Built To Last - Summary of Key Points Written by James Collins & Jerry Porras both are associated with Stanford About this book: This summary of Built to Last is included because if one is going to change an organization‚ one needs to know what to change towards. This book is one of the best we know of that answers that question. It is one of the best pieces of research done on why certain organizations are more successful over time than others. Because its time horizon is a minimum of 50 years
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China circa 3000BC Casting 2.810 Prof. Timothy Gutowski Casting since about 4000 BC… Ancient Greece; bronze statue casting circa 450BC Iron works in early Europe‚ e.g. cast iron cannons from England circa 1543 Outline • Sand Casting‚ Investment Casting‚ Die Casting • Basics and countermeasures • Phase Change‚ Shrinkage • Heat Transfer • Pattern Design • Variations & Developments • Environmental Issues Casting Readings; 1. Kalpakjian‚ Chapters 10‚ 11‚ 12 2. Booothroyd‚ “Design for Die
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WHAT IS HUMAN RESOURCES? Current Employees One of the main roles of an HR department is managing current employees. Unlike managers who directly oversee the employees’ day-to-day work‚ the HR department deals with concerns such as benefits‚ pay‚ company policies and training. Among the benefits that might be handled by the HR department are insurance plans‚ paid vacations‚ paid leave for illnesses and other health matters‚ pension plans and employee investments. The HR department also might settle
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Chapter 1: First Language Acquisition 1. Theories of First Language Acquisition 1. Behavioral approaches (BA) - Behaviorism is a psychological theory of learning‚ very influential in the 1940s – 1950s‚ especially in the US. It was the popular model for all animal and human learning. (show a lemon to see the salivation reaction). - Traditional behaviorists believed that language learning is the result of imitation‚ practice‚ feedback on success‚ and habit formation. Blank slate……
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Introduction of housing and density Lecturer: Professor John Mutlow‚ ARCH 693a‚ School of Architecture‚ University of Southern California Recorded by Jason Muller and Yueming Zhou 01/16/2013 (Yueming Zhou) Topic of research: Housing and Density Goals for two semesters: In first semester the task will focus on research and gathering information while in the second semester it will be the analysis of these information and project design based on the research conclusions. Human is evolved to live under
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1 Convergence of MCMC Algorithm We discuss two issues: Convergence and Mixing. These two things are strongly related‚ but not completely the same. The chain have mixing will typically have a slow convergences. But you still can tell the di erence if you study the di erent points. Remember that when we discuss the MCMC algorithm‚ its the algorithm that classically explores the spaces on the posterior distributions‚ and that tends to explore more if you have more posterior probability. If you
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Alina FratilaLecture Assignment #2 Chapter 3: Storage Devices Description Purpose Type of Access: Random (or sometimes called direct access) OR sequential Storage Capacity Type of Storage: Magnetic‚ Optical OR Flash Memory Advantage Disadvantage Magnetic (internal) hard drive Data storage - Magnetic hard drive w metal hard disks or platters and read/write heads and an access mechanism. Design to store data for desktops and laptops Random magnetic Robust and can be used many years They are not
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3510. Lecturer: Prof. Fima Klebaner School of Mathematical Sciences Monash University Semester 1‚ 2012 Contents 1 Lecture 1. Introduction. 1.1 Prices of stocks as functions of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Simulated functions of time that look like stock prices . . . . . . . . 1.3 Example of modelling using Random Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lecture 2. Random variables. Revision. 2.1 Random Variables and Their Distributions. General. . . . 2.2 Expected value= mean‚ Variance=(
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C247B/ME C218: Introduction to MEMS Lecture 2m: Benefits of Scaling I EE C245 – ME C218 Introduction to MEMS Design Spring 2014 Prof. Clark T.-C. Nguyen Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences University of California at Berkeley Berkeley‚ CA 94720 Lecture Module 2: Benefits of Scaling EE C245: Introduction to MEMS Design LecM 2 C. Nguyen 8/20/09 1 8/20/09 2 Lecture Outline • Reading: Senturia‚ Chapter 1 • Lecture Topics: Benefits of Miniaturization
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Common Proficiency Course (CPC) / Common Proficiency Test (CPT) About the Course CPT is an entry level test for Chartered Accountancy Course. Student after passing class 10th examination conducted by an examining body constituted by law in India or an examination recognized by the Central Government as equivalent thereto. Students can appear in the CPT after appearing in the senior secondary (10+2) examination conducted by an examining body constituted by law in India or an examination recognised
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