Introduction Exercise 1. Analyzing a current operations management technique. 1. What is the problem‚ opportunity‚ or challenge addressed in the article? The opportunity addressed in this paper state that business analytics (BA) is an important tool to improve businesses efficiency‚ competitiveness and profitability (Valadares de Oliveria‚ McCormick‚ & Trkman‚ 2012‚ p. 5488). An important area of BA use is in supply chain management (SCM). SCM can considerably improve business operations
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Assess the usefulness of feminist contributions to our understanding of society today. (33 marks) Feminism is a conflict theory which views society as male dominated and it seeks to describe‚ explain and change the position of women in society. Feminism is therefore a theory of women’s subordination and also a political movement. There are different types of feminism‚ which I will be evaluating in this essay; Liberal‚ Radical‚ Marxist‚ Black and Postmodernist feminist. Feminists criticise mainstream
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Of all the minority groups‚ the African-Americans contributed the most manpower. There were more than nine hundred thousand African- American men enlisted in the military‚ they served in different military branches- Army‚ Navy‚ Marine Corps and the Coast Guard. FDR also gave them the permission to join the Air Corps‚ and to attend officer training schools. The “Tuskegee Airmen” included pilots‚ navigators‚ bombardiers‚ maintenance and support staff‚ instructors‚ and all the personnel who kept the
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Contribution of Aristotle in motion Aristotle’s ideas were believed to be true from 500 BC to 1600 CE. That’s about 1‚100 years of false knowledge. What Aristotle taught‚ appeared to be correct because it seemed obvious‚ but not all things are obvious. Aristotle’s view on motion seems to make sense. Unfortunately‚ it isn’t correct. But because his theories appeared to make sense‚ they became popular and well accepted for a very long time. The key ideas that Aristotle tried to teach were: All
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Examine the contributions of Spanish film makers since the 1978‚ to the development of this art form Spanish cinema is an art form that has been developing since the first day it arrived in Spain and since 1896 (Maps of the world 2009) it has been a major feature of Spanish Culture. With cinema rapidly increasing and the amount of theatres reaching to almost 3000 by 1930’s (Jordan 2002) visual culture of Spain became a massive demand for Spaniards. With the rising of Francisco Franco and the Civil
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The Mayo Clinic (2015) states that a stroke occurs when blood supply to the brain is reduced‚ this deprives human tissue of oxygen. As a result the cells in the deprived brain tissue die. There are three main types of stroke: 1) ischemic stroke [due to a blocked artery‚ this account for 85% of all strokes]‚ 2) hemorrhagic stroke [leaking/bursting of an artery] and 3) Transient ischemic attack [temporary disturbance of blood flow to the brain]. The common risk factors for a stroke are obesity‚ inactivity
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According to the mayo clinic schizophrenia is define as a group of severe brain disorder. In which some people may interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations delusions‚ and disordered thinking and behavior. The word schizophrenia means a disruption of the usual balance of emotions and thinking. Schizophrenia is a chronic condition which required lifelong treatment. (www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizophrenia/DS00196 Cached) According to the text schizophrenia
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"Classical Management" comprises three different approaches: - Scientific Management (associated with the work of F W Taylor); - Bureaucratic Management (hierarchical structure associated with the work of M Weber); - Administrative Management (associated with the work of H Fayol). The "Human Relations" approach is associated with the work of E Mayo and F Roethlisberger. Immediately‚ we can see a difference between the ideas of Taylor and Fayol and those of Mayo as they are even classified differently
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1. What did the Apostles contribute for the growth of the early church? St. Peter‚ one of the apostles and also the first pope‚ established the church of Antioch for seven years presiding as the city’s bishop and preached to scatter communities of believers. These believers include the Jews‚ the Hebrew Christians and the gentiles who live in Pontus‚ Galatia‚ Cappadocia‚ Asia Minor and Bithynia. Also‚ the author of the Acts of the Apostles portrays Peter as a very important figure within the early
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Frederick Winslow Taylor‚ the acknowledged ’Father’ of scientific management was a pre classical contributor. Taylor was the founder of a system that stated the relationship of workers and managers to the realm of new science/technology. Scientific management is the approach emphasing production efficiencies by scientifically searching for the ’one best way’ to do each job. Taylor pioneered his signature time and motion studies of work processes through this movement‚ developed an array of principles
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