...Abstract The US has the largest defense market in the world, and in 2012 the US defense budget stood at US$645.7 billion. Expenditure is primarily driven by the modernization of existing weapon systems as well as the acquisition of advanced defense equipment capable of enhancing interoperability among the armed forces. Due to its high levels of military spending, a large number of opportunities are available to companies keen to supply the nation with defense equipment; however, pressure to reduce the debt burden after the US financial crisis has shown a negative impact on the government budget and caused cuts in defense budget as well. A side effect of the uncertainty and budget cuts in the U.S. is strong industry interest in international sales. Defense companies that have never worked abroad are now eyeing the international market as a way to diversify their sales and balance out volatility in the U.S. market. The Foreign U.S. Defense Industry: International Arms Sales Begin your paper with the introduction. The active voice, rather than passive voice, should be used in your writing. This template is formatted according to APA Style guidelines, with one inch top, bottom, left, and right margins; Times New Roman font in 12 point; double-spaced; aligned flush left; and paragraphs indented 5-7 spaces. The page number appears one inch from the right edge on the first line of each page, excluding the Figures page. U.S. Defense Industry Flees the Country Defense budgets peaked...
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...Employee Selection and Training Paper Jill Holman PSY/435 July 13, 2015 Tammy Franklin Employee Selection and Training Paper Industrial/organizational psychologists focus on using psychology in the workplace. This includes helping the employers create a more comfortable environment for the employees to work. The reassurance of an effective work environment increases productivity in the workplace. Industrial/organizational psychology understands the needs of the employer as well as the employees. The goal of the industrial/organizational psychologist is to promote obliging workspaces to promote healthier communication between management and employees. The selection and training process of the industrial/organizational psychology varies, depending on the occupation, though the core values remain the same. The industrial/organizational psychologist is looking for competent individuals who bring value to an organization. The method of selection is a meticulous progress of scrutiny that ranges from the military, to the medical field, into social services, and also the public school system. In this paper, social service work will be examined. Though selection is important, the steps of training employees are equally imperative. Altogether, this comes with concerns that could include legal and ethical obligations as organizations attempt to hire the right individual for the job. Industrial/Organizational Psychology to Select & Train Employees Some large corporate companies...
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...The expansion of the Second World War across Europe assured the United States (U.S.) to convince the nation’s entire population to support the Allies. Nearly all the major combatants used women in additional supplementary military roles. The government notified women to the nation’s necessity for them to fill in the industrial labor force that was left vacant by widespread male enlistment. They urged women to work outside the home and businesses to stay open at night for working women. Women felt the patriotic need to enter the workforce and fill traditional male jobs. They performed myriad ways to participate in the war effort. They allowed U.S. government and industry to expand remarkably to meet the wartime needs. Roughly one out of every four married worked outside the home by 1945. Therefore, the Allies would not have defeated the Axis without the contribution of women to World War II, for...
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...Industrial/Organizational psychology in the workplace is more of a necessity than ever before, especially in the military. The United States is currently facing worldwide threats from multiple entities and having the right people in the right place at the right time with the right skill set is a matter of life and death. This can be accomplished by recruiting, testing, employing, training and placing the most capable people in the right occupation. I/O psychologist has provided the military with great resources to include research, experiments, counseling and advice. These psychologists will continue to provide these types of services in the years to come not just for the military, but other occupations around the world. Recruiting and...
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...was prone to excessive noise signatures whilst travelling at speed and lacked the operational capability to enter conflict situations due to the an insufficient combat system. The selection process for the design of the Collins Class and the fundamental capabilities the navy required directly impacted the quality of the final product due to the scope of the design not being fully understood by the manufacturing companies. The Collins Class project was an opportunity for Australia to become a ‘technological powerhouse’ by having the Collins Class submarines built within Australia. This report addressed how certain issues discussed within Deep Trouble impacted the knowledge areas of scope, procurement and quality management within this complex project and how the interrelationship between them contributed to a submarine that has adversely weakened our national defences. TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Design Selection 3 Noise Signature 4 Combat System 4 Conclusion 5 Works Sighted 5 DEEP TROUBLE – THE COLLINS CLASS SUBMARINE PROJECT INTRODUCTION The Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class Submarine is designed to replace the 30 year old Oberon Submarines. The Collins Class is the first submarine to...
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...and will require new skills, new attitudes and differing perspectives of the Officer’s trinity. INTRODUCTION There is a plethora of literature on leadership, management and command. In the civilian (business) market, there are – literally – thousands of books on leadership; management; and leadership and management as a ‘dual’ concept. However, there are no books in the business market on what the military call ‘command’.[i] In contrast, in the military domain, there are an equal amount of books on leadership; command; and leadership and command together. However, very little has been written – to date – about military management; this represents a very serious limitation. New business practices and performance management systems now require capable senior managers and leaders and private sector organizations have found clear strategic benefit in providing a structured approach to the developmental needs of senior executives. Although it is recognized that leadership, management and command are closely related (especially in the military environment), comparatively little has been written on the nature and practice on the 3 subjects as ‘a state of being three’. This view has also been recognised in the recent Defence Training Review Report where it states: “The pressures of limited resources and increased accountability have placed new demands on Ministry of Defence leaders, as has the challenge of leading a more diverse workforce…in parallel, our...
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...Brief History of China Prehistory Mythical Era Ancient Era Imperial Era Modern Era Introduction Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River Valley in the Neolithic era A history of 4700 years since Yellow Emperor during the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors; the written history of China begins with Shang Dynasty 3600 years ago when turtle shells with ancient Chinese writing were carbon dated in 1500BC Prehistory Peking Man Paleolithic – – – – China was inhabited by Homo erectus more than 1 million years ago The archaeological site of Xihoudu site in Shanxi Province is the earliest recorded of use of fire by Homo erectus 1.27 million years ago The excavations at Yuanmou and later Lantian show early habitation The most specimen of Homo erectus found in China is the so-called Peking Man discovered in 1965 Prehistory (cont.) Neolithic – – – – – – Stone Tools The Neolithic age traced back to 10,000 BC Early evidence for proto-Chinese millet agriculture is carbon-dated to about 7,000 BC Population was increased due to agriculture, the ability to store and redistribute crops and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators In late Neolithic times, the Yellow River valley began to establish itself as a culture center, and the first villages were founded Early history of China is complicated by the lack of a written language during this period At Damaidi site in Ningxia, 3172 cliff carvings dating to...
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...value theory, it has led to a theory of class exploitation of the laboring class by the capitalist class. As economic theory became increasingly apologetic after the "Marginalist Revolution" (setting itself the aim of justifying capitalism), the theory of class has been totally banished from the corpus of "modern (neoclassical) economic science." This paper claims that the scientific elements inherent in classical political economy's class theory were preserved by the Marxist class theory, which further revolutionized the classical approach, creating a new, purely non-economistic and non-mechanistic "relationist" class theory, an d forming thus a vivid economic-sociological approach to social classes. On the basis of the Marxist approach, complex problems concerning the class structure of contemporary societies can be tackled. I Introduction THE THEORY OF CLASSES MAKES UP one of the most controversial chapters of the social sciences, in the sense that it comprises a forefront of confrontation between the different theoretical schools that are formulated within the field. To clarify what is to follow, I therefore reiterate the position that was stated by de Ste. Croix: "It seems to me hardly possible for anyone today to discuss problems of class, and above all class struggle (or class conflict), in any society, modern or ancient, in what some people would call an 'impartial' or 'unbiased' manner, I make no claim to 'impartiality' or 'lack of bias,' let alone 'Wertfreiheit,' freedom...
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...A Helping Hand for Europe: The Competitive Outlook for the EU Robotics Industry Authors: Simon Forge and Colin Blackman Editors: Marc Bogdanowicz and Paul Desruelle EUR 24600 EN - 2010 The The mission of the JRC-IPTS is to provide customer-driven support to the EU policymaking process by developing science-based responses to policy challenges that have both a socio-economic as well as a scientific/technological dimension. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Contact information Address: Edificio Expo. c/ Inca Garcilaso, 3. E-41092 Seville (Spain) E-mail: jrc-ipts-secretariat@ec.europa.eu Tel.: +34 954488318 Fax: +34 954488300 http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Legal Notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of this publication. The report reflects the views of the authors and does not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server http://europa.eu/ JRC 61539 EUR 24600 EN ISBN 978-92-79-17657-9 ISSN 1018-5593...
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...A MARKETING CASE STUDY ON AXIS COMMUNICATIONS BY JOHN OLUGBENGA ADEGBOYE 08032004784 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 2. SITUATION ANALYSIS………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 3.1 External Analysis.....................................................................................................4 3.2 Internal Analysis......................................................................................................8 3.3 SWOT Analysis.........................................................................................................9 3. 3.1 The New Product...................................................................................................12 3.2 Marketing Objectives.............................................................................................12 4. MARKETING PLAN........................................................................................................14 4.1 Market Segmentation.............................................................................................14 4.2 Target Market.........................................................................................................17 4.3 Positioning and Differentiation..............................................................................17 4.4 Marketing Mix........................................
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...Brief History of China Prehistory Mythical Era Ancient Era Imperial Era Modern Era Introduction Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River Valley in the Neolithic era A history of 4700 years since Yellow Emperor during the period of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors; the written history of China begins with Shang Dynasty 3600 years ago when turtle shells with ancient Chinese writing were carbon dated in 1500BC Prehistory Peking Man Paleolithic – – – – China was inhabited by Homo erectus more than 1 million years ago The archaeological site of Xihoudu site in Shanxi Province is the earliest recorded of use of fire by Homo erectus 1.27 million years ago The excavations at Yuanmou and later Lantian show early habitation The most specimen of Homo erectus found in China is the so-called Peking Man discovered in 1965 Prehistory (cont.) Neolithic – – – – – – Stone Tools The Neolithic age traced back to 10,000 BC Early evidence for proto-Chinese millet agriculture is carbon-dated to about 7,000 BC Population was increased due to agriculture, the ability to store and redistribute crops and to support specialist craftsmen and administrators In late Neolithic times, the Yellow River valley began to establish itself as a culture center, and the first villages were founded Early history of China is complicated by the lack of a written language during this period At Damaidi site in Ningxia...
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...arise from the fact that even small changes in the experimental task constraints can lead to large changes in the performance of the learner.” “The traditional approaches to motor skill acquisition have failed to capture many of the dynamic qualities of the stages of motor skill acquisition exhibited by novice and expert performers.” Today, the current views as “skill learning,” the effort to understand the” ecologically relevant aspects of task constraints, in relation to the dynamic interface of information and movement, opens the door to a more general theory of motor skill acquisition” (p. 233). The aims and objectives of this paper are to discuss the influence of skill acquisition, learning, and practice such as observational learning, augmented feedback, practice schedules, and organization to better the learner or performer. Within this paper, it will be discussing about the impact of cognitive effort on practice, empirical examination of whether cognitive effort is important or necessary for motor skill acquisition and explaining how the learning environment could be manipulated to increase cognitive effort. Additionally, an overall conclusion will be provided to discuss and provide a explanations how different strategies teachers and/or couches can use to teach workers, athletics or musicians alike to help them become the best they can be at what they do. The impact of cognitive effort on practice Newell, (1991), found that “motor skill acquisition domain also falls...
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...ing3/24/2014 A Marketing Case Study on Axis Communications A MARKETING CASE STUDY ON AXIS COMMUNICATIONS BY JOHN OLUGBENGA ADEGBOYE 08032004784 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 2. SITUATION ANALYSIS………………………………………………………………………………………………..4 3.1 External Analysis.....................................................................................................4 3.2 Internal Analysis......................................................................................................8 3.3 SWOT Analysis.........................................................................................................9 3. 3.1 The New Product...................................................................................................12 3.2 Marketing Objectives.............................................................................................12 4. MARKETING PLAN........................................................................................................14 4.1 Market Segmentation.............................................................................................14 4.2 Target Market.........................................................................................................17 4.3 Positioning and Differentiation..............................................................................17 4.4 Marketing Mix...................................................................................................
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...incompetent leaders. Some reasons for bad leadership are inadequate hiring practices such as hiring relatives, lack of knowledge around leadership skills, or inherit flaws of the leaders such as power trips or egotism. Whatever the reasons for the bad leadership, the results are demoralized teams and unproductive organizations (Richardson, 1994). Some of these effects are not understood until long after the damage is done or until after the leader has left the organization. In this paper I will discuss my experience with poor leadership and offer how this experience has made me a more effective leader. Joe, the Autocrat with Charisma Fifteen years ago, fresh out of the military, I started my civilian career as a technical specialist providing supervisory and maintenance services for data centers providers. Customers such as AOL, Verizon, and Sprint had a high availability requirement for their mechanical and electrical equipment and ex-military personnel were ideal for these services. The position was fast paced, required around the clock commitment, and extremely stressful. Seconds of downtime for these data centers meant millions of dollars in lost revenue for our customers. My bad leader was Joe, Vice President of Technology, and I was his first employee in this start-up company. During my first initial interview, he captivated me with his charismatic leadership style and vision for where we would take the company (Germain, 2012). Unfortunately, his negative leadership...
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...have melted, rather than just being damaged. TMI was a "normal accident"; these are bound to occur at some plant at some time, and bound to occur again, even in the best of plants. It was preceded by at least sixteen other serious accidents or near accidents in the short life of nuclear energy in the United States, and we should expect about sixteen more in the next five years of operation--that is, in industry time, the next four hundred years of operation of the plants existing now and scheduled to come on stream. Normal accidents emerge from the characteristics of the systems themselves. They cannot be prevented. They are unanticipated. It is not feasible to train, design, or build in such a way as to anticipate all eventualities in complex systems where the parts are tightly coupled. They are incomprehensible when they occur. That is why operators usually assume something else is happening, something that...
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