...analyze why these problems occurred.) The problems experienced by the NetManager project appear to be symptoms of integration vs. responsiveness issue within Siemens AG. As a transnational company, Siemens faces strong pressure to globally integrate its operations, and be responsive to the needs of their offices and customer’s needs. The main problem with NetManager was that it had mushroomed in size and strategic importance. This was the result of keeping up with the rapidly changing technological demands, and NetManager becoming a highly visible product for Siemens’ largest customers. Analyzing the various problems, we see that despite the competence of the Bangalore RDC, there is a serious number of integration problems between Munich headquarters and Bangalore. First, there was a gap in product knowledge and competence, which resulted in unrealistic expectations such as project deadlines. Indians held proficiency in desktop and personal computing programming languages, while the Germans held extensive product knowledge concerning their EWSD technology and its functions. As the project grew in size and scope, it required interdependence amongst EWSD systems, knowledge held by German management and not sufficiently provided to Bangalore. Then, problems resulted concerning reliability and quality assurance. As the case outlines, these were due to erroneous assumptions on the part of Indian developers such as underestimated system usage. However, let us look at those factors...
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...The main issue drawn from the case, “Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy,” focuses on choosing the appropriate organizational design. To organize a business for innovation, it must first be determined whether an innovation is autonomous or systemic. It must also be determined whether the capabilities needed to produce the innovation can be obtained easily or must be created. Siemens focus was on an international development strategy, rather than a domestic one. This strategy resulted from three main factors. The first was the likelihood of labor shortages in the event all product development was centralized in Munich. Secondly, exceedingly customized solutions are often required for telecommunications customers and must be completed as quickly as possible. Lastly, in theory time zone differences could be used to conduct a continuous development strategy, although this idea fails in practice due to the remarkably high level of coordination required between overseas counterparts. As discussed in the article, “Organizing for Innovation: When is Virtual Virtuous?” global development network carries many prospective benefits, such as the potential to gather the top researchers from around the world, increase in the scope of research with increased resources and knowledge, save money by building in cheaper countries, and improve research quality and standards through internal competition and collaboration. Likewise, there are also many potential risks, such as large inconsistencies...
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...MUNICH 1. Marienplatz - Marien Square and the New Town Hall of Munich 2. Frauenkirche - Cathedral of Our Blessed Lady 4. The English Garden 5. Hofbräuhaus Restaurant 6. Viktualienmarkt - The Victuals Market 7. Residence Palace of Munich 8. Deutsches Museum - German Museum 10. Olympic Stadium of Munich 11. Allianz Arena 12. Neuschwanstein Castle Getting There: Take the local train to Füssen, then the bus RVA/OVG 73 in the direction to Steingaden / Garmisch-Partenkirchen or the bus RVA/OVG 78 in the direction to Schwangau until you reach the stop Hohenschwangau / Alpseestraße. SALZBURG Festung Hohensalzburg - The Salzburg Fortress, built in the 11th century, is a must, if only for the spectacular view of the city and the alpine peaks surrounding it. You can walk from the old town or take the funicular. There's lots to see inside the fortress, including torture chambers and a couple of museums. Take a stroll around the Old Town - Salzburg was declared a UNESCO World heritage site in 1996, and the old town is a joy. Stiftskerch St. Peter - Check out the catacombs behind the abbey built in 847. Mozart's House - Visit the Mozart-Wohnhaus at Makartplatz 8 where he lived from 1773 to 1787 Mozart’s Birthplace - Getreidegasse 9 Mirabell Gardens, Salzburg, Austria (Do-Re-Mi steps) Mondsee Cathedral, Mondsee, Upper Austria, Austria (Maria's wedding) Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria (exteriors: abbey) Residenz Fountain, Residenzplatz, Salzburg, Austria (fountain...
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...Job, Career, Calling 职业、事业、命业 李志文 工作与生活的三个层次 职业： 为活着而工作 事业： 为工作而活着 命业： 为生命而活着 蛮荒社会的制度设计 为了性欲而生育 为了择食而群居 跟禽兽一样的活着 农业社会的制度的设计, 1500BC-1700AD 土地是生产力的基础 家庭是最优经济组织规模 土地继承是最佳的道德风险的控制 养儿防老，失节事大 知天任命的活着 工业社会的制度设计 最优生产规模远大于家庭 分工与专业化 社会制度取代家庭制度 萝卜与棍子的普及化 寻找工作成为人生目的 如同机器地活着 Knowledge Worker Peter Drucker Motivated by personal pride as much as by fear and paycheck 知识工作者的兴起让人们 从职业寻觅走向事业的追求 人类精英的恒古追求: 为生命而活着 亿万年的演化产生一个你 生命是什么？ 金钱？ 地位？ 权势？ 二奶？二爷？（古代的妻妾成群） 生命的意义只能在宗教中找寻？ 什么是事业？名利？ 名利的矛盾 役人者，役于人 役物者，役于物 边际效用递减 物极必反：无限追求的自然淘汰 单纯的名利追求不是均衡策略 单元直线的名利追求 当国家主席做世界首富 人人做，天下乱，无人成 单元直线的名利追求是痛苦的泉源 单元直线的名利追求不是均衡策略 曾国藩的沉隐内敛 多元曲线的事业 Mother Teresa 我的学生 Robin Yeh Warren Buffett 施振荣 一些案例 Schramm,哈佛出身，贫民窟的中学老师 多元曲线的事业规划是追求独创性、 发挥自我的人生：命业 Jonathan Kozol •Harvard, summa cum laude, •Oxford, Rhodes Scholar •Guggenheim Fellow • Death at Early Age, Savage Inequality •Fired by Boston Public School Mother Teresa; 1910-1997 founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata (Calcutta), India in 1950 won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 My Student Robin Yeh 一个出身寒微，找到自我的人 一个明白人：Warren Buffett 不当老板，当伯乐 George Soros 只是一个走运的商人 一个有思想的职业经理人：施振荣 •Smiling Cure •不当老板，宁 做职业经理人 •跳出了农业社 会家族企业的 悲惨漩涡 如何追求事业 兴趣！兴趣！兴趣！ 专注与全心投入 世上没有完美的伴侣，天下没有至善的 事业 先奉上你的心 当你奉上你的心，你已经有了命业 命业 的追求 命业在每个人自己心中，不用追，不可 求 每个人都能发挥自己的极限而不会天下 乱、无人成 如何开发你的命业 认清你自己的个性、能力、兴趣...
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...Siemens AG, Germany: Training and development Organisational background Siemens AG is one of Germany’s leading technology companies. It operates in the fields of information and communications, automation and control, power, transportation, medical solutions and lighting. The company employs a total of 460,800 people worldwide, including 124,000 women, who represent about 27% of its global workforce. Some 165,000 employees work for Siemens in Germany. With its continuing reputation as an attractive employer, it appeals to qualified young professionals. Siemens is very active in the training of young people and in developing its staff competencies. Some 158,300 employees (corresponding to 34% of the company’s total workforce) hold a university degree; of these, 117,000 employees or 26% of the workforce are qualified engineers and scientists. A further 160,000 employees or 35% of staff have served an apprenticeship or completed vocational training, while just under a third of employees (142,500 people) have an unrelated qualification or no vocational training. As a company of long-standing tradition, Siemens has always endeavoured to retain its staff. It relies on an excellent workforce and offers a wide range of training programmes to enable all company employees to continue to develop professionally. Careers often last within the company until retirement. The age profile of Siemens AG reveals a high proportion of people in the middle age group, with relatively few employees...
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...IS BEST THE INTERACTIVE COAL-GATE DEPARTMENT STORE ADVERTISING AGENCY SWEDEN GERMANY LOVE BLOSSOMS HERE THE UNBELIEVABLE IS FOUND AT EMILIANO I AM ONE THOUSAND GOING GOING GONE RED! MOTHER'S PRIDE / MARVEL GROUP PRESCHOOL OF COMPANIES HOTEL EMILIANO ENABLIS RICHARD HOUSE PUBLIC HEALTH BUREAU OF FENGXIAN, SHANGHAI BMW MONOPRIX PIE INTERNATIONAL OFFF INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MTV IKEA HOTEL EMILIANO BOOK NON-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION GO RED! OUT OF THE BOX, New INDIA Delhi JWT BRAZIL, São Paulo BRAZIL COSSETTE, Montreal THE PARTNERS, London CANADA UNITED KINGDOM CHINA SPIT PUBLIC AWARENESS OF OGILVY SHANGHAI SPITTING BMW M3 COUPE MONOPRIX LIGHT WALL REFLECTION NOT YOUR EVERYDAY EVERYDAY GRAPHIC EXPLANATION SERVICEPLAN, Munich GERMANY HAVAS CITY, Paris FRANCE JAPAN GRAPHIC EXPLANATION TOKYU AGENCY, IN Tokyo ADVERTISEMENT(BOOK) INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MTV DEPARTMENT STORE THE MILL, New York LODUCCA, Sao Paulo...
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...Theosophy Theosophy is a system of speculation or knowledge with particular focus on all things spiritual. It is also considered to be a part of a broader field, which deals with hidden knowledge, and wisdom that offers and individual salvation and enlightenment, called esotericism. The goal of Theosophists is to investigate and understand the mysteries of the universe, humanity and the divine world. Theosophists believe in universal brotherhood, the unity of all beings. They believe everything in the universe is connected in a way that transcends physical bodies. They aim to explore the origins of divinity and humanity including the end of the world, life and humanity. Theosophy explores questions of metaphysics especially within the areas of the mind, religion and the sciences. Theosophists feel that knowledge should come from both internal and external sources, meaning that they discover things about themselves as well as acknowledging scientific fact. Both truths are given equal value and each individual theosophist’s ideas and questions are different and dynamic due to the nature of the dual focus on externalism and internalism. Theosophy influenced specific artists and art movements. Artists and movements that were directly linked to Theosophy, such as Der Blaue Reiter, did not share a specific style in the way that other art movements do. Instead they shared the belief that colour and form could communicate the soul of the artist to viewers. They understood that...
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...The Germantown Festival is an annual arts and crafts fair that is held in early September where people around the city come together and have fun. I went to the festival to volunteer for Key Club hours and to have fun. It was a extremely hot September Sunday. Although it was the second day of the festival, many stalls were open and people came to look around and see what was in stored. It was my second time volunteering at the festival; but instead of doing face painting, I helped out selling the coupon books for our school’s Fine Arts Department. After volunteering, I just went around to try some of the food at the festival. But I came across a stall that stood out to me. It was the henna stall. I have always wanted to try that unique style...
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...Top 10 Deaths in the World of PlayStation, PC and Xbox Video game deaths can be comical, brutal, annoying, and also ridiculous. However, whatever the case sometimes when you die in a video game it is amazing. With this in mind, here are some of the greatest deaths in the world of PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. Also, please note that not every single one of these deaths will be in all three platforms. However, each death will be in at least one world between PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. 10. GRAND THEFT AUTO 4 I know this is going to take some flak, but every death is amazing in this PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 game. I know I am not being specific, but go through the game and pick your favorite death. There are too many too chose from, and that is why the entire game is number ten. 9. MANHUNT 2 Manhunt 2 is a brutal video game for the PC and PlayStation 2, and the deaths in the game will make you queasy. The most brutal of them all, though, is being killed by a crowbar. This tops every single death in the game, and watching the animation of the crowbar dismantling the skull is unsettling. 8. DEAD SPACE 2 One of the characters in Dead Space 2, for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, was involved in a very unique death. The character was lying on a table and a laser was reading his eye. Then, the machine's arm dropped down and ripped his head to shreds. The scene was very bloody, and I can't think of a worse way to be killed. 7. RESIDENT EVIL 4 Although Resident Evil 4 was originally...
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...Bonnaroo is a four-day music festival held in Manchester, Tennesse and is one of many summer music festivals held in the United States each year. Bonnaroo, which is a Creole slang word meaning "a really good time," started in 2002 and will be celebrating the festivals15th anniversary this year. Attracting new artists and growing in size each year, Bonnaroo would be considered the sixth largest city in Tennessee, and in 2008, it was named "Best Festival" by Rolling Stone magazine. The festival which is one of a kind takes place on a nine-hundred-acre farm, and since they are outside of the city limits, they are able to continue holding concerts late into the night. I’ve had the opportunity to attend Bonnaroo, and it is also one of the most organized festivals I have attended, which is why I keep going back. Multiple factors go into keeping a music festival organized such as the lineup, security, and the map of the festival, but there are also things that are out of their control. Due to Bonnaroo’s ideal location, they do not have to obey noise restriction laws, unlike other music festivals that take place in cities, like Lollapollza, do. Because the flexibility the location provides, they have the extra time to space out similar genres of music. For instance, a person that loves alternative music won’t have to choose between two alternative bands playing on different stages at the same time. Bonnaroo has one of the most diverse (different genres) lineups. Not only because of...
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...analyze why these problems occurred.) The problems experienced by the NetManager project appear to be symptoms of integration vs. responsiveness issue within Siemens AG. As a transnational company, Siemens faces strong pressure to globally integrate its operations, and be responsive to the needs of their offices and customer’s needs. The main problem with NetManager was that it had mushroomed in size and strategic importance. This was the result of keeping up with the rapidly changing technological demands, and NetManager becoming a highly visible product for Siemens’ largest customers. Analyzing the various problems, we see that despite the competence of the Bangalore RDC, there is a serious number of integration problems between Munich headquarters and Bangalore. First, there was a gap in product knowledge and competence, which resulted in unrealistic expectations such as project deadlines. Indians held proficiency in desktop and personal computing programming languages, while the Germans held extensive product knowledge concerning their EWSD technology and its functions. As the project grew in size and scope, it required interdependence amongst EWSD systems, knowledge held by German management and not sufficiently provided to Bangalore. Then, problems resulted concerning reliability and quality assurance. As the case outlines, these were due to erroneous assumptions on the part of Indian developers such as underestimated system usage. However, let us look at those factors...
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...Germany has a rich culture built upon a foundation of Art, Literature, Sports, Food, and Music. Due to Germany's war torn past many of its modern day aspects are very different from that of our own, But very similar in other ways. Its art, literature and music have gone through a sort of renaissance that have helped evolve the culture into one very much its own. With its own style and grace that makes Germany the country it is today. "Art in Germany has evolved very much in the past 50 years. From the rubble of the holocaust and world wars, a new and exciting breed of artist has emerged. "A variety of innovative and avant-garde styles that transformed the artistic landscape of Germany between the establishment of the Wilhelmine Empire in 1871, and Hitler's takeover of the short-lived Weimar Republic in 1933. This period of cataclysmic political and social change also witnessed the dramatic rise of the artistic movement called Expressionism."(German Art) Germany has a wide variety of art history that accounts for its vast array of modern art styles. Expressionism is a style of art in which the purpose is not to reproduce a subject accurately, but instead to portray it in such a way as to express the inner state of the artist. The movement is associated with Germany in particular, and was influenced by such powerful styles as symbolism, fauvism and cubism. Such artists that made this style popular were, Franz von Stuck, Kathe Kollwitz, and Emil Nolde. (Artists) Much of...
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...Amadeus Musi 1306 I believe the central conflict in Amadeus is...man versus self. The movie Amadeus begins with an elderly Antonio Salieri attempting to take his life. I believe Salieri came to this conclusion after he could no longer the shame of his role in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death. Although some may easily assume the central conflict in the movie was man versus man, I would have to disagree because Mozart was never in competition with Salieri and considered Salieri to be a colleague and friend; even though Salieri was always competing with Mozart, it takes two to compete. Some may also assume the central conflict is man versus nature, God the creator, since Salieri questions God's actions. Salieri even prayed to God to make him a great composer, famous to the world and a miracle to occur that would allow him to pursue a career in music against his father's wishes. So when his father met an early demise Salieri thought it was a miracle! I believe the central conflict was man verse self, but it was hidden by his disgust for Mozart. Mozart was everything Salieri vowed to not become; a giggling dirty minded creature. Salieri was jealous of Mozart, which is the foundation of the conflict. It did not matter how famous or wealthy Salieri would become, he would never be as gifted or have the musical genius of Mozart. Even though Salieri was a fan of Mozart, his ego could not rationalize how genius Mozart truly was. Salieri made several references to the perfection...
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...(Last updated April 2010) Königinstraße 5 80539 München Tel.: (089)2888-0 http://munich.usconsulate.gov DOCTORS AND MEDICAL SERVICES – MUNICH The U.S. Consulate General Munich, Germany, assumes no responsibility or liability for the professional ability or reputation of, or the quality of services provided by, the following persons or clinics. Inclusion on this list is in no way an endorsement by the Department of State or the U.S. Consulate. Names are listed alphabetically, and the order in which they appear has no other significance. The information in the list on professional credentials, areas of expertise and language ability are provided directly by the physicians. You may receive additional information about individuals by contacting the local medical association (or its equivalent) or the local licensing authorities. NOTE: Medical service in Germany is of a high standard. Charges for private patients can be approximately the same as those assessed in the United States but vary from physician to physician. University professors are likely to charge higher fees than other doctors on the list. These fees, however, in view of the physicians’ standing in the medical community are not considered excessive. Tourists should be prepared to pay in cash when they visit a doctor. For hospital admittance, except in emergency cases, a deposit is usually required to cover a five day stay. All cities, town and rural areas in Bavaria will have University, City...
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... Christoph Willibald Gluck, also known as Ritter von Gluck, was a German opera composer that lived during the early classical period. He was best known for the operas Orfeo ed Euridice, Alceste, Iphigénie en Aulide, and Iphigénie en Tauride, with Iphigenie en Tauride being his most famous composition. He was specialized in Italian, French, and German operas. He was also known for making major reforms to the opera. As Gluck was a composer in the time period between Baroque and Classical Periods, he was a major composer in transforming Baroque style opera into Classical opera. Gluck’s operas have proven successful, as they had received good reviews by the concert-goers and have been performed many times around the world. His work inspired operas by famous composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Wagner. Christoph Willibald Gluck was born on July 2, 1714, in Erasbach, Bavaria, Germany, and died on November 15, 1787, in Vienna, Austria. He was the first of six children, and his father’s name was Alexander Gluck; who married Christoph’s mother, Maria Walburga, in 1711. Christoph Gluck was born into a family of foresters living in Upper Bohemia in Germany. Gluck’s father was a forester under the service of Prince Lobkowitz. Christoph Gluck still received a good education and even music lessons, being in the lower middle class. When Christoph Gluck was thirteen, he ran away from his home in Bohemia to avoid being forced into the profession of his father. At the...
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