Different Industries and Sectors of Singapore
A COUNTRY STUDY AND REPORT AND COMBINED SUMMARY OF SEMESTER IV WORK ON Different Industries and Sectors of Singapore Submitted to Gujarat Technological University IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE AWARD FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ASMINISTRATION Submitted by ___________________________________________________________________________ ___ Marwadi Education Foundation’s Group of Institutions MBA PROGRAMME Affiliated to Gujarat Technological University Ahmedabad May, 2012 SUMMARY OF WORK DONE IN SEM-4 AVIATION IN SINGAPORE MEANING Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird. HISTORY There are early legends of human flight such as the story of Icarus, and Jamshid in Persian myth, and later, somewhat more credible claims of short-distance human flights appear, such as the flying automaton of Archytas of Tarentum (428–347 BC), the winged flights of Abbas IbnFirnas (810–887), Eilmer of Malmesbury (11th century), and the hot-air Passarola of BartolomeuLourenço de Gusmão (1685– 1724). The modern age of aviation began with the first untethered human lighter-than-air flight on November 21, 1783, in a hot air balloon designed by the Montgolfier brothers. In 1799 Sir George Cayley set forth the concept of the modern airplane as a fixed- wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control. Early dirigible developments included machine-powered propulsion (Henri Giffard, 1852), rigid frames (David Schwarz, 1896), and improved speed and maneuverability (Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1901). Great progress was made in the field of aviation during the 1920s and 1930s, such as Charles Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in 1927, and Charles Kingsford Smith's transpacific flight the following year.
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