Q1: ) Did it surprise you that logistics can be such an important component in a country’s economic system? Why or why not? Answer I not surprise ‚ according to my past experience as a material controller in LG electronics and nowadays as a purchasing member in Suez Canal Authority The Logistics has a historical relationship with the Economic system specially with GDP . before 1980 logistics didn’t exceed the 10% of GDP ‚ but this percentage has been increased yearly until 2005 ‚ the logistics
Premium Management Logistics Economic system
TEST BANK FOR EFFECTIVE TRAINING: SYSTEMS STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES CHAPTER ONE MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is evidence supporting the assertion that companies are investing in more training? A) Higher net sales per employee B) Higher gross profits per employee C) Higher ratios of market to book value D) Both A & B E) All of the above (easy; p.4) 2. In an open system model which of the following statements is not true? A) Open systems have a dynamic relationship with
Premium Knowledge Output Skill
‘Human Resource Management is critical to the effective management of organisations’ Human resources are without a doubt the most important asset of any organisation and a resource which needs to be managed‚ but as Mullins (p.749) states‚ it is important to remember that unlike physical resources‚ people are not owned by the organisation. Human resource management is known to be one of the key management areas and is an essential part of every organisation. Certo defines management as the process
Premium Management Human resources Human resource management
sciencedirect.com WCES-2010 Effective use of cloud computing in educational institutions Tuncay Ercana * aYasar University‚ Department of Computer Engineering‚ Selcuk Yasar Kampusu‚ Agacl Yol‚ No:35-37‚ Bornova 35500‚ Izmir‚ Turkey Received October 8‚ 2009; revised December 17‚ 2009; accepted January 5‚ 2010 Abstract Cloud computing is becoming an adoptable technology for many of the organizations with its dynamic scalability and usage of virtualized resources as a service through the Internet
Premium Cloud computing Computer Education
THE IMPORTANCE OF PRICES IN ECONOMIC SYSTEM A price is the amount of money a buyer must pay to a seller for a good or service. Price is not always the same as cost. In economics‚ cost means opportunity cost—all that is sacrificed to buy the good. While the price of a good is a part of its opportunity cost‚ it is not the only cost. For example‚ the price does not include the value of the time sacrificed to buy something. Buying a new jacket will require you to spend time traveling to and from the
Premium Automobile Price Economics
vulnerable and abused children. The “stolen childhood” campaign was set up in 2002 in attempt to change the publics view on child prostitution. They conveyed there message by using media i.e. T.V advertisements and a poster campaign. Both of the Posters’ show an image of a child with the faces drained of their youth; showing the public the inner feelings of a child which has been robbed of his or her childhood. This makes people aware of how child prostitution can affect children’s life. The empathy causes
Free Childhood Child abuse Child sexual abuse
Making Use of Resources‚ Capabilities and Core Competences. Resources‚ capabilities and core competences Resources‚ capabilities and core competencies are the foundation of competitive advantage. Resources are bundled to create organizational capabilities. In turn‚ capabilities are the source of a firm’s core competencies‚ which are the basis of competitive advantages. Here‚ we define and provide examples of these building blocks of competitive advantage. 1. Resources Broad in scope‚ resources
Premium Resource Management Strategic management
American continental assembly presided over by a royal governor. This plan would have also created an inter-colonial union with authority to levy taxes and finance an army for colonial defense. Although individual colonies shunned the plan‚ Franklin’s attempt for unity was an accomplishment in many aspects.
Premium Benjamin Franklin American Revolution United States
Human Resource Management - 3400 Chapter 3 Project HRIS Research Jordan Eliuk Stacey Sauve September 24‚ 2012 Olds College There are many different purposes‚ functions and components to HRIS software systems. Technology has been constantly expanding‚ and with all the new possibilities‚ companies are able to use these software systems to help their HR departments perform their jobs faster and easier. Large businesses want to make the most amount of money‚ by spending the least amount possible;
Premium Human resources Human resource management Management
global sum of all ecosystems that can be used to make the world a healthier place to sustain human life. In today’s society the overuse of antibiotics in the agriculture industry has caused very strong antibiotic resistant bacteria (Page and Gautier 2012). Because antibiotics are not doing a good job at containing these bacterias like they use to‚ scientist are now moving towards bacteriophages.
Premium Bacteria Antibiotic resistance