...MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY TIMETABLE FOR B.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, MAY, 2015 Ref: Notification No. EA I/1/352/2015 dated 18.03.2015 Semester I & II (New Scheme) (2014 Admission Regular, 2013 Admission – Improvement & Supplementary /2010 Admission onwards Supplementary) (Time 9.30 a.m to 12.30 p.m on all days) |Day & Date |Subject |Branch | | | |Thursday |EN010 102 |Common for all branches | | | |07.05.2015 |Engineering Physics | | | | |Monday |EN010 103 Engineering Chemistry & |Common for all branches | | | |11.05.2015 |Environmental | | | | | |Studies | | | | |Wednesday |EN010 101 |Common for all branches | | | |13.05.2015 |Engineering Mathematics-I | | | | |Friday |EN010 106 Basic Civil Engineering...
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...modern state had necessitated the employment of certain philosophies, thoughts and theories in order to simplify and clarify their assumptions about the political system and how it works. Some of these analytical tools or methods include – the Systems theory, Group theory, Political Development theory, Power theory, Frustration Aggression theory and the Elites theory among others. Given these plethora of theories in the social sciences and bearing in mind that, no meaningful research can be undertaken in the absence of a sound theoretical base, this study adopts the Systems theory in order to explain the adoption of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United...
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...corporation Knowing what is a stakeholder and who a corporation’s market and nonmarket and internal and external stakeholders are Conducting a stakeholder analysis, and understanding the basis of stakeholder interests and power Recognizing the diverse ways in which modern corporations organize internally to interact with various stakeholders Analyzing the forces of change that continually reshape the business and society relationship 1-5 Introduction – The Business and Society Relationship Business: Any organization that is engaged in making a product or providing a service for a profit Society: Human beings and the social structures they collectively create 1-6 Figure 1.1 Business and Society: An Interactive System 1-7 Introduction – The Business and Society Relationship We borrow “General Systems Theory (GST)” from biology to explain this relationship; first introduced in 1940s Theory posits that organisms cannot be understood in isolation, even though they have clear boundaries; they can only be understood in relationship to their surroundings Adapted to management theory means that business firms are embedded in a broader social environment with which they constantly interact Business and society together form an interactive social system 1-8 Two critical questions: What is the purpose of the modern corporation? To whom, or what, should the firm be responsible? 1-9 Two contrasting views: ...
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...Conceptual analysis and specification of Morgan’s metaphors using the CAST method Taken from: Gazendam, Henk W.M. (1993). Variety Controls Variety: On the Use of Organization Theories in Information Management. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff. 400 pp. ISBN 90-01-32950-0. 4.2. An overview of Morgan's metaphors Morgan (1986) distinguishes eight metaphors for organizations: machine, organism, brain, culture, political system, psychic prison, flux and transformation, and instrument of domination. Each metaphor highlights other aspects of organizational life (see Figure 4.1.). For further analysis, the metaphors can be grouped into three groups: the machine group, the organism group, and the mind group. The machine group only contains the machine metaphor (Paragraph 4.3.). The organism group focuses on the dynamic relationship of organization and environment and contains the organism metaphor and the flux and transformation metaphor (Paragraph 4.4.). The mind group (Paragraph 4.5.) contains two subgroups. The first mind subgroup concentrates on the relationship between the minds of persons and the organization as a social construct; it contains the brain metaphor, the culture metaphor, and the psychic prison metaphor. The second mind subgroup focuses on coordination mechanisms and power plays, and encompasses the political system metaphor and the instrument of domination metaphor. metaphor machine highlights efficiency, quality, and timeliness of production processes in a machine...
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...an interactive system Considering the purpose of the modern corporation Knowing what is a stakeholder and who a corporation’s market and nonmarket and internal and external stakeholders are Conducting a stakeholder analysis, and understanding the basis of stakeholder interests and power Recognizing the diverse ways in which modern corporations organize internally to interact with various stakeholders Analyzing the forces of change that continually reshape the business and society relationship 1-2 Introduction – The Business and Society Relationship Business: Any organization that is engaged in making a product or providing a service for a profit Society: Human beings and the social structures they collectively create Business and society are highly interdependent 1-3 Introduction – The Business and Society Relationship We borrow “General Systems Theory (GST)” from biology to explain this relationship; first introduced in 1940s Theory posits that organisms cannot be understood in isolation, even though they have clear boundaries; they can only be understood in relationship to their surroundings Adapted to management theory means that business firms are embedded in a broader social environment with which they constantly interact Business and society together form an interactive social system (shown graphically in the following slide) 1-4 Figure 1.1 Business and Society: An Interactive System 1-5 Two...
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...Complexity Analysis Introduction This integrated essay focuses on explaining and discussing how small changes in a given system can result to large and radical transformational changes in an organization within the framework of complexity theory. The paper offers a description of the complexity theory, an analysis, explanation and discussion, the conclusions, extending the discussion, and the references. Description of Theories/ Core Concepts The complexity theory is a framework that focuses on analyzing the nonlinear dynamics of systems. It is a loose assortment of concepts and analytic tools that seek to analyze complex and dynamic systems (Litaker, Tomolo, Libaratore, Stange & Aron, 2006). The complexity theory suggests that simple deterministic actions can cause highly complex and unpredictable behaviors, as well as, exhibit order and patterns. The theory seeks to explain how systems learn and spontaneously organize themselves into structured and sophisticated forms that respond better to their environments. Although the complexity theory was created in the biological and physical sciences, numerous scholars have noted that economic and social systems also exhibit nonlinear relationships and complex interactions. Economists and social scientists have noted the significance of complexity theory by observing the level of interrelationships among components of the social system (Koen, 2005). For instance, in the business setting, economists have noted that business success...
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...[pic] Ecole Superieures Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquees Doctorate of Business Administration Human Capital Management Paper on Dynamic Capabilities of Firms Presented to: Dr. Sherif Delawar By Mohamed Antably March 2012 Cairo, Egypt. Abstract: From one hand the dynamic capabilities of firms are the sources and methods of wealth creation and capture by private enterprise firms operating in environments of rapid technological change. Other hand, Human capital ultimate objectives are linking HR practices and knowledge with goals of the firm to achieve and develop Competitive advantages. Accordingly, linking both statements would generate that HC is not only working to achieve the organizations objectives and but also to formalize, maintain and develop the firm dynamic capabilities. HC should also work on sharing and collecting success stories, lessons learnt and implicit individuals' knowledge into institutional explicit knowledge. The competitive advantage of firms is seen as resting on distinctive processes (ways of coordinating and combining which is more difficult among horizontal levels but easy in the vertical levels applying the chain of command), shaped by the firm's asset positions (such as the firm's portfolio of difficult-to-trade knowledge assets and complementary assets), and the evolution path(s) it has adopted or inherited. The importance of path dependencies is ampled...
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...Change: Systems and Complexity Theories Francis Amagoh Department of Public Administration Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP) Almaty Famagoh@Kimep.Kz OR famagoh@excite.com Abstract It is becoming increasingly important for organizations to gain competitive advantage by being able to manage and survive change. This paper presents two theoretical paradigms (systems and complexity theories) through which organizational change processes can be fruitfully examined. Systems and complexity theories are two valuable perspectives that can equip organizational leaders with the requisite knowledge and understanding of how to respond and adapt to the uncertainties and demands of global change. These two paradigms are particularly useful in the areas of organizational intelligence, organizational design, knowledge management, and corporate strategy, to mention but a few. Key Words: Systems Theory, Complexity Theory, Organizational Change, And Organizational Transformation Introduction The ability of organizations to manage and survive change is becoming increasingly important in an environment where competition and globalization of markets are ever intensifying (Cao and McHugh, 2005: 475). Through the mid-20th century, there had been increased attempts to apply theories of organizational change to the analysis of human organizations (Byeon, 2005: 223). The first attempt, which applied concepts of systems theory was mainly...
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...SBUs (Strategic Business Units) in highly decentralized profit centres. “In the 1990s, top executives will be judged on their ability to identify, cultivate, and exploit the core competencies that make growth possible”. Since the 1990s, the resource based view (RBV) and the core competence approach (CCA) became very attractive for many researchers and consultants. Such interest was well supported by what seemed to be a clear and superior way of setting strategies by large Japanese groups which frequently served as a benchmark case of core competence management. The strong and pervasive trends for continuous technological innovation and for technological alliances created also a rich context for the use of RBV and CCA to strategy. Analysis and theory were tempted to move from transaction costs to resources or competences or capabilities sometime in a fuzzy way in interpreting strategic moves in the context of alliances and technological changes. Although attractive, the...
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...Chandler and Henry Mintzeberg as the one of the main contributors in the development of the field of strategic management . During the 1950s, after the Second World War, academicians, researchers and practitioners basically paid very little attention to the practical concepts of strategy developed and embraced during the war. After normalcy and stability was achieved most business persons and investors started focusing and laying more emphasis on efficient and effective production in order to restore what was lost during the war. Consequently, production firms and organizations moved and shifted from an emphasis on operations, budgeting and controlling areas to more emphasis on planning aspects (Freeman, 2010). This arose as result of the dynamic environment that businesses were operating in and the urgent need for solutions which eventually demanded future planning taken at a larger perspective and view. This led to many businesses requiring the urgent need of having a corporate policy. With these, the seminar work of Chandler of 1962 placed and positioned the concept of strategy as a unique business function from marketing, sales, finance and production. In this case strategy was defined to comprise and involve planning on the long term goals of an organization (Freeman, 2010). It can be noted that during the 1960s, two authors made great and significant contributions towards the development of strategic management. They include Igor Ansoff and Chandler. Ansoff argued that strategy...
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...| Stephen D. Griffith Business Leadership BMGT-365 Kofi Djanphie | [Montego bay: case analysis] | This document contains a group analysis and suggested solutions; of the Montego Bay Case concerning time system upgrades and the effects they have on the company as well as employees. | In the Montego Bay case study, there were motives that inspire the switch to the new computerized scheduling system. Lisa Mahoney made the decision to switch to this new system based upon the need to improve business. In the end, her sales improved by 2.8 percent and labor cost were down by 5 percent (Daft, 2011). I think she made a great business decision; however, she did not anticipate how much this change would affect her employees. There are some things Lisa could’ve done to prepare her employees for the changes forthcoming. First, we will analyze the X Y theories as it relates to Lisa Mahoney’s inability to anticipate how this change would affect her employees as their leader. Lisa may not have been able to avoid total chaos amongst her employees, but she may have been able to motivate them in other ways so they would not feel devalued. The X and Y theories looks at how a manager's perception of what motivates his or her team members affects the way he or she behaves. Theory X assumes that people dislike work; they want to avoid it and do not want to take responsibility. Theory Y assumes that people are self-motivated, and thrive on responsibility (Daft, 2011). In the Montego...
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...Financial Supervision of Third-party Payment Based on Evolutionary Game Zhenyuan Zhu School of Management Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China j_j8797@yahoo.com.cn Abstract: Under the assumption of low rationality, this paper establishes the Evolutionary Game model between the supervision departments of third-party payment and operators of third-party payment platform, studying the replicator dynamics equations and the procedure of dynamic evolutionary. Also it draws the conclusion that there is no evolutionary stable strategy based on the analysis of Jacobian Matrix. Furthermore, this paper gives strategies concerning both colonies to regulate the third-party payment market. Keywords: evolutionary game, third-party payment, financial supervision I. INTRODUCTION With the web technology and E-commerce thriving across the mainland, the expanding speed of Chinese third-party payment market (hereafter be shorted as “the Market”) has accelerated to a striking level. According to the Report on Development State of Chinese Online Payment Industry 2010-2011 conducted by www.iresearch.cn, the Market’s trading scale has raised to 353.7 billion RMB during the fourth quarter of 2010, increasing 129.4% year-on-year and 32.6% period-on-period. [1] Meanwhile the governmental supervision of third-party payment platform (hereafter be shorted as “the Platform”) remains vacant, leaving a risk of misappropriation with the numerous amount of sedimentary money preserved by the...
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...What is Demography? Demography is the scientific study of human population, including its size, distribution, composition, and the factors that determine changes in its size, distribution, and composition. Objects: Dynamic VS Static Demographic Focuses 1. Size: the number of population in a given areas at a given time. 2. Distribution: population dispersion in geographic space at a given time. 3. Composition: the number of person in sex, age, and other “demographic” categories. 4. Population dynamics: birth, death, and migration. 5. Socioeconomic determinants and consequences of population change --- Population Study. Population Characteristics Population has three compositions (in terms of static): natural composition: by age and sex spatial composition: by province and by urban-rural areas social composition: by marital status, educational status, nationalities, working status, etc. Accordingly, population has three changes (in terms of dynamics): natural change: birth and death migration change: emigration and immigration social change: marriage and divorce, enrollment and drop out Population dynamics affects the population composition. Population composition can be expressed at a point of time, which was called time-point index; Population change can be expressed within duration of time, which was called period index. The Feature of Demography Demography is rarely found as an independent academic...
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...Cathy took the main responsibility in charge of the marketing department, and she was a serious and strict leader in terms of all aspects of work and duty within the marketing department. Approximately one year ago, she was appointed as the leader of the marketing department from the manufacturing department as a result of the revolution and change in the marketing department. For Cathy who had benefited from the strict and rigid way of management, she tended to apply this way of management in the marketing department, which was in fact totally different from the working and management model in the manufacturing department. She abolished the original rewarding system in the marketing department. In fact, after the arrival of her, staffs in the marketing department were disappointed by the less stimulating rewarding system in the marketing department. Cathy tended to take the excellent working performance of staffs in the marketing department for granted, which may lead to less physical wealth awarding such as the monthly bonus and recognition as well as the spiritual awarding such as the verbal recognition or official acknowledgment. As a member of the marketing department, I always found it depressed and disappointed when I received little recognition or motivation from my colleagues or my leaders even if I had...
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...Macroeconomics! Introduction: The term ‘macro’ was first used in economics by Ragner Frisch in 1933. But as a methodological approach to economic problems, it originated with the Mercantilists in the 16th and 17th centuries. They were concerned with the economic system as a whole. In the 18th century, the Physiocrats adopted it in their Table Economies to show the ‘circulation of wealth’ (i.e., the net product) among the three classes represented by farmers, landowners and the sterile class. Malthus, Sismondi and Marx in the 19th century dealt with macroeconomic problems. Walras, Wicksell and Fisher were the modern contributors to the development of macroeconomic analysis before Keynes. Certain economists, like Cassel, Marshall, Pigou, Robertson, Hayek and Hawtrey, developed a theory of money and general prices in the decade following the First World War. But credit goes to Keynes who finally developed a general theory of income, output and employment in the wake of the Great Depression. Contents: Nature of Macroeconomics Difference between Microeconomics and Macroeconomics Dependence of Microeconomic Theory on Macroeconomics Dependence of Macroeconomics on Microeconomic Theory Macro Statics, Macro Dynamics and Comparative Statics Transition from Microeconomics to Macroeconomics Stock and Flow Concepts 1. Nature of Macroeconomics:________________________________________ Macroeconomics is the study of aggregates or averages covering the entire economy, such as total...
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