Sloan Research Program Ann & Gordon Getty Foundation What is a Business For?* Charles Handy Fellow of the London Business School This chapter is part of a collection posted on the SSRN website in the Economics Research Network section located at - http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=932676 Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=932676 2 What is a Business For? Charles Handy Could capitalists bring down capitalism‚ wondered the New York Times in the wake of the
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HHS Personal Leadership Plan Abstract This paper will be exploring an area of the human services in which I currently work in; the surgery area is one of a special matter completely different from the rest of the hospital areas. I will be proposing a plan in which the following will be included: a moral vision‚ certain guiding principles‚ and plans for the future and what I hope to achieve as a leader in the surgical area. I will also discuss the issues of ethics and how an ethical leader is
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Stanley Hydraulics Corporation (A) Bob Nehrgardt Overall‚ I don’t think Bob Nehrgardt is crazy‚ because * In ten years with Dynamic Controls‚ Bob Nehrgardt grew the annual sales from $600‚000 to $5 million‚ and he gained diverse experience with product engineering‚ industrial sales‚ marketing‚ product development and top management‚ which contained every aspect of running a company. Therefore‚ he had already massed intense and broad knowledge and working experience as bases upon which to
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Fluid Mechanics. Fluid mechanics studies the physics of gases and liquids. Hydraulics is defined as: "a branch of science that deals with practical applications of liquid in motion." Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary‚ via www.dictionary.com The science started over thousands of years ago with Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and Archimedes (287-212 B.C.). Many European scientists also contributed to hydraulics‚ including da Vinci‚ Mariotte and Boyle. The scientist who discovered the
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Ella January 2nd ‚ 2014 Hydraulic Fracking in the United States Petroleum‚ natural gas‚ oil…do we really need them? These products power so many things today that humankind “depends” on. Machines in factories‚ automobiles‚ and an abundance of other electronics are fueled by the result of hydraulic fracking. Hydraulic fracking‚ or hydraulic fracturing‚ is used among companies that drill underground for oil and natural gas. The drillers inject millions of gallons of water‚ sand‚ salts and chemicals—some
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Hydraulic Fracking Is it the “New Wave” of our Future? Hydraulic fracturing‚ also known as “fracking” is responsible for the historic boom in production of domestic gas and oil. Over the past few years‚ advances in fracking creates fractures that extend from wells into oil and gas formations by pumping highly-pressurized fluid; water‚ sand‚ ceramic beads‚ and a mixture of chemicals into the oil or gas formation. As this fluid holds the underground fissures open‚ oil and gas flow up the
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8.31.11 Basic Hydraulics-W @ 8:30 How to Read a Pressure gauge SI System-Metric-Pascals English System-psi kPa=Kilo Pascals 1 kPa=100 pascals 6.9 kPa=1 psi The range of a scale= 1->1000 psi(Range) A gauge could be off 50 lbs!!! The gauge could be wrong- but stated on each gauge 2 kinds of gauges 1. Pressure Gauge-a gauge that measures pressure 2. Flow System Study Guide 1 1. The power output device of a hydraulic system is known as the …ACTUATOR 2. The pressurized fluid used
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MEASURING AND MODELLING HYDRAULIC FLUID DYNAMICS AT HIGH PRESSURE - ACCURATE AND SIMPLE APPROACH. International Journal Of Fluid Power‚ 13(2)‚ 51-59. ASTRACT: Dynamic properties of hydraulic fluids have to be taken into account in ever increasing fluid power applications. The main reasons are increasing accuracy demands in control and modeling‚ as well as increasing operating pressure and temperature ranges. Moreover‚ the already wide spectrum of different hydraulic fluids is also expanding all
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Laboratory Report for Sluice Gate and Hydraulic Jump Introduction. In this lab exercise we were supposed to analyse the Hydraulic jump through the Sluice gate‚ and to discuss about the energy displacement through that process. Hydraulic jump is known as the change flow which changes from the supercritical flow to the sub-critical flow‚ this change occurs due to the loss turbulence in an open tunnel. In basic terms this happens when there is a sudden rise in the water levels‚ due to the
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Hydraulic Jump Experiment SUMMARY The Objective of this experiment is to observe the flow patterns and behaviour of the water before after the jump Also to quantify the energy lost due to a hydraulic jump. The observed and theoretical ratios of upstream and downstream depths will be compared‚ this will show the limitations to purely theoretical analysis. The experiment showed that a hydraulic jump occurs when when liquid at high velocity discharges into a zone of lower velocity
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