sensory experience but, when the child plays outside in the real world they use all their sensory skills like seeing, hearing and touching. When they also play and interact with other kids they develop a sense of balance, co-ordination, general and fine motor skills as well as physical fitness and all these are all so important for short, long term and mental health. When children watch video games the voices and people represented in these video do not behave or react like real human beings and in response
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1. What is Gandhian Innovation The famous adage by Mahatma Gandhi “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed” forms the basis of Gandhian Innovation. The last couple of decades in India have seen an unprecedented growth of their middle class. There are billions of first-time consumers in India and China who can afford only the cheapest products. Affordability becomes a big driver. Also at the same time, we see a growing interest and attention to sustainability
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Case Study 3: Carmakers Target Gen Y (Case 7-2) 2 Explain the strategy behind Asian automakers targeting generation Y The strategy behind Asian automakers targeting Generation Y could be explained in a number of ways. Asian automakers customer base is aging hence the need to identify a different segment to cultivate loyalty to support present and future sales. Generation Y consists of young Americans born in the mid 1970s and mid 1990s. This segment consists of around 71 million with a purchasing
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com/content/20338 (accessed September 28, 2013) * Moneycontrol. 2013. CNBC-TV18: Tata Motors initiates organisation rejig. http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/cnbc-tv18-comments/tata-motors-initiates-organisation-rejig_808190.html?utm_source=ref_article (accessed September 26, 2013) * Muralidhar, S. 2013. Rough ride for Tata Motors. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/rough-ride-for-tata-motors/article4610740.ece (accessed September 28, 2013) * Scanlon, J., 2009. What Can Tata's
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An auto title, also known as a "pink slip," is a legal certificate of ownership issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Among other information, it lists the current owner's name and address, the make, model and year of the vehicle, and the first date sold. An auto title is a very important document that is often kept in a safety deposit box or other secure location. When selling a vehicle, the auto title must be signed over by the seller. The buyer then takes the title to the DMV to
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A Comeback for the UAW? With the currently aging workforce and the demands on both domestic and foreign auto workers in the US the overall desire for labor organization could be on the upswing during the next decade. With almost two thirds of the current manufacturing workforce poised for retirement and lower wage workers being hired unions could gain an infusion of both support and energy. Couple this with a downward trend in the economy which stokes demand for lower costing automobiles
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CHAPTER 9 LABOUR PRACTICES AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN TNCS: THE CASE OF TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR IN INDIA KRISHNA SHEKHAR LAL DAS & SOBIN GEORGE 1. INTRODUCTION The study on the working conditions and labour practices in Toyota Kirloskar in India is part of the network research on Transnational Corporation Monitoring in Asia. Since 2002 the Asian Transnational Corporation (ATNC) Monitoring Network has been operational to build up a regional network through which labour organisations in different Asian
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Porters five forThreat of New Entrants - Very Low In order to enter the automotive market a huge amount of capital is required. In addition, an entering firm would need to have a tremendous amount of tacit and explicit knowledge to design and manufacture products. Threat of Substitutes - Medium Available substitutes include public transportation such as buses, trains, boats, and aircraft. In addition, consumers can use other conventional means of transportation such as bicycling or walking
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Q1) How did Tata Motors segment the market for commercial vehicles ? Which variables were used to segment the market? Remember that while segmenting the entire market has to be segmented. Indian commercial vehicle market sector includes three and four wheels, two wheelers as well as passenger cars and SUVs generally used for commercial goods transportation. Non motorized undocumented sectors like bullock cart, horse drawn carriages, bicycle rickshaws & manual pull carts was also serving for
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* 1970ies: autonomous work groups in the Swedish automotive industry (Volvo) The early research examined the impact of high- involvement work systems in manufacturing organizations. The development of the Saturn Corporation within General Motors constituted a demonstration project for, “a radically new organizational form in which work would be organized into teams, work rules would be drastically simplified, and the union would be a full partner in decision making from the bottom to the
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