network itself is also becoming an important design input and output to act in the novel ways of social interaction. As each separate smart design entity will act just a part of a larger network, to say the least, product designers should know and be aware of how the data moves through the network (pattern of the data flow in a network), basic networking fundamentals such as networking concepts, network architecture, network communications and network design to position their product in the
be remiss if we identified strengths of the firm and not discuss Comcast’s culture. As the CEO of Comcast Cable since 2010, Neil Smit has introduced a unique culture that certainly has its share of strengths and weaknesses. As a former Lieutenant Commander, and active member
which leads to a negative impact on the decision-making process by making the group closed for new ideas. Multicultural groups have several cultural perspectives and therefore are less endangered to group thinking. In general, when teams are established with individuals from different cultures, it often takes a more time to understand each other, than for group members of the same cultural background. Now when a group is set up of multicultural individuals, the team is able to work statistically
exhilarating. Developing scientific knowledge through inferences and theories requires substantial amounts of creativity from scientists. In fact, creativity pervades an entire scientific investigation, from generating a question to creating a research design to analyzing data. Barron and Harrington (1981) revealed how a person's creativity relates to her/his intelligence and personality. They defined creativity as "socially recognized achievement
the period in an individual's lifespan where the most change occurs. Developmental psychologists analyze a wide range of theoretical areas. These areas range from biological, social, emotional and cognitive perspectives. Psychologists from Western cultures have led empirical research in developmental psychology and have set three goals. These are to describe, explain and to augment development (Baltes, Reese, & Lipsitt, 1980). History of Developmental Psychology Developmental
is more appropriate way of learning planning and doing planning. Growing numbers of planners and designers are now advocating and seeking cultural roots in planning and encouraging the expression of regional identity. This means studying the local culture, their environment, their way of living and planning accordingly. Planning for their actual need rather than assuming what will be best for them. Old city is more vital as it is developed organically with little planning as per their needs rather
1. Explain about your current job and the stage where it creates maximum value? What are the reasons? Also identify untapped opportunity for value creation from other stages of value creation Ans: Ezetap Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd is a 3 years old Bangalore based startup in mobile payment space. Ezetap provides hardware and software solutions to B2C and B2B customer segment. In Ezetap Mobile Solutions Pvt Ltd, I heads the Customer Success Operations. I look after the complete Life Cycle management
organization has five main features; Systems thinking. The idea of the learning organization developed from a body of work called systems thinking. This is a conceptual framework that allows people to study businesses as bounded objects. Learning organizations use this method of thinking when assessing their company and have information systems that measure the performance of the organization as a whole and of its various components. Systems thinking state that all the characteristics must be apparent
Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) Employs the same principles as those of JIT inventory, however, the responsibilities of managing inventory is placed with the supplier in a supplier / organization relationship. Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is a family of business models where the buyer of a product (business) provides certain information to a supplier of that product and the supplier takes full responsibility for maintaining an agreed inventory of the material. Under VMI, instead of the organization
Case: the LEGO Group: Publish or Protect? Publish, Patent or Trade secret? Introduction: The LEGO Group are maintaining their competitive advantage through two main direction which are having more intelligence modular design and product introduction, such as new product line and having manufacturing process innovation that can reduce cost, shorten manufacturing cycle and improve the product quality. For manufacturing innovation LEGO are introducing new technology into their process. The project