MGNT 3430: Operations Management Fall 2014 Homework 1 Answers Discussion Questions Q6 (p. 25). Although all nine of the competitive priorities discussed in this chapter are relevant to a company’s success in the marketplace‚ explain why a company should not necessarily try to excel in all of them. What determines the choice of the competitive priorities that a company should emphasize for its key processes? Answer. It is often not a good idea for a company to try to excel in all of the competitive
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(Chapter 1) Going towards the Heart of Darkness a five-man crew—The Director‚ The Accountant‚ The Lawyer‚ the 1st narrator‚ and Charlie Marlow‚ travel on a sailboat named the Nellie through the Thames River‚ in London‚ England. Marlow thought about when the Romans traveled on the same river years ago when they were going to conquer Britain‚ that was the last time light was present and everything became dark. Marlow begins reminiscing about his past; as a little boy‚ Marlow had a fascination for maps
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List of questions for exam 1 (Chapter 1) 1. Discuss the relationship between "efficiency" and "effectiveness" and identify real organizations you think are‚ or are not‚ efficient and/or effective. Organizations are Efficient when managers minimize the amount of resources or time needed to produce a given output of goods or services. Organizations are effective when managers choose appropriate goals and then achieve them. When a company is both efficient and effective‚ they can produce a product
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Astronomy HOMEWORK Chapter 1 9th ed 5. In Figure 1-8‚ what is another name for the “Sun’s annual path?” Ecliptic. This term also refers to the mathematical plane of Earth’s orbit. 10. By about how many degrees does the Sun move along the ecliptic each day? The Sun moves 360 degrees in 365.25 days along the ecliptic‚ so Degrees per day = (360◦ )/365.25 days = 0.986◦ = 1◦ . Round to 1 degree since the question says “about how many...” 14. What are the vernal and autumnal equinoxes? What are the summer
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Book review In the book “The Bad Beginning” the story is about three kids and their life getting robed by a house fire. Violet Baudelaire‚ a fourteen year old girl‚ Klaus Baudelaire‚ a twelve year old boy‚ and Sunny Baudelaire‚ the baby in the family‚ In the beginning‚ the mom and the dad die in a house fire and the kids are forced to live with an evil man named count Olaf. Count Olaf is trying to steal the Baudelaire family fortune by marring Violate and then plans to kill her. During this
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GMS 401 – Chapter 1 - Operations management – the management of processes or systems that create goods and/or services o System is a set of interrelated parts that must work together - Process – a series of linked actions‚ changes‚ or functions bringing about a result o 3 types of process: • Core process – (or operational) processes directly create goods and/or services • Support processes – support core processes • Marginal processes – govern the system - Efficiency – operating at minimum
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Chapter 1 Question Bank 1. What is the IoE or Internet of Everything? 2. What is the human network? 3. Name some forms of communication that a global audience can access. 4. List some examples of how the network has changed the way we work and play. 5. What does the term Internet mean? 6. What is the simplest peer-to-peer network? 7. What are some advantages and disadvantages of peer-to-peer networking? 8. What is a server? Explain the client-server relationship. 9. List
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Chapter One George and Lennie stop off for the night before going to a ranch where they’ve been hired to work. The two men talk about their problems in the past and their plans for the future. Vocabulary All page numbers refer to the Penguin Books edition‚ 1993. "...willows fresh and green with every spring‚ carrying in their lower leaf junctures the debris of the winter’s flooding: and sycamores with mottled‚ white‚ recumbent limbs and branches that arch over the pool (p. 1)." "...and
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Career and Professional Development (OAD 134) Questions from chapters 1 & 2 in your textbook NOTE: You need to keep a copy of your answers so that you have them to study for your first test. 1. List 7 workplace trends that are changing the labor force. larger workforce older workforce increase in e-commerce more service jobs change in consumer demand more diversity in the workplace increase in education and training requirements 2. How many new jobs for office and administrative
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Chapter 1 Study Guide 1. What numbering system is used in most electronic devices? (4) Computers record the ideas they work with electronically‚ as bits‚ and these bits represent either a 1 or a 0 2. Define the following: a. Bit – The smallest unit of data stored in a computing device‚ representing a single binary digit of value 1 or 0 b. Byte – A unit of data in a computer‚ it is made up of 8 bits c. Word – Two bytes of computer memory‚ or 16 bits d. Double Word – Two words of computer memory
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