Discussion Questions for OM 5016 Class 2 Ch 1 &2. Operations Management Introduction and Strategy 1. What is Operations Management? What are major OM decisions? 2. What are the key differences between goods and services? 3. What a role does productivity play? How to measure productivity and what challenges do we have in measuring and improving productivity? 4. What is mission and strategy? How important is it for an organization to develop a mission and strategy? 5. What
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manner. These movements require physical strength and flexibility. Gymnastics is all about the suppleness of the body. The gymnast should have a sense of balance‚ endurance and physical grace. The gymnast should be comfortable with skills like handsprings‚ handstands‚ split leaps‚ aerials and cartwheels. Gymnastics as a sport evolved in ancient Greece It was started as a beauty and fitness practice during those times. Initially‚ the skills of mounting and dismounting from a horse formed part
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What are the opportunities and risks to integrate both entities? Brown reflected that IDEO was learning [from OpenIDEO] at a rate that he has not seen Ideo do for a while ... and‚ according to him‚ the rate of learning is one of the single most important indicators of sustainability of any organization. Therefore‚ it is relevant to underlines the pro and cons of such an integration to assess if it is profitable or not to integrate both entities. On the one hand‚ sponsors have to understand
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back walkover. It was one of the most accomplishing things ever! The thing about tumbling though‚ is you’re never done‚ there is always a new skill to move on to. So onto learning back handsprings !I was scared‚ but I now had the experience of throwing myself backwards- so that helped. I worked on my back handspring in practice with spots‚ at Jon practice‚ and I even took tumbling classes at Power In Motion
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world-renowned design firm‚ as they apply their process to the redesign of a common‚ everyday product. One of the best-documented examples of the design process in action took place in Palo Alto‚ California‚ at an industrial design firm called IDEO. ABC News gave IDEO the challenge of redesigning the old and familiar shopping cart in just five days. Nightline chronicled the experience and aired the program on February 9‚ 1999. This short documentary reinforces the idea that fantastic solutions can be
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PART II IDEO 1. Why has IDEO been so successful? What is the most difficult challenge it face in conducting its research and designing its products? IDEO (pronounced “eye-dee-oh”) is an award-winning global design firm that takes a human-centered‚ design-based approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow. They identify new ways to serve and support people by uncovering latent needs‚ behaviors‚ and desires. They envision new companies and brands‚ and
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a wireless e-mail device that would incorporate Glenayre’s messaging software. RIM vs. Handspring (makers of the Palm Treo). * RIM was forced to protect its Intellectual Prope * September 16‚ 2002‚ Research in Motion was awarded a patent pertaining to keyboard design on hand-held e-mail devices. Upon receiving the patent‚ it proceeded to sue Handspring over its Treo device. * Handspring eventually agreed to license RIM’s patent and avoid further litigation in November of the
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A Review of the IDEO Process Ron Moen October 25‚ 2001 Innovation is now the centerpiece of corporate strategies and initiatives. However‚ barriers to creativity abound. Innovation and structure are like oil and water. Bureaucracy does not allow risk. Experts can inadvertently block an innovation by saying‚ “It’s never been done that way.” IDEO is a widely admired‚ award-winning design and development firm in Palo Alto‚ California. For founder David M. Kelley and his colleagues‚ work is
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1. “From the buildings in which we live and work‚ to the cars we drive‚ or the knives and forks with which we eat‚ everything we use was designed to create some sort of marriage between _________________ and _________________.” 2. The folks at IDEO state that they are not experts in any given area. But‚ they do claim to be experts on the _____strange_______________‚ which they apply to the innovation of consumer products. 3. After the team of designers is brought together‚ told the problem
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the demographic she initially intended to reach upon the company’s creation‚ considered her clothing to be a generation behind. Upon hearing this verdict‚ Fisher realized she had a problem and had to do something about it. “The company then hired IDEO‚ a leading design and innovation firm to clarify the company’s brand vision and to apply those principles consistently across retail channels to reach new audiences without alienating veteran devotees.” What resulted was the creation of the THREAD
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