes the methodology selected based on the characteristics of the research problem (qualitative path and ethnographic design). The fourth chapter develops the process for extracting information from the specialist and homogeneous sample. In the same vein, the "Premium Residential Segment Adjusted Shared Value Creation Index" is developed to identify shared value creator projects. The fifth chapter shows the results obtained through the validation of the assumptions raised; in the same way, it reveals the type of relationship between study variables. Finally, the sixth details the conclusions and recommendations. / Tesis Creación de valor compartido Teoría de stakeholders Técnica de negociación ganar – ganar Planificación estratégica Proyectos residenciales Segmento premium Creation of shared value Stakeholder theory Win-win negotiation technique Strategic planning Residential projects Premium segment
18	Mainstream ethical consumption : The motivations and level of morality of everyday consumers Näslund, Oskar, Öhrnstedt Björnbom, Nicklas January 2019 (has links) Growing issues such as climate crises, social injustice and neglection of basic human rights have created a new type of consumption, namely ethical consumption. Ethical consumption was initially mainly concerned for environmental issues but has in later years starting to include a variety of pressing issues. Ethical consumption was also initially mainly connected to groups of extremists, but with the increasing availability of ethical products in mainstream outlets, ethical consumption has shifted to be a mainstream consumer game. Mainstream ethical consumption has largely been neglected in previous research where the field is lacking knowledge in form of qualitative behavioral data. Departing from the gap, this study will mainly focus on exploring the motives for ethical consumption in the mainstream consumer segment. We will examine several driving forces in form of altruistic-based motives, egoistic-based motives, and non-value-based motives. However, in order to give this an additional dimension we also want to examine the level of morality of ethical consumption by using five ethical theories. This approach has been overlooked in previous ethical consumption research and it will question the basic assumption that ethical consumption is the morally correct thing to do. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the motivational factors for ethical consumption and through the lens of ethical theories examine the level of morality of this behavior. In order to fulfill this purpose we have conducted a qualitative study within the context of organic groceries in the Swedish market. Organic groceries is a branch of ethical consumption that few studies has examined before, and that applies especially to the Swedish market. 14 mainstream consumers have been interviewed were all of these were frequent buyers of organic groceries. The interviews were conducted in a semi-structured fashion which was then analyzed by the use of thematic analysis. Furthermore, the study was guided by an exploratory inductive approach where subjectivity played a significant part. The results show that ethical consumption is driven by altruistic-based motives in form of social justice, where consumer want their consumption to benefit other. However, it is far from the only motive because ethical consumers are equally driven by egoistic motives. The result show that consumers are driven strongly by the sense of self- satisfaction created by the force of social norms, health and wellbeing, and product quality. This duality of motives creates a paradoxical tension in form of a win-win situation where the consumers strive for both the benefit of self as well as the benefit of others. Furthermore, ethical consumption is driven by habitual behavior where the consumers rely much on mental shortcuts in their purchases. Consumers are also not well- informed about ethical products and labels and therefore rely heavily on mythical benefits. In addition, when examining the level of morality of ethical consumption we can conclude that it is on level between mediocre to high. From a consequentialist and a non- consequentialist perspective the level of morality is fairly high, but from a character-based perspective the morality stumbles. Mainstream ethical consumption ethical consumption motivations ethical theories level of morality altruistic motives egoistic motives non-value-based motives social justice social guilt win-win self-satisfaction social norms health and wellbeing product quality habits knowledge and information egoism utilitarianism ethics of duties virtue ethics postmodern ethics Business Administration Företagsekonomi
19	Accaparement des terres en Afrique subsaharienne : une opportunité manquée de développement : la stratégie «gagnant-gagnant» sous le prisme du contrôle étatique Lallement, Charlotte 08 1900 (has links) No description available. Commerce massif de terres agricoles Accaparement des terres Développement Afrique subsaharienne Cadre légal Principe gagnant-gagnant Intérêt étatiques Massive trade in agricultural land Land grabbing Development Sub-Saharan Africa Legal framework Win-win principle State interest
20	Förutsättningar för intern marknadsföring inom grundskolan 2010 : <em>1 + 1 = </em>3 <em></em><em>Nya insikter om förhållandet mellan tal, lärare och ledning</em> Hultman, Caroline, Abrahamsen, Maria January 2010 (has links) <p>I och med friskolereformen i början på 1990-talet har förutsättningarna för skolor förändrats och konkurrensen hårdnat. Marknadsföring av skolor har blivit allt vanligare och vilket anseende skolan har är avgörande. Tidigare forskning har visat att nöjda anställda leder till att kunder blir tillfredställda och lojala, de som tar hand om sina anställda och agerar på deras idéer visar ett bättre resultat. Därför kan intern marknadsföring ses som ett verktyg för att hantera denna konkurrens.</p><p>Syftet med denna uppsats är att utifrån ledningens perspektiv få förståelse för och beskriva vilka faktorer inom skolbranschen som påverkar den interna kommunikationen och vilka förutsättningar dessa faktorer ger för intern marknadsföring. Studien har intagit ett Grounded Theory-inspirerat tillvägagångsätt och tillämpar intervjuer för att svara på syftet. Fem informanter i ledande befattningar på lika många grundskolor i Stockholm har medverkat.</p><p>Undersökningen har kommit fram till att faktorer som organsationens storlek och ålder har betydelse för hur den interna marknadsföringen fungerar, men också uppdragsgivarens och ledarens förhållningssätt gentemot sin personal är av vikt. Det finns goda ansatser för intern marknadsföring inom skolan, men ett medvetet arbete måste ske på alla organisatoriska nivåer och ett genuint kundfokus måste finnas genomgående, först då kan den interna marknadsföringen fungera som ett verktyg att hantera den förändrade konkurrensen.</p> / <p>With the reformation of the Swedish schoolsystem in the early 1990s, which allowed for private actors to operate schools, the conditions for schools have changed and competition has increased. Marketing of schools has become increasingly common and the reputation of schools has become crucial. Previous research has shown that employee satisfaction leads to satisfied and loyal customers, companys who take care of their employees and act on their ideas show better results. Therefore, internal marketing is seen as a tool to manage the changed conditions for competition. The purpose of this paper is to obtain understanding and describing from management's perspective the factors within the school sector that affect the internal communication and what conditions these factors provide for internal marketing. The study has adopted a Grounded Theory-inspired approach and applies interviews to answer the purpose. Five informants in senior positions in elementary schools in Stockholm participated. The investigation has concluded that factors as organizational size and age have a bearing on how the internal marketing work out, but also governement´s and principal´s attitudes towards staff is important. There are good possibilities for the internal marketing in elementary schools, but a deliberate work has to be done at all organizational levels and a keen customer focus must be held, only then can the internal marketing work as a tool to deal with the changing competition.</p> marketing relations communication relationship marketing networking school principal teacher gronroos internal communications communications business communications competition swedish schoolsystem loyal customers reputation win-win situation relationsmarknadsföring kommunikation grundskolan dialog grönroos intern marknadsföring marknadsföring marknadsförare på deltid rektor ledning medbestämmande insyn demokrati möte dagordning barn elever klasslärare lärare ämneslärare nationella prov kvalitetsredovisning återkoppling skola friskola fristående skola friskolereform kommunalisering medbestämmande nätverk samarbete kundfokus grounded theory konkurrens skolbranschen konkurrensförutsättningar intern kommunikation konkurrensfaktorer anseende rykte word of mouth vinna-vinna situation Business studies Företagsekonomi

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