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Process capability in supply chain management and lean manufacturing

What does it mean when we say that a process is capable? In the context of supply chain management and lean manufacturing, when a process is said to be capable, it is within the boundaries of performance as defined through statistical process control (SPC) or Six Sigma methodologies.

~20 min read

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1,681 words

Vermeer's Young Woman with a Water Pitcher: light and domestic intimacy

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) notes that this was the first Vermeer painting to enter an American public collection, and is one of a small group of canvases dating from about 1662 -- 65 in which isolated women appear as mistresses of their private domains.

~9 min read

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BP's 2005 Texas City refinery explosion and management failures

During the last decade, BP has consistently tried to make themselves standout as a new generation of oil companies. Where, they are focused on addressing the needs of consumers and being a responsible member of the business community.

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Kant's categorical imperative and the formulas of universal morality

In this paper, we discuss the concept of categorical imperative with a sharp focus on its basic tenets and its various applications. This is done through a rigorous analysis of various philosophers and scholars such as Immanuel Kant.

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Telstra's performance and reward management strategy in telecommunications

In this paper, we critically analyze the management of performance and reward in the Australian company 'Telstra' within a broad spectrum of issues. We analyze whether the management of performance and reward is strategic or how it is linked to the organizational strategy/goals.

~12 min read

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Existential, behavioral, and cognitive approaches to psychotherapy

Existential therapists state that all human beings possess the ability to choose their destinies: they can choose to free themselves from constricting environmental circumstances, or remain where they are, 'stuck' in an unhappy situation.

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Managing invasive Burmese pythons in Florida's ecosystems

These outsiders then upset delicate biosystems that are already under stress from human encroachment, pollution and other problems.

~5 min read

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Budget deficits, Keynesian economics, and Glass-Steagall banking reform

Present economics are based largely upon the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes that made up the basis of the economy of the post World War II economy. Therefore, to understand issues of budget deficits and their relations to exports, one must resort primarily to Keynesian theory.

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Emergency management and heavy rescue response after earthquakes

Emergency management [...] heavy rescue after an earthquake. Heavy rescue differs from search and rescue in many ways. Heavy rescuers are training in methods to search through collapsed buildings in ways that protect themselves while locating people trapped in these buildings.

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Nursing care and symptom management for hospice cancer patients

Describe the population for this study. The population for this study consisted of three hundred and twenty nine hospice homecare patients suffering from cancer along with those who took care of them. They were randomly put into three groups.

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