1. a. “Statistics is the nerve center for Operations Research.” Discuss. b. State any four areas for the application of OR techniques in Financial Management‚ how it improves the performance of the organization. 2. At the beginning of a month‚ a lady has Rs. 30‚000 available in cash. She expects to receive certain revenues at the beginning of the months 1‚ 2‚ 3 and 4 and pay the bills after that‚ as detailed here: Month Revenue Bills 1 Rs
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Projective techniques in market research: valueless subjectivity or insightful reality? A look at the evidence for the usefulness‚ reliability and validity of projective techniques in market research Clive Boddy Middlesex University Business School Projective techniques are often used in market research to help uncover findings in areas where those researched are thought to be reluctant or unable to expose their thoughts and feelings via more straightforward questioning techniques. However‚
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& SCIENCE SUB: PRODUCTION AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT S.Y.B.M.S. DIV: A SUBMITTED TO: PROF. AARTI SHARMA GROUP MEMBERS NAME | ROLL.NO | AMIT GAWAD | 35 | CHINTAN JOSHI | 49 | AMBADAS MUNGAL | 85 | JIGNESH KAWA | 57 | PRATIK JADHAV | 46 | INDEX SR. NO. | PARTICULARS | 1. | The Delphi Technique — What Is It? | 2. | History | 3. |
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An Evaluation of Graduate Recruitment Techniques Many organisations now offer a graduate scheme and this is because it gives them the opportunity to find new talent which they can nurture within their business. Graduates also bring new ideas and fresh approaches to a business and are often hungry to impress and improve rapidly. Successful recruitment and selection stages are paramount to ensuring the best candidate is selected for the role. The business obviously hopes to attract candidates
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Brainstorming is a group creativity technique by which a group tries to find a solution for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas spontaneously contributed by its members. The term was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book Applied Imagination. In the book‚ Osborn not only proposed the brainstorming method but also established effective rules for hosting brainstorming sessions. Brainstorming has become a popular group technique and has aroused attention in academia. Multiple
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Alan Turing was an English codebreaker stationed in Bletchley Park‚ Englands codebreaking center. Even though he was stripped of his reputation later in life‚ his modification of the Bomba‚ as well as his other contributions‚ saved more lives and shortened the war more than any other effort. He broke the German Naval Enigma code‚ as well as adding the vital modifications to the Polish “Bomba” that brought about the English “Bombe” that saved so much time and so many lives throughout the war. Some
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The Delphi method (pron.: /ˈdɛlfaɪ/ del-fy) is a structured communication technique‚ originally developed as a systematic‚ interactive forecasting method which relies on a panel of experts.[1] In the standard version‚ the experts answer questionnaires in two or more rounds. After each round‚ a facilitator provides an anonymous summary of the experts’ forecasts from the previous round as well as the reasons they provided for their judgments. Thus‚ experts are encouraged to revise their earlier answers
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chairman of the Federal Reserve. During the boom of the beginning of this decade the word of Alan Greenspan was golden. The old adage "if it aint broke‚ don ’t fix it" seemed to apply to the reappointment of Alan Greenspan at each election season. Even when a democratic president left office‚ he was reappointed by the incoming Republican president rather than being replaced by a republican counterpart. Alan Greenspan controlled the economy during the booming 90 ’s into the declining economy of the
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James Alan McPherson When one begins to look into the life of James Alan McPherson you find a very common story among people of his time. Born in 1943 in the south‚ he lived during a time of segregation. He worked numerous odd jobs while going to a Catholic school to help support his mother and siblings when his father developed a drinking problem and was jailed. McPherson felt that his father had abandoned his family and that it was his responsibility to help support them in his father’s absence
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Visual Techniques Dara Nichols CGD 218 Professor Argo August 31‚ 2009 There are many different types of visual film techniques that I see being used in contemporary television. Some of the techniques I see are the use of extreme long shots‚ which shows a lot of landscape that helps establish the location and atmosphere of the film that is being shot. Another technique that is used frequently is the use of a bridgingss shot‚ which is used to cover a change in time or place. Some specific
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