Global Operations Management of AIRBUS

Analyze and Evaluate the Global Operations Management of AIRBUS

1)         An analysis of type of operations carried out and operating processes (i.e., project, batch, mass, professional service, service shop, mass service, etc.)

2)         An identification and evaluation of the major strengths and weaknesses of the Operations Function in the organisation. (You should use a framework such as Slack’s 5 performance objectives. Consideration must be given to the customers view, i.e. order winners and order qualifiers. You may need to benchmark to evaluate if a feature is a strength).

3)         Your view of the extent to which the operations function supports the broader Business Strategy of the organization from a global perspective.

4)         Your recommendations for improving the operations function, whilst leaving the broader business policy unchanged. Weaknesses from section 2 would normally be the subject of improvement recommendations. Your recommendations should have sufficient detail that their feasibility could result in an MD approving implementation.

"Great Satan"

Discuss the several reasons why the United States has become the “Great Satan” to many in the middle east.? Which are most important and why?

historical event

Identify a significant historical event that occurred between 1945 and 2008 that has had positive and/or negative consequences (e.g. the Truman Doctrine, the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, etc.), and defend your selection as a significant contemporary event.

Echolocation

Possible ideas:

A. All should include a general ethogram for your animals as the behavior is new for you.  But then you might want to focus on a particular behavior.  Remember that a reasonable expectation is that you would spend a minimum of 20 hours observing the animals for both the ethogram and any specialized aspect of the behavior you might choose to pursue.  Note that the topics are those that can be readily observed.

Foraging behavior of squirrels

Dominance interactions in cockroaches

Mating behavior in mice

Species interactions among birds at a bird feeder

Territorial behavior in cichlid fish

Play behavior in dogs/ gerbils/other pet (caution: avoid being anthropomorphic)

B. You should think carefully about your topic and start researching it early enough that you can get good solid articles that support a coherent topic.  Avoid just describing the behavior of an animal group.  Choose a more interesting topic.

Evolution of chemical communication in rodents/other group

Parental behavior and why some species have male, some have female and some have both male and female involvement

Honest signaling

Mating systems and the relationship to major groups or ecology

Evolution of eusocial behavior

Regulation of rhythmic behavior in birds

Imprinting and its importance in different animal groups

Learning in invertebrate animal groups

prejudice and discrimination

1) What are the defining characteristics of a minority group?

2) What are the causes of racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination?

3) What is/are the difference(s) between prejudice and discrimination?