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This book provides the knowledge foundations and strategic directions to organizations aiming to move towards quality, productivity and business excellence.Through latest case studies and practical examples, readers will be guided from identifying and prioritizing the opportunities for improvement, measuring and analyzing the root causes, to eliminating the sources of the problems. Readers will also be exposed to the information technology used in the "Trilogy of Moving Towards Business Excellence". For example, moving towards quality excellence can be achieved through digitalization of ISO9001:2015 quality management system. In addition to dispensing with most of the paper work as well as the internal audit, it will also ensure that the key requirements of the latest version of ISO9001:2015 are complied with and executed effectively. Both the quality and productivity of the organization will be enhanced.Total Factor Productivity is heavily used to help organizations move towards productivity excellence. System integration is one of the key techniques used to achieve this goal. For example, when a high-technology operations system, such as BD, ECOM, FINTECH, AI, IOT etc., is integrated into HIMS-BEST, the organization will attain the 1+1=3 synergic benefit. It will achieve the organizational goals in addition to achieving the operational goals.

Bhadra Quartets is essentially about choices and the independence in life at multiple levels-from work and participation to fulfilment of mental, physical, and spiritual urges. Set in the middle of the last century, the largely picaresque novel, like a multicultural rainbow, spans an expansive swathe from Europe to Asia. As some characters journey across countries and continents from United Kingdom to France and Italy, and again from London through Aden to what was then Bombay, their interactions add to the dimension of quest, probing the truth of human passion and love, as well as their role in reconciliation of people in life. The quest carries on in the journey from the west Indian metropolis to a nondescript village in the sub-Himalayan Indian hinterland. The first book of the novel finds Bhadra Pathak, an Indian from a seemingly orthodox background, arrive in London for higher studies. His primary circle there includes his supervisor Dr. Robert Croft; Anette Epstein, another scholar under Croft; Lydia Pal, his landlady; and her daughter Georgina. Young widower Bhadra finds himself conflicted over his feelings for Anette, who herself is no less unsure about relationships and marriage due to past experience. The ensuing interplay of passion, love, and mutual acceptance in the first book leads on in the three subsequent parts to exploration, adventure, enquiry, discovery, and finally, understanding in the otherwise disparate lives of individuals coming from cultures separated by half a turn of the globe.

Screencasting is a powerful instructional tool for learning, yet few in higher education take advantage of its utility. This book showcases the benefits of screencasting and how it can facilitate students' acquisition of complex content, like statistics. It is a condensed version of a case study that examined the effects of screencasts on postgraduate students' learning of advanced statistics. Every chapter guides the reader through the intricate process of conducting the research and gives a complete picture of the design, materials, and instrumentation. If you are a novice researcher and are interested in technology, this book is for you.

This study examines thematic elements in Christina Rossettis poetry in order to celebrate and explain an important, undervalued writer and her remarkable artistic quest to achieve an original voice. Critics rightly applaud Rossettis metrical craftsmanship and songlike lyrical phrasings, but over-attention to formal felicities can impede proper interpretation of content. Through detailed readings of selected poems, this book demonstrates that Rossettis rigorously controlled use of language and innovative symbolism combine to create radical, hidden intertextual levels of meaning beyond those attainable via biographical decoding, making her a singular bridge between Romanticism and Modernism. From earliest secular interactions with Romantic and Tractarian thought, through Goblin Market (1862) and The Princes Progress (1866), Rossettis verse resists straightforward interpretation by subtly interrogating and subverting the patriarchal traditions of writing that it simultaneously extends: love lyric, fairy tale, quest myth, and sonnet. Persuasively constructing a case for the inability of male-ordained poetics to cope with the expression of active female identity, Monna Innominata (1881) deconstructs lyric tradition, casting together mediaeval, renaissance, Romantic and Victorian ideologies. This groundbreaking sonnet cycle disturbs poetic conventions and forms the most concentrated, sustained demonstration of the struggle to articulate the female self to be found in Rossettis oeuvre, perhaps in literary history. The painful sense of irresolution and despair pervading Monna Innominata sheds important light upon Christina Rossettis exclusive production of devotional literature during her final years.

Squirrie is the baby squirrel of the Old Tree Escruel family. One day, her best friend, a chipmunk, disappeared. Suffering from great loss, Squirrie is crying. To make Squirrie smile again, her grandmother decides to tell her an amazing story about life.A Little Flower and a Giant Tree is told through a fairy tale lens. It explores the themes of life: the past, the present, dreams, reality, hurt, and loss. Through stories and experiences, lessons are learned that lead to discoveries of truth and hope. Sandie tells her stories with passion and love, all in an effort to make little Squirrie smile again because that is what good stories do-they make us smile!

This is a lighthearted tale about one mans adventure of moving from secure work in the Western Australian construction industry to a remote area of Sulawesi (Indonesia). He could not speak a word of Indonesian, and the local people spoke just a handful of English words.

Halal food certification plays a pivotal role in both consumers food purchase and consumption, and food manufacturers business conducts. The growing trends of Halal food have encouraged firms to implement Halal food certification. Numerous studies have recognized the importance of Halal food certification to consumers rather than Halal food manufacturers. However, Halal food certificate motivations, implementation, and the impact on firm performance, particularly the Malaysia Standard on Halal Food (MS1500:2009) are hardly examined. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the motivations behind Halal food certification and its impact on food manufacturers operational, marketing, and financial performances. Resource-based view and institutional theory underpin the proposed conceptual framework of the study. Five hypotheses were proposed to determine the relationships between certification motivations and firm performances. A quantitative methodology was adopted and data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. A total of 210 Halal-certified food manufacturing companies in Peninsular Malaysia participated in the survey. A partial least square structural equation modeling was conducted for data analysis. A key finding is that both the external and internal motivations positively influence Halal food certificate implementation. Moreover, it was also found that implementing Halal food certification has a positive relationship with firm performance. Further findings indicated that government intervention, consumer demand, industry competition, employee commitment, operation improvement, and marketing return are significant motivators for Halal food certificate implementation. Results also revealed that Halal food certification has a significant impact on the respondents operation, marketing, and financial performances. Theoretically, this study offers insights to the significance of consumer pressure as a normative isomorphism in the institutional theory. Additionally, this study reinforces the understanding of Halal food certification as a significant and relevant strategic tool to remain competitive within the profoundly homogenous and saturated food industry. Practically, the information gained from this research could potentially be beneficial to encourage non-certified firms to become Halal-certified. Future research are encouraged to study the motives and impact of Halal food certification from various countries, as well as apply this research across other industries like pharmaceutical, tourism, or cosmetic.

This book has been created out of my strong desire in my heart to see marriages being happy, joyful, peaceful, and successful every day.Based on my own experience in marriage, I came to realize that there are different ways that make spouses to live happy, joyful, and successful in their marriages in all seasons no matter what circumstances or situations that might arise. It is a journey of living happily and joyfully throughout the marriage life till death.Marriage is a journey, an institution whereby it is very essential, and it is not to be taken lightly. It has to be taken seriously.When I got married on 31 July 2004, I came to realize that marriage is not just one special day of the wedding that you celebrate together with your families and friends, but rather it is a sweet journey of living joyful throughout your married life.This book has been created to make marriages happy, joyful, peaceful, and successful throughout and in all circumstances. You will learn the following aspects:Meaning of marriageMy own experience in marriageHow to make your marriage joyful in all situationsRelationship with families, friends, and more . . .

The Principles and Special Purpose Applications of Electromagnetic Field and High Voltage is a series of books that comes in three packages:Package One: Principles of Electromagnetic Field and High Voltage Book 1: Principles of Electromagnetic Field EMF Book 2: Principles of High Voltage HVPackage Two: Special Purpose Applications-Part One Book 3: Ion Implantation Book 4: Electromagnetic Isotope Separation-EMIS Book 5: Mass Spectrometer Package Three: Special Purpose Applications-Part Two Book 6: Particle Accelerator Book 7: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-NMR Book 8: Electrostatic Precipitators Book 9: Magnetic BearingIn Packages Two and Three, Moayad Abdullah AlMayouf, Ph.D., covers the fundamental, design principles, and operation of various machines and systems in which the principles and mechanisms of the electromagnetic field and high voltages are applied. The description for each application covers the theory, formulas, design, performance parameters, and the main fields for applications Package Three includes another set of special purpose applications: Particle Accelerator, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-NMR, Electrostatic Precipitators and Magnetic Bearing.Whether youre an undergraduate or postgraduate in physics or electrical engineering, or a field engineer in a related sector, youll find this series of books an important resource.

The Mnememoric Module Level 1 (TMML1)contains a step-by-step approach to help learners empower their writing ability. It consists of practices pertaining to nouns, pronouns and verbs compulsory for basic sentence writing. It uses a mnemonic known asHISDEWI AYUas a catalyst to help learners to differentiate, memorise and remember subject pronouns that normally confuse them when writingbasic sentences.HISDEWI AYUis amental tool to minimise this confusion, hence enabling them to understand the complicated indefinite verb conjugation concept.TMM-L1is a MUST BUY because the fun, systematic and functional mnemonic way inspires learners to be competent English language users.

The advancement of distance education and the progressive development of online courses by both traditional and distance education institutions have heightened many inquiries regarding the costs of online learning compared to both face-to-face teaching and other approaches to distance education. Academic leaders, researchers, and practitioners share their expertise in this book on how to maintain quality management with quality learning. Subjects covered include needs assessment and readiness assessment, networked/distance teaching and learning, infrastructure, financial requirements, student-support plan, management organization and monitoring and evaluation.This book is an ideal reference source for educators, academicians, graduate students, and researchers who are interested in implementing distance education to effectively manage an online-learning program.

Part of a restricted circle of elites, he uses sex, alcohol, and drugs to get over the struggles of a failed childhood. Son of a rich diplomat who offers money as a means for affection and of a mother who abandoned her children, Kamal has always felt lost. He believes he missed his chance for true love, which leads him to build a strong defense mechanism to not let anyone get close enough to him. One evening in New York brings him back to confront the demons of his past. One phone call, and life as he knows it changes forever. He has always known one day his life would be in danger. But could one act of terrorism restore his faith in love and family?

One of the greatest challenges facing Christians and pastors is how to communicate the Gospel in relevant and understandable ways. For most people, God seems distant and so difficult to understand and explain. Understanding the nature of God is relatively simple, and using easy, relevant examples from everyday life and history can aid believers facing difficult challenges and nonbelievers who are curious about God. It can make the process of sharing the Gospel an interesting and thought-provoking experience. What could the Mona Lisa, Mozart, and Michelangelo tell you about the nature of God and how he feels about us? How do we explain why God allowed Auschwitz or war? How and why should we forgive and let go, and what is Gods will? Does Beethovens sonatas tell us anything of how desperately God has been searching for us? This book covers a myriad of topics, touching on questions asked by believers and nonbelievers alike. It will no doubt bring a comfort and hope to believers and, hopefully, a yearning to those who do not.Every pastor and Christian street worker should read this book and utilize its many examples to help carry over the message of the Gospel in easy, simple, and relevant ways.

In this concluding episode of the thrilling trilogy, we join the intrepid Ava as she begins the most dangerous quest of them all.This time Ava and best friend, Mohammad, do more than dice with death; they become it. Entering into another world, between life on Earth and the many eternal paradises which are intertwined on the other side, Ava shows just what lengths she will go to in order to lay her beloved mothers soul to rest. With pure grit and determination, and a little help from her friends, perhaps Ava will finally find the peace she needs to look to the future once again.