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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Analyzing Waiting Lines Most people find waiting lines irritating – waiting is idle and nonproductive time. From a service system perspective‚ however‚ a line represents a demand for service. Think of a restaurant on a Friday night. As a customer it is an irritation to have to wait 40 plus minutes for a table‚ but from the restaurant’s perspective‚ if there is not a line‚ then that means there are empty tables. Idle services are not good. So management must balance waiting time with the
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Lines and Circles By: Winnie W. Poli MT-I‚ MNHS Intersection of Lines Consider two lines L1 and L2 Do L1 and L2 always have a point of intersection? When will they have a point of intersection? How do you find the point of intersection if there exists ? Lines & Circles Winnie W. Poli Lines and Circles Two Points of Intersection No Point of Intersection One Point of Intersection Lines & Circles Winnie W. Poli Finding the Point of Intersection • Solve a system
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WeChat and Line: the rivals in social networks are going to conquer the European Market Two rivals in social networks‚ WeChat (China) and Line (Japan)‚ which already had millions of registered users in Asia‚ begin to set strategies to attract attention from European netizens. The two social softwares had a great effect on Asian social networks and both achieved great successes in Asia. They are setting strategies and increase effective operations‚ like offering lower prices‚ to inroad the
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need a PICC line? Does one of your family members or friends have one? Do you know what purpose they serve for? Do you need to learn how to take care of one? In this article‚ you will learn what a PICC line is‚ under what conditions you may need one‚ how to keep it safe‚ how to live with one day-to-day‚ and how to care for a PICC line. What is a PICC Line? A PICC line stands for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (Treatments & Procedures‚ 2015). What this means is that a PICC line is tubing running
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-:LINE FOLLOWING ROBOT:- One of the most basic autonomous robot you can build is a line following robot(LFR). This type of robot is run over a white surface which has an arbitrary path drawn over it by using back paint. The task of the robot is to run exactly along this painted path. You may note that the surface may also be black(or any other dark colour)‚ in that case the path is a light colour like white. Please watch the following video for a LFR in action. Designing an LFR: At minimum our
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CTA pink line train rush hours varies between 7 a.m.-10 a.m. and 4 p.m. -7 p.m. Doing these hours my estimate of riders who have recourse to profit by design line range from 122 to 140 people. These times could surrogate at any moment due to does geography of Chicago. This could speed or slow down the arrival times of many trains. Chicago Bulls topology could also tantalize with the time it takes the rider to get to the station on account of many distractions‚ similar to bus detours‚ construction
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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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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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POWER LINE COMMUNICATION “Power line communications (PLC) is a global technology with worldwide interest in its development. In its simplest terms‚ PLC modulates communication signals over existing power lines. This enables devices to be networked without introducing any new wires or cables. This capability is extremely attractive across a diverse range of applications that can leverage greater intelligence and efficiency through networking.” - Texas Instruments. Introduction: Let me start
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