INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Why Project Management? To Accompany PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Achieving Competitive Advantage By Jeffrey K. Pinto CHAPTER ONE PROJECT PROFILE – Disney’s Expedition Everest INTRODUCTION 1. WHAT IS A PROJECT? General Project Characteristics 2. WHY ARE PROJECTS IMPORTANT? PROJECT PROFILE – Dubai – Land of Mega-Projects 3. PROJECT LIFE CYCLES PROJECT MANAGERS IN PRACTICE – Christy Rutkowski‚ Regency Construction Services
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Economics and the business world week10 International business Government and international trade Globalisation is........ Arguments for globalisation it allows specialisation‚ increase output‚ higher standard of living On the other hand globalisation can lead to equality and multinational corporations‚ And undermines the state power‚ human rights and the environment. Effects of globalisation Worldwide events are interconnected Real-time impact Disappearing border Newmarket
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Approaches to Stakeholder Impact Analysis When looking at the first scenario in appendix b we see that there is an obvious call for an ethical decision to be made. By addressing stakeholders and looking at each of the three separate approaches we can determine that the best decision and most ethical one is to allow the mall to be built in the space where the seniors’ nursing home and recreational center is. With the five question approach we see that; having the mall built in the town will
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Stakeholder Impact Analysis To conduct a stakeholder impact analysis‚ one can begin by using the 5-question approach‚ the moral standard approach or Pastin’s approach. All three of these approaches have similar yet different stakeholder’s interests to examine. Under the first scenario‚ the mayor has a difficult decision to make. Should the mayor allow development of a large mall and resort that will displace 100 seniors? Under the 5-question approach‚ the mayor should ask whether the
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COLOURFUL CORPORATION Can there be prosperity without growth? PRIYANKA MAHAJAN STUDENT NO. 3423936 WORD COUNT: 3696 Table of Contents COLOURFUL CORPORATION ................................................................................................... 1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................. 1 2. AIM .......................................................................
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1.) The key issue here is whaling and whether or not it is something that needs to happen in this day and age. There are many stakeholders that come to mind in the whaling debate. In order to go more in depth with the analysis‚ I am going to focus on the grindadráp‚ also known as the grind‚ in the Faroe Islands. The Grind happens is that during the summer‚ the Faroese people surround pilot whales with a semicircle of boats‚ then they drive these whales to shore where the hunters wait to kill them
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Stakeholder Analysis Case Study: BYDauto Enter HK’s Electric Taxi / Bus Market Hui Qiu‚ EMBA 18 ESC Rennes Case background Hong Kong (HK) is one of the most crowded cities in the world‚ with almost the highest vehicle density. It has long been criticized for its bad air quality compared to its advanced economy. With the recently hazardous air pollution in China mainland‚ HK has been affected as well for its geographic neighborhood. The Air quality readings recently (PM2.5: 60µg/m³) have exceeded
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political and economical factors that will be affecting Jet2.com in the coming years. In order to structure the information‚ several management tools will be used such as: SWOT analysis: this will help to identify the strength and weaknesses together with the company’s environmental opportunities and threats. PESTEL analysis: This tool will select the vital influences on the company’s future development‚ which factors are most likely to change and which ones will have the greatest impact on the company
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Case Analysis: Ford Motor Company Global Strategic Management March 4‚ 2013 Ford Motor Company: Organization Profile Ford Motor Company Staying “Ford Tough” Henry Ford established the auto company in June 16‚ 1903. An engineer by formation‚ Henry had a vision of making vehicles that would change society. He wanted to offer an affordable product to the public‚ one that his own workers could buy. His vision took him to model T in 1908‚ and to improve the manufacturing process with the conveyor
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AirBnB stakeholder analysis Stakeholder description Airbnb is a peer-to-peer platform that provides accommodation for lodgers‚ and the possibility for people with unused living space to rent it out. The website offers anything from budget rooms‚ to luxury villas‚ which makes it a serious alternative to the hospitality industry. Prior to a business conference held in San Francisco‚ the two founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia decided to offer additional accommodation for the participants.
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