...the Wheel at Apex Door Company 1. What do you think of Apex’s training process? Could it help to explain why employees “do things their way” and if so, how? I think the training process at Apex has no organizational effectiveness. It’s unstructured, and there is no training documentation which makes the entire training process weak. It appears the employee does things their way because the company clearly does not have in place a structured training process. The employee assigned to perform training is likely to have very low motivation, partial training their self, and few of the necessary skills needed to train. The employee must know what an employer wants them to do and how they want them to do it. If the employee is left not knowing, then he/she is left to improvise or teach other employees "their way" of accomplishing tasks. There are no outcome measures to determine if the training was successful. 2. What role should job descriptions play in training at Apex? The job description should play a pertinent role in training at Apex because the job description defines the learning requirements for a new or transitioning employee while also setting the boundaries of employment in terms of required knowledge and skills. By understanding the job description, a trainer can utilize the information it provides to write job descriptions and job specifications, which are utilized in recruitment and selection, compensation, performance appraisal, and training. Not only the...
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...REINVENTING THE WHEEL AT APEX DOOR COMPANY Jim Delaney, President of Apex Door Company, has a problem. No matter how often he tells his employees how to do their jobs, they invariably “decide to do things their own way”, as he puts it, and arguments ensue between Delaney, his employee and the employee’s supervisor. One example is in the door-design department. The designers are expected to work with the architects to design doors that meet the specifications. Although its not “rocket science”, as Delaney puts it, the designers often make mistakes- such as designing in too much steel- a problem that can cost Apex tens of thousands of wasted dollars, especially considering the numbers of doors in, say, a 30-story office tower. The order processing department is another example. Although Jim has a specific, detailed way he wants each order written up, most of the order clerks don’t understand how to use the multipage order form, and they improvise when it comes to a question such as whether to classify a customer as “industrial” or “commercial”. The current training process is as follows. None of the jobs have training manuals per se, although several have somewhat out-of-date job descriptions. The training of new employees is all on the job. Usually, the person leaving the company trains the new person during the 1- or 2-weeks overlap period, but if there is no overlap, the new person is trained as well as possible by other employees who have occasionally filled in on the job...
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...Reinventing the Wheel at Apex Door Company Apex’s training process is lacking structure which could explain the way employees are performing. If there are no set instructions or a proper explanation of how things should be done, the existing employees will do the work to the best of their ability with the knowledge they’ve had from before the job. For example, the order processing department is failing to properly use the multipage order form to Jim’s liking, because there was no training on how to properly use the form. Which is resulting in wrong customer classifications and improper order forms. The job description should include detailed descriptions of activities and job duties that are both relevant and important to the position. Once those specific activities are listed, then Apex must decipher which activities require more in depth training before starting the job and which ones can be learned through experience. To improve Apex’s current training program, I would suggest to start with a thorough needs analysis to measure the amount of money the company can allot specifically towards training, what specific tasks employees need to be trained on, and which employees need it the most. Once that is completed, Jim needs to distinguish training that would specifically benefit each separate position and then which trainings can be completed as whole with the entire organization. For example the order processing department needs systems trainings in order for employees...
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...Loss of Top Predators is Humankind’s Most Pervasive Influence on Nature Thesis: For thousands of years, nature and humans have coexisted in equilibrium. As human population increases and expands, it cases severe effects in every ecosystem. Evidence of human growth and urbanization can be seen through the impacts on virtually every ecosystem in planet earth, marine and terrestrial. Effects of, such as species decline, endangerment and extinction of enormous proportions. In most cases, driving some species to the edge of extinction. Possibly no species are more affected than the world’s large top predators. These animals are extremely important to the overall health and function of an ecosystem, but conservation and restoration of them and their habitat is a remote thought on humans. The absence of predators in certain areas has led to an explosion of their natural prey, which leads to a damaging impact on their habitat. Ecosystems need to be healthy in order to maintain the health of all living things within and around them, including humans. It seems logical then to restore the natural balance by reintroducing the animal’s natural predator, conserving the population, and protecting the wild environment. Humans can no longer wait to address this growing environmental and ethical issue, and by establishing clear goals they can ensure the future of these species and ecosystems along with the continuing growth and success of their own. DOT: Sharks influence on the structure and...
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...DOG PROPERTY. Diala Henry (Leader of the pack). Dog, man….and nothing in between. SIMPLE CARE TIPS Vol 1. How do you listen to your dog? Do you call all sounds your dog makes a bark? How do you rapport with your dog? Can you tell how happy or sad your dog really is? Do you see your dog as just an animal or as a company? Amazing!!! ..... you can actually listen and relate with your dog. You can be a very close friend to your dog and make a great company. You can be very happy with your and share awesome moments together. How smart is your Dog? How smart would you rate your dog to other animals? The famous saying…… “man’s best friend", compliments a dog for obeying commands, carrying out tasks, go out for a walk, protecting and guarding the house etc…. GUESS WHAT?!!! Dogs are not in the top 10 list of smartest/intelligent animals, as the "CHIMPANZEE" stands as 1st position and“RAT” stands at 10th position. So why do these top 10 animals don’t stand the chance to live with man as best companion or as a tool to enhance living standards? There are other smart animals apart from the top 10 listed animals but the outstanding quality that makes the dog stand out is the inborn loyalty in a dog trait. DOGS ARE LOYAL TO THE DEATH! Other animals lack loyalty and therefore knowledge cannot be impacted easily in them since they live free and do not see you as...
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...PART III GRAPH THEORY 224 13 Food Webs Author: College. Robert A. McGuigan, Department of Mathematics, Westfield State Prerequisites: The prerequisites for this chapter are basic concepts of graph theory. See Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications. Introduction A food web is a directed graph modeling the predator-prey relationship in an ecological community. We will use this directed graph to study the question of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe ecological competition. For this purpose we will consider how graphs can be represented as intersection graphs of families of sets. We will also investigate the axiomatic description of measures of status in food webs. Competition In an ecological system, the various species of plants and animals occupy niches defined by the availability of resources. The resources might be defined in terms of factors such as temperature, moisture, degree of acidity, amounts of nutrients, 225 226 Applications of Discrete Mathematics and so on. These factors are subject to constraints such as temperature lying in a certain range, pH lying within certain limits, etc. The combination of all these constraints for a species then defines a region in n-dimensional Euclidean space, where n is the number of factors. We can call this region the ecological niche of the species in question. For example, suppose we restrict ourselves to three factors, such as temperature...
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...Part 1: The Producers Go to http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/ecology/food_web.php Challenge Try to get two plants to happily co–exist. In any given ecosystem, most organisms will carve out a niche for themselves where they can obtain all of the necessities to survive. Often, different species within the ecosystem will compete for the resources that a niche provides. However, certain species live well together—symbiotically, parasitically, or by staying out of each other's way. For example, lichen and moss, often the primary colonizers of a new ecosystem, tend to live fairly harmoniously in each other's vicinity. Let's see what happens in this model. Step 1 Imagine the ecosystem is newly forming—the previous ecosystem has been destroyed by fire or flood—and the first colonizers of the successive ecosystem are, of course, producers. Given the two fictitious species of plants in the simulator, predict what will happen in this young system and record your prediction in the Data Table. Then run the simulator to 100 time steps and record the population numbers for both plants. Answer the following: 1. What assumptions does this model make about co-dominance as well as the general terrain of the ecosystem? 2. Do you find one producer to be dominant? Why might one producer be dominant over another? Step 2 Now you'll introduce an herbivore into the environment. In theory, an herbivore native to the ecosystem should feed primarily on the dominant species...
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...These are some reasons on why I believe in dogs. Dogs make great friends and you can I believe in dogs always trust them. They are forgiving and will always love you. I believe we should treat dogs with same amount of respect that they give us. Dogs are trustworthy and loyal to there owners. Dogs have been known as mans best friend for a long time. Dogs are strong animals and will defend you in any situation. They can be trained to defend, and do amazing things. Sometimes when you feel all hope is lost you will have a dog by your side. To help you through any crisis. Dogs will never leave you and have unlimited love they make the best defenders amid guard animals....
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...* In the Lake Michigan food web, is it possible to identify the most important producer? Why or why not? It is not possible to identify the most important producer. There are multiple consumers which are consumed by several different primary consumers. The image was blurry so it was difficult to determine what everything was in the food web. * What would happen if there was a change in the population size for any one of the producers (either an increase or a decrease)? How could these changes impact other producers and organisms on other trophic levels? If there were an increase in population in any one of the producers, they would begin to dominate the other producers and therefore would increase the number of consumers which feed on the producer. If there were a decrease in one of the producers then there may be a decrease in consumers that are reliant on the producer for food or the consumer could choose a different producer. If the consumer chose a different producer for food, the result would be a depletion of this producer. It could end up like a snowball effect by one affecting the other. * Provide at least two types of impacts that humans could have on this food web. Burning of coal can cause air pollution which can cause acid rain and change the ecosystem of the lake. http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/coalvswind/c02b.html Dumping of toxins into the lake which could disrupt producers and have an effect on producers. * Read the description of the sea...
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...CHAPTER 6 ECOSYSTEMS AND ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT ______________________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1) _____ A set of interacting species that live in the same area Answer: a 2) _____ A species upon which the entire ecosystem depends Answer: c 3) _____ The simplest environmental unit that can support life Answer: d 4) According to the case study in the Environmental Science textbook(“The Acorn Connection”), the incidence of lyme disease among humans increases in years when the gypsy moth population is low because: a) an abundant acorn crop draws deer into the woods b) during these years, small plants and seedlings grow particularly fast c) gypsy moth larvae are eaten by mice d) there are “bumper years” of lyme disease e) ticks like to feed on human blood Answer: a 5) The Environmental Science textbook outlines the relatively simple food chain that exists in hot springs such as in Yellowstone National Park, including the following organisms: (A) herbivorous flies (B) carnivorous flies (C) decomposers (D) photosynthetic bacteria What would be the correct order of these organisms from lowest trophic level to highest trophic level: a) C, A, B, D b) B, A, D, C c) D, A, B, C d) B, A, C, D e) C, D, A, B Answer: c 6) Which of the following is an example of three different species on three different trophic levels, listed from lowest level to highest: a) shrubs, trees, giraffes ...
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...Food web A food web (or food cycle) is the natural interconnection of food chains and generally a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is a consumer-resource system. Ecologists can broadly lump all life forms into one of two categories called trophic levels: 1) the autotrophs, and 2) the heterotrophs. To maintain their bodies, grow, develop, and to reproduce, autotrophs produce organic matter from inorganic substances, including both minerals and gases such as carbon dioxide. These chemical reactions require energy, which mainly comes from the sun and largely by photosynthesis, although a very small amount comes from hydrothermal vents and hot springs. A gradient exists between trophic levels running from complete autotrophs that obtain their sole source of carbon from the atmosphere, to mixotrophs (such as carnivorous plants) that are autotrophic organisms that partially obtain organic matter from sources other than the atmosphere, and complete heterotrophs that must feed to obtain organic matter. The linkages in a food web illustrate the feeding pathways, such as where heterotrophs obtain organic matter by feeding on autotrophs and other heterotrophs. The food web is a simplified illustration of the various methods of feeding that links an ecosystem into a unified system of exchange. There are different kinds of feeding relations that can be roughly divided into herbivory, carnivory, scavenging and...
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...A single ecosystem holds all the food chain and this is called a food web. Every living creature in the ecosystem is a component of multiplex food chains. Every food chain is a possible pathway that nutrients, and energy could take on while they travel throughout an ecosystem. Each and every one of the overlapping, and organized food chains in the same ecosystem create a food web. "A food web is a graphical description of feeding relationships among species in an ecological community, that is, of who eats whom"( J. Duffy, 2013 ). Trophic levels consist of a group of organisms in the food webs. Also, this trophic levels are divided into three levels and this levels are decomposers, consumers, and producers. The first trophic level is known as Producers. Also, they create their food and they don't turn to other organism, and they also called autotrophs. Normally autotrophs create food using a process known as photosynthesis, and that create a nutrient known as glucose, and these consist of water , carbon dioxide, and sunlight. There are different types of autotroph but plants are the most known type. One larger plant that's known as seaweed is a autotroph. Also, tiny organisms living in the deep-sea called Phytoplankton, are also autotrophs. There are various bacteria that are autotrophs. Example, in a lively volcanoes exist bacteria and they use sulfur to put together its own food. This procedure is known as chemosynthesis. The following trophic levels consist of organism...
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...Dogs in human history have a long and fascinating journey. They started off as protection for wolf domestification, then for work and now for friendship.A dog is a man’s best friend. This has led to the belief that dogs can provide company, affection and support to people who are going through a difficult time or who feel lonely or depressed. This led to the development of therapy dogs, they were provided to people living in retirement homes, nursing homes and even in hospitals. They are also in schools and educational centers as an assist to children who have difficulties learning. From the first therapy dog known, smoky, therapy dogs have evolved over the years, therapy dogs now also serve as service dogs, helping people with autism and PTSD. Therapy dogs help children to become better readers by being a good listener. One of the illnesses that dog therapy has helped improve is autism. Autism is a serious developmental disorder that impairs the ability to communicate and interact. Most children with autism lack interest with other people which is a huge barrier especially when it gets to their communication and social skills. There have been plenty of therapeutic approaches to help manage autism most of which help improve social skills and help with most behavioral “issues”. Even though the therapeutic approaches have been successful, researchers have yet to find a true treatment to help improve the overall health of a child with autism. As a result, more, research was done...
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...One thing that is troublesome is to isolate a puppy from man particularly pooch proprietors who have canines as their pet. A great many people who cherish canines tend to regard them as one of their dearest companion and wind up growing profound friendship for those puppies that they claim. The bond is strong to the point that when the time has come to leave for work or even go to a particular place, since the puppy proprietor has turned out to be sincerely joined to the pooch; he/she thinks that its difficult to leave it a them. Since pooches are not permitted in work environments and even machines utilized for making a trip they must be allowed at home to sit unbothered to play all alone. These pooches have a tendency to get exhausted and loath the way that they must be at home alone, this makes them to take part in strange practices as a sign that they need to get fondness and socialization. Some of these puppies wind up making a great deal of superfluous clamor as they bark and even others wind up crushing property with the goal that they can have the capacity to pull in consideration and as a sign to the proprietor that they are in desperate need of friendship. One can have the capacity to help the pooch to get over such issues by taking it to a puppy day mind where other canine proprietors who are caught up with amid the day bring their mutts there to be dealt with and if no t they can be taken out in any event thrice a week to a neighborhood pet lodging where...
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...“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” This heartwarming quote comes from the lecturer Josh Billings, and this statement is very true! Although dogs are not the most common pet in the region they still have a huge amount of love for people. Since there are a large amount of breeds to choose from families can always find their perfect match! There's a problem though, rare color breeding is becoming very popular and it could put some of our favorite breeds in danger. If you don't know what rare color breeding is let me enlighten you on the subject. Rare color breeding is the combining of genes from two dogs to get the body structure of one and the markings or colors of the other. You may think this isn't all that bad, but here is what you are missing. Continuously combining these genes will just start creating a new breed and endangering the existence of the other dogs. All AKC registered breeders are upset with this because it is ruining the gene and natural bloodlines. If the bloodlines are ruined then those dogs may lose their place in the AKC (American Kennel Club). With the disruption of genes and bloodlines some breeds that are now popular may not have any attention paid to them in the future. A puppy will complete a family, and our favorite breeds won't be saved unless we do something about it. To begin with, instead of trying to get the most uniquely colored puppy, try to look for the one with the most unique personality. Even if...
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