...Disruptive Business Model The word Disruptive is used when referring to surprising new entrants into an industry, new competitors with new technology and sudden competition coming from unlikely sources. It means in business and technology, that sudden changes occur to improve the product or service in different ways that the market does not expect. There are many companies which used to follow the old stream method for their business strategy, but if we have a look in recent years we can see that the companies those who comes along with new innovation and technology with a new ‘disruptive’ business plan, was able to make a disruption in the industry and was able to capture the market share from its competitors. There is also a correlation between disruptive business and disruptive innovation .It is often said that ‘innovation has something to do about being positively different from competitors’. It is about being different in a way customers love. Especially it works better in either ways when the economy is static or mild, or the market share is already captured –companies should find a different business model to disrupt the market in order to sustain or gain market share. For example –Southwest Airlines introduced LCC (low cost carrier) model which includes: * Flying one model of plane rather than several * A point to point route structure rather than having several stop over * One class of service rather than many * No meals, no assigned seating. Their...
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...Running Head: NEGATIVE Negative Disruption Tina Murray Grand Canyon University: EDU 536 Classroom management is best when students are following procedures and doing what is expect of them. Disruptions and misbehaviors are under control. The ideal classroom where students behave the way they are expected to. Classrooms like this are only found in heaven where perfection is the mainstream of life. Classroom disruptions happen in almost every classroom. Let’s be honest, it happens in every classroom not almost every classroom. Educators deal with students who have their own mind and want to control as much as they can. The frustrations of teachers with classroom management are caused by the negative classroom conditions or disruptions made by students. For the purposes of this investigation the following negative disruptions will be discussed in detail, talking without permission, disruptive noises, texting or computer usage, tardiness, sleeping in class, unpreparedness, insults, physical threats, and passing notes. One of the major classroom disruptions is talking during lecture, or shouting out comments without raising hands for permission. A student who talks either to other classmates or blurts out during lessons is rude and leads to more serious disruptive behavior (Linsin, 2009). A teacher allows her students to freely discuss the topic of discussion during class. Students are actively shouting out answers and the noise level gets high. To anyone looking...
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...Research paper: Transportation Disruption QSO-635 International Supply Chain Management Zakaria ZRIG Mitch Kostoulakos Southern New Hampshire University 7/1/2015 Supply chain is a complex system; there are multiple links that participate in its success. Transportation is the main link in the supply chain. The disruption in transport affects critically the supply chain. How does transportation add value in a supply chain? What are the potential disruptions in transportation? How do the disruptions impact the performance of a supply chain? What are the ways to minimize transportation disruptions? Supply chain management consists of activities like manufacturing, distribution and transport. Especially, supply chain deals with locations and distribution which is the major part of the management. When it comes to transportation, it creates added value to supply chain by moving finished goods to various markets on time. Basically, value is to be created, expanded and retained. Transportation helps in lowering distribution costs, use of new technology and creates new market opportunities. It can be said that transportation is an essential trade union amongst all the elements of supply chain. Nowadays, supply chain has turned more into a global perspective and transportation is playing a key role in distributing the supply from suppliers to customers while simultaneously creating strategy to lower distribution costs. This is done through freight distribution strategy, which...
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...[ DRIVING TOWARDS A DISRUPTION ] [ HBS CASE STUDY ANALYSYS ] The main essence of this case study is to analyze the dramatic changes that are happening within the MBA program and the innovation in management education and will it have any effect on HBS MBA program which is tied strongly to the legacies of the pivotal year 1924. MUSTAHID ALI MBA-3 ROLL NO- 1334 UNIVERSAL BUSINESS SCHOOL DATE – 7TH JAN 2014 1. SYNOPSIS OF THE CASE. CASE STUDY is all about the ‘disruption of management education’. It is about the changing model of the management education and its effects and how the premium business school like Harvard Business School can tackle the day to day changes. The Harvard graduate school of Business Administration was founded in 1908 under Dean Edwin F. Gay. With approval of president of Harvard University Charles he established first MBA program .Clayton Christensen, the professor at Harvard Business School suggested that the established model of management education is heading towards trouble but he also said that the top management programs can get over this problem. The case also highlights about the various features of Harvard which gives it a distinct edge as against the competitors. First it throws light on the academics which is more focused on International Business and experiential learning. Due to a great curriculum and methodology being followed, there has been rise in the admissions from 30 in the first batch to 9000 in the batch of 2009-2011. It...
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...Exam Question: Discuss the disruption of biological rhythms (8+ 16 Marks) Biological rhythms are controlled by endogenous pacemakers (Oscillators). endogenous pacemakers can easily be changed by exogenous Zeitgebers such daylight. However if the oscillators are more resistant this can lead to desynchronisation. The most common type of disruption to biological rhythms are shift work and Jet lag. Shift work described a type of job in which individuals have to be alert at night when they work, and they sleep during the day. This results in reduced quality of sleep because it goes against our natural biological rhythms as daytime sleep can be interrupted due to exogenous zeitgebers such as light and outside noise. One of the effects of shift lag has been found to be decreased alertness. Shift workers often experience a circadian trough where there alert levels plummet. This usually occurs between 12.00am and 4.00am and is due to reduced body temperature and a decrease in cortisol levels. This predicted effect of shift work has been supported by research by Moor Ede. It has been found that the decreased alertness as a result of shift lag costs the USA $70 billion per year. More evidence comes from the 3 Mile Island nuclear power station disaster, which occurred at around 4am, and similarly the Exon Val Dez oil tanker accident occurred at 12am and resulted in the spillage of oil in the oceans affecting thousands of wildlife. A second effect of shift work is believed to be the increased...
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...Restate a key/main idea with an excessively pessimistic tone Main Idea: “Human Relationships are rich, they’re messy and demanding. We have learned the habit of cleaning them up with technology. And the move from conversation to connection is part of this.” Summary: There is no hope for human relationships, because technology has replaced the type of connection that is usually there. With technology, humans no longer feel the need to communicate because there is always a cell phone, tablet or laptop where they can connect and forge a connection. In late October 2012, we faced one of the most costly storms that the USA has ever come across. Although many people were warned beforehand to fill up their cars in anticipation of the storm, the lack of gas that we had after making it through Hurricane Sandy was really unexpected. Although many people consider the lack of gas after hurricane Sandy was due to power outage, many fail to mention that it was also a supply chain management problem. In New Jersey, the shortage of gas took people by surprise as the lines of car that were waiting for gas were miles long. Either gas stations didn’t have power to pump gas or were completely out of gas. Gas Stations were gas gouging taking advantage of the situation to make a few extra bucks. The governor introduced the gas rationing rule where cars could fill up either on even or odd days depending on the last digit on their plate numbers. Some drivers spent hours trying to get gas with...
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...Question 1 a). Since the cyclone is a non-price determinant, it will affect the supply of bananas. The supply of bananas will decrease as a result of the cyclone. Supply curve will shift from S0 to S1. This will cause a shortage in the original equilibrium of Eq0. Demand now exceeds supply causing a rise in the price of bananas. Concurrently, the quantity supplied will increase (movement upward the new supply curve, S1) while the quantity demanded will decline (movement leftwards of the demand curve, D0). Price of bananas will continue increasing up to the point where the quantity demanded equals quantity supplied and shortage is eliminated. We have now reached the new equilibrium of Eq1. b). School holiday season is deemed to be a non-price determinant; it will affect the demand of interstate air travel. The demand for interstate air travel will reduce as the school holidays end causing the demand curve to shift to the left from D0 to D1. This will create a surplus in the original equilibrium of Eq0. Supply is now exceeding demand and causes deterioration in the price of interstate air travel. As the price reduces, the quantity supplied will reduce (movement down the supply curve, S0). Simultaneously, quantity demanded increases (movement downward the new demand curve, D1). Price of interstate air travel will decrease up to the point where the quantity supplied equals quantity demanded and the surplus is eliminated. This will bring us to the new equilibrium of Eq1...
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...Disruption Management in the Airline Industry: Dealing with the Airline Recovery Problem Andr´as Mavrocordatos e i6015437 Maastricht University School of Business and Economy Econometrics & Operations Research Master Thesis Supervisor: Tjark Vredeveld August 23, 2015 Abstract This thesis approaches the disruption management problem in the airline industry. The problem is proposed by the ROADEF 2009 Challenge and considers multiple objectives: minimize passenger disutility while maximizing revenue. Moreover, the airline operations should be back to normal after a given recovery period. The method used in this thesis is to firstly create an initial feasible schedule by focusing on different constraints and maximizing the number of passengers arriving to their destination, and secondly, to improve the schedule by using a form of Tabu Search to create and cancel routes in order to diversify the schedule. During the improvement algorithm, routes are created based on characteristics related to disrupted routes in the initial schedule, and routes are deleted based on a selective criterion related to aircraft. 1 Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Problem Description 6 2.1 Stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1.1 Airports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.1.2 Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...It is undeniable that sleep is an indispensable part of life. In the whole life, people spend approximately one third of their life time sleeping. Sleep is necessary to maintain the effect of cognitive functions such as flexibility, memory, speech or thinking and to recover lost energy sources after a long day. Therefore, sleep disturbances can result in serious health issues or negative impacts on daily activities. There are many reasons that lead to disturbances in sleep. This essay will identify how chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder cause disruptions in sleep and the way they affect not only the physical attributes but also the mental health of a person. First of all, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is considered as one...
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...Executive Summary Lenovo is currently the Top 1 market leader in PC industry globally. With the acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business and Motorola Mobility on 2014, and the changing landscape of tablets and smartphone market, we will look into Lenovo’s strategic position. There are several issues facing by Lenovo now: ♣ Bad economic environment might post threat to Lenovo’s PC and enterprise business ♣ Declining growth in worldwide tablets market would hurdle the Lenovo’s growth of market share in tablets market ♣ Lack of Wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) Products would leads Lenovo missing out of future key driver in business ♣ Lenovo’s Smartphone market share is declining due to confusing brand positioning of Lenovo brand and Motorola brand Based on the issues identified, below are the recommendations: ♣ Lenovo to utilizes the merger of IBM x86 server business to be more price competitive and enhance global reach ♣ Lenovo to focus on low-end to middle range tablets to avoid competition with top tablets vendors which focused on high-end devices ♣ Lenovo to reposition Lenovo brand and Motorola brand in smartphone market to gives clear differentiation to consumers ♣ Lenovo to expand product lineup for Wearables ♣ Lenovo to deploy more resource on research and development on Internet of Things (IoT) products Introduction In 2014 Q4, Lenovo finally achieved its goal in becoming the world’s largest PC vendor, and continue...
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...Consulting to me has always been about problem solving. I believed that it was merely about working together in teams to analyze a client’s problems and to provide and aid in the implementation of an effective solution for them. However, after reading the two articles, I discovered that it was a lot more than just analysis and problem solving. Consulting consists of much broader and complex roles and responsibilities that are constantly evolving. I often believed that consultants were hired to resolve problems that were presented to them. However, more often than not, clients need help to actually define the real issue at hand first. Resolving a wrong problem definitely does not aid a client in moving forward. Consultants thus need to constantly explore various factors while working on a problem that is given by the client. By doing so, the definition of the problem might change to get to the crux of the issue that the company is facing, which results in more effective services rendered. Several skill sets are required in consulting and accurate analysis to me was always the most vital. These articles however, educated me that it was important to be persuasive and convincing as well. Convincing a client however, does not mean deceiving them, but rather establishing an agreement that effective action needs to be taken by the whole organization to resolve the issues at hand. Ultimately, the goal is to recommend an effective solution that is accepted and willingly implemented...
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...Does IT in the AEC industry create disruptions rendering IT ineffective? Information technology in the AEC industry has presented positive effects such as improved education, increased competitiveness and heightened training solutions. Conversely, information technology has also introduced negative effects, for instance, file incompatibilities, outages and the improper use of technology by staff. This essay explores the ways information technology creates disruptions in the AEC industry and whether or not that is reason to deem them ineffective. This essay also asserts that the introduction of new information technologies in the AEC industry, such as Geographic Information System (GIS), Building Information Modelling (BIM), metres and mathematical models do cause temporary disturbances, but that does not make them worthless because their positives outweigh their negatives. Information technology bestows both positive and negative effects, but information technology has the capacity to reverse negative effects. The operation of information technology requires costly education, and information technology can provide education. For example, a BMS system will relay information that will help educate people on how to better manage buildings. In the AEC industry, GIS technology has been implemented to also inform and educate people. Borce Dimeski during his presentation enunciated “GIS can be used to produce a variety of maps that can relay information involving demographics,...
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...2 A Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruptions to the Supply Chain: Observations from Multiple Executives Robert B. Handfield, Jennifer Blackhurst, and Debra Elkins Contents Introduction..................................................................................................30 Methodology................................................................................................. 31 Supply.Chain.Risk.Management.Process................................................. 32 Mapping.the.Supply.Chain.Measuring.the.Risk.of.Critical. Nodes.in.the.Network........................................................................ 33 Global.Sourcing. ................................................................................. 36 . Constrained.Dependencies:.............................................................. 37 Identify.Risk.Reduction.Mechanisms.for.High.Risk.Nodes............. 38 Strategically.Positioned.Excess.Resources:.......................................... 39 Supply.Chain.Planning.and.Collaboration:........................................ 39 . Disruption.Discovery.Visibility.Systems:............................................ 39 Supply.Chain.Redesign:......................................................................... 39 Management.Responses.to.High-Risk.Nodes..................................... 40 Excess.Resources................................................................................. 41 Supply.Chain.Planning.and.Collaboration...
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...Of Mass Disruption We live in a world were computers are quickly becoming ubiquitous.Chances are that you have one in your pocket right now. There are also a few controlling your car, the traffic lights on the streets, and plenty other ones you might not be aware about. The professional world has not been immune to this phenomenon. Computer have been able to shrink our world in to what Marshall McLuhan referred as a global village (Understanding Media 1964). We are at a point were it is just as easy to move information locally as it is globally, thus transforming the business environment and making business happen faster than ever before. As computers become more common place in our life, people like Craig Mundie (Senior advisor to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer), are becoming concerned about what happens when people with access to technology want to cause harm. Craig tells us that there are basically five types of malevolent things people can do in the cyber world. These are: malicious mischief, crime, espionage, warfare, and terrorism. And they can be perpetrated by: amateurs, pros, and governments. Mundie spends a lot of time talking to world leaders about current issues regarding internet security and where this field is headed in the future. Mundie is most alarmed about what he calls “weapons of mass disruption” he states that “on the Internet, things can happen so fast, at such a high scale, I believe no country has prepared itself to deal with a disruption that happens...
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...Michael’s Facebook page did not create a substantial disruption. “A general ‘buzz’” on campus is not sufficient basis for restricting the speech of a student. J.C. v. Beverly Hills Unified Sch. Dist., 711 F. Supp. 2d 1094, 1120 (C.D. Calif. 2010). Students at Nero discussed Michael’s page, but the discussion did not cause a substantial disruption. Justice Alito’s concurrence in Morse notes the Court does not endorse a broad rule allowing restrictions on anything that may interfere with the “educational mission.” Morse, 551 U.S. at 423. Administrations cannot claim conflict with the goals of the educational institution as indication of...
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