the team‚ you have thus created the Virtual Team and the need for Virtual Project Management (VPM). Peterson & Stohr define the Virtual Team – aka Geographically Dispersed Team (GDT) – as “a group of individuals who work across time‚ space‚ and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. They have complementary skills and are committed to a common
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Super Computer The fastest type of computer. Supercomputers are very expensive and are employed for specialized applications that require immense amounts of mathematical calculations. For example‚ weather forecasting requires a supercomputer. Other uses of supercomputers include animated graphics‚ fluid dynamic calculations‚ nuclear energy research‚ and petroleum exploration. The chief difference between a supercomputer and a mainframe is that a supercomputer channels all its power into executing a
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GO education su rve y 2013 B-SCHOOLS TO WATCH OUT FOR A definitive guide to the best business schools all over India B usiness schools in India continue to be known for the quality of students that they turn out year after year. In fact‚ over time‚ the demand for the country’s B-Schools has grown by leaps and bounds‚ so much so that newer institutes are mushrooming ever so often in small towns as well as big cities across India. While it is the IIMs that continue to rule the roost
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Corporate Valuation Problem Set 2 Dr. Zacharias Sautner If no information about the premium has been given in the questions below‚ you can use the data form the following table: Arithmetic average Geometric Average Stocks ‐ Stocks ‐ Stocks ‐ Stocks ‐ Historical Period T.Bills T.Bonds T.Bills T.Bonds 1928‐2004 7.92% 6.53% 6.02% 4.84% 1964‐2004 5.82% 4.34% 4.59% 3.47% 1994‐2004 8.60% 5.82% 6.85% 4.51% For
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Activity-Based Costing ABC Company produces two products: Product A and Product B. Recently appointed management decided to change from a unit-based‚ traditional costing system to an activity-based costing system. The following data have been gathered‚ to assess the effect of the change: Product type Quantity Prime Costs Machine Hours Material Moves Setups Product A 60‚000 €150‚000 3‚500 6‚800 800 Product B 15‚000 € 30‚000 2‚750 1‚200 450 Expenditures (€) €180‚000 €120‚000
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Laurentian Bakeries Instruction: You need to analyze the case and come up with the recommendation with regards to the capital budgeting decision. Assumption: Inflation rate is 4% Discussion Guideline: 1. What is the dilemma faced by the management of Laurentian Bakeries? 2. Comment on the Laurentian Bakeries’ ‘Project Review Process’. Is it a sound process? 3. What are the alternative investment opportunities? Why are those alternatives not chosen? 4. Comment on the expected
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Case Study Aulds (Food) Ltd De Boer gets bakery back in business after massive fire The Context: Aulds Bakery facility in Glasgow was destroyed by a massive fire. The blaze As well as offices‚ storage areas‚ laboratory and kitchen‚ De Boer also provided a clean kitchen production area‚ goods-in and goods-out facilities‚ changing rooms‚ space for blast freezers‚ a grill room and toilets. The total floor space covered 2‚250 square metres‚ with special cladding needing to be created because of the
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ABC Bakery Lawsuit Raquel Valenzuela SOC/315 May 17‚ 2013 Pete Medina * A description of the compliance issue that led to the lawsuit and its ramifications for the organization. A lawsuit was filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‚ he Lawsuit allegedly started because of the owners conduct among women working for the ABC Bakery and Cake shop‚ located in Albuquerque New Mexico. Women started the legal fight because of sexual harassment by the owner‚ in most of the occasion
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Virtual Reality In today’s world‚ making a mistake‚ for example during a surgery can be very fatal‚ but what if you make that same mistake but in a virtual reality? Well‚ if you make that mistake in the real world‚ you would learn from it but the patient would most likely have died but in a virtual world‚ you can program another virtual patient to retry the surgery knowing its not a real human. Virtual reality will have a substantial effect on our future way of life. Virtual reality already has
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What are Super PACs? Super PACs or Super Political Action Committees are “a type of independent political action committee which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations‚ unions‚ and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates” –Oxford Dictionaries How did Super PACs come to be? Political Action Committees have been around for decades. However‚ prior to 2010‚ PACs were only allowed to accept up to $2‚500 per individual
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