culture a constraint or freedom? Name: Rodrigo‚ Lianne Lu Course & Year: BS-IE 1 Schedule: MWF 12:30 – 1:30 pm According to Webster’s New World Encyclopedia‚ culture is the way of life of a particular society or group of people‚ including patterns of thought‚ beliefs‚ behavior‚ customs‚ traditions‚ rituals‚ dress‚ and language‚ as well as art‚ music‚ and literature. Going back to the question‚ is culture a constraint or freedom? Well‚ for me‚ it’s both. It’s a constraint and at the
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MGT/230 – Management Theory and Practice On April 20‚ 2010‚ approximately 4.9 millions of barrels of oil (Telegraph‚ 2010) spilled into the Gulf of Mexico immediately after an explosion that resulted in the loss of 11 lives and a total cost of 17.6 billion dollars. According to‚ Andrea Thompson of Live Science‚ “ROV robot subs‚ manufactured by a company called Oceaneering‚ have been an integral part of the effort to control the leaking oil.” The result of this tragedy has been top-down
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A General Strategic Capacity Planning Model under Demand Uncertainty Woonghee Tim Huh‚1 Robin O. Roundy‚2 Metin Çakanyildirim3 1 Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research‚ Columbia University‚ New York‚ New York 10027 2 School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering‚ Cornell University‚ Ithaca‚ New York 14853 3 School of Management‚ University of Texas at Dallas‚ Richardson‚ Texas 75083 Received 29 October 2003; revised 24 August 2005; accepted 30 September
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• Cole.G.A. Management Theory and Practice. 6th edithion. • Griffin Ricky W. Management. 8th edition. Houghton Mifflin Company • Hellriegel Don & Slocum John W. Management: Contingency Approaches. 2nd edition. Addison Wesley Publishing Company • Mullins Laurie J. Management and Organizational Behavior. 7th edition. Prentice Hall: India • Robbins Stephen P. (1999). Organizational Behavior. 8th edition. Prentice Hall: India. • Robbins Stephen P & Coulter Mary. (1998). Management. 5th edition
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NOTE ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT‚ 1986 A person may be consumer of goods‚ or services. When I purchase a fan‚ a gas stove or a refrigerator‚ I could be the consumer of goods. When I open a bank account‚ take an insurance policy‚ get my car repaired‚ I could be the consumer of services. The consumer protection Act‚ 1986 tries to help a consumer when for example‚ the goods purchased are defective or the services rendered to him are subject to so deficiency. Prior to the consumer Protection
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Student name : Student ID : Operation Management: CHAPTER 7 – Capacity and Facilities Design Question 7-8: Facility layout refers to the arrangement of activities‚ processes‚ departments‚ workstations‚ storage areas‚ aisles‚ and common areas within an existing or proposed facility. The basic objective of the layout decision is to ensure a smooth flow of work‚ material‚ people and information through the system. We can list five goals of facility layout such as the following: 1. Eliminate wasted
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How might in depth knowledge of motivational theory help someone to become a better manager? Since motivation influences productivity‚ managers need to understand what motivates employees to reach peak performance. It is not an easy task to increase employee motivation because employees respond in different ways to their jobs and their organization’s practices. Motivation is “driving force within individuals” (Mullins‚2002)‚ thus the manager (motivator) should influence factors that motivate
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1. Core business 1.1. The main products and services The products of Mcdonalds are fast foods of wide range of choices‚ such as: hamburgers‚ chicken‚ french fries‚ soft drinks‚ coffee‚ milkshakes‚ salads‚ deserts and breakfast with varies of famous in the world brands (Big Mac‚ Quarter Pounder with Cheese‚ Filet-O-Fish‚ Chicken McNuggets‚ Chicken Selects‚ Snack Wraps‚ McFlurry‚ McCafe‚ …) which meet requirement of customers of different ages. Mcdonalds fast foods have became necessary daily foods
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German management‚ as it has evolved over the centuries and has established itself since World War II‚ has a distinct style and culture. Like so many things German‚ it goes back to the medieval guild and merchant tradition‚ but it also has a sense of the future and of the long term. The German style of competition is rigorous but not ruinous. Although companies might compete for the same general market‚ as Daimler-Benz and BMW do‚ they generally seek market share rather than market domination.
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Social Carrying Capacity The use of parks and protected areas by visitors creates concern about appropriate levels of use because there are limits that define how much pressure from outside forces an ecosystem can endure before it experiences degradation‚ and there are thresholds that define visitor experiences. When researchers‚ park authorities‚ and policy makers are trying to determine appropriate usage levels of specific areas‚ they frequently rely on the rationale of carrying capacity‚ including
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