IMPORTANT THEORY QUESTIONS IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 1. Define productivity. How can it be measured? How can the productivity of an organization be increased? 2. What is the transformation process? Explain the transformation process in a restaurant. 3. How is a job shop different from the batch production process? 4. What are the differences between manufacturing and service operations? 5. What are the characteristics of a good product design? 6. What is service capacity? Which strategies
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Article review on “Product family design and platform-based product development: a state-of-the-art review Jianxin (Roger) Jiao · Timothy W. Simpson · Zahed Siddique” Submitted by – ANUPAM SARMA (1220111) This article throws light on product family design and tells us its importance. The review is based on the product families which includes fundamental issues and definitions‚ product portfolio and product family positioning‚ platform-based product family design‚ Manufacturing and production
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Que: 1:- Outline and assess TWO communication theories/models‚ which would help meet the communication requirements at the Government Disability Workshop. Ans: - Communication theories are best way to know human behavior. In other words communication theories explains systematic way about the nature of the communication process‚ certainly‚ And theories can do more better than summarize. Other functions of theories are to focus attention on particular concepts‚ clarify observations‚ predict communication
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Mid-term Review Questions Chapter 1 1. Define strategic competitiveness‚ strategy‚ competitive advantage‚ above-average returns‚ and the strategic management process. Strategic competitiveness is achieved when a firm successfully formulates and implements a value-creating strategy. Strategy is an integrated and coordinated set of commitments and actions designed to exploit core competencies and gain a competitive advantage. Competitive advantage is when a firm implements a strategy that its
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Relativity research task 1. James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish theoretical physicist who proposed a mathematical link between magnetism and light. He developed a series of mathematical equations that were eventually reduced to four equations now known as Maxwell’s equations. Explain the significance of Maxwell’s equation to scientists’ understanding of the transmission of light and the search for the aether in the Newtonian era of physics. James Clerk Maxwell developed four of the most influential
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Review Questions: 1. What is ethics‚ and how can it be distinguished from morality? Morality can be defined as a system of rules for guiding human conduct and principles for evaluating those rules and ethics is "the good life"‚ the life worth living or that is simply satisfying‚ which is held by many philosophers to be more important than moral conduct. 2. What is meant by a moral system? What are some of the key differences between the "rules of conduct" and the "principles of evaluation" that
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Advanced Physiology Study Questions for Chapter 1 1. Describe the organizational hierarchy of humans from cells to organ systems. 2. Describe the locations and specialized functions of the four basic cell and tissue types. 3. Describe the composition and function of the extracellular matrix. 4. Name the body water compartments and identify the structures that partition these compartments. 5. Define homeostasis. 6. Define dynamic constancy. 7. What term is used to describe the steady
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1467-6486.2010.00978.x Leadership in Organizational Knowledge Creation: A Review and Framework joms_978 1..38 Georg von Krogh‚ Ikujiro Nonaka and Lise Rechsteiner ETH Zurich; Hitotsubashi University; ETH Zurich abstract Organizational knowledge creation integrates context‚ knowledge assets‚ and knowledge creation processes throughout the organization. Using organizational knowledge creation theory as an organizing framework‚ we conduct a literature review that shows prior work has focused on
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There are many different theories when it comes to motivating people. One theory by Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856 – 1917) put forward the idea that workers are motivated mainly by pay. His Theory was that workers do not naturally enjoy work and so they would need close supervision and control. Elton Mayo (1880 – 1949) believed that workers are not just concerned with money but could be better motivated by having their social needs met at work. Mayo introduced the Human Relation School of thought
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Review Questions Chapter 2: What is a business case? How does a business case affect an IT project? A business plan that forecasts costs and revenues for a particular project over several years‚ especially to attract financing. It affects because it would say whether the IT project is good enough to go or should it be abandoned. So for any company can save money. What is a SWOT analysis and why is it important? A SWOT analysis is to study any factor affecting any company and
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