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  • How Hotels Can Promote a More Environmentally Free Approach to Hotel Operations and Benefit from Guest’s Support

    How Hotels Can Promote a More Environmentally Free Approach to Hotel Operations and Benefit from Guest’s Support

    After years of pollution, the earth is getting more conscious and many operations carried out today are environment-friendly. This movement has changed the accommodation sector as well as this is due to travelers getting more concerned and the hotels would not like to risk their image for the guests. Many government agencies and private companies like to be linked now with those hotels which support the environment. Europe is taking this movement very seriously and

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Jack
  • What Were the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Fed’s Operating Procedures That Were Used After October 6, 1979?

    What Were the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Fed’s Operating Procedures That Were Used After October 6, 1979?

    What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Fed’s operating procedures that were used after October 6, 1979? In 1979, two factors impacted inflation. The oil shock resulted in prices spiraling out of control. With higher production costs, the companies have to maintain profits margins by increasing prices to consumers (inflation). In addition, the weakness of the US dollar aggravated inflationary pressures as well. The weak dollars results in rising of the price of imports

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    Essay Length: 526 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: July
  • How Technology Affects Business Operations

    How Technology Affects Business Operations

    The technological advances achieved in the past few decades have brought about a revolution in the business world, affecting nearly all aspects of working life. People can reach others throughout the world in a matter of seconds, with cost being increasingly irrelevant. Employees no longer need to be physically with their clients and co-workers; instead they can communicate effectively at home, at a distant office, across the world, and even in their car or on

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    Essay Length: 296 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: David
  • Operations Management and Ethics

    Operations Management and Ethics

    Running Head: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Operations Management and Ethics Edrick N. McKnight Operations management focuses on carefully managing the processes to produce and distribute products and services. Major, overall activities often include product creation, development, production and distribution. However product management is usually in regard to one or more closely related products -- that is, a product line. Operations management is in regard to all operations within the organization. Related activities include managing purchases, inventory control,

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    Essay Length: 853 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: Janna
  • Operation Management

    Operation Management

    Introduction Operation management focuses on carefully managing the processes to produce and distribute products and services. Overall activities of operational management include product creation, development, production and distribution. Related activities include managing purchases, inventory control, quality control, storage, logistics and evaluation (schmenner,1985). Operational management often includes substantial measurement and analysis of internal process. Ultimately, the nature of how operation management is carried out in an organization depends very much on the nature of the products

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    Essay Length: 2,593 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Edward
  • Operation Matterhorn

    Operation Matterhorn

    AIR WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY OPERATION MATTERHORN: “Early Sustained Bombing of Japan” POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY TO OPERATIONAL FAILURE by XYZ, Lt Col, USAF A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Edition 13, Strategy Analysis Advisor: Lt Col XYZ XYZ Air Force Base, XYZ 1 April 2004 [PRIVACY ACT NOTICE: Information on this page is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 and must be safeguarded from unauthorized disclosure.] Certificate

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    Essay Length: 4,684 Words / 19 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Monika
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa Adolf Hitler, one of the most notorious and ruthless personalities of the 20th century, was responsible for the deaths of over 6 million Jews as well as being the driving force behind the start of World War II. Had Hitler and his Nazi regime been able to allocate their troops more efficiently, the Nazis' ultimate goal of taking over the world and exterminating international Jewry might have been a plausible goal. As it

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    Essay Length: 721 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Operant Conditioning

    Operant Conditioning

    Operant conditioning focuses on learning voluntary behavior that is under control of the muscle system of the body. Operant conditioning involves a much broader range of behavior than does classical conditioning. Operant conditioning is the result of an ideal that individuals learn to function in their environment to attain a preferred outcome. Operant conditioning refers to the process of reinforcing a response that is made in the company of a stimulus. In operant conditioning an

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    Essay Length: 2,095 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Operations Management

    Operations Management

    Operations Management can be summed up as the strategies employed by an organization to provide a competitive advantage to optimize all decisions and processes encountered in business practices. A solid operation management team ensures that company's day-to-day activities run smoothly and will assist in maximizing revenues. A key consideration of an effective OM manager is one that makes ethical decisions during the planning, review and implementation stages of any new process to be introduced. This

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    Essay Length: 583 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Steve
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa

    On June 22, 1941, the German Army poured across the borders of the Soviet Union, initiating nearly 4 years of the most savage and brutal warfare humanity ever experienced. Three Army Groups penetrated Russia on a front extending from the Baltic coast to the Black Sea. One and a half million soldiers of the Wehrmacht obeyed the Fuehrer's directive to destroy the Red Army and the Soviet Union. "The World will hold it's breath!", Adolf

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    Essay Length: 1,257 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Jessica
  • How Are Open Market Operations Related to Other Monetary Instruments?

    How Are Open Market Operations Related to Other Monetary Instruments?

    How Are Open Market Operations Related to Other Monetary Instruments? Open market operations affect the money supply and related financial measures through their impact on the reserve base of the banking system. As a matter of monetary policy tactics in controlling these reserves, open market operations can be conducted in one of two ways: actively, by aiming for a given quantity of reserves and allowing the price of reserves (that is, the interest rate) to

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    Essay Length: 4,915 Words / 20 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Operations Communications

    Operations Communications

    Table of Contents Page 1.0 Organisation 2 2.0 Organisational Communication 2 3.0 Interpersonal Communication in an Organisation 4 4.0 Public Communications in an Organisation 5 5.0 Internal and External Operation Communication in an Organisation. 6 1.0 ORGANISATION An organisation may be defined as a number of individuals (usually more than 3) united by the same goal(s), and who have a structure to their group. Each individual within the organisation will have a specific role/roles to

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    Essay Length: 285 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Demand in Operations

    Demand in Operations

    Problem Statement Blanchard importing and distribution is a full-line alcoholic beverage house that distributed both imported and domestic goods including wine, beer, distilled spirits, cordials and premixed cocktails. Blanchard was first opened in 1938 by John D. Corey and in 1957 entered into the business of wholesaling alcoholic beverages and began distributing case goods to retail outlets. In June 1972, the firm’s annual revenue was $4 million, of which $3 represented sales to the seven

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    Essay Length: 286 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Jack
  • Operation: Get Santa

    Operation: Get Santa

    Jeremy’s dad had dropped him off at the mall at two-thirty P.M. sharp, “Make sure you tell Santa what you want, Jimbo.” His dad reminded him. He stepped out of his father’s minivan and landed in a muddy puddle of slush. The van pulled away as soon as he closed the door. His shoes were soaked. “Damn it!” he whispered in anger. Jeremy stalked towards the mall entrance, a smiling little girl in a Santa

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    Essay Length: 1,004 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Anna
  • Classical V. Operant Conditioning

    Classical V. Operant Conditioning

    Classical Vs. Study done at home showing the effects of operant and classical conditioning. Operant Conditioning For my first experiment I tried to induce a startled response in my roommate by using Classical Conditioning. Since we have a lot of traffic in and out of our apartment I decided that every time someone opened or closed the front door I would clap loudly in his ear and he would startle. After a couple of

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    Essay Length: 342 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Female Genital Operations

    Female Genital Operations

    The FGO Debate It is often easier to reject the unknown; to dismiss the ways of thought unlike our own. When most people in a “western society” hear anything about female “circumcision” or genital operations, the common reaction is one of disgust and revulsion for the practice, sympathy for the “victims,” and an urge to correct this “crisis.” However, what many observers may see as oppression of women or cruel and unusual punishment is really

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    Essay Length: 1,809 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Yan
  • Operations Management

    Operations Management

    Operational Management Some authors feel that operations management (OM) is turning the “whats” of the company's objectives into the “hows” of execution and achievement (Elliott, 2002). From what I have read I think that Operations management is the implementation of the policies and procedures necessary to satisfy the stakeholders (investors, workers, customers, ext) of an organization. The goal of OM is to improve product and/or services provided by the organization and to develop happy and

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    Essay Length: 934 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Mike
  • Financial Institutional Operations in Nepal

    Financial Institutional Operations in Nepal

    Background of the Country Nepal is one of the least developed countries in the world having US$ 220.00 per capita income. The Nepalese economy is predominantly an agricultural economy. About 81 percent of the population is engaged in the agriculture sector whereas about 86 percent of the population lives in the rural sector of the country. Agricultural sector contributes 40 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. According to the National Living Standard

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    Essay Length: 3,353 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Experience as a Credit Suisse Operations (settlements) Intern

    Experience as a Credit Suisse Operations (settlements) Intern

    Being recruited as an intern at CS was something I was looking forward to. For one, I have always envisioned working in a bank upon graduation. Interning at CS was thus a big step towards fulfilling my goal. At the same time, it was a real test to determine if the notorious hours of banking would be suitable for me. All Credit Suisse interns were given a one day orientation on their first day of

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    Essay Length: 955 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Operating Systems and Applications

    Operating Systems and Applications

    Operating Systems and Applications Johnna Davis Operating Systems and Applications In the workplace many things have changed in the past twenty years. The computer age has gone from dumb terminals to PCs that have a 2.8gig processor in it. The operating system itself has come from not having an operating system, to having Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The computer age has taken great strides in a short amount of time and it has

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    Essay Length: 1,162 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Operations Management Principles Db 3

    Operations Management Principles Db 3

    This was an A paper Quality and System/ Process Improvement Benchmarking In order to be meaningful benchmarks have to be competitive. The idea is to strive for a performance that is better than our competitors. The benchmarks need not be taken only from the operations of our competitors. It is not necessary that our competitors’ performance is the best. Benchmarks can be chosen from other relevant industries. (Stevenson, 2007) It is suggested that the company

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    Essay Length: 990 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Operation Market Garden

    Operation Market Garden

    Operation market Garden officially ended. The withdrawal of the 1st British Airborne Division and the few poled who had reached the perimeter continued until the Tuesday morning. Daylight made it impossible for the remaining soldiers to cross the river in full sight of the Germans. Urquhart’s Division was almost annihilated. Of the original 10,000 men who arrived at the Arnhem sector during Operation Market Garden A only 2,000 the village of Priel, the rest were

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    Essay Length: 679 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Monika
  • Why Firms' Established over Sea Operation?

    Why Firms' Established over Sea Operation?

    1. Increase sales and reduce risk ~ larger market means more potential sales; more sales in turns, means more profit to firms. By expanding operations overseas, representing more sources of income, therefore reducing the risk of depending only on one single market. Proton has its cars exports overseas. 2. Lower Cost ~ lower costs in less developed countries compare to develop countries is one of the major reason company go oversea. Scania moves production to

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    Essay Length: 306 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Victor
  • Operation Management

    Operation Management

    Operation Objectives Operation Objectives Issues Problems Actions Solutions Quantity Some customer has the over demand on certain goods or services The number of room that is available to the customer is limited. • The average quantity of the goods or services will be increase on certain time especially on peak session. • The staff will make sure the room availability will be check before giving it to the customers. Further notice will be informed to

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    Essay Length: 645 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Operant Conditioning

    Operant Conditioning

    Operant Conditioning Skinner’s operant conditioning is a type of learning in which the person’s behavior becomes either more or less probable depending on the consequences it produces. The person or the learner is able to voluntarily control the choices of behavior. A learner will respond to the environment and then they make an association of the consequence of that response. The response will then likely or not likely occur again depending on the consequence of

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    Essay Length: 775 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Bred

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