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Assessing Your Organizational Span Of Control
Span of control refers to the number of subordinates who report directly to a single manager or supervisor. Higher span of control gives rise to greater employee empowerment. Job complexity and job similarity are some of the factors influencing the span of control. The paper examines the modifications to be...
Tags: Recruitment & Selection, span, job, supervisor
Presentations 2003-09-01
GE's Six Sigma Focus On Span
This article is about GE which is one of the biggest proponents of Six Sigma, both for their own processes and for their customers. GE has saved by implementing Six Sigma. This article is not a re-gurgitation of the existing rhetoric. Instead, it focuses on an aspect of how GE...
Tags: TQM/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Process improvement, iSixSigma, Six Sigma, General Electric Co., metric, customer experience, tool
White papers 2003-01-01
Monitoring Based Maintenance for Long Span Bridges
The deterioration condition of road infrastructures is reviewed and, long span bridge maintenance is highlighted as a part of road infrastructure network. The present status of health monitoring systems for long span bridges subject to catastrophe failure due to strong wind and earthquake is briefly reviewed. The lack of present...
Tags: monitoring system, monitoring, health care, network
White papers 2002-05-30
Outsourcing, Supplier Relations, And The External Span Of Control
The outsourcing and supplier relations literature focuses primarily on initial designs while ignoring how superior implementation skills can drive competitive advantage. The concept of external span of control, defined as a firm's overall capability to manage multiple and varying relations with outside suppliers, is put forward to capture implementation differences....
Tags: Channel management, University of Reading, span, outsourcing, supplier, competitive advantage, strategy
White papers 2004-05-23
Instrumentation and Manufacture of a Smart Composite Bridge for Short-Span Applications
This paper gives an overview of the project emphasizing the smart instrumentation. In particular, the installation of the integral sensors, the plan for the sensor network, and preliminary strain results for vehicle loading are discussed. A smart composite bridge is described that features an all-composite design and an integral sensor...
Tags: University of Missouri, instrumentation
White papers 2001-03-04
Design Check of Post-Tensioned Flyover
When CMPS&F were engaged to undertake the structural design of a 4-span curved flyover in Brisbane, Australia they decided to use LUSAS Bridge analysis to check the design. The bridge has a total length of 102m and consists of four spans with a longest span of approximately 31m. The included...
Tags: LUSAS, span, analysis
Case studies
Load-Span Tables for APA Structural-Use Panels
Recommended loads for sheathing and flooring applications in this paper directly reflect minimum performance criteria, Performance Standards and Policies for Structural-Use Panels and Voluntary Product Standard PS 2-92, Performance Standard for Wood-Based Structural-Use Panels. To qualify for a given Span Rating under the standards, a panel must meet all of...
Tags: Performance management, performance
White papers 2001-11-01
I-Joist Construction Details: Canadian Limit States Design
This paper includes recommended construction details for Performance Rated I-Joists in floor and roof applications. In addition to floor and roof framing details, this guide includes recommendations for cantilevers and placement of web holes. Good installation begins with specification of the correct joist for the application. Many Performance Rated I-Joists...
Tags: Performance management, span, performance, Web
White papers 2004-07-14
A Rationale And Structure For A Project Management Body Of Knowledge: Part 1
"A project always has associated with it certain resources. Such resources may be any combination of time, funds, talent, knowledge, services, personnel, space, facilities, equipment, materials, and so on. These resources can be of multiple kinds: used-and-returned; used-and-delivered-with-the-product; used-and-consumed; generated-by-project-activity; limited life or time-dependent; etc. The kind will typically vary...
Tags: Strategy, knowledge, project management, talent
White papers 2003-01-01
Stairwell Openings Parallel to I-Joist Floor Framing
When framing a residential floor with I-joists, the builder often must allow for an unsupported stairwell opening where the joists run parallel to the opening. This Builder Tip simplifies the selection of trimmers and headers, provides guidance on appropriate detailing for their use, and quantifies hanger capacity requirements for I-joist-to-header...
Tags: span
White papers 2002-01-16
I-Joist Construction Details: Performance Rated I-Joists in Floor and Roof Framing
This paper includes recommended construction details for Performance Rated I-Joists in floor and roof applications. In addition to floor and roof framing details, this guide includes recommendations for cantilevers and placement of web holes. Good installation begins with specification of the correct joist for the application. Many Performance Rated I-Joists...
Tags: Performance management, span, performance, Web
White papers 2004-08-19
Continuity Diaphragm for Skewed Continuous Span Precast Prestressed Concrete Girder Bridges
Continuity diaphragms used on skewed bents in pre-stressed girder bridges cause difficulties in detailing and construction. The bridge parameters considered in the study described in this paper are based on results of a survey sent to other states' bridge engineers and design of experiment techniques. The parameters include girder type,...
Tags: Louisiana Tech University, continuity, survey, technique
White papers 2004-10-01
Balancing, Planning And Decision Making
Even though we usually know logically that we can't be everything to everyone or do it all, for some reason we often still try. We don't look at our lives over the span of a lifetime, we look at them as only in present moment and we must get it...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, decision-making
White papers 2007-12-21
Effective Professional Blogging
span.bd {font-size:1.1em;font-weight:bold;} TechRepublic VP Bob Artner explains what it takes to be an effective professional blogger. He advises avoiding the mistakes of many personal blogs, which he says Bloviate and are Loud, Obnoxious and Gabby.
Tags: Internet, Best Practices, blogging
Videos 2005-07-22
From Viruses to Spyware: In the Malware Trenches with Small and Medium-size Businesses
Malware, which encompasses viruses, worms, spyware, and other malicious software, continues to be a significant problem for small- and mid-sized businesses SMBs. According to an exclusive survey of IT decision-makers, the vast majority of businesses have experienced malware incidents in the past year that resulted in hours of downtime.Defending against...
Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Webroot Software Inc., malware, small and medium business, spyware, downtime, virus, midsize business, survey, malicious software, information technology, software, security
White papers 2006-11-10
Organizational Design Fundamentals
Organization Design OD refers to the dynamics of relationships between different personnel placed at different positions in the organization. The issues involved in OD include degree of decentralization and span of control. An organization acquires an OD depending on its area of work and its corporate strategy. The paper examines...
Tags: Organizational structure, DePaul University, organization design, strategy
Presentations 2003-01-01
Elliott Jaques Levels With You
The theory is based, on recognizing the innate differences among employees, particularly the differences that lead one person to become CEO while relegating another to the factory floor. In a requisite organization, each boss is assumed to be an individual one level of cognitive capability higher than the directly reporting...
Tags: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., CEO, theory, job
White papers 2001-01-01
Framing Floors With I-Joists
When you work with I-joists, you're dealing with an engineered product with distinctly different performance characteristics from solid lumber. Although you can simply refer to span charts in the manufacturer's product brochure for basic joist sizing, it's best to consult a product. This article explains and describes how to frame...
Tags: Manufacturing, Hanley Wood, performance
White papers 2002-04-01
Organization Structure
Organizational Structure OS is the framework that defines formal reporting relationships between different positions within the organization. An effective OS facilitates delegation of authority and allocation of resources. Other issues in evolving an OS include division of labor, departmentalization, and span of control. The paper examines the nuances of OS...
Tags: McGraw-Hill Companies, organizational structure, allocation
Presentations 2003-01-01
Outsourcing's Getting More Remote
From the executive summary: ‘When it comes to the topic of remotely accessing financial institutions, a curious thing has happened since 2000-an evolution that shows how much views have changed on the Internet's role in making operations efficient, secure and profitable. Remote access raises complex issues of front- and back-office...
Tags: Operational accounting, Thomson Corp., back-office, line of business, remote access, outsourcing, financial, security, Internet
White papers 2004-02-01