Bartłomiej Małachowski

Competence Management in Knowledge-Based Organisation: Case Study Based on Higher Education Organisation

Authors present the method and tools for competency management in knowledge-base organisation. As an example, the higher education organisation working under Open and Distance Learning condition is examined. Competency management allows to management knowledge in the efficient and effective way on the stuffs and students level. Based on the system analysis the management model for educational organisation was created. Next, method for quantitative competence assessment was presented. Moreover, the authors explore possibilities of integrating new competence description standards with existing mathematical methods of competence analysis into one common framework. The product of this idea is the concept of reusable Competence Object Library.

Competence-based performance model of multi-skilled workers

Performance model of multi-skilled workers with learning curves and competence sets.Novel calculation of worker performance.Combination of the competences-based performance with a discrete-event simulation. Effective human resource management requires an individual approach to worker appraisal in order to be able to make accurate analyses and to make informed decisions. In this paper we develop a competences-based analytical model of the performance of multi-skilled workers undertaking repetitive tasks. The aim is to build an analytical tool that better describes the capabilities of workers to perform repetitive tasks by binding together hierarchical competences modeled as a weighted digraph and learning curves to express individual learning rates. An illustrative example based on an assembly line using a discrete-event simulation model is provided. As a result we get an approach that calculates how work experience on one working post translates into performance on other posts, thus enabling better workforce scheduling. Incorporating competences-based modeling into planning and scheduling results in a more precise estimation of actual and future workforce performance.

Competence-based architecture for knowledge logistics in project-oriented organization

Many modern knowledge-based organizations (i.a. IT companies) apply the project-oriented model to manage all their business activities. Projects run within knowledge-based organizations consisting primarily of intellectual tasks require adequate knowledge from the organization staff. The knowledge logistics process assumes that the knowledge has to be delivered in the right context to the right task/project/person, in the right time for the right purpose. In authors opinion the competence management can play important role in the knowledge logistics process. The paper presents the competence-based architecture (CBA) adapted to knowledge logistics process in the project-oriented organization.

Genetic algorithm for optimization of inspection stations allocation in multi-product manufacturing systems

This paper studies multi-product production manufacturing systems with in-line quality control. Quality control is carried on inspection stations placed at some work stations with in the production line. The quality control have an impact on performance of the system: throughput is decreasing and resource utilization is increasing. The production lines here are modeled as a multi-product Open Jackson Network where stochastic character of routing is a result of quality control operations. Quality inspection can result in feedback to a work station of the manufacturing system. A genetic algorithm is applied to find an optimal configuration of a system.

Modelling of the Supply Chain for a Distributed Publishing Enterprise

This chapter is devoted to one of the main problems in serving external orders in a corporate network of publishing services. This problem was already examined in our previous publications, but only in the case of a star network structure. In this chapter, the problem of total production cost minimisation for a general network structure, given by a digraph, is examined.

Organization of the modeling and simulation of the discrete processes

In this article a methodology of queuing systems simulation models development is presented. A proper definition of simulation experiment specifications is difficult due to variety of conceptual models (ontologies) used to formulate a preliminary assumptions of a task. The proposed methodology is based on modeling using analytical methods and next, thanks to mapping principals, on translating notions from analytical model to simulation one.

Competence-Based Performance Analysis of U-Shaped Assembly Lines

The paper presents a performance analysis of a u-shaped assembly line taking into account the competences of multi-skilled workers. This arrangement requires multi-skilled operators to serve on several different processes and machines. A multi-skilled worker can possess many skills at various levels. These competences translate into varying performances of individual operators and as a result on the performance of the whole line. In this paper we use a Hierarchical Competence Model to estimate the performance of a u-shaped assembly line knowing the required and possessed competences.

Competence-based human resource assignment in research projects

Abstract The article presents an analysis of the process of project consortium building and proposes two formal criteria that base on quantitative models of human competences. The study is based on the current rules of participation in European Union research initiatives. Competence models used in the proposed approach relay on the fuzzy sets based method of representation of competences.

Competence-Based Workforce Allocation for Manual Assembly Lines

The paper presents an approach to multi-skilled workforce allocation based on predicted performance. The performance is estimated using Hierarchical Competence Model, which takes into account the required skills at every working station of a u-shaped manual assembly line and possessed skill of operators. The task is to find an allocation that maximises total skill improvement while guarantees required production capacity.

Multiple Criteria Decision Support System for Tender Consortium Building Within the Cluster Organization

The article focuses on the process of contractors’ consortium building that can be observed within cluster organizations. The problem of building a consortium is modeled as a multiple-criteria decision problem. Decision about consortium composition relays on many qualitative and quantitative criteria, from which qualitatively expressed criterion of competence seems to have significant importance. The formalization of such a criterion is presented. The paper proposes two step reduction method that decreases complexity of decision making in case of larger consortia. The case of group decision making within consortium is also covered in the paper.