Introducing Project Management Concepts Using a Jewelry Store Robbery Edward D. Walker II Department of Finance and Quantitative Analysis‚ College of Business Administration‚ Georgia Southern University‚ P. O. Box 8151‚ Statesboro‚ GA 30460‚ e-mail: edwalker@GeorgiaSouthern.edu INTRODUCTION This paper describes the use of a simple hands-on case in undergraduate classes to teach the concepts of a traditional PERT/CPM and Critical Chain project management techniques. A simple six-activity project is
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Overview of Program Evaluation HCS/549 April 15‚ 2013 Overview of Program Evaluation Program evaluation is a useful resource to evaluate programs that are currently an organization or an industry is making good use of. Evaluating programs not only bring out the strengths and weaknesses but also identifies the picture of the plans implemented. The purpose of this paper is to examine the purpose for program evaluation and why it can be useful to an organization. This paper will speak of the five
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SUBJECT: Procedures for the FY13 Qualitative Management Program (QMP) For Senior NCO’s 1. Purpose: To provide guidance and procedures in support of the Qualitative Management Program (QMP) for the ranks of SFC to CSM. 2. Facts: a. The Army through Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) SAMR-PO are reinstating and doing a revision of QMP‚ dated 23 July 2009. Soldiers that fall in certain criteria’s will be boarded and subject to denial of continued service in FY 2013. This
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Qualitative Article Review: Teen Pregnancy and High School Dropout Bennie Webster-Mann Liberty University Purpose The purpose of this article is to show that there is a correlation between dropout rates and teen pregnancy‚ and to discuss ways to prevent teen pregnancy. The American Promise Alliance evaluated data on school districts that struggle with both poor school completion and high numbers of teen births. They identified 25 schools with the highest dropout
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to Achieve Goals and Objectives Piloting of SAP • Given the above goals and objectives‚ the Company seemed to need ERP software. A few years ago‚ Ikon began a pilot project in Northern California district to assess the possibility of using SAP’s enterprise software application companywide. • CIO David Gadra‚ who joined Ikon about a month ago after the pilot system was turned on‚ however‚ decided not to roll it out. Cost of dropping SAP Ikon will take a 25 million
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acquisition‚ instrument control‚ and industrial automation on a variety of platforms including Microsoft Windows‚ various versions of UNIX‚ Linux‚ and Mac OS X. LabVIEW programs/subroutines are called virtual instruments (VIs). Each VI has three components: a block diagram‚ a front panel and a connector panel. The front panel is built using controls and indicators. Controls are inputs – they allow a user to supply information to the VI. Indicators are outputs – they indicate‚ or display‚ the results
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Program and Outcome Evaluations Jessica Reinhold November 12‚ 2014 HSM/270 Process and outcome evaluation are the first two common areas of focus for the empowerment evaluation approach. (Yuen/Terao‚ 2003) The characteristic of process evaluation is that they provide a quantitative description of how the program
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68 SECT ION 5: DEVE LOPI NG AN D IMPLE M E NT I NG AN EVALUAT ION PL AN EVALUATION METHODS Although indicators identify what you will look at to determine whether evaluation criteria are met‚ they do not specify how indicator data will be collected. You must still decide which evaluation method(s) to use. For example‚ if we are interested in knowing whether a community campaign was successful in influencing how community members view their relationship with the environment‚ we may select attitudes
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` RFP Number: 11-011-C1 Project Title: Project Scheduling Assistance Name and Address of Proposer: Michael H. Azma‚ Managing Partner Genesis Technology Services Group LLC. 3311 Starline Dr. Rancho Palos Verdes‚ CA‚ 90275 Phone: (310) 514-2000‚ Fax: (310) 424-2990 Email: MAzma@GenesisGroupLLC.net In Collaboration with: Professor Ardavan Asef-Vaziri Department of Systems and Operations Management‚ College of Business and Economics‚ California State University 18111 Nordhoff
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EVALUATION OF PROJECT/TRAINING:- Objectives • Determine the scope of an evaluation project. • Analyze pre-training baseline and expected performance. • Determine organizational support for training evaluation. • Prepare an evaluation plan. • Design evaluation instruments. • Collect evaluation data. • Verify the validity and reliability of evaluation data. • Calculate the return-on-investment (ROI) of training. • Assess the return-on-expectations (ROE) of training. • Determine the results
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