On Friday July 15‚ my group of medical student visited the simulation laboratory. After climbing a couple sets of stairs we were broken off into three different groups for three different sets of activities. The first for me a combination of a couple of simulations. The first one was a simulation designed to help surgeons further develop their skills. We used small clamps to pick up and move rings to different poles. This seems quite simple but we had to do it looking at a monitor that projected
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Harvard Outline Title: The Battle of Antietam and Resorting to the Emancipation Proclamation I. The significant major events or actions taken place by the Union at the start of the Civil War were the Blockades‚ The Battle of Antietam‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation. A. Concentrating on the south’s principle ports. 1. The North held blockades on the South’s ports and coastal routes. a. It would Holt any economic growth that the South received through trade and commerce such as
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group dynamics were such that we did not effectively utilize the resources we had‚ and consequently pooled a very limited amount of information. Rather than minimizing our risk‚ we increased it. I attribute much of our group’s failure at this simulation to process loss‚ which is defined as the problems that arise from lack of effective coordination among group members. A number of factors at play could explain the process loss which led to our counterintuitive results. First and foremost‚ one must
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Bill Gates Speech at Harvard President Bok‚ former President Rudenstine‚ incoming President Faust‚ members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers‚ members of the faculty‚ parents‚ and especially‚ the graduates: I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: "Dad‚ I always told you I’d come back and get my degree." I want to thank Harvard for this honour. I’ll be changing my job next year ... and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume. I applaud the graduates
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Pizza Store Layout Simulation University of Phoenix Introduction The concept of the learning curve is a powerful tool and is applicable to all learning processes. In this simulation I became the manager and ran the Pizza store hoping to produce a better process for the amount of time a customer waits for their order. The goal of my job was to apply the learning curve concepts to test the alternative against the current process of the Pizza store. I will explain and provide information
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Pricing Simulation During twelve months‚ starting in October‚ we were responsible for setting the pricing strategy of Universal Rental Car Company‚ as the district manager for the Florida region of Orlando. It was a big role as Florida was the company’s worst performing region and had two major problems: “Stock outs”‚ which used to occur during demand peaks‚ and “unsold inventory”‚ which occurred in demand valleys. Furthermore‚ we had to deal with the competitor in an intense price war‚ as the customers
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Organization Structure simulation Organizational structure is the division of labor and the patterns of coordination‚ communication‚ workflow‚ and formal power that guide organizational activities. An organization’s structure reflects the company’s culture and power relationships and can establish new communication patterns and align employee behavior with the company’s mission‚ vision and goals. The organizational structure enables effective communication and smooth workflow‚ but organizational
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1. Playing this simulation has helped me understand the interdependent nature of organizational change management. It has highlighted the complex nature of change management that every director or executive must face to keep all the employees of the company onboard. They must do their best to keep the employees together though it may so appear that the employees do not seem to easily agree with one another. Also‚ the discrepancies between the middle-level and tactical-level employees could be though
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Theodore Simmons Joyce Williams English 101-2CD 10/10/13 NBA2K Series The NBA2K series is the best basketball simulation game in history. “It began in 1999 to 2001 were it was exclusive to Sega Dreamcast.” The NBA2K series was published by Sega Sports‚ now it’s published by 2ksports. The developers for this game are the visual concept team from Los Angeles. This game can be located in stores such as Wal-Mart‚ GameStop‚ and etc. NBA2K has been seen in many magazines Dime‚ Sports Illustrated
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Ethics Game Simulation Margot Rivera HCS 478 Health Law and Ethics December 3‚ 2012 Barbara Scheibe Ethics Game Simulation The ethics game simulation involved two case scenarios. The first case dealt with a conflict of core ethics in how to care properly for a teenage pregnant female whose parents desire to limit medical interventions for a prolonged labor. The young patient is a teenager whose labor is progressing slowly and her parents have stated they want no assistance done for her. This
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