Download or read book Dynamique manag riale du transfert de technologie et gestion des projets written by Navarre, Christian and published by Faculté d'administration, Université d'Ottawa = Faculty of Administration, University of Ottawa. This book was released on 1985* with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mod le de management des projets de transfert technologique et d innovation written by Victor Mignenan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cette recherche s"appuie sur les approches universelles et contingentes de gestion de projet pour proposer un modèle de management de succès global de projet de transfert technologique et d"innovation. En effet, les approches universelles portées par les standards perçoivent le projet comme un objet ayant de spécificités naturelles non sensibles aux facteurs de contingence. De posture positiviste issue du taylorisme, les modèles universels se manifestent par l"univers linéaire et l"application rigoureuse des meilleures pratiques de management pour atteindre la performance de projet. Ce sont des postures qui s"alignent à l"approche d"optimisation prescriptive. Ils sont caractérisés par les principes, procédures et normes qui emprisonnent les gestionnaires. Ils considèrent le projet comme une « machine » programmable et les individus qui exécutent les tâches sont perçus comme des «pions». Depuis quelques décennies, des modèles contingents émergent. Ils inspirent la vision totale et perçoivent le projet comme une entité « nomade ». De posture, à dominance constructiviste, ils prônent le leadership, la collaboration synchronisée, la gouvernance participative et orientent les efforts des parties prenantes au projet vers l"amélioration continue dans la réalité complexe provoquée par l"environnement de projet. Suivant les caractéristiques ci-dessus dépeintes, on devrait s'attendre à ce qu'il y ait plus de succès lorsqu'on applique dans un même projet de transfert technologique et d"innovation, les deux approches de gestion. Est-ce bien le cas? Sinon, pourquoi certains projets innovation réussissent et d"autres pas alors qu"ils sont exécutés dans un même écosystème? Comment accroitre les conditions de succès global de tous les projets d"innovation exécutés dans un même paysage tel que le consortium des universités et instituts de Recherche au Tchad? En nous appuyant sur deux projets d"innovation portés par le consortium des universités au Tchad, à travers une stratégie mixte, structurée par 21 entretiens et 248 enquêtes, nous avons montré que, quantitativement, le succès de gestion et le succès organisationnel d"un projet d"innovation sont engendrés par l"efficacité des pratiques de management et de gestion des avantages (béta =0,54), dans un cadre de gouvernance efficace (béta= 0,28). Aussi, la culture organisationnelle des parties prenantes (béta =0,107) et le contexte spécifique (béta=0,14) sont-elles des constituantes qui ont favorisé la réussite organisationnelle et le processus d"acquisition des connaissances utiles. Qualitativement, si les projets d"innovation, sont portés majoritairement par les parties prenantes, cela pourrait s"expliquer par le style de leadership transformationnel déployé par le chef de projet mais aussi l"habileté du comité de pilotage et des équipes projet. Ainsi, si quelques projets d"innovation connaissent de succès, cela est dû, pour l"essentiel, à l"application optimale et l"hybridation des meilleures pratiques issues des approches universelles et des instruments empruntés des modèles contingents. En conséquence, pour accroitre le niveau de succès global, il convient de mettre en oeuvre et d"améliorer continuellement la qualité du système de gouvernance et des pratiques de management en les adaptant au contexte spécifique du projet d"innovation. Toutefois, il convient de relever que les résultats générés sont interprétés en tenant compte des limites attachées à la méthodologie, aux variables (items) et indicateurs qui opérationnalisent les quatre construits du modèle proposé. Aussi, une approche universelle contingente paraît-elle préférable pour appréhender la portée du succès global de projet d"innovation. Théoriquement, les résultats obtenus confirment la nature multidimensionnelle du succès global de projets d"innovation. Ils enrichissent et complètent les études relatives à la réussite de projet d"innovation. Ils confortent les principales écoles de pensées en gestion de projet, notamment, l"école d"optimisation, l"école de gouvernance, l"école de succès, etc. Pratiquement, les résultats incitent le consortium des universités à promouvoir l"instrumentation de management de projet de recherche et d"innovation en s"inspirant des organismes universels (PMI, IPMA, Prince2,) et des approches contingentes (écoles scandinave et japonaise, approche EFQM, méthodes agiles) de gestion de projet. Aussi, l"examen des résultats laisse-t-il entrevoir plusieurs prolongements conceptuel et méthodologique. Enfin, pour favoriser l"émergence des références multidisciplinaires et accroitre les performances de projet de recherche et d"innovation au Tchad, il est suggéré un plan d"aide à la décision. This research builds on universal and contingent approaches to project management to propose a successful global management model of technology transfer and innovation project. Indeed, universal approaches carried by standards perceive the project as an object endowed with natural specificities, stable, isolated from contingency factors. From positivist posture resulting from Taylorism, universal models are manifested by the linear universe and the rigorous application of best management practices to achieve project performance. These are postures that align with the prescriptive optimization approach. They are characterized by the principles, procedures and standards that imprison managers. They perceive the project as a programmable "machine" and the individuals who perform the tasks are perceived as "pawns". In recent decades, contingent models have emerged. They impulse a global philosophy and apprehend the project as a "nomadic" being. Positive, predominantly constructivist, they advocate leadership, synchronized collaboration, participatory governance and direct the efforts of project stakeholders towards continuous improvement in the complex reality created by the project ecosystem. Depending on the characteristics described above, one should expect that there will be more success when applying the two management approaches in the same project of technology transfer and innovation. Is this the case? If not, why some innovation projects succeed and others not while they are executed in the same ecosystem? How to increase the conditions for overall success of all innovation projects carried out in the same landscape as the consortium of universities and research institutes in Chad? Based on two innovation projects carried out by the consortium of universities in Chad, through a mixed strategy, structured by 21 interviews and 248 surveys, we have shown that, quantitatively, the management success and organizational success of a innovation projects are generated by the effectiveness of management and benefits management practices (beta = 0.54), within an effective governance framework (beta = 0.28). Also, the organizational culture of stakeholders (beta = 0.107) and the specific context (beta = 0.14) are constituents that have favored organizational success and the process of acquiring useful knowledge. Qualitatively, if the projects of innovation, carried mainly by the stakeholders, this could be explained by the style of transformational leadership deployed by the project manager but also the skill of the steering committee and the project teams. Thus, while some innovation projects are successful, this is due, in the main, to the optimal application and hybridization of best practices from universal approaches and instruments borrowed from contingent models. Therefore, to increase the overall level of success, the quality of the governance system and management practices should be continuously implemented and improved by adapting them to the specific context of the innovation project. However, it should be noted that the results generated are interpreted taking into account the limitations attached to the methodology, variables (items) and indicators that operationalize the four constructs of the proposed model. Also, a contingent universal approach seems preferable to apprehend the scope of the overall success of innovation project.
Download or read book Management de l innovation written by Sandrine Fernez-Walch and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pour l'entreprise, l'innovation constitue un enjeu réel et devient, par la force des choses, une activité récurrente et stratégique. Mais bien qu'omniprésente, l'innovation garde son caractère d'incertitude. Son management nécessite vision et créativité et pas seulement rigueur et contrôle. Ce double caractère de récurrence et d'incertitude des activités d'innovation constitue aujourd'hui un véritable défi de management. Partant de ce constat, ce manuel présente une double originalité : il est focalisé sur une pratique effective et non sur une méthode ou une discipline ; il mobilise les connaissances les plus récentes de divers champs disciplinaires dans une forme didactique facilitant leur appropriation parles étudiants (exemples et méthode des cas) ; il traite de façon globale l'ensemble des questions du management de l'innovation (mobilisation des ressources, organisation, prise de décision), tant au niveau des processus opérationnels (management de chaque projet d'innovation) qu'au niveau des processus stratégiques (choix des projets, financement, patrimoine technologique et système d'information de l'entreprise). Outre des études de cas complètes avec corrigés, l'ouvrage comporte un index thématique, un glossaire, et de nombreux exemples extraits de la pratique des auteurs. Cet ouvrage s'adresse particulièrement : aux étudiants en management et en ingénierie se destinant à être chefs de projets d'innovation, membres d'une équipe projet spécialistes des nouveaux métiers d'accompagnement de l'innovation (veille technologique, intelligence économique, etc.) ; aux professionnels en formation continue de reconversion ou de promotion au sein des entreprises ; aux enseignants-chercheurs et formateurs.
Download or read book Community Management of Natural Resources in Africa written by Dilys Roe and published by IIED. This book was released on 2009 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a pan-African synthesis of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), drawing on multiple authors and a wide range of documented experiences from Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Africa. This title discusses the degree to which CBNRM has met poverty alleviation, economic development and nature conservation objectives.
Download or read book The Transfer and Utilization of Technical Knowledge written by Devendra Sahal and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Street Addressing and the Management of Cities written by Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovi? and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a dramatic demographic shift from rural areas to cities in sub-Saharan African countries over the last few decades. This continuing urbanisation trend has created new challenges for local governments in terms of managing urban services, since over half of the city streets in these countries have no names or addresses, and the problem is particularly acute in the poorest neighbourhoods. This publication examines the use of street addressing initiatives to address this problem, giving information on current and future applications, considering examples of use in many African countries, and setting out a methodological guide for implementing such initiatives.
Download or read book Governing Africa s Forests in a Globalized World written by Laura Anne German and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many countries around the world are engaged in decentralization processes, and most African countries face serious problems with forest governance, from benefits sharing to illegality and sustainable forest management. This book summarizes experiences to date on the extent and nature of decentralization and its outcomes - most of which suggest an underperformance of governance reforms - and explores the viability of different governance instruments in the context of weak governance and expanding commercial pressures over forests. Findings are grouped into two thematic areas: decentralization, livelihoods and sustainable forest management; and international trade, finance and forest sector governance reforms. The authors examine diverse forces shaping the forest sector, including the theory and practice of decentralization, usurpation of authority, corruption and illegality, inequitable patterns of benefits capture and expansion of international trade in timber and carbon credits, and discuss related outcomes on livelihoods, forest condition and equity. The book builds on earlier volumes exploring different dimensions of decentralization and perspectives from other world regions, and distills dimensions of forest governance that are both unique to Africa and representative of broader global patterns. The authors ground their analysis in relevant theory while drawing out implications of their findings for policy and practice.
Download or read book Agroecological Crop Protection written by Jean-Philippe Deguine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to Agroecological Crop Protection, which is the declension of the principles of agroecology to crop protection. It presents the concepts of this innovative approach, case studies and lessons and generic keys for agroecological transition. The book is intended for a wide audience, including scientists, experimenters, teachers, farmers, students. It represents a new tool, proposing concrete keys of action on the basis of feedbacks validated scientifically. Beyond the examples presented, it is therefore of general scope and proposes recommendations for all temperate and tropical cropping systems. It contributes to the training and teaching modules in this field and it is an updated information support for professionals and a teaching aid for students (agronomy, crop protection, biodiversity management, agroecology).
Download or read book Politics Property and Production in the West African Sahel written by Tor Arve Benjaminsen and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2001 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a number of case studies from the West African Sahel, this book links and explores natural resources management from the perspectives of politics, property and production.
Download or read book Knowledge Management in Construction written by Chimay J. Anumba and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A key problem facing the construction industry is that all work is done by transient project teams, and in the past there has been no structured approach to learning from projects once they are completed. Now, though, the industry is adapting concepts of knowledge management to improve the situation. This book brings together 13 contributors from research and industry to show how managing construction knowledge can bring real benefits to organisations and projects. It covers a wide range of issues, from basic definitions and fundamental concepts, to the role of information technology, and engendering a knowledge sharing culture. Practical examples from construction and other industry sectors are used throughout to illustrate the various dimensions of knowledge management. The challenges of implementing knowledge management are outlined and the ensuing benefits highlighted.
Download or read book Coasts Under Changing Climate Observations and Modeling written by Rafael Almar and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Environmental Impact Assessments written by Mohamed Abdelwahab Bekhechi and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) is a procedure for evaluating the impact of proposed activities on the environment. In modern Africa, EIAs are a growing reality and a matter of law in 22 sub-Saharan African countries. This volume examines various aspects of EIA legislation in these countries, including: definitions and prescribed activities; public participation and consultation; the review process and the quality of EIA reports; monitoring and enforcement; compatibility; and transboundary issues. It highlights the role and degree of public participation for the further development of EIA law and policy.
Download or read book Modeling and Practice of Erosion and Sediment Transport under Change written by Mohamed Meddi and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate and anthropogenic changes impact the conditions of erosion and sediment transport in rivers. Rainfall variability and, in many places, the increase of rainfall intensity have a direct impact on rainfall erosivity. Increasing changes in demography have led to the acceleration of land cover changes in natural areas, as well as in cultivated areas, and, sometimes, in degraded areas and desertified landscapes. These anthropogenized landscapes are more sensitive to erosion. On the other hand, the increase in the number of dams in watersheds traps a great portion of sediment fluxes, which do not reach the sea in the same amount, nor at the same quality, with consequences on coastal geomorphodynamics. This book is dedicated to studies on sediment fluxes from continental areas to coastal areas, as well as observation, modeling, and impact analysis at different scales from watershed slopes to the outputs of large river basins. This book is concentrated on a number of keywords: “erosion” and “sediment transport”, “model” and “practice”, and “change”. The keywords are briefly discussed with respect to the relevant literature. The contributions in this book address observations and models based on laboratory and field data, allowing researchers to make use of such resources in practice under changing conditions.
Download or read book Innovate Bristol written by Sven Boermeester and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovate Bristol highlights and celebrates those companies and individuals that are actively working at building a better tomorrow for all. Innovation Ecosystems thrive through the involvement and support of companies and individuals from all industries, which is why the Innovate series not only focuses on the innovators but also those people whom the Innovation Ecosystem, would not be able to thrive without.
Download or read book The Duality of Technology Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations written by Wanda J. Orlikowski and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Food security and nutrition in the age of climate change written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, while various forms of malnutrition coexist. Climate change is already exacerbating this grim picture, which is why food security and food production will be a major focus of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 6th Assessment Cycle. Thanks to the participation of 250 experts from all around the world, the International Symposium on Food Security and Nutrition in the Age of Climate Change highlighted the importance of food and agricultural systems in the fight against climate change and presented concrete multi-sector solutions to address this global issue. The event placed special emphasis on the regional realities of West Africa and the Canadian North, as well as to the presence of young people and members of Indigenous and Northern communities directly affected by these issues. The summaries of these four days of plenaries, interactive workshops, and special events have been grouped under seven major themes for this publication: 1) Climate change, food security and nutrition: the issues; (2) The agriculture sectors in the context of climate change; (3) Food systems in the face of climate change; (4) Natural resources: challenges and solutions; (5) Food security and nutrition in a changing North; (6) Summary of solutions; (7) Strengthening and adapting regional and international cooperation.
