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    Eisenhower wanted Communism to be contained while Kennedy wanted flexible response. It all started out with Karl Marx. He created the idea of Communism‚ which is the theory of everything being publicly owned and workers get paid based off their abilities(Ayers 756). This led to the presidents having to use ideas like containment and flexible response. Containment is stopping the spread of a certain idea created by George F. Kennan(Ayers 819). Flexible response is defending without using nuclear missiles(Ayers

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    FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEES IN MALAYSIA 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Flexible working hours is very important on perspective of employers and employees in Malaysia. Companies that offer flexible working schedules are the key to luring professional women back into the workforce. Flexible work arrangements was a tried and true strategy used by advanced economies and offered a work-life balance that was becoming essential in attracting

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    William Shakespeare was an English poet‚ playwright and actor‚ widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He wrote Macbeth in 1606. Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest and bloodiest tragedy. The key to the main theme of the play‚ which is that excessive ambition will have terrible consequences. There are three main reasons that cause Shakespeare write Macbeth. First‚ as a professional writer who has a gift for writing‚ he achieved his writing

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    Chapter 9 Flexible Budgets and Performance Analysis Solutions to Questions 9-1 The planning budget is prepared for the planned level of activity. It is static because it is not adjusted even if the level of activity subsequently changes. 9-2 A flexible budget can be adjusted to reflect any level of activity—including the actual level of activity. By contrast‚ a static planning budget is prepared for a single level of activity and is not subsequently adjusted. 9-3 Actual results can differ

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    Batch Production Batch Production is a way of creating items in bulk. In batch production‚ general-purpose equipment and methods are commonly used to produce small quantities of items that will be made and sold for a limited time only. Usually a similar design and process will be used to make a new product‚ cars are a good example of this. Often after car has been made another version will be created that has got new features. In batch production specialized tools or items for construction purposes

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    The term ‘lean production’ came about to describe the Toyota production system in the late 1980’s. This came to pass through a research group from MIT who over five years analysed the automotive industry in fourteen countries. It was called ‘lean manufacturing’ rather than the Toyota production system to make it easier for competitors and organizations to adopt this type of system. The concept of lean production in a manufacturing organization basically means to try and maximise the use of materials

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    An analysis of flexible leadership style Name: Shi Baoyuan Student ID: 20121367 Email: frank_ais@yahoo.co.nz Word Count: 2029 Executive Summary Flexible leadership style is a vital for leaders to manage the company that a leader needs to possess this model to cope with the changeable company activities. A leader who utilizes the flexible leadership style will provide a suitable working surrounding to his (her) subordinates‚ and make them working in positive emotion; hence‚ the subordinates

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    Timeline of Events 2 the Toyota Production System 3 Introduction 3 Foundations of TPS 4 JIT (Just-In-Time) 4 Heijunka – Leveled Production 4 The Pull System 4 Kanban System 4 Flow Processing 5 JIDOKA 5 Working of the Toyota Production System 6 Step 1 -Order information 6 Step 2 – Timely Production 6 Step 3 – Parts Replacement 6 The Results 7 Usability of TPS for any organization 7 Rationale Operations Management is concerned with the production of goods and services ensuring that

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    CHAPTER 7 FLEXIBLE BUDGETS‚ DIRECT-COST VARIANCES‚ AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL 7-1 Management by exception is the practice of concentrating on areas not operating as expected and giving less attention to areas operating as expected. Variance analysis helps managers identify areas not operating as expected. The larger the variance‚ the more likely an area is not operating as expected. 2. Two sources of information about budgeted amounts are (a) past amounts and (b) detailed engineering studies

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    University for national and world economy | Flexible forms of employment in the Netherlands | By Ivan Valentinov Parvanov | 11114106 | Reviewed by: | Prof. Krastyo Petkov | | Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Types of Flexible Employment III. The Legal framework for Flexible Forms of Employment IV. Demographic Structure of people Involved in Flexible forms of Employment V. The Nature of the Work‚ Carried Out by Those in Non-standard Employment VI

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