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Research Projects

The projects listed below all deal with the implementation of Business Excellence or related topics like CSR, HRM or Risk Management.

Most of these projects are using the GOA-WorkBench as the technical background tool.

ACES	Self-Assessment as a Basis for Accreditation and Certification in the Educational Sector	UK/11/LLP-LDV/TOI-41
Extension of the SAETO solution to cover the recognition requirements of the Scottish School Board and ISO 10015   Total Resources: 4.1 Person Years Time Period: October 2011 – September 2013 Validation: Piloting with 18 Education and Training Organisations Website: http://www.ibk-projects.eu/saeto

AnaFact	Analysis of Human Factors in Total Quality Management	ESPRIT 22237
Development of a methodology and a software toolbox which are designed to introduce TQM according to the standards of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM).   Total Resources: 35 Person Years Time Period: Fall 1996 - Spring 1999 Industrial End Users: ICL (PT), Mares (ES) + field test results from approx. 135 organisations

BDA-Tools	Business Development & Analysis Tools	ESPRIT #25410
Development of a toolbox to support the analysis and planning of new businesses like start-ups, joint ventures, etc.   Total Resources: 19 Person  Years Time Period: Summer 1997 - Summer 1999 Industrial Test Users: CFI (ES), TerraTec (D), WiFi (AT)

BITTMAS	Business Transformation towards Digitalization and Smart Systems	2016-1-DE02-KA202-003437
Methods and tools to facilitate the digital self-transformation of SMEs   Total Resources: 5.5 Person Years Time Period: August 2013 - July 2015 Validation: 3 Project Partners + 12 Piloting Organisations Project results: Potential analysis DITRASS (tool)

DDS-MAP	Dynamic Digital Skills for Agility and Resilience in Medical and Allied Professions (DDS-MAP)	EU4H 101101259
Dynamic Digital Skills for Agility and Resilience in Medical and Allied Professions (DDS-MAP)   Detailed Information: download .pdf Total Resources: 35.7 Person Years Time Period: March 2023 - September 2025 Validation: 15 Project Partners + 500 Pilot Institutions Website: https://ddsmap.easpd.eu/ Project results:

D4E	Design for Excellence - Design, Implementation & Validation of Blended Learning for Professional Education and Training on Sustainable Excellence in SME	2011-1-PT1-LEO05-08596
Development and validation of training modules and classes on the use of TQM in the management of  education and training organisations   Total Resources: 6.6 Person Years Time Period: January 2012 – December 2013 Validation: Piloting with  18 Education and Training Organisations Website: http://www.ibk-projects.eu/saeto

EVET	Improving European Economics through Excellence in Vocational Education and Training	2011-1-CH1-LEO05-00035
Extension of SARTO Solution to include the requirements of the Swizz Q2E and the national requirements for Ireland and Netherland.   Total Resources: 4.1 Person Years Time Period: October 2011 – September 2013 Validation: Piloting with  14 Education and Training Organisations Website: http://www.ibk-projects.eu/saeto

ExCurS	ExCurS - An Excellence based Curriculum for the improvement of management Skills in SME	2022-1-ES01-KA220-VET-000086786
An Excellence based Curriculum for the improvement of management Skills in SME   Detailed Information: download .pdf Total Resources: 8.1 Person Years Time Period: December 2022 - November 2025 Validation: 6 Project Partners from Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Romania, Spain + 10 Pilot User Organisations Website: https://www.excurs.eu/ Project results:

HRM-WorkBench	Human Resource Management WorkBench for SMEs	IPS-2000-059
Development of new knowledge bases on advanced Human Resource Management within SMEs for the GOA-WorkBench and supporting multimedia tutorials.   Total Resources: 13.3 Person Years Time Period: Early 2001 - Mid 2002 Validation: 20 SMEs from Italy and Spain

IMPRESS	Improving management competences on Excellence based Stress avoidance and working towards sustainable organisational development in Europe	588315-EPP-1-2017-ES-EPPKA2-KA
IMPRESS The project aims at developing insight on “work related stress” issues in health and social care organisation, with the goal to develop approaches for early recognition of stress potentials and training modules that allow reacting to them and preventing the outbreak of stress.   Total Resources: 19.1 Person Years Time Period: Summer 2017 - End 2020 Validation: 3 Project Partners + 20 Piloting Organisations Website: www.excellence-in-stress-management.eu Project results: Stress Management & Resilience Building (pdf)   Individual Stress Factor Assessment (tool)

LOPEC	Logistics personnel excellence by continuous self-assessment	DE/12/LLP-LdV/TOI/147538
Development of a Personal Excellence Assessment and a Logistics Excellence module as part of a further education programme in the logistics sector.   Total Resources:: 5.8 Person Years Time Period: October 2012 - September 2014   Validation: Piloting with 12 Organisations Website: https://www.esb-business-school.de/forschung/wertschoepfungs-und-logistiksysteme/abgeschlossene-forschungsprojekte/lopec

MBA-Toolbox	Management Business Analysis Toolbox	ESPRIT 21321
The development of a multimedia-supported management course which includes market review and training versions of commercially available software which support the described management techniques.   Total Resources: 6.5 Person Years Time Period: January 1996 - December 1997 Industrial End Users: Approx. 80 Firms are field testing this Training-CD

RISKDRIVER	Risk Driven Software Management, a Leveraging Action	ESPRIT 27890
The development of a knowledge base for risk management which places special emphasis on IT projects and process optimisation.   Total Resources: 5.2 Person Years Time Period: Spring 1998 - Winter 1999   Test Users: Approx.100 SMEs from Europe

SAETO	Self-Assessment for Educational and Training Organisations	LI-05-B-F-PP-164510
Development und validation of an EFQM.based QM system for education and training sector   Total Resources: 7.5 Person Years Time Period: October 2005 – November 2007 Validation: 32 Education and Training Organisations + 7 Project Partner Website: http://www.ibk-projects.eu/saeto

SAETO-Web	Creation and population of a web platform to coordinate international cooperation of the regional SAETO users and support partners	2013-1-DE2-LEO04-16122
Development of a common internet platform for the dissemination and support of all SAETO results.   Total Resources: Not applicable (LLP Partnership Project) Time Period: August 2013 - July 2015  Validation: Through commercial use Website: http://www.ibk-projects.eu/saeto

SSTeMM	Student Stress Training e-Mobile Management	2019-1-IE02-KA203-000663
SSTeMM SSTeMM aims to develop an end-user (which we define as internship student, internship mentor, hosting industry and HEI staff) accessible digital mobile platform of targeted work based education, competency training and in vivo self-reflection learning opportunities to equip students and mentoring workers with the knowledge, skills and competencies to address occupational stressors (both personal and environmental). The focus will be on a pedagogy that develops personal skills to build resilience.   Total Resources: 6.5 Person Years Time Period: September 2019 - February 2022 Validation: 4 End user representing Project Partners + 12 Piloting Organisations Website: https://sstemm.eu/ Project (itermediate) results: Individual Stress Factor Assessment (tool)

TELEMAN/SME	Tele-Teaching & Training for Management of SMEs	TELEMATICS #4025
Study on the expectation of European SMEs on the future development of tele-learning for company training tasks   Total Resources: 1.5 Person Years Time Period: Summer 1997 - Summer 1998 Validation: About 1000 interviews, followed by 100 in depth interviews

TI-SAETO	Transfer of Innovation from the project Self-Assessment for Education and Training Organisation to new regions	2008-1-TR1-LEO05-03171
Transfer of Innovation from the project Self-Assessment for Education and Training Organisation to Belgium, Latvia und die Turkey   Total Resources: 5 Person Years Time Period: Oktober 2008 – Dezember 2010 Validation: Piloting with 25 Education and Training Organisations + 5 Project Partners Website: http://www.ibk-projects.eu/saeto

Trans-SAETO	Transfer of SAETO results to new regions with a structured deployment in Liechtenstein and other parts of Europe	LLP-LdV-TOI-2008-LI-164.60
Extension of SAETO solution to include the Dual Education System in D/A/CH and piloting of the new results   Total Resources: 7.5 Person Years Time Period: October 2008 – December 2010 Validation: Piloting with 25 Education and Training Organisations + 6 Project Partners Website: http://www.ibk-projects.eu/saeto

TeleBEN	Telematics supported Business Excellence Network	TEN/TC C26814
Development of a portal to propagate and support the use of the EFQM Excellence Model throughout Europe.   Total Resources: 8.4 Person Years Time Period: Early 2001 - Summer 2002 Test Users: Approx. 2.000

TQM-Net	TQM Training, Implementation and Support Network for SMEs	INNOVATION IPS-1999-00028
Development of a multimedia training support for implementing the EFQM Model of excellence in SMEs with the help of GOA and testing the developed technologies in about 50 European companies .   Total Resources: 11 Person Years Time Period: Spring 2000 - Summer 2002 Validation: 40 SMEs from 4 countries

WLF	Excellence based profiling to identify and apply tools and trainings for a better and sustainable Work-Life-Flow	2020-1-ES01-KA203-083282
Excellence based profiling to identify and apply tools and trainings for a better and sustainable Work-Life-Flow   Total Resources: 8.25 Person Years Time Period: Summer 2020 - End 2023 Validation: 7 Project Partners + 12 Pilot Institutions from Germany, Ireland, Kosovo, Portugal and Spain Website: https://www.work-life-flow.eu/ Project results: