...this course are expected to have completed a statistics course. To help you refresh your memory, a note on important statistical underpinnings is given here. Please read this and come prepared to the class. Method of Instruction: We will be using a combination of lectures, student discussions, case analyses, data analyses and projects. The emphasis will be on the students’ involvement and participation both individually and in groups. Given the graduate level of the class, students are expected to read the assigned material and come prepared to discuss them. Students can expect to work for at least 2 hours outside the classroom (in reading assigned materials, meeting with groups for their project work to perform necessary brain storming/data collection/data analyses and library research) for each hour of classroom time. Students, as part of a group will be responsible for ✓ Research Project. ✓ Case presentation. ✓ Data Analyses. Reading Material: The reading material for this course is to be purchased from XANEDU and the instructions for purchasing them are given in the end of the syllabus. The readings packet consists of articles, book chapters and cases and the course relies heavily on the reading materials. If you are enrolled in the course, then you are required to...
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...The main problem faced by Harmon Foods was a huge variation in the forecasting of sales for the Treat product, a ready-to-eat breakfast cereal with an important market share. The actual sales had varied from 50% to 200% from the forecast made by the general sales manager John MacIntyre. Because the forecasts were so vast and problem causing, Treat’s inaccurate forecasting caused major manufacturing and advertising problems. The plant managers accepted a schedule and made arrangements for crew, machines, materials and storage spaces based on the sales forecast, and staying within the budget allowed. Sudden changes in schedules would lead to loss for the company. Management did identify key factors affecting the demand/shipment of Treat. The factors they identified in the Case Study included, but not limited to, Market Share, Seasonal Factors, and Advertising. Another factor mentioned involves the promotional strategies of its competition. It is necessary to be aware of any and all competitor pricing/promotions of products that compete with Treat. This will allow the company to ensure they price and promote Treat competitively, which in turn will impact sales and help strategize and forecast the demand/shipments more effectively. Management must always go after the opportunity costs and opportunity advantages against its competitors to ensure they keep and possibly grow their market share. A factor that is not mentioned in the case that can affect demand/shipment of...
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...know your entire health future? And, In case of a potential upcoming decease such as cancer, you might be able to prevent it? This possibility is now reality. Scientists are now able to, trough as little as a salvia sample, explore the human genome. This means that you will be able to learn your body’s millions of biological codes, which are shaping who you are. The magical thing is called DNA. Each person has a unique structure of DNA codes, consisting about 10 million nucleotide polymorphisms (abbreviated SNP’s), which are making us all look, behave and even taste food differently. Where there’s human interest, there’s money. Therefore is an infant industry capitalizing the genetic testing technology, to propose any individual exclusive knowledge about their own DNA. It seems to be a seductive offer. If you someday feel sick ore wonder why Brussels Sprouts don’t appeal to you, DNA will give you the answer. This kind of insight will make you able to look into your future! Or at least; your expected future. DNA doesn’t tell you when you will die, and not from which cause either. It only tells you what chances there is for you getting a curtain decease. Some health care providers argue that the public is unprepared for such information. They don’t mean that people will be able to handle information telling them things about their health, that they might not want to know. They suggest an expert to help put it in context. Amy Harmon, writer of the article “Me Genome – Myself”...
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...so that Ramapithecus could very well be a common ancestor of the apes and the human being. The dental arch of Ramapithecus is smaller than that of the simians, this suggests the shape of the human dental arch. The wear patterns of the teeth of the individuals of Ramapithecus suggest that in addition to the teeth, they also used their hands to crush the food (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia). There is little fossil evidence of the presence of apes of the last 8 million years, but there are two demonstration lines that have solid arguments to point out that the hominids separated at the beginning of this period. The first, as we said, consists of the fossil remains of the first hominids (dryopithecus - ramapithecus), recovered in East Africa since the mid-1970s. The second line consists of biochemical tests that show a very close genetic relationship between humans and African apes. The relationship arises from the shape of the chromosomes, the DNA sequences and the similarity of the proteins. "The more fossils we get, the more we're realizing that the evolutionary tree is actually quite bushy," says Carol V. Ward (Katherine Harmon 2013:42). It is evident that our ancestors, along with those of the gorilla and the chimpanzee, had a common evolutionary line for several million years, after separating from the ancestors of the orangutan. The first hominids have been found in Tanzania and Ethiopia. Those of Ethiopia are just over 3 million years old, and include the famous "Lucy",...
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...Are Controlled Clinical Trials Really Ethical? Case Study In 2009, two cousins, Thomas and Brandon were diagnosed with the same type of deadly skin cancer within a 2 month time frame of each other. To date, here is no cure for skin cancer and once diagnosed the average life expectancy is approximately 8 months. Current standard of care treatments are aimed at shrinking the tumors and prolonging life. Unfortunately, these standard of care treatments only work in a very small percentage of patients and are very toxic with terrible side effects. Thomas learned of a new Phase 3 clinical research trial sponsored by Roche with an unapproved yet promising drug. His doctor explained that in earlier trials, a majority of volunteer patients who took the wonder drug had seen a drastic reduction in the size of their tumors with very few side effects. The only way ill patients can get the drug is by participating in this trial. The trial is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) which means half of the volunteers will get the experimental drug while the other half will be treated with another standard of care treatment. The purpose of the standard or control arm is to allow researchers to compare the long term effects of the new drug to that of the current standard treatment and determine whether it actually shrinks tumors and prolong remissions. Participants have a 50/50 chance of being placed in either arm of the study. Arm assignments are random and cannot be changed. With limited options...
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...Marsha Lovingood Final Position Paper Eng112:On-line Does Social Media/Networking Contribute To Our National Obesity Problem? The creation of the Internet has caused an explosion of new technologies, especially in the last ten years. Social Networking has become more than a way to communicate with others and has crossed the line into an addiction for some people. In my opinion, our culture is being impacted in a harmful way with the amount of time people spend using social networking sites and the internet, it appears to be a factor in the rising obesity problem our nation is experiencing. According to the YouTube video, Oct 23, 2011, , “The Social Media Revolution 2013”, Americans are spending over 15 hours a week or more in some cases, on-line using social networking sites to communicate with family, friends, and acquaintances. This reduces the time we are spending exercising and engaging in physical activities for physical health. We are becoming a society of overweight couch potatoes who spend too much time on-line while healthy lifestyle habits fall by the wayside. However, there are positive impacts on our culture because of the invention of the internet and social media; we are able to keep in contact with those we want to interact with around the clock, any time of day or night. We share music, videos, and pictures with all of our friends through social networking sites and we can post comments and information on our friends’ pages with ease. We can log onto...
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...------------------------------------------------- Group Project: Emmar Properties in Dubai, UAE (ENGG938) Engineering Economics Dr. Raid Al Amour Summer 2011 By: Ayman ElHalabi ID # 3162758 Fadi Deratani ID # 2462540 Mohammed Al Khanji ID # 3741242 Mohammad Nabil Ibrahim ID # 3517056 Table of Contents Executive summary 3 Case Description 3 Study Questions 4 Solution Assumptions 4 Scenario Analysis 11 Results Discussion 11 Conclusion & Recommendations 12 References 13 Executive summary Emaar Properties PJSC is a United Arab Emirates Based company, it is a Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) listed on the Dubai Financial Market. Emaar was established in 1997 with an initial paid-up capital of AED 1 billion. It is currently one of the Gulf's largest land and real estate developer. (Wikipedia) With over 60 companies, Emaar's activities include property investment and development, property management services, education, healthcare, retail and hospitality sectors, as well as investing in financial service providers (Wikipedia). Emaar Properties has joint ventures and projects across the region covering Algeria, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Tunisia and now heading towards the Americas. Recently Emaar announced plans to expand the retail sector with investments of over US$4 billion to develop approximately 150 malls in the mega emerging markets of the Middle East...
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...Author Paul Harmon Executive Editor, BP Trends Newsletter Filed: November 2002 654321098765432109876543212109876543210987654321098765432121098765432109876543210987654321 654321098765432109876543212109876543210987654321098765432121098765432109876543210987654321 432109876543 210987654321098765432109876543 654321098765432109876543212109876543210987652109876543212109876543210987654321098765432121 654321098765432109876543212109876543210987652321098765432121098765432109876543210987654321 432109876543 210987654321098765432187654321 654321098765432109876543212109876543210987652109876543212109876543210987654321090987654121 410987654321 098765432109876543210987654323 654321098765432109876543212109876543210987652109876543212109876543210987654321090987654121 432109876543 210987654321098765432187654323 654321098765432109876543212109876543210987652109876543212109876543210987654321090987654321 432109876543 210987654321098765432187654321 1 65432109876543210987654321210987654321098765232109876543212109876543210987654321876543212 410987654321 098765432109876543210909876543 BPT CASE STUDY Nestle USA Installs SAP A good example of a company that has used ERP packages to reorganize their business processes is provided by the U.S. subsidiary of Nestle SA, a Swiss food conglomerate. Nestle USA was created in the late Eighties and early Nineties via acquisitions. In 2002 it included seven divisions which collectively sold such popular brands as Alpo, Baby Ruth, Carnation...
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...University of Phoenix Material HRM 300 Employment Laws Chart Complete the chart below using information from the weekly readings and additional research if necessary. | | |Court Case Influential to | | | | |Description and Requirement of Law |Establishment of Law |Importance of Law |Workplace Application | |Employment Law | | | | | | |Prohibits discrimination in hiring, |Jones v. Mayer Co (1968) |The law is important because it gives |This law prohibits discrimination in | |Civil Rights Act of 1964 |compensation, terms, conditions or |The court held in this case that |individuals equal rights. The law |hiring. | | |privileges of employment based on |federal law bars all racial |makes sure everyone is being treated | | | |race, religion, color, sex, or |discrimination, in sale or rental of |fairly and it ensures...
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...man is married to more than one woman at a time. This term is not to be confused with bigamy, where the man is married to separate women, and have separate lives, whereas polygamy the multiple families live under one roof. With shows on TV about polygamy, such as Big Love and Sister Wives, polygamy has been under the radar. There are also cases such as the YFZ Ranch that was owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a Mormon “ranch” that practices polygamy, where over 400 women and children were taken from the ranch. One of the major comparisons to making polygamy legal is the legalization of gay marriage. The first article against polygamy I read was by a Canadian blogger, called clearcut blogging. I know a blog isn’t as resourceful as an actual article but I found it very interesting. This blog gave reasons for why polygamy is wrong. The blogger talked about how polygamy is not about rights: it's about the power over and control of one group by another. One of the points that the blogger made that I think is a good one is that most North American "families" in polygamous situations are on welfare or food stamps. The men in polygamous relationships cannot financially support all the women and children, and the women are generally not permitted the freedom to choose a career and work. This shows that in a modern society, polygamous marriages are not healthy or stable institutions, women are expected to work to support their families in a normal...
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...1/2 Best practices of collaboration between university and industrial SMEs P. Pecas and E. Henriques ¸ Technology and Management Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, ´ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the implementation of best practices of collaboration between university and industrial small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents the experience carried on by a university group fostering the collaboration with SME companies involving young engineering students and researchers in projects designed for the resolution of real industrial problems. A collaboration model is proposed and described. Four real case studies are presented. Findings – The purposed model promotes the involvement of the young engineers with authentic industrial experiences, enables the build-up of their practical framework and encourages their entrepreneurial growth. It also promotes the innovation process in SME companies through the close collaboration with universities. Practical implications – The collaboration between universities and SME companies should be based on a small projects base. These projects must be focus in localized and specific problematic areas in the industrial companies, where the potential of improvement and innovation is large, must diagnose the problematic situation and propose new and efficient solutions supported by technical/scientific methodologies...
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...believed that the line between love and hate are much thinner than one would naturally assume. In fact, “love and hate are intimately linked within the human brain” (Connor, 2008, p. 1).“One major difference between love and hate appears to be in the fact that large parts of the cerebral cortex – associated with judgement and reasoning – become de-activated during love, whereas only a small area is deactivated in hate” says Professor Zeki (Connor, 2008, p. 1). From Professor Zeki’s research, it becomes clear that there is more to hate than originally believed. One of the key differences between love and hate is that “Unlike romantic love, which is directed at one person, hate can be directed against entire individuals or groups, as is the case with racial, political, or gender hatred” Professor Zeki said (Brain's 'hate circuit' identified, 2012, p....
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...Guckenheimer (www.guckenheimer.com) which builds, staffs, and upkeeps corporate kitchens as well as provides catering services to corporate companies. This project is specific in that it applies to the dining domain of restaurants, but is flexible enough to be applied to many different kitchens and restaurants. In the case of Guckenheimer, they can use the software in their kitchens across the nation. The scope of this project will primarily focus on Guckenheimer’s kitchen and inventory located at the Groupon Chicago Office. Currently at Groupons kitchen, and the food industry in general, restaurant staff and managers are forced to keep track of inventory by hand. This means that they must count what they have sold and what they have left at the end of each day. They must also fill out order forms to be sent to vendors so that they can restock their inventory in preparation for the next week. This wastes valuable man hours and is a rather simple task to automate using our software. We propose a solution to this issue by developing software that keeps track of inventory in the “back of house”, or kitchen, and updates it according to daily sales. Each food item is linked to respective resources (or ingredients) and as each product is sold the ingredients utilized in making that product are also utilized. These changes in inventory are kept track of through utilizing a database. We propose to keep track of each and every ingredient by dynamically linking it to...
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...Table of Contents: Introduction….………………………………………………………………………………..p. 3 Five Forces Model in Hospitality Industry…………………………………………………..p. 4 Top three companies in Hospitality Industry (Hotels)………..…………………………….p. 5 Marriott International, Inc. Comparative Strategy, Value Chains..……………………....p. 7 Differentiation Strategy of Marriott International, Inc……………………….…………...p. 7 Cost Leadership Strategy of Marriott International, Inc…………………………………..p. 8 Value Chains of Marriott International, Inc………………………………………………p. 8 Primary Activities…………………...……………………………………………….p. 8 Supporting Activities………………………………………………………………...p. 9 Business processes………………………………………………………………….p. 10 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………….…p. 11 References……………………………………..………………………………………………p.11 “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency”. (Bill Gates) Introduction. In the today’s world of competitive markets, information technology has a huge impact on the success of the companies. “The role of IT is constantly evolving and has changed significantly from the days when the IT organization was often referred to as “data processing.” Today, in many industries, IT enables some businesses to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Those companies...
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...critically evaluate the input of every single staff have always struggled. However, to realize a smooth flow of events in an organization, there should be a strategic plan that includes every employee at all levels. All the staff members should take part in making certain decisions that may affect them. This will improve the working culture of employees. They will also feel important and, therefore, perform to their full potentials. Most companies today heavily invest in changes that will make their businesses more profitable. Researches have shown that the most profitable organizations have well organized systems that help them identify their weaknesses and adjust accordingly. One of these systems is the performance system. Del monte is food processing company where I previously worked. Its location is very ideal for the products it produces. Its geographical location gives it an edge over the other competitors...
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