...The roots of the revolution lie in the global dislocations wrought by industrialization and modernization, combined with the local factors of social inequality and the dictatorship of General Porfirio Díaz in the last six years of his rule. During the Porfiriato, an expanding Atlantic economy targeted Mexican raw materials for export to the industrializing economies in the United States and Europe. The resultant foreign investments into infrastructure, banking, mining, and agriculture brought impressive material improvements, including the construction of almost fifteen thousand miles of railroad track and the revitalization of the mining industry. But these investments also brought an unprecedented degree of vulnerability to global markets. In 1906–1907, a worldwide economic crisis depressed the price of silver, the most important export commodity, and the crisis produced more profound economic and social effects than in most of the rest of the world. In addition, modernization increased social inequality. Although it created a sizable middle class, especially in the growing cities, it also contributed to the alienation of peasant land by rapacious landowners and the increased marginalization of the urban poor. The aging dictatorship itself also contributed to the coming of the revolution. Díaz became more repressive over time, and he refused to groom a successor even though he had turned seventy in 1900. At the turn of the century, national politics had become a closed shop...
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...Beginning of Industrial Revolution in England Agriculture was a big part of life back when Industrial Revolution began. The way Industrial Revolution began made a huge impact on England. Document three shows the inventions that were made and the impact that it made on agriculture. One example, the Horse-drawn Seed Drill helped farmers finish planting and growing crops more efficiently. The Mechanical Reaper contributed to saving money and time, because the farmers didn’t have to hire anyone to help them plant and finish faster, for example; if it would take a farmer three days for him to plant by hand all of his field now he can finish in one or two days. Document eight explains the important changes in textile machinery that helped...
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...The Industrial Revolution that began in Europe in the mid-1700s changed society in many ways. Some of these were positive while others were negative. In the second half of the 19th century, it was the fundamental change in the way goods were produced through the use of machines, capital, and the centralization of work forces in factories. The Industrial Revolution helped advance Europe and greatly altered the world. Initially, most tasks were done by hands and in farms before the Agricultural Revolution freed laborers from farming to operating machines in factories. Farmers had to move to cities due to many prosperous landowners buying their property and making them become tenant farmers or letting them move to urban areas to find a suitable job in factories. Farmers grew larger as wealthy landowners brought land from poor landowners who became tenant farmers. Those left with no land moved to town. Thus, farmers started to seek...
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...The Industrial Revolution is considered the most innovative time period in the world. There are many positive effects of the Industrial Revolution, yet also many negative effects. New inventions came as a result, such as: the steam engine, automobile, telegraph, light bulbs, and vaccines. Negative effects came from the harsh conditions of factories during the eighteenth century. The Industrial Revolution had negative effects regarding child labor, and injuries to factory workers, on the plus side of the revolution new inventions were invented which causes an advancement in technology. Pessimistic effects were introduced frequently due to the Industrial Revolution, one major negative effect of the revolution was child labor. Children ages ten and up were working in hazardous factories according to Document One where William Cooper says he began working in a...
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...DBQ By: Zayn Khan During the Japanese Industrial Revolution in the mid-1900’s, there were many factors that came into play when thinking about the costs,and benefits of working in a silk factory. Young and old women would work at the factories to support their families, but at the same time, they were working for very long hours with very minimal breaks, and around risky areas that were prone to illness. Although the benefits can be argued to be worth it, the costs outweigh them because they (the benefits) have countless downsides, the main being, hours, wages, and labor contracts. Fourteen hours is how long the workers were kept on the job. They were offered a mere total of 40 minutes out of those fourteen hours for breaks. They were woken...
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...INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS: THE FUNDAMENTALS Outline * The objectives of industry analysis * From environmental analysis to industry analysis * Porter’s Five Forces Framework * Applying industry analysis * Industry and market boundaries * Identifying Key Success Factors The objectives of Industrial Analysis * To understand how industry structure drives competition, which determines the level of industry profitability * To assess industry attractiveness * To use evidence on changes in industry structure to forecast future profitability * To formulate strategies to change industry structure to improve industry profitability * To identify Key Success Factors From Environmental Analysis to Industrial Analysis The Industry Environment lies at the core of the Macro environment The Macro Environment impacts the firm through its effect on the Industry Environment The Determinants of Industrial Profitability Three key influences: 1. The value of the product to customers 2. The intensity of competition 3. Relative bargaining power at different stages of the value chain The Spectrum of Industry Structures Porter´s Five Forces Competition Framework The Structural Determinant of Competition Threat of Substitutes Extent of competitive pressure from producers of substitutes depends on: * Buyer’s propensity to substitute * The price‐performance characteristics of substitutes Threat of New Entrants Entrants’ threat...
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...The city of Chicago has long been considered a prime destination for many immigrant groups coming into the United States. Though, despite its popularity, the city has long shown disdain and disregard for those coming into its borders. This argument is made apparent through the stories of both the Polish and the Mexicans and Puerto Ricans who have come into the city. In the case of the Polish, author and historian, Dominic Pacyga writes on their story and ordeal in his work, Polish Immigrants and Industrial Chicago. His work specifically focuses on Polish in the South Side of Chicago between the years of 1880 and 1922. Pacyga paints a dismal picture for the Chicago Polish communities at the time. Often, many found low paying work in either the...
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...------------------------------------------------- Running header: Job Analysis Methods ------------------------------------------------- Abstract Examination of different methods utilized to create a comprehensive job analysis, including advantages and disadvantages of all approaches. There are several methods that can be utilized to create a comprehensive job analysis. A job analysis provides a better understanding of the positions within an organization, which will allow the recruitment process to be more focused, consistent and thorough. The first method that can be employed to create an effective job analysis is the Critical Incidents Technique. This technique identifies circumstances that arise in a current position, what action was taken, and the consequences of the action, to identify the effective and ineffective behaviors in job performance. These critical situations are documented by interviewing former jobholders, supervisors, or by reviewing documents and logs from the job. Job duties are examined, and then critical incidents are identified to determine poor or good performance issues related to a specific job requirement. This technique is useful for covering job events that may not be covered in a general job description. Identifying atypical circumstances that may arise in a position can aid in finding a candidate that would be an ideal fit. Reviewing these critical incidents also enable the recruitment process to be shaped to include more pointed questions...
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...International Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation, vol. 3, no. 3, 2013, pp. 134-143 A Case Study Improvement of a Testing Process by Combining Lean Management, Industrial Engineering and Automation Methods Simon Withers1, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes2,*, Vikas Kumar3, Luis Rocha-Lona4 1 2 3 4 Turbo Power Services, Bardon, UK. Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, The University of Derby, Derby, UK. Dublin City University Business School, Dublin City University, Dublin, ROI. Business School, National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. Received 04 April 2013; received in revised form 25 April 2013; accepted 26 May 2013 Abstract Increasingly competitive market environments have forced not only large manufacturing, but also smalland-medium size enterprises (SME) to look for means to improve their operations in order to increase competitive strength. This paper presents an adaptation and adoption by a UK SME engineering service organisation, of lean management, industrial engineering, and automation metods developed within larger organisations. This SME sought to improve the overall performance of one of its core testing processes. An exploratory analysis, based on the lean management concept of “value added” and work measurement technique “time study”, was developed and carried out in order to understand the current performance of a testing process for gas turbine fuel flow dividers. A design for the automation of some operations of the testing process...
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...Running head: DESIGN HISTORY An analysis of Tony Fry’s approaches to studying and representing design history Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Introduction For a long time, there have been discussions concerning the rewriting of design history. Consequently, the need to re-invent disciplines and approaches to design history has sparked greater intellectual probe on issues of sustainability and credibility. This paper seeks to critically analyze some of the various approaches to studying and representing design history as argued by Tony Fry. The paper will discuss connoisseurship and the object in space and finally assess there effects on the understanding of research design. Design history can be succinctly defined as the study of design based on their respective historical and stylistic contexts. As a discipline, design history has its roots in Britain in the early 1970s. The existing literature indicates that, design history encompasses wide range of issues that revolve around various spheres of the society including social, political, technical, cultural and technical aspects of the society. Consequently, some of the various objects of study include crafts, industrial design, product design, interiors, and fashion among other artistic features (Lees-Maffei, 2009; Clark & Brody, 2009). Furthermore, the original design history has undergone tremendous changes based that have largely shaped the discipline. Fallan (2010) contends that, design history can be...
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...INTRODUCTION The term "Industrial Relations" has developed both a broad and a narrow meaning. Originally, industrial relations was broadly defined to include the totality of relationships and interactions between employers and employees. From this perspective, industrial relations covers all aspects of the employment relationship, including human resource (or personnel) management, employee relations, and union-management (or labor) relations. Since the mid-twentieth century, however, the term has increasingly taken on a narrower, more restricted interpretation that largely equates it with unionized employment relationships. In this view, industrial relations pertains to the study and practice of collective bargaining, trade unionism, and labor-management relations, while human resource management is a separate, largely distinct field that deals with nonunion employment relationships and the personnel practices and policies of employers. Both meanings of the term coexist in the twenty-first century, although the latter is the more common. ORIGINS The term "industrial relations" came into common usage in the 1910s, particularly in 1912 upon the appointment by President William Taft of an investigative committee titled the Commission on Industrial Relations. The commission's charge was to investigate the causes of widespread, often violent labor conflict and make recommendations regarding methods to promote greater cooperation and harmony among employers and employees. Shortly...
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...ANNOTATED SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR HISTORICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN Gerard M Koot History Department University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Allen, Robert C., The British Industrial Revolution in a Global Perspective, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. viii, 331. Allen’s book is an excellent example of the persuasiveness of the new economic history. It is solidly rooted in statistical data and uses sophisticated methods of economic analysis but its analysis is presented in plain English. He argues that the first industrial revolution occurred in northwestern Europe because its high wages during the early modern period encouraged technological innovation. Although high wages were initially a consequence of the demographic disaster of the Black Death, they were reinforced during the early modern period by the economic success of the region around the North Sea, first, in European trade and manufacturing, especially in wresting the textile industry from the Italians, and then in world trade. According to Allen, the first industrial revolution took place in Britain instead of the Low Countries primarily because of Britain’s abundant and cheap coal resources, combined with the central government’s ability to use mercantilist policies and naval power to reap the greatest benefits from an expanding European and world trade. Once it had taken the lead from the Dutch, and defeated the French, Britain used its comparative advantage...
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...FRM/EDPD/112 CARIBBEAN CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHOOLS ON THE SBA LABORATORY EXERCISES, WRITTEN AND PRACTICAL COMPONENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL ARTS THE PRACTICAL COMPONENT 1. The laboratory exercises and practical projects in Building Technology, Electrical and Electronic Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology are marked by a visiting examiner (Moderator) appointed by the Council. No Moderator is permitted to mark the work of students he has prepared for the examinations. The Moderator will visit each school twice during the final year. On the first visit he/she will assess the process of constructing the practical project/laboratory exercise of EACH student or group of students. On the final visit he/she will reassess the completed project work (product) of a sample of FIVE students already marked by the teacher. Note: • The Moderator selects the sample based on the total SBA scores awarded by the teacher. To facilitate this, the teacher must make a copy of his/her assessment on the Candidate’s Record Sheet available to the Moderator. The Moderator has the option of requesting additional assignments for reassessment, if needed. 2. 3 • If the number of students scheduled for the laboratory session is larger than can be accommodated at one session, the Assessor may divide them into two or more groups. In such circumstances the second group...
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...Early life and education John Dunlop the eldest of his seven siblings was born on the 5th July 1914 in Placerville, northern California, USA. Here in fertile lands of California His parents, John Wallace and the former Antonia Forni, Presbyterian missionaries owned a pear ranch. In due course of time however, his parents migrated to the distant island of Cebu in the Philippines situated in the western Pacific Ocean, with Taiwan to its north, Vietnam to the west, Indonesia to the south and the open North Pacific Ocean to the east. Here he was raised and educated until he graduated from high school. After finishing high school there, Dunlop and his brother soon after returned to the USA to further their education, he entered Marin Community College in California in 1931 because prestigious four-year universities were reluctant to take a student from such a little known high school.1 He transferred to the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a degree with highest honors in 1935 in northern California. He later transferred to the University of California, Berkeley, the same University which turned down his application for enrolment and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1935 with highest honors. It was during his studies at Berkeley, that he met his fiancé’ Dorothy Emily Webb. The two got married on 6th July 1937. Dunlop continued studies at the University where he earned his PhD in Economics in 1939, delivering the dissertation “Movements of wage-rates in the...
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...HOW DID INDUSTRIALISATION AFFECT THE HEALTH OF THE BRITISH WORKERS? The Industrial Revolution is often referred to as a key period in the economic and social history of Britain. Industrialisation refers to the gradual change from traditional, agricultural methods to those involving some form of mechanised, factory based production. Britain was the first nation in the world to go through the process of becoming industrialised. The industrial Revolution is thought to have begun at some time in the 18th century, and continued to the 20th century. Historical evidence shows that, during this period, industrialisation transformed British society and the lives of British people. Social transformation did not happen suddenly,as though one Britain was a pre-industrial, agricultural society and next it was ‘indusrtialised’. There was a gradual change in methods of production and the location of people’s work that combined with other important social, political and economic developments-are linked to the developments of major health and social welfare problems. This essay is going to look at how industrialisation At the beginning of the 18th century, Britain was primarly an agricultural country with most people living in rural areas. The population of Britain was only 9 million, but was about to expand rapidly. The majority of workers and industries operated within domestic system. This involved people working in their own homes to produce goods, or components of goods, and also to...
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