available tools and techniques and apply one or more than one that will help to resolve the problem faced. One of those tools and techniques is the "Plan-Do-Check-Act" or PDCA cycle. The PDCA cycle is made up of four stages‚ Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ and Act that are progressed in order and are dependent on each stages success. History "The PDCA Cycle was originally developed by Walter Shewhart‚ the pioneering statistician who developed statistical process control in the Bell Laboratories in the US during the
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Soft System Methodology (SSM) was developed as methodology by Peter Checkland and his colleagues working at Lancaster University and Open University in the 1970s. The idea of the SSM is to understand‚ identify and solve the real world problems. This paper will start with the history of SSM and its definition. Then it describes the SSM methodology with a practical case study from the real world. The author will look into the main features and benefits SSM. Afterwards the author will present the relationship
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A PROJECT REPORT ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING Submitted in the partial fulfilment for the award of the Certificate in NGO Management Under the Supervision of Rohit Deshmukh M.B.A Project Director‚ SANSKRITI SAMVARDHAN MANDAL‚ Sagroli‚ Dist. Nanded‚ M.S India – 431731 M +91 91589 87787 P +91 2465 227848 Submitted by ANILKUMAR MORA (0231239044) DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR OPEN UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD November 2013 to December-2013 Sanskriti Samvardhan
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GOVT 6156 Governance and Civil Society Student Name: Yip Tsz Kit UID: 430054929 Assignment 3: Content Analysis Research Report 1. Introduction 1.1 Topic: Same Sex Marriage Homosexuality and lesbian and gay civil rights was the dominated by negativity in Western societies before the 1990s (Loftus‚ 2001). In Australia‚ bias and discrimination against gay has progressively decreased over time (Kelly‚ 2001). Issues related to gay and lesbian rights have been increasingly prominent. Despite the receding
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Malaysia (SSM) has on 11 January 2007 issued a set of guidelines for the application to strike off the name of a company pursuant to section 308 of the CA 1965. 3. The Minister of Domestic Trade Cooperatives and Consumerisms has‚ on 3 March 2011‚ announced the waiver on compound or penalties imposed on directors of defunct companies to enable them to apply to the Registrar to strike their defunct companies off the register. 4. In pursuance to the announcement‚ the Management of SSM has vide
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Research Proposal Introduction SSM Health Care System provides health services to people across four states (Wisconsin‚ Illinois‚ Oklahoma‚ and Missouri). In some cases those people face difficulty are unable to afford medical services and rely on financial assistance from SSM and the federal government to cover costs. SSM‚ like many hospitals‚ rely on the federal government through the Medicaid system and the traditional fee for services reimbursement system in which healthcare providers are
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sexual orientations. There are Six States legalizing SSM they are Connecticut‚ Iowa‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ New York‚ Washington DC and worldwide 10 out of 194 countries support this. These countries include Canada (legalized in 2005)‚ Iceland (2010)‚ Belgium (2003)‚ Portugal (2010)‚ Spain (2005)‚ Norway (2009)‚ Netherlands (2000)‚ South Africa (2006)‚ Argentina (2010) and Mexico City. Statistics show within the first six months of legalizing SSM 2300 gay couples were married which amounted to
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SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY Soft Systems - Modified December 2005 Bob Williams 1 bobwill@actrix.co.nz The Kellogg Foundation http://users.actrix.co.nz/bobwill SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was developed by Peter Checkland in the late 60’s at the University of Lancaster in the UK. Originally it was seen as a modelling tool‚ but in later years it has been seen increasingly as a learning and meaning development tool. Although it develops models‚ the models
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Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act (PDCA) Approach‚ first developed by W. Edwards Deming‚ who focused his work on improving work processes. PDCA is also known as the “Deming Wheel” or the Shewhart Cycle.” First used in manufacturing‚ PDCA is now broadly applied to many types of work processes in a multitude of industries. The PDCA cycle encourages a commitment to continuous quality improvement by using a four-stage methodology: Plan‚ Do‚ Check‚ Act or PDCA. Luther Midelfort utilized the PDCA method to explore different
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Advance Database Management System – Homework One of the first things I always do after installing Visual Studio is to install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Visual Studio 2010 installs SQL Server 2008 Express on your machine but doesn’t include SSMS. Okay the first thing you need is to make sure you get the right version of SSMS. If you installed Visual Studio 2010 then you will need the 2008 version (not R2). STEP 1: Download Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Management Studio Express and
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