...Machine Two examples of organizations functioning as a machine and classified as a bureaucracies are the federal government and the public education system in Delaware. As Morgan so aptly describes Max Weber’s comparison between “…the mechanization of industry and the proliferation of bureaucratic forms of organization.” (Morgan, 2006), the emphasis on …bureaucracy…emphasizes precision, speed, clarity, regularity, reliability, and efficiency achieved through the creation of a fixed division of tasks, hierarchical supervision, and detailed rules and regulations” (Morgan, p17). Speed, in this writer’s opinion, seems to be dependent on the situation, but government and the education industry especially, present excellent examples of bureaucracy at its best. "The various leveled association of occupations expands on the thought that control must be practiced over the distinctive parts of the association" (to guarantee that they are doing what they are intended to do). Unthinking way to deal with association tends to constrain as opposed to prepare the advancement of human limits, forming individuals to fit the prerequisites of mechanical associations...
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...INTRODUCTION From chairman’s point of view It's my pleasure to welcome you to the world of Colgate- Palmolive. The small soap and candle business that William Colgate began in New York City early in the 19th century is now, more than 200 years later, a truly global company serving hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide. Our 200-year history reflects the strength and innovation that Colgate people have used to constantly transform our Company and identify new opportunities. With global brands sold in over 200 countries; Colgate, Mennen, Palmolive, Ajax, Softsoap, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition are among the world's most recognizable household names, trusted and relied upon by consumers everywhere. Colgate People, working around the world, share a commitment to our three core corporate values: Caring, Global Teamwork and Continuous Improvement. These values are reflected not only in the quality of our products and the reputation of our Company, but also in our dedication to serving the communities where we do business. As a leading consumer products company we are also deeply committed to advancing technology which can address changing consumer needs throughout the world. In fact, our goal is to use our technology to create products that will continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live. Colgate-Palmolive Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American multinational consumer products...
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...Colgate-Palmolive: Evaluating New Product Potential Colgate-Palmolive, a leading dental product company, must compete in an expanding market to design the next best product in a fast developing dental field. New products, such as the Colgate Precision must not only be designed efficiently but must also be compared to similar products on the market to see if it will outsell their opponent’s newest products. Positioning, branding, and communication strategies must be considered when evaluating the potential of a new product. CP’s main strength is being a global leader in household and personal care products. The Colgate-Palmolive company also holds number one position in U.S. retail toothbrush market with a 23.3% volume share. Next, the company is concentrating on core consumer products. They also focus on innovation and new product launches. The company’s strong financials helps them in researching and introducing new products. One of the CP’s weaknesses is increased frequency of promotion by competitors. Due to promotions, purchase frequency was lagging the toothbrush replacement frequency. The consumers were often offered a “two for one” or a free sample, and most of the people were replacing their toothbrushes only when the bristles became visibly worn. This behavior was lagging the purchase frequency. In the 90’s there has been a substantial growth of the global oral hygiene market. There was also an increasing consumer interest and purchase frequency, which gave the...
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...Case 14: QI-TECH A Chinese Technology Company For Sale About the case: The case describes QI-TECH, a Chinese manufacturer of precision coordinate measurement machines. A foreign investor that hold 50% of Qi-Tech must negotiate a sale with its Chinese partner and a potential buyer (a large Western measurement machine company). For this purpose the foreign investor must value the joint venture and develop a viable deal structure and negotiation strategy. Something about CMM Technology – the product Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMM) were used widely in the aerospace industry and other industries such as automotive and electronic for quality control purposes. CMMs represented about 25% (US$ 600 million) of the world market for measurement instruments. CMMs cost between US$ 50,000 – US$ 500,000 depending on size of parts they could measure, speed of measurement and precision. The measurement accuracy of a Qi-Tech’s most popular (Zoo3” CMM machine was 2.5 µm (1 micron = 1 millionth of a meter). A CMM generally consisted of four elements: stationery devices, including a massive granite worktable; moving elements; electrical parts; and a controller. The players Indivers BV was a Dutch holding company that had been established by Twaalfhoven who had built a business around the manufacture of aircraft engine parts in the 1970s. Overtime, Twaalfhoven had made several investments in high-tech startups to participate in the exciting growth opportunities for high technology...
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...be a versatile and reliable workhorse. With over 1 billion miles of proven reliability and powering applications ranging from sports utility vehicles and trucks to large transit buses, this beast has shown it can’t be tamed. Take a closer look inside and see why the Remy HVH electric motor is so powerfully unique. Then give us a call to see how easily we can make an immediate impact on your electric or hybrid application. Superior Patented Technology of the Future A Look Inside Remy HVH Technology High Voltage Hairpin (HVHTM) Remy HVH electric motors owe both their name and exceptional performance to the proprietary High Voltage Hairpin stator windings. In contrast with conventional round-wire windings, the HVH stator winding uses precision-formed rectangular wires. Multiple layers of interlocking “hairpins” produce superior slot fill and shorter end turn space which reduces heat and improves the motor’s torque and power density. Low-Weight, Compact Size Reducing overall size and mass of the motor with HVH technology drives cost reductions and performance improvements throughout vehicle applications. A smaller, more efficient HVH motor provides greater placement flexibility within a vehicle. Highest Power and Torque Density Remy HVH patented winding technology provides more power and torque density than any other competitor. It also provides customers with better continuous power than any other motor on...
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...Advances in Metal Forming Research at the Center for Precision Forming - Industry/University Cooperation – T. Altan, P. Sartkulvanich, N. Kardes The Center for Precision Forming (CPF), The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Abstract The demand for application for lightweight materials such as Ultra/Advanced High Strength Steels (U/AHSS), aluminum alloys, magnesium alloys and boron steels in automotive industry is increasing to reduce vehicle weight and increase crash performance. The use of these relatively new materials requires advanced and reliable techniques to a) obtain data on material properties and flow stress, b) predicting springback and fracture in bending and flanging, c) selecting lubricants and die materials/coatings for stamping and forging and d) designing tools for blanking and shearing. In addition, designing the process and tooling for a) hot stamping of boron steels, b) warm forming of Al and Mg alloys, and c) optimizing the use of servo-drive presses require advanced Finite Element based simulation methods. CPF is conducting R&D in most of these topics and also in many hot and cold forging related topics. This paper gives an overview of this research and discusses how the research results are applied in cooperation with industry. Keywords: Metal Forming, Sheet metal, Forging, FEM 1 INTRODUCTION The Center for Precision Forming (CPF) has been established with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a number of companies (www.cpforming...
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...Turing, A. (1936). ‘On computable numbers’, Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. 2nd Series, 42, pp. 230–265. YORICK WILKS Department of Computer Science University of Sheffield Sheffield, S11 4DP, UK E-mail: yorick@dcs.shef.ac.uk John von Neumann, The Computer and the Brain, 2nd edition, Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman Memorial Lectures, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000, xxviii + 82 pp., $9.95 (paper), ISBN 0-300-084373-0. When John von Neumann turned his interest to computers, he was one of the leading mathematicians of his time. In the 1940s, he helped design two of the first stored-program digital electronic computers. He authored reports explaining the functional organization of modern computers for the first time, thereby influencing their construction worldwide (von Neumann, 1945; Burks et al., 1946). In the first of these reports, von Neumann described the computer as analogous to a brain, with an input “organ” (analogous to sensory neurons), a memory, an arithmetical and a logical “organ” (analogous to associative neurons), and an output “organ” (analogous to motor neurons). His experience with computers convinced him that brains and computers, both having to do with the processing of information, should be studied by a new discipline–automata theory. In fact, according to von Neumann, automata theory would cover not only computers and brains, but also any biological or artificial systems that dealt with information and control, including robots and genes. Von Neumann never formulated a full-blown...
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...produced with very low labor expense, huge amounts of inexpensive products can be supplied in the domestic market. Considering this situation, competitiveness in cost and quality continue to be key issues for textile manufacturers. In order to significantly reduce time and cost in the supply chain, the industry needed to become more focused on consumers by developing a supply chain management process that would be demand driven and production that would be synchronized to replenish product at the consumer's pull rate (Lovejoy 2001). Today, consumers desire to personalize the style, fit and color of the clothes they buy, and require high-quality customized products at low prices with faster delivery (Lee & Chen 1999). New manufacturing technologies such as 3D body scanners, CAD/CAM systems, and digital textile printers have played a key role in increasing the effectiveness, flexibility, agility, and precision of production. Garment Industry Information Technology Upgrades Garment manufacturing technology should be understood as the traditional manufacturing technology, information technology, computer technology, automation technology and scientific management of advanced technology integrated multi-disciplinary and applied to garment manufacturing engineering,...
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...has business relationships with virtually every automobile company in the world. The headquarters of Bosch is in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart. Franz Fehrenbach became Chairman on 1 July 2003. The Bosch Group comprises more than 320 subsidiary companies. THE LOGO The Bosch logo represents a simple magneto armature and casing, one of the first components produced by the business. TOP MANAGEMENT AT BOSCH : * CEO : Franz Fehrenbach * Chairman of the Board : Hermann Scholl * Director : Tilman Todenhofer * DEPUTY CEO : Siegfried Dais * Sales And Marketing : Rudolf Colm * CFO : Gerhard Kümmel BOSCH’S HISTORY: AT A GLANCE 1886 | Opening of Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering in Stuttgart on 15 November | 1887 | First low-voltage magneto from Bosch for stationary petrol engines | 1897 | First low-voltage magneto ignition for motor vehicle internal combustion engines | 1901 | First plant in Stuttgart | 1902 | First commercially viable high-voltage spark plug | 1906 | Production of 100,000th magneto ignition | 1906 | Introduction of eight-hour working day | 1910 | Opening of plant in Stuttgart-Feuerbach | 1913 | Start of production of headlights | 1918 | American assets seized; later become American Bosch Magneto | 1926 | Start of production of windscreen wipers | 1927 | First diesel fuel injection pump | 1929 | First TV Set from Fernseh AG division...
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...Learner Assessment Submission and Declaration Learner name: Maddie Johnson | Assessor name: Lesha Stryleki | Issue date: 17/09/15 | Submission date: 09/10/15 | Submitted on: 5/10/15 | Programme: | Unit: | Assignment reference and title:The organisation Pfizer assignment | Please list the evidence submitted for each task. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found or describe the nature of the evidence Task ref. | Evidence submitted | Page numbers ordescription | | | | | | | | | | | | | Additional comments to the Assessor: | Learner declarationI certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.Learner signature: Maddie johnson Date: 05/10/15 | RESUBMISSION AUTHORISATION A resubmission has been authorised as the learner: * Has met all agreed deadlines * Is judged to be able to provide improved evidence without further guidance | Assessor Name | | Assessor Signature | | Lead IV Name | | Lead IV signature | | Date agreed | | Resubmission Deadline date | | Learner Assessment RESubmission and Declaration Submission date: | Submitted on: | RESUBMISSION EVIDENCE | Task ref. | New evidence submitted | Page numbers ordescription | | | | | | | Additional comments to the Assessor: | Learner declarationI...
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...act and brought international brands into Indian market. Tommy Hilfiger and FCUK as well as the Swiss made watch Xylys owe their presence in Indian market to Titan Industries. Entering the largely fragmented Indian jewellery market with no known brands in 1995, Titan Industries launched Tanishq, India's most trusted and fastest growing jewellery brand. Gold Plus, the later addition, focuses on the preferences of semi-urban and rural India. Completing the jewellery portfolio is Zoya, the latest retail chain in the luxury segment. Titan Industries has also made its foray into eyewear, launching Fastrack eyewear and sunglasses, as well as prescription eyewear. The organization has leveraged its manufacturing competencies and branched into precision engineering products and machine building.With over 827 retail stores across a carpet area of over 10,08,083 sq. ft. Titan...
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...Yu Chen Shen 900923-C557 Q1: Economic progress and the instituted practice of institutionalization Abstract: First, the importance and three different kinds of institutions-The rule of the game (Law), Social Technologies, Instituted Practices will be briefly introduced. Second part would be summarization of institutions’ evolution from different scholars. The impacts of institutions to economic progress would be mentioned separately here also. Then the third part would be how these three institutions’ combination influences the economic improvement, and more scholars’ economic progress concepts would be discussed together. In this part, three institutional issues would be used as framework to discuss the economic progress brings by institutions. In from family units to business units section, basically it would be how institutions organize a hierarchical social structure for efficiently managing to facilitate division of labor, divide the payoffs, and so on. Following the first section, peace, love, and understanding section argues that laws and language development build up trustable economic environment for strangers to cooperate. Last section is building computers out of people, which integrates two sections earlier and emphasizes institutions creating a web of social structures, norms, protocols, legal structures together making the whole human society as a computer that could self-organized deal with complex problems...
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...1. What is political risk and what are the most significant elements to be considered? Political risk is any governmental actions that diminish value of the firm operating with the boundary or influence of that government Most significant elements: Nationalization: Confiscation: Expropriation: Contract repudiation Currency inconvertibility: 2. Describe in details of your study into one of your countries from your selected website addressing political risk Libya Political instability: Since January 2010, there have been varying degrees of political instability and public protests, including demonstrations which have been marked by violence, in Libya. Some political regimes in Libya are threatened or have changed as a result of such unrest. Such unrest, if continues to spread, could result in civil wars, regional conflicts, and regime changes resulting in governments that are hostile to the U.S. One method of offsetting financial risk includes insurance policies to cover in-country staff and particularly contracted personnel. Also, another option to mitigate risk are hard techniques typically revolve around easily identifiable physical security measures such as perimeter fencing, walls, locks etc. Marathon Oil should pay more attention to security and risk management planning. 3. What is intellectual property and list at least 5 categories of intellectual properties. Intellectual property: the ownership rights to one’s intangible innovations and creativity. List: Brand...
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...RUNNING HEAD: LEININGER’S THEORY OF CULTURE CARE Critique Paper Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality University of Virginia Theoretical Foundation of Nursing Abstract The Cultural Care Diversity and Universality Theory provides a conceptual framework to discover and explain diversities and similarities of care practices, within a cultures context. The theory is highly complex, and has many levels of scope, in relation to human cultures and nursing worldwide. Culture care is applicable to any culture and many diverse settings. The theory is accessible as a guide to research and can lead to empirical precision. The Sunrise Enabler provides a “visual map” that depicts the multi-factoring influences of culture described in the Culture Care Theory. The United States has become a very pluralistic society and continues to grow in international and ethnic diversity daily. In 2006, Louis Kincannon, Census Bureau Director, stated that “about one in three U.S. residents is a minority.” In 2006, of the United States population, 66% were white or European, 15% Hispanic America, 13% African America, 5% Asian American, and 0.4% Native American (United States Census Bureau, 2006). By 2020 they project that only 53% of the U.S. population is going to be white of European descent. In addition, by 2020 the Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans will triple, while the number of African Americans is expected to double (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). Considering these...
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...Five myths about time-driven activity-based costing The straight facts about traditional and time-driven costing methodologies After decades of proven success, activity-based costing (ABC) has come under fire from its earliest and most active proponents. Robert S. Kaplan and others are promoting a “new, innovative, time-driven methodology” that presumably “delivers great improvements to the older systems of 15 years ago.”1 Companies are replacing their current costing solutions to try to get strategic information faster and with less maintenance. Is this approach really new and revolutionary? Does it deliver on its promise? Time-driven ABC vs. traditional ABC Traditional ABC is a “push” model of costing. You start with total expenses spent on various types of resources, such as salaries or supplies, and then determine what percentage of each resource is associated with each product or service. Then you apply that ratio to the total cost, which generates cost allocations for every product. In contrast, time-driven ABC is a “pull” model of costing. You start with estimates of two parameters: units of time required to perform an activity and the cost per unit of time. You then multiply this information by the quantity of the product. For resources not measured by units of time, the costing methodology can accept other measures. For instance, the capacity of a distribution center could be measured by available area and priced at cost per cubic meter. The capacity of...
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