Prediction of thermal conductivity of 2steel 1∗ 1 Introduction There are many situations in design or in process modelling where it would be useful to know the thermal conductivity of the steel being used‚ and how it would change as a function of temperature. With the lack of any quantitative model the usual recourse is to look for a similar composition contained in published tables of data [1‚ 2‚ 3]. However‚ in the absence of a quantitative model it is not possible to assess the validity of
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1What do I do now? I remember it as if it was yesterday; my first college application‚ something that I had been waiting for my whole life. I worked so hard in school and pushed myself in order to be able to get accepted into a University. Throughout my whole body I felt goose bumps‚ I do not know why I was feeling this way. Maybe it was because I was scared that I would not get accepted in any University‚ and that would mean everything I had been working for would go down the drain. I knew I had
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analysing the relationship between changes in output and changes in total sales revenues‚ expenses and net profit. QUESTION 1 (a) How do managers use CVP analysis to make decisions? Describe at least FIVE (5) uses of CVP analysis. Managers are concern about the impact of their decision on profit. The decisions they make are about volume‚ pricing or incurring a cost. Therefore‚ manager requires an understanding of the relationship among revenues‚ cost‚ volume and profit. The cost accounting department supplies
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What Makes a Good Manager? I have had a total of 6 managers over the course of 21 years. By now I have a very solid idea of which qualities a good manager should possess. I have run from one extreme to the other‚ my worst manager was fired for stealing‚ and my best manager has been promoted 4 times since I last worked there‚ and is an outstanding asset to the company. The basic understanding that a manager needs to have is an objective view. This is extremely difficult to do as emotions
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Challenges of Operation Manager There are many challenges faced by operation managers in the field of operation management. Operation managers should equip him or her with varies issues and knowledge cross all the business function‚ not just the operation. To be a good operation manager‚ they must be able to understand the whole business flows‚ the products‚ the customers‚ the operation‚ the people and the technology. Understanding of various issue can made them deal better with various support
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WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PROJECT MANAGER Ramon L. Morales Robert Morris University 11 May 2010‚ PMP 575 The text “What it takes to be a good project manager” analyses two approaches to the prerequisites of effective project management. The author‚ B.Z.Posner‚ makes an original parallel between the primary personal characteristics of successful project managers (PM) and the basic problems facing such a position. In fact‚ Posner suggests the idea that these approaches are interconnected and hence
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Chapter 1 Operations and productivity 1. Why should one study operations management? We study OM for four reasons. We study how people organize themselves for productive enterprise. We study OM because we want to know how goods and services are produced. We study OM to understand what operations managers do. We study OM because it is such a costly part of an organization. Productivity can be measured in a variety of ways‚ such as by labor‚ capital‚ energy‚ material usage‚ and so on. At Modern
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write about is titled‚ What makes a "good" manager? Many have their own thoughts on what different traits are needed to become a "good" manager‚ but the importance of those traits varies from person to person. "The dictionary defines management as the act or art of managing: the conducting or supervising of something (as a business)" (Shubert‚ 2006‚ para.1). As seen in the article‚ the success of a manager starts with the way that their subordinates feel about them as a manager. The first trait
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http://danielsethics.mgt.unm.edu Zappos: Delivering Happiness to Stakeholders INTRODUCTION Can a company focused on happiness be successful? Zappos‚ an online retailer‚ is proving that it can. The company’s revenue grew from $1.6 million in 2000 to $1.64 billion in 2010. Tony Hsieh‚ Zappos’ CEO says‚ “It’s a brand about happiness‚ whether to customers or employees or even vendors.” Zappos’ zany corporate culture and focus on customer satisfaction has made it both successful and a model for
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several good qualities such as determination‚ ambition‚ dedication‚ and trustworthiness. However‚ what one learns from a job depends on several different factors such as the job itself and the work environment. Two factors people fail to realize exist are doing “good work” and doing “work good” and the difference between the two. Doing “good work” relates more to doing good deeds‚ or doing the right thing. Doing “work good” means being an outstanding employee and going above and beyond to do your job
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