Past Year Questions OPM 530 COMPILATION OF PAST YEAR QUESTIONS OPM 530 – INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT JAN 2012 – OCTOBER 2006 CHAPTER 1- Introduction to Operations Management and Productivity JUN2012 a) Define productivity and elaborate on any four (4) importance of productivity to an organization. (10 marks) b) Discuss any five (5) challenged faced by today’s operations managers (10 marks) APR 2011 a) Define operations management with the aid of appropriate diagram. b) Discuss any
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1.0 Industry Profile 1.1 General Introduction Insurance in India can be traced back to the Vedas. For instance‚ yogakshema‚ the name of Life Insurance Corporation of India’s corporate headquarters‚ is derived from the Rig Veda. The term suggests that a form of “community insurance” was prevalent around 1000 BC and practiced by the Aryans. Burial societies of the kind found in ancient Rome were formed in the Buddhist period to help families build houses‚ protect widows and children. Bombay Mutual
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Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Workers Sean BSHS 471 July 7‚ Robert Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Service Workers Working in the human service field can be a very difficult job to accomplish for many people. Some people believe that this type of a job is a skill that you have to be born with‚ whereas other people believe you can be taught the right attitude. I believe the type of compassion that is involved in this field of work is
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1. Analytics: Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data. Especially valuable in areas rich with recorded information‚ analytics relies on the simultaneous application of statistics‚ computer programming and operations research to quantify performance. Analytics often favors data visualization to communicate insight. Firms may commonly apply analytics to business data‚ to describe‚ predict‚ and improve business performance. Specifically‚ arenas within analytics
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QUESTIONNAIRE ❖ Has the advertising scenario changed in India in recent times? ❖ What are the emerging patterns‚ concepts and paradigms in the advertising industry? ❖ How has Internet in your opinion changed the rules of marketing and communication and the associated dynamics of the market place? ❖ Advertising on mobile phones has also become quite popular recently. What are your views on this? ❖ Is in store merchandising programs becoming as popular as Internet
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rehabilitated. The third restorative theory is one‚ which believes that true rehabilitation takes place when such person is allowed back into the community and is a combination of both retributive and rehabilitative theories‚ seeks to (1 )deter future and past criminals from doing a crime because the threat of incarceration looms (2 ) incapacitate the offender to stop the individual from possibly endangering others (3 ) punish the criminal by serving time and living a restricted lifestyle and (4 ) rehabilitate
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SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT EXAMINATION MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES Time: 09h00 – 12h00 Date: 22 OCTOBER 2012 Mark allocation: 100 marks Number of pages: 6 Examiner’s instructions: 1. Answer ALL questions in Section A‚ two (2) questions from Section B and two (2) questions from Section C.. 2. Lay your work out clearly‚ using headings‚ sub-headings and paragraph numbers. 3. The examination should be conducted in strict silence. 4. This is a closed book exam. No books or notes
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Error Correction in Second Language Writing: Teachers’ Beliefs‚ Practices‚ and Students’ Preferences Victor Albert Francis S. Corpuz Supervisors: Lynette May Annette Patterson Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Education Master of Education (Research) September 2011 Abstract Error correction is perhaps the most widely used method for responding to student writing. W hile various studies have investigated the effectiveness of providing error correction‚ there has
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Team‚ here is our next assignment. Please pick your parts and submit by Wednesday no later than 10 p.m. I won’t be able to submit on Thursday so this MUST be done by Wednesday. There are a total of 17 questions (includes intro and conclusion). Please make sure we do not pick duplicates. I placed my name next to the question I will take care of. Each person pick 4 sections. I need a volunteer to do 5. Interview another agency that uses mediation or other conflict resolution processes either
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Community Corrections James Waylon Jahns Instructor Eicher Introduction to Corrections April 7‚ 2013 Community Corrections Introduction Community corrections does not work! Foster (2006) gives us ample information concerning community corrections‚ from probation to house arrest‚ we provide our criminals with a gambit of programs designed to rehabilitate themselves as well as help them start a new life. Recidivism is at an all-time high and the crime rate is stagnant as criminals pass
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