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- Adamsson, Niklas, 1977-
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Mechatronics engineering : New requirements on cross-functional integration
- 2005
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Several industrial sectors experience an increased reliance on mechatronic systems as electronics and software are being embedded into the traditional mechanical systems of these industries. Important challenges within mechatronics engineering comes from management of multi-disciplinary development project teams and the highly complex scope of problems, which in turn require extensive coordination and integration, both in terms of technical and organisational matters. The concept of cross-functional integration in product development research has in previous research mainly addressed integration of the functions marketing, R&D, and manufacturing, and whereas the present thesis is delimited to include only the R&D organization and the functions and engineering disciplines within such an organization. The purpose with thesis has been to investigate mechatronics engineering in order to understand and explain how co-operation, integration, and knowledge sharing between engineering disciplines can be supported. This research has been realized by empirical studies in mechatronic development settings in engineering companies, but also by taking part in industrial and academic research projects that develop and study computer-aided mechatronics engineering. Findings presented in this thesis show that mechatronics is a matter of integration at three organizational levels where the most substantial needs are found to be at the team-level and the individual level. Furthermore, it is identified that to be able to succeed in mechatronics engineering, managers and engineers must look beyond disciplinary needs. Subsequently, both teamwork and competence management become key issues for management of mechatronics engineering. Finally, computer-supported and model-based development of mechatronics show great potential for successful integration of engineering disciplines, even though such technological aids are still rather immature and needs further research and development. A tentative analysis model of organizational integration for mechatronics engineering is also presented and discussed in this thesis. Based on the presented findings, it is concluded that companies incorporating electronics and software in their mechanical products must effectively manage software and electronics development of these embedded systems. Despite the focus on cross-functional integration in engineering companies, this thesis shows examples of inadequate integration of software and electronics engineering with mechanical integration in organisations dominated by the latter. Future research studies are needed to investigate the relation between factors influencing the need for organizational integration and potential integration mechanisms. To further understand mechatronics engineering it is important to look deeper into research issues such as changed conditions for the engineering profession implied by multidisciplinary settings, social systems supporting integration of disciplines, changed work conditions due to implementation of technological aids for model-based system development, relationship between product and organizational complexity, organizational designs supporting integration of engineering disciplines, and cross-disciplinary training of highly specialized engineers.
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- Akselsson, Roland, et al.
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Safety and Risk
- 2009
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Ingår i: Work and technology on human terms. - 9789173650588 ; , s. 425-461
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Akselsson, Roland, et al.
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Säkerhet och risk
- 2008
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Ingår i: Arbete och teknik på människans villkor. - 9789173650373 ; , s. 425-461
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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Arbete och teknik på människans villkor
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- För att förstå samspelet mellan människor och mellan människor och teknik, krävs kunskaper inom flera olika områden. Boken inkluderar därför begrepp, kunskaper och metoder från bland annat psykologi, medicin, sociologi, fysik, kemi, ekonomi och juridik.Boken vänder sig främst till studerande inom arbetsvetenskap, ergonomi och liknande ämnesbenämningar på tekniska universitets- och högskoleutbildningar. Den passar också yrkesverksamma arbetsmiljöingenjörer, ergonomer och sjukgymnaster med flera.
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- Bienkowska, Dzamila, 1978-, et al.
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Peer Feedback in CDIO Courses in Organisation and Leadership
- 2017
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Ingår i: The 13th International CDIO Conference Proceedings - Full Papers. - : University of Calgary. - 9780889533998 ; , s. 559-569
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Peer feedback is increasingly being used as an important part of higher education, as it has a potential to contribute to development of professional skills such as giving and receiving feedback while having the benefit of not overstretching the teacher resources. In this paper we share our experiences of working with peer feedback in a course on organisation and leadership with approximately 170 students given during the first year of a CDIO-based engineering program. We present and discuss the course design and how peer feedback was organized as well as the experiences of both teachers and students of this course. We observe that working with peer feedback has helped our students in achieving several important outcomes, for example increased learning within the subject, documented development of own writing and assessment skills, and increased awareness of different perspectives on the same topic. However, we also identify problematic aspects of working with peer feedback, such as a large variation in the quality of provided feedback, perceived difficulties when students are asked to provide non-anonymous feedback to their peers, and students’ doubts whether peers can provide as “correct” feedback as the teacher would have been able to give. We discuss the benefits and downsides of peer feedback within the framework of CDIO-based engineering education and conclude by recommending that feedback-related skills should be trained and developed throughout educational programs in a gradual and integrated way.
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- Björkman, Hans, et al.
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Innovative Capability : A Process Oriented Model
- 2010
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Ingår i: The R and D Conference 2010: Information Imagination and Intelligence in R D Management. - Manchester, England : Manchester Institute of Innovation Research.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)
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- Bohgard, Mats, et al.
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Chemical Health Risks
- 2009
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Ingår i: Work and Technology on Human Terms. - 9789173650588 ; , s. 307-337
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