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1. Define operations management. Is it true that good operations management is the most important part in manufacturing or service industries?

Operations Management is a branch of management that deals with the design and management of products, processes, services and the overall supply chain. It focuses on the acquisition, deployment, and development of the resources that the firms require to deliver the products and services that their consumers require. This concept is important since it ensures that a firm is efficient and effective in how it handles its resources. A good knowledge of operations management is more important in service industries since they use more resources such as the machines and the number of processes, which require efficient running. Manufacturing companies achieve a high level of efficiency through the adoption of operations management. (more…)

Serotonin played an essential role in the treatment of depression and the enhancement of neurotransmission. It would be a viable mechanism in enhancing antidepressant response. There was an effort to develop agents that inhibit the uptake of serotonin from synaptic cleft. As a result, there was a study that led to the development of different serotonin reuptake inhibitors referred to as fluoxetine hydrochloride. This was the approved treatment for depression as indicated by the US FDA, a body that approves all treatments in the United States (Jack & Ali, 2010). The development of fluoxetine hydrochloride faced a number of challenges that led to a breakthrough in the process of the discovery of the drug. (more…)

Eugene Loh, in his article, “The ideal HPC programming language,” explores the fundamental features of a programming language that make it ideal for high productivity computing (HPC) programming and concludes that FORTRAN is satisfactorily adequate for HPC programming. Loh (2010) has noted that some programming challenges arise, not due to the shortcomings of a programming language, but rather due to other factors such as inadequacy of the programmer and limitations of the hardware and compiler. Nonetheless, Loh (2010) contends that some of the challenges are posed by weaknesses in a programming language, and as such, new programming for HPC is necessary. (more…)

Policy Analysis: Impact of a Program on Cost Saving

Introduction

The national premarital screening and genetic counselling program was established in 2004 all over Saudi Arabia, and became mandatory law in 2005 (Hamamy & Al-Allawi, 2013). The main objective of this program was to reduce the prevalence of sickle cell disease (SCD) and b-thalassemia by reducing the number of at-risk marriages. Sickle cell disease and b-thalassemia are costly to manage, causing an economic burden to Saudi Arabia’s government and individuals. This study evaluates the effectiveness of the national premarital screening and genetic counselling in reducing the number of at-risk marriages. Consequently, this will translate to cost savings factors due to decreased rates of both SCD and b-thalassemia occurrence. Several scholarly studies have shown some impact of the screening and counselling policy, indicating reduced rates of at-risk marriages. However, the policy impact depends on the number of cancelled engagements or at-risk marriages after screening and counseling. (more…)

A Review of the Live Jazz Performance by the Robert Glasper Trio in Paris

This is a review of a live jazz performance by the Robert Glasper Trio, with Bilal Oliver as a featured vocalist. The group is additionally composed of the following members: Robert Glasper on piano, Derrick Hodge on the double bass, and Chris Dave on the drums. The trio performed in 2010 at the Festival Jazz a la Villette in Paris, France. The length of the performance was about one hundred minutes long, and the following musical pieces were performed, which were all composed by the trio that is playing: “G & B,” a second track which is listed as “Unknown,” “Little B’s Poem,” “Body & Soul,” “Yes I’m Country,” “Butterfly,” “All Matter,” and finally an encore song titled “Reminisce.” The featured vocalist Bilal Oliver performs on about half of the band’s repertoire – “Little B’s Poem,”  “Body & Soul,” “All Matter,” and “Reminisce.”

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Behavioral Effects of Entertainment Devices to the American Society

Introduction

Technological expansion has changed the entertainment industry for the better. A lot of improvements have been achieved and the devices used in entertainment have become sophisticated, simpler and more friendly. Past data reveal the complexity of the devices used in the entertainment industry. The contemporary society has inexpensive ways of achieving their goals in the entertainment industry since the available devices simplifies the way entertainment is executed. With technology, the entertainment industry is drastically changing, implying that the transition from analogue to digital transmission of data has made things simpler and convenient (Cheok, 2010 p. 20-24). Both positive and negative effects though, have surrounded the music and the entertainment industry. In the past the cost of CDs and DVDs accounted for millions of dollars in revenues but in the contemporary society where piracy and other file sharing methods being discovered, many artist’s loss a lot of money from those who share files, music and other copyright materials. (more…)

TOC or Theory of Constraints is a technique that business strategists use to identify the key limiting element (constraint) that affects the operation of their businesses, and then systematically improve the constraint to the extent that its harmfulness stops affecting the business. In a manufacturing firm, the limiting factor is also known as bottleneck. This essay will highlight a process that identifies and improves a constraint to make it harmless to business operation.

Application of the principles of the theory of constraints can improve internal business operations leading to reduced inventory and lead times, improvement of capacity, and profit growth. The theory of constraints offers a method that identifies and implements constraints. This method is called the Five Focusing Steps, and diagram below explains this cyclical process. (more…)

Purpose and Portrayal of History in Literature

The collection of fourteen plays written by Walter Mosley and dedicated ‘Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned’ contained a fascinating account called ‘History’ that featured the story of and ex-police officer, Socrates Fortlow. Fortlow displayed a pitiful image of a retired officer who served over two decades for the murder of two citizens. Socrates ended up in a string of altercations with a group of friends and exemplary strangers (a burglar, a pervert and a war veteran) with whom he regularly held astute philosophical discussions on morals, repentance and justice. Fortlow also socialized with neighbors who, despite the odds, have assisted his community at the lower levels, like Mr. Burke, whose irritable spouse administered a rooming shelter for deprived African Americans, and Mr. Minette, who operated a self-sufficient bookstore (Mosley 34). Discussion will be based on why Socrates Fortflow values his history and literature study. (more…)

Is Carbon Trading better than Carbon Taxes?

Proposed Research Topic: The research will answer the question of whether carbon trading is better than carbon taxes.

Theoretical framework

I will be guided by social economic theory. Social economic theories do not embark on individuals but deals with the entire economy or institutions within it or groups. Such theories do not view the economy as a separate subject from the society (Aldred et al., 2011). They instead view economic processes as social processes embedded in the society. Rather than developing an economic theory from assumptions about what persons do, social theory deals with societal aspects – like its structuring into social classes or groups – as a starting point. Social theories show how social structure and individual behavior interact (Wagner, 2012). An aspect of social theories’ engagement in economics has been the interest to understand institutions together with their implications for economic behavior. People in societies can suffer from high level of health and social problems. (more…)

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Napoleon Bonaparte was a famous French soldier and politician who is greatly celebrated for the French revolution.  Napoleon’s mode of leadership was not in accordance to the traditional Europe rule where the leaders would oppress their subjects in the form of taxes and forced labor among others. This sparked the leader to engage in various civil as well as international wars or conflicts, and this forced him to run into exile at some point in his life. The celebrated Bonapatre was born in the late 1769 in Ajaccio in Corsica. This discourse is about the story or rather brief history of the celebrated French leader.

His childhood is well regarded as unique or rather special by various historians during that era. Napoleon was a self driven youth who did everything by himself. At a tender age, he could read great history books and this made him show interest in politics in very tender age. (more…)