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Drifting buoys DAC data quality control manual
No full textThis document is the Drifter quality control manual. It is derived from Argo floats quality control on trajectories (http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/33951).
Changes from the previous version of the manual are highlighted in yellow.
The Drifter data system has three levels of quality control.
- The first level is the real-time system that performs a set of agreed automatic checks on all drifter measurements. Real-time data with assigned quality flags are available to users within the 24-48 hrs timeframe.
- The second level of quality control is the delayed-mode system.
- The third level of quality control is regional scientific analyses of all drifter data with other available data. The procedures for regional analyses are still to be determined.
This document contains the description of the Drifter real-time and delayed-mode procedures
Drifting buoys GDAC NetCDF data and metadata format
No full textThe present document describes the data formats recognized by the drifting buoys GDAC.
The document details the NetCDF data format distributed by the GDAC.
Correspondence tables between all the data formats and WIGOS metadata are also included
The impact on work-related stress of mental health teams following team-based learning on clinical risk management
No full textRisk management is viewed as a systematic process based on multiprofessional and multi-agency decision-making. A learning pack was developed as part of a team-based learning project aiming to encourage and develop collaborative working practice. This brought different professionals and agencies working in mental health together to learn. There is little doubt that mental health practice is a source of stress for practitioners. Apart from the stress associated with managing 'risky' situations, risk management is also a relatively new concept. This can increase stress around ability to cope, both on an individual practitioner level and in teams. This article reports the impact that the learning pack had on team members' stress, specifically work-related stress. A range of scales were used to measure change in stress and results demonstrated reduced work-related pressure in a number of areas following the learning. The implications for team learning in relation to clinical risk management are discussed in light of the findings
Key performance Indicator implementation in Data management team
No full textMūsdienās uzņēmumi un organizācijas aizvien vairāk sāk domāt par savu darbinieku zināšanu kapitālu, darba kvalitāti un attiecīgi darbinieku uzdevumu izpildi. Tādēļ maģistra darba autore ir izvēlējusies savā darbā apskatīt izpildes pamatrādītāju sistēmas un iespējas to ieviešanai. Maģistra darba mērķis ir, pamatojoties uz uzņēmuma un datu apstrādes komandas procesu analīzi, identificēt iespējamos izpildes pamatrādītājus par visas komandas darbību un izstrādāt priekšlikumus to ieviešanai.
Maģistra darba mērķa sasniegšanai tika izvirzīti sekojoši uzdevumi:
•iepazīties ar izpildes pamatrādītāju pieejām un sistēmām, lai spētu izprast to nozīmīgumu un būtību;
•novērtēt pamatdatu pārvaldīšanas nozīmīgumu, lai veidotu izpratni par datu apstrādes komandas nozīmīgumu uzņēmumā;
•novērtēt pētāmo uzņēmumu – noskaidrot tā stratēģiskos virzienus, misiju;
•analizēt uzņēmuma funkcijas, datu apstrādes komandas mijiedarbību starp citām uzņēmuma struktūrvienībām;
•izpētīt un analizēt datu apstrādes nodaļas procesus;
•identificēt nozīmīgākos uzdevumus un izvirzīt izpildes pamatrādītājus;
•izstrādāt priekšlikumus izpildes pamatrādītāju ieviešanai datu apstrādes komandā.
Maģistra darba ietvaros autore veica pētāmā objekta analīzi, identificēja 7 izpildes pamatrādītājus šo procesu kvalitātes un darbinieku uzdevumu izpildes rezultātu mērījumu veikšanai un veica priekšlikumus izpildes pamatrādītāju ieviešanai datu apstrādes komandā.Nowadays organizations and enterprises are starting to think more and more about their employee intelectual capital, about the quality of the work and the quality of performance. This is the reason why author has decided to choose to analyze key performance indicator systems and possibillities in implementing KPI for the master thesis.
The target of master thesis is to identify possible key performance indicators for the data management team based on the company and team process analysis, and develop proposals for the implementation.
There have been set several tasks, to achieve target of master thesis:
•to get familiar with a key performace indicator systems and approaches for understanding the importance of KPI;
•evaluate importance of master data management, to get the understanding of data management team importance in a company;
•evaluate and explore the company – examine it’s strategy and mission;
•look in details in companies functions and data management team interaction with other units;
•analyse processes of data management;
•identify the most important processes and idenftify key perfomance indicators;
•develop proposals for implementing key performance indicators in data management team.
Author has made analysis of the object and have identified 7 key performance indicators for the process quality improvements and employee performance quality measurements. Also, author has developed proposals for implementation of key performance indicators in data management team
A set of nine principles for distributed-design information storing
No full textThe issues of distributed working are many, with problems relating to information access and information acquisition the most common (Crabtree et al., 1997). Keeping track of project and team information is becoming more complex as design is increasingly being carried out collaboratively by geographically dispersed design teams across different time zones. The literature notes that little prescription or guidance exists on information management for designers (Culley et al., 1999) and Hicks (2007) highlights a relative lack of overall principles for improving information management. Additionally, evidence from earlier studies by the author into ‘How information is stored in distributed design project work’ reinforces the need for guidance, particularly in a distributed context (Grierson, 2008). Distributed information collections were found to be unorganised, contained unclear information and lacked context. Storing and sharing of distributed information was often time consuming and the tools awkward to use. This can lead to poor project progress and can impact directly on the quality and success of project outcomes (Grierson et al., 2004, 2006). This paper seeks to address these issues by presenting the development, implementation and evaluation of a set of Principles and a Framework to support distributed design information storing in the context of a Global Design class. Through both quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods the Principles were found to help in a number of ways – with the easy access of information; the structuring and organising of information; the creation of an information strategy; the making of information clear and concise; the supporting of documentation during project work; and the strengthening of team work; all helping teams to work towards project outcomes
Rialto Community Drug Team: policy discussion paper.
No full textThis review examined the development of the Rialto Community Drug Team (RCDT) in Dublin, a partnership between the Rialto Youth Project and the Eastern Health Board. The RCDT began operating in September 1992. The author was commissioned to look at its development in the broader policy context, to identify key issues in relation to community drug teams in terms of drug treatment and support policies, and to make appropriate recommendations. The author gathered data using semi-structured interviews, which he conducted with members of staff, the management board, policy makers, and local drugs activists. The author also studied internal RCDT documents, policy reports and relevant academic literature.
The report presents an overview of the context within which the RCDT operated, the UK experience of community drug teams, a discussion of Irish public policy in the area, and a description of the RCDT. The author concluded that the RCDT provided a clear focus for health promotion, and helped to facilitate inclusive policy-making. He stated that the RCDT provided an excellent locus for including local communities in the management of, and policy formulation for, local drug services, and he suggested that this could also be extended to treatment and rehabilitation
services
Volunteer Team Management
No full textThis thesis looked into volunteer team management in a project in AIESEC in Finland through the action research method. AIESEC in Finland is a non-profit non-government organization with a purpose of “peace and fulfilment of humankinds potential” through development of the
youth’s future leadership. AIESEC was not a commissioning party; the project was the basis for the thesis without the supervision of the company.
The thesis is based on a project that the author was in charge of, in AIESEC in Finland. The project was to organise an annual event, for which an organizing committee team was recruited.
Author’s role as the team leader and manager is the primary basis for this thesis’s research. Deriving from the nature and the circumstances of the project four objectives were formed. The objectives were:
− Understand the phenomenon of synergy in team management of volunteers.
− Understand the role of the team leader in relation to volunteer’s motivation and performance.
− Understand the role of recognition in volunteer motivation and performance.
− Understand the role of effective meeting management in volunteer team performance.
The results were derived from the discussion of the implementation and the data collected through the survey of the team members against the theoretical framework.
The results constituted that the role of the team leader is essential in the team member’s motivation and performance but also in building team synergy, creating appropriate means of
recognitions, and hosting effecting team meetings. The leader’s role is complex and proper management of all of the previously mentioned factors has pointed towards volunteer team member motivation, therefore leading to better performance.
Further research suggests looking into detail of similar project in AIESEC in Finland as well as other NGOs, for better understanding of volunteer team management. Because volunteers are so different in nature from paid staff, they require a different management approach
Two heads are less bubbly than one: Team decision-making in an experimental asset market
No full textIn the world of mutual funds management, responsibility for investment decisions is increasingly entrusted to small teams instead of individuals. Yet the effect of team decision-making in a market environment has never been studied in a controlled experiment. In this paper, we investigate the effect of team decision-making in an asset market experiment that has long been known to reliably generate price bubbles and crashes in markets populated by individuals. We find that this tendency is substantially reduced when each decision-making unit is instead a team of two. This holds across a broad spectrum of measures of the severity of mispricing, both under a continuous double-auction institution and in a call market. The result is not driven by reduced turnover due to time required for deliberation by teams, and continues to hold even when subjects are experienced. Our result also holds not only when our teams treatments are compared to the ‘narrow' baseline provided by the corresponding individuals treatments, but also when compared more broadly to the results of the large body of previous research on markets of this kind.group decision-making; price bubbles; asset market experiments
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Construction management abstracts : cumulative abstracts and indexes of journals in construction management, 1983-2000
No full textThe purpose of this document is to provide a single source of reference for
every paper published in the journals directly related to research in
Construction Management.
It is indexed by author and keyword and contains the titles, authors, abstracts
and keywords of every article from the following journals:
• Building Research and Information (BRI)
• Construction Management and Economics (CME)
• Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (ECAM)
• Journal of Construction Procurement (JCP)
• Journal of Construction Research (JCR)
• Journal of Financial Management in Property and Construction (JFM)
• RICS Research Papers (RICS)
The index entries give short forms of the bibliographical citations, rather than
page numbers, to enable annual updates to the abstracts. Each annual
update will carry cumulative indexes, so that only one index needs to be
consulted
Development and deployment of document management technology into Rover : executive summary
No full textDocument Management is a technology that allows the input, storage,
management and control of an image under the supervision of a computer based
system. A document may be an electronically scanned image of a hard copy
document or an electronic image such as a word-processed file, sound file, video
file, or graphics file. Once the document has entered the system, a full history of
that document is maintained throughout its lifecycle.
The author was responsible for the introduction, development and deployment of
Document Management technology into Rover Group. The task given to the
author was to implement Document Management technology purely as a
repository and distribution management system for engineering drawings.
However, by adopting an innovative approach to the application of Document
Management technology, substantial benefits were realised.
As the author became more conversant with Document Management technology,
greater benefits became apparent. Following detailed analysis of Rover's existing
`Engineering drawing release process' the author re-engineered the process to
allow electronic paperless release of all engineering drawings. This re-engineering
provided Rover with substantial tangible and intangible benefits including cost
reduction, improved quality of data, reduced `time to market', improved access,
improved cycle time and reductions in manual labour.
Three projects detailed in the portfolio demonstrate how this technology was
applied to existing systems and processes. In particular, the `Hams Hall' project
clearly demonstrates innovation in the way in which the author used the
technology to manage working practices and data structure for a multi-disciplined
team located in different countries.
With changes implemented by the author, Rover now hold substantially more
digital data than before the implementation of Document Management
technology. Following research work by the author into both the types of data
held and the use to which that data was put, the legality of that data came into
question. This prompted a detailed analysis of the legal requirements of digitally
stored data that allowed the author to advise Rover Group of their current status
and make recommendations to ensure legal admissibility.
The work reported shows how a combination of technical expertise and an
appreciation of business issues and drivers, is crucial to the effective and
successful implementations of information systems. Other organisations have
shown considerable interest in the improved Document Management technology
enabled business processes, developed by the author
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