POST FORDISM During 1970s and 1980s Fordism system started being challenged by new kind of work organisation Fordism principles- fragmented work‚ dedicated machinery‚ serial‚ rather than parallel task‚ task sequencing create enormous economic off scale but have one crucial weakness namely inflexibility. During 1970-80s‚ the mass market which stabilised the Fordist system was breaking up. Sabel argued that this had come about because of a number of global changes‚ but the chief factor is the changing
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Joscely Garris Professor Vinh Hoang CHEM 1151L – 254 25 October 2013 Preparation of Viscous Solution This report discusses an experiment to study the relationship of solute/solvent and the calculations involved to measure the concentration of the solution. The first experiment to take place is the preparation of a salad dressing using xanthan gum solution‚ water and oil. Commonly used as a food thickening agent‚ Xanthan gum is a large molecule composed of several saccharides linked together
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Role of Internal Audit Function Nano Circuits Inc‚ is a publicly traded company that produces electronic control circuits‚ which are used in many products. In an effort to comply with SOX‚ Nano is in the process of establishing an in-house internal audit function‚ which previously had been outsourced. The company began this process by hiring a Director of Internal Audits. Nano Circuits’ CEO recently called a planning meeting to discuss the roles of key corporate participants regarding the implementation
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Proposing a Solution I live outside of a small town of 3‚000 people. The water system of our small town supplies drinking water to a population of 3‚000 to 5‚000. Our water system has been in place for 20 plus years and neglect has been rampant for almost the same period of time. Public water systems are governed by regulations and monitored by the State of Louisiana. The Town of Ferriday has been under state mandated “boil orders” more times that you could count. One of the more recent events
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Post-Keynesian Theory Introduction One of the heterodox theories‚ Post-Keynesian Theory is a school of economic thought that had been developed from Keynesian economics. Pioneers are Sidney Weintraub‚ Paul Davidson‚ Joan Robinson and Hyman Minsky and George Shackle. The school born in Cambridge Economics School‚ which is John Maynard Keynes’s main country. Post Keynesians claim that they are the real successor John Maynard Keynes and reject two other Keynesian schools such as New-Keynesian
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Solution: i. Establishment of estimated growth rate in earnings and dividends. XYZ Company’s current EPS is $4.75. It was $3.90 a year ago. The company pays out 35% of its earnings as dividends‚ and the stock sells for $45. a. Calculate the past growth rate in earnings. b. Calculate the next expected dividend. Assume that the past growth rate will continue Answer: If payout ratio is constant‚ then dividend growth rate will be same as earnings growth rate. a) dividend growth rate over
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Implications for Researching the Organisation [a] Post Fordism? i) The 1980s: Flexible Specialisation and ’Disorganised Capitalism’: Piore and Sabel (1984) argue in The Second Industrial Divide[i] that new production systems must orientate towards multi-skilling and rapid re-skilling in order to accommodate the search for shifting and newly forming niche markets in a post mass production/mass consumer world. This implies economies of scope rather than economies of scale and a more creative
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The Post-It notes‚ due to their innovative nature‚ turned out to be the sort of product which is difficult to describe to people who are unfamiliar with it. A Post-it note solves a problem that people were not even aware they had‚ yet it is just a sticky piece of paper. Doesn’t sound interesting... For these reasons regular advertising campaigns proved ineffective. 2. Silver – invented the adhesive and kept the "project" alive for a long time. Fry – came up with the product idea for Post-it and
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Post College Personal Finance Assignment Due: October 3 The assignment must be submitted via the Angel drop box for the given assignment by 11:55p.m. on the due date. This assignment will have two parts to be submitted Part 1 A-C and the Post College Budget Spreadsheet. Please submit these assignments in the following manner (Your last name and then the assignment description) Example: Zink Post College Personal Finance Assignment Fall 2012 1. From the Job Offer Package Sample choices
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ECO204: Solutions to Homework 5 1. True‚ False‚ Uncertain a. False. Methods to eliminating moral hazard include writing efficient contracts between principals and agents‚ bonding and deferred payments. The methods to eliminate adverse selection include sending signals and relying on 3rd parties to verify quality. b. True. When there is asymmetric information‚ it drives out high-quality goods because consumers have a difficult time differentiating between high- and low-quality goods. As a result‚
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