General Awareness (Exam Held on 16-5-2010) 1. India attained ‘Dominion Status’ on— (A) 15th January‚ 1947 (B) 15th August‚ 1947 (C) 15th August‚ 1950 (D) 15th October‚ 1947 Ans : (B) 2. Despotism is possible in a— (A) One party state (B) Two party state (C) Multi party state (D) Two and multi party state Ans : (A) 3. Marx belonged to— (A) Germany (B) Holland (C) France (D) Britain Ans : (A) 4. Which one of the following is the guardian of Fundamental Rights ? (A) Legislature (B) Executive
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5S show efficiency in time‚ transforming the physical environment of work area and spirit of all employee levels. 1. Sorting You separate the things you need from the ones you don’t need. Sort through items in the work area and remove what is not essential to conduct your business there. Why do that? * To eliminate unnecessary items * To free floor space for the required items * To reduce your inventories (be they supplies or work in process) * To free resources (things that
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Introduction: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Today it is the third largest tire company in the world after Bridgestone and Michelin. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles‚ commercial trucks‚ light trucks‚ SUVs‚ race cars‚ airplanes‚ and heavy earth-mover machinery. Although the company was not connected with him‚ it was named in honour of Charles Goodyear. Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber in 1839. The first Goodyear Tires became popular because
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The economic environment has impacted Belle Tire and its customers by increasing the auto repair industry over the last several years. As the economy slowly improves‚ customers are hesitant to buy new cars and thus have a greater need for auto repairs and maintenance. This impacts Belle Tire by increasing the amount of people who need vehicle maintenance and repair work. When looking at the impact of the socio-cultural environment on Belle Tire and its customers‚ the biggest factor is time orientation
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stimulate economic opportunities for U.S. businesses and their employees (Satterlee‚ 2009). b. Summary In his article‚ Get-Tough Policy on Chinese Tires Falls Flat‚ John Bussey sheds some light on to the tariff that the U.S. enacted in 2009 on Chinese tire imports. The tariff was meant to limit the import of passenger and light-truck tires and help give a boost to manufacturers and job creation in the U.S. As many of the opponents of the tariff point out‚ it has not added any substantial amount
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JOB DISSATISFACTION AND HIGH TURNOVER AT LIMA TIRE PLANT Executive Summary: Currently‚ the Lime Tire Plant is one of Treadway’s most efficient plants in terms of output due to utilizing new technology but is not performing to its potential due to high employee turnover at the foreman level. In 2007‚ turnover was 46% for the foreman position and overall morale and dissatisfaction was spreading throughout the company. The overall tire manufacturer industry is experiencing a drastic increase in
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Lower Sloane Street London. 1972 opened a second restaurant‚ The Waterside Inn‚ Bray Berkshire . Le Gavroche 1982 became first restaurant in UK to be awarded three Michelin stars. The Waterside Inn in 1985‚ Le Gavroche went back to two stars 1993. 2010 The Waterside Inn became first restaurant outside France to hold three Michelin stars for a period of 25 years. Guillaume Tirel Guillaume Tirel‚ a popular French cook in the court of Valois kings and also during the Hundred Years War. Born 1310
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Executive summary The tire industry is a very competitive industry with major players such as Bridgestone Corporation; The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin. Competing in this market with low margins has been hard for Continental AG before 1995. They have been losing money due to their high manufacturing costs and not able to compete against big competitors. Von Grunberg was appointed as new CEO in 1991 and has implemented several changes for
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In the Treadway case‚ Ashley Wall needed to "develop a thorough analysis of root causes and a specific plan to address these issues" (p.6). Using what you have learned from the case study thus far in the course (analyzing the data and information in the case‚ and identifying additional information that would lead to a deeper understanding of the problem)‚ provide a final analysis of the problem and its root causes‚ and develop a plan to address the issues. Your response to this assignment should
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S04a2 Gaining a Deeper Understanding of the Problem – Evelyn Sanders 1 In the video Ashley and John identified the issues at Treadway Tire Company as being low morale among workers‚ the rising cost of raw materials and line foremen turnover rate. I did identify the same issues as Ashley and John did in the Treadway case‚ however‚ I did identify to other issues not identified by Ashley and John. One organization issue is that one plant manager is not enough personnel to properly oversee a
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