Abstract
This paper considers supply chain issues at Lucent Technologies in Asia and ways they might improve their logistics management. In particular, the paper examines how Lucent's supply chain management changed to a hub-and-spoke arrangement.

From the Paper
"Lucent Technologies has been successful in Asia in part because the company has had a highly successful piece of equipment in its switch and in part because it has modified its supply chain to reflect the changing Asian market. Initially the company manufactured most of the components in the United States and then shipped those to Asia for final assembly. As time went on the company found itself in the somewhat absurd position of shipping raw materials to the United States from Asia..."

Tags:technology, case study, lucent technologies, supply chain, Asia

Abstract
This paper discusses how new technologies have changed election campaigning in Canada and the United States in the last twenty years. The effects of non-stop campaigning, television, direct-mail, political consultants, constant polling, and high tech fundraising are examined and analyzed as well.

Tags:election, new, technologies

Abstract
The objective of this paper is to discuss the development and adoption of mobile wireless communications technologies and their effects on organizations and society. It examines the information society concept followed by the impact of mobile technologies mobile phones in particular - on society. The influence of mobile technologies on organizations is also investigated as well as the changing working procedures of workers. Particular attention is paid to blue-collar fieldworkers. It also explores the advantages of employing mobile technologies in organizational operations and how these technologies can contribute to organizational performance.

Outline
Information Society Concept and How Mobile Technology Effects Society
Impacts of Mobile Technologies on Organizations
Impacts of Mobile Technologies on Working Procedures
Conclusion

From the Paper
"No technological development is possible without effect upon society. Thanks to the developments in technology taking place since the end of the 20th century, we have moved towards an emerging society defined as "the information society". As can be clearly understood from its name, information has become a significant factor for the development of society. Yoneji Masuda, who discussed "Information villages" as the social system of the future in 1971, is regarded as an early proponent of information society concept."

Tags:organisational, performance, blue-collar, fieldworkers

Abstract
This paper examines climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases reduction, removal and disposal and the intersections between treatment technologies, energy savings and sustainable energy sources. It presents case studies of companies competing in the alternative energy industry in general and in biomass conversion in particular. It then reviews the literature concerning particular technologies for application to current carbon energy sources researched and practiced by researchers, government and industry today. Essentially, this study examines the methods used to reduce, remove and dispose of greenhouse gas constituents.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction
Introduction
Importance of the Study
Background of the Problem
Problem Statement
Definition of Terms
Methodology Statement
Purpose of Study
Summary
Chapter II. Review of the Literature
Introduction
Defining Global Warming
The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Variability
Sources of Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gases and Induced Climate Change
Anthropogenic Induced Climate Change
Atmospheric Temperatures and Recent Climate Changes
Positive Feedback Loops
Important Issues Affected by Global Warming
Public Health Issues
Precipitation
Ocean Warming, Circulation and Acidification
Sea Level Rise
Snow and Ice
Biodiversity
Ozone Depletion
Summary
Constituents of Concern
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Chlorofluorocarbons
Nitrogen Oxides
Aerosols
Assessment of Treatment Technologies
Biomass Today
Boosting Production
Carbon Capture
Flue Gas Cleaning
Molecular Sieve
Chapter III. Methodology
Description of the Study Approach
Data-gathering Method and Database of Study
Chapter IV. Data Analysis and Discussion

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"Beginning in the nineteenth century, machines of the Industrial Revolution first began using fossil fuels including coal and petroleum and were the start of a new economic engine. While unrecognized as a potential global issue at the time, the increased use of fossil fuels during this period in history began to contribute to the accumulation of so-called greenhouse gases. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are a byproduct of the combustion process of fossil fuels. Since the beginning of Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have increased 30%, CH4 levels have increase 15 % and subsequent increases have occurred in all other GHGs. The result is the average increase in global temperatures was 10F from the mid-nineteenth century till near the end of the twentieth century. Within the last 25 years the average global temperature increase has been an additional 0.80F. This temperature increase follows the increase in GHGs. Figure 1 shows the increases in carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen oxides from their various sources from 1970 until 2004. Scientific consensus is that this increase is not that of natural variation or solar radiation changes but from the results of human activities. Not only from the burning of fossil fuels but from the diminished natural buffers created by farming and resulting deforestation (Braasch 2007)"

Tags:GHG, atmosphere, energy, society

Abstract
This 5-page essay describes some of the "new" technologies and their global benefits. It also attempts to look at ways in which it can become possible for these technologies to benefit each and everyone of us living on this planet, and not just a privileged few. The IT revolution has changed the way we store and transmit data; the Internet has revolutionized the way we can access information; breakthroughs in bio-technology promise new hope for medical cures and nano-technology will change the way medicine is practiced.

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"Technology has played a crucial role in human development and progress throughout history. Ever since our first human ancestors fashioned the rudimentary stone tools used for hunting about 2.5 million years ago, man has striven to use technology for his benefit. Over the centuries, tremendous innovations were made in agriculture, medicine, energy, manufacturing, and communications but none of these innovations had quite prepared us for the astonishing pace of development in technology that has been witnessed in the last few decades. Rapid strides made recently in "new technologies" such as information and communications technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology have opened up possibilities for development and increase in quality of life never imagined before."

Tags:human, progress, innovations, development, medicine, energy, science, communication, globalization, telecommunication, revolution, information, politics, government, policy, DNA, cells, challenge

Abstract
This paper discusses the social change that is a result of new reproductive technologies. It investigates the effects on the concept of the family, women's bodies, and on our very lives as a whole. The paper investigates the social relevance of cloning, in vitro fertilzation, and surrogate motherhood.

From the Paper
"We live in an age in which technology is playing a greater and greater role in the construction of our society and in the ideologies and perspectives that are applied to understanding social phenomena. Technology has revolutionized the way we look at communication and media, transportation, the work place, and social institutions. It is not surprising, then, the new technologies are having an impact on the way we view the basic social unit - the family. The founding of new reproductive technologies (NRTs) has redefined and continues to redefine the meaning and construction of the family in our society. It has also contributed directly to the changing implications of women's roles in the family and society. While some argue in favor of these changes and their positive social influences and implications, others argue against the control which these technologies represent over individual's bodies. The following paper will explore these arguments in order to demonstrate the overall thesis that NRTs are changing the way we look at ourselves, the family, women and society as a whole. The impact of these technologies socially is growing more and more, and in order to fully understand their significance we need to examine their social relevance."

Tags:cloning, in, virtro, fertilization, surrogate, ethics

Abstract
This paper discusses ways in which the workplace is changing. According to the paper, old values of long service and loyalty are being replaced by high productivity, effectiveness and adaptability to changing conditions. The paper discusses how companies have adapted to consumer expectations. Advantages of new technology and flexible work schedules are looked at, as well as the problems. Alternative work schedules such as job share are discussed. The paper concludes that in the light of increasing customer demands, changing expectations, global competition and markets, combined with employee interest in achieving a better and more complete work/life balance, the initial inconvenience of implementation, will be more than offset by gains in productivity and strategic competitiveness.

From the Paper
"In recent years, a combination of factors has led to a paradigm shift related to very basic issues of the nature of work, the workplace, management and employees. The impact of information and communications technology; globalization of markets leading to bigger, more diverse markets and increased competition; and the constant pressure to increase efficiency while reducing costs. To compete effectively, companies are challenged to create new products, maximize efficiencies at the factory and corporate level and increase penetration within existing markets, all the while keeping customers satisfied with high levels of service which may span several time zones. Old values of long service and loyalty are being replaced by high productivity, effectiveness and adaptability to changing conditions."

Tags:production, flexible, schedule, job, share, competition, market

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses how changing technology has affected communications in business and points out that technology does not equate to communication. The writer looks at the traditional methods of executives communicating with employees and the changes brought about by new technologies such as cell phones, email, Blackberries.

From the Paper
"It has been said that communication is more than getting the word out-it is the art and the science of engaging employees in the business. Is good communication an art or a science? Changes in business involve changes in technology and as technology changes modes of communication change with it. Companies used to communicate with their employees by means of executive memos, printed newsletters, the employee handbook or direct confrontation by a supervisor, the rest of what they needed to know ..."

Tags:technology, business, communications, employees, executives, cell phones, email, blackberries

Abstract
This paper explores the changes incurred by the merger that created Hitachi Global Storage Technology. The paper describes the adverse effects the merger had on employees, including the initial layoffs and relocation for many remaining employees. The paper further describes skills that workers and management alike needed to develop to accommodate all of these changes including flexibility; patience; tolerance for ambiguity; tolerance for change; open-mindedness; patience; and resiliency.

From the Paper
"Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST), a trans-national Hard Disk Drive business, is the result of a still-uneasy blending of two traditional organizational models, IBM and Hitachi (Vance, 2004; Taing, 2005), into a single, trans-globally formed, and thereby completely transformed organizational model. HGST today, the result of a 2003 merger between IBM's and Hitachi's Hard Disk Drive (HDD) facilities (Miyagi, 2002), has had some growing pains, as a separate and distinct organization because it has had to combine two very different organizational cultures: a quintessentially Japanese one (Hitachi) with a quintessentially American one (IBM), to form a whole new corporation (Hara, 2003; Letterman, 2004; Vance, 2004) "

Tags:Hitachi, Global, Storage, Technology, organizational, change, employees

Abstract
This paper looks at one particular piece of the changing technology puzzle the ways in which cable television has become increasingly sophisticated through the incorporation of a number of different types of technology. Specifically, this paper focuses on the efforts of Comcast to become the nation's leading cable television outlet, in part through its acquisition last year of the telephone company AT&T.

From the Paper
"While most of us probably still think of cable and telephone service as being distinct from each other, in fact over the past decade they have become more and similar to each other as entertainment and information services like cable television have come to rely more and more heavily on the transmission capabilities of phone lines and as phone companies have become more and more diverse in the technological capabilities that they have to offer."

Tags:satelite, tv, cable, technology, internet, telephone, company