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Wireless ethernet for industrial applications
Authors: Piggin Richard , Brandt David 
Published: July 2006

PurposeWireless technology continues to evolve for the industrial market; however, there are several issues and challenges that must be addressed to ensure successful implementation. This paper discusses the development of wireless technology and standards and those that are currently applicable to industrial applications. Key considerations for successful implementation of industrial wireless Ethernet are presented, along with potential applications.Design/methodology/approachAn overview of wireless applications is given. Wireless technology development is discussed, along with pertinent characteristics. The use standard Ethernet with automation protocols and their use with wireless is examined. Topics to consider when implementing wireless Ethernet in industrial applications are illustrated.FindingsThere are numerous diverse potential application areas for wireless, these include sensing, information, control and safety‐based applications with advantages derived from mobility, cable replacement and tracking opportunities. Each has differing characteristics. Considerations such as information or control use, and the challenges of interference, coverage, compatibility, safety, security and cost need be addressed to ensure a successful implementation. Use of commercial‐off‐the‐shelf (COTS) wireless components with standard unmodified Ethernet and automation protocols is advantageous to maximise the developments taking place in the wider Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) market.Practical implicationsIt is important to understand where wireless is appropriate and where it is not. Currently, most applications are information related, however, limited control and safety‐related use is possible today with potential future growth. A fully wireless factory is not feasible yet, since there is still a requirement to provide significant power to many devices. Technology developments in wireless and associated technologies will broaden the scope of wireless utilisation in the future.Originality/valueThe development of wireless technology and standards, in particular, those applicable to industrial applications are reviewed. The factors influencing wireless implementation in industrial environments are presented to assist in successful implementation. The opportunity to use the combination of an automation protocol, unmodified Ethernet and COTS wireless provides potential cost benefits, flexibility, and innovative solutions, whilst providing performance and cost advantages found in the overall WLAN market.
Advanced vision guided robotics provide “future‐proof” flexible automation
Authors: Perks Andrew 
Published: July 2006

PurposeVision guided robotics (VGR) is a fast growing technology and a way to reduce manpower and retain production, especially in countries with high manufacturing overheads and labour costs. This paper aims to provide information on a new VGR system.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the new automation system of the Swedish company SVIA.FindingsShows that the need to position components to a set pick‐up position is eliminated – the vision system determining the position of randomly fed products by a recycling conveyor system. The vision system and control software gives the robot exact coordinates of the components, which are spread out randomly beneath the camera field of vision, enabling the robot arm to move to a selected component and pick from the conveyor belt.Originality/valueDescribes how the modules are easy to utilise when products or production lines change.
Can lean thinking apply to the repair and refurbishment of properties in the registered social landlord sector?
Authors: Kempton Jim 
Published: July 2006

PurposeConstruction, demolition, refurbishment and material supply processes are responsible for a significant amount of waste; whilst estimates vary, the UK Government uses the figure of 70 million tonnes. The construction industry accounts for some 17 per cent of the total waste produced in the UK. How much of this is produced by refurbishment activities in the registered social landlord (RSL) sector is unknown, but there is little doubt that refurbishing housing offers opportunities for significant waste generation. RSL housing is maintained and refurbished by a number of triggers when a dwelling is left vacant after a tenant departs. Such a property is known as a “Void”. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the type of maintenance works undertaken to properties in the RSL sector and consider the potential for the application of lean thinking to those maintenance processes.Design/methodology/approachA literature review and interviews with RSL maintenance personnel are used to inform the discussion contained in this paper.FindingsThe main conclusion from this paper is that properties located in estates and built post‐1980 are those most likely to benefit from lean principles.Originality/valueThe RSL sector is changing from pseudo local government concerns to “social businesses”; therefore, the opportunity to apply lessons learned in other business sectors to the maintenance of RSLs' main assets (i.e. their properties) should be of interest to the sector as a whole.
Simultaneous topology and size optimization of structures by genetic algorithm using minimal length chromosome
Authors: Kaveh A. , Shahrouzi M. 
Published: July 2006

PurposeLayout optimization of structures aims to find the optimal topology and member sizes in an integrated manner. For this purpose, the most successful attempts have addressed the outstanding features of the genetic algorithms.Design/methodology/approachThis paper utilizes a direct index coding (DIC) in a way that the optimization algorithm can simultaneously integrate topology and size in a minimal length chromosome in order to seek the true optimum in an efficient and reasonable manner. Proper genetic operators are adopted for this special kind of encoding together with some modifications in the topological mutation aiming to improve the convergence of the algorithm.FindingsThe present DIC, has the following features: enforcing one‐to‐one correspondence between discrete genotype space and the problems' phenotype space; avoiding any out‐of‐bound parameter addressing and limiting the GA search only to necessary genotypes; reduction in the size of genotype search space to increase the algorithm convergence and the possibility of leading to the global optimum; dealing with direct genetic operators so that the GA parameters can be purely controlled to tune the desired balance between convergence and escaping from local optima.Originality/valueEmploying direct index chromosome makes it possible to eliminate the additional topological bits in treated examples.
Personality disorders in leaders
Authors: Goldman Alan 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to assess highly toxic leaders and dysfunctional organizations as presented via management consulting and executive coaching assignments.Design/methodology/approachThe paper employs an action research approach via two participant observer case studies incorporating theDSM IV‐TR: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.FindingsThe paper finds that the nexus of dysfunctional organizational systems may be located in “pre‐existing” leadership pathologies.Research limitations/implicationsFirst, additional research will be needed to confirm and extend the findings of individual pathologies in leaders to dysfunctional organizational systems; second, a closer look is necessary at the applicability of theDSM IV‐TRto pathologies at the organizational level; third, due to the action research, case study approach utilized, there is somewhat limited generalizability; fourth, there are limitations re: the applicability ofDSM IV‐TRas an assessment tool for management researchers due to the necessity of training in clinical psychology.Practical implicationsThe importance of distinguishing personality disorders in leaders from toxic behaviors falling within a range of “normal pathology,” and the ability to assess individual leadership pathology within organizational systems via the clinically trained usage of theDSM IV‐TR; providing clinical assessment tools for reducing the number of misdiagnoses of leadership pathology in the workplace; encouraging collaboration between management and psychology researchers and practitioners.Originality/valueThis paper fills a gap in the toxic organizations research by identifying personality disorders in leaders and providing an action research agenda for incorporating theDSM IV‐TRas a means of extending the repertoire of assessment tools;
The effect of personality on perceptions of justice
Authors: Lilly Juliana D. , Virick Meghna 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the effect that work locus of control has on perceptions of trust, perceived organizational support, procedural justice and interactional justice.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data were collected from 679 alumni of a university in the Southwestern USA. Regression analyses and structural equation modeling were used to test a series of hypotheses.FindingsThe results indicate that work locus of control has a significant positive relationship on all variables. Perceived organizational support fully mediated the relationship between work locus of control and perceptions of both procedural and interactional justice. Organizational trust fully mediated the relationship between work locus of control and interactional justice, but only partially mediated the relationship between work locus of control and procedural justice.Research limitations/implicationsThe data used in this paper are cross‐sectional. Also, results are based on self‐report survey data and subject to common method bias. As such, longitudinal studies are recommended for future research, as are finding antecedents to perceptions of justice that may help managers improve the way they communicate about decision‐making at work.Originality/valueFindings from the study suggest the important role that personality plays as a precursor to justice perceptions in organizations.
Income, the love of money, pay comparison, and pay satisfaction
Authors: Li‐Ping Tang Thomas , Li‐Na Tang Theresa , Yazmeen Homaifar Beeta 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThis study aims to test a model of pay satisfaction and argue that the income‐pay satisfaction relationship depends on one's love of money and how one compares.Design/methodology/approachThe paper investigates: a direct path (income → total pay satisfaction); an indirect path (income → the love of money → pay equity comparison → total pay satisfaction) using a structural equation model (SEM) based on 210 full‐time employees; and the model across race and gender in multi‐group analyses.FindingsThe paper finds that for the whole sample, there was one significant path (pay equity comparison → total pay satisfaction). Since African‐Americans ($32,073.15) and women ($32,400.58) tended to have lower income than Caucasians ($37,180.73) and men ($38,287.97), respectively, income significantly increased the importance of the love of money for African‐Americans and females, but not for Caucasians and males. The love of money to pay equity comparison path was not significant. Income was not related to pay satisfaction. Results of the direct path alone showed that income contributes to pay satisfaction for the whole sample, male and female employees, and Caucasians, but not for African‐Americans.Research implications/limitationsIf people do not use the love of money to judge pay equity comparison, their income does not lead to low pay satisfaction. The sub‐samples are small.Originality/valueThis paper shows the importance of including the love of money in understanding pay satisfaction.
Episodes in the Malaysian auditing saga
Authors: Ali Azham , Haniffa Roszaini , Hudaib Mohammad 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the various episodes in the Malaysian auditing saga, covering the period of the first 40 years post‐independence in 1957 to just before the onset of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997.Design/methodology/approachBased on documentary analysis, the paper offers a historical account of the development of the auditing profession with reference to the dynamic changes in its political and socio‐economic environment.FindingsThe paper concludes that the function of auditing in Malaysian society responded to political‐economic pressures over time viz. changing from maintaining the economic policy to serve Western investors to accommodating ethnic relations, and to strengthening the bond between local and global corporate elites and the political leaders.Originality/valueSince, little is known of the professionalisation process in Malaysia, our analysis of the structural conditions during the 40 years from the achievement of independence from the British in 1957 to just before the onset of the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 and our assessment of their implications for auditing contributes to knowledge in this area.
An empirical investigation of the visible effects of corporate governance: the case of Greece
Authors: A. Alexakis Christos , Balios D. , Papagelis G. , Xanthakis M. 
Published: July 2006

Purpose
– To attempt to relate the mean returns and price volatility of a selected sample of 30 companies listed in Athens stock exchange (ATHEX), to the introduction of the legal framework concerning corporate governance.

Design/methodology/approach
– The essence of this approach is segmenting our whole sample into three subsamples with their key dates being the actual dates on which two legal frameworks related to the corporate governance has been introduced, we perform mean and variance equality tests to assess whether stock market returns and price volatility change, in a statistically significant way, in the three sub-periods.

Findings
– From our empirical study, it can be concluded that the volatility has been altered both during the sample periods used and the companies for which our methodology has been implemented.

Research limitations/implications
– Our empirical research can be further extended including a larger sample of companies in order to draw more safe conclusions. In addition, and although our argument for high liquidity for selecting our sample of companies is rational, we believe that our research can be further enriched by first constructing a ranking for all listed companies based on various corporate governance measures.

Practical implications
– One of the reasons that may have impacted on the volatility may be the introduction of corporate governance; however, other factors may have also resulted to lower volatility, argument that can be further researched in future studies.

Originality/value
– This paper provides evidence on the relation between volatility and corporate governance. The implication is that the volatility has been altered during the period under investigation.
The public library and students' information needs
Authors: Ole Pors Niels 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThe paper analyses students' use of public libraries for study purposes and discusses the public library as a substitute or a complement for educational or academic libraries. The paper also investigates which segments of students rely heavily on public libraries as services for study purposes.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based on a comprehensive survey of Danish students from both universities and other higher institutions of education. The data collection was carried out by an online survey and the sample consists of students from all over the country covering a multitude of different institutions and subject areas.FindingsIt is evident from the research that students do not bypass the physical library and it is also evident that the use of physical libraries and digital resources complement each other. The place of Google in the students' information behaviour is prominent and positively correlated to use of traditional library resources. Nearly 60 per cent of all students use the local public library for study purposes. A small group consisting of 7 per cent of the students uses the public library as their only library for study purposes. One of the more striking findings is that the service level of public libraries in relation to study topics appears to be very uneven, which means that different groups of students have very varied probabilities of success using the public library. The data also indicates that students tend to look at libraries as a whole and do not make clear distinctions between different types of libraries, expecting the whole system to be seamless. The paper also relates the findings to the general body of literature on students' information seeking behaviour.Research limitations/implicationsThe research raises questions concerning the detailed behaviour of students' information behaviour, for example, how they combine formalised resources with more general resources. The paper also indicates that it is probably counter‐productive to evaluate students as one group. Different segments of students have very different and varied information behaviour patterns depending on study topic, study year, psychological dispositions and other demographic factors.Practical implicationsThe paper raises important managerial questions and concerns in relation to both the mission of public libraries and the service level given to different segments of students.Originality/valueThe research supports existing international research on students' information behaviour. The research is based on a comprehensive and nation‐wide sample and it emphasises students' information behaviour in relation to several important demographic factors, and it also asserts that it is important to investigate further the differing modes of behaviour. The paper points to the interplay between formalised information resources and search engines.
A study of the information infrastructure of a Transylvanian village
Authors: Littrell Mary Ann , Nyce James M. , Straub Jeanie , Whipple Mindy 
Published: July 2006

PurposeTo report on the findings obtained through a field study in information infrastructure of rural areas of Romania.Design/methodology/approachResearchers interviewed Romanian villagers using the same interpreter regarding a village's information needs and requirements. The village's information infrastructure was also surveyed. Because the literature on information infrastructures has focused primarily on macro issues (those national and international in scale), this project centered on micro (local) issues. A history of Romania's information infrastructure is presented and relevant literature reviewed. This is followed by a discussion of research methods used, and then the findings are presented and analyzed.FindingsThe research determined that global information infrastructure (GII) and national information infrastructure (NII) literature is incomplete and needs to give more attention to local and rural (micro level) issues. The findings also raise the question of whether the term equity is “misused” in today's discussions of national and international information infrastructures.Research limitations/implicationsThis was not an exhaustive study. Further studies in the information infrastructure and information requirements of those who live in rural communities are needed in order to fully understand them.Practical implicationsFurther research will help to identify ways to help improve rural information infrastructures in less developed nation/states.Originality/valueLittle attention in GII/NII literature has been given to the information infrastructure of rural or local areas (micro‐level issues). Focusing research on this subject will help those who live in areas like these.
The perfect partnership of service and entrepreneurship in San Miguel de Allende
Authors: Long Sarah Ann 
Published: July 2006

PurposeExamines the unique funding and service model of a successful community‐centered library.Design/methodology/approachIntroduces the history and demographics of San Miguel de Allende, a city in Mexico with a large English speaking population, and outlines how the library maintains its role as community centre.FindingsThe San Miguel de Allende library thrives through careful attention to the demographics of the community, an innovative and aggressive approach to funding issues, and an awareness of the need for change. The library collection is the largest bilingual privately funded, publicly accessible library in Mexico. This, along with an extensive scholarship and outreach program to students in both rural and urban areas, is funded by a diverse array of revenue generating efforts including a weekly newspaper, weekly sale of books and household items, a café and gift shop.Originality/valueThe San Miguel de Allende Library models how creativity, strong community responsive and lack of fear of change can build and sustain libraries.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – the social dimension
Authors: Carby‐Hall J.R. 
Published: July 2006

PurposeThis article aims to analyse the development of the concept of social dialogue in the UK as it has been encouraged by the European Union vision of social democracy. The starting points for the discussion are articles 27 and 28 of the Character of Fundamental Rights of the European Union on information and consultation and collective bargaining and collective agreements, respectively.Design/methodology/approachThe European context for developments is followed by a historical sketch of the topics included in the discussion. Analysis and evaluation is then presented of the evolving concept of social partnership and the traditional forms of “social dialogue” in the UK – collective bargaining and collective agreements; trade union recognition for collective bargaining; disclosure of information for collective bargaining purpose. Some former collective bargaining systems are also included in the analysis.FindingsThe focus of the discussion is the influence of European law on information and consultation in three discreet areas – the transfer of undertakings; collective redundancies and health and safety at work. The general conclusion is that the discreet notions of social dialogue which emanate from the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union spell good laws, good governance and effective democracy.Originality/valueThe article analyses the development of the concept of social dialogue.
The 1st Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference: A Supplemental Report
Authors: Carlson Jake 
Published: July 2006

PurposeTo report on the 1st Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference held in March 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.Design/methodology/approachProvides a review of some of the events of the conference.FindingsThe ER&L conference is the first step to building an shared understanding about the unique medium of electronic resources and management and developing a supportive community for dissemination of basic practices and latest developments in the field.Originality/valueA conference report of interest to information management professionals, especially those involved with electronic resources.