Introduction The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) has been managing the production and availability of clean and potable water for a steadily-increasing population base since its establishment in 1918 by the Maryland General Assembly. The organization’s service area has remained about the same since its early years. According to the WSSC website‚ that area in the State of Maryland‚ “spans nearly 1‚000 square miles in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties serving 1.8 million residents
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In a 1999 New York Times piece‚ “How Suburban Design Is Failing Teen-Agers‚” William L. Hamilton‚ a reporter‚ poses the question “are the parents attempts at a better life for their children failing their children?” Is the isolation that the parents sought from the inner-city really alienating the children once they become teen-agers? Mr. Hamilton goes on to say that urban planners and architects are beginning to rethink their designs. Suburban design is being criticized for lacking an
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Now‚ on reaching the station the problem of purchasing the tickets seemed to be a difficult one. In order to have an idea of the difficulties of a second class journey‚ we intended to travel by second class. We found line ‚ two of us stood in the line and it was with great difficulty that ten tickets were purchased. Then we went to the platform and found that the train was above half-an-hour late. We had to wait for the train on the platform. This long wait was very tiresome. I passed the time in
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES & PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF RAILWAYS Based on European railway reform experiences and applied to Israel Railways J. W. Wolff September 2011 Organizational Structures & Performance Evaluation of Railways Based on European railway reform experiences and applied to Israel Railways Master Thesis September 2011 Jeroen W. Wolff Thesis Committee: Prof. Dr.-Ing. I.A. Hansen (TU Delft‚ Faculty CiTG) dr. W.W. Veeneman (TU Delft‚ Faculty TPM) ir. P.B.L. Wiggenraad
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of the Organizational Culture Prevalent Among The Dabbawalas of Mumbai The Dabbawala tiffin delivery system is perhaps a unique example of a world renowned business that operates with extremely high efficiency despite lacking the use of any significant technological tools. Tasked with delivering a large number of hot home-cooked meals from their client’s residences to offices‚ the organization has ingeniously used the Mumbai suburban train network in order to facilitate their operation. The Dabbawalas
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Indian Railways: Five Year Strategic Plan 1 Introduction The Indian Railways has a capital base of about Rs. 100000 crore and is often referred to as the lifeline of the Indian economy because of its predominance in transportation of bulk freight and long distance passenger traffic. The network crisscrosses the nation‚ binding it together by ferrying freight and passengers across the length and breadth of the country. As the Indian economy moves into a high growth trajectory the Railways have
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MUMBAI‚ INDIA CALL CENTER: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY Submitted to: Sharon Johnson‚ Vice President On July 14‚ 2005 Submitted by: Justin Sheets‚ Operations Director INTRODUCTION At your request‚ I have investigated the circumstances behind the diminished call capacity‚ operational mistakes‚ and customer complaints originating out of the call center in Mumbai‚ India. As internal records detail‚ these issues have continued to affect the call center and remain unmitigated
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The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is a public sector company set up and fully owned by the Ministry of Railways. The IRCTC has been incorporated under the Companies Act 1956‚ has its Registered Office at 9th Floor‚ Bank of Baroda Building‚ Sansad Marg‚ New Delhi 110001. This company has been formed to function as an extended arm of the Indian Railways to upgrade‚ professionalize and manage the catering and hospitality services at stations‚ on trains and other locations
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Indian Railways has a wide network throughout the nation. With the help of this widely spread railway networks‚ you can reach any place of India. Both passengers and freight can be transported to anywhere of India by the help of Indian Railways. This also creates impact on the Indian Economy. This article deals with how Indian Railways impact the Economy of India or the impact of Indian Railways on the Indian economy. India is a land of diverse culture as well as religion. In different parts of
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4.5 The unfulfilled high-speed railway development Continuity of domination by the capitalist class and road-oriented policy Since 1990s when Thailand has become one of the newly-industrialized countries‚ the capitalist class has been in the dominated status‚ as its members have been able to capture the state and adjust national interests to compatible with its interest. During the 1990s‚ the bunch of provincial capitalists directed the legislative process in the parliament as elected members (Pasuk
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