Module 9

Describe the building of a Dell laptop,
The building of a Dell laptop starts with a very efficient supply chain, in which all of Dells suppliers are wired in to receive updates on which parts are needed and the quantity. They ship them to a supplier logistics factory, when an order is placed with Dell for a laptop, an update go's out to the SLC. The product is pulled and shipped out every ninety minutes, for the product that was ordered in the last two hour window.
Once the parts are delivered they are entered in to the tracking system and sent off to be assembled.
The design and actual production of the parts came from globel teamwork.
"It's a supply chain symphony-from order over the phone to production to delivery to my house-is one of the wonders of the flat world." This is a perfect example of outsourcing, supply chain and a company that embraced the world of change, that is our reality.

Does al-Qaeda have a supply chain?
I am going to have to say no, I can see how in certain aspects of their activities it would appear that their desire to corner the market on giving Arabs-Muslims a sense of personal fullfillment via Terrorist. That the steps involved in the training of a terrorist,planning of an attack and then the making of an info-mercial. could be broken down and looked in to and the supply chain formula applied. I think that it fits the definition of an organization- is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal.

What is the curse of oil?
There are no checks or balance, within the countries that have  natural resource that they can drill for oil.
The ruling government is like a bully that is holding your lunch above your reachand there is nothing you can do to get him to give it back. You know that it is wrong but there is nothing you can do to get him to stop.
the total slant in power, is the one thing that is holding them all back from being able to live in a country that focuses on the developing real institutions,property rights,rule of law,independent courts,modern education,foreign trade,foreign investment,freedom of thought, and scientific inquiry. because these are the things that people do for themselves, so that they can live a greater life. we sacrific a certain about of our freedoms and money to live with in a system that protect us and encourages us to become the best member of society that we are capable of. Their personal power is seen as a threat, so it has been mathodically taken. by those that have fallen to the curse of oil.