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Assignment presentation instructions:
The maximum word count for assignment 1 is 2,000 words. The format is not specified however a hybrid between an essay and a short report is preferred with concise analysis being more critical than form.

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Assignment questions
Case Study: CASE: Decoding the DNA: Toyota Production Systems

Read the case: CASE: Decoding the DNA: Toyota Production Systems and answer the following questions:
1)    Using the information provided in the case and your knowledge, prepare a short description of Toyota successful approach of operations management (Underline the features and/or the characteristics that made the Toyota operations a successful system).
2)    The Toyota Production System is a paradox. On the one hand, every activity, connection, and production flow in a Toyota factory is rigidly scripted. Yet at the same time, Toyota’s operations are enormously flexible and responsive to customer demand. How can that be?
3)    Explain the reasons behind the failure of other organizations to follow and to implement Toyota successful approach of operations management.
4)    Describe and scrutinize the performance learning model developed by Toyota.

Case link: http://jetaconsul.dominiotemporario.com/doc/Decoding_the_DNA_of_the_Toyota_Production_System.pdf

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“Health Informatics” Please respond to the following:

  • With electronic medical records now available, we have tremendous access to large amounts of health care data. Hypothesize two (2) ways todays healthcare informatics can improve health care decision-making and the quality of healthcare delivery. Justify your response by finding a scholarly (peer-reviewed) article from the library that supports your hypothesis. When and where have we been able to improve health care decision-making and care quality? Provide these examples.

Multithreaded Chat

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We need to program a multithreaded chat programm. I have already started to program it, but the server only processes the first message

Main task: Fix the code so that multiple clients can log on and server receives and sends all messages to all clients or one specific client if message starts with @username.

All other TODOs in the file can be ignored.

Please do not use any code from web as my teacher will check for plagiarism with an MIT software.

What is the relationship between food as a biological necessity, a commodity, and a source of social identity?

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Recommended Reading
Atkins, P. & I. Bowler, (2001) Food in Society: Economy, Society, Geography
Belasco, W. (2008) Food: Key Concepts, chapter 1
Flandrin, J-M. & Montanari, M. (1999), eds. Food: A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present
Fraser, E.D.G. & A. Rimas, Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
Harding, J. (2010) What Were About to Receive in London Review of Books, Vol. 32, No.9, May available here:  http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n09/jeremy-harding/what-were-about-to-receive
Mintz, S.W. (2008) Time, Sugar and Sweetness in Counihan, C.  & P. van Esterik eds. Food and Culture: A Reader
Pilcher, J.F. (2005) Food in World History

Further Reading
Albritton, R. (2009) Let Them Eat Junk: How Capitalism Creates Hunger and Obesity
Brillat-Savarin, J-A. (1825) The Physiology of Taste
Bourdieu, P. (1984) Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Clapp, J. (2010) Food
Davidson, A. (1999) The Oxford Companion to Food
Fernndez-Armesto, F. (2002) Food: A History
Fine, B., et al. (1996) Consumption in the Age of Affluence: The World of Food
Goody, J. (1984) Cooking, Cuisine and Class: A Study in Comparative Sociology
Guptill, A. et al. (2013) Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes
Harris, M. (1986) Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
Kipel, K.F & Ornelas, K.C. (2000), eds. The Cambridge World History of Food
Lang, T. & M. Heasman (2004) Food Wars: The Battle for Mouths, Minds and Markets
McDonald, B. (2011) Food Security Addressing Challenges from Malnutrition, Food Safety and Environmental Change.
Menzel, P. and DAluisio, F. (2005) Hungry Planet: What the World Eats
Miller, J. and J. Deutsch (2009) Food Studies: An Introduction to Research Methods
Nestle, M. (2007) Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, 2nd edition
Patel, R. (2007) Stuffed and Starved: the Hidden Battle for the World Food System
Pollan, M. (2007) In Defense of Food