...Running Header: Strategic Program Management Worksheet Strategic Program Management Worksheet Doreen B. Lewison University of Phoenix Bruce Thomas July 26, 2010 Strategic Program Management Worksheet Table for Assignment One |A: Concept |B: Application of Concept in Scenario |C: Citation of Concept in Reading | |Project Considerations ~ The |John Thomas, chairperson, board of |“Many firms that are heavily involved in project | |question is how much autonomy the |directors, gave attention to the status of |management have created a flexible management | |project needs in order to be |individual projects and the major impact |system that organizes projects according to | |successfully completed. |affecting revenues, costs and operating |project requirements” (Gray & Larson, 2006, p. 54)| | |metrics, such as student –to-teacher ratio.| | |Project Management Structure ~ |Both Nancy Anderson, executive director and|“One functional area plays a dominant role in | |Functional organization |Jeff White, business development manager |completing the project or has a dominant interest | | |combine efforts to improve the school’s |in the success of the project. Under these | | |financial...
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...Strategic Program Management Worksheet |A: Concept |B: Application of Concept in Scenario |C: Citation of Concept in Reading | |Project Life Cycle |During the annual meeting to evaluate the first year of the three-year |A project life cycle goes through four stages: | | |strategic plan the board members discuss many individual projects, such as |defining, planning, executing, and delivering | | |funding, increase revenue, costs, and the student-to-teacher ratio. |(Gray & Larson, 2006, p. 6). | | |Throughout the discussion it appears that the members have not set up an | | | |effective project cycle. If the project team took the appropriate steps of | | | |defining the project objectives, planning the budgets, researching and | | | |building ideas and finally delivering the results from all other stages. Jeff| | | |was not prepared to present the status of the funding project. If he had | ...
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...Strategic Program Management Worksheet MMBPL510/Implementing Organizational Objectives January 23, 2012 Clifford Olson Strategic Program Management Worksheet |A: Concept |B: Application of Concept in Scenario |C: Citation of Concept in Reading | |Strategic Management Process: |“Along with the school’s executive director, the |Gray, C.F., & Larson, E.W. (2006) Project | |“Strategic management requires |Board has adopted a new strategy that uses |Management: The Managerial Process (3rd | |strong links among mission, goals, |business development as the model to increase |ed.). McGraw-Hill/Irwin. | |objectives, strategy, and |funding sources and revenues. The three-year | | |implementation” (Gray & Larson, |strategic program plan includes a number of new |Foundation Schools Scenario. (2012). | |2006). The process consists of four|projects to help realize this new vision. The |Retrieved from: UOPX library. | |stages: 1) Review and define the |first year of the plan has just been completed and| | |organizational mission, 2) Set |is slated for Board review. John Thomas, CEO, has | | |long-range goals and objectives, 3)|been choosing new Board members with business...
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...T1 Consultants The Case of Community Health Initiatives MBA #511 (Stark) Spring 2011 Team #1 Prepared by: Jim Arthur Bob Bordine Wanyun Zhong (Emily) Lu Tang Jason Blevins Respectfully Submitted: October, 2011 A Plan for Stephanie & CHI TABLE OF CONTENTS Plan summary…………………………………………………………………………3 Budgeting Process…………………………………………………………………….4 Dash Board……………………………………………………………………………5 Non-Profit Ratio Measurements’/Standards………………………………………..9 Professional Development..................................................................................….....12 14 Rules for Managing the Board…………………………………………………..13 Closing Statement……………………………………………………………………16 Appendix……………………………………………………………………………..17 Supplemental Dash Board calculations…..………………………attached via Excel Plan Summary Community Health Initiatives (CHI) is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide education and support to chronically ill individuals and their families who reside in the surrounding metropolitan area. Stephanie has recently been hired as the director of finance of CHI and faces many challenges as the organization has doubled in size over the past year. The goal for both CHI and Stephanie is to develop a plan which Stephanie can follow over the next 3 months as she develops accounting processes that will provide the CHI leadership (executive director...
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...Running Head: Human Capital Concepts Human Capital Concept Worksheet University of Phoenix MMPBL/530 September 12, 2011 Human Capital Concepts Worksheet Concept Application of Concept in the Scenario Reference to Concept in Reading Behavioral Impact of HRM Practices Interclean sales staff have been marginalized by the application of new concepts that do not reference their existing skillset. If Interclean had developed a training program around the existing skillsets of their current employees, the employees would feel as if they were participating in the transition, rather than being shuffled around and forced to do the same tricks as the other trainees. Janet Durham specifically requested that HR keep the employees in the dark regarding the changes, rather than involving them in the process because “it will be a challenge for all of us to play this diplomatically” The speed with which the changes are to take effect in Interclean is a major factor in this discomfiture, since it accelerates the disenfranchisement of those left out of the loop. “Measures of job performance (or some other reasonable dependent variable, say, the amount of knowledge possessed about a particular topic) are collected among a target group of employees before the group is exposed to a training program. Then, posttraining performance data are gathered and compared to the pretraining measures.” (Dreher & Dougherty, 2001). Attributes of Staffing Systems The career system...
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...transcations with in system daily • Develop naming and definitions for NAVSEA (FSE), Navy (FNN), NAVSUP (FSU), Planning (PLN), Personnel (PER), and Acquisition (ACQ), Strategic Systems Planning (FSP or SSP) • Create metadata for NAVSEA (FSE), NAVSUP (FSU), Planning (PLN), Personnel (PER), and Acquisition (ACQ), Financial Navy (FNN), Financial SSP (FSP). • Review documentation for proper accuracy and standard before entering information into Star Team. • Swapp Source Analysis Worksheets (SAWs) in Star Team on both Change Request (CR) section and Document Analysis sections, and swapp metadata in the Change Request (CR) section, as for it is no longer being stored in the Document Analysis section. • Link worksheets from Change Request section to Document Analysis sections in Star Team. • Review and analyze materials for data dictionaries. • Change Metadata, Worksheets, for Data Element name changes, Source name changes and updated definitions. • Correct metadata for various tables. • Approve new/modified data element names prior to physical implementation. • Update Data Element Metadata Collection • Verify definitions in Business Objects PROD (Production) to match any corrections made in dictionaries. • Maintain Metadata for operational and data warehouse • Verify correct changes were made to all worksheets and metadata. Assistant Facility Security Officer/Finanical Management Analyst; March 2009 to February 2014 • Implementing of security regulations, policies and...
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...BENCHMARKING WORKSHEET The Foundations Schools Generic Benchmarking Worksheet Deanna Fields, Kicia Gaines, Edward Thaxton University of Phoenix MMPBL/510 Implementing Organizational Initiatives Professor Joel Maier September 20, 2010 Task A: Problem/Opportunity Statement – Edward Thaxton The objective of our research study is to employ a team-based approach to identifying problem opportunity statements, effectively conduct generic benchmarking research, identify successful and unsuccessful generic benchmarking companies and recognize potential solutions to our problem opportunity statement and end-state goals. The design of the study includes peer-reviewed references, and utilization of a generic benchmarking worksheet. The team's approach to the research methods was to research the generic benchmarking information individually and incorporate our findings into one manuscript. Furthermore, the team-based research approach will provide enhanced solutions from three different perspectives and allow us to be more successful in our research, generic benchmarking methodologies and solution identification for California School Districts and Princeton Review. Task B1: Benchmarking - California School Districts – Kicia California’s 978 school districts receive the majority of their funding through a formula known as “revenue limits.” Revenue limit funds can be used by school districts for general purposes, unlike funds received through categorical programs, which include...
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...enable competitive advantage, with an emphasis on understanding the current environment and innovation in which the organization competes and forecasting how that environment may change. Course assignments focus on the practical application of writing and critical-thinking skills and the integration of professional practice at the doctoral level. Learning Objectives Stated in Terms of Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, you will be able to: * Demonstrate an understanding of the evolution of traditional concepts of strategic management and thinking, including models of business-level competitive advantage * Evaluate contemporary challenges to traditional strategic management and thinking models * Apply systems-thinking principles to the framing and analysis of business problems and opportunities * Develop innovative business strategies designed to achieve sustainable solutions * Synthesize principles of sustainable strategic management and thinking into a viable problem statement for use in the Doctoral Study project Course Materials Texts Harvard Business School Press. (2005). Strategy: Create and implement the best strategy for your business.Boston, MA: Author. Senge, P., Smith, B., Kruschwitz, N., Laur, J., & Schley, S. (2010).The necessary revolution: How individuals and organizations are working together...
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...Executive Summary: The objective of this report is to evaluate investment opportunities for Strategic Capital Management, LLC regarding stocks of Creative Computer and/or its subsidiary firm Ubid. The analysis deduces arbitrage to be the best investment strategy. Strategic Capital Management (SCM), LLC: SCM is a recent entrepreneur venture founded by Elena King and two of her fellow classmates. The company has currently generated 20 million dollars and aims for annual returns of 10 percent. Its investors are charged a management fee of 2% of assets under management and an incentive fee equal to 20% of profits. Moreover company policy requires investors to keep their money invested for a minimum of two years. Recent meetings with prominent analysts, Henry Blodgett of Merrill Lynch and Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley have indicated the Internet Sector to hold promising investment opportunities, therefore Creative Computers and its subsidiary Ubid present potential prospects for investment. Analysis: Internet Sector: Dot-com Bubble The dot-com bubble has enabled the Internet sector and its related fields to yield earnings at an above-average rate relative to the market. Hence the expected return on these growth stocks is great (see figure below). However these investments involve an inherent risk that must not be ignored. Because this sector is categorized by strong competition the need for innovative and skillful business strategies is a must. ** (Note: since...
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...RUNNING HEAD: TEAM B – The Foundation Schools Generic Benchmarking Worksheet The Foundation Schools Generic Benchmarking Worksheet Tiesha Brewster, Christopher Jones, Jonathan Moreno, Kicia Robinson University of Phoenix MMPBL 510/Implementing Organizational Initiatives Jennifer Brodie April 11, 2011 Table of Contents Introduction.……………..…………………….…………………………………………. 3 Generic Benchmarking Worksheet.…..….….…………………………………………. 3 Individual Contributions…………………….………………….………………………… ? References..………………………….……………………………………………………. ? The Foundation Schools Generic Benchmarking Worksheet Task A: Problem/Opportunity Statement | Instructions for Task A: In the Response row, write out the problem/opportunity statements for the scenario for each of the team members. | Response to Task A: Tiesha: Foundation Schools are serving over 1,000 students and wanting to increase enrollment by 5% per year. The board has great ideas of adopting a new strategy that uses business development as the model to increase funding sources and revenues. Using the three year strategic program plan the board will include a number of new projects, visions, and plan. The board can continue with the new visions, projects, and plans for the schools by keep raising money, new ideas of raising money and keeping the directors educated with the innovations need to be the leaders in this field. Christopher: Foundation Schools is a non-profit schooling system created to benefit those students...
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...PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS: SEPARATING WINNERS FROM LOSERS IN THE ASSOCIATION WORK PLAN Once an association has adopted a strategic plan, the next step is to convert the goals and objectives in that plan to a work plan and budget. But how can this be done? Every association program or service has a constituency and a claim on resources. How then to weigh the allocation of scarce resources to ensure that the objectives of the plan are attained and member needs are served? Portfolio analysis has been devised to help associations bridge the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation. In other words, it helps you make the hard choices of where to put your money. It is the creation of Dr. Ian MacMillan of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the basis for The Forbes Group’s model. What Portfolio Analysis Is Portfolio analysis is a systematic way to analyze the products and services that make up an association's business portfolio. All associations (except the simplest and the smallest) are involved in more than one business. Some of these include publishing, meetings and conventions, education and training, government representation, research, standards setting, public relations, etc. Each of these is one of the association's strategic business units (SBUs). Each business consists of a portfolio of products and services. For example, an association's publishing business might include a professional journal, a lay magazine, specialized newsletters...
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...willing to make, can provide clear parameters during the process. • It is important to define clear negotiation targets, such as: • LAA – Least Acceptable Agreement • MDO – Most Desired Outcome • BATNA – Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement Start LOW! No “presents”, give concessions only with something in return Look for multiple creative concessions to enlarge the pie • • • • • Make small and decreasing concessions over time Stay calm and polite Negotiating is a team approach Never agree under time pressure – take as many rounds as needed Always remember and underline your organization’s strengths 3. Strategy and Tactics Hand in hand with key principles are negotiation strategy and tactics. Denali Group has developed worksheets to outline best...
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...PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS: SEPARATING WINNERS FROM LOSERS IN THE ASSOCIATION WORK PLAN Once an association has adopted a strategic plan, the next step is to convert the goals and objectives in that plan to a work plan and budget. But how can this be done? Every association program or service has a constituency and a claim on resources. How then to weigh the allocation of scarce resources to ensure that the objectives of the plan are attained and member needs are served? Portfolio analysis has been devised to help associations bridge the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation. In other words, it helps you make the hard choices of where to put your money. It is the creation of Dr. Ian MacMillan of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the basis for The Forbes Group’s model. What Portfolio Analysis Is Portfolio analysis is a systematic way to analyze the products and services that make up an association's business portfolio. All associations (except the simplest and the smallest) are involved in more than one business. Some of these include publishing, meetings and conventions, education and training, government representation, research, standards setting, public relations, etc. Each of these is one of the association's strategic business units (SBUs). Each business consists of a portfolio of products and services. For example, an association's publishing business might include a professional journal, a lay magazine, specialized...
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...PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS: SEPARATING WINNERS FROM LOSERS IN THE ASSOCIATION WORK PLAN Once an association has adopted a strategic plan, the next step is to convert the goals and objectives in that plan to a work plan and budget. But how can this be done? Every association program or service has a constituency and a claim on resources. How then to weigh the allocation of scarce resources to ensure that the objectives of the plan are attained and member needs are served? Portfolio analysis has been devised to help associations bridge the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation. In other words, it helps you make the hard choices of where to put your money. It is the creation of Dr. Ian MacMillan of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the basis for The Forbes Group’s model. What Portfolio Analysis Is Portfolio analysis is a systematic way to analyze the products and services that make up an association's business portfolio. All associations (except the simplest and the smallest) are involved in more than one business. Some of these include publishing, meetings and conventions, education and training, government representation, research, standards setting, public relations, etc. Each of these is one of the association's strategic business units (SBUs). Each business consists of a portfolio of products and services. For example, an association's publishing business might include a professional journal, a lay magazine, specialized...
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...1. Introduction Succession planning is not an issue that many organizations address in any systematic way. Because many nonprofits are small (with fewer than 10 employees) and because they may be facing other organizational challenges, thinking about who the next executive director might be or what would happen if the director of finance suddenly left is not high on their priority list. There are many reasons why organizations need to be thinking about succession planning. The most important reason, of course, is that we rely on staff to carry out our missions, provide services and meet our organization's goals. We need to think about what would happen to those services or our ability to fulfill our mission if a key staff member left. Another reason to focus on succession planning is the changing realities of workplaces. The impending retirement of the baby boomers is expected to have a major impact on workforce capacity. Teresa Howe in "Succession Planning and Management" identified other emerging realities about the workforce in Canada: • Vacancies in senior or key positions are occurring in numerous organizations simultaneously and demographics indicate there are statistically fewer people available to fill them • Baby boomer retirements are on the rise just at the time when the economy is growing and increasing the demand for senior management expertise • There is no emerging group of potential employees on the horizon as in past generations (i.e. baby boomers...
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