Search for dissertations about: "BSC"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word BSC.

  2. 1. Cost Effective Maintenance for Competitve Advantages

    Author : Imad Alsyouf; Basim Al-Najjar; Uday Kumar; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : Maintenance approaches; Maintenance Costs; Savings and Profit; Operations; Quality; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Competitiveness; Productivity; Value Advantages; Profitability; Performance; Balanced Scorecard BSC; Maintenance Selection Method; Fuzzy MCDM; TTT-plot; Cost Effective Maintenance; Mechanistic Model; Vibration Level Prediction; Condition-Based Maintenance; survey; case study; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP; Maskinteknik; Mechanical Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis describes the role of cost effective maintenance in achieving competitive advantages. It explores by means of a survey which maintenance practices are used, and how maintenance policies are selected in Swedish industries. READ MORE

  4. 2. Exploring the Use of Balanced Scorecards in a Swedish Health Care Organization

    Author : Beata Kollberg; Jens Jörn Dahlgaard; Per-Olof Brehmer; Johnny Lind; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Balanced Scorecard; kvalitetsförbättring; verksamhetsmätningar; implementering; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi;

    Abstract : Due to an extensive decentralization in the County Council of Östergötland during the 1980s, the demands on follow-up reports have increased on the production units. In order to support the units in following up their organizations, the board of the County Council decided to implement Total Quality Management in the beginning of the 1990s. READ MORE

  5. 3. Science and practice of balanced scorecard in a hospital in Pakistan : feasibility, context, design and implementation

    Author : Fauziah Rabbani; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Balanced Scorecard; low-income countries; hospital; systematic review; organizational culture; leadership; modified Delphi; indicators; context; Pettigrew s framework; case study; implementation; barriers; strategic processes.;

    Abstract : Background: Millennium Goals emphasize good governance and health systems research. In Pakistan, hospitals provide the major bulk of both basic and advanced care. READ MORE

  6. 4. The making of the engineering student : A study examining the societal and cultural production of the subject, the engineering student

    Author : Patricia Kingdon; Lars Geschwind; Sven Ove Hansson; Ulf Olsson; Maria Andrée; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Engineering education; recruitment to engineering education; broadening of the recruitment base to higher education; power and knowledge; underrepresented student groups at technical universities; Nyckelord: civilingenjörsutbildningen; högskoleingenjörsutbildningen; rekryteringen till tekniska utbildningar i högre utbildning. makt och kunskap; underrepresterade studentgrupper. val av utbildning; rekrytering.; Teknikvetenskapens lärande och kommunikation; Education and Communication in the Technological Sciences;

    Abstract : AbstractThis thesis makes a novel and original contribution to the discourse surrounding engineering education, and how it can be made more accessible to underrepresented groups. The study includes two contexts representing two different perspectives. READ MORE

  7. 5. Methods to Improve and Evaluate Spatial Data Infrastructures

    Author : Ara Toomanian; Centrum för geografiska informationssystem (GIS-centrum); []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Spatial data infrastructure; evaluation; balanced scorecard; geoportals; clearinghouse; web cartography; expert system; web services;

    Abstract : This thesis mainly focuses on methods for improving and evaluating Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs). The aim has been threefold: to develop a framework for the management and evaluation of an SDI, to improve the accessibility of spatial data in an SDI, and to improve the cartography in view services in an SDI. READ MORE