NORTHERN CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY #1 Presented in partial fulfillment of the course Management Information Systems (A) Submitted to: Miss Merlene Senior PRESENTED BY: Jeanell Oliphant 60090204 Date: January 23‚ 2014 CASE STUDY #1 1. WHAT are the inputs‚ processing‚ and outputs of UPS’s package tracking systems? Inputs are devices through which‚ energy or information
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Experiment 41: 4-Methylcyclohexene Introduction: This experiment was a study of protonating a cyclo-alcohol to become a cyclo-ene. In this case 4-methylcyclohexanol was protonated using phosphoric acid to become 4-methylcyclohexene. This demonstrates the loss of an alcohol group by protonation‚ the loss of a proton from the cyclohexane to form an alkene through elimination. This also demonstrates Le Chatelier’s principle‚ by using distillation to remove the product as it is formed the equilibrium
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Case Study: British Telecom: Searching for a winning strategy Tuomo Summanen Michael Pollitt Judge Institute of Management November 2002 1. Introduction The development of the telecommunications market in the United Kingdom and the corporate strategy and development of the incumbent‚ British Telecom‚ represents an interesting object of analysis for several reasons. First‚ the UK telecommunications market was - along with the U.S. market - among the first telecommunications market that
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Module 2 2-2 Case Study: Helping the Moores Moore Housing Contractors QSO600: Operations Management Irfan Sheikh Moore Housing Contractors CPM/PERT network for Moore House Contractors Activity Activity Activity Duration Variance ES LS EF LF Slack a 4.167 .25 0 0.000 4.167 4.167 C r i t i c a l b 3.167 .25 4.167 4.167 7.333 7.333 C r i t i c a l c 3.833 .25 7.333 7.833 11.167 11.667 .500 d 2.167 .25 7.333 33.833 36 36 26.5 e 2 .111 7.333 7.333 9.333 9.333 C r i t i c a l Dumck
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1. As noted in the first part of the case‚ establishing a questioning culture is essential for effective evidence-based management practice. Sally‚ Richard‚ and others have made several attempts to influence the culture at AMC‚ some more successful than others. For example‚ they tried to establish regular evidence-based management workshops‚ and they implemented and evidence-based quality improvement project to reduce patient falls on Richard’s unit. What more could they do to influence the culture
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Interventions Case Study Matt Gunther BSHS/445 Amanda Williams The case of Sean The case study chosen is about Sean which comes from chapter 7 in the Crisis Intervention Case Book. Sean is a 19 year old sophomore who is currently on disciplinary probation for getting in a fight during freshman year and breaking the other students jaw. Sean admits to drinking and also smoking marijuana since high school and occasionally on campus. Currently Sean was brought to the emergency room by a friend
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1. The process flow diagram of the production system at Donner. Preparation Stage Imagine Transfer Fabrication 2. What size orders would you schedule on the CNC drill? On the CNC router? Time taken to process the orders depends on the selected drilling method either a) Manual drilling or CNC OR b) Using CNC Drill Assumption 1: Manual Drilling is not done on all the available Manual Drill Presses in parallel. Calculating time taken for Manual drilling and CNC Drilling: = Setup
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Case Study IV-4 : IT Infrastructure Outsourcing At Schaffer Situation: Schaffer Corporation is a manufacturer‚ which began by making small farm machines‚ but now has spread to make diverse machines. Originally founded by Frederick W. Schaffer during 1877‚ it was his three son-in-laws who led the corporation to new product lines and divisions within the company. These divisions were called the Colbert division‚ the Kinzer division‚ and the Reitzel division; each of which has its own manufacturing
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Baseline+ Revenue of Baseline-Revenue of Upside=693492‚ which is the value gathered from cost savings in five years. 3. How much value lies in improved revenues? As shown in the Excel above‚ the improved revenue accumulated in five years is 12‚167. 4. What additional factors should be included in the ROI analysis? There are many assumptions and factors we need to consider to calculate the ROI: • Can all the growth rate and inflation rate be very constant in the five years? • How much will the
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situations‚ across domains and industries‚ using quantitative and/or qualitative analysis techniques. B. Instruction Methodology: Case Discussions. The students are advised to go through the specified cases along with the study material required for that case. C. Suggested Titles (Text and Reference): 1. Research Methodology (concepts & cases); Deepak Chawla & Neena Sondhi‚ Vikas Publishing (prescribed) 2. Business Research Methods: William G. Zikmund‚ Thomson South
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