...In this assignment I will be explaining the concept of an unequal society and how social inequalities can have effects on vulnerable groups in society such as; ethnic minorities using sociological terms. An unequal society is formed when there is a prevalent boundary in society which stops a group of individuals from obtaining an equal status despite their contributions to that society. Society is very unequal, this is shown in the way certain groups are treated and even looked down on. An inequality is when two elements are not equal; one may be more favoured than the other which means they get more advantages than the other. There are seven main causes of inequality, these are; age, gender, ethnicity, disabilities, sexuality, social class and culture. These groups are all vulnerable to inequalities and are often subject to prejudice. There are obvious boundaries throughout society which prevent groups of individuals from becoming equal or having an equal status. An example of this which has been in the news a lot is women who are in the army not being allowed to fight on the front line, this is because they are still seen to be ‘weaker’ than men and will make our front lines less effective. This is unequal as women are seen to have less physical and mental strength to do a job which is thought to be meant for a man. Another example of an unequal society is certain places only being meant for certain cultural groups, this is not always unequal if the area is only populated...
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...I will be talking about the different types of teams and the benefits organisation have in when working in a team. Virtual- teams that are separated by location, so they work together remotely using the internet and technology. The way that a team would need this would be if for example if a group needed to go to London and they had some of their members working in Wolverhampton then they would need to use the internet and things such as face time, skype etc. Cross function- people from different function (departments) in a business come together to work as a team for a project. Therefore it is a temporary team. The way that a team would use this in a team is only if you are working on a project and then you will get put with people from different places to work on a new project but only as a temporary team so that you will be able to complete the task. Permanent – a team that works together for a long time and often on a day basis each member will have their own role. The type of group that would be working together for a long time and are always in the same group. Temporary- a tea, developed for a short time period to complete the task is complete the team ceases to exist. A team that has to be made to handle a small project that has been set out to them. Project- individuals come together temporarily to work on a one off task or project. This is for a person that has got an individual project to complete. Interdependent – a team that cannot complete a task without relying...
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...P1 Describe different types of teams and the benefits of teams for an organization What is meant by the term teams? There are multiple ways to describe the term team, which involve a group of people with different skills and tasks, work together on common project, services or goals fusing skills together for mutual support. Teams operate with a high degree of independence, sharing authority and responsibility of self-management working towards a common goal and shared rewards. A team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong sense of mutual commitment creates synergy which generates a performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members. • Formal Formal teams or groups are created deliberately by managers and charged with carrying out specific tasks to help the organization achieve its goals. The most prevalent type of formal group is the command team, which includes a manager and all employees who report to that manager. In some organizations that want to de-emphasize hierarchy, the titles may change. For instance, at MBA (basketball), the managers of command teams are called “coaches” and the team members are called associates. The benefit of a formal team is that the organizational structure clearly to the superior subordinate relationship such as team players report and get told what’s what by the coach. • Informal An informal team work group is a group formed by employees of an organization that is created under no directive...
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...The society that we live in, may be seen as fair by some and unfair by others. It is said that society is at most unfair point throughout history. The authors of The Spirit Level, states that society has come to a point where there is more inequality than ever. In 1921, the life expectancy for men was 4 years less than that of women; this number had risen to 5.5 years in the 1990s. This is one of the many ways that society may be deemed as unequal. There is however many different ways as to how why and how a person may be treated less favourably than other people. Within society, an aspect of inequality is labelling. Labelling is process where someone holds a certain belief over another individual. Within sociology labelling is a way of controlling the behaviour of an individual. For example, in a school a teacher may label a student as a failure if the student is someone who cannot complete their homework due to other commitments or not having the facility to do so. Due to the label that the teacher has against the student, the attitude that the teacher will show the student would lead the student to failure. This is self-fulfilling prophecy. Self-fulfilling prophecy that the individual, who has been labelled, adapts their attitude and follows the attitude of the label. When a positive label is associated to an individual such as ‘she is an overachiever’ this is known as the Halo effect. Stereotyping is another form of inequality within society. Stereotyping and...
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...Unit 19- Caring for individuals with additional needs P3 explain barriers which may be experienced by individuals with additional needs There are many types of barriers which disabled people encounter in their everyday lives, these are; discrimination; employment opportunities; cultural; physical access; attitudinal; communication; financial and lack of choice. Physical access One of the main barriers affecting their lives is physical access. Physical access means little to no entrance to areas for those who lack mobility or have difficulty with their sensory, for example someone who is in a wheel chair or someone who is blind will receive a hard time accessing a building by their self. Using a wheel chair has many physical access barriers. As most of the people in society do not need wheel chairs, majority of the buildings designed around us have many steps to ensure a physical exercise for them. However this is obviously not the case for people with wheel chairs, as they are unable to go up the stairs. In addition to this, opening doors by themselves will also be a challenge as wheel chairs will make it difficult to move out of the way when they open the door. This could be the door which they use to access their own house, toilets, shops, rooms etc. People using wheel chairs are still able to drive, but again, driving becomes another task when they are unable to enter the car itself without being reliant on someone. At this point, a bus may be their only resort, but...
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...Unit 19 Developing Teams in Business Assignment 1: P1 & P3 Different types of teams What is a Team? A team is individuals whom are moulded into a group who work together to achieve an objective or task. Team Recruitment Recruiting the right team members is the key to the success of your team. When the leaders of any group recruit new members, there are a number of skills, qualities needed as well as a process that each member has to go through in order for them to be an successful addition to the team. This process is called job analysis from where a person specification is drawn up and following all the qualifications and qualities that a new team member would be expected to have. The process of recruitment for a successful new team member’s selection. Recruitment> selection> -training •coaching •mentoring •motivation the first steps to a successful recruitment > recruiting and selecting people who will be good team players > training them, providing mentoring and coaching to help them to perform better in the teams > creating your high-performance team. R (Reference: Business BTEC national book1 level 3, page 363) Benefits of a team * Working in a team as part of a company is good as every individual has their own contribution to the team they all share their ideas to help better the company * Team work empowers creativity within the members * Each individual grows as they have other team members to support them There are different...
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...There are many things that are needed in order to make sure that a business is going to be working correctly in order for it to make money. All these things should be considered and reviewed regularly to ensure it’s running as smooth as it can be. The main thing that makes a company work is to have effective teams in place to make sure that all the work is being done and that they are being collaborative when working together. Within Xtrac there are many elements that are key in order to make sure that the business can function and this is because of the way that the teams are laid out and to make sure that the workload is even. In order to make the process work, there needs to be members of teams that are going to merge to say make sure that making a new product is feasible. Xtrac use a relativity small business plan to work out who is where and what they are going to be doing in terms of the teams, people and where they are, like what department. The first team that should be taken note of and should be used as a benchmark are the Managers and Senior Members of the company. There are many reason that the management team is effective and how the are beneficial to the organisation. Without the management team there would be a lack of work done in the company. They make sure that people are doing what they need to be doing and have the power to change things around and to make the processes faster in order to make more money in the time that they have got. They need to...
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...volume, V= cf/ (p- cv) V= 55000/ (21- 8) V= 4230.77 recap tires, 2. monthly break even volume V= cf/ (p- cv) We have Cf= 30000, cv= 0.16, p= 0.40 V= 30000/ (0.4- 0.16) V= 125000 units 3. If the new price is p= 0.60, Then the break even volume will decrease. We don’t need to sell as much units as before to break even. Proof: V= 30000/ (0.6- 0.16) V= 68181.81 units 4. If we increase advertising, that means CF increases, then the Break even volume will increase, because the cost of the production increased. Proof; V= 30000+ 14000/ (0.6- 0.16) V= 100000 units 5.we have Cf= 5600, cv= 0.35, p= ?; v= 2000 (note: Cf= 2500+3100; Cf= $5600) a.What price should be charged to break even? Break even means Profit = 0, then TR=TC Meaning V*P= cf+ V*cv, then P= (cf+ V*cv)/ V P= (5600+ 2000*0.35)/ 2000 P= $3.15 b. If during the season, there are less guest than expected, to break even, she needs to increase the prices. 6. we have Cf= 360000, cv= 12000, p= 17000; a. determine V , V= cf/ (p- cv) , V= 360000/ (17000- 12000) V= 72 units. b. if we have V= 75, Profit = ? , Profit= V*P- ( cf+ V*cv), Profit= 75*17000- ( 360000+ 75*12000) Profit = 1275000-1260000 Profit = $ 15000 c. If the tuition increase, to p= 22000; the volume become v= 35, should the college consider doing this? let's check the...
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...Question (1): Assume a 45-hr/week and an hourly wage of €21. Material cost is €15 per running meter and the standard inventory value of output is €173 per unit. Overhead is charged weekly at the rate of €1838 and 0.75 times direct cost. Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Output | 636 | 576 | 624 | 644 | Workers | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | Material (meter) | 4125 | 3675 | 3930 | 4035 | A. Briefly explain the concept of productivity? Productivity Productivity is a measure of the rate at which outputs of goods and services are produced per unit of input (labor, capital, raw materials, etc.). It is calculated as the ratio of the amount of outputs produced to some measure of the amount of input used. Productivity = Quantity of goods and services produced Amount of resources used As the equation indicates, there are two variables in measuring productivity- the amount of production and amount of resources used. Productivity varies with the amount of production relative to the amount of resources used. Productivity can be increased in several ways, which Are given below here- 1. Increase production using the same or a smaller amount of resources. 2. Reduce the amount of resources used while keeping the same production or increasing it. 3. Allow the amount of resources used to increase c production increases more. 4. Allow production to decrease as long as...
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...Unit 19: Applied Sociological Perspectives for Health and Social Care ------------------------------------------------- Points to cover for P1, P2, M1, D1 P1 - An explanation of the concept of an unequal society, using sociological terms and concepts. * Stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, marginalisation, labelling, social exclusion ------------------------------------------------- Ensure you give clear definitions of the inter-related terms first and explain using appropriate examples to illustrate their meaning. P2 - A description of a range of social inequalities in society. Focus on groups relating to: * Social class, Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Disability Sexuality First ensure you briefly describe these factors ------------------------------------------------- Second describe how people can experience inequalities within these groups by using examples to illustrate the differences in opportunities, quality of life and/or levels of health and well-being. M1 - A discussion of the impact of those social inequalities on the different groups in society. Ensure your discussion develops ideas introduced in P1 & P2 and clearly illustrates the impact of these. ------------------------------------------------- Ideas introduced in P1 and P2- to discuss Stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, marginalisation, labelling and social exclusion and discuss how social inequalities within these factors can affect the health and wellbeing of different social...
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...Problem) | | Ali Al-Nasser | 20092446 | Problem Al Kobaisi Group is a ready mix company which has three plants in various locations among Kingdom of Bahrain. They signed a contract with Al-Moayed contracting to supply them with concrete mix for three different projects located at three different areas. The following tables show the amount of concrete mix each plant can provide and required quantities for each project: Al Kobaisi Group Plants | Supply | P1 | 200 m3/day | P2 | 450 m3/day | P3 | 325 m3/day | Project Name | Demand | M1 | 100 m3/day | M2 | 375 m3/day | M3 | 500 m3/day | Al Kobaisi Group will rent the trucks from a transportation company to transfer the concrete mix from the plants to the sites. Sales manager of Al Kobaisi Group wants to know the optimum way of assignment of trucks in which the cost will be minimum. Use the below table in order to help the manager in taking the decision using one of the L.P models. P/M | M1 | M2 | M3 | Supply | P1 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 200 | P2 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 450 | P3 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 325 | Demand | 100 | 375 | 500 | | In order to solve the above mentioned problem we are going to use transportation model. However, before starting the solution a brief description of the model will be illustrated as follow: Transportation Problem Many practical problems in operations research can be broadly formulated as linear programming problems, for which the...
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...BTEC NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE UNIT 4 DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFE STAGES Unit abstract Knowledge of human growth and development through the life stages is important for learners who are considering careers in the health or social care sectors because it will assist understanding of the needs of individuals at different stages of life, including their potential care needs. It will also help you understand the influence of unexpected events on patients/service users and their families. This unit enables you to gain understanding of different life stages and how people grow and develop. It requires you to reflect on the importance of a variety of factors and major life events on the development of individuals, and to consider the nature-nurture debate. The unit also allows you to gain an insight into the ageing process and to understand both positive and negative perspectives on ageing. Learning Outcomes On completion of this unit you should: 1. Understand human growth and development through the life stages 2. Understand how life factors and events may influence the development of the individual 3. Understand physical changes and psychological perspectives in relation to ageing HOW THIS UNIT WILL BE ASSESSED To reach Pass level, the evidence must show that the learner is able to: P1 describe physical, intellectual, emotional and social development through the life stages P2 describe the...
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...that allows customers to complete bank transactions without getting out of their cars. On weekday mornings, arrivals to the drive-up teller window occur at random, with an arrival rate of 24 customers per hour or 0.4 customers per minute. a) What is the mean or expected number of customers that will arrive in a five-minute period? The expected number is of 0.4*5 = 2 customer is a five-minute period. b) Assume that the Poisson probability distribution can be used to describe the arrival process. Use the arrival rate in part (a) and compute the probabilities that exactly 0, 1, 2, and 3 customers will arrive during a five-minute period. The probabilities of the described scenarios are as follows: P0=20e-20! P0=0.135335283 P1=21e-21! P1=0.270670566 P2=22e-22! P2=0.270670566 P3=23e-23! P3=0.180447044 c) Delays are expected if more than three customers arrive during any five-minute period. What is the probability that delays will occur? This probability can be expressed as the probability of more than 3 customers arriving during the five-minute period, which can be computed as following: P(x > 3) = 1 – P(x ≤ 3) P (x > 3) = 1 – 0.85712346 P(x > 3) = 0.14287654 Thus, there is a 14, 29% probability of expected delays in five-minute period. Problem 3 Use the single-server drive-up bank teller operation referred to in Problems 1 and 2 to determine the following characteristics for the system: Using arrival rate and service rate PER MINUTE ...
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... | |Assessor’s Name: | | |Assessor’s Signature: | |Date: | | |Date Issued: |3rd February 2014 |Submission Date: |17th March 2014 | |Feedback Date: |In class 17th March 2014 | Final Submission date |12th May 2014 | List of criteria for this Assignment |Unit 9...
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...Chapter 6: CPU Scheduling • • • Basic Concepts Scheduling Criteria Scheduling Algorithms Operating System Concepts 6.1 Basic Concepts • Maximum CPU utilization obtained with multiprogramming. • CPU–I/O Burst Cycle – Process execution consists of a cycle of CPU execution and I/O wait. – Example: Alternating Sequence of CPU And I/O Bursts – In an I/O – bound program would have many very short CPU bursts. – In a CPU – bound program would have a few very long CPU bursts. Operating System Concepts 6.2 1 CPU Scheduler • The CPU scheduler (short-term scheduler) selects from among the processes in memory that are ready to execute, and allocates the CPU to one of them. • A ready queue may be implemented as a FIFO queue, priority queue, a tree, or an unordered linked list. • CPU scheduling decisions may take place when a process: 1. Switches from running to waiting state (ex., I/O request). 2. Switches from running to ready state (ex., Interrupts occur). 3. Switches from waiting to ready state (ex., Completion of I/O). 4. Terminates. • Scheduling under 1 and 4 is nonpreemptive; otherwise is called preemptive. • Under nonpreemptive scheduling, once the CPU has been allocated to a process, the process keeps the CPU until it releases the CPU either by terminating or by switching to the waiting state. Operating System Concepts 6.3 Dispatcher • Dispatcher module gives control of the CPU to the process selected by the short-term scheduler;...
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