Critical constants, talks

The constants a and (3 are the critical exponents/ We will talk more about them later after we consider other types of continuous transitions involving critical phenomena. 

It is critical to the success of the implementation and continued maintenance of a quality program that management commitment is constantly visible to the company s employees. Management that clearly support quality by way of leadership and adequate resource allocation is more likely to secure and retain committed and enthusiastic employees. Executive management that does not walk the talk is likely to be viewed as duplicitous and not genuinely committed to the corporate quality mission. Employees should be encouraged to become involved and take ownership of compliance enhancements and continuous improvements in their specific areas. Individual personnel efforts should be directed by the company s overall program of continuous improvement and forward quality. 

Often, the main quantity desired from a calculation is the time constant of the fundamental mode, rather than the complete solution of an initial value problem, or perhaps merely the sign of that time constant this is presumably the justification for placing this talk in a session devoted to criticality calculations. 

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