Introduction: Organizational development promotes targeting goals by harmonizing them with the aims of people working in the organization‚ by changing the organizational culture and optimizing organizational communication on the basis of principles of openness‚ trust‚ information sharing‚ productivity‚ organization and work group dynamics‚ etc. For this reason‚ the development of organizations is a planned effort‚ depending on the size of the organization‚ managed from above‚ aimed to improve the
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Product decisions in marketing (PRODUCT) Case No. 4: “SMART Cards” ____________________________________________________________________________ SMART CARDS S mart is the operative word among many product developers these days. For example‚ smart card is the name of an advanced form of pocket- and purse-sized cards that may soon usher in a new era of cashless electronic commerce. Although they resemble familiar ATM cards‚ each smart card is equipped with a computer chip instead of a black
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change the focus of the goals and objectives set within the structure of organizations. The structure of an organization must be built on awareness of the quality and performance of competing business in order for the company to have long term success (Birr‚ 2008). The rise of the business’ success is depends on the goals being pursued and implementation of methods developed to achieve those goals. Poor planning in the context of reaching goals often results in poor organizational performance. A solid
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SMART GRID Abstract--The Smart Grid is the integration of Electrical & Digital Technologies‚ Information and communication which facilitates integration of business processes and systems to yield real measurable value across the power delivery chain. It is an intelligent future electricity system that connects all supply‚ grid and demand elements through a communication system. Smart grid delivers electricity to consumers using two-way digital technology that enable the efficient management of
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SMART OBJECTIVES Goal setting is something most of us recognize as necessary for our success. The establishment of all objectives should be created using the S.M.A.R.T. philosophy. What is meant by S.M.A.R.T. objective? S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym that is used to guide the development of measurable goals. Each objective should be: Specific‚ Measurable‚ Achievable‚ Realistic and Timely SPECIFIC It answers the questions "What is to be done?" "How will you know it is done?" and describes
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Smart System or Structure What is a Smart Structure? A smart structure is a system containing multifunctional parts that can perform sensing‚ control‚ and actuation; it is a primitive analogue of a biological body. Smart materials are used to construct these smart structures which can perform both sensing and actuation functions. If truly smart‚ these intelligent systems can determine their present state‚ decide what is the optimum or more desirable state and carry out an appropriate
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1 The Smart Car In 1991‚ Nicolas Hayek‚ chairman of Swatch‚ announced an agreement with Volkswagen to develop a battery-powered "Swatch car." At the time‚ Hayek said his goal was to build "an ecologically inoffensive‚ highquality city car for two people" that would sell for about $6‚400. The Swatchmobile concept was based on Hayek’s conviction that consumers become emotionally attached to cars just as they do to watches. Like the Swatch‚ the Swatchmobile (officially named "Smart") was
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SMART MATERIALS 1. Introduction The primary characteristic of a ‘‘smart material’’ is that it has the ability to respond to external stimuli in a technically useful and technically controlled way. The words ‘‘technically useful’’ and ‘‘technically controlled’’ are emphasized since all materials respond to external stimuli of some sort or other (as a simple example‚ all materials respond to temperature by changing their volume)‚ however‚ to be considered a ‘‘smart material’’ the response must
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Organizational Planning Brenda Brandmier MGT/521 June 8‚ 2015 Instructor: Walter Goodwyn Organizational Planning Apple Inc. is considered a Fortune 500 company and is known for the diversity of technology founded by products and software offered to consumers globally. However‚ Apple Inc. is not an invincible company and endures issues within the consumer industry; thus‚ managers within must develop new strategies every day. Apple Inc. must produce strategic and operational plans to uphold or
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Many students’ street smarts greatly surpass their book smarts. I believe that instructors can strengthen students’ book smarts by encouraging them to write‚ read‚ think‚ and learn about personal areas of interest. They can accomplish this by taking students on field trips so they actively experience what their learning in the class room‚ and use these “street smarts” to build a stronger foundation of what their trying to teach. So what exactly are street and book smarts? There are many definitions
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