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    Improvement of the Johnson Polymer Engineering Team effectiveness through knowledge management / Kurt Hessenius.
    by Hessenius, Kurt.
    Subjects
  • Knowledge management -- Case studies.
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  • Information resources management
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  • Teams in the workplace
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  • Organizational change
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  • Computer networks
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  • MSEM Thesis.
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    vi, 113 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.
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    Thesis advisor(s): Gene A. Wright.
    Committee members: Dr. Bruce Thompson, Gary S. Shimek.
    Importance of design change management for business -- Current research in knowledge management in virtual engineering teams -- Application of current research -- Issues not considered and areas for further research -- Appendices A: Survey instrument ; B: Survey results by question ; C: Survey results by respondent type.
    This thesis is an applied research effort to improve a typical Design Change Authorization process through the use of knowledge management, enabled through information technology. A case study of the Johnson Polymer Engineering Team's experience to improve its process to meet the intent of OSHA's Process Safety Management (section 1910.119 J) is included. The resulting effort proposes the use of an electronic knowledge management tool to streamline and simplify the necessary engineering information flow and record-retention process. The use of current best practices in knowledge management concepts for small virtual project engineering groups was studied and integrated. This thesis covers the general human aspects of knowledge management systems and unique research in the area of knowledge reuse in engineering environments.
    A discussion of an existing Lotus Notes QuickPlaceTM product as a group respository and portal is included. Specifically, a reduction of the manual effort required to mainting the "paper trail" needed, ranging from the project inception through installation and maintenance, has been sought. The Design Change Authorization process falls under the guidance of Management of Change (M.O.C.) as required by OSHA for chemical manufacturing plants. A typical Design Change Authorization process currently requires a significant level of resources and attention to detail similar to ISO 9000.
    Johnson Polymer is a specialty chemical supplier and has technical and engineering environments across the globe. Currently engineers collaborate on projects at multiple facilities. This requires improved efficiency in reusing previously developed information. Ideally, this information must be in a format acceptable to two plants in North America.
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