support the creation of social capital in communities‚ which is a crucial element in restoring the social fabric Ruptured by disasters. MSMEs are considered to be more vulnerable to disasters than larger firms‚ given the more limited range of risk-management mechanisms they can access. This study finds that MSMEs have an inherent flexibility due to the lower levels of capital needed to operate and lither work relations (especially in the case of informal MSMEs)‚ which could be exploited after disasters
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Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of personal factors. There are several personal factors which affect children and young people’s social‚ language‚ emotional or intelligence development. This includes: Health status‚ disability‚ allergies and nutrition‚ sensory impairment visual or hearing‚ exercise‚ Addiction. Health Status: Premature births‚ genetic conditions do affect the rate of physical growth. Also some long term illness like meningitis‚ conditions
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Factors affecting access to resources 3 Main Dot points: Characteristics Access Resources Gender Characteristics Resources Resources Education Access Age SES Ethnicity/culture Disability Confidentiality Location Opening hours Staffing Energy Time $ Money Gender Homelessness can create a division in services according to gender. While there is emergency‚ short-term and long-term accommodation for both men and women‚ there is more
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productivity and knowledge by 50% Operations management- the science and art of ensuring that goods and services are created and delivered successfully to customers. Planning Directing Controlling Organizing Government regulations- California 2006 Increase mpg standard for all vehicles or pay fine Lots of hybrids sold but companies that didn’t have hybrids couldn’t sell (gm‚ ford‚ Chrysler) Why is operations management important Heart of organization Operations are task that create value
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BAD 429 Operation Management Project: BMW By: Rodolphe Beyrouthy Presented to: Table of contents: Executive summary................................................................................................3 Charts ……………………………………………………………………………..4 - 6 Introduction………………………………………………………………………..7 History…………………………………………………………………….………..7 – 10 Design of goods and services…………………………………………………..…10 - 11 Managing quality………………………………………………………………... 11 - 12 Process and capacity design………………………………………………
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approach to teamwork that moves responsibility for decisions further down the organization chart to the level of the employee actually doing the job Continuous Improvement Management’s view of performance standards of the organization The way management views the contribution and role of its workforce (employee involvement and team efforts are the key to improvement) Key Elements of TQM: Quality is defined by customer Employee involvement Continuous improvement Prevention‚ not inspection
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What are the factors affecting the Return of REITs? REITs unit holders are subject to similar risks as holders of other diversified asset portfolios. Some of the factors which affect returns on REITs are : 1.Demographics Demographics are the data that describes the composition of a population‚ such as age‚ race‚ gender‚ income‚ migration patterns and population growth. These statistics are an often overlooked but significant factor that affects how real estate is priced and what types of properties
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Definitions in Operations Management OPERATIONS: Any activity that transforms and adds value to an input stream. The input stream can be a physical entities‚ services‚ or flows. The valued added transformation produces products or services that are designed to meet a customer demand. Operations range from processing loan applications to production of computers‚ to designing buildings. FLOW SHOP: An operation that produces products at volume in a continuous flow or by a well-defined‚ connected
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preparation and present of any firm’s Operational activities‚ it is necessary to specify the objectives off the processes. This is the key element in the improvement in productivity in businesses around the world. Creating a competitive advantage through operation requires an understanding of
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Describe the Factors Affecting Majority Influence A study was carried out by Solomon Asch which showed the factors which affected majority influence. In his study he wanted to see how group pressure affects group tasks with an obvious answer. The method he used to carry out this study was by using eight male students were arranged around a table but only one of them however was a real participant who turns up late and the others were confederates of the researchers. The task was to identify out
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