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Activity Based Management: Improving Processes and Profitability - Chapter 4, Frameworks for Measurement and Improvement: Although ABM can be used as a stand-alone approach to understand processes, product and customer costs and profitability, it provides a more powerful means of decision support if it exists as part of a larger framework of measures. Over a number of years a number of frameworks have been developed,...; Tags: Activity-based Management, Framework, Measure, Data Mining, Pricing, Managerial Accounting, Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Finance, Management; White papers
An Open Platform for Multimedia Entertainment Systems: This white paper describes a flexible application and user interface framework for creating multimedia home entertainment systems: the Multimedia-Box. The framework builds on top of the NMM multimedia middleware for Linux which provides services roughly equivalent to DirectShow from Microsoft but adds network transparent data access and device control. It...; Tags: multimedia, CD, home entertainment, data access, middleware, MP3, entertainment, DVD, TV, Linux, network; White papers
Build a Strategic Framework: Mission Statement, Vision, Values...: Both people and organizations need to establish a strategic framework for significant success. This framework consists of a vision for the future, a mission that defines what one is doing, values that shapes the person's actions, strategies that zero in on key success approaches, and goals and action plans to...; Tags: vision, action plan, strategy; White papers
Leadership Is About Understanding People, and About Getting People Pointing and Acting in the Same Direction: Leadership is about understanding people, and about getting people pointing and acting in the same direction. The unique role of a leader is then to provide the energy and commitment to see this job through, and ensuring execution is perfect. Leadership is about listening, and making a real "Connect" with...; Tags: leadership, leader, job; White papers
Begin At The Beginning In Organizational Change: The world is rapidly changing into something too hard to easily predict, with a hundred opportunities and pitfalls passing by every moment. To add to this confusion, there are hundreds, if not thousands of techniques, solutions and methods that claim to help business improve productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction. In...; Tags: customer satisfaction, technique; White papers 2008-01-01

Optimizing Government Effectiveness Through Shared Services: Perspectives From IBM Corporation: Governments around the world are poised to benefit from adoption of a shared services business framework provided that lessons learned from the commercial sector are applied. Shared services frameworks bring together functions that are common to multiple business units under a single delivery organization. The result: increased efficiency and quality...; Tags: Benefits, IBM Corp., benefit, QoS; White papers 2007-04-01
Towards An International Quality Of Employment Framework: The objective of this paper is twofold: to propose some elements for discussion on the comparative analysis of different quality of work frameworks; and to support the ILO International Labour Organization proposal on the need of and comprehensive quality of employment paradigm embracing the current quality frameworks. This paper upholds...; Tags: analysis; White papers 2007-03-30
Financial Globalization: A Reappraisal: This paper on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in last few years, but along many disparate channels with a variety of apparently conflicting results. There is still little robust evidence of the growth benefits of broad capital account liberalization, but a number of...; Tags: Free trade, Financial accounting, Benefits, Harvard University, liberalization, financial integration, financial, benefit, developing country, equity, finance; White papers 2006-12-01
Impact-Sensitive Framework For Dynamic Change-Management: This paper presents a distributed change management framework that enables the assessment and minimization of service-delivery disruptions. The framework handles both external change requests, like software upgrades, and changes to mitigate internal events, such as faults. Objective-specific modules assess the impact of change operations on service delivery through their impact...; Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, change request, software upgrade, change management, performance, software; White papers 2006-11-09
Business Process Improvement Using Multi-Objective Optimisation: Business process redesign and improvement has become an increasingly attractive subject in the wider area of business process intelligence. Although there are many attempts to establish a business process redesign framework, there is little work on the actual optimisation of business processes with given objectives. Furthermore, most of the attempts...; Tags: Business Process, Framework, Operational Planning, Business Operations; White papers 2006-10-17
A New Framework For Analyzing And Managing Macrofinancial Risks Of An Economy: The high cost of international economic and financial crises highlights the need for a comprehensive framework to assess the robustness of national economic and financial systems. This paper proposes a new comprehensive approach to measure, analyze, and manage macroeconomic risk based on the theory and practice of modern Contingent Claims...; Tags: Balance sheets, balance sheet, financial system, financial, theory, accounting, asset, analysis; White papers 2006-10-10
Development Of Framework For Affordability Engineering Measurement: The concept of Affordability Engineering is relatively new and it has been developed for assist in the decision-making. This paper is focused in Affordability Engineering Measurement to be applied in automotive and aerospace sectors. The paper has developed a conceptual model of different factors affecting affordability. An Affordability Index has...; Tags: Cranfield University, affordability, commercial software, aerospace, decision-making; White papers 2006-09-27
Racial Diversity Initiatives In Professional Service Firms: Diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by globalization and the understanding of the benefits associated with a diverse workforce. While it is critical for managers and researchers to understand the processes and outcomes associated with diversity, much work remains to be done in this important area...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workforce management, payroll solutions, workforce, globalization, benefit; White papers 2006-09-21
Balanced Scorecard And Results-Based Management: Convergent Performance Management Systems: This paper compares and contrasts two of the most widely adopted Performance Management PM frameworks - Balanced Scorecard and Results-Based Management. It reviews the two framework's independent origins and separate evolutionary paths, and examines the resulting differences in practical application. Two case studies are presented, one examining Results-Based Management implementation...; Tags: Business intelligence, Balanced Scorecard, performance management, performance; White papers 2006-09-01
A Modeling Framework For Interplanetary Supply Chains: As NASA looks ahead to next-generation human space exploration, it is essential to consider the cost of operations and support in order to ensure the development of affordable programs. The life-cycle costs of future exploration ventures can be reduced by focusing on the interplanetary logistics strategy. By leveraging proven supply...; Tags: Research & Development, Supply chain management (SCM), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, logistics, modeling, supply chain, SCM, technique; White papers 2006-08-31
Using The NFR Framework In The Context Of The Balanced Scorecard: The Strategic Engineering Of Public IT: This paper examines the unique application of the Non-Functional-Requirements NFR Framework within the context of a Balanced Scorecard used to measure, manage and identify gaps in the strategic plan for the Department of Technology DoT in the City of Columbus, Ohio. Specifically, the NFR Framework enables the examination of tradeoffs...; Tags: Ohio State University, Balanced Scorecard, public sector, accountability, information technology; White papers 2006-07-17
Promotion Of Development Efficiency By Using Frameworks: The framework is the core SDAS technology for reducing the time needed to develop a system and improve development efficiency and quality. Fujitsu provides the B2.Sframework, which consists of three frameworks, as its application framework system. The first framework, Web Front Framework, can make development and maintenance more efficient because...; Tags: Fujitsu Ltd., mission-critical system, application framework, client system, business logic, Java, Web; White papers 2006-07-01
IT Deployment Assessment: The intent of this paper is to develop a framework for industries to analyze their Information Technology Deployment efforts base on operational activities along the life-cycle of their supply chains. In particular, industries that is mature and with low profit margin will find this framework pertinent. It is an accepted...; Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Strategy, California State University, supply chain, profit margin, industry, information technology, revenue; White papers 2006-06-22
Innovation In A Requirement Life-Cycle Framework: In this paper, a requirements-based framework of innovation is discussed. Both customer and expert defined requirements are considered. The proposed framework treats requirements as evolving entities and is implemented using a data-driven approach. It provides a new perspective in support of the innovative product development process.; Tags: Strategy, product development process, product development; White papers 2006-06-10
Performance Pay And Within-Firm Wage Inequality: This paper explores the impact of performance related pay schemes on wage inequality. In particular, the analysis focuses on the presence of interaction effects between performance related pay and union bargaining. The theoretical framework predicts that performance-pay schemes enhance intra-firm wage inequality, but that union influence strongly reduces the widening...; Tags: Performance management, performance, worker, analysis; White papers 2006-04-01