Sustainable product development strategies: Business planning and performance implications

Copyright © 2012 by Institution of Mechanical Engineers. This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below.Manufacturing firms are under many financial and competitive pressures which focus attention on the performance of their manufacturing processes. In this paper the opportunities for improving the environmental impact of products within the constraints of existing manufacturing infrastructure are examined. Approaches which support sustainability in two aspects are proposed, firstly, the provision of products to the users in ways which extend the product life and secondly, manufacturing approaches which reduce resource usage. This paper outlines three different sustainable development strategies for different product types and describes the cost implications for manufacturers across the life-cycle. The performance measures affected by these strategies are examined drawing on product development case studies from a number of high technology sectors to highlight the different approaches taken. The results are intended to aid manufacturers during the earliest stages of business planning to consider alternative product development approaches which are more sustainable

Gelombang ketiga = The third wave

Buku ini menyajikan suatu pandangan yang sangat berlainan. Isinya mengandung makna bahwa dunia tidak sedang menjurus ke kegilaan, malah sesungguhnya, di bawah permukaan hingar-bingar peristiwa yang seolah-olah tidak berguna itu justru tersimpul suatu pola yang mencengangkan dan secara potensial penuh mengandung harapan. Buku ini membahas pola dan harapan itu. Gelombang Ketiga adalah buku bagi mereka yang berpikr bahwa kisah mabusia jauh daripada berakhir, bahkan baru dimulai

Philosophy of Education as a Social Development Factor: World Trends and Prospects for Russia

The author analyzes the correlation between the development of society and philosophy of education. The goal of this article is to demonstrate that social development is more clearly shaped when the process of education is given an appropriate philosophy, which means the presence of a sense-making and goal-setting strategy (paradigm, “religion”) of the evolution of society. The example of a number of the world's leading countries confirms the value of such correlation. Even when in a crisis, these countries adapt to the modern world's dynamics (globalization, informatization, etc.) with higher speed if they possess an adequate education philosophy. These leading countries’ philosophy of education is underlain by the thesis: the quality of education defines the quality of life. This outcome can be achieved by drawing on such values as freedom, creativity, partnership, and trust. World university rankings show that the most successful universities aim at achieving this outcome and rely on these basic values regardless of all the modern transformations. The author comes to the conclusion that Russia, represented by its leaders and its government, should, given its desire to join the ranks of the world's leading countries, should instate substantial indicators of quality of life for its citizens, as well as strive to generate an education philosophy of similar nature and actively introduce it in the process of education in the first place

Perusahaan adaptif

Lebih dari satu dasa warsa yang lalu, Alvin Toffler menyusun suatu laporan konfidensial yang mengejutkan American Telephone and telegraph company, perusahaan terbesar didunia. Ia menyarankan suatu strategi yang kontroversial, dan meramalkan bahwa perombakan monopoli telepon AT&T (bell system) perlu dan tidak dapat dihindari . perusahaa itu harus mengetahi cara komunikasi baru dan menyangga suatu persaingan ketat yang menikam dominasi pasaran tradisional. Kesimpulan Toffler mengherankan pimpinan tertinggi dan laporannya yang mula-mula dipetieskan akhirnya beredar secara rahasia tetapi luas didalam organisasi itu

The Implications of Interactions for Science and Philosophy

Reductionism has dominated science and philosophy for centuries. Complexity has recently shown that interactions---which reductionism neglects---are relevant for understanding phenomena. When interactions are considered, reductionism becomes limited in several aspects. In this paper, I argue that interactions imply non-reductionism, non-materialism, non-predictability, non-Platonism, and non-nihilism. As alternatives to each of these, holism, informism, adaptation, contextuality, and meaningfulness are put forward, respectively. A worldview that includes interactions not only describes better our world, but can help to solve many open scientific, philosophical, and social problems caused by implications of reductionism.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure

An Exploration of an Original Young Adult Novel: The Ways in Which Story Structure, Magical Realism and Fictionalized History Enhance Reader Engagement

This dissertation provides a detailed exploration of my creative process in the development and writing of my original young adult historical novel. Using excerpts from my narrative, I explore elements of craft, giving particular attention to the mining of ideas, the three-act structure, character development, chapter arcs and plot points. These features are discussed in relation to the ways in which they engage the adolescent and enrich the reading experience. Magical realism is investigated with regard to how it is incorporated into my narrative. This writing also includes an overview of how historical fiction is relevant for the modern reader. I outline my classroom strategies for encouraging students to appreciate young adult literature and generate their own creative writing in this genre

Going Straight: The Politics of Time and Space in David Eldridge’s Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness

Amelia Howe Kritzer states that a contemporary British play is commonly thought of as political if it presents "a political issue or comments on what is already perceived as a political issue" (10). Since 1989, however, the economic and political system in the UK has become increasingly monologic. In such a monologic political system, Shavian dialogic forms of political theatre, which present a dialectical discussion of a political issue, lose their efficacy. As a result, some British playwrights have moved toward more interventionist strategies of political engagement, which involve our lived experience of social structures through their dramaturgy. These plays re-order normative representations of social structures, of offering a symbolic re-ordering of social structures within their form. As such, their form represents what Adorno terms, "and analogy of that other condition which should be" (194). David Harvey argues that in late capitalist society, our experience of time and space has become increasingly compressed. Consequently, our temporary axis of succession, which constitutes the fundamental organisation of Shavian drama, no longer reflects our lived experience of time in the world outside the theatre. Therefore, plays that re-order structures of time and space have political efficacy in that they expose a gap between representations of time and space as linear and concrete and our lived experience of time and space as compressed. This essay argues that David Eldridge's 'Incomplete and Random Acts of Kindness' articulates a complete breakdown in the temporal axis of succession in its structure. Its dramaturgy reflects the experience of space-time compression. Thus, it is a highly political play, not on the basis of its content, but in terms of the way in which its structure mediates and negotiates our lived experience of social structures under the pressures of late capitalism