The Difference Between Process and Results: Most managers, when they consider the question of the effectiveness of the company training programme, automatically think of it as…
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The Difference Between Process and Results: Most managers, when they consider the question of the effectiveness of the company training programme, automatically think of it as applying to the person who is being trained. How has he or she improved their performance after training? For an operational manager who has forgone the services of a subordinate for the period of the course and has had to fill the gap somehow this is a very reasonable reaction. He has at the very least to make up the lost ground through the increased performance he is led to expect.
Explains that effective development programmes are those from which people emerge re‐energized and capable of transforming this energy into action which enhances the performance…
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Explains that effective development programmes are those from which people emerge re‐energized and capable of transforming this energy into action which enhances the performance of their organization. Proposes six themes which govern the design and delivery of such programmes and suggests the main implications for their teaching and facilitation. Describes how evaluation, using the simple and well‐understood principles of the conversion of potential to kinetic energy from the physical sciences, enables managers to make useful comparisons across the full spectrum of the programmes for which they are responsible.
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“Presentation skills” often conjures up the picture of large groups, and the use, during training of peer group assessment via either live presentations or the use of closed…
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“Presentation skills” often conjures up the picture of large groups, and the use, during training of peer group assessment via either live presentations or the use of closed circuit television. In this article the focus is on the presentation of a case to one person or a very small group, which is a more frequently needed skill by managers and professional staff.
The heady system of high‐pressure Continental air that drifted across the Atlantic and collided with the traditional cyclonic patterns of U.S. literary academe in the mid‐1960s…
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The heady system of high‐pressure Continental air that drifted across the Atlantic and collided with the traditional cyclonic patterns of U.S. literary academe in the mid‐1960s precipitated a “Theory Revolution” that has brought a couple of decades of stormy and stimulating weather to the campus. The collision has produced occasionally furious debate and resulted for higher education in the kind of public attention customarily reserved for athletic scandals; it has kept tenuring processes in turmoil and publish‐or‐perish mills working round the clock.
In their introductory chapter, Augello and Guidi pose a number of questions related to the institutionalization of economics in what they have called “The Liberal Age.” The…
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In their introductory chapter, Augello and Guidi pose a number of questions related to the institutionalization of economics in what they have called “The Liberal Age.” The questions (p. 5) may be generalized to the following two. First, what were the forces of history leading to the rise of economics in the informational environment of a particular set of Western nations, and what resulting form did its institutionalization take in those nations? Second, what were the consequences for the content of economics of its being institutionalized in this way? That is, did institutionalization itself generate a recursive force of history competing with other external forces shaping economics?
Based on the work of leading French and emerging French social scientists, this paper attempts to reactivate the field of Consumer Culture Theory throughout the proposal of…
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Purpose
Based on the work of leading French and emerging French social scientists, this paper attempts to reactivate the field of Consumer Culture Theory throughout the proposal of alternative notional tools.
Methodology/approach
This paper takes a conceptual orientation that is based on the selection and organization of concepts, methodologies, and insights borrowed from French philosophers and social scientists.
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The paper first points out the various French thought styles. Next, it highlights key intellectual ideas in French intellectual tradition that have arisen over the last 30 years and promote their implications for possible future researches on consumption and for a better political activism which would give more voice to consumption studies.
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The paper attempts to categorize with a semiotic methodology, the panorama of French thought styles and proposes new concepts and angles to refound the analysis of consumption. Based on the questioning on common categories of CCT, it proposes original ideas, methods, and concepts borrowed from the French tradition to break up conventional and ethnocentric approaches by considering consumption beyond the sheer notion of culture.
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This study aims to investigate how printing parameters affect the mechanical properties of specimens produced through fused filament fabrication, using the Erichsen test to assess…
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Purpose
This study aims to investigate how printing parameters affect the mechanical properties of specimens produced through fused filament fabrication, using the Erichsen test to assess deformation characteristics and material durability under stress.
Design/methodology/approach
Polylactic acid (PLA) specimens were printed and tested in accordance with the ISO 20482 standard. Definitive screening was conducted to identify the most influential process parameters. This study examined the effects of four key process parameters – number of layers, layer height, crossing angle and nozzle diameter – on force, distension, peak energy and energy to break. Each parameter was assessed at three levels and a large number of required experiments was managed by using response surface methodology (RSM).
Findings
This study revealed that the number of layers, layer height and crossing angle are the most significant factors that influence the mechanical properties of 3D-printed materials. The number of layers had the greatest impact on the peak force, contributing 44.25%, with thicker layers typically enhancing material strength. The layer height has a significant effect on energy absorption and deformation, with greater layer heights generally improving these properties. Nozzle diameter contributed only 1.10%, making it the least influential factor; however, its impact became more pronounced in interactions with other parameters.
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This paper presents a comprehensive experimental investigation into the effects of process parameters on the crack strength and behavior of 3D-printed PLA specimens using the RSM method. The documented results can be used to develop optimization models aimed at achieving desired mechanical properties with reduced variation and uncertainty in the final product.