Essentials of successful corporate electronic mail

It is fast becoming evident that there are major competitive and economic advantages in implementing electronic communications capabilities, both within companies and between companies and their business partners and customers. Corporate electronic mail is one of the most far reaching strategic investments a company can make, yet it can prove to be disappointing, and even disasterous. Based on the experience of companies which have installed such systems, this paper explores key factors that are essential to the successful implementation of corporate electronic mail.     

Steps in the creation of energy-conservation control systems on a set of operating states

Problems related to the creation of energy-conservation systems used in control of dynamic objects are considered, in particular, the formalization of the optimal control problem, the set of the object’s operating states, analysis and synthesis of the optimal control, techniques of increasing the efficiency of energy-conservation control systems, and the introduction and maintenance of energy-conservation control systems in the course of operation.     

From industrial safety to corporate health management

Occupational health and safety is one of the most important topics of ergonomics. In many countries the practical issues are addressed in worker protection laws or rules and most companies have some sort of occupational health and safety system. As with many other ergonomics approaches, such activities are often necessary because of legal requirements. Such efforts are often viewed by management as primarily cost intensive. To change this image, it would be helpful to have a more positive, management-oriented approach. Corporate health management as a module of an integrated management system can fulfil this goal.     

From industrial safety to corporate health management

Occupational health and safety is one of the most important topics of ergonomics. In many countries the practical issues are addressed in worker protection laws or rules and most companies have some sort of occupational health and safety system. As with many other ergonomics approaches, such activities are often necessary because of legal requirements. Such efforts are often viewed by management as primarily cost intensive. To change this image, it would be helpful to have a more positive, management-oriented approach. Corporate health management as a module of an integrated management system can fulfil this goal.     

An empirical examination of factors contributing to the creation of successful e-learning environments

Although existing models of e-learning effectiveness in information systems (IS) have increased our understanding of how technology can support and enhance learning, most of our models do not take into account the importance of social presence. Thus, this study extends previous research by developing a model of e-learning effectiveness which adds social presence to other oft studied variables including application-specific computer self-efficacy (AS-CSE), perceived usefulness, course interaction, and e-learning effectiveness. Using data from 345 individuals, this model was validated through a field study in an introductory IS survey course. Results indicate that AS-CSE and perceived usefulness were related to course performance, course satisfaction, and course instrumentality. In addition, course interaction was related to course performance and satisfaction. Finally, social presence was related to course satisfaction and course instrumentality. Implications for research and practice are discussed.     

Contribution of corporate social responsibility to information security management

Contemporary societies develop scepticism about the social responsibility of businesses. There are expectations that firms/corporations/industries/companies make more than just economic contributions. In the area of information technology, more and more companies recognize their responsibility to promote information security management, above and beyond the level required by law, in order to achieve/build a secure information society for daily business operations. While concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have been applied to a plethora of sectors/industries, information security from the aspect of CSR is still behind in both theory and practice. The purpose of this paper is to apply the concept of CSR to the practice of information security management. The paper reviews and analyzes the theoretical background (definitions) of CSR from both practice and the literature and tries to explain what socially responsible management of information security actually is.     

A hierarchical tree layout algorithm with an application to corporate management in a change process

This work presents a hierarchical tree layout algorithm based on iterative rearrangement of subtrees. Using a greedy heuristic, all subtrees of a common parent are rearranged into a forest such that gaps between them are minimized. This heuristic is used to build a rearranged tree from bottom-up, starting with forests of the single leafs, and ending with the complete tree. Different cost measures for arrangement operations are discussed, which are based on the shape of a subtree. This shape can be characterized by the subtree’s leftmost and rightmost vertices, which determine how gapless this subtree can be combined with another one. The layout algorithm is used to display an organisational hierarchy. Such a hierarchical layout aids leadership when organisational structures are complex. In particular, it can be used to monitor the performance of organisational units undergoing change, e.g. restructuring. This improves the effectiveness of leadership instruments.     

Preface to the focus theme section: collaborative value creation in e-business management

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Preface to the focus theme section: collaborative value creation in e-business management     

WatchGuard打破传统定义巩固统一威胁管理领导者地位

领先的网络安全解决方案提供商WatchGuardTechnologies(纳斯达克代号:WGRD)于2005年12月7日宣布,随着间谍软件和垃圾邮件对网络安全的威胁不断升级,为应对这一趋势,其统一威胁管理(U T M)设备已经集成了强大的垃圾邮件过滤和多层反间谍软件保护功能,扩展了安全功能的内容,以提供超越典型统一威胁管理(UTM)设备的更有效的安全保护。此举进一步巩固了WatchGuard在统一威胁管理(UTM)领域的领导者地位。市场调研机构ForresterResearch的研究显示,17%接受调查企业的网络已经受到间谍软件的感染。未来1年内,受感染网络的比例预计将增至25%…     

Steps Toward a Science of Service Systems

The service sector accounts for most of the world's economic activity, but it's the least-studied part of the economy. A service system comprises people and technologies that adaptively compute and adjust to a system's changing value of knowledge. A science of service systems could provide theory and practice around service innovation     

生产计划计算机管理系统的设计与初步实现简

伴随着社会经济的飞速发展,科学技术的快速进步,在企业生产管理系统中计算机占据极为关键的地位与作用,特别是在全球经济一体化的时代背景下,计算机管理系统给企业的经营与生产带来了极大的机会与挑战。为了使计算机管理系统能够满足当前社会不断发展的实际需要,应该加大对计算机管理系统的分析与研究。鉴于此,笔者将对计算机管理系统应用于企业的重要性加以阐述,并说明企业生产计划计算机管理系统的设计与初步实现,以便促进企业生产效率的有效提升。     

Prior notice method of robotic arm motion for suppressing a threat to a human

The ability to develop a gait with one or more legs missing is an important issue for multi-legged robots used in demining applications. Accordingly, this paper presents a three-legged gait under the assumption that one leg of a quadruped walking robot is missing. After outlining a posture classification scheme for three-legged walking, the kick-and-swing gait is proposed as a basic and reasonable gait for three-legged walking and analyzed using a simple dynamic model. Minimum energy gait planning and an active shock-absorbing method are also investigated. The validity of the proposed gait is shown based on experiments using the quadruped walking robot TITAN VIII.     

面向工艺设计的数控刀具管理控件开发

以数控（NC）车刀的电子化样本的开发为例,介绍了面向数控工艺设计应用需要的数控刀具自动化管理系统开发技术、数控刀具结构的一般知识和切削参数选择的相关理论。在详细分析了系统的数据结构和实体关系的基础上,说明了系统开发的技术关键、应用特点和实际效果。结论表明：实现数控刀具管理的信息化可以大大简化工艺设计中数控刀具参数查询的过程,提高工艺准备的效率;在保证安全的基础上,实现相关参数的按企业定制,可以有效地保护企业既得的实际加工经验数据,提高工艺编制的针对性和企业适用性。同时,采用ActiveX控件式结构,可以有效地兼顾工程应用软件的数据交换需求和企业信息化B／S结构趋向的特点,收到较好的应用效果。     

中药制造企业生产计划管理研究

中药生产属于流程行业是一种典型的批流程生产形式,它对批次的跟踪有着特别的要求。整合整个中药生产企业的制造资源对于实现中药生产企业的现代化管理是必不可少的。本文旨在通过对中药制造企业的生产过程分析,结合制造资源计划（Manufacturing Resource Planning,MRPII）原理与方法,对中药制药业的生产计划如何分解,以及如何形成作业计划进行分析和研究,提出符合其行业特点的计算模型和方法,为中药制造企业自动生成生产作业计划提供依据。