Faculty of Business and Law SIM335 Managing Projects Level: 3Module: SIM335 Managing Projects Assignment code: SIM335Contribution to the module assessment: 100% This is an individual assignment-please complete both tasks 1 and 2 Both tasks relate to the units in the module guide and the attached case study. It is advised that you read the case study thoroughly before attempting the tasks. Task 1 (40% marks) 600 words (+/- 10%) each short answer question requires a response in a few sentences
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Leading and managing: it takes two to tango A great start to better understand leading versus managing is to define what each term means. Although they are two closely related terms‚ they are not always congruent or changeable with one another. My idea of management places it as a subordinate to leadership but it is important to add that leadership cannot work well without correct management. Leaders should be considered pioneers or the head honchos of an organization. Alternatively‚ managers
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A Multinational Corporation has been described as one that has production facilities or other fixed assets in at least one foreign country and makes its major management decisions in a global context. In marketing‚ production‚ research and development‚ and labor relations‚ its decisions must be made in terms of host-country customs and traditions. In finance‚ many of its problems have no domestic counterpart-the payment of dividends in another currency‚ for example‚ or the need to shelter working
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The New Game in Asia Sheikh Rahman Senior Advisor November 5‚ 2012 ------------------------------------------------- In determining the course of Bangladesh’s foreign relations – the words of a famous Prussian /German statesman of the nineteenth century and renowned figure in world affairs Otto von Bismark may be appropriate - “if you have five neighbors‚ you need to be on good terms with at least three”. China and India are the two powerful nations in the region that
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The four forms of multinational corporations are home replication‚ multi-domestic‚ global‚ and transnational. Home replication strategy is the international replication of home based competencies such as production scales‚ distribution and brand power. An example of this is Wal Mart opening in Brazil. Wal Mart has replicated its system which it uses domestically. Multi domestic strategy is a strategy by which companies try to achieve maximum local responsiveness by customizing both their product
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Case Study: Civic Centre 3 Case Study Energy from the Sun and the Wind PROJECT SUMMARY This case study provides an overview of a project which installed solar photovoltaic panels‚ solar energy collectors and two 6kW wind turbines onto the roof of Civic Centre 3‚ a Council office building in Huddersfield town centre. Civic Centre 3 is in a busy area of Huddersfield town centre and is nearby a ring road‚ a shopping area and public buildings. Each week more than 1‚350 people visit the building‚ including
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briefly about Managing technology. Answer - Managing technology involves concepts like new venture‚ innovation‚ and research and R&D infrastructure. We can say that technology is the useful tool which controls the environment and also acts as an instrument which converts the natural resources in to useful goods. This is the main factor which affects the growth of an organization. & that’s why managing technology is essential for any organization. Some issues related to the Managing technologies
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Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity In read the Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity there was several problems present at Cityside Financial Services. One the problem was how the Sales Division was divided. When the investor banker brought the company it was mostly white. Two different units were created in sales which one catered to rich clients and other one serviced the local community. Knowing that neighborhood was once predominantly white things has changed over the
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“Managing Stress” Monique Drawhorn-Wright Kaplan University CM107 Composition I Unit 4 Assignment August 22‚ 2014 Dear Lafredra‚ The article I read was titled “Managing Stress”. The author name was Jacky Steemson. The article was sourced from RoSpa Occupational Safety & Health Journal-Jun2013‚ Vol.43 Issue 6 P9-11. The author main points are job stress‚ stress management‚ and adaptability. I chose this article because it is relevant to my field of study which is Business Administration
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Managing Diversity No two humans are alike. People are different not only in gender‚ culture‚ race‚ social and psychological characteristics but also in their perspectives and prejudices. Society had discriminated on these aspects for centuries. Women and minority groups were denied of their due rights. But not any more. Since 1960s‚ when federal legislation prohibited employment discrimination‚ minorities and female applicants have become the fastest-growing segment in the work force. Diversity
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