• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• /
• v.30 no.4
• /
• pp.1-12
• /
• 2007

Motorola developed the framework of six sigma in 1987. In these days, many companies adapt this powerful tool. In 1996, six sigma was introduced to the Korean companies as a management innovation tool. This study shows case study of 'Champion Project' which was adopted on one Korean company. The champion project is directed by the leader who has a champion belt. The project focus on the processes optimization problem or resource concentration problem to solve critical issues inside of the process. This case study shows the result of champion project. The effect was encouraging in the aspect of effectiveness and efficiency. The most important point of this study is an introduction of the third generation six sigma which was successively adopted on the Korean company.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
• /
• v.10 no.2
• /
• pp.206-229
• /
• 2007

This study draws on a sociopolitical perspective to investigate the possible impact of champion leadership by project leaders on project viability(resource supply and organizational support) and team members' team efficacy by analyzing the empirical data of 92 ongoing projects collected from 22 public and private R&D institutes in the electronics, telecommunication, machinery, and chemical industries. Results revealed that higher level of project championing by project leader tended to positively related to a high level of organizational support and resource supply. It was also found that teams members who experienced higher level of project championing by project leader tended to have higher team efficacy. Furthermore, project type and innovative climate moderate the champion leadership-project performance relationships. The results found in this study offer several theoretical and managerial implications. First, champion leadership by project leaders is quite helpful to get more moral support and legitimacy of the organization for the project, and thus for acquisition of more tangible and intangible resources required for successful implementation of the R&D project. Champion leadership by project leaders also impacts the morale and self-confidence of the team members. Project leaders gives a sense of purpose and meaning to project members by actively and enthusiastically promoting the project, and by expressing confidence in team members' capabilities to perform a given task. In addition, his or her soliciting assistance and additional resources can contribute the building the confidence of members that the project can be performed well. Second, the relationship between champion leadership and project performances is context-specific (i.e., project type and innovative climate). This study is one of the few to have tested the moderating effects between champion leadership and project performances with a empirical research design. This study extends the current knowledge on champion leadership in the innovation process by generalizing their importance in R&D projects to a new industrializing context, Korea, and further sheds light on the contingent relationship between champion leadership and project performances in the innovation process. Based on these findings, some areas for future research are discussed.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
• /
• v.39 no.2
• /
• pp.256-270
• /
• 2011

The study attempts to propose and test a causal research model using SEM (Structural Equation Model) to determine whether there is a relationship between six sigma champion's transformational leadership and belts' creativity based on the mediated effects of intrinsic motivation and project's learning and growth. The subjects of the study composed of 134 belts from manufacturing and service firms implemented six sigma. Empirical results show that transformational leadership is positively related to intrinsic motivation and project learning and growth. In addition, intrinsic motivation and project learning and growth are positively related to creativity. The results of the study imply that creativity of six sigma belts would be enhanced by implementation of six sigma projects and utilizing six sigma tools and methods.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
• /
• v.19 no.1
• /
• pp.123-144
• /
• 1994

This Study has empirically examined the relationship between the role of R & D project leaders and their team performance using data from 87 project teams in 6 R & d organizations. The results reveal that : 1) R & D project leaders play five different roles for performing their jobs-strategic plannar, team builder, gatekeeper, expert and champion : 2) all but the champion role of leaders are positively associated with project team performance unless they have too short team tenure to materialize their role efforts : 3) However, the relationship between the role of leaders and project team performance varies according to characteristics of their team and project tasks. More specifically, it becomes more important for leaders to focus on gatekeeping and championing roles as their team gats older. Team building role of leaders is more important for higher performance of relatively certain R & D projects, while for uncertain R & D projects gatekeeping role appears to be more important.

• The Journal of Information Systems
• /
• v.10 no.1
• /
• pp.97-126
• /
• 2001

Object-orientation has been proposed as a promising software process innovation to improve software productivity and quality. It has not been understood clearly, however, what factors influences the diffusion of object-oriented technology in organizations. A research model was formulated and hypotheses were generated based on the literature of information technology implementation and software process innovation. To test the research hypotheses, a questionnaire survey was conducted. The results based on 121 responses from Korean companies revealed that project characteristics, use of external experts, and number of development projects are significantly related to the diffusion of object-oriented analysis and design and object-oriented programming. Innovation champion is positively related to the diffusion of object-oriented analysis and design, whereas it is not related to the diffusion of object-oriented programming language. Only project complexity was significantly related to the diffusion of visual programming language. On the other hand, organizational size was not significantly related to any object-oriented technology in this study.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
• /
• v.16 no.2
• /
• pp.1-6
• /
• 2014

The five-year national project in Japan for R&D of coated conductors and applications, named as the Materials and Power Applications of Coated Conductors (M-PACC) project, was finished at the end of FY2013. The project consists of four sub-themes as cable, transformer, SMES and coated conductors. In the theme of coated conductors, the fabrication process had been developed to satisfy the requirements from the applications such as in-field $I_c$ performance, low AC loss in the long tapes etc. Through the project, the remarkable progress was achieved as follows; a high in-field minimum $I_c$ value over 54A/cm-width under 3T at 77K was realized in a 200m long EuBCO tape with artificial pinning centers of $BaHfO_3$ by the pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique on the IBAD template. On the other hand, the AC loss reduction was confirmed in the tapes fabricated by both PLD and the metal organic deposition (MOD) techniques by scribing 100m tapes into 10-filamments. Additionally, the mechanism of the delamination phenomenon was systematically investigated and the strength was improved by eliminating the origins of the weak points in the films. Through the development, all targeted goals were accomplished and the several results were appreciated as a world champion data.

• Proceedings of the Technology Innovation Conference
• /
• 1996.12a
• /
• pp.99-117
• /
• 1996

본 논문은 기업내의 수직적 기술이전 문제를 다룬 사례연구로서 한 건설업체의 연구소에서 이루어진 기술개발 결과가 사업부문의 현장에 이전 활용되는 과정에서 기술이전 정도가 어떤 요인에 의해 영향을 받는지 분석하였다. 사례분석 결과 D건설의 경우 기술이전팀 및 프로젝트 추진자(Project Champion)의 존재여부가 기술이전의 성패에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 최고경영자의 적극적인 지원도 성공적인 기술이전에 강한 긍정적인 요인이 되는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 당초 사례분석의 틀에서 고려하지 않았던 기술인지도나 기술수용자의 시장평가가 기술수용 노력에 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 사내기술이전시 이러한 요인들을 고려한다면 보다 효과적인 기술이전이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
• /
• v.34 no.3
• /
• pp.51-61
• /
• 2006

This paper is dealing with a 6 sigma application in chemical industries. The company is enterprise which produce PR that is semiconductor material. CTQ is consisted of thickness (Big Y$_1$) and EOP (Big Y$_2$). After 6 sigma improvement activity that thickness (Big Y$_1$) improved from 0.98 sigma to 2.80 sigma and EOP (Big Y$_2$, energy optimizer) improved from 1.53 sigma to 3.98 sigma. The effectiveness of financial scope reduced 58,200,000 won of COPQ. But there are some problems to enforce 6 sigma in small enterprises. First, it is a lack of complete charge manpower enforcing S sigma activity. Second, it is a lack of professional knowledge of project leaders. Third, the passion of sponsorship (champion) is a lacking. Nevertheless useful tool was certified so that 6 sigma achieves quality reform in small enterprises.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
• /
• v.5 no.1
• /
• pp.90-112
• /
• 1997

본 논문은 기업내의 수직적 기술이전 문제를 다룬 사례연구로서 한 건설업체의 연구소에서 이루어진 기술개발 결과가 사업부문의 현장에 이전 활용되는 과정에서 기술이전 정도가 어떤 요인에 의해 영향을 받는지 분석하였다. D건설의 사례분석 결과 기술 이전 팀 및 프로젝트 추진 자(Project Champion)의 존재 여부가 기술이전의 성패에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며 최고경영자의 적극적인 지원도 성공적인 기술이전에 강한 긍정적인 요인이 되는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 당초 사례분석의 틀에서 고려하지 않았던 기술인지도안 기술수용자의 시장평가가 기술수용 노력에 영향을 미치는 것으로 분석되었다. 사내 기술 이전 시 이러한 요인들을 고려한다면 보다 효과적인 기술이전이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
• /
• v.11 no.4
• /
• pp.177-187
• /
• 2015

Although actual business environment is getting difficult and hard, IT companies tend to shy away from of annual investment. Many firms have already reached the 25 percent level. However, the profit and the result of their annual investment needs to be evaluated objectively. IT investment analysis usually proceeds by comparing benefits and costs of an IT investment. Much of the problem derives from the historical treatment of IT as an overhead expense rather than a capital asset. What is most worrying about the current situation is the pressure to take a very short-term view of IT. Therefore, this research aims to analyses and justify the necessity of Visionary IT Investment. For this, it is crucial to identify the factors, which affect positively Visionary IT Investment and understand the role of CIO and explain the result of Visionary IT Investment, which is differed to related business and by different business environment. As a result of this study, the legitimacy of IT Investment is proved through analyzing the business value of not investing and cost-avoidance strategies.