Design Of Management Practices Research Articles

Spoil dump design and rehabilitation management practices (Australia )

The environmental impact of mining and evolving environmental legislation has been receiving increased attention worldwide in the last two decades ( Bradfield, Shultz & Stone 1996). The potential impacts associated wim unstable spoil dumps from mine operations is the focus of concern both by the mining industry, environmental legislative agencies and members of the public. Engineered slopes of mine spoils may be stable at the end of construction, but they can deteriorate over time. There is thus the need to increase the base of knowledge on the existing practices of spoil dump design and rehabilitation. Information concluded from the analysis of the industrial survey carried out on Australian spoil dump management practices are presented in this paper.

An Evaluation of Hotel Design Practice

Levels of investment in hotel design projects are huge. During 1986 the hotel industry worldwide spent over $2 million with the thirty-six largest design companies. This article examines and establishes design as an important function, and reports on the design management practices of seven major UK hotel companies. A pilot survey shows that contract designers play a major role within the hotel design process. This article highlights the structure of services offered and puts forward the views of the five main hotel design contractors participating in the survey on how the hotel companies manage this process. Both hoteliers and designers noted the need for more effective management of resources invested in design. Their suggestions are formalised into a set of initiatives on which both parties could take action.

What Can Thermal Sensing Reveal in a Forest Tree Nursery?

Close range and airborne thermal studies were conducted to examine the near-surface soil water content – surface temperature relationship both quantitatively and qualitatively. A typical result showing the linear correlation between the diurnal surface soil/canopy temperature difference and soil water content at a depth of 5-7 cm for fields covered by seedlings in a forest tree nursery is presented. Interpretation of several thermal images reveals details of natural and artificial surface and subsurface drainage systems in a nursery that are not visible on the ground or on aerial photography. Thermal patterns related to irrigation systems, wind and forest canopies are also examined. Such information is useful in studying subsurface water migration and irrigation efficiency and is an aid to drainage system design and water management practices. Key Words: Thermal sensing, Tree nursery, Subsurface soil moisture, Thermal image interpretation, Artificial, natural draining, Irrigation.

Machine-Design Management

Abstract Extended search reveals many papers on drawing-room detail, routines, printed forms used in drafting rooms, drafting-room “kinks,” etc., but almost nothing relating to the broader problems of management which the design supervisor and his superiors must face. The present paper is a discussion of design-management practices, and is an attempt to record such of these practices as concern the Hawthorne Machine-Design Division of the Western Electric Company, Inc. The author’s views are influenced largely by the past and present problems confronting him. Many of these, doubtless, are peculiar to the Western Electric Company.