Quantitative Methods BITS Pilani Pilani Campus Course handout BITS Pilani Pilani Campus Session-1 Instructor Details Dr. Remica Aggarwal 1214 C ; FD-1 Department of Management Email: remica_or@rediffmail.com Mobile: 09772054839 BITS Pilani‚ Pilani Campus Course Details • • • • • • • Management Science Use of QM/QA Modelling Techniques Data Analysis Techniques MS Excel QM for Windows Test BITS Pilani‚ Pilani Campus Quantitative Methods • • • • • • • Operations
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Definition and Nature of Technical Writing A type of writing where the author is writing about a particular subject that requires direction‚ instruction‚ or explanation. This style of writing has a very different purpose and different characteristics than other writing styles such as creative writing‚ academic writing or business writing. http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-definitions/definition-of-technical-writing.html Nature of Technical Writing Introduction Technical-writing introduce
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of the embryo or fetus. Upon the decision to abort‚ one would have chosen to end the life of the unborn child. Background information about Abortion Methods of Abortion RU486 (also called Misoprostol‚ Methotrexate‚ abortion pill (Mifeprex) or medical abortion) The Abortion Pill (RU486) is an early abortion option for women who are 8 weeks pregnant or less. It consists of two medications – mifepristone and misoprostol. Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone needed to maintain the
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Innovating for the bottom of the pyramid 1. Why are companies such as Siemens‚ GE and Procter and Gamble targeting the “bottom of the pyramid”? These companies are targeting the bottom of the pyramid because this segment represents two-thirds of the world’s population (4 billion people). However‚ those people live on less than $2 per day and 1.5 billion people have no access to electricity. Companies such as the ones mentioned above have found out that this situation has provided an opportunity
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Fishing Methods The four basic methods of angling are bait fishing‚ fly fishing‚ bait casting or spinning‚ and trolling. All are used in both freshwater and saltwater angling‚ but the first and last are most commonly used in saltwater. Bait fishing‚ commonly called still fishing in North America and bottom fishing in England‚ is certainly the oldest and most universally used method. In English freshwater fishing it is used to catch what are called coarse fish: bream‚ barbel‚ tench‚ dace‚ and
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Short summary of the article The article is designed to find out the experience of working from home‚ the paper is argued that the transition of managers from office based working atmosphere to partly home based place is more than a physical move the location of the paid work. The data was used was taken from a research project situated in the UK where legislation (UK Employment Act ‚2002) has supported the introduction of flexible work arrangements including home-based telework The research identified
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There are different types of roller coasters ranging from inverted ones to standing up roller coasters. The types of coasters that I will talk about today is the wooden‚ steel‚ inverted‚ and standing up roller coasters. First of all‚ the wooden roller coaster has its perks and it’s difficulties. This kind gives a swaying feeling that is supposed to make the passengers feel “unsafe”. Successfully‚ this action will make the experience have more of an adrenaline feel. A problem with this type of roller
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Major Characteristics of Survey Research * Most surveys possess three basic characteristics: (1) the collection of information (2) from a sample (3) by asking questions‚ in order to describe some aspects of the population of which the sample is a part. The Purpose of Survey Research * The major purpose of all surveys is to describe the characteristics of a population. * Rarely is the population as a whole studied‚ however. Instead‚ a sample is surveyed and a description of the population
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“Doing business with the world’s four billion poorest people- two third of the world’s population – will require radical innovations in technology and business models” (Prahalad & Hart‚ 2002). The Bottom of Pyramid (BOP) has developed as one of the predominant thoughts in business. In this article “Markets and marketing at the bottom of the pyramid‚” authors Katy Mason‚ Ronika Chakrabarti‚ Ramendra Singh‚ provides in-depth knowledge of Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) in the special issue by showing various
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This method rewards a seat in the legislature centered on the number of votes gained by the candidate in the electoral contest itself. Having a proportional representation leads away from having a two-party system and towards the creation of a multi-party. This
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