Dabawalas Dabawalas‚ the story of Mumbai’s homemade food delivery service gives an insight of a 115-year old enterprise and what makes it a successful enterprise. Through the series of conversation amongst four characters- Anita Dalal‚ Srinivas Pandit‚ Raghunath Megde (Raghu) and Gangram Talekar (Ganga) a different perspective of organisation and its working model is known. At the end of every chapter are the takeaways which tell the reader how Dabawalas differ from their competitors in their working
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The Goal The Goal‚ by Eliyahu Goldratt is a novel focused on the challenges and improvement of operational efficiency. The book is about Alex Rogo‚ a thirty something year old‚ probably has an undergraduate degree in engineering and an MBA. He is married with 2 children‚ working as an executive for UniCo for the past 15 years. He began his career as project engineer‚ now works as a plant manager of manufacturing factory in Bearington‚ his home town. His boss is Bill Peach‚ division manager at the
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The book that has had the most influence on me is called‚ A Quaker Book of Wisdom‚ by Robert Lawrence Smith. In my freshman year I was enrolled in a class called the History of Peace. The book was an optional part of the reading list. I will admit I didn’t read it that year‚ but when I cleaned out my locker‚ it was sitting there in a stack of books and I felt compelled to read it. Robert Lawrence Smith was a former headmaster of Sidwell Friends School in Washington‚ D.C. What I enjoyed about
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John Lippert‚ Nacha Cattan‚ and Mario Parker. “Heroin Pushed on Chicago by Cartel Fueling Gang Murders.” Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg L.P.‚ 17 September 2013. Web. 25 September 2013 Sypnosis This article addresses Joaquin Guzman‚ a Mexican drug lord‚ and his affiliation with the state of the city of Chicago. Guzman has created an empire with “near-monopoly control” that is virtually untouchable by the law enforcers of the United States (Lippert‚ Cattan‚ and Parker
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Eddie Red‚ Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile Fiction Book Report The title of the book of my book report is Eddie Red‚ Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile and it is by Marcia Wells. The date of publication of the book is April 1‚ 2014. This book tells a slow‚ mystery that gets solved at the end. I chose this book because I like to read about mystery and how it gets solved. The author has written 3 books‚ the books I chose is her newest. She had also won awards‚ such as the young reader’s choice
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unsupervised peer groups‚ which are unsupervised because the formal institutions of society such as schools‚ church and families break down. the new urban institutions are not yet strong enough to replace them‚ especially for the acculturating children. Chicago schools have gangs as temporary product of the second generation. Back then gangs followed a certain code and they were also filled with order. they gave out violations for not following the law that was laid down by the chief in command or a higher
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More Black Children Die in Chicago from Gun Violence than Soldiers from Chicago Die in Iraq By Phillip Jackson Recently in Chicago‚ teen gunman boarded a crowded public bus near a high school and opened fire with a handgun. I imagined this scene must have been similar to the bus bombings that are so common in war-torn Iraq. As I researched this analogy‚ I found striking similarities between what is happening in Black communities across the United States and what is happening in a full-fledged
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I’se a Man Political Awakening and the 1942 Riot in the Bahamas Abstract When Americans began building their World War II bases in Nassau‚ the Bahamians they hired expected the high wage rates that usually accompanied foreign contracts. Unfortunately‚ the Bahamian government had negotiated much lower rates than were expected. Green‚ with his cry ‚I’se a man‚‛ captured the indignation that many of his co-workers felt. After attempts to address the wage issue by collective bargaining
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This was due to that fact that the efforts were shy and attempted to gain recognition slowly with minimal attention--causing them to appear as more isolated and unconfident. However‚ although there was a negative association before the Stonewall riots‚ the harsh connections
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Warren Bryan 3/5/12 Book Review: Capitalism & Freedom Author: Milton Friedman Milton Friedman’s Capitalism & Freedom is one of the most important books regarding economics of the 20th century. His thoughts laid the groundwork for the emerging modern conservative movement‚ which was an evolution of the 19th century beliefs surrounding liberalism. Friedman’s major themes of his most famous work consist of the roles of competitive capitalism‚ as well as the role that government should
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