Wedeven Associates: Finding New Ways to Develop Novel Solutions to Persistent, Intractable Problems

2021 ◽  
pp. 251512742110447
Author(s):  
Richard H Jonsen
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Engineering Discipline ◽  
Engineering Consulting ◽  
Intractable Problems

Wedeven Associates is a small tribology research and engineering consulting firm located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company faced a variety of challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic as did most small businesses in 2020. As the company became fully operational again, Wedeven Associates was approached by a longtime client to solve a tribological problem the client’s engineers had been trying to address for many years. The catch: Wedeven Associates only had a little over 2 months to do the work while complying with pandemic-related travel and meeting restrictions. This case tells the story of how the Wedeven Associates team met the challenge using virtual tools and a collaborative approach built on first principles. Readers are introduced to “tribology” as an engineering discipline and “first principles” as a problem-solving approach.

scholarly journals Systematic and collaborative approach to problem solving using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 100112
Author(s):  
Neal Fairley ◽  
Vincent Fernandez ◽  
Mireille Richard‐Plouet ◽  
Catherine Guillot-Deudon ◽  
John Walton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
X Ray

scholarly journals Augmentative and alternative communication intervention: A lifespan issue

2000 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
E. Alante
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Communication Intervention ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Intervention Team ◽  
Effective Problem

The purpose of this article is to reflect on the needs of people with little or no functional speech and the difficulties they experience throughout their lives. The mismatch between the needs of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) users and intervention provided is explored by firstly addressing the need for AAC users to become an integral part of the intervention team and in this way to professionalise consumer input. Secondly, the need for a more collaborative approach to team work is highlighted to ensure more effective problem-solving of lifespan issues. Finally, some brief comments are made about the role of the physiotherapist as part of the AAC intervention team 

scholarly journals Creativity in Virtual Teams: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roni Reiter-Palmon ◽  
William Kramer ◽  
Joseph A. Allen ◽  
Vignesh R. Murugavel ◽  
Salvatore A. Leone
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Distributed Teams ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Creative Problem Solving ◽  
Team Creativity ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Creative Problem ◽  
Virtual Meetings ◽  
The Impact

Abstract As communication technology capabilities have improved and the globalization of the workforce has resulted in distributed teams, organizations have been shifting towards virtual teams and virtual meetings over the last decade. This trend has been accelerated with current work-from-home orders due to COVID-19. Even though virtual collaboration has, in the past, been the focus of multiple studies, there are some surprising gaps in our knowledge. For instance, there are few empirical studies examining the impact of virtual devices and tools on creative problem-solving. While there is a substantial body of research on electronic brainstorming and the use of virtual tools for idea generation, less is known about earlier processes such as problem construction or later processes such as idea evaluation and idea selection. Furthermore, as a dynamic process, creativity and innovation is heavily influenced by the people engaged in the process and their collaborative environment, yet there is a gap in the literature regarding the type of virtual tools used in the process (i.e., audio + video vs. audio alone, or the use of file-sharing technologies). In this paper, we will review the current literature on virtual teams, virtual meetings, and creativity. We will then explore theoretical frameworks such as media richness theory that can help us understand how virtuality and virtual tools may influence team creativity across the dynamic range of the creative problem-solving process. Finally, given the limited research in the domain of virtual team creativity we provide questions to help guide future research. Research questions will help identify those areas where virtual teams may be beneficial for creativity and areas where virtual teams may be likely to perform less effectively on creative tasks.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of Software Engineering with Mature Engineering Disciplines using a Problem-Solving Perspective

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bedir Tekinerdogan ◽  
Mehmet Aksit
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Engineering Model ◽  
Engineering Software ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Historical View ◽  
Engineering Discipline ◽  
Current State ◽  
Contemporary View

Software engineering is compared with traditional engineering disciplines using a domain specific problem-solving model called Problem-Solving for Engineering Model (PSEM). The comparative analysis is performed both from a historical and contemporary view. The historical view provides lessons on the evolution of problem-solving and the maturity of an engineering discipline. The contemporary view provides the current state of engineering disciplines and shows to what extent software development can actually be categorized as an engineering discipline. The results from the comparative analysis show that like mature engineering, software engineering also seems to follow the same path of evolution of problem-solving concepts, but despite promising advances it has not reached yet the level of mature engineering yet. The comparative analysis offers the necessary guidelines for improving software engineering to become a professional mature engineering discipline.

scholarly journals PELAKSANAAN EKSEKUSI OBJEK JAMINAN FIDUSIA BERDASARKAN PUTUSAN MAHKAMAH KONSTITUSI NOMOR 18/PUU-XVII/2019 DI PT PEGADAIAN KANTOR WILAYAH II KOTA PEKANBARU

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-203
Author(s):  
Devie Rachmat ◽  
Ade Pratiwi ◽  
Suhendro Suhendro
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Specific Target ◽  
Efficient Process ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Good Material ◽  
The Right

In line with the government's program to encourage lending to small businesses and the weak economic class which is the largest part of the Indonesian people. So it is expected that with credit based on fiduciary system can help both credit recipients and creditors. One of the parameters of a good material debt guarantee is when the right of guarantee can be executed quickly with a simple, efficient process and contains legal certainty. The specific target of this study is to explain the problem solving about the implementation of Fiduciary Guarantee Object Execution Based on the Decision of the Constitutional Court No. 18/PUU-XVII/2019 at PT Pegadaian KantorWilayah II Pekanbaru City.

Cost Efficient Problem-Solving Techniques for Small Businesses

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-14
Author(s):  
Brooke A. Saladin ◽  
Frank Hoy
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Basic Premise ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Cost Efficient

The basic premise upon which the Production/Operations Management discipline is built is that organizations desire to manage a set of limited resources such that certain inputs are transformed into desired outputs in the most efficient and effective manner. This is true of any type or size organization: public or private, manufacturing or service, large or small. Yet, managers of small organizations may forego the use of Production/Operations Management (P/OM) techniques, sensing that the benefits to be derived from such techniques do not outweigh their costs. This article reports the results of a survey of P/OM practices in small firms and shows that there are needs small business managers have which can be satisfied through the use of cost-efficent P/OM techniques.

Basics of Model Creation in Simulation Program Extend

2015 ◽  
Vol 816 ◽  
pp. 369-374
Author(s):  
Miriam Pekarčíková ◽  
Peter Trebuňa ◽  
Marek Kliment ◽  
Radko Popovič ◽  
Jaromír Markovič
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Simulation Program ◽  
Industrial Practice ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Simple Tool ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Large Enterprises

Article deals with the possibilities of modelling and simulating in program Extend. It is a simple tool that allows you to model and carry out simulation of specified process to create a good precondition for decision-making. The development of simulation tools and their introduction into industrial practice is the now common practice, particularly in large enterprises. In these turbulent times it is only a matter of time before these virtual tools are commonly used in small businesses.

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