...Readiness to Internationalize at Maynooth Natural Granite Shingirayi A. Mutandiro – 6565816 Date: 14/11/14 ADM 3318C Professor Lynn MacDonald Executive Summary Primary problem Mr. Hyland is trying to find suitable markets for expanding his granite rock business profitably by relinquishing some control of his business. Mr. Hyland is also concerned with achieving a balance between his local business interests and family life in Canada. Alternatives 1. Keep ongoing operations as is (status quo) 2. Service Boston, Hamburg and London only 3. Expand to Tokyo and Amsterdam (in addition to Boston, Hamburg and London) Facts considered 1. There is a significant household gardening market, especially in USA 2. The local Canadian gardening market is saturated 3. The need to localize MNG’s granite products in international markets 4. The trading advantages for MNG brought about by NAFTA 5. The rising cost of auto-propane fuel 6. Mr. Hyland is fluent in English and French 7. Mr. Hyland plans to balance his local business and family life Recommendation After much careful analysis of Mr. Hyland’s primary problem, the recommended plan of action for Maynooth Natural Granite is to expand to Boston, Hamburg and London only. Assumptions * Declining profit margins for MNG, since the local Canadian market is saturated * High possibility of stronger brand recognition in North America largely due to the benefits of NAFTA * Little...
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...INTERNSHIP REPORT ON ORGANIZATIONAL STUDY AT ORIENTAL GRANITES By T A VENKATESH BABU-13MB5198 III SEMESTER MBA Guide PROF. DR U N LAKSHMAN Internship Report submitted to the University of Mysore in partial fulfillment of the requirements of III Semester MBA degree examinations – 2014 [pic] Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies #15, New BEL Road, MSRIT Post, M S Ramaiah Nagar | | | | | | Bangalore – 560054 Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies Bangalore – 560054 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this Internship Report on Organizational Study at ORIENTAL GRANITES submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for III Semester MBA Degree examinations 2014 of University of Mysore through Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies is my original work and not submitted to any other university. This work has been done under the supervision of PROF DR U N LAKSHMAN in Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies, Bangalore. Place: Bangalore Date: T A VENKATESH BABU (13MB5092) Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies/ Sciences Bangalore - 560054 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that this Internship Report on Organizational Study at ORIENTAL GRANITES is a bonafide study of VENKATESH BABU T A carried...
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...Why you should hire marble floor polishing company Floor polishing services are required by several people and companies world over. Although floor polishing can be done on your own also, but that involves a lot of risk of damaging your own floor area. Instead it is always a better option to hire a professional company for the job who has several years of relevant experience in the work. The floor of residential as well as commercial areas are composed of several different materials such as concrete, sandstone, marble etc and each of the material require special and different care and polishing needs. Marble floors are quite common and require careful maintenance as it can get patchy and spoilt if not properly maintained. Hence choosing a marble floor polishing company becomes a necessity. Marble is widely used as a flooring material in walls, bathrooms, as well as counter tops. The popularity of marble as a flooring material is due to its shine and there are numerous shades available and also patterns. If you are looking for a flooring material that gives a luxurious look then marble is the best option to look out for. But if you are installing a luxurious material in your home or office then you must also maintain it properly and for that you must consult a marble floor polishing company. Why to hire a specialist for marble floor polishing needs? Floor polishing can be done by an individual but then the perfection is not like a professional as such. If you are investing in...
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...impact” and raise public awareness about “the plight of the whale” (Sayre 294). Creating the sculpture was a difficult task though because of the nature and durability of the black granite stone he used. It is not easy to cut and shape a heavy piece of material as Sardonis found, but the significance the black granite had to the meaning of the artwork was much more substantial and worth the difficulty. Sardonis had to use a variety of tools to sculpt the granite, including a large saw and hammer. He used the large saw to cut the stone close to the size he wanted and then proceeded to hammer off the rest because the pieces were easier to break off once small. The complete sculpture of black granite represented the whale both in color, durability, and permanence, which is what Sardonis’s intended. The funding for this project determined the process for creation and installation of the whale tails. Sardonis’s vision called for a very large amount of space, which he would not have been able to find without outside funding support. There were many factors to deal with, such as the weight of the stones, the location to create the piece, and the equipment used to shape the granite. With help from a local developer and Granite Importers, Sardonis was able to work in a large area with the necessary equipment. Granite Importers was able to help with creating the piece directly, for the company was able to “move stones weighing 22 and 14 tons, respectively, and possessed diamond saws as large...
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...Intrusive features are formed underground as magma is injected into rocks and solidifies underground. These features tend to stay concealed unless exposed by erosion in the form of weathering. The first main intrusive feature is called a Batholith, or Pluton. These are large dome shaped structures made of intrusive igneous rock. Formed when magma cools and crystallizes beneath Earth's surface. They are formed between convergent plate boundaries as one plate subducts under another; leading to partial melting of the denser plate at the Benioff zone. This creates magma less dense than that surrounding it. The magma then cools slowly as it reaches the crust forming large crystals of granite or granodiorite. Surrounding these features metamorphic rock is formed due to the intense heat and pressure. The subsequent weathering and erosion of the strata above the batholith can mean it is revelled at the surface. As they compromise resistant rocks such as granite they form prominent uplands such as the Batholith in Sierra Nevada which expands across California and is part of the Yosemite national park. Another intrusive feature that forms as a result of a Batholith is a Dyke; this is a thin sheet of igneous rock, intruded at a high angle to the inclination of the older surrounding rocks. If the earth above a Batholith is faulted, magma may shoot up forming a horizontal intrusion. These Dykes usually occur in what is called Dyke swarms where many form in proximity to one another. Dyke...
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...compare extrusive and intrusive rocks. Describe and compare each type in at least 150 words. Extrusive Rock Intrusive Rock Extrusive rock refers to igneous volcanic rock formation in which hot magma from inside the Earth flows out to the surface as lava or explodes violently into the atmosphere to fall back as pyroclastic. This is different from intrusive rock formation, in which magma does not reach the surface. The main effect of extrusion is that the magma can cool much more quickly in the open air or under seawater, and there is less time for the growth of crystals. Often, some of the lava fails to crystallize at all, becoming an interstitial natural glass or obsidian. If the magma contains abundant volatile components which are released as free gas, then it may cool with large or small vesicles (bubble-shaped cavities) like those found in pumice or scoria. These rocks form many kilometers below the Earth’s surface, as molten rock called magma flows into cracks or underground chambers. There, the magma cools very slowly over thousands to millions of years. As it cools, elements combine to form common silicate minerals, the building blocks of igneous rocks; the mineral crystals can grow quite large if space allows. Rocks that form in this way are called intrusive igneous or plutonic rocks. The mineral crystals within them are large enough to see without a microscope. There are many different types of intrusive igneous rocks but granite is the most common type. ...
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...Cauvery shear zone itself contains the older rocks like 3.0 Ga Sittampundi anorthosite and the younger Tiruchengodu granite of 660 Ma old (Bhaskar Rao et al., 1996). SGT is characterized by the presence of few major shear zones and deep crustal faults and is bounded by shear zone/fault immediately bordering the Kodaikanal hill ranges (Janardhan, 1999). Prominent among them are Moyar Bhavani, Palghat-Cauvery and Achankovil shear zones. These shear zones represent major terrain boundaries in south India. The major shear zones, E-W trending Palghat-Cauvery in the north and NW-SE trending Achankovil in the south, divide the SGT into (a) Northern Block (b) Madurai Block and (c) Trivandrum Block. The Northern Block composed of orthopyroxene bearing granulites and hornblende biotite gneiss and syenite and carbonatite intrusive bodies (750 Ma) that occur along Salem-Attur and Mettur shear zones. The triangular shaped land mass bounded by Moyar shear zone in the north and Bhavani shear zone in the south is known as Nilgiri block. Nilgiri block represents the deepest level of exposure (9-10 kb; palaeo-depth of ~ 35 km) of granulite grade lower crust in south India. The crustal section is essentially composed of garnetiferous hypersthene bearing tonalitic granulites with smaller amount of kyanite-bearing gneisses, quartzites and banded magnetite quartzites. Its deeper northern part is encroached by intermediate and basic magmatic rocks presently represented by non-garnetiferous...
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...| Rocks of Connecticut | [Type the document subtitle] | | Raury Duffy | 4/27/2011 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | I’ve lived in Connecticut my whole life and until now I was unaware of its geological history. Admiring the landscape of the state has always been one of my great pleasures. When I traveled around the country I would compare the natural wonders of each state to my own. Besides the rocky mountains in Colorado and the white mountains of New Hampshire few places match Connecticut’s regal terrain. Growing up in Bristol I would hike up to Pinnacle Mountain in Plainville, my friends and I would stand in awe of the magnificent rock structures. In the summer I would go on vacation to Old Lyme, it was there I fell in love with the earth’s most beautiful contrasts, the ocean meeting the rock and vice a versa. But until now I never educated myself on how all this magnificence came about. In this paper I will chronologically describe the eras and events that formed Connecticut’s geologic history. The oldest rocks provide a window through time telling a story of continental collisions so powerful that they raised mountains thousands of feet high. Others reveal evidence of a slow but constant attack from the elements that wore down those same majestic...
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...Abstract Central Texas contains Precambrian rocks, which were exposed due to the Llano uplift. This paper looks further into the Devil’s Waterhole of Ink’s Lake to get a better understanding of the area. First the geology of the Llano uplift is studied to get a better understanding of how the rocks in the area were formed. The rocks in the area, which consists of Valley Springs Gneiss and Town Mountain Granite, are studied even further to see the composition of each and how each was formed. The Valley Spring Gneiss is split into amphibolite, biotite gneiss, quartz-feldspar gneiss, and quartzite. Each of the five different rock samples were observed and studied in the area to give us a better understanding of their compositions, how they were formed, and what their protoliths are. The Devil’s Waterhole of Ink’s lake is the area of focus in studying Precambrian rock. Throughout the Ink’s Lake region we will take focus on the Precambrian metamorphic rock that was exposed due to the Llano uplift. The Llano uplift contains some of the oldest rocks in North America and is exposed in Ink’s Lake, Texas. This is exposed due to the oceanic-continent collision, which drove the Llano uplift upward. After the weathering away of the younger rock on top, the currently exposed metamorphic rock is more easily observed. Following the Llano uplift exposure, there was an intrusion of the Town Mountain Granite, which we will also look further into. We also observe the areas reactions such as...
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...Roberto Muniz Professor Andrew Husband ENG 101.01 February 25, 2013 The Ranch It’s the end of the school year, and I know I have completed my part by passing all my classes. Now I’m sitting on the sofa watching television, but I can’t help but to feel anxious. I already know where I’m are going and who I will be going with, but I still need to hear the words conforming it. Fighting to stay awake I hear the door starting to open, excitement takes over me and I’m no longer sleepy or watching television. Then it happens, the words I have been waiting to hear all day coming rolling out of my father’s mouth: “we are going to the ranch.” Going to the ranch was and still is the most special place for me. After the trip announcement, it was packing time. The house was in complete joy, yet it was chaotic at the same time. I would run to my room as fast as I could and pull out my suitcase, but clothes were not on my mind. The ranch called for special items to be packed, like my slingshot, one of my prized possessions. It took me weeks to make it and find the right type of tree with the right tree branch. My uncle put it all together for me, he even added a leather hand grip. I couldn't play around with the slingshot in my neighborhood, so the ranch was perfect for target practice. Next was my pair of binoculars, they were perfect for the ride into the ranch, and once at the ranch those binoculars would always be around my neck. With all my special items packed, it was time to secure...
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...Associate Program Material History of Rock Worksheet Write a 500- to 750-word explanation regarding the role of plate tectonics in the origin of igneous rocks. | ORIGIN OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THE ROLE OF PLATE TECTONICS | |Igneous rocks form in three main places: where lithospheric plates pull apart at mid-ocean ridges, where plates come together at | |seduction zones and where continental crust is pushed together, making it thicker and allowing it to heat to melting. There are two| |ideas about igneous rocks that are geologically important. The first idea is that igneous rocks evolve - they change from one kind | |of rock into another. The second idea is that rocks are not randomly distributed across the earth. Specific kinds of rocks are | |always found in specific places for specific reasons, all tied into plate tectonic processes. Igneous rocks begin as hot, fluid | |material, and the word "igneous" comes from the Latin for fire. This material may have been lava erupted at the Earth's surface, or| |magma (un-erupted lava) at shallow depths, or magma in deep bodies (plutons). People commonly think of lava and magma as a liquid, | |like molten metal, but geologists find that magma is usually a mush — a liquid carrying a load of mineral crystals. Magma | |crystallizes into a collection of minerals, and some crystallize sooner than others. Not just that, but when they crystallize...
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...Igneous rocks form in three main places: where lithospheric plates pull apart at mid-ocean ridges, where plates come together at seduction zones and where continental crust is pushed together, making it thicker and allowing it to heat to melting. There are two ideas about igneous rocks that are geologically important. The first idea is that igneous rocks evolve - they change from one kind of rock into another. The second idea is that rocks are not randomly distributed across the earth. Specific kinds of rocks are always found in specific places for specific reasons, all tied into plate tectonic processes. Igneous rocks begin as hot, fluid material, and the word "igneous" comes from the Latin for fire. This material may have been lava erupted at the Earth's surface, or magma (un-erupted lava) at shallow depths, or magma in deep bodies (plutons). People commonly think of lava and magma as a liquid, like molten metal, but geologists find that magma is usually a mush — a liquid carrying a load of mineral crystals. Magma crystallizes into a collection of minerals, and some crystallize sooner than others. Not just that, but when they crystallize, they leave the remaining liquid with a changed chemical composition. When a body of magma, as it cools, evolves, and as it moves through the crust, interacting with other rocks, it evolves further. This makes igneous petrology a very complex field. Tell the three types of igneous rocks apart by their texture, starting with the size of the...
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...Obsidian is still used in surgical scalpels today. Obsidian is also the stone which served as the pupils of the eyes of the statues of Easter Island; this stone gave the statues authority and a spiritual essence. Identification Obsidian has a smooth glassy appearance. It is usually dark due to impurities within the stone: dark green obsidian results from the presence of Iron and magnesium, whilst the red/brown of some obsidian results from the presence of hematite or limonite within the crystal. Obsidian is most frequently a jet black colour, which is a result of a multitude of microscopic rock and mineral particles. Obsidian is also found with a variety of patterns: When Obsidian cools, small bubbles of air can become aligned along layer which are created as the molten rock was flowing before being cooled. These bubbles produce a variety of effects: Gold sheen obsidian is a black to brown stone. It has air bubbles between its layers, which produce a gold sheen on the surface on the crystal, when light reflects through its...
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...Igneous Rock Mountains contain ancient mystery that stirs wonder in mortal minds. It is unfathomable to think of the time it took to craft such organic beauty. Long before our existence on the Earth, nature's elements clashed and collided in violent movements. In the beginning stages of creation magma filled the Earth, cooled and eventually solidified. Liquid hot magma can reach temperatures up to 2000 degrees fahrenheit.The formations that occurred from this radical process are known as Igneous rock. These rocks are found all over the world. The two stones that I chose to compose my research are firstly the Intrusive rock called Granite. The second extrusive rock known as Pumice. These compositions that are very important in our lives, it's...
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...What is granite made up of? It is a rock, not a mineral, so it is built up of several different minerals, which include; Mica, quartz, hornblende, magnetite, and feldspar. Although some may argue against the inclusion of magnetite and mica I firmly believe that those minerals are some of the most prominent appearing in granite. Mica and quartz are known to be metallic and have a low hardness on the Mohs scale. Both of which were exemplified by our sample of granite. Along with a slight magnetic pull that our granite gave off, implying that the granite included magnetite too. Not to mention the granite is partly grey (A similar shade to hornblende), proving that yet another mineral, hornblende, is included within granite. Feldspar is also...
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