...ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT 1 ASSIGNMENT 2 - PROJECT SCHEDULING & CRASHING Please answer both questions (10% towards final subject marks) 1. The Sharon Construction Corporation The Sharon Construction Company has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 20,000-seat stadium. Construction works must start by February 15 and be completed within one year. A penalty clause of $15, 000 per week of delay beyond February 15 of next year is written into the contract. Jim Brown, the president of the company, called a planning meeting, where he expressed great satisfaction at obtaining the contract and revealed that the company could net as much as $300, 000 on the project. He was confident that the project could be finished on time with an allowance made for the usual delays anticipated in such a large project. Bonnie Green, the director of personnel, agreed that in a normal year only slight delays might develop due to a shortage of labor. However, she reminded the president that for such a large project, the company would have to use unionized employees and that the construction industry labor agreements were to expire on November 30. Past experience indicated a fifty-fifty chance of a strike. Jim Brown agreed that a strike might cause a problem. Unfortunately, there was no way to change the contract. He inquired about the prospective length of a strike. Bonnie figured that it would last either 8 weeks (70% Chance) or possibly 12 weeks (30% chance). Jim was not...
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...The Sharon Construction Corporation The Sharon Construction Corporation has been awarded a contract for the construction of a 20,000 seat stadium. The construction must start by 28th February 2013 and be completed within one year. A penalty clause of $15,000 per week of delay beyond 28th February of 2014 is written in the contract. Jim Brown, the president of the company, called a planning meeting. In the meeting he expressed great satisfaction at obtaining the contract and revealed that the company could profit as much as $300,000 on this project. This total project will cost $2,000,000 according to the contact. He was confident that the project could be completed on time. Bonnie Green, the project manager, agreed that in a normal year only slight delays might develop due to shortage of labor. However, she reminded the president that for such a large project, the company would have to use outsourced employees. Past experience indicated a fifty-fifty chance of a strike. Technical Details of the stadium: The stadium is an indoor structure with a seating capacity of 20,000. The project begins with clearing the site, an activity that lasts eight weeks. Once the site is clear, the work can start simultaneously on the structure and on the field. The work in the field involves surface drainage which lasts eight weeks, followed by filling for the playing field and track. Only with the completion of the filling (14 weeks) can the installation of the artificial playing...
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... Abstract This paper will discuss a case study from the text book “Project Management: A Managerial Approach.” The case is titled “The Sharon Construction Corporation.” The case consists of a construction company that has won a contract for an upcoming project. The project is erecting a 20,000-seat stadium. The case is very in-depth in regards to the different stages of the project, and the amount of time that each stage will take to complete. Within the case, there are five different proposals that are given by the management team. Each of these proposals contains ways to reduce time, and work around specific identified risks that are associated with completing the project. In this paper, I will discuss the overall project timeline, the five proposals, and identify the best solution to complete the project on time, and with the most profit possible for the company. Project Overview The upcoming project for The Sharon Construction Corporation is a project that has the potential to generate a substantial profit of $300,000. In order to maximize this potential profit, there are several risks that are associated that need to be analyzed and thought out to arrive at the most economically efficient conclusion. The first risk is the complication of the dates associated with the start and completion date. Construction on the project must start by February 15. Once the project is started, the company has one year to complete. A penalty clause of $15,000 per week...
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...Shakespeare in Film Individual Assignment Macbeth is well known to be one of Shakespeare’s shortest yet darkest tragedies. The rich, psychological turmoil experienced by the main characters and the incorporation of elements such as the supernatural culminates in a tragedy that is one of Shakespeare’s most intense and grim. I will be examining the 1971 Roman Polanski film due to the unique life story of the director and the gruesome murders that occurred prior to the film. The film employs the use of gratuitous violence, nudity and graphic imagery that far exceeds that of the text, which Roman Polanski masterfully uses to highlight the inherent madness and evil that drives Macbeth and in doing so, successfully creates an psychologically disturbing film with an atmosphere of perpetual dread. Firstly, one distinct feature about the film that differs from the text is the inclusion of nudity seen in several scenes. Macbeth itself draws largely upon the theme of the occult and madness as the main driving forces, with the inclusion of the prophetic apparitions, visions of ghosts and mental breakdowns. The scene showing Macbeth seeks out the witches for the 2nd time exemplifies the occult brilliantly as it opens to a huge coven of naked witches huddled around the cauldron whilst chanting “Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, cauldron bubble”. In the book, there was no mention of other witches apart from the three and by including the scene, the huge gathering...
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...In Los Angeles during the summer of 1969 there was a sequence of seemingly unrelated murders of innocent people. With the death of a rising star, Sharon Tate, national fame was gained through the murders. They looked closer at the suspects and began seeing that the they were all related in the since as being within close proximity to each other upon their free time. As they began being interviewed no one seemed to be explaining any type of relevance towards each other. As more and more people got suspected and arrested there seemed to be more people who were affiliated with the Manson family. With that being known began the downfall of the cult. Vincent Bugliosi was the prosecuting attorney and author of “Helter Skelter”. Being so close to...
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...Born in Ohio in 1934, Charles Manson is notoriously connected to the brutal slayings of actress Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents, but he was never actually found guilty of committing the murders himself. However, the famous Tate-La Bianca killings have immortalized him as a living embodiment of evil. Images of his staring "mad eyes" are still used today to illustrate countless serial-murder news stories. The Manson Family—including Charles Manson and his young, loyal dropout disciples of murder—is thought to have carried out some 35 killings. Most were never tried, either for lack of evidence or because the perpetrators were already sentenced to life for the Tate/La Bianca killings. In 2012, Manson was denied parole for the 12th time. Charles Manson I believe was not crazy but very clever individual. Manson had a group of people he referred to as his “family” he was a very manipulative man to the people around him. His followers numbering round the one-hundreds, also including a small portion of impressionable young girls. He had them all to believe without question that he was Jesus and his prophecies of a race war. Manson was not only influenced by drugs such as LSD but by art works and music of the time such as The Beatles song “Helter Skelter” from their white album. The first murders took place on August 9, 1969, at Roman Polanski’s Beverley Hills home at 10050 Cielo Drive. Manson chose his four most best comrades- Charles “Tex” Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia...
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...Sharon: Please read my feedback and revise your Topic Proposal Form accordingly. Title it as Topic Proposal Rev 1. Post as soon as possible in the Week One Dropbox and let me know when you post it. I hope this feedback is helpful. Dr. Gurley Topic Proposal Form Date 09/03/14 Your Name Sharon Story Plan (1 or 2) Plan 1 Name of Your Organization and Contact Person if Plan 1 is chosen (if confidential you may email this info to me) Riverside Casino and Golf Resort / Stacy Benson Topic Title Performance Reviews NO. This title won’t work. What about performance reviews? If you were doing a simple research paper you could write about performance reviews based on research alone. In this Sr Paper you must determine the state of the art based on your Literature Review. Then you will give the background of the problem and discuss it. This must all lead to two Courses of Action (COAs; solutions) that are tied to your title and problem. You need a “product” such as a process, a plan, a strategy, a program – something that can be recommended and implemented. Problem Statement (if not finalized post a draft – focus on the "pain.") The problem is that after initial training employees are not being reviewed for current performance. Suggest that after this initial statement you add something more about the problem. Brief Topic Overview The casino is experiencing a high turnover rate of employees because after their initial training they are put on the floor without...
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...of grand theft. Holley added, however, than whatever the value of the jewelry she still intends to show “Ms. Lohan didn't steal anything." Though the one-time Disney starlet claimed she was loaned the necklace, jeweler Geoff Kaman and his wife reported it stolen after pictures surfaced of Lohan wearing it. Upon hearing she was under investigation, LiLo turned the necklace over to cops. "i would never steal, in case people are wondering. I was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal," she wrote on her new Facebook page Thursday. Lohan was released on $40,000 bail on Wednesday after appearing in court wearing a skin-tight, white Kimbley Ovitz mini dress that was compared to Sharon Stone's infamous "Basic Instinct" frock. "what i wear to court shouldnt be front page news. it's just absurd," Lohan wrote on Facebook the next day. But the clothing quickly sparked a mad-dash by women looking to slip into the stylish attire, which was soon sold out in online...
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...In December 2003, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon shocked the world when he announce that Israel will disengage from the Palestinians, a Disengagement Plan, primarily from the Gaza Strip. There were several protests that erupted due to this news, as well as a human chain that was created in protest to stop the disengagement. Once it was decided that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) would carry out the evacuation mission, the issue of how this move would occur arose. Major General Dan Harel, head of the Southern Command was in charge of the entire mission. Harel decided to have a roundtable that would decide how this mission was to be executed. Among those that were invited was Lieutenant Colonel Daniel, a chief psychologist of the Southern Command. Daniels leadership proved to be that of someone that is consultative. A consulting leader is one that is concerned about the support dimension, but there is still a high emphasis on the task itself (Kloppenborg, 96). This is demonstrated when Daniel was first given the position and the task. Daniel main focus was first the well-being of that of the people. He gathered the other IDK psychologists, listened to them and their problems, and they all identified how they were going to complete the mission. The importance of listening to the other phycologists was to determine the mental capacity of the evacuators. Daniel also did research on other large evacuations to see what measures were taken during those instances. His research...
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...People living in the Sussex, United Kingdom community are very familiar with the excellent reputation that is held by Sussex Healthcare. The organization specializes in providing support services to seniors that live in their 20 care homes. They've provided this service to the community for at least 25 years. Sussex is an independent healthcare organization based in the UK that primarily focuses on needs that are intrinsic to the older population. For example, they provide the needed support care for the older adults with dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, physical handicaps, and learning disabilities along with neurological problems. Sussex Healthcare Provides Care For The Entire Individual Clearly, the well-being of older individuals in their care is very important to the staff at Sussex Healthcare that is led by a new CEO, Amanda Morgan-Taylor, who brings her expertise and guidance to the organization. Clearly, the new CEO is also one that believes in treating the entire person too. Therefore, Sussex provides the necessary supportive health care along with social and recreational activities that might include music, movement, cooking, handicrafts, and more. Health is of the utmost importance at the facility. Consequently, the residents in the care homes are provided with very healthy and nutritious meals throughout the day. Working At Sussex Healthcare Sussex Healthcare provides around the clock care for the elder patients in their care homes. Therefore, they require kind and...
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...However, that all changed one night on August 8, 1969, where Manson sent his favorite "children" to commit an act of horror. According to Theo Wilson, Charles Manson chose his most obedient members which were five members out of all the other family cult members. Charles "Tex", Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian, were sent to a home that was rented by Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. When arriving there was the first victim, Steven Parent who was outside that was a friend of Sharon Tate and at 18 years old his life was taken, for just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. As Kasabian stood outside as the getaway driver, the others went inside the house to find Sharon Tate, Jay Spring, Abigail Folger, and Voyek Fryowski, in which all victims "Over the course of two nights, the killers took the lives of seven people, inflicting 169 stab wounds and seven .22-caliber gunshot wounds" (qtd. in King). Sebring was shot and brutally kicked for trying to defend Tat, Fryowski and Folger escaped, but then were caught and stabbed until they were dead. At the time Tate was pregnant and she was the one who pleaded for life as Atkins took her life by stabbing her stomach. Atkins then used, Tates own blood to write "pig" on a door. The following night, Manson addressed...
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...murders. Charles Manson had wanted to pursue a music career, but was rudely turned away by Terry Melcher, a famous record producer. Thinking that he had still lived in the same location, he sent four of his followers: Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel to the house to, “totally destroy everyone in the house, as gruesome as they could.” The owner of the house, Roman Polanski,who was not the person that Manson was targeting, had gone out for the night while his wife was having a party at the house with a few of her friends. Sharon Tate, Polanski’s spouse, had invited Jay Sebring, a hairdresser and former boyfriend of Tate, Abigail Folger, and Voityck Frykowski. A call had come in at the local police station, with the caller saying that, “You better get a police car over here right away. There’s a man lying on the front lawn and blood all over the place. It looks like a bad one.” When the police showed up, Sharon Tate was found stabbed and shot, and had a rope tied around her neck. The other end of the rope was connected to Sebring, who had been shot and a white hood was placed over his head. Abigail Folger was stabbed to death, and Voityck Frykowski was stabbed, shot, and hit in the head. When the police arrived, they had found that someone climbed up the telephone pole and sliced the wire to prevent anyone from sending or receiving calls from the house. At first, police took in houseboy William Garretson for questioning, which led to him being arrested...
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...His way of knowledge he found himself through his music and helped him form a perspective of the world. Sometimes, he would even use the power of music to control his females. Charles went through many girls; mostly of which were powerless and would do anything he asked of them because he made them believe that he was Jesus Christ. He keeps his follower growing and staying by moving place to place (London, 2013). Drugs were a real big problem of how he controls his followers. Charles got an isolated ranch where he could keep his followers, which grown so big he named them the “Manson Family” (London, 2013). The family would do anything that Charles told them to do, including kill. Charles instructed Tex Watson to lead the girls into Sharon Tate house to do kill and Charles continued to tell them to kill anybody else he could think of and then he told them to leave messages on the walls. Some of the messages on the walls were “Death to pigs, Pigs, and Helter Skelter” (Bugliosi & Gentry, 1994). Manson motive was that “his philosophy of the upcoming Apocalypse was the true motive behind the killing and told his family that Helter Skelter was coming and the uprising of the racial war between “blackies” and “whiteys”. He would facilitate this war by killing “whiteys” and implicating that the African Americans did the acts” (“Charles Manson and the Manson family”, 2016). This motive is what drove Manson and his followers to commit the murder acts. Manson personality let alone...
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...BUS/475 Integrated Business Topics December 15, 2011 Strategic Plan - Part I: Conceptualizing a Business Land Forms Construction is a general engineering and landscape contractor located in Laguna Niguel, California. The company has been in business for over 21 years. The owners Jeff and Anna Tracy started out as a landscape contractor concentrating mainly on commercial projects in Southern California. The company expanded its services into Northern California and Arizona. In 2010, Jeff Tracy also added value to his company by acquiring a General Engineering license to add value to the services offered at Land Forms. Mission Statement Land Forms Constructions' mission is to provide the finest quality results in all that we do. It is our goal to undertake all projects with the attitude of 100% performance in all respects, including: 1. Safety of both the public and our employees and customers. 2. Compliance with environmental laws and regulations. 3. Quality of products and services. 4. Customer relations. It is our view that no project is successful unless our client is satisfied, the project was completed both on time and within budget, and the job has been built using the finest materials and methods so as to provide the maximum value to our customer. Sunburst Landscaping plants a landscape architect’s vision making a construction project come alive. For 34 years we have followed our mission statement of providing quality service to architects, general...
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...In order to successfully implement a new IT system, there are certain questions that the company has to ask before making a decision on whether or not to commence renovation. The array of question does not only include such issues as whether it is worthwhile for a company to invest its resources (staff and finance), the short-term and long-term benefits of the new IT system, better reach for the customers, lesser uncertainty etc. but also the risks that the company opens itself to with the introduction of new systems and the ways to eliminate most of it so as to ensure that the introduction of the new IT system does not go over the budget. The biggest issues I can identify are as follows: * Compliance with the overall business strategy * Compatibility with the existing systems * Staff expertise and their attitude to the proposed changes * Staff training * Day-to-day controls, function controls, etc. The main idea behind implementing a major new IT system is to facilitate better communication of information amongst all the parties involved in the value chain, including the customers. The more relevant data is collected and analyzed the more efficient and responsive the value chain is. The question is what information to regard relevant and useful and the other way round. In my understanding, the main thing is to remember that optimization should not be limited to a certain function and/or department but on the contrary, it should be inclusive of all operations...
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