M01_HEIZ9418_10_SE_C01.QXD 12/11/09 7:37 PM Page 1 Operations and Productivity PART ONE Introduction to Operations Management (Chapters 1–4) Chapter Outline GLOBAL COMPANY PROFILE: HARD ROCK CAFE What Is Operations Management? 4 Organizing to Produce Goods and Services 4 Why Study OM? 6 What Operations Managers Do 7 The Heritage of Operations Management 8 Operations in the Service Sector 10 Exciting New Trends in Operations Management 12
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Goodwill Impairment and Fair Value Measurement: Hewlett-Packard’s Acquisition of Autonomy Abstract In today’s business environment‚ mergers and acquisitions are becoming increasingly common. Mergers and acquisitions create many accounting challenges including issues of fair value measurement and the associated topic of goodwill impairment. The fair value measurement of an acquired company usually entails using a Level 2 fair value estimate‚ or using a market or income approach‚ both level three
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LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive‚ produce and use words to understand and communicate. The acquisition of language is doubtless the greatest intellectual feat any one of us is ever required to perform. (Leonard Bloomfield‚ Language1993) THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Theory Central idea Linguist Behaviorism Children immitate adults Skinner Cognitive Lang. is just one aspect of a child’s
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(Linguistics=tongue) Pronunciation: si-ko-lin-GWIS-tiks Also known as: Psychology of Language Psycholinguistcs The psychology of language‚ including language acquisition by children‚ the mental processes underlying adult comprehension and production of speech‚ language disorders‚ etc. Study of the mental processes involved in the comprehension‚ production‚ and acquisition of language. Noam Chomsky Father of Modern Linguistics Chomsky’s writing had the effect of making psychologists acutely aware
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poet and a writer. Unfortunately‚ this becomes impossible for her as extreme pressure is imposed on her to succeed academically‚ all while being a wife and mother. Ultimately‚ Esther goes mad and attempts suicide‚ but fails. In Sylvia Plath’s‚ “The Bell Jar”‚ she explores that imposing social pressures and expectations on people often cause depression‚ rebelliousness‚ and a loss of identity within the victim. Society is cruel and unforgiving because when it expects too much from a person‚ it can
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against this very practice‚ which threatened to impact sales of Maytag if consumers resented its purchase by a foreign company. North America was the most profitable Regon for home appliance sales‚ in which Haier only had a 3% market share. The acquisition of Maytag‚ with 15% of the market‚ would have substantially increased Haier ’s North American share through the existing brand. Haier could have used their higher global presence and experience to bring the Maytag brand to new markets. The North
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“Whoever controls the media‚ the images‚ controls the culture” was a quote I read by Allen Ginsburg that really made me think about how powerful social media is in today’s culture. Before I signed up for this field trip I didn’t really know what to expect. I figured I would spend the a day with my classmates in Toronto and go on the set to some low budget Television shows that are only aired at obscure times‚ in front of small audiences. Initially I figured the climax of the trip was not going to
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novel ways. Unfortunately‚ this never happened for Genie. Her language abilities remained stuck at this stage and she appeared unable to apply grammatical rules and use language in a meaningful way. At this point‚ her progress leveled off and her acquisition of new language halted. While Genie was able to learn some language after puberty‚ her inability to use grammar (which Chomsky suggests is what separates human language from animal communication) offers evidence for the critical period hypothesis
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Southwest Airlines in 2010: Culture‚ Values and Operating Practices 1. Has the AirTran acquisition make good strategic sense for Southwest? For the past 40 years Southwest Airlines has been known as the market share leader in domestic flight travel in the United States. The company has always been known for excelling in differentiating themselves among other low-fare carriers by providing a reliable product and an excellent customer service. Moreover‚ Southwest has also proven to be a profitable
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MECHANICS OF MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Change is ubiquitous in contemporary society‚ and nowhere more so than in the operations of the large-scale‚ public corporation. Dramatic changes are underway‚ not only in the structure of corporate activity in areas such as the nature of work and the nature of organizational form‚ but also in the product and financial markets and the regulatory environment within which corporations operate. The depth and rapidity of these changes compel a reassessment of
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