...Littlefield Technologies Assignment 5 PM on February 22 . Starting at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 27, the simulation will begin The game will end at 9 PM on Sunday, March 3. Accessing your factory http://quick.responsive.net/lt/toronto3/entry.html Littlefield Technologies’ Operations board stuffing testing tuning Operations Policies at Littlefield Purchasing Supplies Processing in Batches Contract Pricing Borrowing from the Bank Cash Balance The winning team is the team with the most cash at the end of the game (cash on hand less debt). Current State of the System and Your Assignment At the end of day 350, the factory will shut down and your final cash position will be determined. Starting at 5 PM on Wednesday, February 27, the simulation will begin The game will end at 9 PM on Sunday, March 3. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE FINAL SECONDS TO MAKE YOUR CHANGES. SOMETIMES THEY TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO BE PROCESSED. Written Assignment: Analysis of Game 2 of Littlefield Technologies Simulation Due March 14, 8:30 am in eDropbox Your group is going to be evaluated in part on your success in the game and in part on how clear, well structured and thorough your write-up is. The write-up only covers the second round, played from February 27 through March 3. It should not discuss the first round. Your write-up should address the following points: • A brief description of what actions you chose and when. Not a full list of every action, but the major...
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...Witcher Somer Yarbrough David Young Tyler Zimmer Littlefield Technologies Game Strategy- Group 28 I. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: We can apply multiple project management concepts to planning the project, scheduling the project, and controlling the project. First, the project was planned and scheduled by setting a goal of completion. Considering the group’s total allotted time, our goal was to have the description of the game strategy completed 48 hours before the deadline, and to work collaboratively on the statistical spreadsheet 24 hours before the deadline. The game strategy was divided amongst team members (work break-down) within the group in a classroom setting. After defining the objective of the assignment, two team members worked together on question 2, and two team members worked separately on questions 1, 3, and 4. The fifth question in the game strategy was d givided between all five team members, and solutions were collected in one spreadsheet using Google Docs. Second, during Phase 2 of the Littlefield Technologies game, each team member will rotate equal turns monitoring and controlling the processing system every 3 to 4 hours every day during the 4-day phase. Revisions made to the system will be decided as a group, and implementation will be communicated through e-mail. Considering previous experiences in group projects, communication is imperative in the successful completion of the Littlefield Technologies Game. Every group member must commit to taking initiative...
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...Witcher Somer Yarbrough David Young Tyler Zimmer Littlefield Technologies Game Strategy- Group 28 I. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: We can apply multiple project management concepts to planning the project, scheduling the project, and controlling the project. First, the project was planned and scheduled by setting a goal of completion. Considering the group’s total allotted time, our goal was to have the description of the game strategy completed 48 hours before the deadline, and to work collaboratively on the statistical spreadsheet 24 hours before the deadline. The game strategy was divided amongst team members (work break-down) within the group in a classroom setting. After defining the objective of the assignment, two team members worked together on question 2, and two team members worked separately on questions 1, 3, and 4. The fifth question in the game strategy was d givided between all five team members, and solutions were collected in one spreadsheet using Google Docs. Second, during Phase 2 of the Littlefield Technologies game, each team member will rotate equal turns monitoring and controlling the processing system every 3 to 4 hours every day during the 4-day phase. Revisions made to the system will be decided as a group, and implementation will be communicated through e-mail. Considering previous experiences in group projects, communication is imperative in the successful completion of the Littlefield Technologies Game. Every group member must commit to taking initiative...
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...INTRODUCTION The managing of our factory at Littlefield Technologies thought us Production and Operations Management techniques outside the classroom. We experienced live examples of forecasting and capacity management as we moved along the game. Throughout the game our strategy was to apply the topic leant in Productions and Operation Management Class to balance our overall operations. The game started off by us exploring our factory and ascertaining what were the do’s and don’ts. The initial goal of the goal was to correlate the Re Order Point with the Customer Order Queue. To forecast Demand we used Regression analysis. We looked and analyzed the Capacity of each station and the Utilization of same. The team ascertained our job completion and our Lead Time. Our strategy throughout the stimulation was to balance our work station and reduce the bottleneck. PRIOR TO THE GAME The team consulted and decided on the name of the team that would best suit the team. With much anticipation we reviewed all the literate that was provided subsequently to assist us in decision making at Littlefield Technologies. DAY 1 (8 OCTOBER 3013) Data was extracted from “plot job arrival “and analyzed. The information was used to calculate the forecast demand using the regression analysis. The next step was to calculate the Economic Order Point (EOP) and Re Order Point (ROP) was also calculated. A discussion ensued and we decided to monitor our revenue on this day. The strategy yield a...
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...OM – II Assignment LITTLEFIELD TECHNOLOGIES A report submitted to Prof. Subhamoy Ganguly On 23/01/2014 By Group 7B Aparna Sagar/ Mayank Sengar/ Preeti Kumari/ Rajeev Ranjan/ Vaibhav Arora Indian Institute of Management Udaipur Littlefield Technologies – Our Gameplay Initial Game Strategy: The team met, the day before the game was about to start, to prepare a strategy based on the learning that we had while playing the demo version of the game. We had realized that the machines in Station 1 and Station 3 were operating at full capacity (i.e.100% utilization) when the demand was high. As a result, inventories were queuing up right before these two stations. We thought of buying both the machines but due to cash constraints we could afford to buy only one. We decided that our first move would be to buy a Station 1 machine. We decided that we would look at the lead time and then decide which one of the three contracts we should opt for. We also discussed the safety stock level that should be kept and the amount of quantity to be ordered (i.e. reorder quantity). Since the lead time of supplier was 4 days we decided that based on the average number of jobs we would keep the safety stock value. The Strategy and the Steps Carried out: Step 1: On Day 61 we bought the machine of Station 1 with $90,000. We saw that we were getting a lead time of about 2.3 days hence we chose Contract 1, in which we would receive $750 for completing the orders in minimum 7 days and maximum...
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...Sports Architecture in Modern China A comparison between 2008 Olympic venues and 1990 Asian Games venues Introduction Hosting the 2008 Olympic Games is monumental in Chinese history, almost a century ago, Chinese scholars dreamed of the Olympics being staged in China, which marks sovereignty and power of the country in a global view. Therefore, when the long time expectation is about to become real, the primary goal for Chinese government and citizens is to show the best part of China to the world. This paper focuses on what and how the Chinese have done in order to accomplish the mission of hosting a successful game. A number of Olympic architectures are reviewed in terms of their locations, the cultural meanings behind as well as their unique characteristics. At the meantime, in this paper I try to compare Olympic venues with their counterparts built for the Beijing 1990 Asian Games, due to their close relations, which I will further explain in the later session of this paper. I. Location of 2008 Olympics and 1990 Asian Games venues An international comprehensive sports game usually consists of a main stadium, where the opening and closing ceremonies are held, and a village that multi-functions as accommodation, gymnasium, catering, etc. to athletes, trainers and officials, as well as other venues where various sessions of a game are hosted. To Beijing 2008 Olympiad, the location of the above buildings is extremely important, due to the unprecedented...
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...LT Game Strategy- Team 13 I. PROJECT MANAGEMENT- There are several ways we can apply the project management concepts we have learned in class to this project. We have used these concepts to help in the planning stage of the project, the scheduling stage of the project, and the controlling stage of the project. First, we all thoroughly read the objectives for the project after the project was assigned to get a complete idea of what different components the project included. We selected two project managers for the team, one to the paper and one for the Excel sheet based on ability and knowledge. Each manager would be responsible for making sure everyone was on time with their tasks, revised the work as seen fit, and was there to help anyone who needed it. Once this was completed, we were able to set deadline goals and organized the project into manageable parts similar to a work-break down structure and estimated completion times. Our deadline was to complete the game strategy paper by class on Tuesday, after the first 50 days of data. We then planned to work on the Excel sheet after class on Tuesday until it was completed giving us over twelve hours to revise any portion of the project if need be. Then, each team member was assigned a subsection of the paper and all five members were responsible for working on the Excel workbook at the set time, established early on to avoid time conflicts. After this was completed, Phase 2 would begin and enter controlling stage of the project...
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...22 Carter, C. (2011) “Sex/Gender and the Media: From Sex Roles to Social Construction and Beyond,” in Ross, K. (ed) The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN-10: 1444338544; 365-82. ISBN-13: 978-1444338546 Sex/Gender and the Media From Sex Roles to Social Construction and Beyond Cynthia Carter Introduction In the early years of second-wave western feminism, many gender researchers and feminist scholars distinguished between the notion of sex, defined as biological differences between male and female, and ‘sex roles,’ referring to certain behaviors and characteristics attributed to each sex that was a social construction. The resulting media research centered on images of women in the media (much less emphasis was placed on men) in order to draw attention to inequities in their portrayal in relation to men (in quantitative terms as well as in terms of the use of stereotypes). Since the 1970s, however, the scope of social constructionism has greatly expanded in feminist theory. Some suggest that the distinction between the biological and the social has, as a result, eroded to such an extent that it is no longer possible to understand the difference, while others question the need for this distinction. For instance, in queer and transgender theory and feminist cultural studies, theorists have sought to make strange the ‘sex/gender’ distinction. The key argument made is that biology is no less a cultural construct than gender socialization into...
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...The world is a constant changing place, changes occur all the time; some expectedly and others unexpectedly, some of the changes have had a huge impact on the way that man lives life. One of the changes in the world that has a strong bearing on man’s life is globalisation, it helped change the way man consumer’s products and interacts with his surroundings. Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture (Al-Rodhan, 2006). Advances in transportation, such as the steam locomotive, steamship, jet engine, and container ship, and in telecommunications infrastructure, including the rise of the telegraph and its modern offspring, the Internet, and mobile phones, have been major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities (Albrow,1990). The concept of globalization 'emerged from the intersection of four interrelated sets of "communities of practice": academics, journalists, publishers/editors, and librarians (Paul,2014). In 2000, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) identified four basic aspects of globalization: trade and transactions, capital and investment movements, migration and movement of people, and the dissemination of knowledge(IMF,2000). Further, environmental challenges such as global warming, cross-boundary water and air pollution, and over-fishing of the ocean are linked with globalization (Bridges,2002). Globalizing...
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...Popular Culture of Europe Throughout the Ages Popular culture always has, and will remain, a telling aspect of the mindset of the masses throughout history. It is best defined by PhilosophyNow as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society at a point in time. The popular culture of Early Modern Europe can largely be classified as a shift from rowdy and vulgar celebrations to a more educated form of enjoying oneself. In the 1800’s, the formation of a mass society accompanied the growing literary movement, while post-WWI Europe experienced the gradual growth of mass media after numerous technological advancements, and later, a global movement towards rapid Americanization. In the mid-1300’s, the disease known as the Black Death was progressing rapidly throughout Europe. As more and more bodies were infected, the European masses began to live each day as if it were their last. This took place in the form of “sex crazed and alcoholic orgies” (Spielvogel 307). In Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, a description of the popular reaction to the plague is featured: “Others maintained free living to be a better preservative, and would baulk no passion or appetite they wished to gratify, drinking and reveling incessantly from tavern to tavern” (Boccaccio 3). Although the most prominent scares of the Black Death began to fade away in the later years of the 14th century, the need for a rowdy form of enjoyment was still prevalent. Europe experienced a so-called...
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...perspective of working class, the picture seems more colorful than fifteen years ago if we consider this criticism of media and its trustworthiness by the effects of social media and blogging. One may clearly say that “Now we have our own instruments to clarify the fact and enjoy publishing our own opinion.” and even I can nod my head and ignore the “dark side of the moon”1 presented by Karl Marx on the topic of exploitation, however, in this essay, I’m going to follow my ideological ancestors and say “matter a fact, it’s all dark”2 as a rejection to this very uprising idea that alternative media makes us less exploited by ruler class of Turkey because our own counter-hegemony attitudes on social media tricks us into a brand new hegemony, the hegemony that forwards our energy into the deep hole of social 1 The name of famous Pink Floyd album and not presented by Karl Marx. 2 The last words from the last song (Eclipse) of Dark Side of the Moon 1 Bahar Arapkirli Writing Sample media without any strict change and it’s more...
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...“The Effects of Globalisation on Australia” Economic, Social, Cultural, Environmental and Political Word Count: 1,638 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Economic 5 Social 7 Cultural 9 Environmental 10 Political 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Executive Summary The effects of Globalisation on Australia can be disseminated into a number of different categories. For the purposes of this report five major categories including Economic, Social, Cultural, Environmental and Political have been explored and summarised but is by no means exhaustive. The overall effects and impact of globalisation on Australia may well be positive to the general population, but there will always be those who are disadvantaged, and those who have increased advantages. In this report the authors attempt to separate the above mentioned elements and treat them individually. It should be noted however that it is extremely difficult to do so as many issues interact and overlap with some or all of the elements of globalisation, as globalisation has been in existence since the stone-age. “Just as the concept of globalisation is contested and multifaceted so are the choices available to citizens and governments.”[i] Introduction How one views ‘the effects of globalisation on Australia’ will very much be determined if one defines globalisation in its broader sense or otherwise. Globalisation seems to be the catch phrase of the 21st Century...
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...influence the public’s attitudes toward business and can destroy trust. Ethical decisions are a part of everyday life for those who work in organisations (Ferrell, and Fraderich 2012, 25). As such, the ability for the corporation to maintain a good public image, retrain customer trust and succeed as a firm highly depends on their ability to comply with business ethics defined by the society and environment it is surrounded by. “The Moonlighter” by Bronwyn Fryer is an article consisting of several ethical dilemmas where problems can range from large to small and from personal to business for several individuals. The aim of this case study is to identify what the ethical issues are and comprehensively understand the ethical dimensions. 2. Ethical Perspectives It is essential for an individual to maintain ethical behaviour in their conducts of business especially in the modern professional environment. Therefore, in order to adhere to the high degrees of ethical standards and accountability, individuals must be ware of their own personal ethical perspective and have a clear comprehension of all four ethical perspectives. They assist in the process of identifying and defining problems, forcing individuals to think systematically why encouraging them to assess problems from different vantage points and thus, provide decision-making guidelines (Cremer et. Al 2011, S3). 2.1. Utilitarianism In...
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...FTV 183B “PRODUCING 2: ENTERTAINMENT ECONOMICS” WINTER 2015 5. Midterm Paper The paper is to be completed by Week 6 (Wednesday, February 11 at 11:59 PM). You will write a research-driven paper on an independent entertainment company outside of the major entertainment companies discussed in class. You need to have your choice of company approved by the instructor prior to writing the paper by Week 2. Please submit your company to the TA who will compile a list. Some non-traditional entertainment companies you may want to consider: Twitter, Relativity, Lionsgate, AMC, Starz, DreamWorks Animation, MRC, Legendary, MGM, a major MCN (Awesomeness TV, Fullscreen, Machinima, Maker), WME, Scooter Braun Projects, or another professor approved independent media company. Topics should include Historical Background, Principals Involved, Content, Business Models and Revenue Structure. This is your opportunity to write about a company you’re passionate about, other than the major media companies. The paper will be 5 to 7 pages (double-spaced, 12 font, 1” margins) plus notes/bibliography. Midterm paper is due Wednesday, February 11, 2015, no later than 11:59 pm on Turnitin. 6. Final Paper: Now that you have learned the landscape of the current media & entertainment industries, for your final paper you will be asked to predict how the market will evolve in the medium term (3-5 years) and discuss Disruption, Development, Integration, new business models, and what the structural movements could...
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...ABRIDGED GIVING WINGS TO WORLD ECONOMIC RECOVERY THROUGH MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION INNOVATIONS. BY DR ISAH MOMOH, 16 AUGUST, 2011 Tels: 234 803 196 1363; 802 325 8362; 809 569 3433 Email: imomoh@smc.edu.ng; isahmomoh3@yahoo.com; isahmomoh@gmail.com. School of Media and Communication (SMC) Pan African University, 2 Ahmed Onibudo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria Tels: 01 4616170-2; 2711617-20 Email: info@smc.edu.ng Abstract This paper posits that the current economic recovery of the world from the recent economic melt down is largely due more to more honest, humble and sincere forms of communication and similar changes in the global information system. It holds that the pace and strength of recovery and its sustenance would be accelerated by innovations in global communication and information systems as well as orientation towards more honesty, consideration and concern for the world as one global economic, political and environmental system of linked and inter-dependent parts. Traditionally, journalism and mass communication as a whole demand that news and all professional communications be truthful and factual. They require that opinions be clearly stated and separated from facts through the doctrine that “facts are sacred” and “opinions are free”. It has also been the tradition, under the developmental communication theory to insist that news and professional communications as reports...
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