OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT THE NATIONAL BICYCLE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY: IMPLEMENTING A STRATEGY OF MASS-CUSTOMIZATION Anindito Prabowo (0848005) Vidya Narayani (0848073) Muhammad Adly Yusrizal (0848055) Rogier De Roy MAGISTER MANAGEMENT GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2008 COMPANY BACKGROUND NBIC was Japan’s second largest manufacturer of bicycles in 1992 with sales reaching about X20 billion. The firm marketed bicycles under three different brand names‚
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reforms‚ which included the transfer of estates and land to workers in the Soviet Republic. In 1918 the Russian Socialist Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) became an all russian communist party and stayed this way till 1997. The CPSU mainly followed Marxism-Leninsm‚ which is an ideology that follows the writings of Carl Marx and Vladimir Lenin which came to complete power under Joseph Stalin. The CPSU operated
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Harvey’s critique and explanation of capitalism has revealed it to be an affliction that will ultimately be the demise of civilization. His explanation of capitalism is helpful to those less knowledgeable of the subject. His use of Marxist theory serves to challenge readers to look at the current crisis from a different angle‚ and helps to show the reader how thirty-plus years of neoliberalism has changed our mental conception of the world - from one that placed value on the hard work of laborers
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of the role of education. As mentioned in Item A‚ Marxists take a critical view of the role of education. They see society as based on class divisions and capitalist exploitations. The capitalist society is a two class system as mentioned in Item A and it consists of a ruling class‚ the bourgeoisie and the working class‚ the proletariat. The bourgeoisie exploits the proletariat according to Marxists and
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Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness In The Great Gatsby‚ The Sun Also Rises and The Catcher in the Rye all have main characters that identify as one sexuality but can be seen as the other. They are also all trying to reach The American Dream in some way even if they don’t live in America. Some might already have the money aspect of the dream‚ but do they have the happiness that comes along with it? That can be debated for the majority of the characters in all three of the books. The Marxist
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Russia was the first ever state to actively make an attempt at a communist government. Karl Marx’ The Communist Manifesto‚ released in 1848‚ led to the rise of a new ideology. After many events in History‚ people began to question if capitalism was truly the best form of government. When questioning that‚ many civilians turned to take a look at communism. After the October revolution in Russia‚ led by the Bolshevik Workers Union in 1917‚ a man named Vladimir Lenin implemented communism into their
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act seen as ‘abnormal’ and going against the norms & values o f Society‚ such as cross-dressing etc. Marx developed the idea of Marxism (a conflict theory between Upper and Lower social classes) in the 18th Century‚ when social classes were very clearly defined- the ‘Bourgeois’ and the ‘Proletariat’. For this very reason‚ what is known as ‘Traditional Marxism’ is now quite evidently outdated‚ mainly due to the emergence of the ‘Middle Class’ throughout the 20th Century and the ‘Digital Revolution’
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maintenance of society as a whole. (Cited: Browne.K. ’Introducing Sociology ’‚ 2002). Functionalists are concerned with how the different parts of society contribute towards the whole. All members of society are imposed with common values and norms. Marxism sees the overall structure of society primarily determined or influenced by the economic system‚ the means of production‚ such as the land‚ factories and offices necessary to produce societies goods. (Cited; Browne.K ’Introducing Sociology ’ 2002)
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Assess the usefulness of Marxism and other conflict theories of our understanding of society. Marxism is a useful conflict theory in helping us to understand why there was obedience‚ particularly in the past in society. Marx was seen as an economic determinist‚ as he believed that the functioning and running of society was based upon the economy. Because of this‚ Marx says that is why there was a divide between the proletariat (working class who have only their skills to sell) and the bourgeoisie
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Rice Su Mrs. Murphy ENG2D1 Monday‚ March 17‚ 2014 Profit is everything In Lather and Nothing Else and The Bicycle In short stories that will be discussed‚ Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez and The Bicycle by Jillian Horton‚ both authors convey an idea of “profit is everything” which is implied in the plot. Ostensibly‚ these two stories are both talking about the theme of choice which can be seen many times over the course of them. Essentially‚ even though the way of making choices is different
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