Downsizing: The Financial and Human Implications This essay examines the effects of downsizing with regard to the human and financial implications. Since the mid to late 1980s‚ downsizing has “transformed the corporate landscape and changed the lives of hundreds of millions of individuals around the world” (Gandolfi‚ 2008‚ p.3). For the purposes of this essay‚ downsizing is defined as the planned elimination of jobs‚ involving redundancies‚ and is designed to improve financial performance (Macky
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Robot in Society: Friend or Appliance? Massachusetts Institute of Technology Arti_cial Intelligence Laboratory 545 Technology Square‚ Room 938 Cambridge‚ MA 02139 USA email: cynthia@ai.mit.edu Abstract This paper discusses the role that synthetic emotions could play in building autonomous robots which engage people in human-style social exchange. We present a control architecture which integrates synthetic emotions and highlight how they influence the internal dynamics of the robot ’s
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Robotics and Humanity In the movie I‚ Robot‚ the definition of humanity is a major theme. More specifically‚ whether or not robots (particularly Sonny) can be considered human is a large focus of the film. This paper will prove that Sonny matches multiple definitions of the human condition and can therefore be considered a human. The first theory Sonny matches is Irvin Yalom’s theory of the human condition. He also shows characteristics that are featured in the empathic theory of humanism. He is
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Miltiadis A. Boboulos Manufacturing Processes and Materials: Exercises Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 2 Manufacturing Processes and Materials: Exercises © 2010 Miltiadis A. Boboulos & Ventus Publishing ApS ISBN 978-87-7681-695-7 Download free ebooks at bookboon.com 3 Contents Manufacturing Processes and Materials: Exercises Contents Summary 6 Question 1: Non-conventional manufacturing processes 7 Question 2: The Electro-discharge Machining (EDM)
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Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting ISSN 1946-052X 2012‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 1 Capital Structure and Firm Performance in the Financial Sector: Evidence from Australia Vedran Skopljak School of Economics and Finance‚ La Trobe University Kingsbury Drive‚ Bundoora‚ Vic 3086‚ Australia Tel: 61-3-9479-1111 E-mail: vedran.skopljak@latrobe.edu.au Robin H. Luo (Corresponding author) Department of Finance‚ Wuhan University Luojia Hill‚ Wuhan 430072‚ China Tel: 86-27-6875-2740 E-mail: robin.h.luo@gmail.com
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INTRODUCTION 1 WHAT ARE ROBOTS ADVANTEGES AND DİSADVANTAGES? 1 ADVANTAGES 1 DİSADVANTAGES 3 THE FUTURE OF ROBOTS 3 WHAT CAN ROBOTS DO? 5 CONCLUSION 5 REFERENCES 6 ROBOTİCS INTRODUCTION Robots are the largest growing technological devices in the world. They perform many functions ranging from space exploration to entertainment. In the following essay the functions of robots‚ the various types of robots and the advantages and
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MANAGEMENT REPORT 2004 sponsored by part of the Industry Research Report program from The Manufacturer CONTENTS Sponsor list Objectives‚ methodology‚ and demographics Executive summary Supply chain maturity Barriers to collaboration Does your company’s supply chain management measure up? Page 8 Business challenges Supply chain metrics State of the market Supply chain technology investment and initiatives Measuring supply chain investment payback Current and planned capabilities 2 5 7 8
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MSc – Human Resources Management Main Assignment “Flexible firm” as a Hotel’s Human Resource Planning Strategy Overview Human Resource Management (HRM) textbooks often begin their sections of “HRM practices / functions” by first introducing the topic of Human Resource Planning (HRP) and secondly the topic of Recruitment and Selection‚ while other topics such as Training and Development‚ Reward Management‚ Performance Management‚ etc‚ are introduced in later chapters. It is observed that this
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES OF SMALL‚ HIGH GROWTH ELECTRONICS FIRMS In a relatively short period of time the Japanese have been able to produce higher quality products that are more reliable and cost less than many competing products manufactured throughout the world. Their ability to accomplish this task has been attributed to their precise utilization of various operations management activities‚ along with human resource development in the manufacturing segment of their organizations. If
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Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” takes place in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Lt. Jimmy Cross and his men all carried‚ or humped‚ necessities for the war. Much of these necessities depended on standard operating procedure and their rank. O’Brian Writes “These men also carried near necessities like can openers‚ food rations‚ mosquito repellant‚ and water. Some of these necessities depended on the person. Ted Lavender carried tranquilizers because he was scared. Dave Jensen carried extra socks
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