02-45282-kivisto.qxd 6/30/2007 10:58 AM Page 41 CHAPTER 2 The Weberian Theory of Rationalization and the McDonaldization of Contemporary Society George Ritzer George Ritzer is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. His major areas of interest are sociological theory‚ globalization‚ and the sociology of consumption. He has served as chair of the American Sociological Association’s sections on theory (1989–1990) and organizations and occupations (1980–1981). He has
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Criminal Justice Notes: Crime What Is Crime? When you hear that a crime has been committed‚ what do you think of? Maybe a robbery or a murder? Crime is defined as “conduct in violation of the criminal laws of a state‚ the federal government‚ or a local jurisdiction‚ for which there is no legally acceptable justification or excuse.” Crimes can involve violence but do not have to do so. Unfortunately‚ crime is not rare in the United States. Three Components of the CJ System Our
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Client server Current system: In that Corporate Financial System is a 25-year-old IBM 3090 mainframe running under a Virtual Machine/Conversational Mode System (VM/CMS) operating system. Many of the business applications used by the system are written in COBOL‚ and data that is stored in a non-SQL-compliant FOCUS database. Personal computers (PCs) containing an office productivity software is centrally located throughout the Corporate headquarters. Many day-to-day operations that happen across
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Discussion Board 1/ Week 1 Business Ethics Benji Watson graduated near the top of his class in the Liberty University MBA program and he was recruited by several national corporations. One of those corporations was New Gen Health Sciences. New Gen manufactures and sells various vitamins‚ health foods and health supplements and it was recently featured in Fortune Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in America. Benji was invited to attend a weekend long “Get to Know Us” event at New
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Human Failure "4 1/2 minutes" is a story full of the darkest human emotions and human interaction at its worst. The main character‚ Miles‚ will take the reader through a journey and one will wonder why it ends so abruptly. Miles has already begun his torrential downfall eventually leading to his absence of mind and life. Kate Sheofsky wrote this story to show the realness of humans and not to put a sugar coating on it. The author told a weaving‚ intricate‚ and beguiling story of human failure in
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Class Website bit.ly/opemana Student Slides 1 Email me the following before September 11 at brian.gozun@dlsu.edu.ph (subject heading is OPEMANA K31 or K32): Complete Name Nickname (how you want to be called in class) ID Number Class Schedule this term Expectations for the course Expected Final Grade Final Grade in MANSCIE Bring a small photo next meeting; finalize 2 Student Slides groupings (at most 5 members) & seating Chapter 1 Introduction to Operations Management McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Unit 2: Demand & Supply Text: Economics for Today Chapter 3 and Supplementary Material 1 Market Any situation that brings buyers and sellers together for exchange of good and services (g/s) 2 Example – Pizza market: sellers comprise the individuals and firms that sell pizza – Supply buyers include all individuals who buy‚ or might buy pizza - Demand Does not have to be a physical place e.g. EBay‚ foreign exchange market A market occurs as long as buyers and sellers are in communication
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DSCI 304 Review Sheet – Some Samples from OLD Exams EXAM 1: Version 1 Name (3pts): Show Work When Asked. Good Luck! Formulas‚ symbols and Bonus Problem on last page. *****5Pts each unless otherwise noted 1. The following are characteristics of a flow shop EXCEPT: a. Provides efficiencies from the specialization of labor or equipment resources to limited tasks. b. Often associated with increased process flexibility. c. Is usually organized in product layout. d. Location of resources
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A1. a. Horizontal Analysis INCOME STATEMENT Years 6 and 7 REVENUE Net sales for Competition Bikes‚ Inc. increased 33% from year 6 to year 7. This yielded a 31.8% increase in costs of goods sold. Gross profit in year 7 was up by 37.5%. This is done by subtracting the cost of goods sold (3‚294‚000) from net sales (4‚485‚000) and resulting in the 37.5%. Their overall net earnings increased 313.4% in the course of year 6 to year 7. That is roughly three times their previous earnings. This growth
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Shaurya Gupta et al‚ / (IJCSIT) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies‚ Vol. 5 (4) ‚ 2014‚ 5429-5434 A Study of the Issues and Security of Cloud Computing Shaurya Gupta‚ Piyush Gupta Department of Computer Science and Engineering Jagannath University‚ Jaipur Abstract--The paper identifies the issues and the solution to overcome these problems. Cloud computing is a subscription based service where we can obtain networked storage space and computer resources. This technology
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