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Project Management Information System Introduction: Challenges and Remedies in a Construction Context
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This thesis examined the implementation of a Project Management Information System (PMIS). The research subject was a temporary organisation called Group2, which was created to build eleven hospitals across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The introduction of the PMIS experienced several setbacks before the start of this research.
The aim of the investigation was twofold. First, identifying and understanding the challenges that faced the PMIS implementation. Second, helping Group2 in improving the outcomes of the PMIS implementation. A hybrid research design was selected to enable the achievement of these objectives. Action research was the meta-methodology that orchestrated two overlapping research phases: A first phase that utilised a single case study design with multiple embedded units of analysis and a second phase that utilised a multi-site action research design. Within both phases, data was collected through a multitude of methods. These methods included: participant observations, semi-structured interviews, and review of official records.
The primary conceptual model that influenced this research was based on management information system theories that focusses on individuals' responses towards introduction of an information system. However, these models proved insufficient to provide a full understanding of the PMIS implementation phenomena. The analysis of the research data suggested that PMIS implementation in a context similar to this research context is a multi-level phenomenon. As such, it was necessary to broaden the conceptual frame to incorporate theories that dealt with the group and organisational levels, as well as the individual level.
The main challenges found included lack of perceived usefulness, unsatisfactory facilitating condition, fear of the PMIS, lack of sustained management support, politics, and high staff turnover. Some challenges were attributed to the temporary nature of Group2, such as the high turnover rate and the highly politicised landscape. Several actions were implemented during the three action research cycles carried out as part of this research. Some of these actions were training customisation, stakeholders' analysis, stakeholders' involvement, and realignment of PMIS objective to organisational objectives. Additionally, a prior analysis of the implementation landscape in terms of stakeholders' interests, existing implementation barriers, and enablers proved of paramount importance to implementation success.
The outcomes of the interventions showed a significant improvement in the PMIS implementation results. Therefore, this study suggests that to maximise the likelihood of a PMIS implementation success in a temporary organisation, the implementer has to employ a multi-level implementation strategy. This requires a thorough analysis of the implementation subject and context before its inception. The analysis should consider all the three levels identified in this research: the individual, the group, and the organisational level. Based on the analysis results, implementers should act on the implementation's barriers and enablers. Tailored communication and customised training were the most effective action instruments used in this study. Besides, sustained management support proved of critical importance to implementation success
A Comparison Study of Health Benefits and Cost Savings of Diabetes Medications Used to Treat Type II Diabetes in the State of Georgia, United States of America
Get PDFA Critical Investigation of Knowledge Management as a Determinant of New Product Development Success
No full textThis thesis investigates the relationship between Knowledge Management
Activities (KMAs), New Product Development drivers (NPDd), and New Product
Development (NPD) process success in organisations that rely on new products for
competitive survival. The literature review highlights that while KMA is in 2008, a
common part of the practice of NPD, it is not included in any of the lists of wellknown
success factors. Given that research in the KM field claims KMAs are a
significant driver of success, this omission in the NPD literature seems worthy of
further investigation.
This thesis details the method and results of an empirical investigation examining
the claim that KMAs are an independent influence on NPD process success. Data was
collected in 2006 using survey methods and a classic positivistic research philosophy.
The sample was taken from 124 UK-based projects, chosen from private
organisations in the Department of trade and Industry's Research Development Index.
The data was analysed using multivariate techniques, notably comparing NPD
drivers, KMAs and their individual contribution to success based on stepwise
regression analysis. Statistics indicate that while well-known NPDd account for much
of the variance in NPD process success, KMAs are also significant.
The unique contribution of this thesis is two fold: first empirical evidence that
some KMAs can act as independent drivers of success in the NPD environment; and
second a model detailing the relationship between the test elements, updating the
existing high-level research in the field with a more detailed analysis of the
relationships implied. The conclusions highlight for private sector managers that
some KMAs make a distinct and measurable addition to NPD process success. Public
sector managers may also find the results of interest as they add a finer level of detail
to understanding the "systems" view of NPD, information worth sharing within the
burgeoning UK knowledge economy
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
A Critical Investigation of Knowledge Management as a Determinant of New Product Development Success
Get PDFThis thesis investigates the relationship between Knowledge Management\ud
Activities (KMAs), New Product Development drivers (NPDd), and New Product\ud
Development (NPD) process success in organisations that rely on new products for\ud
competitive survival. The literature review highlights that while KMA is in 2008, a\ud
common part of the practice of NPD, it is not included in any of the lists of wellknown\ud
success factors. Given that research in the KM field claims KMAs are a\ud
significant driver of success, this omission in the NPD literature seems worthy of\ud
further investigation.\ud
This thesis details the method and results of an empirical investigation examining\ud
the claim that KMAs are an independent influence on NPD process success. Data was\ud
collected in 2006 using survey methods and a classic positivistic research philosophy.\ud
The sample was taken from 124 UK-based projects, chosen from private\ud
organisations in the Department of trade and Industry's Research Development Index.\ud
The data was analysed using multivariate techniques, notably comparing NPD\ud
drivers, KMAs and their individual contribution to success based on stepwise\ud
regression analysis. Statistics indicate that while well-known NPDd account for much\ud
of the variance in NPD process success, KMAs are also significant.\ud
The unique contribution of this thesis is two fold: first empirical evidence that\ud
some KMAs can act as independent drivers of success in the NPD environment; and\ud
second a model detailing the relationship between the test elements, updating the\ud
existing high-level research in the field with a more detailed analysis of the\ud
relationships implied. The conclusions highlight for private sector managers that\ud
some KMAs make a distinct and measurable addition to NPD process success. Public\ud
sector managers may also find the results of interest as they add a finer level of detail\ud
to understanding the "systems" view of NPD, information worth sharing within the\ud
burgeoning UK knowledge economy
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
A critical investigation of knowledge management as determinant of new product development success
No full textThis thesis investigates the relationship between Knowledge Management Activities (KMAs), New Product Development drivers (NPDd), and New Product Development (NPD) process success in organisations that rely on new products for competitive survival. The literature review highlights that while KMA is in 2008, a common part of the practice of NPD, it is not included in any of the lists of well-known success factors. Given that research in the KM field claims KMAs are a known success factors. Given that research in the KM field claims KMAs are a significant driver of success, this omission in the NPD literature seems worthy of further investigation. This thesis details the method and results of an empirical investigation examining the claim that KMAs are an independent influence on NPD process success. Data was collected in 2006 using survey methods and a classic positivistic research philosophy. The sample was taken from 124 UK-based project chosen from private organisations in the Department of trade and Industry's Research Development Index. The data was analysed using multivariate techniques, notably comparing NPD drivers, KMAs and their individual contribution to success based on stepwise regression analysis. Statistics indicate that while well-known NPDd account for much of the variance in NPD process success, KJMAs are also significant.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
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