The Airplane game‚ an exercise in lean thinking. After reviewing the article The Lean Service Machine (Swank‚ 2003) and watching a video series on making toast using the concepts of Kaizen‚ the class settled into the simulation. This simulation utilized the uniquely simple task of making a paper airplane and transformed it into an overly complicated multi-step batch process simulating the complex production processes that control the manufacturing of military aircraft. There was a job initiator that
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Another important theme that I witnessed this semester while doing the Statecraft simulation was the major theories. Here are some examples of how theories were used in our Statecraft world. Some countries tended to be realists‚ liberals‚ and feminists. The Empire‚ country 6 and USM chose to be realists because they have powerful military‚ decent resources and great influence on other countries. They allied with each other to create the Northern bloc. This bloc represents the three authoritative
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Individual Project: Verbal Presentation Dr. Ho Jee Hou 1. Practicalities 2. Material 3. Audience 4. Yourself 1. Practicalities Worth 10% 15 minutes + 5 minutes for questions Timetable to be circulated through email PowerPoint presentation is recommended Peer assessed (among a group of 7 – 8 students) 2. Material Time is precious You do not have to include everything Tell a coherent story Present your results clearly What to say Structure your presentation
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Change Simulation Experience “It is not the strongest of the species that survive‚ nor the most intelligent‚ but the ones most responsive to change.” - Charles Darwin Charles Darwin’s groundbreaking theory of evolution was certainly not restricted to species in the wild. Adapting to change in any corporate environment is fundamental to the success of any organization and its employees. Achieving this success depends on a key ingredient – appropriate application of change management that
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Age Simulation Reaction I often times sit back and think of myself as elder later on in life. So many thoughts come to mind about my physical appearance; not so many thoughts in regards to my own mindset or the mindset of others that surround me‚ both seniors and young people. I have never been a person to care how others feel about me‚ but this one day in particular when I was put in the shoes of an elderly person my world was turned upside down by the words‚ looks‚ and thoughts of others. Going
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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. CH1004. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION. FILE-CONTROL. SELECT STUDENT-FILE
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density was rated the highest among all features so we decided to focus on this one. We chose energy density within the NiMH due to its historical profitability. The minimum annual cost for this project was $3M. Since this was our first round of the simulation‚ we decided to invest the minimum required. Our team also felt it was important to focus on process improvement. Learning from the GEOX case study‚ in order to compete with surrounding competition‚ a company must
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marketing plan for Greenworld Game 2 aims to outline and analyse the market strategy in the simulation Game 2. Also‚ an evaluation of the previous strategic decisions as well as the SWOT of our company should be given. Based on this‚ recommendations for the next 4 years (8 periods) of the marketing strategy will be presented. 2. Executive Summary This report provides an analysis of the competitive environment of the UK supermarket sector as represented in simulation game 2. The objective of this
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consumerism‚ gender relations‚ economics‚ social history‚ art‚ Western foreign policy and popular culture. His best known works are ‘Simulacra and Simulation’ (1981)‚ America (1986)‚ and ‘The Gulf War Did Not Take Place’ (1991). Postmodernism and post-structuralism are the main areas in which his works are based on. Baudrillard in his essay Simulations‚ defines simulacrum as “…The simulacrum is never that which reveals the truth- it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum
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Doll Company by running simulation. We use different strategies to selecting projects in each round by using limited budget. We have run the simulation more than ten times to make sure we found the best way to run the company and the company is in the best condition. The given scenario is never change and we have the opportunity to run simulation multiple times‚ it made us easier to know which strategy is the best. We use different strategies in each one of our simulations. These strategies can mainly
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