UAE History: From Ancient Settlements to Modern Nation
Early Human Habitation in the UAE
- The earliest known human habitation in the UAE dates from 5500 BCE.
- Trade in copper from the Hajar Mountains started around 3000 BCE.
- By the 1st century AD, overland caravan traffic between Syria and cities in southern Iraq began.
- There was seaborne travel to the important port of Omana (present-day Umm al-Qaiwain) and then to India. These routes were an alternative to the Red Sea route used by the Romans.
- Pearls had been exploited in the area for millennia, but at this
Understanding Quality Management: TQM and Six Sigma
59) Developing a cultural environment for ethical behavior in an organization includes all of the following EXCEPT:
C) Redesign of a service or product to make it easier to produce.
60) “Quality at the source” implies: B) Lower scrap.
61) Which one of the following statements is a key feature of both TQM and Six Sigma? A) Quality is primarily the responsibility of all employees in the organization.
62) A firm’s internal program in employee involvement includes which of the following considerations?
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Customer Feedback and Formal Complaints
Learning German: Student’s Perspective
Q1: Hi J. Nice to meet you. I have decided to learn German because I need to get a certificate to get into university. However, I don’t really like learning this language. I would prefer to study English.
Q2: I believe that the course is good because the teacher teaches very well and we are only three people in the class. But, on the other hand, I think it’s a drawback that the teacher isn’t a native speaker.
Q3: I would
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Scala Lists
Lists are immutable sequences of elements of the same type.
var myList: List[String] = Nil var c: List[String] = Nil
Adding Elements to a List
c = "E" :: c(At front)c = c :+ "MEOW"(At end)
Removing Elements from a List
list diff List(num)
List Operations
List.range(0, 10, 2): Creates a list of numbers from 0 to 10 (exclusive), with a step of 2.var x = List.fill(3)("foo"): Creates a list with three elements, all initialized to “foo”.var x = List.tabulate(5)(n => n * n): Creates a list
Feedback and Suggestions: Gym, Hotel, and Food Services
Student’s Feedback on German Course
Q1. Hi J. Nice to meet you. I have decided to learn German because I need to get a certificate to get into university. However, I don’t really like learning this language. I would prefer to study English.
Q2: I believe that the course is good because the teacher teaches very well and there are only three people in the class. But, on the other hand, I think it’s a disadvantage that the teacher isn’t a native speaker.
Q3: I would feel happy because the teacher, who
Revenue and Operations Planning Strategies
Revenue and Operations Planning
58) The process of varying pricing at the right time for different customer segments to maximize revenue generated from existing supply capacity is called: D) revenue management.
59) An example of revenue management is: C) two passengers, sitting side-by-side in an airplane, charged different prices depending on [when they bought their tickets].
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
60) Which one of the following statements about sales and operations planning is best?
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