Lesson from NUMMI The first and foremost change in NUMMI as a learning organization was in management philosophy. In the old Fremont plant‚ the management never trusted the workers and in fighting mode with the union. Union functioned to get the most compensation with the least work‚ while management functioned to get the most production with the least compensation. Workers had no sense of ownership‚ they did not see total picture‚ their performance was low. NUMMI started with belief that workers
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[pic] Cambridge CELTA Written Assignments Trainee: Michael Andrady Title of Assignment: Lessons from the classroom Date submitted First submission: Date submitted Second submission: I confirm that this assignment is my own work signed by trainee |Tutor’s comments: first submission
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Lessons from Nature Scientists are always trying to find more effective ways of making high performance materials with minimum consumption of energy and resources‚ minimum waste production and‚ of course‚ maximum functionality. In other words‚ they are trying to make materials that are economically viable‚ environmentally friendly and versatile. Living organisms are examples of design that consume the least amount of energy and materials. They are designed strictly for function‚ yet they excel
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Lessons from Esso’s Gas Plant Explosion at Longford In September 1998 Esso Australia’s gas plant at Longford in Victoria suffered a major fire. Two men were killed and the state’s gas supply was severed for two weeks‚ causing chaos in Victorian industry and considerable hardship in homes which were dependent on gas. What happened was that a warm liquid system (known as the “lean oil” system) failed‚ allowing a metal heat exchanger to become intensely cold and therefore brittle. When operators
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A Lesson from the Amish? This essay takes a different view on how our children should be taught basic literacy skills‚ and it starts with having a greater connection with your family. Basic learning skills must start at a very young age when the child’s brain is most capable retaining information. The father of the household will start by reading a children s Disney story to his six year old son. Though the boy is not able at this young age to read or write‚ he is actively participating and gaining
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world and learn about other people. What I learned in the military I have applied it to my daily life. I learned to never judge someone by what they look like or how they live. Just because it is new to you or different dose not mean it is wrong. As a police officer I learned to appreciate that everyone is different and unique. I was able to apply the times I went overseas and the different people I’d met in the military to my work as an officer. People from all over talk different‚ dress different
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Report: Lessons from the Titanic Adapted from Causes and Effects of the Rapid Sinking of the Titanic by Vicki Bassett (http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/uer/bassett.html) Date: 12 January 2012 Word count: 2802 Abstract This article discusses the material failures and design flaws that contributed to the rapid sinking of the Titanic‚ which collided with a massive iceberg in 1912 while on her maiden voyage from England to the United States. There were 2200 passengers
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Lessons from “FEARLESS” the Adam Brown Story. 1. We all have strengths and weaknesses. 2. Choose your friends wisely! 3. To overcome your weaknesses‚ you must first accept the fact that you have one and not be in denial‚ and deal with that fact first. 4. When you’re wrong own up to it! Talk is cheap. Back up your apology with action that says you realize what you did was wrong and you know it. Don’t keep making the same mistake over and over. Ask for foregiveness. 5. You must give it
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The Vietnam War was the longest deployment of U.S. forces in hostile action in the history of the American republic. Although there is no formal declaration of war from which to date U.S. entry‚ President John F. Kennedy’s decision to send over 2‚000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat. U.S. unit combat began in 1965 (Anderson‚ 1999). During this time there were many significant lessons that were learned and still affect the
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surviving commercial aircraft companies are Airbus and Boeing. Airbus now employs about 57‚000 people While this strategy did bringing sixteen organizations together‚ these disparate business units had trouble functioning as an integrated organization from the very beginning. Even by 2001‚ it was still seen as a loosely knit organization. A Financial Times article argued that the retention of production and engineering assets by the separate partner companies made Airbus nothing more than a “sales and
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