Darvin De’Angelo McQueen Execution & Control With Risk August 16‚ 2011 Week 2 DQ As a project manager of a bicycle manufacturing company‚ we have five operations which are: cutting‚ forming‚ machining‚ welding‚ and the assembly. As we start manufacturings we notice some defects in our products. As a result we are going to find a way to fix the problems. There are five quality metrics and they are (Sanghera‚ 2010): * Cost performance * Schedule performance * Defect
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1. What problems did MICC face in the refurbishing project? What could the possible causes be? Mid-India Construction Company (MICC) granted a refurbishing project at Director of National Institute of Management (NIM). The project should finish 8 months after contract award (Contract award: 17/11/12 Planned date for end of project: 27/06/13) before new academic term starts (01/07/13). MICC kicked off the project with one week delay on 24/11/12. One month after project commencement slow progress stresses
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SOLVED CASE STUDIES:- DALE EARNHARDT‚ INC. 1. Describe Teresa Earnhardt’s leadership style. What do you think the advantages and drawbacks of her style?- Answer: Teresa Earnhardt leadership depends on the situation. She was more effective leader depends on the situation of the organization. These traits are belonging to the Contingency theory. She uses her quite demeanor and strong determination and characteristics to make her organization more successful
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Questions 1. What factors contributed to Euro Disney’s poor performance during its first year of operation? What factors contributed to Hong Kong Disney’s poor performance during its first year? 2. To what degree do you consider that these factors were (a) foreseeable and (b) controllable by Euro Disney‚ Hong Kong Disney‚ or the parent company‚ Disney? 3. What role does ethnocentrism play in the story of Euro Disney’s launch? 4. How do you assess the cross-cultural marketing skills of Disney? 5
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Assignment 2 1. The 7 benefits in importance for reducing user resistance to IT-based change: 1. Cast a vision for shared project objectives that will attract‚ inspire‚ and motivate the project team – a PM that can inspire the project team‚ can help users understand the purpose and usefulness of IT-based changes 2. Communicate more effectively – a PM needs to be able to transmit the ideas clearly and effectively 3. Leverage emotional information to make better decisions – emotional information
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A strategy of a corporation forms a comprehensive master plan that states how the corporation will achieve its mission and objectives: - Corporate strategy: company’s overall direction - Business strategy: occurs at the business unit or product level - Functional strategy: at a functional area to achieve corporate and business objectives and strategies Strategic Management: a set of managerial decisions and actions that determines the long-run performance of a corporation. Includes:
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Project #1 Part 1. After reading the California Infant/Toddler and Development Foundations book I found the information very helpful and surprising. Knowing that in California the infant and toddler development is aligned with the preschool learning foundations is something I was not aware of. Having infant/toddler programs focus on social emotional development along with the other areas of focus is very important at such a young age. The main areas all the programs focus on are very critical areas
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are the project manager for the project you selected and identified in the prior assignments. Using your Microsoft Project software‚ sketch out your action plan. Use the action plan to develop the work breakdown schedule (WBS) as follows: • Create a list of between 5–10 major deliverables that need to be undertaken and completed‚ in the general order of how they would occur. This is Level 1 of the action plan. • Next‚ break out each of the Level 1 deliverables into 5–10 activities. This is Level
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SOS in DHS: A Problem of Motivation About 18 months ago‚ Jess Johnson was appointed to direct a newly authorized and funded unit in the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS). Shortly thereafter‚ she interviewed and hired six new employees to staff the unit. The name of the unit is Service Outreach for Seniors (SOS). Its purpose is to coordinate services for the vulnerable elderly. This is Jess’s first supervisory position. Susan Jones and Bob Martin were two of the new employees hired by Jess
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Project Management Casebook Instructors Manual Project Management Casebook Instructors Manual David I. Cleland‚ KarenM. Bursic‚ Richard Puerzer‚ and A. Yaroslav Vlasak Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Project management casebook. Instructor’s manual 1David I. Cleland ... [et al.]. P. cm. ISBN: 1-880410-18-4 (pbk.) 1. Industrial project management--Casestudies. I. Cleland‚ David I. 11. Project Management Institute HD69P75P7283 1997 658.4’04--dc21 97-10752 CIP Copyright O 1998
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