...extra savings will fuel additional growth and expansion to the company, as we are able to fund more research and projects to improve our workplace. Financial Sunshine How has GenRays been doing financially? As you can see from the chart below, our total sales have been climbing. We passed $6M in sales in the final quarter of last year—up from just over $4M in sales the prior year. 8 One new project that you will read about in this newsletter is the possible implementation of a new HRIS system with payroll functions. We are hoping that the HRIS side of this new system will impact your work life at GenRays very positively, allowing you to create a career track for yourself that aligns with your own goals. It will allow for more transparency in hiring, as all employees will be able to see and apply for open positions as they wish. It will also allow management to ensure that applicants for new jobs are well-qualified. The payroll side will ensure that your paychecks and expense reports are processed more or less automatically, which will make it faster and easier for you to be reimbursed or to make changes to your auto-pay options. We have hired a new project manager to lead up this initiative and make recommendations about whether we can move forward and how to go about it. The PM will meet with employees, vendors, and management to identify important parts of the project and make sure we meet our goals. I know you will make our new PM feel welcome and that you will provide your honest...
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...Allen and 30 year old project manager. The writer will analyze the three core skills, Analyze the way in which Tim Aston, the young project manager, was exercising his skills, write about the support Time received from his company, and give feedback based on the information in the case study. The three core skills that played a major role in the reluctant workers case study are Leadership, Team building, and Organizational skills. Tim Alston a 30 year old new project manager to his company; his team was not willing to give him the proper respect he should have been given. The team had been with the company for 20 years or more and was reluctant to change. In order for a project to run efficiently, the project manager must have good leadership skills. As the leader Tim should have been able to negotiate and use influences along with discipline to get the job don effectively. Tim team did not show the same commitment to the project as Tim. They refused to set aside personal things when the team had to perform a major testing for the customer; however before scheduling a testing Tim should have verified the team availability. When Tim went to his manager to discuss how reluctant his team was to change, the manager suggested he do some reading on human behavior. “The program manager must be a social architect; that is, he must understand how the organization works and how to work with the organization. Organizational skills are particularly important during project formation and startup...
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...insufficient expertise can be a result of workplace failures and improper hiring process. Therefore, it is important to invest efforts into human resources planning. The present paper provides an example of the human resource plan for ABC Company, which specializes in providing management and subcontract workers on various projects globally. Specifically, the plan consists of organizational structure, description of competitors, work culture, factors needed for success, communication, compensation of employees, recruitment, performance management, and training. These areas should provide comprehensive information about the significance and purposes of the human resource plan in international organizations. Human Resource Management for ABC Company Human Resources (HR) plan is a strategic and systematic method of managing people in a way that maximizes their contribution to company’s goals. It involves all management decisions that impact the nature of the relationship between the company and its personnel, the human resources. These decisions are generally made by senior management that can delegate some of the responsibilities to HR managers in creating corresponding plans. The purpose of the present paper is to provide a comprehensive HR plan for ABC Company that provides subcontract workers on various...
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... INF755 Project Management Lecturer – Annette Garcia Week 1 Practical Exercise Topic: What do project managers do? Exercise 1 1.1 Range of salaries for four jobs designated as Project Management. Four project management jobs were identified through www.seek.co.nz A broad search of this site brings up over ten pages of jobs in the project management field across a range of sectors such as construction, information and communication technology, and engineering to name a few. The salary ranged from $55-60K for a Junior Project Manager through to $200K plus for a Senior Project Manager in the Information and Communications Technology field. 1.2 Lowest paid Project Management job in the four selected was responsible for the day to day management of smaller internal projects. Highest paid Project Management job was in the Information and Communications Technology field with experience in technical aspects, stakeholder management, vendor management, ability to manage multiple projects. It would appear that the main reasons for the salary differences are due to the size and scale of the project; the level of self- management required and the prior experience the manager is bringing to the job. 1.3 The ‘range of experience’ between the lowest and highest paid jobs was 10 years plus. 1.4 Job Title | Years of project related experience & certification required | Industry & years of industry experience required | Salary Range | Key Responsibilities | Project Coordinator...
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...ITMM – 571: Project Management for ITM. CASE STUDY 3: Article Title: SAIC to Pay $500 Million to Settle New York CityTime Fraud. Topic: Case Study on a real-life IT Failed Project: SAIC’s CityTime Project with New York City. Author: Bob Van Voris. File Name: Potula_ITMM_571 Case Study_03_.doc About The Author: Bob Van Voris is the Legal Reporter at Bloomberg News in the Greater New York City Area since 2002. He worked as a reporter at National Law Journal from 1997 to 2002 for a period of 5 years. He worked as Associate in Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP from 1995 – 1997 for 2 years and as Associate in Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith from 1992 – 1994 (2 years). He completed his B.A in Political Science from Union College and received his J.D. from New York University School of Law. Introduction: The New York City made a decision of implementing an automated timekeeping system that would enable a more efficient, secure, and accurate payroll for the employees in the City, in the year 1998. The Office of Payroll Administration (OPA) was designated as the agency to handle the project. Interested contractors submitted proposals for the design and implementation of the CityTime system. OPA selected MCI Systemhouse, Corp. (“MCIS”) for the project upon review of the submitted proposals. In 2002, the City named Science Applications International Corporation (“SAIC”) as the contractor to provide the timekeeping system at an initial contract...
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...IE 6840 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT - 7 VIRTUAL TEAMS - PLUS AND MINUS Write a brief synopsis of each article listed above by identifying the major points of wisdom that you wish to consider in your future projects and why these points. Virtual groups are productive and innovative than Conventional Group; virtual colleagues may start to feel estranged from their associations. Generally dispersed colleagues who add their insight to the may expect that they are affecting their own substitution. Innovation can possibly destabilize the relationship in the middle of associations and workers. Virtual groups use innovation well, better ready to share unequivocal information, which can be disclosed solidly contrasted with conventional up close and personal groups. Inferred learning – which is created through experience and social contact, is hard to share without direct contact. This can prompt confinement and dissatisfaction. The Advantages are Visual cues and social presence in face-to-face dialogue also stimulates members to more easily develop interest about one another's background and expertise. These cues also build trust. Few Disadvantage are the price pays a major role for business that is spread across multiple locations. And Minority expression is lower in face-to-face mode. IS THE MICROPHONE ON Write a brief synopsis of each article listed above by identifying the major points of wisdom that you wish to consider in your future...
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...Psyc305 – Leadership & Motivation | | | | | | | | | | |Final Exam | | |A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: | | |Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products | | | | Prepared June 14, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BRIEF SUMMARY - 1 - II. TOP TWO OR THREE ISSUES/PROBLEMS IN THE CASE - 2 - A. Alex Sander’s lack of Emotional Intelligence is alienating the product staff. -...
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... Assignment 8: The Reluctant Workers Project Management Prepared for: Professor Larry Grant THE RELUCTANT WORKERS 2 Introduction The objective of this paper is to exam the Reluctant Workers Case. The three core skills that played a role in the case study will be analyzed. The project manager’s skills and relationship with the project staff and functional managers will be discussed. Degrees of support for the project and project manager will be examined. The study concludes by making recommendations to the company on how it can assist the project manager Tim Aston in becoming an effective project manager. Three Core Skills The three core skills that were at play in the case of the reluctant workers are, team building, management support, and conflict resolution. 1. Team building – According to Kerzner, “building the program team is one of the prime responsibilities of the program manager” (Kerzner, 2009,p.149). The project manager’s responsibility it to make the team work by motivating the project staff. The staff should feel that the project manager has an open door policy. The key is for the project manager to learn how to communicate successfully. The manager must show the team members he has a sincere interest in their thoughts and would like them to be as committed as he or she is to the project. THE RELUCTANT WORKERS ...
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...to effectively deliver a project. He identifies the stages as: Define the project. According to Maylor (2003), this involves determining what the project is about and its reason for existence. At this stage possible alternatives to the problems which are presented can be explored. Denis (2010) states that ‘before any person or organization considers investment in a new project, before a contractor can begin to prepare a tender for undertaking work for a customer, or before a company executive can be asked to accept responsibility for managing an internal IT or management change project, the project requirements must be clearly established, documented and understood. The project has to be defined as accurately...
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...Note: This article is posted here with the permission of Harvard Business School Publishing. For any further copying or posting, please contact permissions@hbsp.harvard.edu. If we are to grow as advanced technology grows, we must realize the new importance of . . . THE PROJECT MANAGER By Paul O. Gaddis In new and expanding fields like electronics, nucleonics, astronautics, avionics, and cryogenics, a new type of manager is being bred. Although he goes by many titles, the one most generally used is project manager. His role in modern industry deserves more scrutiny than it has received from students of management and professional managers. Generally speaking, the project manager's business is to create a product — a piece of advancedtechnology hardware. The primary tool available to him is the brainpower of men who are professional specialists in diverse fields. He uses this tool in all the phases of the creation of his product, from concept through the initial test operation and manufacturing stages. This article will consider those functions of management which receive special emphasis in advanced-technology industry: • • • What does a project manager in advancedtechnology industry do? What kind of man must he be? What training is prerequisite for success? In this kind of work the development phase is always substantial, since the essential function of the new industry is the adaptation of recent research findings to the solution of specific problems in creating a...
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...HRIS Project Charter Template |[pic] | 5.13.12 Table of Contents Project Title ........................................................................................................................ 3 Purpose .......................................................................................................... 3 Description ..................................................................................................... 3 Objective ........................................................................................................ 3 Success Criteria or Expected Benefits .............................................................. 4 Funding ........................................................................................................... 4 Major Deliverables .......................................................................................... 5 Acceptance Criteria ......................................................................................... 6 Milestone Schedule ........................................................................................ 6 Approval Requirements ................................................................................. 6 Project Manager ............................................................................................ 6 Authorized by ................................................................................................ 6 ...
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...HOMEWORK #1 – SAMPLE SOLUTION SAMPLE #1 DENVER AIRPORT: AUTOMATIC BAGGAGE - HANDLING SYSTEM System Overview Early in the planning stage, United Airlines insisted on an automated high speed baggage system. Denver officials had sound reasoning in choosing to install an automated baggage handling system. The Airport was approved in 1989 and planned to be operational by end of 1993. They designed a large scale baggage handling system that cost $193 million. The system requires no manual labor personal and was designed to run faster and more reliable than traditional technology. The original system relied on a network of 300 computers to route bags and 4000 telecars, carry luggage across 21 miles of track. Laser scanners were to read multi-digit bar-coded luggage tags, while photocells tracked the movement of toboggon-like baggage carts. But buggy software crashed the system again and again. The resultant delay in opening has cost the city of Denver and the airlines roughly $1 million per day. Problems Hardware and software bugs (not fully tested), telecars were misrouted and crashed baggage was lost and damaged. This problem occurred as follows : The baggage system continued to unload bags even though they were jammed on the conveyor belt, because the photo eye at this location could not detect the pile of bags on the belt and hence could not signal the system to stop. The baggage system loaded bags into telecarts that were already full, because the system had lost track...
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...Higher Diploma in Systems Analysis Applied Systems Analysis Assignment: The TDC Construction Company Requirements Determination and Analysis The TDC Construction Company Requirements Determination: Analyse of the conduct of the interview: In general, what is your view of how the interview was conducted? Generally the interview was reasonably professional if a little rushed. The good points were: Inez begins well by reviewing the company’s business objectives which she has a grasp of from previous contacts with the company. There seems to be a good understanding on business matters between Inez and Gerry. She ensures that she has a firm understanding of many of the facts that she gathered. E.g. “Now, I understand one of the general objectives of the new information system is to be able to extract reports and inquiries on demand from any browser on a PC, laptop, Blackberry or PDA”. She pauses to jot some details of those facts down The bad points were: Inez seems to have her eye on the clock and she avoids going into detail on some of the new areas of business that Gerry wants in the new system e.g. the company’s proposed environmental specialist division, is not analysed by Inez. She also does not analyse sufficiently the Safety System. At times she does not seem to be listening to Gerry. Gerry talks about the environmental area more than once, but she does not to pick up on it sufficiently. However, to be fair to Inez, at the end of the interview she does say...
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...Process of China’s Construction Project Abstract As the ruthless competition in China’s construction industry, construction project requires a win-win method to acquire the maximal benefit and simultaneously to maintain the quality for keeping the place with the market. One method commended, cost control, especially in the design process, plays a very important role in the project procedure and financial management. This article presents the main implements of cost control utilizes in different aspects of construction and certain skills to control cost in design processes of construction project. These implements and skills could be very helpful for China’s construction companies to optimize their design process and offer beneficial influence to the following steps, increases the percentage of successful project in all projects; thereby to promote the development of the company and the whole industry. Key words: Design Process; Construction project; Cost control 1. Introduction Nowadays in China, the competition within construction industry is continuously increasing, and the profit spaces are limiting. As all the investment always expect for the maximal benefit, if a company want to keep the profit and position in the market in such complicated environment, the best method for it is applying cost control to the project. Cost control in financial management is an important aspect of project management over the whole life of projects. Successfully managing costs ensures...
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