...Internal and External Factors Paper Chris Hammons MGT/230 Oct. 15, 2014 Donshea Williams Internal and External Factors Paper In this paper we will be exploring the internal and external factors of management in relation to Standard Plumbing Supply. Standard Plumbing Supply is a plumbing wholesale and distribution business. We will be looking at the four functions of management that include, planning, organizing, leading and controlling. We will also be exploring how Standard Plumbing Supply is affected by the internal and external factors of globalization, technology, innovation, diversity and ethics. Functions of Management The first function of management is planning. In the text of our book, Management: Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive World, planning is defined as specifying the goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions needed to achieve those goals (Bateman, 2011). As a manager with Standard Plumbing Supply, it is my duty to make a plan daily for the day ahead of me. This includes balancing man power between different objectives for the day whether they be logistics oriented, supplying man power for customer service or for balancing my time between running operations in the shop or visiting potential clients in the hopes of boosting future sales. Proper planning of the daily schedule is the first step in maintaining and running a successful business. The next function of management...
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...methodologies. In the current recession Jake’s Plumbing has looked for ways to have a successful business, while still providing the customer excellent service. Jake’s Plumbing is an organization that can change and adapt to new technological advances that leads to the organization’s survival and success. This organization is going to adjust business practices and the organizational model to achieve long-term prosperity. Changes required to make Jake’s Plumbing superior to competitors may include hiring skilled workers, finding support with external and internal partners, and continuing to advance in the areas of technology, which helps them remain competitive. As this cycle of change continues and adjustments made to the organizational structure, Jake’s Plumbing will incorporate these changes into the organization so that their employees and customers benefit. Lane, (2008) stated “Organizations go through change all the time, some minor but very often major; sometimes in the name of economy and almost always in the interests of improvement – this can be in terms of service or returns (or, with any luck, both).” (Lane 2008, The Challenge of Supporting Staff, ¶2.) This organizational technology assignment will be to concentrate on Jake’s Plumbing. This first generation business is in need of a current technology assessment and value chain analysis to be competitive within the marketplace. A team from within Jake’s Plumbing will focus on many issues within the organization...
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...says, is to figure out what is the telos or purpose of the thing is. We have to look at it, discuss it, and argue about it until we come up with its meaning. Justice, to Aristotle, doesn’t necessarily discriminate on gender, class, age, or appearance, but, rather justice discriminates solely on who is more relevant to the certain excellence. Take for example three people applying for a plumbing job. Person A is good at fixing pipes, unclogging drains, repairing toilets, etc..., person B is very friendly and good at communicating and Person C is moderately good golf. Before we judge each person we must look at the telos of a plumbing job, which is to provide help for those who need help fixing the pipes in their sinks or toilets or bathtubs. Next after find the telos we rule out those who are not relevant to the criteria of a good plumber. Person B, who might be good at communicating with customers, does not actually have the talent or experience in plumbing that would allow him to fulfill the telos likewise with person C. Therefore, person A who does seem to have more experience in Plumbing, than person C or B rightly deserves the job as a Plumber because he fulfills the...
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...“Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind”(Philip Green). This could be said about many things, especially the workfield. In a trade like plumbing there will always be newer and better technology to be invented. Plumbing originated during ancient civilizations the pipes were made out of lead. The original definition of a plumber was a lead worker, however the definition has changed over time. A plumber is a person who fixes or installs pipes of heating, sanitation and water supply systems. Water supply and sanitation was not as important in the 1700s as it is now, It took around 1,000 years to see any improvement of sanitation. With the growth of modern cities compacted with large...
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...plateaus: * They are very large areas of basaltic lava with a layered structure. * Lava makes the plateau bigger, and higher, with each eruption. * They tend to be flat. * Ocean ridge eruptions make large plains on the sea floor. * The lava of these plateaus are thin and runny. * These plateaus take millions of years to form. Shield volcano - Shield volcanoes form like any volcanoes. They’re spots on the Earth where magma from inside the Earth has reached the surface, and becomes lava, ash and volcanic gasses. Over the course of many eruptions, a volcano builds up layer by layer until the magma chamber underneath it goes empty and the volcano goes dormant. Shield volcanoes are some of the largest volcanoes in the world. For example, Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the big island of Hawaii are examples of shield volcanoes. Acid/dome volcanoes – Acid lava is much thicker than lava which flows from shield volcanoes. Dome volcanoes have much steeper sides than shield volcanoes. This is because the lava is thick and sticky. It cannot flow very far before it cools and hardens. An example is Puy de Dome in the Auvergne region of France which last erupted over 1 million years ago. Ash and cinder cones - They have a bowl shaped crater at the top of the summit. The rock fragments, cinders are glassy and contain gas bubbles frozen into place as the magma explodes and is thrown into the air and is cooled quickly. So basically they are made up of ash and not lava. These...
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...the Meaning of Plumbing and Poverty (Scheller) If any one thing proves what bad shape this country is in, it is the growing number of children who live in poverty. In 1969, following the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, 9.7 million children, or 14 percent of all persons under age eighteen, were living in poverty. Twenty years later, at the end of the Reagan era, that figure had jumped to 12.6 million. One-fifth of all U.S. children are now living in poverty. We're all aware of the physical problems poverty creates-hunger, cold, and illness, to name just a few, but only those who have experienced it can tell us about an insidious long-lasting psychological consequence: shame. Several years ago I spent some time as a volunteer on the geriatric ward of a psychiatric hospital. I was fascinated by the behavior of one of the patients, an elderly woman who shuffled at regular intervals to the bathroom, where she methodically flushed the toilet. Again and again she carried out her sacred mission as if summoned by some supernatural force, until the flush of the toilet became a rhythmic counterpoint for the ward's activity. If someone blocked her path or if, God forbid, the bathroom was in use when she reached it, she became agitated and confused. Obviously, that elderly patient was a sick woman. And yet I felt a certain kinship with her, for I too have suffered from an obsession with toilets. I spent much of my childhood living in houses without indoor plumbing and, while I don't...
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... NEENU ALI B110770AR PLUMBING FIXTURES WATER CLOSET FIXTURES A water closet is a room which contains a flush toilet, usually accompanied by a washbowl or sink. The term may also be used to refer specifically to a flush toilet. The development of the flush toilet revolutionized human sanitation, and contributed a number of interesting developments to plumbing and architecture as structures began to be built to accommodate such toilets. Water closets come in various shapes, designs, and colors. The device is designed to receive human waste and dispose of the waste properly in a sanitary sewer system. Most water closets mount on the floor, but there are models that are wall hung. Modem water closets have various design features which create different flushing actions. TYPES: THE WATER CLOSETS ARE OF TWO TYPES: 1: Eastern Water Closet (Indian Water Closet) 2: Western Water Closet 1: Eastern Water Closet: This is most commonly used in eastern part from world from Pakistan, to Bangladesh including, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. It is shaped in a way that one has to sit by foot on it. Its basin has inverted slop towards the back side of the closet where a trap excludes the sewer pipe (drain) from it. 2: Western Water Closet: It is very popular and commonly used in western part of the world. It is shaped like a chair and is used in the same manner. It also has slop...
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...Study Guide Modern Plumbing, Part 1 Contents Contents INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS LESSON ASSIGNMENTS LESSON 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF PLUMBING, PART 1 LESSON 1—EXAMINATION LESSON 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF PLUMBING, PART 2 LESSON 2—EXAMINATION LESSON 3: WATER SUPPLY AND FIXTURES LESSON 3—EXAMINATION LESSON 4: FITTINGS, VALVES, AND HEATERS LESSON 4—EXAMINATION TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ANSWERS 1 5 7 49 55 67 73 81 85 95 99 iii INTRODUCTION This part of your program is based on the textbook, Modern Plumbing. It’s divided into 16 assignments; each assignment covers a specific area of the plumbing trade. The study material for this part of your program consists of 1. Your textbook, Modern Plumbing. It contains the assigned readings and review exercises at the end of each unit. These are assigned as self-check exercises. 2. This study guide, which contains the following features: I Instructions Instructions An assignment page that lists all of the reading assignments for your textbook Introductions to your lessons Listings of the self-check tests you should complete as part of each assignment Answers to the self-check exercises The examinations for each lesson I I I I As you now know, your textbook is covered by the reading assignments in this guide. Your textbook, Modern Plumbing, is the heart of this program. It’s very important that you read the material in the text and study it until you’re completely familiar with it. This is the material on which your examinations...
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...The lasting legacy of Rome is the architecture, city additions, the use of art, colosseum, technology, language, and Western democracy that the Romans invented. In the Modern world people use most of the things that the Romans invented every day. The lasting legacy of Rome would be architecture, because the arches and bridges would not be here today if the Romans had not invented them. The Romans invented the arch....
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...attempt to decide if this language is truly the oldest recorded language in history, has led to our current level of knowledge on Sumerian language. Germany started full-scale investigations, while the French were the first to discover actual writing from this ancient culture. This paper is meant to elaborate upon the knowledge of Sumeria and its peoples writing styles. Ancient Sumerian language is thought to be the oldest written language in history. This may or may not be the case (Huffington Post, 2009). Findings in the area of determining the age of some written languages are uncertain. But for the most part, Sumerian is a definite running mate for the title of oldest written language. Sumerian was first started to be put into writing around 3200 BCE (Academia.edu, 2007). The main reason for the start of this was for agricultural purposes. Clay counters were used to keep track of how many plants were sealed into a container. Those counters were hard to keep track of, therefore, Sumerians came up with cuneiform. Cuneiform, is a style of writing used by many cultures that involves wedge shaped signs; and is the beginnings of standard written language today (Ancientscripts.com, 2009). According to many scholars, Sumerians were the inventors of this aspect of writing. Therefore, we can attribute the way we write and construct sentences to this basic style of writing. The origins of...
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...Home Maintenance One of the biggest investments that a family will ever make is their home. Along with that investment comes another important aspect to owning a home, maintenance of it year around. Making the most of your investment is important and to insure this one must maintain the interior, exterior, plumbing, and the appliances. Maintenance benefits Maintaining your home comes with many benefits that can add value to your investment. Home maintenance is like a well checkup that is done on children but pertains to your house and its well-being. Keeping up with the maintenance saves you time and money in the long run as well as adds value to your investment. A home in despair increases safety/health risks, runs inefficiently which increases utility costs, and requires greater expenditure for maintenance and repair costs. Maintaining your home protects the value, improves the homes appearance, and keeps its appeal to the homeowner or other potential buyers. This also gives peace of mind to the home owner knowing that all systems, equipment, and components are in functional working order. The added value to the home with all the maintenance performed makes the home more desirable to potential buyers when it is placed on the market. Buyers’ take maintenance into consideration as well as other things like access to schools, neighborhood activity, traffic on through streets, and even the base price. In most cases a home inspector will be hired by the potential buyer...
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...Kinetico Amy Morrison Ashford University PHI 445 Personal and Organizational Ethics Ronald Cade March 27, 2011 I do believe there are many differences between values, moral and ethics. Some believe that values are what we learn from our upbringing from parents and contiguous pressure of adults implicated in the children’s life. Morality is the values urbanized from that assessment classification and how one ought to conduct themselves in any given circumstances. Ethics on the other hand is how someone essentially conducts themselves in the circumstances that may analysis ones principles and ethics. Values fluctuate from individuals. People use there values and ethical conduct to assist in making every day alternatives. Some people values increase over a better superiority civilization. Values support ethics in our professional and home life. An organizer will make moral alternatives during the business day as wells as personal life. How each organizer perceives a moral predicament determines what alternative is made to establish a business guidelines as well as personal home life? What an individual values is hard to recognize but an inclination of conduct can be used to devise a judgment. Some of the values that I hold profoundly today are sympathy, honor, sincerity, and ingenuousness. Sympathy is more of a good quality than a value, but the two are associated in that morals hold qualities such as empathy, reliability, and admiration. Sympathy is...
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...Imagine a world of starvation, sickness crawling around like a million slimy leeches ready to make its prey go through hell as they suck the life out of you. Picture having to share a little shack full of people, never knowing what it’s like to sleep in a warm bed; barely enough food to even feel your stomach up half way. The life where instead of thinking about others you can only think about yourself and what you need because if you don't, you die. The word ghetto comes from Venice, Italy meaning Jewish quarters. During the 15th century, Jewish people were forced to move to an abandoned area in Venice to segregate them. Life in the ghettos were crowded. Most the time the living conditions were unbearable. One apartment would hold many families, up to at least five people per family. There was no plumbing in the buildings. Every time...
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...Decision in Paradise Part II As previously discussed in the proposal “Decision in Paradise Part I” Wal-Mart is looking to expand an organizational presence onto the island of Kava. There were some issues that came up in the initial proposal I submitted which included technology, environment, construction of the building, labor issue, and ethical issues. I want to focus on the largest of the issues that will affect the implementation of this project in the early stages. Building in a foreign country can be taxing and building on an island will make some materials hard to find locally. To identify the problem we first needed to see what would be available to our contractors for use from the local area. The project team mentioned in the first paper will be in charge of discovering what is available and what will need to be imported to Kava. We are considered a “big box” store that has multiple meanings but the term does not mean our construction is simple. Not only do we need to contend with the importing of major supplies we need to make sure the construction of our building will withstand many natural disasters that occur here on Kava. We have identified the problem of not being able to get all the materials need for the build on the island so we will need to come up with a solution to that problem. To find the solutions the project management team will be using the decision-making technique known as brainstorming. Brainstorming is the, “Process for generating creative ideas...
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...powerful girls who will use their power in service to their nation and to our world.” The academy staff distributed 5,500 applications and 3,500 girls responded. However, the Primetime special highlighted six extraordinary girls: Thando, Lesego, Megan & Sade, Zodwa, Ziphozonke, and Maltase. Thando is a 13-year-old with a dazzling personality. She believes South Africa should have a woman president because “women can multi-task. Thando’s inspiration comes from her grandmother. Thando’s grandmother works as a maid for a white family. Her mother is unemployed, so her grandmother is the one that pays for Thando’s schooling. Thando is grateful to her grandmother. She inspires to me as generous and as kind as her grandmother. Excellent in Mathematics, 13-year-old Lesego, possess great leadership qualities. She teaches a poetry class after school. Lesego lives with her dad in a house where the ceiling is caving from rain and there is no indoor plumbing. Her mother left her at the age of four. This neglect angers Lesego and she remains upset with her mother. Lesego states her mother can not take back the years that she missed. Lesego see the school as her destiny. “I am know for a fact that I’m going to get into that school,” she says. “Come hell or high waters, I am going to this school.” Megan and Sade are sister, only one year apart. Their father shot their mother and then turned around and shot himself. The sisters’ positive attitude has gotten them through...
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