...Class: MBA 602 Organizational Behavior and Management From: Chitra Arivalagan (770099290) To: Dr. Maria Nathan Writing Assignment-1 Strategic Design at Dynacorp 1. If you were on the Dynacorp task force, what would be your first choice for an alternative design? What would be your second choice?. Answer: If I am on the Dynacorp task force, my first choice for an alternative design would be front /back structure of strategic design. This structure divides the organization into two parts such that the back end products which include engineering, manufacturing and the logistics and the front end is faced by the marketing and sales division. As Dynacorp is spread across the US and as well as the world, this front/back structure will also support the various divisions spread across the globe. Each country where Dynacorp wants to expand itself can have its marketing and sales division and the manufacturing division can be located in a country where the production costs would be as lower as possible. This would be an advantage by lowering the production costs and increasing the profit of Dynacorp. The marketing division, which becomes the back end of the structure, can address the various issues faced by the Dynacorp, with one major issue of handling the change from dealing with the direct customers to the consulting firms with special practices in ITC. This can be coordinated with the engineering and the production divisions, which in turn spread across the globe...
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...Case #3 A&D High Tech (A): Managing Projects for Success: A Negative View 1. What is the estimated project completion date? (Assume there are no holidays and ignore the sunk cost of the planning team’s effort) The estimated project completion date is TUE 11/13/13 with duration of 127 days. After leveling and re-allocating work along the project line, the project got delayed for 3 days so that the completion day moved up to FRI 11/21/13 (total duration of 130 days). (MS Project 2007) 2. What is the total cost? How much of the total cost are labor costs? Capital costs? Total Cost: $98,500 + $844,980 = $943,480 Labor Cost: $ 844,980 (given result of project) Capital Cost: (12 Windows 2000 workstations*$3,000) + (5 Window 2000 servers*$12,500) = $98,500 3. What is (are) the critical path(s) in the project? What is the level of risk in completing tasks on the critical path(s)? Explain. The critical path is added to the appendix of this case report. As shown in Figure 1 and 2, many tasks are correlated so that one critical phase can affect the other. Here, we divided the entire process into three parts: namely by “Detailed Design” part (on the left hand of the network diagram), “Create Functional Requirements (upper side),” and “Development & Unit Test (bottom left side).” Even though, we leveled the resource referring on automated re-allocation methods, except for 7 phases in this project, most of the critical stages remained still critical...
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...the final stage prior to submitting our application to the client it was discovered that some code, as well as a few of the artwork elements included in the project were utilized without proper permissions from online sources. This required a complete recode to entire portions of the project, as well as to redesign the artwork and visual components. This also required the immediate dismissal of the employees whom perpetrated the violations as is the consequence clearly laid out in the employee handbook which every employee is provided upon their employment. While the client is happy that we identified and resolved the situation prior to providing them with their contracted product, they are understandably less than satisfied due to the delays which this breach caused. Potential effects of this action to Pearson and Watters Inc. could be long lasting. Our very reputation is at stake in any such matter. Not only have we now failed to provide a client with their product in the timeframe which we stated, but that client cannot help but wonder about past and even future projects and whether or not other such breaches were caught. This further effects our company due to having to replace the offending employees rapidly, lost profits due to additional time required to be spent on the project, as well as damaging our confidence that we have hired the best possible candidates for our project...
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...Internal and External Persuasive Communication Given that there are numerous stakeholders for Best Games Productions, I will concentration my paper on Quality Control for my internal stakeholder analysis and to the audience as the stakeholders on the outside. The Quality team as an inside stakeholder works not because they just need to work but because they know that their accomplishment would be the company's accomplishment and will help them in a big way. The external stakeholders on the other hand or the expected audiences and customers do not work for the company but whose decision can influence on how the company will play out in the market as a game developer company. Memorandum To: Quality Control Team From: Date: September 1, 2014 Re: The Dilemma at Best Games CC: Executive Team In the past 24 months, Best Games has been developing a game that they believe will put their company name on top. The game was set to be released on the upcoming Holiday where in consumers are known to be spending a lot of money buying stuffs for children like gaming consoles and video games. When the launch was almost near, a bug was suddenly discovered affecting the game's quality. The question now is that should Best Games still release the game as promised despite possible bad publicity that it will cause once the game's bug appear and affect the gamers. Or should the company compromise the marketing strategy they had worked on until they can fix the bug on the game...
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...OM Logan Airport Assignment a) Delays: 50: 6.55 minutes 55: 12.52 minutes 59: 60.5 minutes Costs: Assuming we use two runways, and that by total cost they mean total cost for all the planes arriving. For arrival rate of 50: 15 seat plane: 352* 6.55/60+30.9*6.55/60*(15*0.65)*50=3565.79 50 seat plane: 672* 6.55/60+30.9*6.55/60*(50*0.65)*50=5554.89 150 seat plane 1590*6.55/60+30.9*6.55/60*(150*0.65)*50= 16618.17 For the arrival rate of 55: 15 seat plane: 352* 12.52/60+30.9*12.52/60*(15*0.65)*55=3531.08 50 seat plane: 672* 12.52/60+30.9*12.52/60*(50*0.65)*55=11665.67 150 seat plane 1590*12.52/60+30.9*12.52/60*(150*0.65)*55= 34908.10 For the arrival rate of 59: 15 seat plane: 352* 60.5/60+30.9*60.5/60*(15*0.65)*59=18278.29 50 seat plane: 672* 60.5/60+30.9*60.5/60*(50*0.65)*59=60422.10 150 seat plane 1590*60.5/60+30.9*60.5/60*(150*0.65)*59= 180836.77 b) According to the FAA definition of delay, the airport would only experience delays at an arrival rate of 59. Therefore, the cost for arrival rates of 50 and 55 for all planes would be 0 as there’d be no delay. For arrival rate of 59, the costs would be the same as part a). I’d expect that a delay of 15 minutes would mean little for the passengers, so the cost per passenger would be negligible as well. It’s also possible that the cost per passenger and operational costs aren’t evenly spread out over an hour (i.e. the first 15 minutes don’t contribute 25% of the cost). Given this...
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...the name, student # and section # for each student in the group on the cover page of the case study report. 2. This assignment counts for 14% of your final grade. 3. Late submissions and submissions by e-mail will not be accepted. 4. You have to work in this assignment in groups. The number of students that can be in a group is 5. Group members can be from different sections taught by other OM professors. Each group should submit only one case study report. Reports can be submitted to any instructor. 5. Good luck! CASE STUDY REPORT In the Delays at Logan Airport case, there are different proposals for reducing congestion. One of the methods proposed to tackle the impact of delays was peak-period pricing, PPP. The other one was to build a new runway. In this case study, your objective is to evaluate these alternatives using waiting line models and to provide a recommendation to FAA to solve the delay problem at Logan Airport. Make sure you demonstrate that you have thought through your recommendations and the effects on other related activities. Also demonstrate that you understand the concepts and tools from the class that apply. Prepare an action-oriented advisory report, which presents concisely your analysis and recommendations for solution of the primary management problems. In order to assist you in your analysis, we prepared the discussion questions. DO NOT SIMPLY ANSWER THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. The main body of the case study report should...
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...Introduction: Donner Company, a customized printed circuit board manufacturer is facing three main problems: productivity, quality issues and delayed deliveries. We start analyzing with a diagram showing information flow beginning from the customer placing the order to the delivery of that order can be represented as below. Customer places order Customer places order Estimate Labour and Material costs Estimate Labour and Material costs Prepare and submit bid Prepare and submit bid Check & Verify Design Check & Verify Design Detailed specifications and factory order by Altmeyer Detailed specifications and factory order by Altmeyer Normal Normal Customer accepts bid? Customer accepts bid? Yes Yes Promise delivery time Promise delivery time 1 day from bid accept-ance 1 day from bid accept-ance Rush Rush Scheduling & processing of order Scheduling & processing of order 4 days from bid accept-ance 4 days from bid accept-ance 2 days 2 days No No End End Material specifications by Schnabs Material specifications by Schnabs Delivered to customer Delivered to customer Send order to purchasing agent Send order to purchasing agent Shipping the order Shipping the order Instruct purchasing agent & procure material Instruct purchasing agent & procure material Blue print, factory order sent to Flaherty Blue print, factory order sent to Flaherty Blue print, factory order sent to Flaherty Blue print, factory order sent...
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...The Modified Parallelized File Transfer Protocol for Multi-users Wei-Chen Lin Jiun-Jian Liaw Chiung-Ta Wu Department of Information and Communication Engineering Chaoyang University of Technology Taiwan(R.O.C.), Taichung s9930615@cyut.edu.tw, jjliaw@cyut.edu.tw Abstract—File Transfer Protocol is the most popular file transfer standard. This FTP can let a computer system connect to the internet via a communication network, and it can also access the system resources from the internet. File server is being downloaded now by TCP/IP protocol, while before it was downloaded by signal server. Due to the limited flow control, the old method could not use download time efficiently. In order to solve the flow control problem, some researchers came up with a distributed file transfer method that can share the document with other users, thus allowing the shortest transfer time using neighboring servers. Although the distributed file transfer can reduce the file transfer time, it was not concerned with the quality of the transfer between two servers, and was inappropriate for file segmentation and transfer, so the file transfer could not attain the optimal transfer efficacy. Based on our research, we propose a new method called Distributed Parallelized File Transfer Protocol (DPFTP). This method is based on Parallelized File Transfer Protocol (P-FTP) and is beneficial to multi-users, as it utilizes server loading and reduces the download time. Keywords—FTP; P-FTP; DPFTP ; multi-users; ...
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...You Decide Estrella Fernandez ececa_1@hotmail.com PROJ-598-16361 Professor: David Garrett Introduction I am currently the project manager for ZAP Pharmaceutical Company. Currently, I am managing a large IT project in the healthcare industry for ZAP. My project objectives are to refurbish an existing office building, install the IT infrastructure, and outfit the area for use as a new telephone answering hub for the company. All contracts associated with this project are fixed price contracts and we have three main issues that need resolution. Issues 1. Bear’s Construction Company is making a claim that it is not responsible for inspections required by the local township. Bear has produced a memo signed by John during negotiations that states that ZAP is responsible for all permits and inspections. The contract shows that Bear is responsible for all inspections. 2. The contract states that carpeting must meet a specific wear rating. It also prohibits the use of any non generic materials within the work of the contract. This would include carpets with special wear rating, because these would be non generic materials. Anne has already purchased and begun the installation of the generic carpet that does not meet the wear rating. 3. Sheba’s Office Equipment has informed you of a minor typographic error in the contract with you to provide office equipment for this project. In the contract, it states Sheba shall be paid as follows $350,000 (Three hundred and fifty...
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...time would be made available on all booking mediums. In case a lower fare level is available after a Passenger has made his booking, a rebooking will be allowed on the lower fare level after paying a seat release charge. Our fares are quoted in UAE Dirhams and in US Dollars. International guests can book and make payments through their credit card. • Amendments and Cancellations Nexuss Airlines understand that passengers could be in a situation where they have to amend or cancel their tickets. At Nexuss Airlines our passengers can amend or cancel their tickets up to one hour before the scheduled departure of the flight. • Keeping you informed At Nexuss Airlines we are committed to keep passengers informed in case of known delays, cancellations and diversions as early as possible. Nexuss Airlines use the contact details in the reservation record to update the passenger accordingly or if the passenger has made the reservation through a travel agent Nexuss Airlines will contact him in case contact details are not available in the airlines records.Passengers can also...
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...Effect of time and Cost In our world today the movement of goods and services is growing every day creating a considerable competitive edge that binds slow and inefficient countries from growing its economy and broaden its market. In short, trade competitiveness is greatly affected by economies trade procedures and infrastructure, Excessive delays in exporting and importing can lower the volume of trade. A 10% reduction in the time it takes to move cargo from the production line to the ship increases exports by 4%, all else being equal. In Sub-Saharan Africa reducing inland travel time by 1 day increases exports by 7%. In Uruguay a 10% increase in the median time spent in customs lowers the growth rate of exports by 1.8%. Transport and non-transport logistics costs for export commodities from the MNA region are quite substantial, ranging from 7–25 per cent of landed product prices. Underlying these costs are key bottlenecks identified as: inefficient trucking and transport services, low export volume leading to long shipping times and the need for costly inventory accumulation, aggressive, obstructive customs authorities and procedures, low and inconsistent product quality, an underdeveloped transport intermediary sector, inefficient cross-border transit procedures and others. One of the major delaying causes is the preparation of the documents; some countries like Azerbaijan, Colombia and Singapore have created a single trade window to facilitate the documentation & payment...
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...concrete and install frame A,B 4 E Build high-temperature burner C 4 F Install pollution control system C 3 G Install air pollution device D,E 5 H Inspect and test F,G 2 TOTAL TIME 25 http://bcfoltz.com/blog 1 Brandon C. Foltz, M.Ed. 6/26/2012 CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS CRITICAL PATH NODES When can we expect our project to be done? Which (if any) activities can be delayed without delaying the overall project? To conduct CPA, we need to find two starting times and two ending times for each activity Earliest Start (ES) - earliest start time given predecessor activities Earliest Finish (EF) - earliest possible completion time Latest Start (LS) – latest start time as to not delay entire project Latest Finish (LF) – latest finish time as to not delay entire project We will conduct CPA using a modified network diagram CRITICAL PATH NODES http://bcfoltz.com/blog CRITICAL PATH NODES 2 Brandon C. Foltz, M.Ed. 6/26/2012 FORWARD AND BACKWARD PASSES CRITICAL PATH NODES We can analyze our project using the forward and backward pass method Forward...
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...car was, one could have been the fact that they tried to ruin his image (Tucker) his public image by saying and accusing him off things. Another could be that he couldn’t get the right steel that he needed to make his car they way he wanted to for a good price or rate, and the third could have been the delay in him getting the plant where he could start building in put him back a while and caused delays for making and releasing the car. 2) I wouldn’t say that the rivalry was big or intense but I would say it was around or it could have gotten intense if he started off right with the money to build and have a building to manufacture the car and get the steel at a good rate he could have made the car in a timely fashion I think the big three would have either tried to buy his idea or get in on it or did things to keep him from selling it and getting it out like the little things they tried but would have been on a bigger scale. 3) Yes, I think that there were a couple entry barriers. One was that the Big Three made steel expensive to were Tucker couldn’t get it at a good price, another was that the building for him to build in he couldn’t get it because off the delays from the government. 4) Yes I think that in these days that what the Big 3 did to tucker people and businesses do that today to other small businesses by hiking up prices or buying up shelf space to keep out other businesses from putting there product out at certain stores. Also I think that maybe...
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...Degree of BSc in Internet Software Development 2008 - 2009 Matric No: 200702631 Project Supervisor: Prof. Katrin Hartmann Second Marker: Quentin Mair “Except where explicitly stated all work in this document is my own” Signed: Date: Abstract Long loading times of the web pages increase users’ frustration. Continually this appears to be one of the main problems of World Wide Web which users need to face every day. Delays in loading a web page cause dissatisfaction and often loss of visits and in case of e-commerce websites it means also loss of income. Although many techniques have been applied to resolve this problem it is still coming back due to a high number of Internet users. Still, the problem is a also matter to human perception and how people classify slow or fast download times. Many theories and rules have been applied trying to measure a maximum time of a website response that users can tolerate. However there are some problems associated with evaluating the effects of download delays on a website in an experimental setting like not taking into consideration what personal interests are, usefulness of the websites, etc. The paper will investigate the significant impact of perception on loading times taking also into consideration the influence of user favorable websites. In order to identify the path of the experiment as well as the potential solutions a literature review was carried out. This was followed by a single lab based experiment...
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...SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NOVI PAZAR S ER . A: A PPL . M ATH . I NFORM . AND M ECH . vol. 1, 1 (2009), 11-20 Vernier’s Delay Line Time–to–Digital Converter G. S. Jovanovi´ , M. K. Stojˇ ev c c Abstract: This paper describes the architecture and performance of a high-resolution time–to– digital converter (TDC) based on a Vernier delay line. The TDC is used as a basic building block for time interval measurement in an ultrasonic liquid flowmeter. Operation of the TDC with 10ps LSB resolution and 1 ms input range has been simulated using library models for 1.2 µ m double–metal double–poly CMOS technology. The TDC operates at clock frequency of 200 MHz, and is composed of 500 delay–latch elements. The difference in delay between two chains, one for the start and the other for stop pulse, is controlled by the delay locked loop (DLL). Keywords: Time to digital conversion, Vernier delay line, DLL. 1 Introduction The precise measurement of the time interval between two events with very fine timing resolution is common challenge in the test and measurement instrumentation (logic analyzer, ATE system, nuclear instrumentation), industrial control (multichannel DAS, ultrasonic liquid flowmeters), electronic embedded control system (automotive controllers, medical devices avionics), etc. [1,2,3]. A time–to–digital converter (TDC) is one of the crucial building blocks installed into this type of equipment. High–resolution TDC is primarily used in application...
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