Cases in Applied Project Management Individual Assignment Identify the main purpose and mission of a PMO and what are the main challenges and obstacles in implementing a PMO? (HBS: The AtekPC Project Management Office) Submitted by: KMO Greene Introduction The AtekPC Company found in 1984 has grown in size and scope to become a mid-sized technology PC manufacturer. The company now boasts 2100 fulltime employees with an additional 200 part time workers and revenues of $1.9 billion
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Is GO turnover really a problem at Club Med? What are the causes of turnover at Club Med? How does the international factor play into Club Med’s issues? Club Med is experiencing considerable turnover rates with GOs. This turnover can be either good or bad depending on the type of employee that is involved. Turnover is advantageous if the employee that quits or is terminated is not adding value to the company. This would be functional turnover. The organization should try to stop dysfunctional
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Social Media March 18‚ 2014 Social media is a new marketing tool for businesses to interact with their customers in ways that deepen the communication that was not possible before. In addition‚ it is a relatively inexpensive platform for an organization to implement marketing campaigns. Based on this platform‚ businesses become more transparent and consumers have the control of the marketing message. Pros: 1. Lower hard cost compared to traditional marketing‚ such as direct sales
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What problems and challenges are faced by Moore at the time of the case? Moore Medical Corporation is strategically focusing on practitioner business by offering a relatively broad product range (thereby providing ?one-stop shopping?. Moore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. Up to the time of the case‚ it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs‚ phones‚ and faxes to communicate product
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PayPal Merchant Services: Harvard Case Services Marketing Submitted by Introduction PayPal • Founded in December 1998‚ PayPal is a leading global online payment company. • Purchased by eBay in October 2002. • Over 100 million registered accounts globally and available in 55 markets. • PayPal has a local presence in 13 countries outside the US‚ including UK‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Austria‚ Belgium‚France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Ireland‚ Netherlands‚Switzerland and China. • Supports
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Yvonne Lopez MKTG500 3/4/13 (Revised) The Coop: Market Research The article starts off with an overview of The Chicken Coop. Daryl Buckmeister is the CEO and first started the company in 1974. Since the beginning it has had an annual 10% increase in sales. He is a “hands on” kind of man and believes that the success of the company is due to his “stay in touch” with the customer basis technique. His top two managers believe that they need to invest in a “more systematic market research to address
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Summary: The dishonest behavior that the employees of the plating department are engaged in has no negative effects on the desired output of the department. As a result‚ the Slade management should not be consumed with addressing this issue and consider it a low priority. However‚ Ralph Porter must consider why employees are forced to fulfill their basic needs outside procedure and address the flaws of a department policy that rewards attendance and discourages productivity. Sarto Group/Team Norms:
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submission based on the only article by that title I was able to locate from the Harvard Business Review. Article Summary: In the article “It’s not “unprofessional” to gossip at work” published for Idea Watch’s Defend Your Research series for the Harvard Business Review‚ Giuseppe “Joe” Labianca defended the research findings he achieved in a study of a branch of a U.S. company regarding gossip. Labianca conducted this study with the cooperation and assistance of two (2) doctoral candidates in management;
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Background and Issues Fabtek the first company to provide titanium products for industrial use had create a competitive advantage on the process of welding‚ heat treat and thermal cutting of this metal on the Philadelphia and US titanium business market. At this moment the company is working hard to rebuild a good image in the market after some customers dissatisfaction with late job deliveries. To resolve it is important to increase the communication and cooperation between the engineer department
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The major trends of the cranberry industry and the problems facing RP#1 There are several major trends that we can observe in the cranberry industry for the period of 1945-1979 (See Table 1 in the Appendix). First‚ there is a steady production increase in each of the five-year periods: from 615‚000 barrels in 1945-1949 to 1‚546‚120 barrels 30 years later. The production growth was caused by the increasing mechanisation of cranberry industry. For example‚ water harvesting could result in a yield
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