Organization Evaluation Apparatus and Organization Evaluation System

• US 20100274639A1
• Filed: 04/21/2010
• Published: 10/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Yano, Kazuo, Ara, Koji, Sato, Nobuo, Tsuji, Satomi
• Granted Patent: US 9,111,244 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Provided is an organization evaluation device, including: a reception unit for receiving data indicating a physical quantity detected by a sensor of a terminal worn by each of a plurality of persons; a personal index calculation module for calculating, from at least one of the data indicating the physical quantity and a business index of each of the plurality of persons, a personal index of each of the plurality of persons; a weight coefficient calculation module for calculating a weight coefficient indicating a degree of involvement of each of the plurality of persons in the first organization from the data indicating the physical quantity; and an organization index calculation module for calculating, by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the personal indices using the weight coefficient, an organization index of the first organization.

Claims

1. An organization evaluation device for evaluating a first organization formed of a plurality of persons, comprising:

a reception unit for receiving data indicating a physical quantity detected by a sensor of a terminal worn by each of the plurality of persons;

a sensing data storage unit for storing the data indicating the physical quantity;

a personal index calculation module for calculating, from at least one of the data indicating the physical quantity stored in the sensing data storage unit and a business index of each of the plurality of persons, a personal index of each of the plurality of persons;

a personal index storage unit for storing the personal index;

a weight coefficient calculation module for calculating a weight coefficient indicating a degree of involvement of each of the plurality of persons in the first organization from the data indicating the physical quantity stored in the sensing data storage unit; and

an organization index calculation module for calculating, by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the personal indices stored in the personal index storage unit using the weight coefficient, an organization index of the first organization.

2. The organization evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein:

the data indicating the physical quantity is meeting data indicating a meeting between persons detected by an infrared transmission/reception unit of the terminal; and

the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a network index indicating a linkage between each of the plurality of persons and other persons in the first organization, and dividing the network index by a sum of the network indices of the plurality of persons.

3. The organization evaluation device according to claim 2, wherein the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a reach indicating a number of persons reached in a predetermined number of steps in a network structure of the first organization from the meeting data, and dividing the reach by a sum of the reaches of the plurality of persons.

4. The organization evaluation device according to claim 3, wherein:

the personal index calculation module calculates a cohesion indicating a degree of cooperation with a neighborhood of each of the plurality of persons in the network structure from the meeting data; and

the organization index calculation module calculates the organization index by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the cohesions using the weight coefficient calculated from the reach.

5. The organization evaluation device according to claim 2, wherein the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a degree indicating a number of persons to whom each of the plurality of persons is directly linked in a network structure of the first organization from the meeting data, and dividing the degree by a sum of the degrees of the plurality of persons.

6. The organization evaluation device according to claim 2, wherein the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a betweenness indicating a degree of standing between the plurality of persons in a network structure of the first organization from the meeting data, and dividing the betweenness by a sum of the betweennesses of the plurality of persons.

7. The organization evaluation device according to claim 2, wherein the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a cohesion indicating a degree of cooperation with a neighborhood of each of the plurality of persons in a network structure of the first organization from the meeting data, and dividing the cohesion by a sum of the cohesions of the plurality of persons.

8. The organization evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein:

the data indicating the physical quantity is acceleration data detected by an acceleration sensor of the terminal;

the personal index calculation module calculates a flow level indicating a degree of absorption of each of the plurality of persons from the acceleration data;

the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a residence time of a user of the terminal from the acceleration data, and dividing the residence time by a sum of a plurality of the residence times; and

the organization index calculation module calculates the organization index by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the flow levels using the weight coefficient calculated from the residence time.

9. The organization evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein:

the organization evaluation device is connected, via a network, to an organization index management server storing the organization indices of a plurality of organizations;

the reception unit receives the organization index of a second organization different from the first organization from the organization index management server; and

the organization evaluation device further comprises an organization index visualization module for plotting a symbol indicating the first organization on a coordinate plane having the organization indices and the order in the organization indices of the first organization and the second organization as two axes, and outputting the plot to a display device connected to the organization evaluation device.

10. The organization evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein:

a plurality of types of weight indices used for the weight coefficient and a plurality of types of the personal indices are displayed on a display device connected to the organization evaluation device;

the weight index calculation module calculates, based on one weight index selected, via an input unit, from the plurality of types of the weight indices displayed on the display device; and

the personal index calculation module calculates one personal index selected via the input unit from the plurality of types of the personal indices displayed on the display device.

11. The organization evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein:

the personal index calculation module calculates, from one of the data indicating the physical quantity stored in the sensing data storage unit and the business index of each of the plurality of persons, a plurality of types of the personal indices; and

the organization index calculation module calculates, by obtaining a weighted average of each of the plurality of types of the personal indices using the same weight coefficient, a plurality of types of the organization indices.

12. The organization evaluation device according to claim 1, wherein:

the personal index calculation module calculates, from one of the data indicating the physical quantity stored in the sensing data storage unit and the business index of each of the plurality of persons, a plurality of types of the personal indices;

the organization index calculation module calculates, by obtaining a weighted average of at least one type of the personal indices using the weight coefficient, a plurality of types of the organization indices; and

the organization evaluation device further comprises a comprehensive organization index calculation module for calculating, by multiplying the plurality of types of the organization indices, a comprehensive organization index.

13. An organization evaluation device for evaluating an organization formed of a plurality of persons, comprising:

a reception unit for receiving acceleration data detected by an acceleration sensor of a terminal worn by each of the plurality of persons, and meeting data detected by an infrared sensor of the terminal;

a sensing data storage unit for storing the acceleration data and the infrared data;

a personal index calculation module for calculating a cohesion indicating a degree of cooperation with a neighborhood of each of the plurality of persons in a network structure of the organization from the meeting data, and calculating a flow level indicating a degree of absorption of each of the plurality of persons from the acceleration data;

a personal index storage unit for storing the cohesion and the flow level;

a weight coefficient calculation module for calculating a weight coefficient by calculating a reach indicating a number of persons reached in a predetermined number of steps in the network structure from the meeting data, and dividing the reach by a sum of the reaches of the plurality of persons;

an organization index calculation module for calculating a cohesion of the organization by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the cohesions stored in the personal index storage unit using the weight coefficient, and calculating a flow level of the organization based on a plurality of the flow levels stored in the personal index storage unit; and

an organization index visualization module for plotting a symbol indicating the organization on a coordinate plane having the cohesion of the organization and the flow level of the organization as two axes, and outputting the plot to a display device connected to the organization evaluation device.

14. The organization evaluation device according to claim 13, wherein:

the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a residence time of a user of the terminal from one of the acceleration data and the meeting data, and dividing the residence time by a sum of a plurality of the residence times; and

the organization index calculation module calculates, by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the flow levels using the weight coefficient calculated from the residence time, the flow level of the organization.

15. An organization evaluation system, comprising:

a terminal worn by each of a plurality of persons constituting an organization; and

a processing device,

the terminal comprising;

a sensor for acquiring data indicating a physical quantity; and

a transmission unit for transmitting the data indicating the physical quantity to the processing device,

the processing device comprising;

a reception unit for receiving the data indicating the physical quantity;

a sensing data storage unit for storing the data indicating the physical quantity;

a personal index calculation module for calculating, from at least one of the data indicating the physical quantity stored in the sensing data storage unit and a business index of each of the plurality of persons, a personal index of each of the plurality of persons;

a weight coefficient calculation module for calculating a weight coefficient indicating a degree of involvement of each of the plurality of persons in the organization from the data indicating the physical quantity stored in the sensing data storage unit; and

an organization index calculation module for calculating, by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the personal indices stored in the personal index storage unit using the weight coefficient, an organization index of the organization.

16. The organization evaluation system according to claim 15, wherein:

the data indicating the physical quantity is meeting data indicating a meeting between persons detected by an infrared sensor of the terminal; and

the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a network index indicating a linkage between each of the plurality of persons and other persons in the organization, and dividing the network index by a sum of the network indices of the plurality of persons.

17. The organization evaluation system according to claim 16, wherein:

the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a reach indicating a number of persons reached in a predetermined number of steps in a network structure of the organization from the meeting data, and dividing the reach by a sum of the reaches of the plurality of persons;

the personal index calculation module calculates a cohesion indicating a degree of cooperation with a neighborhood of each of the plurality of persons in the network structure from the meeting data; and

the organization index calculation module calculates the organization index by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the cohesions using the weight coefficient calculated from the reach.

18. The organization evaluation system according to claim 15, wherein:

the data indicating the physical quantity is acceleration data detected by an acceleration sensor of the terminal;

the personal index calculation module calculates a flow level indicating a degree of absorption of each of the plurality of persons from the acceleration data;

the weight coefficient calculation module calculates the weight coefficient by calculating a residence time of a user of the terminal from the acceleration data, and dividing the residence time by a sum of a plurality of the residence times; and

the organization index calculation module calculates the organization index by obtaining a weighted average of a plurality of the flow levels using the weight coefficient calculated from the residence time.

19. The organization evaluation system according to claim 15, further comprising a collection device for collecting the data indicating the physical quantity transmitted by the terminal, wherein:

the collection device comprises;

a plurality of connectors respectively connected to a plurality of the terminals for receiving the data indicating the physical quantity;

a processing unit; and

a plurality of buffers provided respectively between the plurality of connectors and the processing unit for temporality storing the data indicating the physical quantity; and

the processing unit reads in a predetermined order the data indicating the physical quantity that have been accumulated from the plurality of buffers respectively corresponding to the plurality of terminals.