Need some research assistance

freehub

Hi.

I'm doing abit of research for my assignment, it's so simple really it's just finding the bloody information, I've typed loads of phrases into google but nothing of relevance comes up.

What I'm trying to find is what companys use a hierarchical organisation, and what use a flat organisation. I need for find one company for each.


Thanks
Will.

MattC59

Evening !!

Probably the easiest thing to do is to pick a bunch of companies, write/email the HR department and ask them if they could tell you or send you an organisation structure chart ('Organogram' I think). If you explain your situation and what you want the info for, I'm sure they'd be pleased to help.

Cheers............ M

GavH

Any one of the Armed Forces are a good example of Hierarchical. I believe a University is an example of flat.

finchy

GavH wrote:

Any one of the Armed Forces are a good example of Hierarchical. I believe a University is an example of flat.

From what I could make out, universities are more like a feudal hierarchy - although apparently the University of Barcelona is a workers co-operative.

wiffachip

how do you manage to get dressed on a morning bonny lad ? pack in the forums and get on with some work

what are you going to put in the bibliography - bikeradar.com ?

redddraggon

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

softlad

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

redddraggon

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

mask of sanity

It's about how you phrase the search that's important for finding info. If what you are searching has a number of words put AND in between them. This will tell the search engine that it has to look for all the factors together, rather then individually. Another one is OR. This will obviously search for things that has one or the other. Just doing this should refine your search quite dramatically.

Frank the tank

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

I was wondering how long it would be before someone got round to asking those two questions?

Essex Man

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectricity
2. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4b3WLgomvd0C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=thermoelectric+material+table&source=bl&ots=UxnlPiPX70&sig=pSxdWLzeMctIpL4AsCSvvqZ0hZI&hl=en&ei=B3rfSpuQOY-OjAeLnYmlBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=thermoelectric%20material%20table&f=false

An invoice is in the post.

Anonymous

Frank the tank wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

I was wondering how long it would be before someone got round to asking those two questions?

Pah, is that all ?

mask of sanity

Essex Man wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectricity
2. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4b3WLgomvd0C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=thermoelectric+material+table&source=bl&ots=UxnlPiPX70&sig=pSxdWLzeMctIpL4AsCSvvqZ0hZI&hl=en&ei=B3rfSpuQOY-OjAeLnYmlBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=thermoelectric%20material%20table&f=false

An invoice is in the post.

You can't reference Wikipedia!

teagar

mask of sanity wrote:

Essex Man wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectricity
2. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4b3WLgomvd0C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=thermoelectric+material+table&source=bl&ots=UxnlPiPX70&sig=pSxdWLzeMctIpL4AsCSvvqZ0hZI&hl=en&ei=B3rfSpuQOY-OjAeLnYmlBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=thermoelectric%20material%20table&f=false

An invoice is in the post.

You can't reference Wikipedia!

You bet. I had seminar tutors who would deliberately falsify stuff on wikipedia directly related to our course to catch people out.

You have no idea who writes it nor whether it's remotely true! I've edited some entries on it for christ's sake!

mask of sanity

teagar wrote:

You bet. I had seminar tutors who would deliberately falsify stuff on wikipedia directly related to our course to catch people out.

You have no idea who writes it nor whether it's remotely true! I've edited some entries on it for christ's sake!

That's awesome!! Although I really hope mine don't do that because I still use it a lot for revision... :?

Cleat Eastwood

what subject are you doing, it would hep to narrow down the concepts.

Mothyman

hows the research going, Will?

geoff_ss

Most companies are hierarchical in structure - at least the ones I've worked for. I understand that Google itself enjoys a flat structure. In reality, though, there's always a boss somewhere who makes the final decision so every organisation is to some extent hierarchical.

Geoff

shouldbeinbed

Try your local police station & force for hierachical structure.

STEFANOS4784

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

God no wonder your so miserable

redddraggon

Essex Man wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectricity
2. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4b3WLgomvd0C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=thermoelectric+material+table&source=bl&ots=UxnlPiPX70&sig=pSxdWLzeMctIpL4AsCSvvqZ0hZI&hl=en&ei=B3rfSpuQOY-OjAeLnYmlBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=thermoelectric%20material%20table&f=false

An invoice is in the post.

I could do with more metal oxide based materials really. Alloy TEs tend to not work at high T

DavidBelcher

teagar wrote:

mask of sanity wrote:

Essex Man wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

softlad wrote:

redddraggon wrote:

Perhaps I should start a similar thread so I can get some research assistance?

I'm ready to help dragon - what do you need to know..?

1. Thermoelectrics - Applications and Material needs
2. A table for about 10 Thermoelectric materials (both n-type and p-type), containing their important physical properties such as Seebeck coefficient etc.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectricity
2. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4b3WLgomvd0C&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=thermoelectric+material+table&source=bl&ots=UxnlPiPX70&sig=pSxdWLzeMctIpL4AsCSvvqZ0hZI&hl=en&ei=B3rfSpuQOY-OjAeLnYmlBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CDoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=thermoelectric%20material%20table&f=false

An invoice is in the post.

You can't reference Wikipedia!

You bet. I had seminar tutors who would deliberately falsify stuff on wikipedia directly related to our course to catch people out.

You have no idea who writes it nor whether it's remotely true! I've edited some entries on it for christ's sake!

For a legitimate reference for item 2 (list of 10 thermoelectric materials) the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics might be able to come up with the goods;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CRC-Handbook-Ch ... 142006679X

Not cheap if you want one for your own collection, but any decent university science department ought to have at least one copy of it (or its CD-ROM cousin).

David