the company is (IKEA)
bit Overall Assessment/Observations of the Organizations Supply Chain Management
Is the company able to supply finished products (with its current capacity) to meet customer demands without interruption?
Is there scope for the company to further reduce cost (e.g. eliminate wasteful activities, finding alternative sources of suppliers, improving management of inventory, etc.)?
an essay for foundation programme student
Mr. Joe Brown is a 60 year old Caucasian male who sought medical attention due to increasing problems with intermittent claudication and loss of color in the left leg. He was found to have absent pulses in the left foot even with Doppler studies. A femoral arteriogram showed complete occlusion of the femoral artery several inches above the left knee. Extensive collateral circulation could be seen and the dorsalis pedis artery was weakly outlined. Except for a history of tobacco smoking, no other risk factors were identified. No other atherosclerotic lesions were noted. A femoral popliteal bypass was recommended to restore circulation to the left foot.
1. Describe the process of atherosclerotic occlusion of a vessel.
2. What is the basis for the development of collateral circulation?
Mr. Charles Dow, a 43 year old, white business executive, was brought to the emergency room of a local hospital following successful resuscitation of collapse and ventricular fibrillation by advanced cardiac life support measures at his home. His wife indicated that he had in recent weeks complained of tightness in the chest following activity and eating. Mr. Dow is approximately 5’10” and weighs 265 pounds. He has a history of smoking one pack per day and is trying to quit. His serum cholesterol is 342 with an HDL of 38. He recently was laid off from his job. Lab data include a CPK of 1620. EKG reveals frequent PVCs and inverted T” wave.
1. What is the significance of the laboratory and EKG data in terms of time of disease onset?
2. What is the probable cause of the collapse and ventricular fibrillation suffered by the patient?
The purpose of this project is to explore the nature of popularity by examining a transnational flow of pop culture–a situation that requires the negotiation of different values, assumptions and tastes. What makes a popular artifact from one culture “cross over” to other cultures? What makes the artifact popular in the first place? Why are people drawn to artifacts from certain countries? Why do people seek alternatives from other cultures? What ideological, social, cultural, political, economic, and/or historical factors affect the popularity of an artifact in different countries? What makes one artifact internationally appealing while other artifacts from the same country do not gain the same kind of popularity? How does the success of one artifact open the door for other artifacts from the same country?
Write a magazine article in which you analyze a transnational cultural artifact: a song, music video, user-created video, movie, blog, book, fashion style, celebrity, etc. In preparation for this project, explore the criteria that help explain what makes a cultural artifact popular in one context and consider how the same criteria may or may not apply to another context. Then, identify a pop culture artifact. It may be something that has crossed over the national boundary or one that you think has the potential of becoming a transnational phenomenon. Alternatively, you can choose an artifact that has no hope of becoming accepted beyond its original cultural context.
Once you have identified your artifact, explore the literature to find out what has been said about the artifact and its reception–both within its original cultural context and in other countries. The literature may include various media, including newspaper and magazine articles as well as blogs, parodies, comments on interactive websites. You may even find articles about the artifact in academic journals.
Then, using the sources you have identified as well as your own analysis of the artifact, write a magazine article that describes the artifact and explains why it has become the international success that it has, why it has the potential for such success, or why it has no hope of becoming one. You may also consider how the artifact has been and can be adapted to audiences in different locale. Based on your analysis, also consider its implications for transnational pop culture as a whole, for other pop culture artifacts from similar cultural contexts, or for the future of the artifact that you have examined.
Write a two-section paper in which the first section says everything you can discover about the speaker & situation of the poem assigned to you, and the second paragraph discusses every image and every use of figurative language. Regarding images, point out which sense is appealed to and what the point of the image is; as to uses of figurative language, identify them as simile or metaphor, explain what two things are compared, and why the comparison is appropriate. If the poem uses a “litany” or “extended metaphor” strategy, mention that.
Write a journal reflection including a “synthesis” and “personal reflection” PLEASE in the part of personal reflection i want you to write an example of story in the real live and make it work with the topic of the article, be careful i’m a international student from Saudi Arabia, so plz make it work and related to me. for the article. Using your computer, create a “theory map” for any topic in the article. You may use smart-art, clip art, or any of the charts, graphs or drawing tools you wish. I suggest the use of a Word document to create.
Please write a response paper to the text titled: Hegel – The Phenomenology of Mind. Let it be well written, well thought out, shows deep understanding of text and ideas that are perhaps “between the lines” and states opinion or thoughts about the text.
The only source used should be the text attached.
Paper B2- Organizational Policy to address an IT-related ethical issue that you wrote about in your matrix for the B1 assignment
Write an organizational policy to address the IT-related ethical workforce privacy issue that you described inMatrix B1, where you mapped key organizational issues and identified how these ethical issues were affected by laws, regulations, and policies. Please incorporate the Matrix B1 you produced as a supporting document.
The following elements must be addressed:
1. Look at other policies to see how they are written. The following site provides examples of templates for policies but an Internet search provides other templates: http://www.sans.org/security-resources/policies/computer.php
2. Your policy should include the following major headings:
a) Overview of policy
b) Purpose
c) Scope (roles and responsibilities of stakeholders)
d) Policy/Procedures to follow
e) Sanctions/Enforcement
3. Prepare a 3-5 page, double-spaced paper with your Organizational Policy.
4. This assignment requires a minimum of three external references. Indicate appropriate APA reference citations forall sources you use.
5. In addition to critical thinking and analysis skills, your paper should reflect appropriate grammar and spelling, good organization, and proper business-writing style.
Objectives:
Use TABC On-Premise tax receipts to carry out a competitive set analysis, or to analyze the performance of a restaurant versus a set of direct and indirect competitors, or another similar question that can be answered with TABXC tax receipts data, and identify possible causes of the differences. Based on the information obtained, write a brief report (Clear table, clear chart, and bulleted recommendations) that states your conclusions and any recommendations. Please note that it will be very difficult for you to complete this project if you miss the labs where we discuss how to execute this project… e.g. Sales per Sq. Ft…
General instructions
Please write short, clear, declarative sentences.
References: Claims should always be sourced, irrespective of whether it is oral communication or appeared in print in a publication. Multiple sources are preferred, especially in the case of oral sources. You may use Wikipedia for finding original sources and references. Wiki is not to be trusted and MAY NOT BE CITED, use it only for the stated purpose of finding published references about the topic you are interested in.
Present the information in both tabular and graphical forms. Again, your instructor is available to provide feedback and guidance. Failure to avail yourself of assistance will be taken as indication that you are satisfied with your report’s quality.
In general, we advise you to use a bullet list format for your recommendations. It forces brevity and parsimony.
@ You are to identify a problem; issue; opportunity that could be explored through creative problem solving Please find attached an outline of a “Creativity Technique” which you will use to address this problem.
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@ Technique: 5 WHYs TECHNIQUE
You are required to research, use, and critique, the “Creativity Technique” and make a 3‐5min presentation on your findings.
Please note: These “Creativity Techniques” are likely to address only parts or stages of an overall creative problem solving process. They would normally be used in conjunction with other techniques or processes to develop a complete solution. Therefore you are only exploring the part or stage which is suggested by the technique. You should give consideration to this in the presentation of your findings.
Your findings should use keywords to assist in identifying what aspects of the creative problem solving process you are engaged in. Identify the skillset, attitudes and behaviours that the techniques support and develop
Skillset: Attitudes: Behaviours:
Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, Elaboration
Curiosity, Imagination, Complexity, Risk Taking Flexible, Imaginative, Nonconforming, Novel Answers
Blooms Taxonomy can also be used as a resource for identifying keywords appropriate to this activity. (I have attached a basic outline with links to further resources)
Questions to consider when presenting your findings might include:
What insights has the technique provided for your ‘problem’?
What insights have you gained into the value of the technique as a tool to explore ‘problems’? What are the limits of the technique?
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Suitable for individual/group
Function Keywords: Defining
Notes:
When confronted with a problem, have you ever stopped and asked “why” five times? If you do not ask the right question, you will not get the right answer. The Five Whys is a simple iterative question‐asking technique that explores the cause‐and‐effect relationships underlying problems.
Method:
The method can be applied as an individual approach to examining the cause and effect of a situation or problem or as a group technique. In the case of a group technique it requires a facilitator to record the outputs of the group to the questioning.
Develop a problem statement. The problem statement needs to short and clear.
Ask the first ‘Why?’ question and attempt to identify a number of plausible answers. (The nature of
the problem will influence the number of plausible answers). Record these answers on a sheet, or in
the case of a group approach on a flip chart or whiteboard.
Ask four more successive “whys,” repeating the process for every answer/statement from the
previous list made. Record each answer near its “parent” answer/statement. Follow up on all plausible answers and if necessary continue to ask questions beyond the five layers to get to the root cause.
Look for systemic causes of the problem from among the answers that have been generated. (In a group situation discuss these and settle on the most likely systemic cause)
After settling on the most probable root cause of the problem and exploring the logic behind the analysis, develop appropriate corrective actions to remove the root cause of the problem.
Related Techniques:
Wishbone Diagrams; Five Ws and H;
Resources:
http://www.lifetime‐reliability.com/tutorials/lean‐management‐methods/How_to_Use_the_5‐ Whys_for_Root_Cause_Analysis.pdf http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2009/the‐five‐whys‐technique.pdf https://www.moresteam.com/toolbox/5‐why‐analysis.cfm http://www.imsworld.org/images/docs/Doc%206i%20issue%201%20guidance%20notes%20on%205%20Whys%2 0Te
chnique.pdf
http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/Documents/qi/rf‐5‐whys‐tool‐en.docx http://www.toolkitforthinking.com/problem‐solving/5‐whys http://iso13485forsmallcompanies.com/images/RESOURCE%20Five‐by‐Five%20Whys%20‐%20PQA.pdf
References:
Dubois, M., Hamel, L., & Gardoni, M. (2012). Creative tools and processes to remain competitive in the twenty-first century. In Product Lifecycle Management. Towards Knowledge-Rich Enterprises (pp. 332-338). Springer Berlin Heidelberg