4 External Forced Convection 4.1 Introduction to Laminar Boundary Layers 4.1.1 Introduction Chapters 1 through 3 consider conduction heat transfer in a stationary medium. Energy transport within the material of interest occurs entirely by conduction and is governed by Fourier’s law. Convection is considered only as a boundary condition for the relatively simple ordinary or partial differential equations that govern conduction problems. Convection is the transfer of energy in a moving medium
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us know that change is something that will happen no matter what we do. Executing change is not as simple as acknowledging the need for change. Synergetic Solutions understands the internal and external factors that have required a change to take place‚ and desire to improve operations but executing the change can be difficult when met with conflict. Both employees and leaders must understand‚ through good communication‚ the need for change and the way by which to achieve that change successfully
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Chapter 6 (Short Answer) Management What Would You Do? Cisco Systems‚ Palo Alto‚ California. Your board of directors wants to know: How should Cisco grow? Your response was‚ “Well‚ the way we’ve grown in the past is. . . .” “No. That’s not the question. Looking backward is easy. How should we grow in the future? Should we build or buy?” And with the next board meeting in only 3 months‚ you don’t have much time to come up with the answer. Cisco started in 1984 as the plumbers of the Internet by making
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discipline involving vision and mission development‚ external assessment‚ internal assessment‚ long-term objective setting‚ strategy identification and selection‚ strategy implementation‚ and performance evaluation. Well-meaning strategic management practitioners consider five (5) key external forces in doing the external assessment exercise‚ and these are political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological (PEST)‚ and competitive factors. The scope of external assessment embraces the analysis of opportunities
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Cisco Systems‚ Inc. International Business Case Study Executive Summary Cisco Systems is a global market leader and innovator of computer communications and networking solutions. Established in the 1980’s‚ the company rapidly developed into the world’s greatest manufacturer of internet routers and was/is a foremost provider of commercial communication network devices. The aim of this case study report is to create an understanding of Cisco’s historical international business activities as
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Thomas Hobbes argued that without strictly enforced rules‚ the degree of competitiveness between people was such that they would constantly be locked in a relentless and chaotic struggle against one another. He also argued that the people are rational‚ therefore they would recognize the need for strong government in order to restrain their selfish desires and evade turmoil in society. This is further supported by Durkheim when he stated‚ some ways must be found to bind the unsatisfied desire. However
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Chapter 1: I. Key attributed of successful companies a. Have skilled people b. Have strong relationships c. Have enough funding to execute their plans and support their operations II. To be successful‚ a company must meet its first main goal a. Identifying‚ creating‚ and delivering highly values products and services to its customers. III. Corporate life cycle a. Starting up as a proprietorship i. Three important advantage 1. It is easily and inexpensively formed 2. Subject to few
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Case # 9-301-056 Cisco Systems: Web-enablement When John Chambers assumed the CEO position‚ he outlined some very specific objectives for Cisco’s future success. His plans included creating a one-stop shop for business networks by creating a comprehensive product line‚ to make acquisitions an efficient business process‚ to create industry-wide software standards for networking‚ and to choose the right strategic partners. All of these efforts would change the way companies and industries
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Cisco Systems Case Study The nature of the marketing structure in today ’s world is very different from 10 years ago especially for the company Cisco systems. Technology is a big part of everyone ’s life now days‚ which makes the need and the market for products like the ones Cisco manufactures to be in high demand. Most of what Cisco systems manufactures in not for the average consumer‚ but the business to business market‚ although recently they have gotten into the consumer market for home
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Forces for Change It is important for organizations to be open to change and know how to deal with it. Many organizations fail to recognize change causing the organization to suffer and sometimes come to an end. There are six forces that stimulate change in an organization‚ nature of the workforce‚ technology‚ economic shock‚ competition‚ social trends‚ and world politics. The consequences of these economic shocks are bankruptcy‚ elimination and sometimes acquisition of organizations causing many
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