Definitions in Operations Management OPERATIONS: Any activity that transforms and adds value to an input stream. The input stream can be a physical entities‚ services‚ or flows. The valued added transformation produces products or services that are designed to meet a customer demand. Operations range from processing loan applications to production of computers‚ to designing buildings. FLOW SHOP: An operation that produces products at volume in a continuous flow or by a well-defined‚ connected
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repeatedly. What causes chronic stress? To answer that we first have to know what stress is. The official definition of stress is; Stress- is the physical and or psychological response to internal or external stressors. Stressors- specific events or chronic pressures that place demands on a person or threaten the person’s well-being. Although that is the official definition of stress‚ if you were too ask 100 different people what stress is‚ they would all give you a different answer
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Diversity in my opinion has many definitions but one true meaning. My meaning would be the vast variety or difference of something in a large group. The dictionary’s definition is “being diverse; difference” and also “A point or respect in which things differ... variety or multifamily”. The definition shows much more than people that are multi-cultural. When I think of multi-cultural I think of race. When I think of diversity I think of a difference. In my opinion those two words should have nothing
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“Definitions of Organizational Performance” (1) Organizational performance comprises the actual output or results of an organization as measured against its intended outputs (or goals and objectives). (According to Richard et al. (2009). (2) Organizational performance involves the recurring activities to establish organizational goals‚ monitor progress toward the goals‚ and make adjustments to achieve those goals more effectively and efficiently. (Carter McNamara‚ MBA‚ PhD‚ Authenticity Consulting
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mendelsohn@hud.ac.uk • • • • • Corporate personality Artificial‚ separate legal personality Registration at Companies House Limited liability Salomon • Issues arising from separate‚ artificial legal personality A. PROMOTERS • Background • Definition - no statutory definition - 2 common law definitions • Twycross v Grant (1877) 2 CPD – someone who “undertakes to form a company with reference to a given project‚ and to set it going and… takes the necessary steps to accomplish that purpose”
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way same way that I would like to be treated. The definition of class on the Merriam-Webster web page defines class in three separate ways. The first definition is a class of students‚ the second is class defined financially‚ and the third is a person’s kindness. Almost all of the dictionaries have the second definition which is financial class over the third‚ which is a person’s kindness. Some don’t even have the third definition in their definitions.
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Kelsie Goebel Animal Rights Definition- Animal rights are the philosophy of allowing non-human animals to have the most basic rights that all sentient beings desire: the freedom to live a natural life free from human exploitation‚ unnecessary pain and suffering‚ and premature death. Proponents of animal welfare seek to alleviate the suffering of animals while they are being exploited -- without attempting to question the fundamental basis of whether it is acceptable to exploit animals in the first
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1 Marketing: separating fact from fiction Most people‚ when asked what marketing is all about‚ usually give the following responses: Advertising! Sales! Products! Free gifts! Research! This isn’t unusual. These words often describe what most people think marketing represents‚ whether they’re students or indeed fellow professionals who work in industry. The descriptive words above certainly form part of the jigsaw puzzle of what the world of marketing constitutes‚ but marketing
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Race is an ideology that was created by people of power in order to create social classes. The main objective is to claim that there is no exact definition of race‚ it is a fictional word that was created by social groups in order to have power and a hierarchical system. The concepts of race that have been discussed represent assumptions of what race would look like if it was real. Society has different social groups in which everyone is categorized differently due to their languages‚ culture‚ beliefs
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It is the understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something (http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/appreciation ). The knowledge you gain from an experience and the understanding you begin to have from that experience is an appreciation. When you are taught a subject such as fine arts eventually you begin to comprehend and come to know something
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