Browsing MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) by Title
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National Culture and the Preference for Management Controls: An exploratory Study of the Firm- Labor Market Interface
(2002-07-10)Abstract This study uses Hofstede's taxonomy of work-related national cultural dimensions to analyze preferences for specific management controls at the interface between the organization and the external labor market. ... -
Navigating the Metrics Landscape: An Introductory Literature Guide to Metric Selection, Implementation, & Decision Making
(2009-04-20)7th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) presentation -
Navigating the Metrics Landscape: An Introductory Literature Guide to Metric Selection, Implementation, & Decision Making
(2009-04-20)The focus of this paper is to depict the vast landscape of literature related to enterprise performance measurement in a concise and comprehensible manner for researchers and practitioners. We focus particularly on the ... -
Needs Elicitation for Complex Systems Engineering
This practice builds on the sound systems engineering practice for needs elicitation. It extends the practice to emphasize important considerations, strategies, and key questions to consider. The practice ensures needs ... -
Negotiated Regulation, Implementation and Compliance in the United States
(2007)Interest in the use of so-called voluntary approaches to supplement or replace formal environmental regulation is on the rise, both in Europe and in the United States. These approaches fall into two general categories: (1) ... -
Network Centric Operations and the Brigade Unit of Action: A System Dynamics Perspective
(2007-07-29)In the midst of fighting a global War on Terror, the U.S. Army is concurrently attempting to transform to a more agile and deployable organization, which is centered largely on the integration of new information technologies ... -
Network governance for the provision of behavioral health services to the US Army
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)Under a charter from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the author participated in a study of the military's behavioral health system for the purpose of determining the means and effectiveness of that system for ... -
A network planning process and inventory strategy for high-mix low-volume markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)From June to December 2011, the impact of rapid international expansion on the Global Supply Chain organization at Amgen - one of the world's leading human therapeutics companies in the biotechnology industry - was ... -
A new approach to risk analysis with a focus on organizational risk factors
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)Preventing accidents in complex socio-technical systems requires an approach to risk management that continuously monitors risk and identifies potential areas of concern before they lead to hazards, and constrains hazards ... -
A new glide path: re-architecting the Flight School XXI Enterprise at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)This thesis utilizes eight Enterprise Architecture views to analyze the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence's Flight School XXI Enterprise and provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of ... -
New Insights on Implementing Lean in Product Development Systems
(2009-12-01)LAI Webinar Knowledge Exchange Event presentation -
New Methods for Architecture Selection and Conceptual Design: Space Systems, Policy, and Architecture Research Consortium (SSPARC) Program Overview
(2002-03-27)Presentation on SSPARC program -
New Opportunities for Metals Extraction and Waste Treatment by Electrochemical Processing in Molten Salts
(2001)Molten salt electrolysis is a proven technology for the extraction of metals -- all the world's primary aluminum is produced in this manner. The unique properties of molten salts also make them excellent media in which ... -
A Next Generation Launch Capacity Model for the U.S. Eastern Range
(2000-05-02)2nd NRO/AIAA Workshop on Space Launch Integration presentation -
Next Generation Travel System
(2010-01)Student research poster, Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) -
Non-Intrusive System Level Fault-Tolerance
(2005-06-20)High-integrity embedded systems operate in multiple modes, in order to ensure system availability in the face of faults. Unanticipated state-dependent faults that remain in software after system design and development ... -
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained? Venture Capital, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
(2002-07-22)This paper examines the probability of domestic and international venture capital playing a critical role in the rapid development of IT and Communications technologies in emerging nations. First we examine the venture ...