Lean trasformation of manufacturing firm: the case of Elbi S.P.A.

Sviluppo di tre progetti in ottica Lean Production portati a termine dopo un'esperienza di stage presso Elbi S.P.A. 1-Improvement of Human Resources Management 2-Improvement of the Corporate Logistics Flows 3-Improvement of Assembly lines by studying Cycle Time

Explaining intellectual property: the emergence of intangible property contract regulation in the XXI century

The rise of the digital environment and the Internet during the last decades resulted in a number of novel issues in the field of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and Internet contract (IC) regulation. Many doctrinal approaches have attempted to elaborate adequate models for the management of IPRs and IC implementation. From the technical point of view, several solutions to managing IPRs and implementing IC exist. We still miss, however, a fullyfledged theoretical framework that articulates the features of the new kinds of property that arise in relation to digital goods and the role of users’ input. The lack of a legal and regulatory theory of new kinds of property is often at the origin of provisions that are not very accurate or stringent to the users who are held accountable and responsible for their actions. The aim of this dissertation is to suggest basic subject-matter design principles that should be taken into account when drafting and enacting intellectual property and contract laws: Principle 1: Provide precise, clear, and unambiguous definitions of key concepts and terms such as intangible property, intangible property rights, intangible property works and goods, IPM. This principle is needed for achieving a certain level of legal certainty and limiting the scope of the laws implementation. The analysis of existing intellectual property (IP) and IC laws in different jurisdictions across continents suggests that according to the development and creation of new forms of creativity it is possible to defining core terms of intangible property protection. Principle 2: Enforce IP legislation in the context of intangible property provisions. The review of legal regimes under various legal frameworks as well as the overview of legislation in the U.S. and in Europe suggests that intangible property provisions tend to change the allocation of rights previously embodied in the respective national IP laws. Particularly significant shifts can be observed in areas such as rights of use, access, communication and traditional user privileges such as fair use or the 'right' to make private copies. Thus, it is crucial to carefully design the framework applicable to IPM, provide appropriate mechanisms for the effective enforcement of rights, analyse the interplay of the exception regime with the other core elements of the IP framework. Principle 3: Enforce IC discretion with regard to principles of contract law and remedies and adhere to the principle of the new transaction environment. IC frameworks provide some degrees of flexibility in new method of manifesting contractual intention and analytical process of establishing the contents of a contract. Establishing the obligations of the parties should carefully consider the analytical process of defining the contents of a contract, thereby following the principle of contractual intention (PCI). Among the usual options to be considered are the analytical process of establishing the obligations of the parties, the incorporation of descriptions of the contractual subject matter and assertions as to its quality or performance and liability perspective. In addition, the interplay among the liability provisions and the other elements of the framework, including scope and exceptions, must be equilibrated. Principle 4: The monitoring and review of the effects of the IPM need to incorporate necessary procedures and tools of intangible property rights protection. It is crucial to establish mechanisms that take into account the effects of Internet innovations. Such processes and tools might include technical, legislative and procedure review and might focus, among others things, on the core zones of concern outlined in the context of this dissertation with special attention on the IPM. In sum, IP and IC law might provide a helpful structure for intangible property regulation with these principles in mind. The discussion of the various options and approaches helps to determine the necessary components and infrastructure of the IPM

Understanding the Influence of Human Emotions in Organizations: The Emotional Extent Effects

Emotional disengagement of employees may cause poor organizational performance, while emotional commitment of employees may enhance organizational performance. Informed by the theory of psychological ownership in organizations, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore how employee emotional interactions in the workplace related to organizational performance within 3 multinational companies in Nigeria. The 3 selected companies represented the 3 industrial sectors in Nigeria were financial, construction, and oil and gas. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 24 participants with a minimum of 5 years\u27 experience in their respective organizations. Data analysis included transcription, coding, and querying, which produced 5 themes: positive emotions, negative emotions, organizational success, organizational failure, and contextual excellence, cumulating into a fundamental notion of emotional extent effects. Positive emotions contributed to the organizational success, and negative emotions encouraged organizational failure. Both positive and negative emotions instigated the contextual excellence. The findings have the potential of promoting positive social change because practitioners in leadership and organizational change may use the results of this research to improve the adaptive responses to change. The findings of the study may benefit managers by helping them better lead their employees towards impacting social and economic transformations. Implementing workplace spirituality, learning taxonomy, and sustainable human resources practices may manifest innovative socio-economic performance in organizations

Emotional Intelligence and Safety Culture in Business Aviation

With a lack of research regarding the relationship between emotional intelligence and safety culture in the aviation industry, safety professionals have inadequate information to reduce human error, the leading cause of tragic aircraft accidents. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and safety culture in the business aviation industry. This study was grounded on Reason’s theoretical model for safety culture, enhanced by Wang and Sun, and the emotional intelligence framework by Salovey and Mayer, enhanced by Jordan and Lawrence. A quantitative descriptive correlational approach was used with convenience sampling to capture data from 257 business aviation participants in the United States. The online survey consisted of 52 questions to obtain demographic data, emotional intelligence scores, and safety culture scores, integrating two established instruments—the Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile–Short and the Integrated Safety Culture Model. Multiple linear regression was employed to determine the relationship between the primary independent variable, emotional intelligence, and several dependent variables related to measures of safety culture. The analysis revealed that emotional intelligence is a strong predictor of safety culture. Therefore, aviation safety professionals implementing progressive measures to integrate emotional intelligence testing and training may improve safety culture and reduce human error. The results of this study can effect positive social change by reducing serious incidents and accidents in aviation, therefore improving air transportation for the general public

Emotional Intelligence and Safety Culture in Business Aviation

With a lack of research regarding the relationship between emotional intelligence and safety culture in the aviation industry, safety professionals have inadequate information to reduce human error, the leading cause of tragic aircraft accidents. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and safety culture in the business aviation industry. This study was grounded on Reason’s theoretical model for safety culture, enhanced by Wang and Sun, and the emotional intelligence framework by Salovey and Mayer, enhanced by Jordan and Lawrence. A quantitative descriptive correlational approach was used with convenience sampling to capture data from 257 business aviation participants in the United States. The online survey consisted of 52 questions to obtain demographic data, emotional intelligence scores, and safety culture scores, integrating two established instruments—the Workgroup Emotional Intelligence Profile–Short and the Integrated Safety Culture Model. Multiple linear regression was employed to determine the relationship between the primary independent variable, emotional intelligence, and several dependent variables related to measures of safety culture. The analysis revealed that emotional intelligence is a strong predictor of safety culture. Therefore, aviation safety professionals implementing progressive measures to integrate emotional intelligence testing and training may improve safety culture and reduce human error. The results of this study can effect positive social change by reducing serious incidents and accidents in aviation, therefore improving air transportation for the general public

Ipi Ocemumuge: A Regional Archaeology of the Upper Tapajós River

The aim of this thesis is to offer an initial construction of the long term past of the Upper Tapajós River, considering processes of long-term continuities as well as ruptures. I will attempt to “bridge the gap” between pre-Columbian and post-conquest occupations in the region through the study of archaeology, historical linguistics, ethnohistory, and social anthropology. The least known of these is the region’s archaeology, which constitutes the main focus of this study. The bulk of the archaeological data was generated through the analysis of ceramic complexes from two archaeological sites called Terra Preta do Mangabal (TPM) and Sawre Muybu (SM), dating initially to approximately the late seventh and the early ninth centuries AD respectively. The remains were found stratified in expanses of anthropogenic soils known as Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs). The study of these artefacts permitted not only comparisons on a wider scale but also allowed me to address questions related to ancient exchange networks and potential links to the distribution of Carib and Tupian language families. Both sites belong to territories traditionally occupied by the Munduruku Indians (in the case of SM) and the Beiradeiros of Montanha e Mangabal (in regard to TPM). The framework of Historical Ecology has provided a key vantage point from which to observe the ways in which the current inhabitants of the studied landscape engage with environments transformed by past human actions. The research has been carried out in a context of conflict and resistance by these forest peoples against planned development projects that could cause primary, irreversible alterations to the landscape in which they have lived for generations and in which their collective memory is inscribed. The role of scientists and archaeologists involved in environmental assessment studies undertaken in the context of human rights violations is questioned

Made-to-Measure Future(s) for Democracy?

This open access volume analyses the development of democracy at different levels of governance (from local to global). The Basque search for an institutional and democratic model that adapts to its social needs and solves its problems offers an interesting perspective for analyzing the way in which democracy is seeking new forms of materialization from the local to the global. The volume is divided into four parts. The chapters in Part I analyze the tensions between the neoliberal vision of democracy and the voices contesting it, with projections at different levels of government. The chapters in Part II focus on the emerging framework and scales of Western democracy. The chapters in Part III present new forms of citizen participation, paying special - though not exclusive - attention to new practical strategies for Basque society. The volume concludes with a block of chapters on the relevance of reviewing the methodological and epistemological frameworks from which knowledge about democracy and mechanisms of citizen participation is generated (Part IV). By delving deeper into the idea and practice of democratic governance, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students from all disciplines of politics, international relations, sociology and law

Internet and Biometric Web Based Business Management Decision Support

Internet and Biometric Web Based Business Management Decision Support MICROBE MOOC material prepared under IO1/A5 Development of the MICROBE personalized MOOCs content and teaching materials Prepared by: A. Kaklauskas, A. Banaitis, I. Ubarte Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Project No: 2020-1-LT01-KA203-07810

Intelligent cities? Disentangling the symbolic and material effects of technopole planning practices in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

Cyberjaya was heralded in the mid-1990s as the Multimedia Super Corridor's (MSG) flagship 'intelligent city' and designed to prepare Malaysia and its citizens for a giant leap forward into an imagined new 'information age'. The urban mega-project constituted a state led response to the much hyped 'Siliconisation of Asia' and was planned to fast-track national development through investment in information and communications technologies (ICTs). The thesis seeks to examine how the discursive architectures of the 'information society' were mobilised, by whom, and with what material consequences as technopole planning practices were inscribed on the Malaysian landscape. Ten years on from the excessive high-tech utopianism and urban boosterism that accompanied the city's launch, the thesis promotes qualitative methodologies to examine the critical human geographies of the MSG. Specifically, empirical analysis addresses the uneven socio-spatial consequences and 'splintering urbanisms' manifesting in Malaysia's emerging spaces of neoliberal modernity. Research methodologies included in-depth interviews with political and business elites in Malaysia, participant observation with residents and workers in Cyberjaya, and a critical discourse analysis of the MSG policy and promotional materials. To this end, the thesis seeks to disentangle the symbolic and material effects of technopole planning practices in Cyberjaya