Chapter 12 Discussion Questions 1-5 Dan Yohe 1. Approximatley how far ahead would one need to plan for the following types of facilities? A. Restaurant-At least one to three nights in advance. You could go to the farmers market to get fresh vegetables but you may only be able to get staples/necessities once or twice a week. B. Hospital-I would say at least a week if not a month to be enough to take care of all the patients they might get. C. Oil refinery-An oil refinery I would
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Chapter 12 was interesting to read. The amount of information I gained on Schozophrenia was large. I was however shocked by the amount of drugs available to treat this problem. I think that this is great for anyone suffering from the disease because what works for some may not work for the next. I work in a hospital and often times we run into the case where the person will have a reaction to a medication and need to switch. We often time see the side effect of the medications and then are
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CASE STUDY 1 – Unraveling the Jargon The consultant’s reply was: “In my investigation of your applications portfolios‚ I’ve applied … to the logical data structures and have discovered a very high frequency – approximately 93.286% - of data embedded in application program logic which is largely responsible for the integrity and synchronization problem currently being encountered. As a solution‚ I would recommend the design of a master database each of which would employ relational technology to
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CHAPTER 13: THE MARKETING OF SERVICES ADDITIONAL CASE STUDY NEW LINE IN MOBILE PHONES One of the oldest principles of marketing is that sellers may sell features‚ but buyers essentially buy benefits. This is a distinction sometimes lost on technology led organisations‚ and the service sector is no exception. Recent experience of the UK’s largest telecommunications company‚ Vodafone Airtouch‚ illustrates how crucial it is to see service offers in terms of the benefits they bring to customers
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Bibliography: CASE 1 AVNET – DEVELOPING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL STRATEGY http://www.ats.avnet.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx http://www.studymode.com/subjects/avnet-developing-systems-to-support-global-strategies-page1.html CASE 2 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – GOOD BAD OR DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE http://www.colby-sawyer.edu/assets/pdf/Offshore-Outsourcing.pdf http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q CASE 3 COLGATE - PALMOLIVE KEEPS THE WORLD SMILING http://www
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the finished product section. BMC have 420 employees‚ 170000 sq foot industrialized firm‚ and they prepared with “feeds‚ reels‚ electronic detection systems‚ welds‚ drills‚ taps‚ and assemble stampings” (Brown 699). Moreover‚ according to the book of MIS BMC’s assets are growing in last 6 years which means they are going profitable. In the beginning they had an employee lacking because of the high salary with the high skilled employees‚ and they had 3 people in 1994. Thus‚ they decided the major work
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December 2012 Answers to Chapter 12 questions 1. Privacy is one of those moral principles that have different values to different people (unlike‚ say‚ honesty‚ which is vitally important to everyone.) How would you rank privacy among your own values? Privacy is value that has high importance among my values. The right to my own privacy and respecting the privacy of others. Why? Humans may be social creatures‚ but privacy is what allows us to be an individual. As the study guide states
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ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 14-2 The two principal reasons for holding cash are for transac¬tions and compensating balances. The target cash balance is not equal to the sum of the holdings for each reason because the same money can often partially satisfy both motives. 14-4 The four elements in a firm’s credit policy are (1) credit standards‚ (2) credit period‚ (3) discount policy‚ and (4) collection policy. The firm is not required to accept the credit policies employed by its
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Mohsin Hamid: The Reluctant Fundamentalist 1. America is mourning the September 11 attacks‚ this give way to America retaliating towards various insurgent groups located in the Middle East. 2. Changez views Chris as a rival‚ due to Erica’s ongoing attachment to him. 3. Popcorn shrimp refers to the American delicacy which acts as a reminder of something so common in New York. He compares the delicacy to the flowers found in Lahore so indicate he is loyal to his country. 4. His Princeton degree
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1. Identify and describe the problem in this case. The problem presented in the case is the U.S Health Industry feels that the current paper based medical records are inefficient and costly. They believe that implementing an electronic medical record system that contains all information including medical history ‚test results ‚ treatments etc.Their goal is to have these in place by 2015. 2. What people‚ organization‚ and technology factors are responsible for the difficulties in building electronic
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