overflowing budget and compromised specifications. Or it just dies. To find out why‚ we studied 16 projects in areas including personal-computer development‚ telecommunications‚ Internet startups‚ pharmaceutical development‚ iron-ore processing‚ airship development and building construction. Interviews with team members and scrutiny of project documentation over five years showed managers consistently failing to recognize that there are different types of uncertainty‚ each of which requires a different
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Tutorial Questions * What are the common resources and capabilities that link companies within the Virgin Group? * وما هي الموارد والقدرات المشتركة التي تربط بين الشركات داخل مجموعة فرجن ؟ * Which businesses should Virgin divest? * الأعمال التجارية التي ينبغي أن تعرى وتجرد فرجن؟ * What should be the criteria for new diversification within the Group? * ماذا ينبغي أن تكون المعايير لتنويع جديد داخل المجموعة ؟ | | | | | | 20 | | | Richard Branson and
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The Jet Engine and the Revolution in Leisure Air Travel‚ 1960-1975 Peter Lyth Air transport for European tourists got off to a shaky start in the late 1920s. 1 But it was to be thirty years before leisure air travel was to appeal to anyone but the rich and adventurous. High cost‚ fear of flying and the absence of toilets in early airliners (an unfortunate combination) were the main deterrents; the unpressurized aircraft of the inter-war years were noisy‚ slow and not especially comfortable
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Service Definition and Categories Qantas Group Qantas Group Jetstar Jetstar Jetstar Australia Jetstar Australia Jetstar Asia Jetstar Asia Jetstar NZ Jetstar NZ Jetstar Pacific Jetstar Pacific For our marketing plan‚ we’ll focus on Jetstar Australia domestic operation. Product Category | Key Product | % of Revenue | Short Haul | JetStar Domestic | 57 | Long Haul | JetStar International | 43 | Customer Definition Jetstar is a low cost carrier that caters for people
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The flight lasted 47 seconds and covered 2000 feet. As far as we know‚ there was no food or drink on board this historic flight. However‚ it was not long before food and beverage service became a feature of air travel. As early as 1914‚ Zeppelin airships served passengers champagne with their in-flight meal‚ and in the 1920s they introduced flying dining rooms with chefs preparing hot meals (Dana‚ 1999). The first regular passenger service by aeroplane began in August 1919 in Europe‚ between
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AIRCRAFT PARTS MANUFACTURING ASSISTANCE (PMA) DAR SERVICES ATA 100 CHAPTER AND SECTION HEADINGS 01 INTRODUCTION 05 PERIODIC INSPECTIONS 06 DIMENSIONS AND AREAS 07 LIFTING AND SHORING 08 LEVELING AND WEIGHING 09 TOWING AND TAXIING 10 PARKING‚ MOORING‚ STORAGE AND RETURN TO SERVICE 11 PLACARDS AND MARKINGS 12 SERVICING - ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 18 VIBRATION AND NOISE ANALYSIS (HELICOPTER ONLY) 20 STANDARD PRACTICES - AIRFRAME 21 AIR CONDITIONING 22 AUTO FLIGHT 23 COMMUNICATIONS 24 ELECTRICAL
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A ncient A tom Bombs Ancient Atom Bombs Fact‚ Fraud‚ and the Myth of Prehistoric Nuclear Warfare Contents I. The Myth of Ancient Atomic Warfare 1 II. The First Ancient Atomic Bomb Theories 4 III. The Tesla Death Ray 13 IV. Big Theories‚ No Evidence 16 V. What It All Means 20 Works Cited 24 ANCIENT ATOM BOMBS? ● 1 I. The Myth of Ancient Atomic Warfare I N FEBRUARY 2008‚ GLOBAL DIGNITARIES gathered to inaugurate the Svalbard Global
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http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/352186/news/nation/house-panel-oks-proposal-to-impose-death-penalty-vs-foreign-drug-traffickers Capital punishment in the Philippines has a varied history and‚ as of June 24 2006‚ is illegal. Capital punishment was first abolished in the Philippines in 1987 through changes to the Constitution; it was the first country in Asia to abolish capital punishment. It was reinstated in December 1993 through Republic Act No. 7659‚ which allowed capital punishment for
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IGCSE Complete Chemistry Notes Unit 1: States of matter Everything is made of particles. Particles in solid are not free to move around. Liquids and gases can. As particles move they collide with each other and bounce off in all directions. This is called random motion. In 2 substances‚ when mixed‚ particles bounce off in all directions when they collide. This mixing process is called diffusion. It’s also the movement of particles without a force. The smallest particle
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World War One. Thousands of ex-military pilots were released on the civil market and fundamental improvements of the available aircraft slowly altered the public’s perception of civil aviation from adventure to convenience. Nevertheless‚ at this time airships were still thought to be the future of civil aviation. Another World War had to occur to boost aviation technologies which in turn created new possibilities for the airline business. The introduction of pressurized cabins and jet propulsion allowed
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