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Sandra Rothenberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • knowledge content and worker participation in Environmental management at nummi
    Social Science Research Network, 2003
    Co-Authors: Sandra Rothenberg
    Abstract:

    This paper looks at, within the context of lean production, and employees participate in Environmental improvements. The paper uses data from an automobile plant well known for its participative work structures, New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI), to look more closely at the dynamics of worker participation in Environmental management (i.e. management of pollution and waste). Findings show that while workers possess important contextual knowledge, the importance of process, intra-organizational and external knowledge make the role of specialist staff (both internal and external to the Environmental Function) critically important for Environmental improvements. Additionally, Environmental improvements often required a combination of more than one knowledge type. The paper discusses how the culture and management structure at NUMMI and other lean plants encourage this combination. Implications for Environmental management, lean production, and future research on worker participation are discussed.

  • knowledge content and worker participation in Environmental management at nummi
    Journal of Management Studies, 2003
    Co-Authors: Sandra Rothenberg
    Abstract:

    This paper looks at, within the context of lean production, "how" and "in what ways" employees participate in Environmental improvements. The paper uses data from an automobile plant well known for its participative work structures, New United Motor Manufacturing (NUMMI), to look more closely at the dynamics of worker participation in Environmental management (i.e. management of pollution and waste). Findings show that while workers possess important contextual knowledge, the importance of process, intra-organizational and external knowledge make the role of specialist staff (both internal and external to the Environmental Function) critically important for Environmental improvements. Additionally, Environmental improvements often required a combination of more than one knowledge type. The paper discusses how the culture and management structure at NUMMI and other lean plants encourage this combination. Implications for Environmental management, lean production, and future research on worker participation are discussed. Copyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2003.

Fernando Antonio Leal Pacheco - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the buffer capacity of riparian vegetation to control water quality in anthropogenic catchments from a legally protected area a critical view over the brazilian new forest code
    Water, 2019
    Co-Authors: Carlos Alberto Valera, Teresa Cristina Tarle Pissarra, Marcilio Vieira Martins Filho, Renato Farias Do Valle, Caroline Favaro Oliveira, Joao Paulo Moura, Luis Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Fernando Antonio Leal Pacheco
    Abstract:

    The riparian buffer width on watersheds has been modified over the last decades. The human settlements heavily used and have significantly altered those areas, for farming, urbanization, recreation and other Functions. In order to protect freshwater ecosystems, riparian areas have recently assumed world recognition and considered valuable areas for the conservation of nature and biodiversity, protected by forest laws and policies as permanent preservation areas. The objective of this work was to compare parameters from riparian areas related to a natural watercourse less than 10 m wide, for specific purposes in Law No. 4761/65, now revoked and replaced by Law No. 12651/12, known as the New Forest Code. The effects of 15, 30 and 50 m wide riparian forest in water and soil of three headwater catchments used for sugar cane production were analyzed. The catchments are located in the Environmental Protection Area of Uberaba River Basin (state of Minas Gerais, Brazil), legally protected for conservation of water resources and native vegetation. A field survey was carried out in the catchments for verification of land uses, while periodical campaigns were conducted for monthly water sampling and seasonal soil sampling within the studied riparian buffers. The physico-chemical parameters of water were handled by ANOVA (Tukey’s mean test) for recognition of differences among catchments, while thematic maps were elaborated in a geographic information system for illustration purposes. The results suggested that the 10, 30 or even 50 m wide riparian buffers are not able to fulfill the Environmental Function of preserving water resources, and therefore are incapable to ensure the well-being of human populations. Therefore, the limits imposed by the actual Brazilian Forest Code should be enlarged substantially.

Zhen Ming - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Carlos Alberto Valera - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the buffer capacity of riparian vegetation to control water quality in anthropogenic catchments from a legally protected area a critical view over the brazilian new forest code
    Water, 2019
    Co-Authors: Carlos Alberto Valera, Teresa Cristina Tarle Pissarra, Marcilio Vieira Martins Filho, Renato Farias Do Valle, Caroline Favaro Oliveira, Joao Paulo Moura, Luis Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Fernando Antonio Leal Pacheco
    Abstract:

    The riparian buffer width on watersheds has been modified over the last decades. The human settlements heavily used and have significantly altered those areas, for farming, urbanization, recreation and other Functions. In order to protect freshwater ecosystems, riparian areas have recently assumed world recognition and considered valuable areas for the conservation of nature and biodiversity, protected by forest laws and policies as permanent preservation areas. The objective of this work was to compare parameters from riparian areas related to a natural watercourse less than 10 m wide, for specific purposes in Law No. 4761/65, now revoked and replaced by Law No. 12651/12, known as the New Forest Code. The effects of 15, 30 and 50 m wide riparian forest in water and soil of three headwater catchments used for sugar cane production were analyzed. The catchments are located in the Environmental Protection Area of Uberaba River Basin (state of Minas Gerais, Brazil), legally protected for conservation of water resources and native vegetation. A field survey was carried out in the catchments for verification of land uses, while periodical campaigns were conducted for monthly water sampling and seasonal soil sampling within the studied riparian buffers. The physico-chemical parameters of water were handled by ANOVA (Tukey’s mean test) for recognition of differences among catchments, while thematic maps were elaborated in a geographic information system for illustration purposes. The results suggested that the 10, 30 or even 50 m wide riparian buffers are not able to fulfill the Environmental Function of preserving water resources, and therefore are incapable to ensure the well-being of human populations. Therefore, the limits imposed by the actual Brazilian Forest Code should be enlarged substantially.

Xiaozong Yang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • software reliability growth model with change point and Environmental Function
    Journal of Systems and Software, 2006
    Co-Authors: Jing Zhao, Xiaozong Yang
    Abstract:

    Abstract This paper presents a SRGM (software reliability growth model) with both change-point and Environmental Function based on NHPP (non-homogeneous Poisson process). Although a few research projects have been devoted to the change-point problems of SRGMs, consideration of the variation of Environmental factors in the existing models during testing time is limited. The proposed model is one of a few NHPP models, which takes Environmental factors as a Function of testing time. FDR (fault detection rate) is usually used to measure the effectiveness of fault detection by test techniques and test cases. A FDR Function after the change-point of the testing is proposed, which is computed from both Environmental factors and FDR before the change-point of the testing. A NHPP SRGM with both change-point and Environmental Function called CE-SRGM is built which integrates the FDR before the change-point of the testing and the proposed FDR Function after the change-point of the testing. CE-SRGM is evaluated using two sets of software failure data. The experimental results show that the predictive power of CE-SRGM is better than those of other SRGMs.