Prepared by: Yordanos H\Mariam ID No: UU63736R Managing information Assignment 1 Managing information Assignment 1 Reinvent the wheel Reinvent the wheel is to waste time trying to create something that someone else has already created reinvent the wheel is to duplicate a basic method that has already previously been created or optimized by others. For example, “Reinventing the wheel” is applied by thinking it is an important tool but in reality it is a waste of time and other resources. Problem: The company
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The topic that I chose for my organizational behavior project was managing stress and the work-life balance. I chose this topic after doing the wheel of life project in class. When I did that activity I was amazed to see how far off my work-life balance was. From what my ideal wheel of life looked like compared to my actual wheel of life they were way opposite from each other. There were some other students around me that had similar appearances but not quite as drastic as mine was. So after that
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time. The company Carscarscars has made customer survey to fine out of their customer’s choices as existing & future options. Therefore Carcarcars have introduced some options are follows as existing and future. 1. Sports steering wheels 2. Alloy wheels black 3. Automatic transmission 4. Bluetooth pack 5. Panoramic Sunroof 6. Run flat tires 7. Parking sensor with TV 8. Rear roof spoiler 9. Bonnet stripes 10. Roof jack Existing option In the customer survey
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London in the Millennium. By designing a wheel, it represents the turning of the century as well as a symbol for time and regeneration. With the same concept of the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower, the British Airways London Eye provides everyone the experience of the structure along with the perspectives of the whole city below. With the height of 135 meters and 120 meters in diameter, the British Airways London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and also the most popular tourist
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APPLICATION CASE #4 Reinventing the Wheel at Apex Door Company 1. What do you think of Apex’s training process? Could it help to explain why employees “do things their way” and if so, how? I think the training process at Apex has no organizational effectiveness. It’s unstructured, and there is no training documentation which makes the entire training process weak. It appears the employee does things their way because the company clearly does not have in place a structured training process
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REINVENTING THE WHEEL AT APEX DOOR COMPANY Jim Delaney, President of Apex Door Company, has a problem. No matter how often he tells his employees how to do their jobs, they invariably “decide to do things their own way”, as he puts it, and arguments ensue between Delaney, his employee and the employee’s supervisor. One example is in the door-design department. The designers are expected to work with the architects to design doors that meet the specifications. Although its not “rocket science”
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Transcript of Reinventing the Wheel at the Apex Door Company Reinventing the Wheel at Apex Door Company SUMMARY Jim Delaney, the president of the company His employees prefer doing the tasks in their own ways The company also had problems with the training process because the workers always failed to meet the job specification Also they have overlapped training period and some of the training are outdated Besides, training process is homogenized 3 MAIN PROBLEMS 1. Training Process 2. Employer's
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Guardian sustainable business Technology and Innovation Reinventing the wheel: new tech turns regular bikes into hybrids – and a traffic tool The Copenhagen Wheel turns bicycles into electric hybrids, able to multiply pedal power, track your heart rate and monitor potholes. But at $800, it costs more than a bike Reinventing the wheel: smart bikes, if widely adopted, could change the way we think about urban transportation. Photograph: John Giles/PA Sponsored by: BT Elisabeth Braw Friday
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PSYCH 283 October 16, 2013 Reinventing the Wheel at Apex Door Company Apex’s training process is lacking structure which could explain the way employees are performing. If there are no set instructions or a proper explanation of how things should be done, the existing employees will do the work to the best of their ability with the knowledge they’ve had from before the job. For example, the order processing department is failing to properly use the multipage order form to Jim’s liking, because
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The Global Pharmaceutical Industry: Conduct an external analysis Introduction The pharmaceutical industry is described by high levels of risky and lengthy R&D process, tough competition for intellectual property, tighter government regulations and powerful pressures on buying power. (Johnson, 2006) In 2011, several blockbuster drugs patent like Lipitor will expire, possibly endangering the revenues of the pharmaceutical industry for the next three to five years. On the global level, the historical
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