Study Guide

1. Some people accuse sociologists of observing conditions that are obvious. How does looking at sociology as “making the familiar strange” help counter this claim? How does sociology differ from simple commonsense reasoning?

3. Microbiologists employee a number of approached to acquiring a pure culture from a from sample containing a number of different types of bacteria. Briefly describe three different procedures commonly used to secure pure cultures from a mixed culture. The use of simple labeled diagrams may be quite helpful.

Analyze the role of an operations manager, and then determine three challenges that an operations manager will respond to differently within a manufacturing industry as opposed to a service industry.

During the Late Kaskaskia (Cratonic Sequence 3), what type of deposition predominated on the craton?

Summarize and give an example for either the Cosmological or Teleological Proof for God’s existence.

Which of the following was evidence to support Vanzetti's innocence during the Braintree robbery and double murder trial?

Who benefited from the Magna Carta? The English NobilityThe English nobility gained the most benefits from the Magna Carta, which established limitations on the power of the king.

5. What command would tell the system at which runlevels to start analyzed? Pg 430

I found the sound board to be a helpful accommodation that was made. Additionally, the computer with the joy stick seem to help Samuel with coordination and being able to do more because there was arrange motion possible.

In reference to this assignment, I selected the first topic which is; Use the 5 objectives of operations management (quality, speed, dependability, flexibility, & cost) to describe the operations strategies, how they are implemented & how they support the organization’s competitive or effectiveness priorities. Indicate the

Operations management (OM) is that phase of an organization where inputs are put into operations to acquire required output (services) without compromising on quality. In other words operations management is also described as combining and transforming various resources in the operations sub-system into value added services in line with formulated policies of the organization. (Kumar and Suresh, 2009)

Russell, R. S., & Taylor III, B. W. (2014). Operations and Supply Chain Management, 8th edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Before starting this exam I knew every flash card that I had made, with no problem. I thought I was going to actually pass this exam with at least a C or better, so I came with a positive attitude. Well I didn’t, I realized what I had studied was the study guide, and not everything was even on the study guide. So I guess I needed to work on a lot for this exam. While going through the questions I realized why I got a few wrong. I don’t think I read some of the questions slow enough and all the way to the end. I am glad I kept my flashcards, because it helped me see what I got wrong on the exam, but it didn’t help me with a lot of them.

“Considering present market conditions and the way in which industry demand fluctuates nowadays, firms willing to remain operationally efficient will become more reliant on supply-chain management, This is one of the main reasons for which Wal-Mart has been capable of growing at an annual rate of 15.4%.”（Aleksandrov）

The operations function is important in implementing the strategy of an organisation because the business strategy only defines the long term plans for the company, whereas the operations function focuses on specific competitive priorities in order to meet the organisations long term plan. Prime Bank of Massachusetts had decided on a long term plan for the bank focusing on customer services and they needed the operations function to implement this long term plan through planning & control systems, workers and quality. Problems such as not having enough phone lines for the 24 hours customer service could cause customers to become irritated if they cannot get through on the phone and