faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me‚ according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. That is the Oath we take when joining the United States Army. Military discipline and effectiveness is built on the foundation of obedience to orders. Recruits are taught to obey‚ immediately and without question‚ orders from their superiors‚ right from day-one of boot camp.
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The concept of order-winners and order-qualifiers is originating from an attempt to explain how internal operational capabilities can lead to competitive advantage‚ market success and answer the following : - What drives customers in buying the products manufactured by a company at all. - What makes customers purchase a certain product instead of a similar one manufactured by a competitor. In order for customers to purchase a product a car for example it needs to meet a set of minimum requirements
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ORDER WINNERS AND ORDER QUALIFIERS The operations and supply chain strategy is a functional strategy that indicates how structural and infrastructural elements within the operations and supply chain areas will be acquired and developed to support the overall business strategy. Executing successful operations and supply chain strategies means choosing and implementing the right mix of structural and infrastructural elements. What constitutes the best mix of these structural and infrastructural
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Obedience Can Kill Obedience Can Kill As is common in our modern society‚ the government has laws and regulations in place for our safety. Many of these laws are well thought out and effective. But what happens when these same laws hamper our own ability to protect ourselves? Our obedience to the law can kill us. I firmly believe that my fellow students and the faculty of my college should have the ability to protect themselves from those who would do them harm. Students and faculty with a
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on the group’s decision regardless whether the individual knows it’s wrong. The factors the contribute to a personal judgment that leads to conformity are peer pressure and the social influence to fit in ("Module 11.4: Conformity‚ Compliance‚ and Obedience." n.d). For example‚ a person will more likely agree on the wrong answer in history class if the other students chose that answer as well. This is also another reason why election votes are held in private areas‚ so the person’s vote would not impact
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“On the Duty of Civil Obedience” I do not accept the motto. –“That government is best which governs least.” Government is a completely necessary institution. Without it‚ nations would crumble‚ famine would flourish‚ and massacres would occur daily. Of course it would be nice if humans didn’t need government‚ if men’s moral compasses all pointed in the same (correct) general direction. But they do not. It is just a far-fetched fantasy of perfection‚ it is impractical. Which is why government is necessary
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Obedience to Authority To what extent can humans’ morality be corrupted by environment‚ or are all humans cruel by nature? If an authority figure told another person to jump off a bridge‚ our response would be to reject his command and tell him to jump‚ but what would happen if an authority told somebody to execute a worthless criminal for his wrongdoings by pushing him off a bridge? According to research conducted by psychologists like Solomon Asch‚ and Philip G. Zimbardo‚ under the right variation
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How could graphics and/or statistics be used to misrepresent data? Where have you seen this done? The old saying goes‚ “There are lies‚ damned lies and statistics.” In the age of nearly instant communication the old bait and switch is still alive and well in the world of statistical data and particularly so when that data is visually displayed. Perhaps the most common method of misrepresenting data is to only use a partial scale when displaying different results. Educational vendors
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and you no longer have to connect with someone on a physical‚ or even mental basis. Long distance communication‚ without even opening your mouth is possible with instant messaging: a direct conversation between 2 people. This new method of conversation allows certain confrontational and otherwise unspeakable things to be said with no instant physical or material repercussions. The great thing about the Internet is that it is still a brand new interface for communication. Written communications have
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Abstract no 020-0134 A lean perspective on servitization of manufacturing Mats Winroth Dept of Industrial Management and Economics‚ Division of Operations Management‚ Chalmers University of Technology SE-412 96 Göteborg‚ Sweden Phone: +46 31 772 12 17 E-mail: mats.winroth@chalmers.se Glenn Johansson Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management‚ School of Engineering Jönköping University P.O. Box 1026 SE-551 11 Jönköping‚ Sweden Phone: +46 36 10 16 34 E-mail: glenn.johansson@jth
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