Collegiate and the Mini. Both are made out of the same rip-resistant nylon fabric. Back Savers has a long-term contract with a supplier of the nylon and receives a 5000 square-foot shipment of the material each week. Each Collegiate requires 3 square feet while each Mini requires 2 square feet. The sales forecasts indicate that at most 1000 Collegiates and 1200 Minis can be sold per week. Each Collegiate requires 45 minutes of labor to produce and generates a unit profit of $32. Each Mini requires 40 minutes
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and compare them with their capacity. Their research suggests that at least 65% of the high school age population will play at least one round of mini golf per season. There is less concrete data available for the adult and family population. A conservative assumption would be that 20% of the remaining adult and family population of 243‚000 will play mini golf at least once per season. This is equivalent to a minimum of 61‚000 rounds played in the season. The research also suggests that the new course
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motorcycle markets. Owns 3 brands: BMW MINI Rolls-Royce Initially an aircraft engine supplier due to World War I at that time in Germany. International ventures began in 1972 when it set up a production plant in South Africa. In 1983‚ BMW built its first diesel engine. In 1994‚ it purchased the Rover Group‚ with the brands Rover‚ Land Rover‚ MINI & MG. In 1998‚ it purchased Rolls-Royce. In 2000‚ it sold Rover‚ Land Rover & MG‚ but retained MINI. Helmut Panke become CEO in 2001
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Background: BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) is one of Germany’s largest industrial companies and the most successful car and motorcycle manufacturers in the world. It was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Munich‚ Bavaria‚ Germany. Mission statement: "The BMW Group is the world ’s leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility." The IT-Infrastructure at BMW: The IT-infrastructure is almost totally responsible for the company’s entire infrastructure
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Characteristics and methods involved in ethnomethodological ethnography The interaction of individuals belonging to a social comunity tends to produce many patterns of behaviour and actions and reactions. These patterns reflects the presence of a social order and a set of rules of conduct that organises the thinking structure of this group. Researchers in many social disciplines such as sociology‚ political science and anthropology have attempted to understand many individual and common aspects
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The BMW Group will expand production capacity at its US plant in Spartanburg from some 150‚000 to 240‚000 units by 2012. Plans for the expansion are already underway. Capacity at the Oxford MINI plant is to be increased to 260‚000 units per annum—without making further investments in infrastructure. The BMW Group will take the first step towards expanding its capacity in China by raising it from 30‚000 to 44‚000 units a year. Furthermore‚ the company will work on strategically increasing purchasing
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research‚ observe and write in order to produce ethnographies. Though many travel to foreign locations to examine natives and exotic ethnic groups‚ others conduct ethnographic research within their own culture. However‚ is the process of ethnography essentially the same regardless of the diverse cultures anthropologists examine‚ and the use of a recording device rather than a notebook? Though there are similarities between the processes‚ ethnographies differ depending on the anthropologist and the
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An ethnography‚ also referred to as field research‚ is a qualitative research method in which the researcher can directly observe what goes on at the research site as well as participate‚ including asking questions. It is a useful method for studying small groups‚ such as work groups‚ in their natural setting. Ethnography is the term used by cultural anthropologists for conducting field research. Sociologists tend to use the term field research or participant observation. Ethno means "people" and
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INTRODUCTION a. Background of The Study Communication is vital to human existence. It is how we pass on others our thoughts and feelings; tell them what we want them to do; ask them to help us; share with them our knowledge and experience. Without communication‚ we would each live as if alone in the world. Language is by far the most widely used of all communication methods; communication is the most important function of language. Study of the sociological aspects of language‚ Sociolinguists
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At what extent has the researcher gone beyond the legal limits of obtaining information? For example with Venkatesh in Gang Leader for a Day is it to far when Sudhir rides along while his key informant is conducting gang activity? Currently in Ethnography it is hard to define the way an ethnographer is supposed to interact with their subjects in their fieldwork process. Many ethnographers are expanding on the way they interact with individuals in who can provide information on the subject at hand
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