MTO- Made to order A business production strategy that typically allows consumers to purchase products that are customized to their specifications. This strategy only manufactures the end product once the customer places the order. This creates additional wait time for the consumer to receive the product‚ but allows for more flexible customization compared to purchasing from retailers’ shelves The make to order (MTO) strategy relieves the problems of excessive inventory that is common with the traditional
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Describe the six elements of Max Weber’s model of bureaucracy. Explain the significance of each. At the beginning of the 20th Century‚ Max Weber developed a theory of relational authority structures to support his concept of the “ideal bureaucracy”. Although Weber noted that this “ideal bureaucracy” did not exist anywhere‚ his “ideal type” describes many of today’s organizations. Weber’s bureaucracy was an organization characterized by six key elements. Those elements were a division of labor
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What is Science? There is much controversy over what really is science and what does it consists of. The literature on this area is enormous and philosophy of science is a whole academic discipline in itself‚ which tries to answer the above question. It also addresses the question of how knowledge is acquired and which methods of research are ‘’scientific’’. How can we distinguish between legitimate science and astrology? Much relevant question is in what sense is psychoanalysis a science‚ or
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Task 1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth- 19 years. Development can be defined simply as: ‘A significant event‚ occurrence or change’. (www.thefreedictionary.com) When relating to a child‚ this development can be measured through several social‚ physical‚ emotional and intellectual milestones. Development by children usually occurs at similar stages with roughly the same pattern‚ however‚ each child will develop at varying rates and so it is important to analyse
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“Leaders are Born‚ Not Made” Discuss. Introduction Whether leaders are born and not made is a discussion that has been debated for centuries and yet it still divides opinion today. Like many‚ on receiving this assignment my instinctive gut response was that they are! However‚ over the course of my exploration into the subject matter and in greater reflection of my own personal experiences‚ my contention is now similar to that of the famous and successful American football coach Vince Lombardi who
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Unit Title MU 5.2 Assessment Criteria 1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development that would normally be expected in children and young people from birth – 19 years. Physical development is the increase in size which takes place as a child develops. It is the way the body increases in skill and becomes more complex in its performance. Whole body movements are described as gross motor skills and fine motor skills are the use of hands in co-ordination with the eyes
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Are Leaders born or made? The debate of whether leaders are born or made dates back many centuries. In today ’s modern society‚ we are seeing a rapid decline of heredity leadership and a significant rise in role models being business or political leaders. Daniel Goleman argued in Social Intelligence on the topic (chapter 10) and points out that the debate turns out to be pointless‚ as it assumes that our genes and our environment are independent of each other. For business leaders‚ it ’s a
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Explain the skills needed to communicate with children and young people. To communicate effectively with children you need to be aware of their level of development and an understanding of cognitive and language ability. For example if a 4 year old was drawing at a table and wanted your help‚ you would need to sit and kneel beside her and make eye contact. To show an interest in what they were saying you would listen and restate what they had said to show that you understand. Whatever the age
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1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth –19 years Children’s development for each age can be divided into fiver different aspects: Physical; Communication and Language; Intellectual and Cognitive; Social‚ Emotional and Behavioural and‚ from the age of 3 years Moral Development. Birth – 3 weeks Full term babies are born at around 40 weeks; if they are born more than 3 weeks before the due date they are classed as premature and will then be expected to
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and Young Person Development Task 1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years Children’s development can be grouped into four different aspects: physical‚ social and emotional‚ intellectual and language. The physical development of a baby in its first six months of life shows limited range of movement but the beginnings of an ability to respond to stimulus around them. They show their reaction to people‚ sounds and movement by turning their head
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