...LIVING IN DELL TIME It could have been the unforeseen catastrophe that rocked Dell's world. Instead, it proved to be the moment when Dell's foremost competitive weapon--an unrelenting sense of urgency and speed-ultimately proved itself. Two years ago, a 10-day labor lockout idled 10,000 union dockworkers, shut down 29 West Coast ports extending from Los Angeles to Seattle, and blocked hundreds of cargo ships from unloading the raw materials and finished goods that fuel U.S. commerce. The port closings paralyzed global supply chains, bloodied retailers and manufacturers, and ultimately cost U.S. consumers and businesses billions. Analysts expected that Dell, with its just-in-time manufacturing model, would be especially hard hit when parts failed to reach its two U.S.-based factories. Without warehouses filled with motherboards and hard drives, they figured, the world's largest PC maker would simply find itself with nothing to sell within a matter of days. And Dell knew all too well that its ultralean, high-speed business model left it vulnerable to just such an intolerable prospect. "When a labor problem or an earthquake or a SARS epidemic breaks out, we've got to react quicker than anyone else," says Dick Hunter, the company's supply-chain czar for the Americas. "There's no other choice. We know these things are going to happen; we must move fast to fix them. We just can't tolerate any kind of delay." Fortunately, the same ethos of speed and flexibility that seems to put...
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...Choosing a store location Uniqcloth has identified a store location that aresuitable for the business. The location that Uniqcloth will open the business is at the new upcoming mall besides the Imperial Mall. We choose that location is because it is a new mall and the location of the mall is in the central of Miri. Miri is a growing town and most consumers in Miri will concentrate around the area as it is the biggest commercial area in Miri. It shows that the area has a high customer turnover rate and it is close to most housing areas in Miri. Convenience of public transportation allows easy access to customers as buses and taxis are widely available. The mall itself should have an adequate parking lot to accommodate an amount of people to park there. So it is easy for the consumer to go there as they have a parking lot for their customers. Listing down all the factors, it is edible that uniqcloth choose the new mall besides Imperial as its store location. As unicloth is a sole proprietor, the company’s management operations are more centralized. A simple organization chart with detailed job description is panned out. A store supervisor will be assisting the store’s employees in the day to day tasks. The Store manager is in charge of daily operations which include human resource duties, sales, budgeting, financing, inventory and other related managerial commands. Unicloth will be utilising an information system which will ease transactions, inventory check lists, ordering systems...
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...International Business (MOD001055) Chapter 8: International Human Resource Management Zubair Hassan (2013). International Human Resource Management. International Business 8.1. Introduction This chapter covers one major components of learning objectives/outcomes that are likely to examine via coursework or examination. This chapter will enable students to build their knowledge on global human resource issues faced by international business, such as the staffing, recruitment and selection, performance appraisal and training and development along with compensations policies. This chapter will cover the following topics: Human resource management function International human resource management (IHRM) International HRM approaches IHRM policies and practices Work practice in an international context 8.2. Human resource management function HRM can be described as a strategic, integrated and coherent approach to the employment, development and well-being of the people working in organizations. Te practice of Human Resource Management (HRM) is concerned with all aspects of how people are employed and managed in organizations. It covers activities such as: resourcing (human resource planning, recruitment and selection, and talent management); performance management; learning and development; reward management employee relations; employee well-being. Human resource management is important for various reasons. One of the most important reasons is that human...
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...In “The One Thing Needful” chapter of Hard Times, Dickens presents the type of educational system existing in Coke-town. He demonstrates this through the curriculum of the school which is to “Stick to Facts” (Hard Times 47) for the reason that “Facts alone are wanted in life” (Hard Times 47) and anything with no factual element is of a disadvantage to them and must be rooted out. Zubair describes Mr. Gradgrind’s school as a very rigid and rigorous system where flexibility is not welcomed because flexibility allows imagination and Mr. Gradgrind is against it (2392). This inflexible character is seen through one of the speaker’s voice as “dry and dictatorial” (Hard Times 47). The above adjectives perfectly describe the educational system in Coke-town...
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...BBA MERIT LIST FOR BBA(Hons) Program FALL 2012 SEMESTER Ref No Name 1 ABDUL REHMAN 2 HESHAM NAEEM 3 SUMBAL EJAZ 4 MUHAMMAD ZAIN AKRAM 6 HAMMAD SHAHID 7 AWAIS-UL-HASSAN EJAZ 8 HASHIR ALI 9 MUHAMMAD SAAD SALEEM 10 NOUMAN FARRUKH 14 FARA SHABBIR 15 MUHAMMAD AHMAD LODHI 16 WAJID TALAL 17 MOHAMMAD SHAKIR KHAN 19 MOHSIN RIAZ 24 MAAZ NAZAR 25 MUHAMMAD SALMAN KHAN 27 ALI MAQSOOD 28 SEHBA FAYYAZ 30 SANA YAHYA 31 MUHAMMAD KAMRAN MANZOOR 32 HAFIZ JHANZAB ANJUM 33 ASLAM IRSHAD 34 MUHAMMAD SOHAIB ANWER 35 MUHAMMAD KHURRAM SAEED 42 HAMMAD SADDIQUE 43 SAAD DANIYAL MUSSADIQ 50 ABDUL WALEED BUTT 51 ZUBAIR TANVEER 52 SAJID KHALID 53 SULAIMAN DAWOOD 54 HUNAIN FAISAL 55 TAMOOR SADIQ 56 MUHAMMAD ABEER AZMAT 57 MUHAMMAD BILAL SAJJAD 58 HAFIZ MUHAMMAD ASHIR 61 MUHAMMAD MURAD NAWAZ 64 NAYAB MAZHAR 65 FAIZAN KHALID 66 ARBAAZ ALI KHAN 67 MUHAMMAD UZAIR UL HASSAN 68 KHISAL IFTIKHAR 70 HAMZA KHALID BUTT 74 FAREEHA NADEEM 75 ABAD HAYEE 78 NAMRA SOHAIL 79 ABEER JALEEL DAR 80 MUHAMMAD KHIZER ASHFAQ 81 USAMA AKMAL 85 TALAL QASIM 89 MUHAMMAD JUNAID 90 MUHAMMAD SAJID 92 MAHNOOR MURTAZA 93 YAMAN SHARIF 96 RASHID IQBAL 97 KHATIJA SHAFIQ 98 AMMAR 99 USMAN AZAM 101 SAYED MUHAMMAD ANAS ZAIDI 103 ABDUL RAHEEM QAZI 104 WAQAS NADEEM 107 AREEBA WASEEM 112 HAMID ALI 113 AYESHA SATTAR 115 JAHNZEB IQBAL 117 AIMAN 118 HUSSNAIN SAFDAR 120 DURRAB NADEEM 122 IRFAN SHAHID 125 SABA BAQAI 126 MUHAMMAD FARRUKH NAWAZ 127 ABDUL HASEEB 128 MUHAMMAD SOHAIB SHAFIQUE ...
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...Messaging to Prepare for Future Challenges With the growth and expansion of HCLT, there are a few tweaks that need to accommodate these changes. Mr. Vineet Nayar wants to ensure that he’s not just the CEO, but he wants to incorporate all of his employees (or at least those willing) into the fold. We all know that communication is a must have in any business. Without communication, it can lead to many problems from the bottom of the company all the way to the top. With electronics becoming as flourishing as they are in the business world, one must find ways to connect and communicate when face to face isn’t possible. A vital means of attending to company concerns is through effective internal communication - downward, upward and horizontal. It helps increase job satisfaction, safety, productivity and profit and decrease absenteeism, grievances and turn over (Murphy, Hildebrandt & Thomas, 1962). At this point in time, Mr. Nayar is trying to expand the communication levels in his company. Portals are designed to provide more direct and easy access to information which promotes self-service, allowing employees to focus on their work and freeing HR resources for more strategic and value-added functions. (Felix, S., 2001) With that, he implemented a section under his value portal entitled My Blueprint. My Blueprint is an addition from the value portal which originally was for employees to build business relationships with their customers. Employees could generate and...
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...Personal Leadership Personal Leadership Personal Leadership Style Dai Meeks 1 Personal Leadership 2 Personal Leadership Style Understanding yourself is essential to be a good manager and leader, a primary characteristic of effective leaders is they know who they are and what they stand for. Reflection (A1a) The seven habits profile reveals that I overall have several qualities of a highly effective person. My emotional and life balance are great indicator I have been able to manage life without burning myself out. I am married with four children. I work a full time job and now going back to school. I have been fortunate enough to have an awesome support system that allows me to balance family and work. I prefer to be proactive and plan for issues opposed to reacting to them. Prior to starting any project I think about the end result and the effects on the future. When prioritizing I tend to complete the most important tasks. Seeing others happy is more important to me so I often compromise to insure everyone gets a little of something they want. When there is a breakdown in communication, I try to understand other people’s point of view. I am creative and seek to find solutions that are outside of the box and value other people’s opinions. Making sure I take time for myself and family is extremely important to me. Based on the results of the seven habits profile my leadership style is very authentic, team oriented, and driven to help others succeed. Leadership Practices...
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...Case studies 4 Zubair Chapter 9 SUKUK BONDS VERSUS SECURITIZATION Sukuk are of two general types: Islamic bonds and securitizations. Islamic bonds are based upon the credit of an entity that is participating in the transaction, such as the issuer, a guarantor or another provider of credit support. Securitizations involve a transfer of assets from an originator into a trust or similar special purpose vehicle (SPV) with the issuance of securities by that trust or SPV. Payments on the issued securities (the sukuk) are derived solely from the payments received in respect of those transferred assets, rather than any general credit of an issuer or participating party. Thus, securitizations are based upon the credit of the securitized assets. To date, most sukuk issuances have been Islamic bond issuances. True securitization sukuk issues are rare, and issues of this type that have been rated by a major international rating agency are nonexistent. While both types of issuances access the capital markets and are necessary for balanced growth of the capital markets, true securitizations have benefits that transcend those available from bond issuances alone. Securitizations allow, often require, broad diversification of the assets in the securitized pool. The originator of the transferred assets uses the securitization to manage its balance sheet and capital structure. The originator transfers assets that generate deferred payments and receives an immediate cash payment from the capital...
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...Flywheel Flywheel Dr Jordan Dimitrov ENGD1005 Mechanical Principles Zubair Khan P12227965 Dr Jordan Dimitrov ENGD1005 Mechanical Principles Zubair Khan P12227965 Index Objective…… ………………………………………………….…………...2 Introduction…………………………………………………………………..2 Theory…………………………………………….………………………..3, 4 Apparatus……………...…………………………………………………….5 Procedure……….…………………………………………………………..6 Results……………………………………………………………….…...7 - 11 Discussion……………………………………………………………….11, 12 Conclusion……………………………………………………………….…12 Reference…………………………………………………………………..12 Objective The objective of this experiment is to determine the moment of inertia of a flywheel and axle by experiment and compare it with the theoretical value. Introduction A flywheel is a heavy shaft-mounted rotating disc that absorbs and stores twisting or spinning motion and then releases it as rotational kinetic energy to provide motion to a stationary or nearly stationary object. [1] Flybrids (a variation of regular electromechanical hybrids) use a flywheel instead of a battery to store regenerative braking energy. This stored energy is used to initially propel (or assist the vehicle’s internal combustion engine) for powering and maintaining motion of the vehicle.[1] Application of a flywheel Flywheels can be used to store energy and used to produce very high electric power pulses for experiments, where drawing the power from the public electric network would...
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...Manarat International University Assignment on : Business Process of TRANSCOM Bangladesh. Subject: MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Course Code: MIS-404 Submitted To: Md. Abdullah Al Mahmud Senior Lecturer Department Of BBA Submitted By: Zubair Ahmed ID: 1026BBA01335 Md. Omar Hamza ID: 1026BBA01375 Md. Masud Rana ID: 1026BBA01423 Mohammudul Hassan ID: 1026BBA01432 Monir Hossain ID: 0925BBA01275 Shishir Hassan ID: 0925BBA01324 Date: 30/ 01/ 2013 TRANSCOM (BD) BUSINESS PROCESS: Introduction: Originated with tea plantation in 1885, TRANSCOM is the one of the largest and fastest growing business houses in the country employing over 10000 people. Not many business houses in Bangladesh can claim a history of continuous business pursuits stretching back over 125 years. Initially tea and jute later became the backbone of the family business. Presently these early industrial ventures have move over to businesses involving high tech manufacturing, international trading and manufacturing, forming strong ties with a host of blue chip multinational companies. In recent years TRANSCOM has emerged as the largest media house in BANGLADESH. Business Processes There are many business processes that happen in TRANSCOM BD LTD. It includes: * Sell product to customer * Manage Finance * Conduct Marketing Activities * Manufacture Product * Order and Supply Product * Manage employees * Maintain Facilities Description of the flow...
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...Final: Capital Punishment a just social problem SOC 203 Intro to Social Problems The debate of capital punishment will always generate passion, it is one of the most debated issues in the Criminal Justice system. The absence of capital punishment would prove a greater problem for the sake of society. Many opponents will argue the death penalty should be abolished, they fail to offer up any comparable alternatives for the crime for murder. It is a harsh punishment but, in all fairness, the punishment fits the crime. Capital punishment does what the name suggests: it punishes and it removes the notion that one can kill and get away with it. It serves as a deterrent for those contemplating murder and in the end, it brings justice. Capital punishment defends the sanctity of life and until we evolve to the place where murders are no longer a part of our society, we must punish this crime fairly. To know we have removed a murdering criminal from the street is a relief thankful to deterrence of violent crime, retribution, Christianity, and innocence. One argument for the death penalty is the fact that it deters crime. Those enticed by killing someone might think twice if they know their life will be taken as a consequence. Joanna Shepherd explores the history of capital punishment and explains that while many studies produced mixed results, modern economic studies reveal executions “significantly deter murders” (Shepherd). In addition, Wesley Lowe reports when the death penalty...
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...Writing Guide for Project and Term Reports – Computer Engineering Department Drafted by: Dr. Zubair A. Baig A standard technical report written by an engineering student must include the following components: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Abstract – around 200 words Introduction and Background Technical Content (this section may have varying titles) Experiments and Results Conclusions References Template for Grading a Report Suggested Grade Distribution (out of 100) Spelling and Grammar Punctuation 2% Structure and Organization 3% Figures and Tables 3% Formulae & Equations (Proper Use) 2% Proper Use of References Report Quality & Writing Skills 3% 2% Proper Use of Appendices (If Applicable) - The Abstract Problem description and motivation (Introduction) 10% Objectives & Deliverables (Introduction) 8% Project Management Plan (Introduction) Technical Content 2% 10% Technical Content 20% Experiments/Simulations 15% Results and Discussion 15% Conclusions 2% Overall Quality of Engineering Documentation 3% Structure and Organization 1. Consistent use of fonts for titles, sub-titles, chapters, sub-chapters, sections, sub-sections, to enhance the readability and understanding of the report. 2. Consistent and correct display of information in the Table of Content, List of Figures and the List of Tables. The Abstract 1. Should not be longer than a single paragraph (2 paragraphs for a longer report). 2. Outlines the importance of what you have accomplished through...
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...Jin Law Professor Moss ENGL 1301 April 21, 2009 Should capital punishment be abolished or retained? Capital punishment, or the death penalty, has been using for thousands of years. In the last two centuries, as people have realized the importance of human rights, debates over capital punishment have never stopped. More and more people join the campaign against capital punishment, while the others defend it. However, either abolishing the death penalty or retaining it has inextricable problems. The writer’s opinion is that capital punishment will vanish from this planet someday in the future, but for a long span of time from now, to abolish it or not depends on the social situations of different countries. People who are against capital punishment, and advocate replacing it with lifetime imprisonment, list five reasons why they condemn it. Right to life is the first punch. In The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3 says, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person” (1). Among all the human rights, right to life is the cornerstone and the carrier of all the other human rights. Deprivation of the right to life is equivalent to deprivation of all the rights, which is inhumane in modern society. On the other hand, capital punishment is a product of the old barbaric concept “an eye for an eye, a life for a life;” and it is actually vengeance killing. Nowadays, most societies do not agree with vengeance killing. Such a brute act...
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...Impact of Microfinance Institution on Nigeria Economy Ghana Christian University College SDM 201222101014 Introduction to Microfinance Mr. Sam Quinn Word Count: 2241 Dec. 2, 2014 Table of Content Pg Introduction 3 Definition of Terms 3 Concept of Microfinance 3 The Goals of Microfinance Institutions 5 Impact of Microfinance on the Economy of Nigeria 6 Negative Impact of MFIs on the country (Nigeria) 10 Conclusion Introduction Since the advent of microfinance institution in Bangladesh in the mid 1970’s, several countries have copied this financing model. The Nigerian governments over the years have had to grapple with poverty and unemployment. The realization that many of these poor and/or unemployed persons are not without skills, ideas and willingness to work, must have propelled the government to make finance accessible to them. The seeming popularity of this model among developing countries is predicated on poverty reduction prospect it offers. The Nigerian government cued into this popular thinking in 2005 when it inaugurated the microfinance institution scheme. This was founded to provide finance to economically active poor excluded from financing by conventional banks, provide employment, engender rural development and reduce poverty. The introduction of microfinance institutions in Nigeria is the inability of Nigerian Deposit Money Banks to provide sufficient financial service to the...
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...FALSE PROPHETS: • In the last days of the Prophet’s life some misguided people arose to claim prophet hood. • When Abu Bakr was elected as the Caliph they started their preaching openly. • Among these false prophets were Tulaiha, Aswad Ansi, Musailamah and Sajjah. Tulaiha belonged to the Banu Asad tribe in the northern Arabia. • An army under Khalid bin Walid was sent which met them at Buzaka. • After a fierce battle Tulaiha’s army surrendered and he himself fled to Syria. He embraced Islam during the time of the second Caliph. • Aswad Ansi belonged to the Ansi tribe in Yemen. • He was an ugly man who kept his face veiled all the time. • He was nicknamed ‘’the veiled prophet’’. • Being leader of his tribe he revolted with the cooperation of the neighbouring chiefs. • He was the first false prophet who collected a large army in open revolt against Islam. • He was defeated and killed by the Muslims. • The most dangerous of the false prophets was Musalima. • He belonged to a tribe of central Arabia. • His tribe accepted him as a prophet. • Abu Bakr sent Shurbhil and Ikramah to crush the rebellion; later Khalid bin Walid joined them. Musalima,s army was defeated after a fierce battle at Yamamah in 633AD.Musalimah was killed. • In this battle about 800 Muslims were martyred. Amongst them were 360 Huffaz (memorizers of the Holy Qur’an). • Sajjah was a woman who belonged to the Bani Tamim tribe. • She claimed to be a prophetess and succeeded in mustering...
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