Birla Institute of Technology & Science‚ Pilani Work-Integrated Learning Programmes Division Second Semester 2011–2012 Course Handout Course No : ET ZC342 Course Title : Materials Management Instructor : Vinayak Kalluri Course Description Integrated materials management‚ policy aspects‚ purchasing management‚ warehousing and storage of inventory control systems‚ appraisal and control‚ just in time (JIT)‚ automation in materials management. Scope and Objective
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term motivation “Motivation is a Psychological feature that arouses an organism to act towards a desired goal and elicits‚ controls and sustains certain goal directed behaviours. It can be considered a driving force; A psychological one that compels or reinforces an action toward a desired goal. For example‚ hunger is a motivation that elicits a desire to eat. Motivation is the purpose or Psychological cause of an action.....” (Wikipedia) Describe the factors that may affect motivation levels in
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a. At which rate is total utility increasing: a constant rate‚ a decreasing rate‚ or an increasing rate? How do you know? b. “A rational consumer will purchase only 1 unit of the product represented by these data since that amount maximizes marginal utility.” Do you agree? Explain why or why not. c. “It is possible that a rational consumer will not purchase any units of the product represented by these data.” Do you agree? Explain why or why not. Answer: Missing total utility data‚ top – bottom:
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Methods to Motivate Employees Barbara Snow HCS/325 August 20‚ 2012 Dr. Robert Perdiue Motivational Methods Health care organizations in recent decades have found they must do more with fewer resources‚ in particular fewer human resources. Economic instability in the United States coupled with governmental changes in health care reimbursement structures have compelled considerable reductions in force in health care organizations and in some instances elimination of services previously
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AEREN FOUNDATION’S Maharashtra Govt. Reg. No.: F-11724 AN ISO 9001 : 2008 CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL B-SCHOOL SUBJECT: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT N.B.: 1) Attempt any 4 Cases. Total Marks : 80 CASE - 1 Merrill Lynch Credit Corporation (MLCC) offers real estate and securities-based consumer credit products-including home financing‚ personal credit‚ investment financing‚ and commercial real-estate financing-to primarily affluent individuals. About 90percent of its approximately 830 employees
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The Importance of Following Orders Following orders is one of the most important things you do being in the Army‚ or any branch in the armed services‚ enlisted or reserve. Obedience is what enables the military to operate in an organized and effective manner which is clearly very important during challenging military situations. While many individuals can question the notion of obedience in daily their life‚ this luxury is often not available to us in the military‚ where the grand goals and aims
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Feedback and Rewards Objectives: To develop an understanding of: • Evaluation of Performance • Performance Evaluation feedback • Reinforcement theory • A model of Individual rewards • Rewards Affect Organizational concerns • Innovative reward system Organizations use rewards to attract‚ retain‚ and motivate people. But methods for distributing rewards vary from organization to organization‚ within the same organization across different levels and according to the nature of rewards. Some rewards
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Part A Introduction Reward management relates pay and other benefits to objectives of the company and the individual. Reward Management is of fundamental importance in relation to good management. Without a solid approach towards reward management‚ an organisation is likely to have an unsatisfied or unmotivated workforce. It covers both strategy and practice in regards to pay systems. It has to support the achievement of the business strategy. The overall aim of reward management is that employees
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Dear Client‚ It has come to my attention that you have some questions about the information I have asked for. It is my intention in this letter to explain why I have asked for the information in question. I will outline adjusting lower cost or market inventory on valuation‚ capitalizing interest on building construction‚ recording gain or loss on asset disposal‚ and adjusting good will for impairment. Adjusting lower cost or market inventory on valuation When a company purchases
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general‚ Indian English has fewer peculiarities in its vowel sounds than the consonants‚ especially as spoken by native speakers of languages like Hindi‚ the vowel phoneme system having some similarities with that of English. Among the distinctive features of the vowel-sounds employed by some Indian English speakers: * Many Indian English speakers do not make a clear distinction between /ɒ/ and /ɔː/. (See cot–caught merger.) * Unlike British‚ but like some American English‚ some Indian speakers
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