El caso Southwest ilustra que el factor humano puede ser un elemento de diferenciación para conseguir ventajas competitivas duraderas. El objetivo que se pretende con este caso es que el alumno identifique la relación entre gestión de personas‚ estrategia y ventaja competitiva. La mayoría de los directivos no saben cómo hacerlo. - Ann Rhoades‚ vice president of people for Southwest Airlines. - United’s share in this market had fallen from 38 percent in 1991 to 30 percent in 1993.
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contributions from their paychecks; (since April of 2003 domestic workers have been entitled to unemployment benefits). In November of 2002‚ a schedule of minimum wages‚ including time-and-a-half provisions for overtime work‚ went into effect. The minima were set above the median hourly wages that prevailed at the time‚ making this a significant intervention in the domestic worker labor market. This paper attempts to determine if these regulations have had any effect on wages‚ employment levels‚ hours
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Prof. Dr. Peter Nauth Embedded Intelligent Systems Definition and Introduction Embedded Intelligent Systems deal with Embedded Systems and Intelligent Systems. Embedded Systems are microcontrollers which are embedded in a device (system‚ machine‚ product) and perform a dedicated task for this device as opposed to general purpose microcontroller in a PC. Examples are microcontrollers in elevators or in the ABS (Anti-Blocking-System) of cars. Intelligent Systems use intelligent
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“Correct management of inventory can be the difference between a business that hums along efficiently and one that sputters out prematurely” (Hoyt‚ 2002). Management of inventory is important to any business that wants to succeed. Companies purchase inventory systems to help manage the inventory of an organization. Team B Consulting has been requested by Dr. Christopher DeClerk of the University of Phoenix to evaluate different inventory systems. For the purpose of this summary‚ Team B reviewed
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the Alabama Board of Corrections‚ where her application was subsequently rejected. According to Alabama statue she did not meet the minimum 120-pounds weight requirement. She filed a complaint to the District Court challenging the height and weight minima as a violation of Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. She later amended her complaint to include a challenge to Regulation 204‚ adopted by the Alabama Board of Corrections‚ which establishes gender criteria when
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BOILER FUNCTION a closed vessel in which a liquid (usually water) is heated under pressure to generate a gas (usually steam) CLASSIFIED TO: HIGH PRESSURE: constructed to operate above the limits set for low-pressure boilers‚ and are typically used for power generation. LOW PRESSURE: limited to a maximum working pressure of 15 psig (pound-force per square inch gauge) for steam and 160 psig for hot water A boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated
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architecture was highly influenced by the Etruscans and the Greeks. From the Etruscans and early tribes the Romans found most of their basic architectural and engineering skills‚ which influenced the development of Roman aqueducts‚ especially Cloaca Maxima and from the Greeks some of components of Roman architecture were adapted. Having visited the Forum Romanum makes me think more about the importance of the site to the Romans and how it became the center and landmark of Rome. It’s really unfortunate
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Demetra Papadopoulos Driver’s Education DWI Paper Alcohol or ethyl alcohol is an intoxicating ingredient usually found in wines‚ beers and hard liquors. These drinks all contain different amounts of alcohol. Many people drink alcohol for different reasons and at different occasions. Alcohol has various affects on the body‚ the mind and the physical appearance of a person. Alcohol has a depressant affect on the normal functioning status of the body. As a person begins to drink‚ the first
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3. The Back Propagation Algorithm Having established the basis of neural nets in the previous chapters‚ let’s now have a look at some practical networks‚ their applications and how they are trained. Many hundreds of Neural Network types have been proposed over the years. In fact‚ because Neural Nets are so widely studied (for example‚ by Computer Scientists‚ Electronic Engineers‚ Biologists and Psychologists)‚ they are given many different names. You’ll see them referred to as Artificial Neural
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