...planning, control, and evaluation for project success. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Kerzner, H. (2006). Project management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling (9th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Meredith, J. R. & Mantel, S. J. (2006). Project management: A managerial approach (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Software Microsoft® Project® 2007 (Virtual Desktop) Week One: Project Definition | | Details | Due | Points | Objectives | 1.1 Determine the importance of project management in the current business environment. 1.2 Determine the goals and purpose of a project in terms of the triple constraints. 1.3 Determine the stakeholders of the project. 1.4 Develop project scope. 1.5 Analyze the relationships among organizational culture...
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...Case Study: Acorn Industries Case Study: Acorn Industries 1) Strengths of Acorn Acorn Industries, in spite of being a small organization with a single product line had strong technical capabilities, and a compelling marketing division whose core philosophy heavily relied on the importance of Voice of the customer, market research and competitive benchmarking, which was used in creating and submitting contract proposals. During the 1990’s, most companies such as Apple, Nike, McDonalds etc. were substantially dependent on the marketing departments that emphasized on face to face meetings with the customers, and employees pushing their sales numbers to increase revenue and business profits, which is similar to Acorn Industries’ approach of utilizing their marketing division to submit their proposals in order to obtain the government contracts (History: 1990s 2003). As the company was venturing into government contracts pertaining to the weapon systems and other diverse fields, it realized the significance of program management and brought in an individual with extensive knowledge and experience in the field of program management, which proved beneficial while changing the organization philosophy; and restructuring the organization and its various divisions. In order to remain competitive, profitable and maximize the return on investment, Acorn Industries continued the commercial product line which acted as a fail-safe in case of unfruitful government contracts...
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...organization is reflected upon by its performance which is in turn highly dependent upon its strategies” (p. 7). To identify a strategy of successful performance, it is important to have an understanding of the desired the level of performance. With regard to individual performance and performance evaluation metrics, my current work unit is lacking and struggles to report accurate data for how an employee performance evaluation relates to units of service as well as error percentage. In the current state, there is not a single system solution to collect data therefore causing a painstakingly manual process to collect any form of data metrics. This organizational change proposal will identify the need to develop a comprehensive strategy of employee evaluation using the balanced scorecard approach. This performance management strategy will define the necessary performance tools for a successful implementation while ensuring the performance evaluations defined by the strategic goals governed by the institution. Need for Balanced Scorecard Identified According to the current job description, the sole responsibility of work unit staff is for the review of submitted laboratory samples, requisitions, and pathology reports for accurate and timely accessioning of patient and testing information into the Pathology computer system(s). The definition of accessioning is entering a single patient and all represented laboratory material into the computer systems. This work unit as well as the...
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...Professional Diploma in Marketing (Level 6) NEW SYLLABUS Unit 3 – Managing Marketing Project Brief and Mark Scheme CIM Deadline Date – 11th June 2010 Results Released – August 2010 OR ALTERNATIVELY CIM Deadline Date – 10th September 2010 Results Released – November 2010 The Chartered Institute of Marketing has strict deadline dates which must be adhered to. The assignment must be submitted to the Accredited Study Centre well before these dates to allow time for administration and postage. Contact your tutor for your Accredited Study Centre submission deadline. Candidates are required to choose ONE out of the following TWO project briefs: Option One – Weighing Up the Past To Improve The Future (detailed separately) Option Two – Driving Quality Report • • • All tasks within the chosen project brief are compulsory 100% of the marks available for this paper Maximum word count – 6,000 words Documentation Word Count Candidates must ensure that they are registered with CIM as a studying member and for this assignment, by the required deadline(s). Candidates must adhere to the word count stated. No marks will be allocated for information contained in appendices, unless explicitly stated within the assignment brief. Appendices should be used for supporting information only. CIM reserves the right to return unmarked any assignment that exceeds the stated word count or contains, in the opinion of the examiner, excessive appendices. In submitting their assessment...
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...planning, control, and evaluation for project success. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Kerzner, H. (2006). Project management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling (9th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Meredith, J. R. & Mantel, S. J. (2006). Project management: A managerial approach (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Microsoft® Project® 2007 (Virtual Desktop) Week One: Project Definition Details Due Points Objectives 1.1 Determine the importance of project management in the current business environment. 1.2 Determine the goals and purpose of a project in terms of the triple constraints. 1.3 Determine the stakeholders of the project. 1.4 Develop project scope. 1.5 Analyze the relationships among organizational culture, project structure, and project resources...
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...Executive Summary Reforming Education: Firing and Motivating Teachers The public educational system in Texas is failing. The current practice of retaining underperforming teachers is preventing students from receiving the quality of education that is necessary to succeed. To correct this problem, we propose a system for evaluating teacher performance at the elementary school level based on state test scores. Teachers will be placed into one of four categories based on their students’ educational growth: top performing tier, high performing tier, medium performing tier, or lowest performing tier. Teachers performing in the top tiers will be rewarded with public praise and annual bonuses, while teachers in the bottom tiers will be placed on probation which includes performance improvement courses. Teachers who are unable to improve their performance will be fired. The tactics to sell this plan to the Spring Branch Independent School District board will be based on consistency, intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, emotion, and the Expectancy Chain. Convincing the school board to fire underperforming teachers will challenge the educational status quo, but will improve the quality of education given to students. Reforming Education: Firing and Motivating Teachers Public education is failing in Texas. Texas ranks forty-first out of fifty states in high school graduation rates. “The research shows that kids who have two, three, or four strong teachers in a row will eventually...
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...MGT600-1205A-03: Business Research for Decision Making Unit 1 IP Dr. Anthony Matias MGT600-1205A-03 Christine Blewett Abstract This paper will show the differences and similarities between formal research and a business proposal. After looking at different findings, the differences between both concepts exceed the similarities. It will then look at different studies done by many researchers to support the Hypothesis that Organizational Learning is indeed a predictor of effective strategic management. This paper will present how organizational learning can help managers with their strategic thinking to better execute goals and tasks. In the world today, we are surrounded by millions of businesses. We rely on these businesses for many of our essential needs. They provide us with food, clothes, entertainment and so much more. So, when problems occur in a business, it does not only affect the company itself but us as well. It is crucial that businesses run smoothly, and those who are in command know of solutions when certain problems arise to avoid negative outcomes. Those in charge are often called Business Manager’s. Business manager's come across problems on a day to day basis, whether big or small, managers must resolve these problems by making the right decision(Uma Sekaran, 2010, p. 2). Depending on the dilemma, decisions and solutions can be quite difficult to come up with so a process to make this task easier can be extremely helpful to the manager. Also...
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...[pic] Student Guide for Performance Based Service Acquisition And The Seven Step Process (ACQ 265) Nov 2009 Table of Contents UNIT 1 Introduction UNIT 2 Form the Team, Review Current Strategy, Market Research Step 1: Form the Team Step 2: Review the Current Strategy Step 3: Market Research UNIT 3 An Industry Perspective: Approaching an Acquisition UNIT 4 Requirements Definition Step 4: Requirements Definition UNIT 5 Develop your Sourcing Strategy Step 5: Sourcing Strategy UNIT 6 Execute the Strategy Step 6: Execute the Strategy UNIT 7 Performance Management Step 7: Manage Performance Appendices I Acronym List II Glossary | | | |Course Title |Performance Based Service Acquisition (ACQ 265) | | | | | | | |Lesson Title | Course Introduction | | ...
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...Request for Proposal for CALC Introduction: The CALC is seeking competitive proposals for a professional community planning and engineering firm to undertake the preparation of the following projects : * LC240- ESL and continuing education center, South Windsor (Dominion Area). Scope of the Project: * This project aims to build a new ESL and continuing education center in South Windsor area. * The building is one storey divided into two main sections; each section is divided into classrooms and office areas. * The area of the building is 22,000 sqft. * Building is classified as a type (D) building “Business and personal service occupancies” and applies to occupancy regulations of that section. * The occupant load is 150 people with 1:1 male to female ratio. * Barrier free design regulations must apply to the building. * The lot is classified as (CD 3.2) based on the city of Windsor zoning maps, zoning bylaws for this section must apply to the building. * The materials used for this building are brick veneer for exterior finish, concrete block, metal studs and dry wall for wall assembly, cast in place concrete for foundations, columns and beams. * Built-up roofing system will be used for this building. Background Information: The lot is located at the intersection of 532 Ojibway St. and Dominion Blvd, lot number is 185 and the postal code N9E 4T1. The land is vacant and it was part of woodland forest in 1942, after that...
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...Chapter 28 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM DESIGN Changes from the Twelfth Edition All changes to chapter 28 were minor. Approach A brief summary chapter seems to help students consolidate their previous topic-by-topic learning, and they appreciate such a chapter for final exam study preparation. The summary of the many different adjectives placed before the word “cost” and the concepts behind these adjectives is useful. However, because there is no conceptually new material here, one need not spend much time on the text. Rather, instructors can jump right into a discussion of one of the chapter’s cases, which is intended to raise issues that cut across multiple chapters. Cases Puente Hills Toyota raises many financial responsibility center, performance measurement, and incentive systems issues in a car dealership setting. Axeon N.V. illustrates the real world application of many management accounting and control concepts, including incremental cost analysis, capital budgeting, sensitivity analysis, transfer pricing, organization design, and control system administration. Case 27-1: Puente Hills Toyota Note: This case is unchanged from the Twelfth Edition. Purpose of Case This case can be used to motivate discussions of a number of topics, including financial responsibility centers, performance measurement, transfer pricing, and incentives. The setting is an automobile dealership, a business about which all students have some interest...
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...additional project by funding project within the company, that will either increase sales or reduce costs. Further the instructions is that the managers must not assume that the funds will be divided equally amongst the three of them. The CEO further states that she is willing to put all the funds on one project if it seems appropriate. The company has the following key personnel: Julie Chen Manager product development and he has a team of scientists working on a new prescription drug. Tyler Ripken is employed as a manager production at the firm’s largest and oldest manufacturing facility and has been with the company for only 6 months Jeff Mathews Manager operations is responsible for the company’s computers and information systems as well as its accounting operations. Joe Sanchez is a manager of Marketing According to Professor Pieter Steyn of Cranefield College, Managing organisations through projects or through project-portfolios (also known as programmes) is gaining popularity, since it is a management approach that integrates and coordinates current...
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...Career Management HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Douglas Sailer University of Phoenix Career Management PART V: SUMMARY Kudler Fine Foods (KFF) is undergoing new initiatives that will require our sales and marketing team to be restructured in order to meet the new objectives defined by our owner Kathy Kudler. In order to meet these new objectives an additional five positions will be created. This proposal will outline the job descriptions for these five positions, discuss a comprehensive training program to enhance the skills and qualifications of new and current employees, and discuss methods for evaluating employee and team performance, including a progressive discipline process. This proposal will address the challenges of team performance evaluation, particularly the differences in the two appraisal systems and strategies for evaluating team performance. Unique needs, motivations, expectations, individual equity and over all team performance, social loafing, and individual responsibility to the team. The KFF compensation and benefits package will be overhauled to include incentives and a plan for managing employees’ career development. Job Descriptions and Qualifications A new mid-level management position has been filled by Doug Sailer. Doug now serves as Business Development Manager supporting the sales and marketing team. This mid-level position will coordinate business development activities for KFF, including the development...
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...Firm Research BUS 505 – Business Strategies and Proposals Strayer University October 27, 2012 Abstract This research assignment evaluates a private firm that provides services to the Federal government through acquisition. This assignment will evaluate the actions required to participate in the federal procurement process, as well as key roles in ensuring the procurement process is successful. Describe the firm (who they are and what they do) and the amount of business they do with the federal government. Since 1973, Management Concepts has successfully worked with every major agency in the federal government, dozens of state and local government offices, numerous associations and non-profit organizations, and hundreds of large and mid-sized corporations throughout the country. Management Concepts is a custom learning and development firm that employs subject matter experts in an array of business related fields. These subject matter experts provide specialized and first-hand knowledge in a number of courses and trainings offered to professional learners at the convenience of their office or a MC training center. Courses offered range from Acquisition & Contracting, Leadership, Management & Professional Skills, Learning Program Services and Project Management to name a few. (Management Concepts, 2012) Another offering Management Concepts provides is ten certificate programs. Certificate...
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...demand: patterns eg opening hours, seasonality, time of day/week, sociological influences, healthy eating and drinking patterns, food and fashion trends, accommodation trends, cultural, regional and ethnic influences, pricing and economic factors, elasticity of demand Customer profile: characteristics eg spending power, types of hospitality business, menu/accommodation range, pricing considerations, expectations and requirements, the meal experience Management issues: issues eg integrated planning and resourcing, business and operational plans, staffing, finance, decision-making (gathering information and data, analysing and evaluating data, reaching decisions, forecasting), operating procedures and systems, control systems, technical and procedural standards, service standards, quality systems, team working and team leading, scheduling, training LO2 Understand product development within hospitality environments Stages in product development: stages to include market research, market segmentation, idea evaluation, concept development, product development, advertising objectives eg persuade, create desire, create awareness, sell, increase market share, develop brand loyalty, customer awareness Opportunities and constraints: types eg brand image, nutrition and dietary requirements, disabled access and provision – accommodation facilities, restaurant access; availability of resources (human, financial, physical),...
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...which is resistant to organisational and cultural change. The purpose of this report is to provide the analysis of Salfordia’s current organizational culture ,team dynamic ,leadership ,status and make proposals that would help transform Salfordia current organizational culture, leader etc. to modern standard organization. The principal finding of this report as, adopted by Salfordia in there organizational structure Adhocracy which has the support staff as its key part, using informal communication (mutual adjustment) as it means of coordination. . Information and decision processes flow flexibly and informally and uses selective patterns of decentralization. . Using Adhocracy Salfordia have the tendency to hire and give power to professionals whose speciality is required to promote the company’s productivity thereby making profit unlike the professional Bureaucracy, the Adhocracy cannot rely on the standardized skills of experts in other to achieve coordination(Mintzberg 1983). Finally this report recommends that Salfordia should undergo Kolb’s organisation learning cycle which would help them even in acquiring more experience and boarding there knowledge on other procurement system. And they should consider procuring contracts using other forms of procurement system like partnering 2.0 TABLE OF CONTENT 1.0 Executive...
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