Unit 201 : Improving Productivity Using IT Unit Code : 201 Unit Code Reference : J/502/4156 QCF level : 2 Credit value : 4 Guided learning hours : 30 Unit Summary This unit is about the skills and knowledge needed by the IT User to plan and review their use of predefined or commonly used IT tools for activities that are at times non-routine or unfamiliar. As a result of reviewing their work‚ they will be able to identify and use automated methods or alternative ways of working
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Introduction 2. Production 3. Stages of Production 4. Production Function 5. Production Time Periods 6. Marginal productivity Theory i. Diminishing Marginal Productivity ii. Example 1 iii. Example 2 7. References Introduction Diminishing returns‚ also called law of diminishing returns or principle of diminishing marginal productivity‚ economic law stating that if one input in the production of a commodity is increased while all other inputs are held fixed‚ a point
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PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE Personal Productivity Software allows an individual to perform personal tasks with ease. Certain activities such as writing a memo‚ creating a graph and creating a presentation are made simpler with Personal Productivity Software. Many popular Personal Productivity Software tools include Open Office‚ Microsoft Word‚ Microsoft Excel‚ Internet Explorer and Quicken. Advantages • Familiarity as most professionals already use some method of Personal Productivity Software
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Question 1 – Kaizen Philosophy Kaizen: Basic Concepts and key practices Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy based on gradual but ongoing and never-ending day-to-day improvement approach in all aspects of an organization‚ not only productivity. Literally Kaizen translates to English as “good change”‚ the true meaning of the word is continuous improvement implemented through positive step-by-step changes. For proper functioning Kaizen requires active participation from everybody at all levels in an organization:
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Total Quality Management (TQM) is a management strategy that puts awareness of quality at the heart of all organizational processes. This is combined with a strong philosophy of lowering costs by eliminating waste and defects. So TQM can be described as a management system that aims at a continual increase in customer satisfaction while continually lowering real costs. The father of TQM was William Deming‚ an American college professor‚ author‚ and consultant. Deming played a major role in improving
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2 Quality 3 Competitiveness 3 Why Quality Influence Competitiveness 4 Cost of Poor Quality 5 How Poor Quality Affects Competitiveness 5 Causes of Poor Quality 6 Man 6 Material 6 Machine 6 Management 6 Method 6 Environment 6 Case on Quality Failure 7 Quality Guru: Joseph Juran 8 Quality Failure 8 Toyota’s Recalls 8 Toyota’s Response 9 Implementation of Juran’s Teaching in Toyota 9 Quality Improvement 9 Quality Control 10 Methods to Overcome Poor Quality: Purpose
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Relaxation Increases Productivity Katie Fritz SCI/100 Paradigms of Health May 13‚ 2013 Mr. Todd Curran Relaxation Increases Productivity Stress management is important for staying healthy. There are many different techniques. These techniques work differently for each individual. There are stress techniques such as yoga or tai chi‚ which teach people how to stretch‚ and breath. These types of exercise promote relaxation. There are other types
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A Comparison of Productivity Software Applications Garnel Dahn Strayer University The software applications that are used to create documents‚ databases‚ presentations‚ and spreadsheets are called productivity software. Most people have had some experience with productivity software at home‚ school‚ or work. MS Office software reigns supreme in the industry. Microsoft Windows operating systems are used on over 80% of computers in homes‚ schools and offices. (Stricklan‚ 2008)However‚ just because
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Water Availability and Water Quality Water is the most precious natural resource that exists on our planet. Every living thing needs water in order to survive. If water becomes polluted‚ it loses its value and can become a threat to our health. Although we as humans recognize this fact‚ we disregard it by polluting our rivers‚ lakes‚ and oceans. Water availability has become a great concern in our world today. Out of all the available water on earth‚ only 3 % of it is fresh water. 77% of this
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Difference Between PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY Productivity: Productivity is an ability of factors to produce some thing. Productivity means that some thing is produced‚ how much produced‚ in how much time. Quality and wastage is not so important factor. But the quantity is important that how much produced. E.g. All the lands are not fertile. The fertile land gives more out put‚ but infertile land gives less output. So the productivity of fertile land is more than that
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