Essays on Operation

An essay exploring the effect of the macroeconomic environment in Italy and Russia as it relates to Proctor and Gamble’s international economic activity. Procter and Gamble [P&G] is the world’s top producer of household products. P&G manufactures a wide range of products from toilet paper and sanitary products to food and cleaners. It can be said that the company produces everything a consumer could need to stock their homes comfortably. June 2014, P&G reported over eighty-three million dollars in revenues during that fiscal year (MarketLine, 2015). P&G’s headquarters are located in Cincinnati, Ohio but the massive ...

Description of the Problem

My community has developed a habit of ignoring their environment due to their careless attitude towards litter disposal. Despite the development and provision of the general dumping site, the community still does not utilize the dump site as provided by the governing body. This has led to the ugly nature of the community environment, and none of the stakeholders have developed an interest in solving the problem. This paper offers a description of the community problem of littering before offering a solution that will help alleviate the problem. Litter scattering within my community has currently formed part of the ...

Executive summary

This paper provides a strategic plan for ERBAKIR CN WIRE Company. The strategic plan includes an analysis and evaluation of integral aspects of Company’s operation. These aspects are company’s background, its organizational mission, vision and value statements. Besides, the paper provides an environmental scan, describing Company’s place on the trade market. The paper reviews current strategies and states the recommended ones. In order to reduce and overcome risks, the paper offers an implementation plan including contingency plans for identified risks. ERBAKIR CN WIRE Company is the largest of Electrolytic Copper Conductive companies in Turkey and one ...

Developing to Sound Ethical Decision Making in Green Company

Ethical leadership is the main concept for the discussion at any one time when there is need to focus on organizational ethics and social responsibility. In the contemporary society than earlier before the focus on social responsibilities of an organization has developed in all areas of business. This, therefore, calls for organizations to plan effectively for the social responsibilities to the community and all the stakeholders (Trevino & Nelson, 2014, p. 53). This calls for the development of organizational codes of conduct and mission statements stating how an organization plans to dispense their responsibilities to its stakeholders. Planning for ethics ...

Analysis of Samsung Corp.

Introduction Samsung Corporations operates as a multinational company operating in electronics industry with the headquarter in Suwon, South Korea. It is a blue chip company listed in Dow Jones. The company makes profits in terms of trillion with over 200 trillion of assets and 168.088 trillion of equity (Michell, 2010). As of 2015, the company had around 307,000 employees contributing to its operations. This makes the company a big corporation thereby forming a platform for practicing how to analyze businesses. The profitability of a Samsung’s operation is dependent on the efforts put by the management towards ensuring ...

Understandably, change is inevitable in business. Keeping with the trend of business and being proactive to the possible change ensures that the business remains profitable in the market. With the increased need for efficiency and the introduction of the new technology, businesses are forced to change their methods of operation and adopt new technologies for efficiency. Accordingly, they are expected to study their customers who are also changing with the technology to make informed decisions during the change process. Supply chain does not operate in a vacuum and hence cannot assume the changes in technology. It must adopt new ...

Theory Application

Introduction: In introducing the main assumptions and tenets of both psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral theory it is important to account for the underlying principles that each is built upon. In order to contrast and compare these basic principles and how they focus on the underlying changes that are evident in the clients there is a need to develop an effective method for considering the cases that are available. The challenge in doing so is indicated by the underlying tenets of each theory. In regards to psychoanalytic theory, there is a need to understand the unconscious mental processes that occur. In ...

Blitzkrieg is the theory of conducting brief war, according to which victory is achieved in the period calculated in days, weeks or even months, before the enemy will be able to mobilize and deploy its main military forces. During the World War II, European military theater have seen a lot of successful and not blitzkrieg acts and plans. For the first time in practice, the German military strategists at the beginning of the Second World War when capturing Poland successfully carried out blitzkrieg. The campaign in Poland was the first demonstration and successful implementation of the theory of "quick ...

1. Perform a five forces analysis for the traditional airlines. How would you assess Qantas’ ability to address the limiting (or detrimental) factors in the industry?

Five Forces Analysis

Threat of New Entrants The airline industry has moderate threat in terms of new carriers entering the industry, especially from the Asian sector. Even then, the knowledge and costs of entering the market are significantly higher. Any new airline attempting to enter the airline industry would need significant investment of building its customer base and infrastructure.

Buyer Power

In terms of buying power, the airline industry grew to $564 billion in 2008 displaying the high ...

Abstract

PRN narcotics combined with massage therapy represent a typical clinical practice used to manage acute pain. Nonetheless, PRN narcotics have come under increasing scrutiny because of their association with safety and dependence problems. The present study presents a review of current literature on the use of massage as a pain management technique. Researchers have identified the effectiveness of foot massage, touch massage, vibration therapy combined with adjunctive massage, and rhythmical massage in the control of stress and postoperative pain. In a recent study, patients with back pain have reported experiencing chronic pain for about one to eight years following ...

1. Plan for the assessment of Market structure Effectiveness for Operations of the Company. It can be easily asserted that the performance of the company as well as the market scenario changes whenever there are changes in the demand for a certain product over a period of time. It was observed that there is increasing trend in demand for microwave category. With the pressure and increase in complexity of individual lives and their living standards, the attitude and perception of people towards microwave food seems to be favorable. Such microwave food is also increasingly demanded as a result of ...

1. Introduction. Digital signal processing is a very mathematical subject so main mathematical ideas should be outlined to ensure a successful learning. 2. Algebra. Algebra is a systematic notation of quantitative relationship between expressions divided (or joint) by the sign ‘=’ and the collection of rules to manipulate such expressions and values (variables) they contain. 3. Functions, Numbers, and Graphs. Functions are used to denote relations (dependencies) between variables: if one variable depends on another, then the latter variable is called the independent variable, while the former is called the value of the function. If we use the horizontal axis ...

Introduction

Cyber Software, Inc. is a medium-size company that specializes in producing cyber protection software products. After a recent hacker attack the owner and CEO of the corporation Joseph Jackson felt a pressing need of changing the way the company is operating in order to help customers secure information with the help of innovative technological solutions. The envisaged changes are going to be discussed in the following mini management plan. The plan starts with a brief analysis of the company’s management history followed by the development of new vision and mission statements, based on the new targets Cyber Software, ...

Upon the discovery of the mistake, you should take the responsibility of reporting the mistake to the supervisor, of which you did and is commendable. You should inquire how the mistake came about and how the firm can take responsibility of the mistake. You should try to share with his supervision in the firm on ways through which the mistake can be rectified. You have the ethical requirement of being transparent and should not in any way utilize the mistake to your own advantage. You also have an ethical requirement keeping the information regarding the mistake within the firm; ...

Threats to internal security and the need to maintain law and order have prompted the security policy makers in collaboration with various government agencies to come up with suggestions of having an enhanced and equipped police force that can respond to any security issues at any given moment. The police force has managed to become a significant agency in the governance of the country and to undertake its roles in the most effective way; there have been numerous reforms that have facilitated the required levels of the organization and hence operations. The vital aspect in the police organization and ...

McDonalds’s Franchise 3

Justification of Resources 3 Pros 4 Cons 4 Levels of administration 5 Administrative level 5 Operation 5 Strategic administration 6 Training program to implement 7 Conclusion 7

References 8

McDonalds’s Franchise McDonald’s is among the most successful restaurants in fast food industry with a valuable trademark globally. It is the leading franchising company and the second largest in the fast-food restaurant market in the world. Over 80 percent of its restaurants globally are owned and run by their Franchisees (Coleman, Anderson & Yatchak, 2011). The corporate supplies fast foods such as French fries among others using standardization and branding as ...

Energy production has experienced numerous landmark changings thought the century. Although there is no perfect solution found in terms of satisfying the needs for energy resources and mitigating its environmental and social impact, hydropower generation is considered a renewable energy source and alternative to fossil fuel combustion. Hydropower generation has experienced significant advancement throughout its history. However, the principle of its work is rather comprehensive. The energy of falling water is employed to turn the turbine, which is connected to the electricity generator. Furthermore, electricity is supplied through grids to industrial or domestic units. In most cases dams are ...

Hurricane Katrina was the worst disaster to hit the United States since the 9/11 attacks. In the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, the US Department of Homeland Security came up with a host of plans and restructured FEMA at the cost of billions of dollars. Despite all the spending and planning, the chinks in the armor were apparent before and after Hurricane Katrina. The forecast of the Hurricane along with its destructive capability and target path gave several cities ample time to evacuate hundreds of citizens before the storm struck. There were two days warning from 24 ...

Abstract

The energy consumption in the high performance computing and cloud services is enormous. This requires energy efficiency techniques to reduce power consumption in operation and cooling of the data servers and high performance computers. To search for more energy efficient techniques to save power, companies across the world share data and conduct survey. This article gives an overview of requirement of energy efficiency, different energy efficiency algorithms for supercomputers, cooling and energy efficiency techniques used across the globe.

Introduction

There are multiple sources for energy consumption in high performance computing such as power consumption in running High Performance Computing (HPC), ...

Business

Toyota Company It is located in Toyota City in Japan and has more than 170 locations around the world. It operates a business is for profit making. The company manufactures its vehicles and auto spares to sell them for profit. Thus, the company does not focus on giving humanitarian services. Rowland (2015) reveals that Toyota Company focuses on promoting the welfare of the society through the provision of automobiles. Besides, it strives to give its customers the best quality products and services. So far, the company’s action clearly indicates that it is in line with its mission. It ...

Memorandum to: Supervisor

The Lack of a Budgetary Theory There is significant aridness in the American budgetary literature regarding one of the most important issues of public budgeting, which is the distribution of public budget for varied purposes so that highest return can be achieved (Fao.org, 2016). However, the energy absorptions in the building of mechanical institutions for purposes of budgeting have created a diversion in attention from problems of basic budgeting. The issue is identifying the basis on which allocation of dollars for activities A and B is decided. There are some aspects of pure economics associated with public expenditure but ...

MARKETING

Development in science and technology Current technology available China has quite a number of current technologies that are not common to the rest of the world and the technologies are listed as below; High voltage transmission; China has innovated the world`s first ultra-high voltage DC and AC lines, which are capable of carrying more power efficiently for longer distances.

High speed rail

Advanced coal technologies Nuclear power Alternative energy vehicles; these include hybrid, electric, plug –in hybrids, and fuel cell vehicles. Supercomputing Solar energy technologies B. Technological skills and the general labor force of CHIINA The general labor force of china ...

Environment Analysis of Spirit Airlines

Introduction The aviation industry remains to be one of the fastest growing business in many countries. Air travel is a central key in fostering globalization, as it helps promote the growth of many other industries. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive environmental analysis of Spirit Airlines, Inc which is an ultra low-cost air carrier based in the Florida, and carries passengers on flights within the United States as well as in key cities of Latin America. It is interesting to note that despite several controversies ranging from contentious advertising campaigns, discrimination and poor customer service among others, the ...

Mind map

Introduction The application of computers is widespread in the current generation. Computers form a fundamental part of our daily lives as well as activities. The application of computers ranges from simple mathematical computations in devices like calculators to complex mathematical computations in industries. Virtually everything depends on computers for operation and completion of various tasks and processes in equal measure. The use of computer presents a variety of advantages over other alternative methods of accomplishing tasks (Krishnamoorthy, et al, 2009).

Background Research

A computer is an electronic device used to perform arithmetic operations which are employed in attaining different tasks a ...

A Reciprocating Engine is also called as Piston Engine. In this engine pressure is converted into rotating motion with the help of one or more reciprocating pistons. There are various types of Reciprocating Engines, the most common type is the Internal combustion engine which is used in motor vehicles, the steam engine which is used in the industries and the Stirling engine. The compression ignition engine and the Spark-ignition engine are the two types of internal combustion engine. In the compression ignition engine, fuel is injected into the cylinder and the air inside the cylinder is compressed so that ...

Introduction

Automated surgical instruments have grown past the testing phase and are currently routinely utilized as a part of several surgical procedures such as minimally invasive general surgery, pediatric surgery, ophthalmology, urology, neuro surgery, cardiothoracic surgery and otorhinolaryngology. Robotic instruments keep on developing and upgrading in time and – as they turn out cheaper and more generally widespread – will probably turn out to be all the more frequently used in surgical methodology. The authority of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the Minimally Invasive Robotic Association (MIRA) felt that rules for the use of robots in surgery ...

The usefulness of the balance sheet

a. No, the focus of accrual accounting, different to cash accounting, gives more accurate information about the company in the financial behavior. The accrual accounting matches the revenues and expenses operation in the generation date and not when there is cash transference. The income statement is more important than the balance sheet because the income statement explains the behavior of the company in the fiscal year and explains the capacity of the company to generate value to stakeholders. The balance sheet gives a "static photograph" of the current situation of the company. Only making the comparison of balance sheets ...

Police operations and activities have changed and improved in this 21st century, and this can be attributed to changes in different sectors. Police nowadays carry out their activities in a more efficient way than in the past. This is much evident in the USA where the police reaction to situation and way they handle their activities have changed in a big way, some of the developments that have tremendously impacted police operation and activities include the following.

How technology has affected police operation, mission, and values.

Technology advancement has led to the improvement on how the police carry out their activities especially in the USA. Technology has enabled ...

Vision Statement of JASSM

The vision of the Joint Air-to- Surface Standoff Missile program is to create a collaborative working environment through the appreciation of the human resource and the strengths of the workforce. It is keeping an entrepreneurial culture and environment which steams on new plans and dealings which eliminating the bureaucracies in carrying a project. It is based on giving people a sense of confidence through continually given opportunities of working with the program and owning the project wholly which ensures collaboration between the various department and professions. It is to foster the alliance throughout the period of the project and ...

Information Technology

The case can be summarised as an initiative by Intel to allow its employees to bring their own devices to work. The devices will be allowed to access the company’s information and data and thus lead to security issues within the organisation. This idea is fuelled by the fact that employees were already bringing their own devices to work and using them during office hours. The chief information officer is faced with various dilemmas in the implementation of this proposal. The issues that arise might be beneficial or detrimental to the organization while employee privacy will come at ...

Intensive growth and new scientific and technological developments give builders practically unlimited possibilities. This leads to the emergence of the problem of choice – how to rationally determine the most appropriate technology? Experience of previous decades shows that constructions made of prefabricated concrete show good operation characteristics and are rather lasting (bibm.eu, 2016). As a result, prefabricated concrete is widely used in the process of construction of building of civil and industrial use. With the help of the prefabricated concrete construction time of the building is decreased, and much labor and financial resources are saved. Further in the paper, prefabricated ...

Impact of Contraband, Bootlegging and Peddling on Inner City Small Business Success: A Millennial’s Perspective

Abstract Inner cities were the business hub for a long period of time. However, in the last 30 years, many large and small businesses have closed down their shops and moved out of inner cities to more affluent city suburbs. Especially noteworthy is the fact that small essential businesses such as grocery stores and drugstores are closing down their stores in inner cities despite a huge demand prevailing there. There are many reasons attributing to the problem. Contraband, bootlegging and peddling definitely have forced some of the small business owners to shut down their business. They are unable to ...

Strategic Management of Agribusiness Literature Review

Agribusiness is a profitable source of income of the agricultural sector. It normally tends to be an extensive business operation, to which may dabble in different agribusiness process. The success of agribusiness lies in effective strategies being employed as well as the application of efficient management approach. This paper aims to review various articles pertaining to the role of strategic management when it comes to operating an agribusiness. Additionally, this paper will review the various actions that must be employed when it comes to sustaining the profitability of agribusiness despite the changes in the external environment, such as government ...

Introduction

For this assignment, I chose two different dining experiences that I had when I was on vacation with my parents in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain. Spain is famous for its delicious food, including paella, seafood, and many others, and Barcelona is a touristic hub of Spain where there are plenty of places to eat from affordable brunch places to exclusive restaurants.

Foodservice operation dining: La Paradeta, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

First, I will describe my dining experience at regular foodservice operation, that is not fancy and expensive. I had the chance to dine at the place called “La Paradeta” which is famous for its fresh and affordable seafood at ...

British Petroleum (BP) is an energy company, ranked as the third largest in the world. It undertakes oil exploration, refining, and the sale of oil products. The energy industry exposes the company to numerous risks and uncertainties in the exploration, extraction, refining, and sale of products (Bamberg, 2000 p.34). BP has however managed to maintain its top position in having a 100% oil reserve replacement for 17 years. Despite the efforts to maintain safety precautions, unfavorable events have followed the company’s operations. One instance is the explosion in the Gulf of Mexico where the company was drilling in ...

Examining competitive advantage

Introduction Over the years, nations across the world have been trading together due to the fact that one nation cannot entirely depend on itself. It is from that theory that the international trade emerged. Nations have increasingly become interdependent as they try to balance between the exports and the imports in terms of goods and services. The theory of competitive advantage has made the world market produce quality goods and services at a reduced price. More technological advancements has also made the world markets to advance, this has led to the emergence of open trade in which a business ...

Introduction

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, also known as LVMH, is a luxury goods conglomerate, headquartered in Paris, France. The Company was created through the merger of Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessy in 1987. LVMH is the largest fashion brand in the world in terms of revenue with over sixty subsidiaries. LVMH has posted revenue of €30.6 billion and a hefty profit of over €5 billion in 2014 (LVMH#3, 2015). Christian Dior is the largest brand within LVMH business portfolio, contributing more than 40% of its revenue (LVMH#3, 2015). Bernard Arnaut is the largest shareholder of the company. The ...

The world of business continues to change every day. The advent of technology and the evolving transportation methods have resulted in an increased ease of transactions. Technology has also rendered some businesses obsolete. However, technology has not rendered organizational culture meaningless in the world of business. The growth of businesses around the world is fueled by the fact that there are numerous opportunities that have been brought about by the effect of globalization. Because of globalization, the world continues to reduce into one huge village where communication and transportation have become cheaper and faster. Globalization has also facilitated the ...

“Biometrics” is a term used to refer to “life measurement.” Biometrics is a technology used for verifying authenticity (Stanoevska-Slabeva, 2011). It uses either behavioral features or biological traits to identify or recognize individuals. In actual sense, Biometric system translates to a system of pattern identification which makes use of various biological characteristics such as facial recognition, voice geometry, fingerprints hand recognition and patterns like retina designs and iris patterns (Saini, 2014). The recognition systems and models of biometrics allow for the verification possibility of people’s identity by only determining who they are and not what they might be ...

Abstract

Informational technologies have developed so rapidly, that there was no way not to affect the ways of teaching and learning. This paper gives brief information about the concept of use of technologies in education, as well as how they can help with the biggest problem of education at our time. The paper describes the basic formats of e-learning, their advantages and differences. As plagiarism is considered as crime nowadays, the paper includes the information about why this problem is so important and what are the ways of preventing it. (Keywords: e-learning, Informational Technologies, plagiarism,)

Introduction

Modern scientific literature pays special ...

TEP Delivery and Distribution

TEP is facing delivery reliability is declining, along with its falling productivity and increase in the number of finished goods in warehouses. Overall, the TEP delivery mechanism is being challenged with several distributors complaining about several deliveries of one order, ranging for several weeks. Clearly, TEP needs to re-evaluate their re-order levels and ensure they can match distributor needs. Distributors suffer due to the current levels of delivery failures as they need to fulfill their orders on time. Due to the current delivery system utilized by TEP, distributors are faced with an increase in handling and administrative expenses and ...

Question 1a. Giving appropriate examples and using your own words, differentiate between risk and crisis as used in the hospitality and tourism discipline. In the tourism industry, risk and crisis are two distinct but interrelated terms. Risk refers to the possibility that of the occurrence of potential threats, thus the need to employ the needed pro-active solution to lessen or eliminate it. Accordingly, because of the dangers associated with risks in the industry, there is a great need to ascertain the likelihood of its occurrence and ways on how to manage such risk. An example of risk in the ...

Abstract

Currently, U.S. Military structures experience a crisis due to the high number of deaths in American military structures because of suicide. The suicide crisis among active duty troops and veterans, many of which have no experience of deployment in war zones, indicates that military sector faces deep-rooted problems. Finding the solutions for military suicide prevention is not easy and momentary. On the basis of relevant articles and statistics, this paper summarizes the main reasons of military suicide commitment, taking into account the actions for suicide prevention. It also aims to identify why multiple governmental programs and initiatives in this ...

Samsung Electronics is a Korean company established in 1969. Since then it has significantly grown to become one of the leading firms in global information technology. Currently, the company owns and manages over 200 subsidiaries across the world. The company deals with a range of products, including home appliances, washing machines, and mobile telecommunication products such as tablets, liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, and smart-phones. Moreover, Samsung has continued to become one of the trusted providers of essential electronic components such as DRAM, as well as non-memory semiconductors.

Major Plans, Goals, and Strategies

Product Samsung’s vision is to become leaders in innovations and ...

Management Performance Analysis: Dillard’s Inc. – Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Situation Analysis - Dillard’s Inc. Each and every company that exists must have a situation; the prevailing terms and conditions under which a company operates in. Dillard’s Inc. is not an exception; it operates, which any given context (Harrison& John, 2010). Although the term situation is not properly understood by several investors, it is worth acknowledging it since it houses a firm and its operations; at times its favorable to the business or not. Ideally, a situational analysis is primarily based on the general position or rather the context under which a given firm is ...

Business Wanted To Support Rule of Law Framework

Business Wanted To Support Rule of Law Framework

Introduction

In the article entitled Business Wanted to Support Rule of Law Framework published in the Risk and Compliance section of the Wall Street Journal, the business community is called forward to become more involved in their responsibility to the public. The report indicated the effort of the United Nations Global Compact in pushing for the promotion of laws that demand a sense of greater corporate responsibility, not only among existing business, but also among emerging markets. Based on research, the lack of sufficient law of potential markets is one of the ...

Abstract

The major purpose of the study is to capture institutional policies used by Federal Reserve to counter periods of challenges such as the great recession. In which case, the study presents a platform for learning the financial markets of an economy and also the various strategies that the existing institutions within the economy can employ to solve any arising challenges within the economy. In order to achieve the above objective, strategy used to develop this research involves a proper analysis of the state of the financial economy of the United States of America before and during the times of ...

Executive Summary

Today, hospitality management requires skills and training because of the changing needs and demands of customers. Phulay Bay is taking effective measures in order to facilitate customers in the best possible manner, and I come to know this after my internship in Phulay Bay for a period of 6 months. The Hotel is ensuring provision of top services, and a relaxing environment where guests can feel comfort, and visit the hotel again in order to take benefits from the services offered. In this paper, hospitality management in Phulay Bay is described in detail by explaining how the hotel is ...

INTRAPRENEURSHIP PLAN

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HDI Securities Inc. is a participant in the Philippine Stock market and had been incorporated since May 26, 1992. The company formation was dated back to the patriarch of the Chai clan (Singapore based clan chia family) who come together to own a seat in the Philippine stock market. The aim and objective of the company is to function as a brokerage firm to cater for the investments of its fund providers. Currently the company is facing the challenges provided by the economy in which it was rank as the 37th position spot in the overall performance ...

The Second Battle of Fallujah

The Second Battle of Fallujah The Second Battle of Fallujah (Operation Al-Fajr) took place in Fallujah 43 mi west of Baghdad. It is city with more than 300,000 residents and people often call it a “city of mosques”. Fallujah had not been affected by the military activity in Iraq until 2004, but then it became a hot zone where insurgency led to the large number of casualties. Fallujah’s residents used to be open to the Coalition forces, but on 28 April 2003 several local demonstrators were killed by the military and this incident caused a rise of ...

Environmental Analysis of ERBAKIR ­ CN WIRE Company

ERBAKIR ­ CN WIRE Company operates in a competitive business environment that faces a fierce competition, especially from its closest rival Sarkuysan Elektrolitik. Both companies engage in the production of electrolytic copper wire across Turkey and other regions of the world. Sarkuysan Elektrolitik uses differentiation strategy to compete favorably with ERBAKIR ­ CN WIRE. As a result of increased competition, Sarkuysan Elektrolitik could also benefit from similar low offshore costs enjoyed by ERBAKIR ­ CN WIRE in manufacturing, as a leader in the industry. This would pose a significant threat to ERBAKIR ­ CN WIRE since it would be forced to lower its ...

Abstract

The internal analysis is a necessity to assist in the research activities of the hospital and monitor its competitive advantage through a SWOT analysis of the company information. The reader will be able to equip himself with about its operations and identify the potential suppliers and customers as well as get regular updates on the major strategies and developments affecting the operation of the organization. Sheridan Healthcare is a multi-Specialty physician and hospital-based services company that provides physician services in the areas of Neonatology, Anesthesiology, radiology, and emergency medicine. It is also known for office-based services in gynaecology, Perinatology, ...

Introduction

Almost all of the commercial airplane accidents that have been reported in the past are caused by human error which accounts for approximately 70% of the accidents (Griffin et al., 2015). Hence, it is important to appreciate the fact that human error is recently becoming a principal concern not only to flight operations but in the maintenance practices as well as air traffic control. The above concern has made the major airlines to employ human factor professionals who work closely with the engineers and pilots to embrace innovation on human performance as well as the airplanes to help enhance ...

Introduction

The Shouldice Hospital located right outside Toronto in Canada was founded in 1945 by Dr. Earle Shouldice and strictly performs hernia repair operations only. The hospital has a capacity of 90 beds, 12 full-time surgeons, and seven part-time assistant surgeons and performs an average of 7,000 operations a year.

Comparison of Shouldice Hospital to a Typical Hospital

The setting of the hospital is very different from the ones in general hospitals. The hospital is built on a converted country estate with beautiful landscapes, walking paths, tennis courts and stables, giving the hospital a serene country club environment. The hospital also encourages socialization between patients. This is ...

Introduction

The handsaw is a woodworking tool that normally involves the use of the hand and proper hand-eye coordination to make cuts across the grain of fibers in wood (Hasluck, 2011). Different types of hand saws exist for different purposes, and different types of timber are it softwood or hardwood. Examples of hand saws include the perforated saw, One man Two Handled saw, saw with a Skew Back or Hollow Back Hand saw, saw with a Ruled Edge and Handsaw with a Nibbed Back (Hasluck, 2011). The main components of the handsaw are the handle and the blade consisting of ...

Google is a multinational organization, which created one the largest search engines. Apart from creating the search engine, its other operations include web app development, providing internet analytics, advertising technologies, browser and operating system development (Osterwalder & Pigneur, 2013. The main mission of Google is to ensure that all information in the universe is organized in a way that it is easily accessible and can be used all over the world. It has maximized its effectiveness by ensuring that people get the information whenever they require it. It is evident that Google follows its mission effectively by ensuring its services ...

Introduction

Radio frequency Identification also known as RFID uses electromagnetic fields for the wireless transfer of data to automatically identify and track objects that have tags, containing electronic stored information, attached to them. In using RFID, the tag does not have to use a line of sight action as seen in some other such identification systems and can either be a passive or active transponder. An active transponder has its own power supply source while a passive transponder depends on the radio waves it receives for energy source.

Some common frequencies of operation and the read distance of RFID are shown in table 1.

RFID could be said to be invented in the mid 19th century ...

I. Introduction Anonymous is a loose association of hackers, cyber-activists, and Internet protesters who share a common interest in Internet freedom, anti-authority and the use of information technology and irreverence as a tools to realize their goals. Since its first appearance over a decade ago, Anonymous has perpetrated some of the world’s most infamous cyber-attacks and Internet disruptions including the February 2011 intrusion of the Internet security firm HBGeary, the April 2011 hack of Sony, and its current campaign to destroy the Internet capabilities of the Islamic State. II. History While the exact beginnings of Anonymous are only ...

Introduction

The Bernie Madoff scandal was a Ponzi scheme involving Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. The company was a Wall Street investment firm that was founded by Bernie Madoff himself. This scandal is considered the largest Ponzi scheme ever that ended up costing investors $64.8 billion. The main people involved were Bernie Madoff, his accountant David Friehling, and Frank DiPascalli. The three were responsible for paying investors with the investors own money rather than the profits. Madoff ended up telling his sons about the scandal. They reported him to the authorities and Madoff was arrested the next day. Madoff ...

Operations management

Introduction Operation management contains several objectives; companies manage their operation with the aim of improving their organizational productivity, flexibility, quality, dependability, and for achieving cost benefits. Any organization who wants to evaluate its operations’ performance, these are the factors against which the performance should be evaluated (Barnes, 2004). The objective of the report is to assess the input/output transformation model of an operation function critically. For the attainment of this objective, Wal-Mart is selected for examination. Wal-Mart, a retail giant, is an American international retail company, which is involved in operating a chain of grocery stores, discount department stores, ...