worker to use a variety of skills and talent. In the case of assembly line workers the organisation might compile and offer Training and Development for assembly line workers which may grow them both personally and professionally and also improve and broaden their skills. This acquired skills may be used in variety of tasks on the assembly line. b) Job Identity: allowing the worker to see the job as a whole and recognise. Assembly line are normally based job specialisation which may prohibit a worker
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LINE-AND-STAFF ORGANIZATIONS Organizational structure involves‚ in addition to task organizational boundary considerations‚ the designation of jobs within an organization and the relationships among those jobs. There are numerous ways to structure jobs within an organization‚ but two of the most basic forms include simple line structures and line-and-staff structures. In a line organization‚ top management has complete control‚ and the chain of command is clear and simple. Examples of line organizations
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Carnival Cruise Lines is a British-American owned cruise line based in the Doral suburb of Miami‚ Florida (Carnival Cruise Lines‚ n.d.). The company offers vacations that appeal to a wide range of lifestyles and budgets. Carnival was founded in 1972 as an independent company by Ted Arison. The cruise line company became known as the world’s most popular cruise line and in 1987 it made an initial public offering of 20 percent of its common stock. The public offering provided the company with an influx
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TASK 1 1.0 Definition of Below the Line Tools The terms ’below-the-line ’ promotion or communication refers to forms of non-media communication‚ even non-media advertising. Below-the-line promotions are becoming increasingly important within the communications mix of many companies‚ not only those involved in products‚ but also for industrial goods. http://www.coolavenues.com/mba-journal/marketing/below-line-promotion For my understanding‚ below the line tools means that the promotion is not
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DELTA AIR LINES RESEARCH Lemeka Fields Michael Green Alana Ireland Justin Latimore MGNT 3165-1 June 13‚ 2012 DELTA AIRLINES RESEARCH BY: Fields‚ Lameka N. Green‚ Michael A. Ireland‚ Alana. Latimore‚ Justin Abstract Delta Air Linesheadquartered in Atlanta Georgia‚ in the United States. Delta Airlines operates extensive domestic and international network serving all continents except Antarctica. Delta is the sixth-oldest operating airline by foundation date‚ and the oldest
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The line and staff activity has been debated for many years. One of the earliest expositions in line-staff activities dates back to 1911‚ in the military’s plan to simplify shop work (Fisch‚ 1961). These two activities are often perceived as one process; however they are not the same. There are fundamental differences between line and staff activity. These two functions cross over in organizations including health care‚ manufacturing‚ and service organizations. The line does not have direct authority
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TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE The triple bottom line refers to an extension of the criteria used to measure organisational success. Traditionally‚ business success (or failure) is measured in terms of its economic performance. A business is considered to be successful if it has generated a sufficient financial return from its investments‚ financing activities and operating activities. The triple bottom line takes into account three criteria for assessing organisational performance; 1. economic‚
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References: [1] Deros B.M.‚ Khamis N.K.(2011) “An ergonomics study on assembly line workstation design”. American Journal of Applied Sciences 8 (11):1195-1201. [2] Battini D.‚ Faccio M.‚ (2011)‚ “New methodological framework to improve productivity and ergonomics in assembly system design”‚ International Journal of industrial ergonomics 41(30-32). [3] Saptari A.‚ Lai W.S. (2011)‚ “Jig design‚ assembly line design and work station design and their effect to productivity”. Jordan Journal of Mechanical
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STRAIGHT LINE MODEL In many investigations‚ two or more variables are observed for each experimental unit in order to determine: 1. Whether the variables are related. 2. How strong the relationships appear to be. 3. Whether one variable of primary interest can be predicted from observations on the others. Regression analysis concerns the study of relationships between quantitative variables with the object of identifying‚ estimating‚ and validating the relationship. The estimated relationship
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The Law of Line Extension Definition The Law of Line Extension has been created with the belief that a company should not overextend themselves to the point that they want to encompass an entire market of many different products at the cost of losing their market share. Many companies are able to rise to the top of their market to become first in class for their product. There are times when a product or the company that has created and established a first in class product begins to achieve a
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