Production‚ Planning and Control Dr. Sindhuja • The most important business module – Production. Why?... Objectives • The ultimate objective of production planning and control‚ is to contribute to the profits of the enterprise. • this is accomplished by keeping the customers satisfied through the meeting of delivery schedules. • Specific objectives of production planning and control are to establish routes and schedules for work that will ensure the optimum utilization of materials‚ workers
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course of action‚ making a choice among several action alternatives A problem exists when a gap is perceived between some existing state and some desired state * Well-structured problems: the existed state is clear‚ the desired state is clear and how to get from one state to the other is fairly obvious (simple) * Ill-Structured problems: a problem for which the existing and desired states are unclear and the method of getting to the desired state is unknown (difficult - risky) Perfect vs
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Interest groups are groups of people who share the same political interest and try to influence political parties to adopt the same interests. They give unrepresented or underrepresented groups the opportunity to get their voices herd. Often time’s interest groups offer wealthy and powerful interest even more access to political makers. According to the disturbance theory groups form because of changes happening in the political system. Every interest group consists of three different kinds of members
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Teams & Groups A Team • A group whose members have complementary skills‚ are committed to a common purpose‚ and hold themselves mutually accountable. Stages of Team Development (Tuckman’s Model of Team Formation) 1. Forming 2. Storming 3. Norming 4. Performing 5. Adjourning Forming Feelings of... – Excitement – Suspicion – Optimism – Fear – Anxiety – Anticipation Storming • • • • • Resistance Uncertainty Impatience Hostility Discomfort Norming • • • • Safety and
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Do different types of music affect the thinking and behavior of teenagers? RATIONALE Nowadays‚ music is considered one of the top means to convey a message to someone whom you want to express your feelings to. Teenagers love to listen to music and relate almost every single thing that is happening in their life to it. I‚ myself‚ am very fond of music and love to listen to music according to the moods and situations. Music of a certain kind acts like a driving force and motivates people to push
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microbes are everywhere. We expected to find a variety of bacteria‚ moulds and yeasts. We were introduced to aseptic techniques as they help ensure that only certain microorganisms are present in the plate. These methods also guarantee that microorganisms do not escape from the specific petri dish‚ contaminating the laboratory and possibly causing disease. Describe features of colonies. Materials
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How to do household cleaning efficiently Everyday as we live we produce some rubbish in our room‚ so it is neccesary to do some household cleaning in order to provide a comfortable place for us to study and to have rest. But if you do not follow the right order‚ it might take you a few hours to do the whole task. So it’s important to know how to do household cleaning efficiently. First of all‚ you have to make it clear everytime that why it is needed to do the household cleaning. Is there
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Functional Roles of Group Members: The process consultant must be keenly aware of the different roles individual members take on in a group. Both upon entering and while remaining in a group‚ the individual must determine a self-identity influence‚ and power that will satisfy personal needs while working to accomplish group goals. Preoccupation with individual needs or power struggles can reduce the effectiveness of a group severely‚ and unless the individual can expose and share those personal needs
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elite groups as well as politicians make decisions based on the growth of their respective cities all the time. The elite groups have the majority of the say in regards to the growth of the cities in which they reside or work in. Politicians and these elite groups may be divided on political issues‚ but will usually agree that their cities need to be “growing” and when I say growing I mean urban development. (Logan&Harvey‚ 2007) I for one do not agree with the growth machine hypothesis‚ but I do understand
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Groups and Teams Paper Organizational Behavior Introduction A team is a small group of people with complementary skills who work actively together to achieve a common purpose for which they hold themselves collectively accountable. In today ’s society‚ there can be several different factors that are associated for a group of people to become a high performance team. For a team to achieve great performance‚ and deliver real benefits to the organization‚ they have to be able to distinguish
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