Activity Guide 2012-13 Sub-Theme-VI Energy Planning and Modelling Page 85 Activity Guide 2012-13 Working Group of the sub-theme Prof. A. Srinivasan Mr. Jayanta Kr Sarma Dr. Lalit Sharma Sheeraz Kirmani Dr. Kishor Kumar Baruah Mr. Sandeep Bhattacharjee Page 86 Activity Guide 2012-13 Energy Planning and Modelling 1. Introduction Planning is a process for developing a system and approach to fulfil a predefined goal and objectives on the basis of assessing the present scenario. Planning is
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What is the definition of a crisis? According to dictionary.com a crisis would be a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point (crisis, n.d.). A crisis can hit a company anytime and it does not discriminate because of size or notoriety. The best thing a company should have is a plan of action prepared in an advance, a crisis management plan. The Triad Group apparently did not have a crisis management plan in place as
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Assignment 1: Project Management Assessment Submitted by: Muhammad Naman Submitted to: Dr. Johnnie E. Drake, Jr. Submission Date: April 4, 2014 Course : EBM 680 Project Management ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Purpose – The aim of this exploratory paper is to consider the strategic importance of crisis management and integration of crisis planning with the organisation’s strategy processes, in particular the utilisation of scenario planning as a crisis planning activity. Design/methodology/approach – A review of the crisis management literature was undertaken and key issues identified, subsequently strategic aspects of crisis management were developed in the context of scenario planning. Findings – The paper
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a large number of agricultural areas of water irrigation, there will be a water supply crisis in India. In India, Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been criticized. In addition to the alleged security problems inherent in the product, the water shortages and pollution problems which caused by products is the real key that made local people incensed. Thus, the cola giants have suffered not only a product quality crisis, but also the responsible corporate image for hundreds of years . Indian Science and
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June 12, 2011 Article 39: The World’s Water Challenge: Erik R. Patterson & Rachel Posner Summary of Article This article was about The world’s water challenge. It addressed the dimensions and features that contribute to the world’s water crisis. According to the article “These factors suggest that even at current levels of global population, resource consumption, and economic activity, we may have already passed the threshold of water sustainability” (Griffiths, 2011) . So basically globally
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“Our sales came down by around 60 percent in the January-April period of this year compared to the same period last year,” said Azizur Rahman, chairman of Aziz Cables. Rahman blamed this downtrend on the negative impacts of the global financial crisis. “We are still doing good in power cable sales because we have some supply contracts in our hands,” said Mohammad Enamullah, business development manager of Paradise Cables, one of the largest wire and cable makers in the country. Now the global
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1. What were the drivers of Toyota´s accelerators crisis? Why was Toyota facing a recall crisis? The drivers of Toyota crisis were Strategic, structural and cultural issues. At the strategic level, the cost reduction strategy added with the increasing of the output volume strategy caused a decrease in quality. Furthermore, the structure of Toyota (HQs in Japan and not in the U.S) impacted Toyota’s response to customer’s claims, taking a long time to address Toyota consumer’s concerns, and
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The city of Wichita has an important decision to make. This decision is vital to each and every person living in or around Wichita. It will affect many people and will adversely affect their health in many ways. Many people have been to a convenience store and purchased a bottle of water, or a restaurant where they ordered a glass of water but few people ever consider what’s in the water. If a customer were to order a glass of water at a restaurant they would expect a glass of clean unadulterated
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I had been three months since I had arrived on the island of Kava when Alex asked me to reflect on my progress. At first, my mind was filled with thoughts of, what seemed like, endless meetings and site surveys. I recounted the many hours behind my cramped desk that had passed as I worked through various problems, contacted stakeholders, scheduled those aforementioned endless meetings, and kept in contact with the Kava Imports home office. Alex explained that the time had come to implement the
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