Pragmatism, Adaptation, and Total Quality Management: Philosophy and Science in the Service of Managing Continuous Improvement

Today’s engineering managers who use total quality management (TQM) face the challenge of moving it from adoption to seamless incorporation into their organizations. Both the application and the theory of TQM can be advanced through an examination of the philosophy of pragmatism and the sciences of adaptation. Pragmatism provides a philosophy that establishes a theory for incorporating TQM into engineers’ management practice; it derives its epistemology from actual experience. In essence, pragmatism suggests that practical experience, such as that gained from the continuous improvement of and experimentation with TQM, provides the basis for successful organizational performance. The sciences of adaptation identify the characteristics of organizations that promote successful adaptation. They suggest that incremental adjustments to ongoing change are the keys to effective and successful growth. This paper explores both philosophy and science to identify actions and attitudes that can enable the success of TQM in an organization.     

Anthony D. Wagner: Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.

Presents the citation for Anthony D. Wagner, who received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology (cognition and human learning) "for outstanding and innovative research on the neural basis of memory and executive control." A brief profile and a selected bibliography accompany the citation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Quality control of chip manufacture and chip analysis using epoxy-chips as a model

Biochips are miniaturized, highly ordered analysis systems which offer the unique advantage of highly parallel analysis of thousands of analytes at the same time. Although this technique has been enthusiastically developed and has promised to improve and speed up numerous biological assays, the quality control of chip manufacture, chip analysis and data management has received less attention.

The following article compares three epoxy-containing chip surfaces (ARChip Epoxy, 3D-Link™, and EasySpot) with respect to their autofluorescence, immobilization capacity, background fluorescence and hybridization efficiency. Since data collected from biochip experiments are random snapshots with errors, inherently noisy and incomplete, we tried to evaluate technical factors causing variability and to set up quality control procedures for chip manufacture and chip analysis. Variabilities caused by arraying, glass substrate and polymer coating, fluorescent label and experimental conditions are discussed in details.     

移动运营商渠道管理模式及存在问题分析

渠道作为营销体系中的重要一环，对移动运营商的发展起着举足轻重的作用。随着国内移动市场竞争的加剧，营销渠道的竞争将成为移动运营商间竞争的焦点。目前，国内两大移动运营商在渠道管理上存在诸多问题，从而影响了其市场拓展。分析了移动选营商渠道管理存在的三个较为突出的问题，并提出了可行的解决方法，从而为移动运营商的渠道管理工作提供思路。     

Quality, Environmental, and Health and Safety Management Systems for Construction Engineering

The philosophy behind quality, environmental, and safety (QES) management systems is a concept that has been accepted by various contractors. Furthermore, a process has been developed insuring that the output produced conforms to customer satisfaction without violating any environmental, health, and safety rules and regulations. An effective QES program not only assures a quality product but also reduces costs, and enhances productivity. It is a top down process, i.e., top management together with line management and other employees develop the program and motivate all personnel to accept the process. Important functions to take under consideration are (1) explain and clarify the quality, environmental, and safety performance expected; (2) involve employees in decision-making and problem solving; (3) describe the consequences of poor quality and unsafe/unhealthy work conditions; (4) establish QES goals and provide feedback on performance; (5) provide a self-monitoring system; and (6) recognize and reinforce good performance and develop a reward system. This paper presents a discussion of the development of a portion of a QES management system which has been employed by a medium to large size construction company. In particular, Items 1–4, listed above, are described in detail.     

高等植物氨基酸生物效应的研究进展

本文对氨基酸营养条件下植物体内硝酸盐含量变化及其机理,土施植物激素前体色氨酸和蛋氨酸对高等植物生长和化学组成的影响。氨基酸和氨基酸肥料对植物产量和品质的影响作了综述。     

多序列迭加生成值的合理性判定——病态信息检测案例

论文针对目前普遍存在于各种管理性考评工作中的专家打分问题进行了研究,提出了一种特定条件下专家打分值的合理性判定模型。该方法已在某组织的实际考评工作中进行了实验与应用,取得了较好的效果,为控制专家打分随意性和病态信息的产生,提供了一种新的思路。     

辐射肉品的特性及其质量控制研究

主要阐述了辐射技术对肉品微生物和肉品品质的影响,提出了对辐射肉品进行质量控制的措施,并对几种常用的肉品质量检测方法进行了阐述。     

国有企业公司治理结构的缺陷分析与对策

多数国有大中型企业实行公司化改制后经营状况依然不佳,直接原因在于公司的治理存在严重的问题和缺陷。规范的公司治理结构能有效缓解代理问题。国有企业的产权残缺性,使公司治理结构中的直接监督和间接监督等有效手段不能充分发挥。通过股权结构的分散化调整,充分发挥非国有股权所有者的作用,建立有效的公司治理结构。