SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY Soft Systems - Modified December 2005 Bob Williams 1 bobwill@actrix.co.nz The Kellogg Foundation http://users.actrix.co.nz/bobwill SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was developed by Peter Checkland in the late 60’s at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Originally it was seen as a modelling tool‚ but in later years it has been seen increasingly as a learning and meaning development tool. Although it develops models‚ the models
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MB 300 – Exam 1 Lauren Amar Multiple Choice (0.33 point each) – Highlight the best answer. 1. The degree to which organizational tasks are subdivided into separate jobs is referred to as a. formalization. b. specialization. c. professionalism. d. centralization. 2. ____ is the degree to which an organization achieves its goals. a. Effectiveness b. Efficiency c. Organizational strategy d. Stakeholder profitability 3. ____ are used to coordinate activities between the top and bottom
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Web200 Final Exam 2012 Student Name_________________________ True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. The USENET was the earliest of the networks that eventually combined to become what we now call the Internet. ____ 2. E-mail was born in 1972 when a researcher wrote a program that could send and receive messages over the Defense Department network. ____ 3. The set of rules for delivering Web page files over the Internet is in a protocol called the Hypertext
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T-205 Exam 1 Study Guide Week 1: Introduction to Media and Society 1. (a) Can you describe the information problem that we are facing? Our culture is oversaturated with information information-saturated culture 130+ million books published and 1‚500 new books published each day Radio stations broadcast 65.5+ million hours of original programming each year Television broadcasts 48+ million hours of original programming each year 35+ billion indexed Web pages (b) What is automaticity
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Exam 1: The complete set of hereditary information carried by an organism is its genome Human DNA contains 20% C on a molar basis. What are the mole percents of A‚ G‚ and T? A- 30% G- 20% T- 30% In a polynucleotide‚ a phosphate group is linked to the 3’ and 5’ carbons 2 pentoses Which of the following is a transition mutation? A-T —> G-C - transition= purine —> purine or pyrimidine —> pyrimidine - Purines- GA - Pyrimidines- CT The basic building block of nucleic acids is the nucleotide
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INSTRUCTIONS: Use your MARK SENSE CARD to register your correct multiple-choice answer with a pencil. There are 40 multiple-choice questions (each question is worth 0.5 p) and 2 short answer questions (each question is worth 10p) in this exam. Total Exam: 40p 1. In organisations‚ the content of an email sent from the workplace belongs to? a. Sender b. Receiver c. Employer d. Employer and sender 2. A private computer network that services the internal needs of an organisation is called
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Solution Final Exam Managerial Accounting Winter 2009 ADM2341 All Sections STUDENT NAME: STUDENT NUMBER: Instructions: 1. Answer all questions in this booklet. Booklet is not to be removed from the examination room. You may separate the pages but ensure that you put them back together and staple before handing in. 2. Please limit your answer to the space provided. Please indicate if you use the back of a page. 3. The use of standard abbreviations (O/H for
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--------------- EXAM COVER SHEET NOTE: DO NOT REMOVE this exam paper from the exam venue EXAM DETAILS Course Code: Course Description: Date of exam: BUSM1094D Intro to Organisational Behaviour Start time of exam: 13:45 Duration of exam: 10/2/2012 2hr 15min Total number of pages (Incl. this cover sheet) 2 ALLOWABLE MATERIALS AND INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. 2. Write your full name and student number on each exam booklet together with the number of exam books used.
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Basics Exam 1. 1. Which of the following strategies produces the longest lead-time? a. Make to order b. Engineer to order c. Make to stock d. Assemble to order 2. Which of the following statements s true? a. A product layout creates longer lead-time than a process layout. b. There is less WIP inventory in a product layout. c. Overhead costs are higher n a product layout. d. Capital equipment costs are typically higher in a process layout. 3. The objective of maximising customer
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Managerial Decision Making - Final Exam I pledge my honor that I have not violated the Honor Code during this examination. ________________________________________________________________________________________ You are concerned that your organization does not take enough risk. Using the principles covered in class‚ come up with a strategy for inducing more risk-taking. The strategy should not be something like: “increase the incentives for risk taking.” Instead‚ it should be inspired by psychology
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