capacity management - the meaning of capacity Introduction The capacity of a production unit (e.g. machine‚ factory) is its ability to produce or do that which the customer requires. In production and operations management‚ three types of capacity are often referred to: Potential Capacity | The capacity that can be made available to influence the planning of senior management (e.g. in helping them to make decisions about overall business growth‚ investment etc). This is essentially a long-term
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A question frequently asked today is whether planning has any relevance in a world of economic liberalization and the market economy. The short answer is that it does‚ but not the kind of planning we practised in the past which derived its rationale from the belief that centralized control on resource allocation‚ with extensive intervention in private sector decision making‚ was necessary to achieve rapid growth. Amartya Sen’s article‚ which is reprinted in this volume but which first appeared
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Overview of Planning OVERVIEW This toolkit is an overview of the different aspects involved in planning for an organisation or project. It should enable the user to make a clear distinction between strategic planning and action planning‚ both of which are dealt with in detail in separate toolkits. It also provides some ideas about techniques to use in planning. It should provide a fairly inexperienced planning team in any organisation with a clear picture of what planning should involve‚ and of
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characteristics of the marketing plan. Firstly‚ it will identify the role and nature of marketing plan. Secondly‚ it will outlines the structure of the marketing plan. Moreover‚ the paper will determines the each elements in the marketing plan and the linkage between these elements. Additionally‚ the two misconceptions will be examined. Last‚ it will conclude the marketing plan is indispensable to the organizations. Role and Nature of Marketing Plan Marketing plan is a business document that describes the
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AUDIT PLANNING Audit planning procedures are the first and perhaps the most important step in carrying out a successful audit. Without adequate planning‚ the likelihood of missing a significant risk area or encountering engagement-related problems increases considerably. As baseball great and noted philosopher‚ Yogi Berra puts it‚ “If you don’t plan on where you are going‚ you could end up someplace different!” All too often the auditor does not give adequate attention to audit planning for a vast
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[pic] Unit Guide to Disaster Recovery Planning Executive Summary: Unit Guide to Disaster Recovery Planning The University has recognized the significance of each unit producing and maintaining Disaster Recovery Plans (also known as business continuity or contingency plans) in order to prepare and address how each unit will continue doing business in the event of a severe disruption or disaster. The Disaster Recovery Planning Team‚ coordinated by the Client Advocacy
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3.2 DECENTRALISED PLANNING India is rightly regarded as the land of villages. In a country where 72.22% of the population (2001 Census) lives in 5‚80‚781 villages‚ the importance of rural local government popularly known as Panchayati Raj in India‚ is self-evident. Indeed‚ the idea of rural local government is part of a larger concern for social & economic amelioration of the people‚ a task to which the country is irrevocably committed. The Panchayats have been among the oldest political institutions
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MANPOWER PLANNING The essence of manpower planning is to anticipate the manpower needs of an entire organization and to have the right people‚ in the right number‚ with the right knowledge‚ in the right jobs‚ in the right places‚ at the right time and at the right cost. The planner of a manpower plan should have thorough knowledge of the entire organization it is expected to service. Importance of manpower planning Manpower planning is very important because: 1. It provides management information
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Lesson Planning What does a lesson involves? 1. Transaction: The actual learning which takes place in the lesson (an acquisition or a purposeful give-and-take) 2. Interaction: The social relationships between learners themselves or between teachers (T-S). 3. Goal-oriented effort: awareness of a clear‚ worthwhile objective‚ the necessity of effort to attain it in a resulting sense of satisfaction and triumph if it is achieved‚ or of failure and disappointment if it is not. A satisfying‚ enjoyable
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4 PLANNING FOR URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE Olivier Toutain and S. Gopiprasad URBAN PLANNING: THE ISSUES INVOLVED U rban India today‚ faces serious challenges of growth and its management. Across geographies‚ the issues of urbanization manifest in the form of overcrowding‚ congestion‚ insufficient infrastructure‚ inadequate service provisioning—mainly in terms of drinking water‚ sanitation‚ energy‚ transport‚ solid waste management‚ environmental degradation‚ and pollution‚ etc. These‚ along with the
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