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Swedish Constructing Excellence: A Tool for Quality Management within Construction Projects

  • Lindstrom, Johnny;Josephson, Per-Erik
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.48-59
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    • 2006
  • The Swedish construction sector has been criticized in media for being corrupted, unproductive and conservative. Several incidents, e.g. cartels, work on the side without paying tax and moisture problems, have had a great deal of attention. Of that reason has the government initiated a number of investigations in order to identify the major problems in the construction industry. Further, they have initiated a development of a tool aimed for (a) to identify risks, (b) to avoid poor quality costs, and (c) to direct towards increased quality and effectiveness in building and civil engineering projects, from a client perspective. The UK Constructing Excellence has often been held up as a model during the debate. However, the Swedish general culture differs from the British, as well as the Swedish system differs from the British. The purpose of this paper is to describe the program for developing the system, including the purposes with the system, identified starting points and demands and the approach/method for the development.

Impact of Information Technology on New Product Development Process in Korean Manufacturing Firms (정보기술이 신제품 개발프로세스에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구: 국내 제조업체를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Han-Chul;Kim, Tae-Ung;Lee, Won-Jun
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.1-25
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    • 2001
  • Manufacturing firms face a paradigm shift from industrial systems driven by efficiency to post-industrial systems where success depends on a quick-response to customer demands for a variety of high-quality products. In essence, time is becoming a critical dimension for competition. New information technologies allow many firms to pursue time-based competitive strategies. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship among the types of information technology, behaviors of suppliers, the structures of new product development processes, and the competitiveness of the firms. The data for this study were collected from 96 Korean manufacturing firms that have implemented certain types of information technologies. Research results from LISREL analysis confirm that the competitiveness comes from product innovation capabilities and innovative product development process. But the linkage between the information technologies and the firms' competitiveness proves to be indirect. Suppliers, organizational culture related to IT, and some other factors also have indirect impact on the competitiveness. A summarized report of other findings is provided as well.

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Investigation Problem-Solving in Virtual Spaces: The Knowledge Network of Experts (온라인 공간에서의 문제해결: 전문가 지식 네트워크에 관한 사례연구)

  • Koh, Joon;Jeon, Sungil
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.149-168
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    • 2005
  • Owing to the limits of IT System-driven knowledge management(KM) for innovation processes, alternative KM methods has been suggested such as: (1) the knowledge network of experts or (2) communities-of-practice. This study analyzes two cases in terms of on-line expert knowledge networks for problem-solving, with the dimensions of analysis based on a theoretical framework. By analyzing the cases of S company's expert network and Naver's Ji-sik-iN, we found that system quality(e.g., ease of use, accessibility, and searching function), information/knowledge quality(e.g., usefulness, accuracy, and timeliness), knowledge-sharing culture, social capital and relevant reward systems are important for stimulating a Q&A-based problem-solving knowledge network. Implications of the findings and future research directions are discussed.

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A Framework of Cross-Language Social Learning System (교차언어의 사회적 학습 시스템 프레임 워크)

  • Hao, Fei;Park, Doo-Soon;Lee, Hye-Jung
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.1736-1739
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    • 2015
  • Social learning encourages and enables learners with common interests to communicate and share knowledge with others through social networks. However, social learning suffers a barrier on communication among learners with various la nguage and culture background. Aiming to avoid this barrier, this paper proposes a framework of cross-language s ocial learning system which can involve more learners' participation on the web. With this framework, an illustrati ve example of task-oriented collaborative learning paradigm is elaborated. It is expected that our proposed system can stimulate more learners to share the learning resource for deep discussions as well as to promote the knowled ge innovation.

Psychological and Pedagogical Cooperation as a Factor in Increasing the Level of Tolerance for Innovation

  • Kirdan, Olena;Kovalenko, Nataliia;Miloradova, Natalia;Sabat, Nataliia;Kovalchuk, Olena;Hirnyak, Andriy
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.12spc
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    • pp.684-688
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    • 2021
  • The article highlights the features of professional activity teacher on the basis of tolerance, the content and types of this phenomenon are stated, the value bases of education of tolerance in students are substantiated, psychological, culturological and communicative aspects of pedagogical tolerance of the teacher are considered. Methodical recommendations on self-training of the teacher, tolerant interaction with subjects of educational process are included.

Development and Management of Performance Indicators of Local Government for Citizen's Communication (지방정부의 소통성과지표 개발 및 관리방안에 관한 연구)

  • Chai, Eunkyong;Lee, Chang Kil
    • Journal of Urban Science
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2018
  • Local governments in South Korea are making efforts to promote highly effective policies through activating communication with citizens as a major innovation strategy. The performance evaluation system includes new performance indicators related to communication with citizens. This is a change to build a consumer-centered performance management system. The purpose of this study is to present guidelines when developing and applying the communication indicators promoted by local governments with interest. For this purpose, the development scope and management methods of the communication performance indicators are presented. For communication performance management, this study emphasized building a strategy planning based performance management system, presenting information that can be understood by citizens, complying with the development procedures of performance indicators, and improving qualitative indicators. In addition, for effective performance management, this study presented the decision-makers' strong willingness, gradual expansion of communication evaluation, establishment in organizational performance culture, and so on.

Application Of Innovative Technologies In Higher Education Institutions Of Ukraine: Forms And Methods

  • Dovgal, Olena;Havrylova, Olena;Potryvaieva, Natalia;Tolstova, Natalia;Ostapchuk, Taras;Onyshchenko, Nataliіa
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.43-47
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    • 2021
  • In the course of this article, the concept of "innovation" was considered and analyzed, which is considered not only as a subject, something new, but also as a process. The process of introducing something new into life, and in our case, into the educational process. Innovative educational technologies are varied and plentiful. In this article, the most commonly used. Among them: the use of ICT, game techniques, the portfolio method, personality-oriented, information support of the learning process, educational and health-saving technologies, and others.

A Study on Applying Proxemics to Camera Position in VR Animation

  • Qu, Lin;Yun, Tae-Soo
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.73-83
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    • 2021
  • With the development of science and technology, virtual reality (VR) has become increasingly popular, being widely used in various fields such as aviation, education, medical science, culture, art, and entertainment. This technology with great potential has changed the way of human-computer interaction and the way people live and entertain. In the field of animation, virtual reality also brings a new viewing form and immersive experience. The paper demonstrates the production of VR animation and then discusses camera's position in VR animation. Where to place the VR camera to bring a comfortable viewing experience. The paper, with the proxemics as its theoretical framework, proposes the hypothesis about the camera position. Then the hypothesis is verified by a series of experiments in animation to discuss the correlation between camera position and proxemics theory.

Classical Literature Analysis: Government Development Strategies for Improving Economy in Joseon Dynasty Period

  • Eungoo KANG
    • Journal of Koreanology Reviews
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2024
  • The Joseon Dynasty lasted for 618 years, from 1392 to 1910, and is regarded as one of the development periods of Korea in various areas, including politics, culture, economy, and society. During this period, the government undertook various measures to try to change the state of the economy and generally transform people's living standards. These were some of the strategies founded on Confucianism, which focused on the right way to govern and manage the economy to attain prosperity for the society. The present study explores government development strategies for improving the economy in Joseon Dynasty period using comprehensive literature analysis via Kci, Scopus, Web of Science databases. Indeed, agricultural transformations during the Joseon dynasty clearly show that knowledge and innovation were critical for encouraging agricultural growth. Therefore, today's South Korean government can implement technological advancement and research to improve its agricultural value chain and food security. Many farmers lack knowledge about improved methods of practicing agriculture or have inadequate capital to invest in research and development; these issues can be dealt with by the relevant government agencies putting in place necessary policies and creating awareness through educational programs and articles.